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• the present invention relates to a medical visualization tool.
• Human anatomical models and charts are often used for teaching purposes in medical health facilities, research institutes and educational settings. When working with patients, anatomical models and charts assist patients in visualizing areas of the human anatomy pertaining to the patient's condition, and therefore aid in developing understanding of the diagnosis.
• Anatomical models are typically made from plastic or resin, however despite being lightweight these models require physical storage on shelves or counters. In addition, the removable parts of the models may be misplaced or lost. Also, the repeated removal and application of the removable parts can cause wear over time, or damage.
• anatomical charts require storage and are also subject to wear and tear. The charts are often made from paper or plastic laminate for framing or tacking on a wall, or portable-stand display, and therefore can be cumbersome.
• an apparatus comprising a non- transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, said instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
• GUI graphical user interface
• a method for generating a patient report of a medical consultation by a health care professional using a terminal comprising the steps of, via said terminal:
• GUI graphical user interface
• a system for generating a patient report of a medical consultation by a health care professional comprising:
• a central server for processing requests from at least one client terminal associated with said health care professional
• a content server communicatively coupled to the central server, said content server comprising content associated with at least one patient condition;
• a health care professional information database comprising user objects pertaining to a medical facility having said at least one client terminal
• a patient information database comprising user objects pertaining to said patient
• a messaging server for sending said report from the medical consultation to said patient or an authorized third party.
• the patient receives a summary of the medical consultation, including detailed images of the human anatomy pertaining to the patient condition, prescription data, over-the-counter (OTC) medication, drug information, and reference materials, either in the examination room or after the medical consultation via email, and so forth.
• OTC over-the-counter
• Figure 1 shows an exemplary medical visualization system
• Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of an exemplary terminal device
• Figure 3 is a flow chart diagram illustrating an exemplary method for updating terminal software application from a remote server
• Figure 4 shows an exemplary user interface for use with the system of Figure 1 ;
• Figure 5a shows an exemplary user interface with a plurality of buttons associated with patient conditions
• Figure 5b shows a physiological representation of a human head showing portions pertaining to a particular patient condition
• Figures 5c and 5d show user interfaces displaying information for educating the patient about an exemplary patient condition
• Figures 5e and 5f show user interfaces displaying information for educating the patient about an exemplary patient condition and associated medicaments
• Figure 6 is a flow chart diagram illustrating an exemplary method for generating a patient report of a medical consultation.
• Figures 7a, 7b and 7c show user interfaces displaying various medical tools.
• FIG. 1 shows an exemplary medical visualization system, generally identified by reference numeral 10, comprising a plurality of computing devices 12 in communication with a central server 14 for providing medical information.
• the computing devices 12, or terminals are communicatively coupled to the central server 14 via a network 16, either though a wired connection, or a wireless connection.
• the network 16 may be the Internet, or a mixture of different networks.
• the devices 12 run a software application which comprises a visual tool configured to show images of the human anatomy pertaining to a patient condition, including reference materials for patient education.
• the terminals 12 are generally installed in a medical facility, such as an outpatient clinic, a hospital, an emergency room, or in a general practice examination room.
• the terminals 12 assist the health care professional, such as a physician, collect data on the patient's condition during a medical consultation, and aid in the medical diagnosis.
• the terminals 12 are especially useful to physicians specializing in particular areas of medicine, such as cardiologists, endocrinologists, neurologists, urologists, paediatricians, obstetricians, allergists, psychiatrists and surgeons.
• Figure 2 shows one example of a typical computer system of terminal 12. Note that while Figure 2 illustrates various components of a computer system, it is not intended to represent any particular architecture or manner of interconnecting the components as such details are not germane to the present invention. It will also be appreciated that network computers and other data processing systems which have fewer components or perhaps more components may also be used with the present invention.
• the computing system may be in the form of any kind of general processing structure, and may for example include any computing terminal 12, such as, a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet, a computer server, a computerized kiosk, a cellular phone, and a smartphone.
• the computer system which is a form of a data processing system, includes a bus 20 which is coupled to a microprocessor 21 and a read only memory (ROM) 22 and volatile random access memory (RAM) 23 and a non- volatile memory 24.
