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Telemedical method and system

  • US 20030060808A1
  • Filed: 02/22/2001
  • Published: 03/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A medical treatment method comprising:

  • providing a surgical operating room containing an operating table;

    physically moving said operating room from a first location to a second location;

    at said second location, disposing a patient on said operating table;

    after the disposing of said patient on said operating table, generating, at said second location, a video signal encoding an image of said patient disposed on said operating table;

    transmitting said video signal as a first signal over a first communications path to a third location beyond a range of direct manual contact with the patient;

    substantially simultaneously transmitting said video signal as a second signal to said third location over a second communications path different from said first communications path;

    producing said image on an image reproduction device at said third location from at least one of said first signal and said second signal;

    in response to said image production, generating a control signal at said third location;

    transmitting said control signal as a third signal over a third communications path to said second location;

    substantially simultaneously with the transmitting of said third signal, transmitting said control signal as a fourth signal to said second location over a fourth communications path different from said third communications path; and

    in response to at least one of said third signal and said fourth signal, automatically operating at least one robotic surgical mechanism in said operating room to perform a surgical procedure on said patient disposed on said operating table.

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