James J Cavanaugh

US Patent:

6603494, Aug 5, 2003

Filed:

Dec 27, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/473217

Inventors:

Seth Richard Banks - Milwaukee WI
Linda Marie Kohli - Waukesha WI
David Alan Littlejohn - Wales WI
Aaron Joseph Schmidt - Wales WI
Thomas Matthew Hanson - Waukesha WI
Elizabeth A. Kuhn - Wauwatosa WI
Kim Marie Ruchti - Brookfield WI
James Kenneth Cavanaugh - Chesterton IN

Assignee:

GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC - Waukesha WI

International Classification:

G09G 508

US Classification:

345807, 345734, 345740, 345763, 600410

Abstract:

An imaging system coupled to a network, the network coupling imaging devices of at least first and second different imaging modalities, each modality including functions which are common to each of the first and second modalities, includes an imaging device, a network coupling the imaging device to a remote facility, an interface associated with the imaging device, and a pointing device for moving a pointer icon about the display and for selecting displayed icons. The network provides the imaging device with remote services from the remote facility. The interface includes a display and a programmed data processor for providing a uniform interface image on the display despite the specific modality. The uniform interface image includes a function navigation space including function icons corresponding to procedures which are common to both the first and second imaging modalities and a workspace adjacent the function navigation space for displaying, analyzing and manipulating images of a type consistent with the specific modality. When an icon is selected, the processor correlates the selected icon with a corresponding command and executes the command.

US Patent:

6674449, Jan 6, 2004

Filed:

Nov 25, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/200056

Inventors:

Seth R. Banks - Milwaukee WI
James K. Cavanaugh - Chesterton IN
Thomas M. Hanson - Waukesha WI
Linda M. Kohli - Waukesha WI
Elizabeth A. Kuhn - Wauwatosa WI
David A. Littlejohn - Wales WI
Kim M. Ruchti - Brookfield WI
Aaron J. Schmidt - Wales WI
William M. Stoval - Menomonee Falls WI

Assignee:

GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC - Waukesha WI

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345740, 345625, 345846, 345854, 709 5, 709 3

Abstract:

A universal interface apparatus for use with any of several different imaging systems for facilitating a plurality of different imaging modalities, the interface including at least function icons in a function navigation space and a workspace, each of the function icons corresponding to a process which is common among all of the imaging modalities, the interface also accessing data tables corresponding to specific workflow protocols for medical facility radiologists and/or for a medical facility in general, the tables identifying function icons and other icons for guiding a technologist through a properly orchestrated imaging process.

US Patent:

20040024303, Feb 5, 2004

Filed:

Jul 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/612844

Inventors:

Seth Banks - Milwaukee WI, US
James Cavanaugh - Chesterton IN, US
Thomas Hanson - Waukesha WI, US
Linda Kohli - Waukesha WI, US
Elizabeth Kuhn - Wauwatosa WI, US
David Littlejohn - Wales WI, US
Kim Ruchti - Brookfield WI, US
Aaron Schmidt - Wales WI, US
William Stoval - Menomonee Falls WI, US

International Classification:

A61B005/05

US Classification:

600/407000

Abstract:

A universal interface apparatus for use with any of several different imaging systems for facilitating a plurality of different imaging modalities, the interface including at least function icons in a function navigation space and a workspace, each of the function icons corresponding to a process which is common among all of the imaging modalities, the interface Also accessing data tables corresponding to specific workflow protocols for medical facility radiologists and/or for a medical facility in general, the tables identifying function icons and other icons for guiding a technologist through a properly orchestrated imaging process.