• the microprocessor 21 is coupled to cache memory 25.
• the bus 20 interconnects these various components together and also interconnects these components 21 , 22, 23, and 24 to a display controller 34 and to peripheral devices such as input/output (I/O) devices 28 which may be mice, keyboards, modems, network interfaces, printers, scanners, video cameras and other devices which are well known in the art.
• I/O input/output
• the input/output devices are coupled to the system through input/output controllers 30.
• the bus 20 may include one or more buses connected to each other through various bridges, controllers and/or adapters as is well known in the art.
• aspects of the present invention may be embodied, at least in part, in software. That is, the techniques may be carried out in a computer system or other data processing system in response to its processor, such as a microprocessor, executing sequences of instructions contained in a memory, such as a machine readable medium, or ROM 22, volatile RAM 23, non- volatile memory 24, cache 25 or a remote storage device.
• a processor such as a microprocessor
• a memory such as a machine readable medium, or ROM 22, volatile RAM 23, non- volatile memory 24, cache 25 or a remote storage device.
• hardwired circuitry may be used in combination with software instructions to implement the present invention.
• the techniques are not limited to any specific combination of hardware circuitry and software nor to any particular source for the instructions executed by the data processing system.
• various functions and operations are described as being performed by or caused by software code to simplify description.
• the machine readable medium includes any mechanism that provides (i.e., stores and/or transmits) information in a form accessible by a machine (e.g., a computer, network device, personal digital assistant, any device with a set of one or more processors, etc.).
• machine readable media includes recordable/non-recordable media (e.g., ROM; RAM; magnetic disk storage media; optical storage media; flash memory devices; etc.), as well as electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms of propagated signals (e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.).
• Each of the terminals 12 comprises a display screen 40 on which information is displayed, with a graphical user interface (GUI).
• GUI graphical user interface
• the GUI includes, but is not limited to, the "desktop" of the operating system, controls such as taskbars and scroll bars, any icons and application windows.
• the central server 14 comprises a similar computing system as described above, however, it may further comprise data structures, such as, databases which stores classification information. Further, the central server 14 may include a server process that responds to requests from one or more client programs. The process may include, for example, an HTTP server or other server-based process (e.g., a database server process, XML server) that interfaces to one or more client programs distributed among one or more client systems. Communicatively coupled to the central server 14 is a health care professional information database 52, a patient information database 54, a content server 56, a messaging server 58, and a third party reference database 60, the functions of which will be described below.
• a health care professional information database 52 Communicatively coupled to the central server 14 is a health care professional information database 52, a patient information database 54, a content server 56, a messaging server 58, and a third party reference database 60, the functions of which will be described below.
• the health care professional information database 52 includes user objects with attributes for storing predefined information pertaining to the medical facility with the installed terminal 12, such as identification data, geographical location, authorized health care professional details, terminal 12 data, such as, software application version, hardware version, user information, and analytics data.
• the patient information database 54 includes user objects for each patient. Accordingly, an exemplary user object for a patient includes attributes for storing predefined information about the user, such as, name, gender, contact information details, such as email address or phone number, records of medical consultations, and a patient medical history.
• the content server 56 includes a plethora of information, such as, medical illustrations, industry guidelines, videos, documents, multimedia, drug information, detailing aids, monographs, research documents, patient literature, and public health awareness information.
• the content server 56 may include 2D or 3D representations of the various systems of the human body, such as, the cardio-vascular (circulatory) system, digestive system, endocrine system, lymphatic system, nervous system, sensory system, urinary/reproductive system, respiratory system, integumentary system, skeletal system and musculature system.
• the content server 56 also provides the content to terminals 12, where the content is cached in cache 25. Therefore, the terminals 12 have always have access to the content in the event of network congestion or content server 56 unavailability.
• the messaging server 58 receives queries from the terminals 12 via the central server 14 to send particular medical content, including patient reports from the medical consultation to the patient, care provider or other authorized third party.
• the messaging server 58 hosts a messaging application (e.g., Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, etc.).
