Medical image recording system

• US 7,738,940 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2004
• Issued: 06/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Ito, Nobuyasu, Ishibashi, Katsuyoshi, Ijichi, Toshiro, Eto, Tadao, Kikkawa, Masashi, Shoji, Hideyuki, Miyoshi, Yoshitaka, Ohshima, Mutsumi, Nakatsuchi, Kazutaka, Oda, Tomohiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Casler; Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAMPRECHT, JOEL
• Application Number:
  US10/830,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20040243448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,244 Days
• Field of Search: 600/117, 600/118, 600/160, 600/407, 600/101, 600/103, 600/112, 600/476
• US Class Current: 600/407
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/042 characterised by a proximal camera, e.g. a CCD camera
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

Abstract

A medical image recording system easily obtains information of a device, etc. used at the time of an examination without conscious effort on operator'"'"'s part, and records image information and the device information, which are obtained at the time of the examination, by making a 1-to-1 association between them. The system comprises at least an image information obtaining unit obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment, a device information obtaining unit obtaining information of a device used at the time of the examination, and a recording unit recording information composing of the image information obtained by the image information obtaining unit and the device information obtained by the device information obtaining unit, as one associated information.

Claims

1. A medical image recording system, comprising:

an image information obtaining unit for obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment;

a device information obtaining unit for obtaining information of the image information obtaining unit and information of devices including at least one image capture device connected to the image information obtaining unit and at least one non-connected external device in active use in combination with the image capture device in use at the time of the examination, the device information obtained by said device information obtaining unit includes at least one of a type name, a serial number, a use time, a number of uses, and a setting value of the devices used at the time of the examination; and

a recording unit for recording information including the image information obtained by said image information obtaining unit and the device information obtained by said device information obtaining unit, as a single examination record.

2. A medical image recording system, comprising:

an image information obtaining unit for obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment;

a device information obtaining unit for obtaining information of the image information obtaining unit and information about a device being used while the device is connected to the image information obtaining unit;

an identification information obtaining unit for obtaining identification information about a non-connected examination device being used during the examination without being connected to the medical image recording system and while the non-connected examination device is in active use, and/or identification information about a drug used at the time of the examination; and

a recording unit for recording the image information obtained by said image information obtaining unit, the information about the device obtained by the device information obtaining unit, and the information obtained by the identification information obtaining unit, as a single examination record.

3. The medical image recording system according to claim 2, wherein said identification information obtaining unit is an identification information reading unit reading identification information written in the drug or the device, which is used at the time of the examination.

6. The medical image recording system according to claim 2, wherein the data recorded by said drug or device information obtaining unit is reflected on an electronic carte.

11. The medical image recoding system according to claim 2, wherein the identification information obtaining unit reads identification information from an identification information recording unit disposed in the drug or device used at the time of examination.

12. The medical image recoding system according to claim 2, wherein the identification information obtaining unit is an RF-ID unit.

4. A medical image recording system, comprising:

an image information obtaining unit obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment;

a device information obtaining unit for obtaining information of the image information obtaining unit and information of devices including at least one image capture device connected to the image information obtaining unit and at least one non-connected external device in active use in combination with the image capture device in use at the time of the examination, the device information obtained by said device information obtaining unit includes at least one of a type name, a serial number, a use time, a number of uses, and a setting value of the devices used at the time of the examination;

an image setting information obtaining unit obtaining setting information associated with an observation image the same time the observation image is obtained by said image information obtaining unit; and

a recording unit recording information composing of the image information obtained by said image information obtaining unit, the device information obtained by said device information obtaining unit and the image setting information obtained by said image setting information obtaining unit, as a single examination record.

5. A medical image recording system, comprising:

a device information obtaining unit obtaining information of an image capture device and a non-connected external device used in combination with the image capture device used for an examination for a medical treatment at the time of the examination, the device information obtained by said device information obtaining unit includes at least one of a type name, a serial number, a use time, a number of uses, and a setting value of the devices used at the time of the examination;

a message determining unit determining contents of a message based on a type name within the device information obtained by said device information obtaining unit;

a display screen layout determining unit determining a display screen layout based on the type name of the device within the device information obtained by said device information obtaining unit; and

a message displaying unit displaying the contents of the message determined by said message determining unit according to the screen display layout determined by said display screen layout determining unit.

7. A medical image recording system, comprising:

image information obtaining means for obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment;

device information obtaining means for obtaining information of the image information obtaining means and information of devices including at least one image capture device connected to the image information obtaining unit and at least one non-connected external device in active use in combination with the image capture device in use at the time of the examination, the device information obtained by said device information obtaining means includes at least one of a type name, a serial number, a use time, a number of uses, and a setting value of the devices used at the time of the examination; and

recording means for recording information composing of the image information obtained by said image information obtaining means and the device information obtained by said device information obtaining means, as a single examination record.

8. A medical image recording system, comprising:

image information obtaining means for obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment;

device information obtaining means for obtaining information of the image information obtaining means and information about a device being used while the device is connected to the image information obtaining means;

an identification information obtaining means for obtaining identification information about a non-connected examination device being used during the examination without being connected to the medical image recording system and while the non-connected examination device is in active use, and/or identification information about a drug used at the time of the examination; and

recording means for recording the image information obtained by said image information obtaining means, the information about a device obtained by the device information obtaining means, and the information obtained by the identification information obtaining means, as a single examination record.

9. A medical image recording system, comprising:

image information obtaining means for obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment;

device information obtaining means for obtaining information of the image information obtaining means and information of devices including at least one image capture device connected to the image information obtaining unit and at least one non-connected external device in active use in combination with the image capture devices used at the time of the examination, the device information obtained by said device information obtaining means includes at least one of a type name, a serial number, a use time, a number of uses, and a setting value of the devices used at the time of the examination;

image setting information obtaining means for obtaining setting information associated with an observation image the same time the observation image is obtained by said image information obtaining means; and

recording means for recording information composing of the image information obtained by said image information obtaining means, the device information obtained by said device information obtaining means and the image setting information obtained by said image setting information obtaining means, as a single examination record.

10. A medical image recording system, comprising:

device information obtaining means for obtaining information of an image capture device and a non-connected external device in active use in combination with the image capture device used for an examination for a medical treatment at the time of the medical examination, the device information obtained by said device information obtaining means includes at least one of a type name, a serial number, a use time, a number of uses, and a setting value of the devices used at the time of the examination;

message determining means for determining contents of a message based on a type name within the device information obtained by said device information obtaining means;

display screen layout determining means for determining a display screen layout based on the type name of the device within the device information obtained by said device information obtaining means; and

message displaying means for displaying the contents of the message determined by said message determining means according to the screen display layout determined by said display screen layout determining means.