US 11,798,665 B2
Method and apparatus for interacting with medical worksheets
Damian Torres, Bothell, WA (US); Christopher Bartholomew, Bothell, WA (US); Tod Kahler, Bothell, WA (US); Sun-Kai Lin, Bothell, WA (US); David Knapp, Bothell, WA (US); and John D Higinbotham, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed by FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/706,244.
Application 16/706,244 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/144,795, filed on Sep. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,042,696.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,277, filed on Oct. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0111553 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 10/00 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 15/00 (2018.01) [G16H 10/00 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a medical imaging device comprising:
transmitting a request from the medical imaging device to a worksheet or form repository server, wherein the request is used to verify connectivity of the medical imaging device and the worksheet or form repository server;
after verification of the connectivity, retrieving administrative data from the worksheet or form repository server, wherein one or more workflow preferences of a user are defined by a customized worksheet or form having fields comprising the administrative data, and wherein the administrative data comprises at least one of an identification of the user, a location of the medical imaging device, or a medical department using the medical imaging device;
recreating the customized worksheet or form at the medical imaging device based on the retrieved administrative data;
displaying the recreated customized worksheet or form on a graphical user interface connected to the medical imaging device;
producing a medical image via the medical imaging device; and
automatically forwarding the customized worksheet or form and the medical image to a billable workflow or an educational workflow.