• the third party reference database 60 comprises drug information.
• One such exemplary database is the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (e-CPS) available online from the Canadian Pharmacists Association. This resource provides health care professionals with the most current information on drug products available in Canada, by searching for drug monographs.
• the drug information may be accessed using queries pertaining to the brand name, generic name, therapeutic class, or manufacturer.
• the third party reference database 60 provides access to drug updates, such as new indications, new dosage forms, new formulations, clinical information on drug interactions, directories with contact information to poison control centers and health organizations and, a product identification tool for retrieving information on drugs based on a descriptive query.
• the central server 14, the content server 56, the messaging server 58 and databases 52, 54 and 60 provide centralized computing functionality for the system 10, or a private cloud computing platform.
• the cloud network resources are therefore only available to registered and authorized users or health care professionals, and only via registered and authorized terminals 12.
• Centralized computing results in cost savings, ease of administration, enhanced security and facilitates audit processes.
• Most of the processing is done on central server 14, the content server 56 and the messaging server 58, maintenance of applications is isolated to the servers 14, 56, 58 and not each individual node 12, also reducing administrative overhead.
• Each terminal 12 is communicatively coupled to the central server 14 via a network interface, such that each terminal 12 includes a network address, such as an IP address or MAC address.
• the terminal 12 is also associated with a unique identifier, such as a terminal ID, as assigned by the server 14.
• the terminal ID and network address of the terminal 12 are forwarded to the central server 14 for registration.
• Other information associated with the terminal 12, such as geographical location, device 12 data, such as software application version, hardware version, device 12 analytics data, health care professional details, identity of medical facility, and so forth, is also transmitted to the central server 14 for storage in the user database 54.
• the software application version number associated with the terminal 12 is sent to the central server 14. Subsequently, the version number of the software application on the terminal 12 is compared to the version number of the software application available on the central server 14. When the version number of the software application on the terminal 12 is superseded by that available on the central server 14, then the terminal 12 requests an update of the software application, and the updated software application or patches, are pushed to the terminal 12 for auto-installation.
• FIG. 3 shows a flow chart with exemplary steps for updating the software application on terminals 12.
• a terminal 12 requests an update of the software application from the central server 14, the terminal 12 request includes at least the version number of the software application, network address and terminal ID.
• the central server 14 verifies the terminal ID and the version number of the software application that was last installed on the terminal 12 (step 102).
• a comparison of the version number of the software application on the terminal 12 and the version number of the software application on the central server 14 is performed by the central server 14 (step 104); a determination is made whether the version number of the software application on the terminal 12 is superseded by that available on the central server 14 (step 106).
• the process ends (step 108).
• the version number of the software application on the terminal 12 is superseded by that available on the central server 14, then the central server 14 sends the updated software application to the terminal 12 (step 110).
• the terminal 12 automatically installs the software application and updates the software application version number thereon (step 112).
• the terminal 12 sends confirmation of the installed software application, including terminal ID, version number, installed updates, date and time of install, to the central server 14 (step 1 14), and the process ends.
• the central server 14 automatically provides up-to-date versions of the client software application to the terminals 12 for auto-installation, when the version number of the software application available on the terminal 12 is superseded by that on the central server 14.
• the central server 14 periodically determines which of the terminals 12 are online and operational using a ping command, as is well known in the art, or by other means.
• the software application comprises a visual tool application which interfaces with the central server 14 via a suitable protocol.
• a user or operator at terminal 12 initiates a visual tool application on the display 40 and dialog box (not shown) is presented for the user to authenticate with the central server 14 by entering the system credentials.
• GUI graphical user interface
• a graphical user interface 200 is generated by the terminal 12 and displayed on the touch screen 40 associated with the terminal 12, as shown in Figure 4.
• touch screen interfaces touching a particular icon, tab, button or text will launch an application or allow the user to access a resource associated therewith.
• the touch screen 40 associated with the terminal 12 displays regions of the human body, medical conditions, diseases, illnesses, medical resources and treatment options.
• the terminal 12 is located in the examination room, and is operated by a health care professional, such as a doctor or nurse. Users can interact with the terminal 12 through any form of input and output, such as text input, speech recognition, text output, text-to-speech, graphics, recorded files and video.
