MEDICAL SYSTEM

• US 20140276056A1
• Filed: 05/29/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: OHTA, Yasunori, NISHINO, Naoyuki, NAKATSUGAWA, Haruyasu, IWAKIRI, Naoto, KITANO, Kouichi
• Granted Patent: US 10,667,670 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/440
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00006 of control signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00011 characterised by signal transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00016 using wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00039 provided with input arrangements for the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00045 Display arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0005 combining images e.g. side-by-side, superimposed or tiled
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00212 using remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00221 with wireless transmission of data, e.g. by infrared radiation or radiowaves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/25 User interfaces for surgical systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4233 using matrix detectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4283 characterised by a detector unit being housed in a cassette
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4405 the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/465 adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/54 Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/56 Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/0891 for diagnosis of blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/12 in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters catheters per se A61M25/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/462 characterised by constructional features of the display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/463 characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one display composite display in devices for short-range imaging with acoustic waves G01S7/52074
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/464 : involving a plurality of displays
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/465 : adapted to display user selection data, e.g. icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/467 : characterised by special input means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/54 : Control of the diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/56 : Details of data transmission or power supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/565 : involving data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/00 : Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges protective face masks A41D13/11; surgeon's or patient's gowns or dresses A41D13/12; devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body liquids A61M1/00

Abstract

In a portable apparatus of a medical system, in a case where an operation unit receives an operation from a physician on the basis of the display contents of a display unit, the medical apparatus controlled as a result of the operation of the operation unit by an operator is defined by an operation control unit, and a signal in response to the operation contents received by the operation unit is transmitted from a transmission unit to the defined medical apparatus.

Claims

1. A medical system comprising:

a plurality of medical apparatuses for performing a predetermined diagnosis or procedure on a test subject; and

a mobile apparatus that can be moved close to the test subject and can be used for controlling the medical apparatuses in response to operations by an operator,

wherein the mobile apparatus has;

a display portion capable of displaying operation contents for controlling the medical apparatuses,

an operation portion, which is operated by the operator based on the operation contents displayed on the display portion,

an operation control portion for limiting the medical apparatus to be controlled in response to the operation on the operation portion by the operator, and

a communication portion for sending a signal corresponding to the operation accepted by the operation portion, to the medical apparatus limited by the operation control portion,

the medical apparatus being controlled based on the signal received from the communication portion.

2. The medical system according to claim 1, wherein

in a case where one of the medical apparatuses is being used, the operation control portion acts to make valid the operation for controlling the one medical apparatus by the operator on the operation portion and to make invalid the operation for controlling another medical apparatus by the operator on the operation portion.

3. The medical system according to claim 2, wherein

the mobile apparatus further has a touch panel containing the display portion and the operation portion,

the operation portion is displayed on a screen of the touch panel to indicate at least one of the medical apparatuses and the operations for controlling the medical apparatuses,

the operation portion contains an operation image, which is operated by the operator to control the medical apparatus, and

the operation control portion acts to make valid the operation by the operator on the operation image corresponding to the one medical apparatus and to make invalid the operation by the operator on the operation image corresponding to the other medical apparatus.

4. The medical system according to claim 3, wherein the operation image corresponding to the one medical apparatus is displayed larger than the operation image corresponding to the other medical apparatus on the screen of the touch panel.

5. The medical system according to claim 3, wherein

an end image for stopping the control of the one medical apparatus by the mobile apparatus is further displayed on the screen of the touch panel, and

in a case where the operator operates the end image, the operation control portion acts to make valid the operations by the operator on the operation images corresponding to the medical apparatuses.

6. The medical system according to claim 5, wherein

after the operation control portion makes valid the operations by the operator on the operation images corresponding to the medical apparatuses, in a case where the operator operates the operation image corresponding to one of the medical apparatuses, the operation control portion judges that the one medical apparatus corresponding to the operated image is to be used, and makes invalid the operation by the operator on the operation image corresponding to the other medical apparatus.

7. The medical system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile apparatus is a tablet computer, a handheld computer, or a personal digital assistant.

8. The medical system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile apparatus is sealed in a sterilized bag and used in this state.

9. The medical system according to claim 1, wherein

the mobile apparatus further has a transmission/reception setting portion, and

a multiple wireless communication link for signal transmission between the communication portion and the medical apparatuses is set by the transmission/reception setting portion before the control of the medical apparatuses.

10. The medical system according to claim 1, wherein

the medical apparatuses include:

a radiation source for applying radiation to the test subject;

a radiographic image capturing apparatus for converting the radiation transmitted through the test subject into a radiographic image;

an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus for applying ultrasonic wave to a desired site in the test subject and for converting the wave reflected by the site into an ultrasonic image; and

an endoscope apparatus, which is inserted into the test subject to capture an optical image of an internal site in the test subject.

11. The medical system according to claim 10, further comprising a control apparatus for controlling the radiation source and the radiographic image capturing apparatus, disposed in a position away from the test subject, wherein

the communication portion can send signals to and receive signals from the radiographic image capturing apparatus and the control apparatus via a wireless communication link, and

in a case where the radiation source and the radiographic image capturing apparatus are being used, the mobile apparatus sends a signal corresponding to the operation on the operation portion by the operator from the communication portion to the control apparatus to control the radiation source and the radiographic image capturing apparatus via the control apparatus, or alternatively the mobile apparatus sends the signal from the communication portion to the radiographic image capturing apparatus and sends the signal from the communication portion to the radiation source via the control apparatus to control the radiation source and the radiographic image capturing apparatus.