Remote exam viewing system
OwnerMatthew Carnevaleinventor
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Abstract
An Internet-enabled software engine is provided on a global server to provide remote viewing and manipulation of ophthalmic exams, with the Internet-enabled software engine being an instantiation of the functionability of the OCT machine on which the exam is performed, and with the Internet-enabled software engine providing both remote viewing of OCT exams and manipulation of this data, thus to give a user the ability to view and manipulate the dense data sets associated with ophthalmic exams anywhere in the world with ease.
Claims20
A remote viewing and manipulation system for use with an ophthalmic OCT machine to permit viewing and manipulation of the output of said OCT machine from a remote computer, comprising:
- an Internet-enabled software engine on a global server, said Internet-enabled software engine instantiating the functions of said OCT machine and adapted to be coupled by the internet to the output of said OCT machine utilizing an internet connection scheme to collect, store, retrieve and permit viewing and manipulation of the output of said OCT machine;
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- a remotely connected viewing and manipulation device coupled to said global server and said Internet-enabled software engine by the internet for accessing the collected and stored information at said global server in a retrieving step to permit the viewing of the results of an OCT exam from said OCT machine and for manipulating the data that is collected and stored at said global server to enable viewing of the manipulated results.
A method of providing OCT exam results at locations remote from an OCT machine, comprising the steps of:
- providing a global server having an Internet-enabled software engine coupled to the Internet and instantiating the functions of the OCT machine, the server being coupled by the internet to the output of the OCT machine;
- extracting OCT exam information from the OCT machine and collecting and storing it at the global server in the Internet-enabled software engine;
- coupling a remote viewing and manipulation device by the internet to the global server and the Internet-enabled software engine;
- viewing the results of an exam taken on the OCT machine at the remote viewing and manipulation device by accessing the Internet-enabled software engine using the Internet;
- and,
- manipulating the data stored in the Internet-enabled software engine from the remote viewing and manipulation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.