Computer-Implemented Method and System for Supporting a User of a Medical Technology Apparatus in the Operation of the Medical Technology Apparatus

• US 20130254332A1
• Filed: 03/21/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Stempfer, Wolfgang
• Application Number:
  US13/848,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20130254332A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0271 using a remote monitoring unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/032 Transmission computed tomography [CT]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/467 characterised by special input means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/468 allowing annotation or message recording
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/56 Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/581 Remote testing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and an associated medical system for supporting a user of a medical technology apparatus in operation of the medical technology apparatus are provided. The method includes entering, by a user, at least one first message with an input/output unit of the medical technology apparatus. The method also includes transmitting the at least one entered first message via a communication network to a remote service center, and generating a ticket by the remote service center with reference to the at least one first message and a display on the medical technology apparatus.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for supporting a user of a medical technology apparatus in operation of the medical technology apparatus, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving at least one first message from the user with an input/output unit of the medical technology apparatus;

transmitting the at least one received first message via a communication network to a remote service center; and

generating, by the remote service center, a ticket with reference to the at least one received first message and the medical technology apparatus.

2. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting at least one second message from the remote service center to the medical technology apparatus; and

displaying the at least one second message on the input/output unit.

3. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one first message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

4. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one first message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

5. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

6. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

7. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second message comprises information about a software update.

8. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second message comprises information about a software update.

9. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the second message comprises information about a software update.

10. A medical system comprising:

at least one medical technology apparatus disposed in a medical operating system;

an input/output unit of the at least one medical technology apparatus, the input/output unit operable for entry of at least one message;

a remote service center disposed at a distance from the medical operating system;

a communication network operable to transmit the at least one message from the medical technology apparatus to the remote service center; and

a ticket issuing module of the remote service center, the ticket issuing module operable, on arrival of the at least one message in the remote service center, to issue a ticket with reference to the at least one message and to the medical technology apparatus.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the at least one message is at least one first message,

wherein the communication network is operable to transmit at least one second message from the remote service center to the medical technology apparatus, and

wherein the input/output unit is operable to display the second message.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the medical technology apparatus comprises a computed tomograph or a magnetic resonance tomograph.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the medical technology apparatus comprises a computed tomograph or a magnetic resonance tomograph.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the at least one message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least one first message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

16. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

17. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least one second message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

18. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the at least one second message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.

19. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the at least one second message comprises at least one text, at least one command, or the at least one text and the at least one command.