MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM

• US 20090043607A1
• Filed: 03/13/2007
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nemoto Kyorindo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nemoto Kyorindo Company Limited
• Inventors: Nemoto, Shigeru, Tano, Nobuhisa
• Granted Patent: US 8,805,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/00 Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G01T1/161; apparatus for taking X-ray photographs G03B42/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/032 Transmission computed tomography [CT]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/463 characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/481 involving the use of contrast agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/566 involving communication between diagnostic systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6018 providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/609 Biometric patient identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/007 for contrast media
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14546 Front-loading type injectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1456 with a replaceable reservoir comprising a piston rod to be moved into the reservoir, e.g. the piston rod is part of the removable reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A medical image system comprises a medical imaging apparatus, an injector, and a hospital management server having database. The injector has (a) communicating means for allowing communication with the hospital management server; and (b) a patient identifying portion which includes a detecting means for detecting patient-specific information and a means for transmitting the recognized information, further comprising (c) checking means being provided for at least one of the hospital management server and the injector or being provided as a separate apparatus, the means receives information transmitted from the patient identifying portion, and checks the received information to identify the patient.

Claims

1. A medical image system comprising:

(i) a medical imaging apparatus;

(ii) an injector which includes a piston driving mechanism and a control mechanism, to inject chemical liquid into a patient, the piston driving mechanism holding a syringe including a cylinder and a syringe piston to move the syringe piston relative to the cylinder, and the control mechanism controlling the piston driving mechanism; and

(iii) a hospital management server which has a database for patient information, wherein the injector includes;

(a) communicating means for allowing communication with the hospital management server; and

(b) a patient identifying portion which includes a detecting means for detecting patient-specific information and a means for transmitting the recognized information,

further comprising (c) checking means being provided for at least one of the hospital management server and the injector or being provided as a separate apparatus, the means receives information transmitted from the patient identifying portion, and checks the received information to identify the patient.

2. The medical image system according to claim 1, wherein the checking means is provided for the hospital management server, the injector transmits the patient-specific information obtained in the patient identifying portion, to the checking means provided for the hospital management server via the communicating means, and the checking means checks the information against the database in order to perform patient identification.

3. The medical image system according to claim 1, wherein the checking means is provided for the injector, the injector receives the patient-specific information from the hospital management server via the communicating means, and the checking means checks the patient-specific information received from the patient identifying portion, against the patient-specific information received from the hospital management server in order to perform patient identification.

4. The medical image system according to claim 1, wherein the syringe includes data carrier means for recording syringe information, and the injector includes syringe-information receiving means for receiving the syringe information recorded on the data carrier means.

5. The medical image system according to claim 1, wherein the injector includes data outputting means for transmitting chemical liquid injection data to the hospital management server.

6. The medical image system according to claim 5, wherein the injector includes means for receiving at least imaging conditions from the medical imaging apparatus, and the data outputting means transmits the received imaging condition data together with the chemical liquid injection data to the hospital management server.

7. An injector used in the medical image system according to anyone of claim 1.