Method and apparatus for accessing medical data over a network
First Claim
1. An operating room control system for use during a medical procedure on a patient, comprising:
- a plurality of operating room devices;
a voice input device capable of receiving a spoken device command that has an associated device qualifier, and a data retrieval command having an associated patient record identifier;
a display device; and
a controller coupled to the input device and the display device, the controller capable of receiving the data retrieval command and the device command, wherein the controller transmits a command to a server to retrieve patient information in response to the data retrieval command so that desired patient data can be selected in response to the patient record identifier, wherein the controller receives the patient information from the server and displays the patient information on the display device, and wherein the controller transmits a control command to a selected operating room device in response to the device command, the medical operating room device selected from the plurality of operating room devices in response to the device qualifier so as to allow voice manipulation of an operating room environment.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for retrieving, accessing, and storing medical data relating to a patient during a medical procedure. The invention provides a single interface to many disparate forms of medical data, which is accessible over a local area network, wide area network, direct connection, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, an operating room control system for use during a medical procedure on a patient includes an input device, a display device, and a controller that is coupled to the input device and the display device. The controller receives one or more user inputs, transmits a command to a server located outside of the operating room to retrieve medical data, receives the medical data from the server, and displays the medical data on the display device.
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24 Claims
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1. An operating room control system for use during a medical procedure on a patient, comprising:
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a plurality of operating room devices;
a voice input device capable of receiving a spoken device command that has an associated device qualifier, and a data retrieval command having an associated patient record identifier;
a display device; and
a controller coupled to the input device and the display device, the controller capable of receiving the data retrieval command and the device command, wherein the controller transmits a command to a server to retrieve patient information in response to the data retrieval command so that desired patient data can be selected in response to the patient record identifier, wherein the controller receives the patient information from the server and displays the patient information on the display device, and wherein the controller transmits a control command to a selected operating room device in response to the device command, the medical operating room device selected from the plurality of operating room devices in response to the device qualifier so as to allow voice manipulation of an operating room environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for accessing medical data from a server while performing a medical procedure, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of commands from an input device including an instrument command that has an associated instrument qualifier, and a data retrieval command having an associated patient record identifier;
transmitting a request to the server for the unit of patient data in response to the data retrieval command;
receiving the unit of patient data from the server; and
displaying the unit of patient data on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An operating room control system for use during a medical procedure on a patient, comprising:
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a plurality of medical devices, each device having an associated device identifier;
a voice input device capable of receiving spoken device commands having associated device qualifiers, and also capable of receiving spoken voice data retrieval commands having an associated data retrieval qualifier;
a display device;
a master controller coupled to the input device, the master controller capable of receiving the data retrieval commands and the device commands, wherein the master controller receives a command having a qualifier and transmits the command to a network so as to retrieve a unit of information when the qualifier is a data retrieval qualifier, and wherein the master controller transmits the command to a selected medical device when the qualifier is a device qualifier, the selected medical device being selected from the plurality of medical devices and having an associated device identifier matching the device qualifier; and
a slave controller coupled to the master controller and the display device, the slave controller capable of transmitting a request for the unit of information to a server, receiving the unit of information from the server, and displaying the unit of information on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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