• FIG. 5a there is shown an exemplary user interface 200 with a plurality of categories related to patient conditions, human anatomy, and an index of the human anatomy, among others.
• Each category is associated with a tab 202, 204, 206 or 208 which may include icons or text corresponding to that category. Enabling any one of the tabs 202, 204, 206, 208 causes the processor 21 to display a page related to the chosen category. For example, selection of tab 202 corresponding to patient conditions yields a page having a plurality of GUI objects, such as buttons 209a, 209b, 209c associated with patient conditions, such as neurological, respiratory, and cardiac, and so forth.
• GUI objects such as buttons 209a, 209b, 209c associated with patient conditions, such as neurological, respiratory, and cardiac, and so forth.
• the displayed page includes an image of the human anatomy 210 with a highlighted portion corresponding to the selected condition. Alternatively, the operator can select the relevant part of the displayed image corresponding to the reported patient condition. Tab 208 links the user to a customized news page pertaining to the patient condition.
• each patient condition category comprise further subcategories which allow further refining of the chosen category.
• the user interface 200 is divided into three regions, a sub-category frame 21 1a, an image frame 21 1b and a menu frame 21 1c. For example, if button 209a associated with a "Neurological" condition is selected, then sub-categories corresponding to neurological conditions are displayed, such as: headache 212, hyrocephalus 213, insomnia 214, meningitis 216, migraines 218, multiple sclerosis 220, nausea 222, neurodermititis 224, and so forth.
• the user interface 200 also includes a plurality of tabs 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236 associated with images, prescriptions, over-the-counter (OTC) medication, drug information, patient reference materials, lifestyle and professional tools, respectively.
• OTC over-the-counter
• an exploded image 240 of a head is presented on the user interface 200.
• the image 240 may be 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional, and may include multimedia components.
• a physiological representation of the head is displayed to show the particular parts of the human anatomy that contribute to migraines, such as the arteries and the 5 th cranial nerve.
• the image 240 is interactive, such that it can be dragged, rotated or scaled depending on the particular region of interest.
• the image 240 can be annotated, such that additional data may be included with the image 240, such as notes, diagnosis and/or treatment recommendations.
• each structure of the human anatomy may be viewed in greater detail through zooming and rotation of the images between the different views such as anterior, posterior, and lateral, including exploded views of the structure.
• the operator can also specify a structure by name and can obtain a highlighted view, or summon an identifying label on the structure.
• Figures 5c and 5d show user interfaces 200 displaying information for educating the patient about an exemplary patient condition, such as migraines.
• the information may include resources and treatment options.
• the information may include common triggers for migraines such as stress, environmental factors, behavioural changes and chemical agents.
• Figure 5d shows a user interface 200 displaying medicaments for migraines, which may include over-the- counter medicaments or prescription medicaments.
• FIG. 5e when a button 209b, of Figure 5a, associated with an "Abdominal" condition is selected, then sub-categories corresponding to an abdominal condition are displayed, such as: Crohn's disease, diarrhea, gallstones, gastroesophogeal reflux disease, hepatitis C and so forth. Each sub-category is associated with a hyperlinked tab. If, for example, a tab 242 associated with the gastroesophogeal reflux disease sub-category is selected then an image 244 of the stomach and the esophagus is presented on the user interface 200. As shown in Figure 5e, the image 244 may be annotated by the healthcare professional while educating the patient.
• a button 245 links the health care professional to another user interface 200 displaying information relating to the patient condition, as shown in Figure 5f.
• One of the tabs is related to physician tools displays information relating one medicament for gastroesophogeal reflux disease, outlining dosing information, including efficacy charts, surveys related to the medicament.
• the user interface 200 comprises advertisements corresponding to the patient condition. As the operator navigates through the numerous pages on the terminal 12, the operator can select any one of the pages presented on the user interface 200, such as treatment options and educational materials pertaining to the patient condition. In addition, the operator can capture any of the images of the human anatomy corresponding to the patient's condition, including any annotations and specials instructions entered by the health care professional. The selected pages and captured screenshots of the user interface 200 are associated with the patient information to generate a report corresponding to the medical consultation.
