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Telemedicine system using voice video and data encapsulation and de-encapsulation for communicating medical information between central monitoring stations and remote patient monitoring stations

  • US 5,987,519 A
  • Filed: 09/19/1997
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telemedicine system for transmitting voice, video and medical data between a central monitoring station and a patient monitoring station over a network, the telemedicine system comprising:

  • a first control unit located at the patient monitoring station, the control unit receiving medical data from one or more medical instruments in communication with the control unit and delivering the medical data to a first communication device in communication with the control unit, the communication device encapsulating the medical data in packets in accordance with a preselected communication protocol and outputting the packets onto the network; and

    a second control unit located at the central monitoring station, the second control unit being in communication with a second communication device, the second communication device receiving the packets output by the first communication device onto the network, the second communication device de-encapsulating the packets to reconstruct the medical data, the reconstructed medical data being provided to the second control unit;

    wherein the first control unit receives video and voice data from videoconferencing equipment in communication with the control unit and delivers the video and voice data to the first communication device, the communication device encapsulating the video and voice data in packets in accordance with the preselected communications protocol and outputting the packets onto the network, wherein the second communication device receives the packets encapsulating the video and voice data and de-encapsulates the packets to reconstruct the video and voice data, the second communication device providing the video and voice data to the second control unit.

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