Method for remote consultation via mobile communication apparatus and system thereof

• US 20050054923A1
• Filed: 03/17/2004
• Published: 03/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EBM Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: EBM Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Pan, William
• Application Number:
  US10/801,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20050054923A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/437
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/565 involving data transmission via a network

Abstract

A system for remote consultation via a remote mobile communication apparatus has a unit of medical equipment, a medical server and a remote mobile communication apparatus. A method for remote consultation employs the medical equipment to produce the first medical report and store it into the medical server, transmits the first medical report with the medical server to the remote mobile communication apparatus via a wireless communication network, browses the first medical report, increases, modifies or varies the medical image or medical text of the first medical report to form the second medical report, and uses the mobile communication apparatus to send the second medical report back to the medical server via the wireless communication network. The remote consultation can be reached.

Claims

1. A method for remote consultation, comprising:

employing a medical server to transmit a first medical report to a remote mobile communication apparatus via a wireless communication network;

browsing the first medical report so as to produce a second medical report; and

sending the second medical report back to the medical server.

2. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the mobile communication apparatus is a portable apparatus.

3. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the step of employing the medical server further comprises:

employing at least a unit of medical equipment to produce the first medical report; and

storing the first medical report into the medical server.

4. The method as claimed in the claim 3, wherein the unit of medical equipment has a medical image instrument used to photograph an inner image of a human body to produce at least a medical image.

5. The method as claimed in the claim 3, wherein the unit of medical equipment has a medical report generator used to combine medical images with a medical text to generate the first medical report.

6. The method as claimed in the claim 5, wherein the medical report generator is a computer.

7. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the step of employing the medical server to transmit the first medical report to the remote mobile communication apparatus uses a multimedia message service (MMS) to transmit the first medical report.

8. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the step of employing the medical server to transmit the first medical report to the remote mobile communication apparatus executes a Java program to download the first medical report from the medical server.

9. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the first medical report comprises at least a medical image and a medical text.

10. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the step of employing the medical server to transmit the first medical report to the remote mobile communication apparatus further comprises:

displaying the first medical report on a screen of the mobile communication apparatus.

11. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the step of browsing the first medical report is performed by using an input unit of the mobile communication apparatus.

12. The method as claimed in the claim 11, wherein the step of browsing the first medical report is performed by using a magnifying key, a minifying key, a page-up key or a page-down key of the input unit of the mobile communication apparatus.

13. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the step of browsing the first medical report so as to produce the second medical report is performed by using an input unit of the mobile communication apparatus to increase, modify or vary a medical image or a medical text of the first medical report to form the second medical report.

14. The method as claimed in the claim 13, wherein the input unit is a text input key or a handwriting input device.

15. The method as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the step of browsing the first medical report comprises:

connecting the mobile communication apparatus with a remote medical apparatus;

sending the first medical report to the remote medical apparatus;

consulting by using the first medical report and producing the second medical report by using the remote medical apparatus; and

sending the second medical report to the mobile communication apparatus.

16. The method as claimed in the claim 15, wherein the mobile communication apparatus is connected with the remote medical apparatus in a wired or a wireless manner.

17. The method as claimed in the claim 15, wherein the remote medical apparatus has a medical report displaying device used for a user to browse the medical reports.

18. The method as claimed in the claim 15, wherein the remote medical apparatus has a medical report generating device used to increase, modify or vary a medical image or a medical text of the first medical report to form the second medical report.

19. The method as claimed in the claim 15, wherein the remote medical apparatus is a computer.

20. A system for remote consultation, comprising:

at least a unit of medical equipment used to produce a first medical report;

a medical server connected with the medical equipment for storing the first medical report; and

a remote mobile communication apparatus connected with the medical server via a wireless communication network for accessing the first medical report for remote consultation and sending a second medical report back after the second medical report is produced.

21. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the unit of medical equipment has a medical image instrument used to photograph an inner image of a human body to produce at least a medical image.

22. The system as claimed in the claim 21, wherein the medical image instrument is an angiographer, an ultrasound detector, an endoscopic camera, an intraoral camera or a tomography scanner.

23. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the unit of medical equipment has a medical report generator used to combine medical images with a medical text to generate the first medical report.

24. The system as claimed in the claim 23, wherein the medical report generator is a computer.

25. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the first medical report comprises at least a medical image and a medical text.

26. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the medical server comprises:

a storage unit used to store the first medical report or the second medical report;

a transceiver used to transmit the first medical report to the remote mobile communication apparatus via the wireless communication network or receive the second medical report from the remote mobile communication apparatus; and

a processor connected with the storage unit and the transceiver for accessing, searching, storing, or transmitting the first medical report or the second medical report.

27. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the mobile communication apparatus is a portable apparatus.

28. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the remote mobile communication apparatus uses a multimedia message service (MMS) to access the first medical report or send the second medical report back.

29. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the remote mobile communication apparatus executes a Java program to download the first medical report from the medical server or send the second medical report back.

30. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the remote mobile communication apparatus comprises:

a screen for displaying the first medical report; and

an input unit for browsing the first medical report so as to increase, modify or vary a medical image or a medical text of the first medical report to form the second medical report.

31. The system as claimed in the claim 30, wherein the input unit has a magnifying key, a minifying key, a page-up key or a page-down key.

32. The system as claimed in the claim 30, wherein the input unit is a text input key or a handwriting input device.

33. The system as claimed in the claim 20, further comprising:

a remote medical apparatus connected with the remote mobile communication apparatus for accessing the first medical report, producing the second medical report and sending the second medical report back to the remote mobile communication apparatus.

34. The system as claimed in the claim 20, wherein the remote medical apparatus is connected with the mobile communication apparatus in a wired or a wireless manner.

35. The system as claimed in the claim 34, wherein the remote medical apparatus comprises:

a medical report displaying device used for a user to browse the medical reports; and

a medical report generating device used to increase, modify or vary a medical image or a medical text of the first medical report to form the second medical report.

36. The system as claimed in the claim 35, wherein the medical report displaying device has a magnifying key, a minifying key, a page-up key or a page-down key.

37. The system as claimed in the claim 34, wherein the remote medical apparatus is a computer.