Medical image system
AssigneeNemoto Kyorindo Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigeru Nemoto, Nobuhisa Tano
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Abstract
A medical image system comprises a medical imaging apparatus, an injector, and a hospital management server having database. The injector has (a) communicating means for allowing communication with the hospital management server; and (b) a patient identifying portion which includes a detecting means for detecting patient-specific information and a means for transmitting the recognized information, further comprising (c) checking means being provided for at least one of the hospital management server and the injector or being provided as a separate apparatus, the means receives information transmitted from the patient identifying portion, and checks the received information to identify the patient.
Claims6
A medical image system comprising:
- (i) a medical imaging apparatus;
- (ii) an injector comprising a piston driving mechanism and a control mechanism configured to inject at least contrast medium as chemical liquid into a patient, the piston driving mechanism holding a syringe comprising a cylinder and a syringe piston configured to move the syringe piston relative to the cylinder, and the control mechanism configured to control the piston driving mechanism, wherein the injector comprises:
- (a) a detector configured to detect patient-specific information,
- (b) a receiver configured to receive imaging conditions from the medical imaging apparatus, and
- (c) one or more transmitter(s) configured to transmit patient-specific information, chemical liquid injection data and received imaging condition data to a hospital management server;
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- (iii) a hospital management server, which has a database for patient information, and
- (iv) checking means for providing at least one of the hospital management server and the injector, or being provided as a separate apparatus, wherein the checking means receives information transmitted from the detector, and checks the received information to identify the patient specific to received imaging condition data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.