Method for recording medical data in two modes

• US 4,572,891 A
• Filed: 12/06/1984
• Issued: 02/25/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LaserCard Corp. (Assa Abloy AB)
• Original Assignee: Drexler Technology Corporation (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Drexler, Jerome
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, J. Travis
• Application Number:
  US06/679,204
• Time in Patent Office: 446 Days
• Field of Search: 430/12, 430/15, 430/346, 430/140, 430/945, 430/966, 430/495, 346/76 L, 346/135.1, 346/1.1, 369/265, 369/273, 369/275, 365/215, 250/475.2, 354/109, 354/110
• US Class Current: 430/346
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 11/02 Marking or applying text
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/126 by photographic or thermographic registration recording apparatus for measuring instruments G01D15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/08 using markings of different kinds or more than one marking of the same kind in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/25 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/003 with webs , filaments or wires, e.g. belts, spooled tapes or films of quasi-infinite extent
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0032 for moving-picture soundtracks, i.e. cinema cameras or projectors with sound recording or reproducing means G03B31/02
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0033 with cards or other card-like flat carriers, e.g. flat sheets of optical film
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/24 Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the arrangement of information on the carrier G11B7/007
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/90 Medical record
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 430/146 Laser beam
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 430/167 X-ray

Abstract

A laser beam scanner system records medical information on a direct-read-after-write optical data storage strip. The strip is adhered to a medium containing a picture, such as X-ray pictures, CAT-scan pictures, ultrasonic or NMR images, or microscope photos of tissue samples. The strip may record information such as a description or diagnosis related to the picture for archival storage.

Claims

1. A method for recording medical data comprising,

creating a medical picture on a picture storage medium,

disposing a laser recordable direct-read-after-write optical data storage lamella in side-by-side relationship with said medical picture on said picture storage medium, and

laser recording medical information related to said medical picture onto said optical data storage lamella.

2. The method of claim 1 further defined wherein said medical information related to said medical picture is an anatomical description of said picture.

3. The method of claim 1 further defined wherein said medical information related to said medical picture is a medical diagnosis relating to said picture.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical picture is an X-ray picture.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical picture is a cat-scan picture.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical picture is an ultrasonic scan picture.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical picture is a microscope photograph.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical picture is a nuclear magnetic resonance image.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical information is voice information.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said medical information is alphanumeric.

11. A method for recording medical data comprising,

disposing a laser recordable direct-read-after-write optical data storage lamella on an unexposed medical picture storage medium,

exposing and developing a medical picture on said picture storage medium, and

laser recording medical information related to said picture onto said optical data storage lamella.

12. The method of claim 11 further defined wherein said medical information related to said medical picture is an anatomical description of said picture.

13. The method of claim 11 further defined wherein said medical information related to said medical picture is a medical diagnosis relating to said picture.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein said medical picture is an X-ray picture.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein said medical picture is a cat-scan picture.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein said medical picture is an ultrasonic scan picture.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein said medical picture is a microscope photograph.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein said medical picture is a nuclear magnetic resonance image.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein said medical information is voice information.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein said medical information is alphanumeric.