• the report may be comprehensive, and may further include date of consultation, attending physician, reason for consultation, history of present patient condition or illness, past medical history, past surgical history, medications on admission, allergies, social history such as tobacco, alcohol or illegal substance abuse, review of the systems, physical examination, laboratory data, recommendations, treatment options and plan, follow-up visit.
• the report is added to the existing patient record on the user database 54, otherwise a new patient record is created.
• the report, or any portion thereof, may be printed and handed to the patient, or it can be forwarded directly to the patient or third party, such as a health insurer or caregiver, via email, snail mail or facsimile.
• an email message may be sent to the patient directly from the terminal 12 via the messaging server 58 by actuating the email button 246 on the user interface 200.
• the patient report may be accessible via an FTP or HTTP web portal. Accordingly, the patient is provided a complete record of the medical consultation for future reference.
• a flow chart diagram illustrates an exemplary method for generating a patient report of a medical consultation by a health care professional using a medical terminal, the method comprising the steps of, via said terminal: receiving patient information data (step 300); prompting data entry of said patient condition via a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with said terminal to provide a query associated with said patient condition in real-time; (step 302); presenting on said GUI at least one image of the human anatomy associated with said entered patient condition in real-time (step 304); manipulating said at least one image (step 306); presenting on said GUI a recommended prescription for said patient condition including information related to said patient condition and said prescription (step 308); storing on a computer readable medium said patient information data, said at least one image, said prescription data in a database structure (step 310); and providing said patient information data, said at least one image, said prescription data (step 312) to said patient or a third party.
• GUI graphical user interface
• FIG. 7a there is shown an exemplary user interface 200 with a plurality of medical tools related to different patient conditions, measurements, nutrition, among others, with associated tabs 400, 402, 404, 406, 408, 410, 412.
• selecting tab 400 displays a plurality of GUI objects 414, 416, 418, 420, 422, 424 associated with a plurality of applications or uniform resource indicators (URIs).
• URIs uniform resource indicators
• selecting GUI object 414 launches a calculator application
• selecting GUI object 420 launches a page associated with a third party resource provider.
• Selecting tab 404 displays GUI objects associated with tools relating diabetes, such as a blood glucose calculator, as shown in Figure 7b.
• Selecting tab 410 displays GUI objects associated with measurement tools such as a body mass index (BMI) as shown in Figure 7c.
• BMI body mass index
• the system 10 has the facility for pathological material to be added as an illustrative point when regional anatomy is being demonstrated.
• the user interface 200 comprises targeted advertisements corresponding to the patient condition.
• system 10 has provides a searchable, customizable map of the human body.
• the system 10 has provides a method for soliciting feedback from patients and health care professionals through surveys.
• the system 10 provides a method for providing alerts to patients post-medical consultation. Alerts may also be provided to health care professionals and third parties, such as, insurance providers, pharmaceutical companies, and so forth.
• the communication network 16 can include a series of network nodes (e.g., the clients and servers) that can be interconnected by network devices and wired and/or wireless communication lines (such as, public carrier lines, private lines, satellite lines, etc.) that enable the network nodes to communicate.
• network nodes e.g., the clients and servers
• wired and/or wireless communication lines such as, public carrier lines, private lines, satellite lines, etc.
• the transfer of data between network nodes can be facilitated by network devices, such as routers, switches, multiplexers, bridges, gateways, etc., that can manipulate and/or route data from an originating node to a server node regardless of dissimilarities in the network topology (such as, bus, star, token ring, mesh, or hybrids thereof), spatial distance (such as, LAN, MAN, WAN, Internet), transmission technology (such as, TCP/IP, Systems Network Architecture), data type (such as, data, voice, video, multimedia), nature of connection (such as, switched, non-switched, dial-up, dedicated, or virtual), and/or physical link (such as, optical fiber, coaxial cable, twisted pair, wireless, etc.) between the correspondents within the network.
• network devices such as routers, switches, multiplexers, bridges, gateways, etc.

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