Streaming video network system
First Claim
1. A streaming managed medical video network system for enabling access on a medical network to live video data captured from a plurality of locations, the system comprising:
- at least one streaming device associated with at least one medical treatment location of the plurality of locations, wherein the at least one streaming device is configured to receive live video data from at least one of a plurality of sources located in the at least one medical treatment location and convert the data received from the at least one source of the plurality of sources into a network packet stream, wherein the at least one source of the plurality of sources comprises a medical video source that views a procedure, the procedure comprising one of a surgical procedure, a diagnostic procedure, and a therapeutic procedure, performed at the at least one medical treatment location, the at least one medical treatment location having a plurality of medical video sources therein, the plurality of medical video sources being used during the procedure in which medical personnel are present at the medical treatment location;
a network switch in communication with the at least one streaming device; and
a streaming video control server that;
(a) authenticates at least one of a plurality of users to the managed streaming medical video network system;
(b) establishes a communication channel, the communications channel being configured to route each network packet stream from the at least one streaming device, via the network switch, towards the at least one user for enabling access by the at least one user to the network packet stream;
(c) provides the network packet stream to the at least one user such that, once the at least one user has been authenticated to the system, the at least one user can view the live video data contained in the network packet stream; and
(d) tracks a status of the medical treatment location during one of the surgical procedure, the diagnostic procedure and the therapeutic procedure, the status of the medical treatment location comprising one of a room status and a patient status; and
wherein the at least one streaming device captures video simultaneously with state and status metadata information, by collecting patient information from a network-based software service and transmitting patient information, which is overlaid onto the video as it is being viewed by the at least one user at a remote location.
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Abstract
A distributed, digital, network-based, streaming video solution allows users to view live streaming digital video from multiple video sources in multiple operating rooms at any location connected to a network. One or more video sources in an operating room are connected to a streaming video encoder capable of converting the video to a network packet stream. Once the digital video stream is available on the network, it may be accessed and routed through the use of a streaming video control server. The streaming video control server is responsible for user authentication and authorization and web page access for remote viewing and video source selection by users. The control server also provides audit logging services, operating room selection and overall system resource allocation. The video control server also provides a network-based remote control interface, which enables other systems to communicate on the streaming video network, and allows for remote control of visualization from an integrated operating room control system, and provides the ability for one operating room to look into other operating rooms.
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64 Claims
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1. A streaming managed medical video network system for enabling access on a medical network to live video data captured from a plurality of locations, the system comprising:
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at least one streaming device associated with at least one medical treatment location of the plurality of locations, wherein the at least one streaming device is configured to receive live video data from at least one of a plurality of sources located in the at least one medical treatment location and convert the data received from the at least one source of the plurality of sources into a network packet stream, wherein the at least one source of the plurality of sources comprises a medical video source that views a procedure, the procedure comprising one of a surgical procedure, a diagnostic procedure, and a therapeutic procedure, performed at the at least one medical treatment location, the at least one medical treatment location having a plurality of medical video sources therein, the plurality of medical video sources being used during the procedure in which medical personnel are present at the medical treatment location; a network switch in communication with the at least one streaming device; and a streaming video control server that; (a) authenticates at least one of a plurality of users to the managed streaming medical video network system; (b) establishes a communication channel, the communications channel being configured to route each network packet stream from the at least one streaming device, via the network switch, towards the at least one user for enabling access by the at least one user to the network packet stream; (c) provides the network packet stream to the at least one user such that, once the at least one user has been authenticated to the system, the at least one user can view the live video data contained in the network packet stream; and (d) tracks a status of the medical treatment location during one of the surgical procedure, the diagnostic procedure and the therapeutic procedure, the status of the medical treatment location comprising one of a room status and a patient status; and wherein the at least one streaming device captures video simultaneously with state and status metadata information, by collecting patient information from a network-based software service and transmitting patient information, which is overlaid onto the video as it is being viewed by the at least one user at a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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38. A system for enabling bi-directional video communications among a plurality of operating rooms in a hospital environment connected by a streaming video network, the system comprising:
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a streaming control server; a network switch in communication with the streaming control server; and
for each of the plurality of operating rooms;at least one video decoder in communication with the network switch and at least one display device; and at least one streaming device in communication with the network switch and one of a plurality of video sources located in the operating room, wherein the at least one source of the plurality of sources comprises a medical video source that views a procedure, the procedure comprising one of a surgical procedure, a diagnostic procedure, and a therapeutic procedure; wherein the streaming control server is configured to; (a) authenticate at least one of a plurality of users to the managed streaming medical video network system; (b) establish a bi-directional communications channel between a first operating room and a second operating room of the plurality of operating rooms upon receiving a corresponding request by; transmitting a first message toward a video encoder associated with the first operating room; configuring the video encoder associated with the first operating room to select and encode a video stream; transmitting a second message toward a video decoder associated with the second operating room; and configuring the video decoder associated with the second room to receive and decode a video stream encoded by a video encoder associated with the first operating room; and (c) provide the network packet stream to the at least one user such that, once the at least one user has been authenticated to the system, the at least one user can view the live video data contained in the network packet stream; (d) track a status of the first operating room, the status of the first operating room comprising one of a room status and a patient status; and wherein the at least one streaming device captures video simultaneously with state and status metadata information, by collecting patient information from a network-based software service and transmitting patient information, which is overlaid onto the video as it is being viewed by the at least one user at a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (39, 48)
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53. A streaming managed medical video network system for enabling access on a medical network to live video data captured from a plurality of locations, the system comprising:
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means for receiving live video data from at least one source of a plurality of sources located in at least one medical treatment location, wherein the at least one source of the plurality of sources comprises a medical video source that views one of a surgical procedure, a diagnostic procedure, and a therapeutic procedure, performed at the at least one medical treatment location; means for converting the live video data received from the at least one of the plurality of sources into a network packet stream; means for authenticating at least one of a plurality of users to the managed streaming medical video network system; means for directing each network packet stream through a communication network towards the at least one user for enabling access by the at least one user to the network packet stream; means for tracking a room status of the medical treatment location during one of the surgical procedure, the diagnostic procedure and the therapeutic procedure; means for providing the network packet stream and the room status of the medical treatment location to the at least one user such that, once the user has been authenticated to the managed streaming medical video network system, the at least one user can view the live video data contained in the network packet stream and the room status of the medical treatment location; and means for capturing video simultaneously with state and status metadata information, by collecting patient information from a network-based software service and transmitting patient information, which is overlaid onto the video as it is being viewed by the at least one user at a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56)
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