System for the capture and combined display of video and analog signals coming from electromedical instruments and equipment
First Claim
1. A system for the capture and display of output signals coming from a set of various electromedical instruments and apparatuses, each comprising display means, for displaying the operations carried out by said electromedical instruments and apparatuses, and operations including a trend of at least one physiological parameter of a patient, or a diagnostic image or video clip taken during a diagnostic check-up or an operation, said system including:
- video signal shunt devices, installed in corresponding sections connecting the output signals of each of said instruments and apparatuses with corresponding related display means, said video shunt devices being fit to shunt said video signals in order to make the corresponding video outputs available in a corresponding standard as used by said instruments or apparatuses;
a plurality of connections, respectively arranged between each video signal shunt device, and a central unit for collection and processing of signals;
video capture mans provided in said central unit, connected to said plurality of connections, for capturing video outputs coming from said video signal shunt devices for making said video outputs available for storing in said central unit for combined display;
synchronization means for synchronizing various images or sequences of images coming from said video capture means, and defining time reference signals for said images;
a processing computer program operating in said central unit, for processing said various images or sequences of images to obtain corresponding combined images or sequences of images, in which two or more of said images or sequences of images coming from the set of various electromedical instruments and apparatuses, are composed in a single combined image or sequence of images combined in synchrony; and
further display means, connected to said central unit, for displaying said combined images or sequences of images.
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Abstract
A system is proposed for the acquisition and the combined displaying of video output signals, for example in the VGA standard, coming from a set of various instruments and apparatuses (2a, 2b, 2c, . . . 2n), each of which reproduces at least a signal representing the evolution of a physiological parameter, a diagnostic image of a part of the body of a person, or both. The system collects a video signal in the section connecting each of the instruments and apparatuses (2a, 2b, 2c, . . . 2n) with a monitor (3a, 3b, 3c, . . . 3n). The video signals are carried to a central unit (1) for collection and processing of the signals and then presented in a single image on a central monitor (7).
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15 Claims
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1. A system for the capture and display of output signals coming from a set of various electromedical instruments and apparatuses, each comprising display means, for displaying the operations carried out by said electromedical instruments and apparatuses, and operations including a trend of at least one physiological parameter of a patient, or a diagnostic image or video clip taken during a diagnostic check-up or an operation, said system including:
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video signal shunt devices, installed in corresponding sections connecting the output signals of each of said instruments and apparatuses with corresponding related display means, said video shunt devices being fit to shunt said video signals in order to make the corresponding video outputs available in a corresponding standard as used by said instruments or apparatuses; a plurality of connections, respectively arranged between each video signal shunt device, and a central unit for collection and processing of signals; video capture mans provided in said central unit, connected to said plurality of connections, for capturing video outputs coming from said video signal shunt devices for making said video outputs available for storing in said central unit for combined display; synchronization means for synchronizing various images or sequences of images coming from said video capture means, and defining time reference signals for said images; a processing computer program operating in said central unit, for processing said various images or sequences of images to obtain corresponding combined images or sequences of images, in which two or more of said images or sequences of images coming from the set of various electromedical instruments and apparatuses, are composed in a single combined image or sequence of images combined in synchrony; and further display means, connected to said central unit, for displaying said combined images or sequences of images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for presentation of sensed data, comprising:
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receiving sensed signals, each indicative of a separate physiological parameter of a subject undergoing physiological changes during an operation, the sensed signals received from corresponding separate instruments, and processing the received signals in a central unit to synchronize the received sensed signals and to present a video signal to a display for displaying corresponding images or sequences of images representative of the separate parameters combined for real time display altogether on a single display as a combined set of images for real time comparison of physiological parameters of the subject undergoing the physiological changes. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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