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Medical network system and method for transfer of information

  • US 6,424,996 B1
  • Filed: 11/25/1998
  • Issued: 07/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical information transfer server comprising:

  • A) a data interface for acquiring medical data in a multimedia format;

    B) a storage unit coupled to receive and store the multimedia medical data from the data interface;

    C) at least a portion of a user interface to allow for viewing the multimedia medical data;

    D) an assembly unit coupled to the user interface and the storage unit or to the data interface, the assembly unit to gather selected portions of the multimedia medical data to form an e-mail package in response to an instruction received from a remote first user unit;

    E) a processing unit coupled to the assembly unit or to the data interface and to encode and/or compress the multimedia medical data; and

    F) an e-mail server to send by e-mail the user interface and the e-mail package to a remote second user unit.

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