Medical support system, information terminal apparatus, patient image data acquisition method and patient information acquisition method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10790051-B2
Application number	US-201916297393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2019
Priority date	May 1, 2018
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

A medical support system supporting medical services even at a remote location, by a first information terminal apparatus operated by a doctor that gives medical examination to a patient and a second information terminal apparatus by which a helper can photograph an image of the patient at a location away from the doctor sharing information about the patient, the medical support system including: the first information terminal apparatus configured to transmit information that is information corresponding to request information from the helper and is photographing condition information for the helper to photograph the patient; and the second information terminal apparatus configured to acquire information about the photographing condition information received from the first information terminal apparatus to photograph the patient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medical support system supporting medical services even at a remote location, the medical support system comprising:
a first information terminal apparatus for operation by a doctor, including (1) an input, (2) a display, and (3) a communication portion,
wherein the communication portion is configured to receive, from a remotely located second information terminal apparatus, request information, the request information including both patient identification information and additional information,
wherein, responsive to receiving the request information, the input is configured to receive doctor input, and
wherein the communication portion is configured to transmit, to the remotely located second information terminal apparatus, general order information derived from or including the doctor input, the general order information including photographing condition information for a helper to photograph a patient using the second information terminal apparatus; and
the second information terminal apparatus for operation by the helper, including (1) an image pickup portion, (2) a display, and (3) a communication portion,
wherein, the communication portion of the second information terminal apparatus (1) transmits the request information to the first information terminal apparatus, and (2) receives the general order information,
wherein the display displays guidance information included in or derived from the photographing condition information received from the first information terminal apparatus to assist the helper to photograph the patient,
wherein the image pickup portion captures at least one image of the patient responsive to helper input,
wherein the general order information includes information provided by the doctor via the first information terminal apparatus, and
wherein the information provided by the doctor is checked to determine whether or not it is too difficult to execute by the helper, and responsive to a determination that the information is too difficult to execute by the helper, the information is changed to simplified information included in the general order information.

2. The medical support system according to claim 1 , wherein the second information terminal apparatus further includes a confirmation circuit for confirming the patient before photographing the patient.

3. The medical support system according to claim 1 , wherein, at a time of recording information acquired by an image pickup function, the second information terminal apparatus records the information, associating the photographing condition information received from the first information terminal apparatus with the information.

4. The medical support system according to claim 1 , wherein, besides the photographing condition information according to the request information from the helper, the first information terminal apparatus transmits information clarifying that the photographed image is for a medical action performed for the patient.

5. The medical support system according to claim 4 , wherein the second information terminal apparatus further transmits particular use image data with which particular use information including the photographing condition information and the information clarifying being used for a medical action is associated.

6. The medical support system of claim 1 wherein the image pickup portion is part of a general image apparatus, but wherein the at least one image of the patient is saved as a medical reference image.

7. The medical support system of claim 1 wherein the general order information includes information for automatically setting parameters of the image pickup portion.

8. The medical support system of claim 1 wherein the additional information included in the request information includes recent situation information about the patient.

9. The medical support system of claim 1 wherein the communication portion of the second information terminal apparatus transmits the at least one image of the patient to at least one of the first information terminal apparatus and a file server.

10. The medical support system of claim 1 , wherein the helper is the patient.

11. An information terminal apparatus comprising:
a communication device comprising
a transmitting device configured to transmit request information from a photographer to a remotely located other information terminal apparatus, the request information including both patient identification information and additional information, and
a receiving device configured to receive, after the transmitting device has transmitted the request information, particular use information from the remotely located other information terminal apparatus, the particular use information including photographing condition information created based on the request information and information clarifying being used for a medical action;
an image pickup device configured to acquire image data;
a processor configured to associate the image data acquired by the image pickup device with the particular use information received by the communication device; and
a recording device configured to record particular use image data in a form in which the image data and the particular use information are associated by the processor,
wherein the general order information includes information provided by the doctor via the first information terminal apparatus, and
wherein the information provided by the doctor is checked to determine whether or not it is too difficult to execute by the helper, and responsive to a determination that the information is too difficult to execute by the helper, the information is changed to simplified information included in the general order information.

12. The information terminal apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the request information includes information about a target patient and a user that uses the information terminal apparatus.

13. The information terminal apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the request information includes information about apparatuses usable by the user that uses the information terminal apparatus.

14. The information terminal apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the request information includes skills information about the user that uses the information terminal apparatus.

15. The information terminal apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the communication portion transmits the particular use image data.

16. The information terminal apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a display portion configured to display an image based on the image data and various kinds of setting information; and
an image pickup controlling portion configured to perform image pickup control of the image pickup portion and display control of the display portion; wherein
at a time of photographing an image according to the particular use information, the image pickup controlling portion displays the image data obtained by the image pickup portion on the display portion and displays guidance information included in the particular use information on the display portion.

17. The information terminal apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the guidance information includes guidance information changed according to the request information.

18. The information terminal apparatus of claim 11 wherein the helper is the patient.

19. A method for acquiring patient image data with a medical support system including a first information terminal apparatus for use by a doctor and a second information terminal a

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Toyoda Tetsuya
• Ikeda Masaru
• Yoshida Hideaki
• Osa Kazuhiko
• Nonaka Osamu

Classifications

• H04N23/64

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• G16H40/67 Primary

  for remote operation · CPC title

• G16H30/20

  for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS · CPC title

• H04N7/185

  from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control · CPC title

• G16H10/60 Primary

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title