# US 2013/0155216 A1 · Medical information recording apparatus

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- Number: US 2013/0155216 A1
- Document ID: US20130155216A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/690,865
- Filed: 2012-11-30
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-05-30
- Assignees: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Inventors: Makoto KASUMI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155216A1

## CPC

- A61B 1/00009: {of image signals during a use of endoscope}
- A61B 1/0002: {provided with data storages}
- H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A medical information recording apparatus includes: a control section that controls moving image recording of a medical image from a medical apparatus; a first recording processing section that records the medical image in a first recording region over an entire first period under the control of the control section; and a second recording processing section that, when a signal based on an operation by a user is provided in the first period, records a copy of the medical image in a second recording region in a predetermined second period according to a timing of the operation by the user and merges with each other a plurality of copies of the medical image generated as a result of the operation being performed by the user a plurality of times, under the control of the control section.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A medical information recording apparatus comprising:
a control section that controls moving image recording of a medical image from a medical apparatus;
a first recording processing section that records the medical image in a first recording region over an entire first period under the control of the control section; and
a second recording processing section that, when a signal based on an operation by a user is provided in the first period, records a copy of the medical image in a second recording region in a predetermined second period according to a timing of the operation by the user and merges with each other a plurality of copies of the medical image generated as a result of the operation being performed by the user a plurality of times, under the control of the control section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The medical information recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein in the merging with each other of the plurality of copies, the second recording processing section inserts a transient image between the copies.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The medical information recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the first recording processing section records the medical image as one moving image file; and
wherein the second recording processing section records a copy of the medical image as one respective moving image file for each of the operations by the user.

### Claim 4

A medical information recording apparatus comprising:
a control section that controls moving image recording of a plurality of medical images from a plurality of medical apparatuses;
a first recording processing section that records the plurality of medical images in regions for the respective medical images in a first recording region over an entire first period under the control of the control section; and
a second recording processing section that, when a signal based on an operation by a user is provided within the first period, records copies of the medical images in regions for respective medical images in a second recording region in a predetermined second period according to a timing of the operation by the user, and merges with each other a plurality of the second medical images generated as a result of the operation being performed by the user a plurality of times, under the control of the control section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The medical information recording apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein in the merging with each other of the plurality of the second medical images, the second recording processing section inserts a transient image between the second medical images.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The medical information recording apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein the first recording processing section records each of the first medical images as one moving image file; and
wherein the second recording processing section records each of the second medical images as one moving image file for each of the operations by the user.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The medical information recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the control section sets the first and second recording regions in respective different subfolders within a same folder.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The medical information recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the operation by the user is an operation of a release button provided at the medical apparatus.