A packet-based telemedicine system for communicating information between central monitoring stations and remote patient monitoring stations
CA 2301937 A1 · Owner: Hopper, Andrew · Inventors: Sudduth, Barry; Hopper, Andrew; Burrow, Michael
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The present invention provides a packet-based telemedicine system for communicating video, voice and medical data between a central monitoring station and a patient monitoring station which is remotely-located with respect to the central monitoring station. The patient monitoring station obtains digital video, voice and medical measurement data from a patient and encapsulates the data in packets and sends the packets over a network to the central monitoring station. Since the information is encapsulated in packets the information can be sent over multiple types or combinations of network architectures, including a Community access Television (CATV) network the , Public Switched …
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- Filed September 18, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 18, 2018.
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