Medical facility communications topology
AssigneeGE Medical Systems SA
InventorsDaniel I. Kerpelman, Richard L. Frowein, Hubert Anthony Zettel, James F. Kohli, John Heinen
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Abstract
A technique for exchanging data between networked medical diagnostic systems of a medical institution is provided. The diagnostic systems may include imaging systems, data management systems, monitors, and so forth, connected to an internal network of the institution. A data communications control system is connected to the internal network and receives data from the systems, transmits data to a remote service provider via an external network, and routes data received through the external network back to the diagnostic systems.
Claims59
A medical facility data communications system, the system comprising:
- an internal data communications network;
- a plurality of clients coupled to the internal network and uniquely addressed on the internal network, the clients include a plurality of medical diagnostic imaging modalities configured to produce image data;
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- a data communications control system coupled to the internal network for receiving client data from the clients, transmitting client data to a remote service provider, receiving addressed data from the remote service provider, and distributing the addressed data to the clients.
A data communications system for a medical diagnostic facility, the system comprising:
- a plurality of clients linked to an internal network, the clients including a plurality of medical diagnostic imaging modalities;
- a data communications control system linked to the internal network for receiving client data from the clients, distributing addressed data to the clients, transmitting client data to a remote service provider and receiving addressed data from the remote service provider;
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- an external network interface coupled to the data communications control system for transmitting the client data to the remote service provider and for receiving the addressed data from the remote service provider.
A communications system for a medical diagnostic facility, the system comprising:
- an internal network;
- a plurality of clients configured for connection to the network for transmission of client data and for receipt of addressed data, the clients including a physically mobile client and a plurality of medical diagnostic imaging modalities;
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- a data communication control system coupled to the internal network and to an external network for communicating client data and addressed data between the clients and a remote service provider, the data communications control system being configured to automatically access client data including data indicative of a location of the mobile client.
A method for communicating data in a medical diagnostic facility, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting client data from a plurality of networked clients to a data communications control system via an internal network, the clients including a plurality of medical diagnostic modalities;
- (b) processing the client data in the data communications control system;
- (c) transmitting at least a portion of the client data from the data communications control system to a remote service provider via an external network.
A method for managing data communications in a medical diagnostic facility, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) coupling a plurality of clients to an internal network, the clients including at least one physically mobile client and a plurality of medical diagnostic imaging modalities;
- (b) transmitting client data from the clients to a data communications control system, the client data including at least data indicative of a location of the at least one mobile client;
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- (c) storing the client data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.