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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019341129-A1
Application number	US-201916297393-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 8, 2019
Priority date	May 1, 2018
Publication date	Nov 7, 2019
Grant date	—

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, 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 comprising:
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.

2 . The medical support system according to claim 1 , wherein the second information terminal apparatus comprises 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 . An information terminal apparatus comprising:
a communication device comprising a receiving device configured to receive particular use information including photographing condition information created based on request information from a photographer 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.

7 . The information terminal apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the request information includes information about a target patient and a user that uses the information terminal apparatus.

8 . The information terminal apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the request information includes information about apparatuses usable by the user that uses the information terminal apparatus.

9 . The information terminal apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the request information includes skills information about the user that uses the information terminal apparatus.

10 . The information terminal apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the communication portion transmits the particular use image data.

11 . The information terminal apparatus according to claim 6 , 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.

12 . The information terminal apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the guidance information includes guidance information changed according to the request information.

13 . A method for acquiring patient image data handled in a medical support system supporting medical services by sharing information about a remote patient, the method comprising:
transmitting particular use information including photographing condition information created in response to request information from a terminal of a person near the remote patient and information clarifying being used for a medical action; and acquiring image data by photographing according to the particular use information, by the information terminal apparatus and recording the acquired image data and the particular use information in association with each other.

14 . The patient image data acquisition method according to claim 13 , wherein the particular use information includes guidance information changed according to the request information.

15 . The patient image data acquisition method according to claim 13 , wherein the request information includes information about the patient.

16 . The patient image data acquisition method according to claim 13 , further comprising a performing identification of the patient according to the particular use information.

17 . A patient information acquisition method for acquiring information about a patient, the method comprising:
receiving request information including target patient information and apparatus information usable by a user to create guidance information according to the request information; and acquiring additional information acquired according to the guidance information.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04N7/185

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

• 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

• G16H30/20

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

• G16H40/67 Primary

  for remote operation · CPC title

• G16H10/60 Primary

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