Method for remote consultation via mobile communication apparatus and system thereof

• US 20100076789A1
• Filed: 11/23/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EBM Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: EBM Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Pan, William
• Application Number:
  US12/591,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20100076789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A system for remote consultation via a remote mobile communication apparatus has a medical equipment device, a medical server and a remote mobile communication apparatus. A method for remote consultation employs the medical equipment device 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 system for remote consultation, comprising:

a medical server configured for storing multiple medical reports;

a medical equipment device operatively coupled with the medical server, used to capture an internal image of a patient and produce an original medical report, the original medical report containing the internal image of the patient and transmitted to the medical server; and

multiple remote mobile communication apparatuses respectively connected with the medical server via a wireless communication network, sequentially receiving one of the medical reports stored in the medical server, displaying the received medical report, and transmitting a modified medical report modified from the received medical report back to the medical server;

wherein each remote mobile communication apparatus is configured with an identification, and the medical reports that the remote mobile communication apparatuses received include the original medical report and the modified medical report.

2. The system as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the medical server comprises:

a storage unit used to store the medical reports;

a transceiver used to transmit the medical reports to the remote mobile communication apparatuses via the wireless communication network or receive the modified medical report from the remote mobile communication apparatuses;

a processor connected with the storage unit and the transceiver for accessing, searching, storing, or transmitting the medical reports; and

a certification database connected with the processor, recording the identifications of the remote mobile communication apparatuses;

wherein the processor accesses the certification database to certify the accessing authority and the accessing sequences of the remote mobile communication apparatuses via the identifications in accessing the medical reports stored in the storage unit.

3. The system as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the remote mobile communication apparatus comprises:

a screen for displaying the received medical report; and

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

4. The system as claimed in the claim 1, further comprising:

a remote medical apparatus connected with one of the mobile communication apparatuses in a wired or a wireless manner, used to capture the medical report received by the remote mobile communication apparatus, and produce the modified medical report based on the received medical report.

5. The system as claimed in the claim 4, 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 received medical report to form the modified medical report.

6. The system as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the medical equipment device has a medical image instrument used to photograph the internal image of a human body to produce at least a medical image.

7. The system as claimed in the claim 6, wherein the medical image instrument is an angiographer, an ultrasound detector, an endoscopic camera, an intraoral camera or a tomography scanner.

8. The system as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the medical equipment device has a medical report generator used to combine medical images with a medical text to generate the original medical report.

9. The system as claimed in the claim 8, wherein the medical report generator is a computer.

10. The system as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the original medical report comprises at least a medical image and a medical text.

11. The system as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the remote mobile communication apparatus is a portable apparatus.

12. The system as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the remote mobile communication apparatus uses a multimedia message service (MMS) to access the medical report or send the modified medical report back.

13. The system as claimed in the claim 1, wherein the remote mobile communication apparatus executes a Java program to download the medical report from the medical server or send the modified medical report back.

14. The system as claimed in the claim 3, wherein the input unit has a magnifying key, a minifying key, a page-up key or a page-down key.

15. The system as claimed in the claim 3, wherein the input unit is a text input key or handwriting input device.

16. The system as claimed in the claim 5, wherein the medical report displaying device has a magnifying key, a minifying key, a page-up key or a page-down key.

17. The system as claimed in the claim 5, wherein the remote medical apparatus is a computer.

18. A method for remote consultation, comprising:

a) providing a medical equipment device operatively coupled to a medical server that is used to stores multiple medical reports;

b) actuating the medical equipment device to capture an internal image of a patient;

c) generating an original medical report to include the internal image of the patient and storing the original medical report in the medical server;

d) employing the medical server to certify the accessing authority of a remote mobile communication apparatus via an identification of the remote mobile communication apparatus;

e) employing the medical server to transmit one of the medical reports to the remote mobile communication apparatus authorized to access the medical report via a wireless communication network;

f) displaying the medical report transmitted from the medical server on the authorized remote mobile communication apparatus, whereby a modified medical report is generated;

g) sending the modified medical report back to the medical server and storing the modified medical report;

h) the medical server automatically transmitting one of the medical reports to another remote mobile communication apparatus authorized to access the patient'"'"'s medical report, wherein the medical report transmitted from the medical server is the modified medical report sent from the prior remote mobile communication apparatus;

i) employing step (f) and the following steps until the medical server determines that there is no more authorized remote mobile communication apparatuses.

19. The method as claimed in the claim 18, wherein after the step f) further comprises:

transmitting the transmitted medical report from the remote mobile communication apparatus to a remote medical apparatus; and

actuating the remote medical apparatus to display the transmitted medical report, whereby a modified medical report is produced.

20. The method as claimed in the claim 19, wherein the step of actuating the remote medical apparatus to display the transmitted medical report comprises:

consulting by using the original medical report and producing the modified medical report by using the remote medical apparatus.

21. The method as claimed in the claim 18, wherein the step c) further comprises:

employing the medical equipment device to produce the original medical report; and

storing the original medical report into the medical server.

22. The method as claimed in the claim 18, wherein the transmitted medical report of the step e) is the original medical report of the patient.

23. The method as claimed in the claim 18, wherein the step e) uses a multimedia message service (MMS) to transmit the original medical report.

24. The method as claimed in the claim 18, wherein the step e) executes a Java program to download the original medical report from the medical server.

25. The method as claimed in the claim 18, wherein the step f) displays the medical report on a screen of the remote mobile communication apparatus.

26. The method as claimed in the claim 18, wherein the step f) is performed by using an input unit of the remote mobile communication apparatus.

27. The method as claimed in the claim 26, wherein the step of displaying the 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 remote mobile communication apparatus.

28. The method as claimed in the claim 18, wherein the step f) is performed by using an input unit of the remote mobile communication apparatus to increase, modify or vary a medical image or a medical text of the medical report to form the modified medical report.