Software developer DatCard Systems has been awarded four new U.S. patents for its computing systems that record DICOM medical images and other related data onto portable digital storage devices.
The technology covered by the patents facilitates sharing of medical information with healthcare providers and patients, according to the Irvine, CA-based vendor. In DatCard's PacsCube product, the storage device includes a program that allows any user to view the images without specialized preinstalled software, the company said.
U.S. Patent No. 7,729,597 focuses on combining medical images and related data, such as radiological reports, on a single removable disk or other portable storage medium. The disk or other storage medium may be inserted into the recording device manually or automatically by a robotic device as is used in DatCard's commercial PacsCube system, according to the vendor.
U.S. Patent No. 7,734,157 focuses on the creation of auditable records of each disk produced, while U.S. Patent No. 7,783,163 deals with the use of multiple production stations for producing the disks, DatCard said. U.S. Patent No. 7,783,174 focuses on the overall system for producing disks containing medical images, according to the firm.
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