US 11,657,370 B2
Medical image based collaboration
Dirk Soenksen, Vista, CA (US); Mark Wrenn, Vista, CA (US); and Zoya Volynskaya, Vista, CA (US)
Assigned to Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc., Vista, CA (US)
Filed by LEICA BIOSYSTEMS IMAGING, INC., Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/1,413.
Application 17/001,413 is a continuation of application No. 14/432,178, granted, now 10,754,923, previously published as PCT/US2013/032583, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/706,466, filed on Sep. 27, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0388375 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G06Q 10/101 (2023.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G06Q 50/22 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/101 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method comprising using at least one hardware processor to:
receive a request to create a medical case from a requesting system over at least one network;
in response to the request,
create the medical case,
define a minimum dataset required for the medical case to be complete by performing acts comprising selecting the minimum dataset from a plurality of available minimum datasets based on a medical condition associated with the medical case,
in advance of capturing medical image data to be included in the medical case, determine one or more image-capture parameters for the medical case, and
send one or more commands, over the at least one network, to a smart image-capture device at the requesting system, to
configure the smart image-capture device according to the one or more image-capture parameters, and
control the smart image-capture device to auto-load and scan a microscope slide, associated with the medical case, to capture the medical image data according to the one or more image-capture parameters;
receive the captured medical image data from the requesting system over the at least one network;
store the medical image data in association with the medical case; and
provide access to the medical case to one or more consulting systems.