Michael D Sutherland

US Patent:

6954802, Oct 11, 2005

Filed:

Sep 29, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/161753

Inventors:

Michael Sutherland - Long Grove IL, US
Koyo Yokoi - East Meadow NY, US

Assignee:

TDK Electronics Corporation - Port Washington NY

International Classification:

G06F003/00

US Classification:

710 5, 705 2, 705 3, 705 26, 382131

Abstract:

A removable medium recording station records medical image data in a format and removable medium that are widely accepted. The removable medium recording station can be used to effectively replace an installed storage device on an existing stand-alone medical image workstation. Storage onto removable media is transformed into an outboard operation. This transformation enables a hospital to migrate existing medical imaging systems to new formats and media without sacrificing a large portion of their initial investment. Additionally, the removable medium recording station can be attached as a peripheral on an existing medical modality network. In this capacity, the removable medium recording station enables an operator on the medical modality network to store medical images in a selected format and on a selected type of removable medium regardless of the proprietary format used by the enterprise level archive server. The removable medium recording station enables a hospital to add new functionality without sacrificing their investment in their enterprise solution.

US Patent:

20050240445, Oct 27, 2005

Filed:

Mar 15, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/079529

Inventors:

Michael Sutherland - Long Grove IL, US
Koyo Yokoi - East Meadow NY, US

International Classification:

G06F003/00

US Classification:

705003000

Abstract:

A low-cost scaleable turnkey system and method for archiving medical image data. The archive system and method permits the selective storing of medical data (including image data) received from a medical modality (e.g., CT, MRI, etc.) onto a removable medium (e.g., DVD or Blu-ray), which may subsequently be placed via robotics in a magazine within the system housing. In addition to directing the archiving of the medical data as described, software components of the archive system permit a specific medium in a magazine to be addressed, retrieved, and read as needed.