MEDICAL DEVICE INTERFACING USING A CAMERA

• US 20120330680A1
• Filed: 06/23/2011
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: O'LARTE, DAVID
• Granted Patent: US 9,183,602 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/11 Region-based segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 2201/02 Recognising information on displays, dials, clocks
• 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 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for interfacing a medical device with an electronic medical record are provided. An image of an output of the medical device is received from a camera associated with the medical device. The image is analyzed to generate a result. The result is stored in the electronic medical record.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, facilitate a method of interfacing a medical device with an electronic medical record, the method comprising:

receiving an image of an output of the medical device from a camera associated with the medical device;

analyzing the image to generate at least one result; and

storing the result in the electronic medical record.

2. The computer storage media of claim 1, further comprising:

causing the camera to record the image.

3. The computer storage media of claim 2, wherein the camera comprises a Web camera.

4. The computer storage media of claim 2, wherein the causing the camera to capture the image occurs at fixed time intervals or upon determining that the image has changed in a material way.

5. The computer storage media of claim 2, wherein the camera is associated with a patient.

6. The computer storage media of claim 2, wherein the output of the medical device includes a visual display or a printout.

7. The computer storage media of claim 2, wherein the output of the medical device comprises alphanumeric characters or a wave form.

8. The computer storage media of claim 7, wherein the alphanumeric characters are analyzed using optical character recognition and the wave form is analyzed using waveform analysis.

9. The computer storage media of claim 2, wherein the at least one result comprises at least one numerical value or text.

10. The computer storage media of claim 2, further comprising:

presenting the image and the result to a user;

receiving validation from the user indicating that the result is valid for the image.

11. The computer storage media of claim 10, wherein the user is a clinician.

12. The computer storage media of claim 2, further comprising:

tagging the region with the result.

13. The computer storage media of claim 12, further comprising:

presenting the image with the tagged region to a user;

receiving validation of the tagged region from the user indicating that the tagged region is valid for the image; and

storing the tagged region in the electronic medical record.

14. The computer storage media of claim 2, further comprising:

storing the image in the electronic medical record.

15. A system to interface a medical device with an electronic medical record, the system comprising:

a camera to record an image of an output of the medical device; and

one or more computing devices having at least one processor and comprising;

(A) an image collector component that receives the image from the camera,

(B) a determining component that determines a region of the image to be analyzed,

(C) an analyzer component that analyzes the region and generates at least one result, and

(D) a storing component that stores the at least one result in the electronic medical record.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the camera is physically attached to the medical device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the camera is positioned to record a product identification of the medical device.

18. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a validation component that receives validation of the at least one result.

19. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, facilitate a method of interfacing a medical device with an electronic medical record, the method comprising:

receiving an image of an output of the medical device from a camera associated with the medical device;

determining a region of the image to be analyzed based upon an identity of the medical device;

analyzing the region of the image;

generating a result for the region;

receiving validation of the result for the region to provide a validated result; and

storing the validated result in the electronic medical record.

20. The computer storage media of claim 19, wherein the validated result is a valid medical record.