Mach7 Technologies awarded US Patent for mobile device image...

Mach7 Technologies awarded US Patent for mobile device image capture

•   Patent covers any mobile device that can upload images and videos into a patient’s electronic medical record
  
  
•   Further validates Mach7’s expertise in software design for use in clinical environments and provides a barrier to entry for any competitor
  
  
•   Provides an additional point of difference for Mach7’s award-winning software
  
  
•   Strengthens3DM’sintellectualpropertyportfolio
  
  3D Medical Limited (ASX: 3DM) (3DM or the Company) is pleased to announce that Mach7 Technologies Inc. (Mach7) has been awarded a patent in the United States for its method of acquiring medical image data from any mobile device and wirelessly communicating that data for upload to a patient’s medical record.
  
  3DM and Mach7 are in the process of merging, which will see Mach7’s best-in-breed healthcare IT join with 3DM’s emerging healthcare technology in the areas of 3D printing, holograms and related software.
  
  The United States Patent is described as Patent No. US 9,223,932 B1 “Handheld Medical Imaging Mobile Modality” (Patent) and covers any mobile device that can: (i) authenticate a user on the device; (ii) capture images on the device (including video); (iii) enable the user to associate each captured image to a patient record that has been selected on the device; and (iv) wirelessly communicate both the image and the metadata to a server.
  
  The award-winning Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform allows for the storage of image data (such as conventional radiology medical images) and non-image data (such as clinical notes and pathology results) within a patient’s medical record and incorporates this patient data into a powerful enterprise-wide archive, workflow and communication system within leading clinical environments.
  
  Mach7’s iModality mobile application, which is covered by the Patent, is a secure and HIPAA compliant solution allowing clinicians to quickly capture and integrate images, videos or notes with related patient records that can be sent to an archive or workstation via Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform and linked to the patient’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR) for immediate digital reference.
  
  iModality rapidly enables mobile healthcare in the hands of patient-facing clinicians and moves image management closer to the point of care delivery. This in turn reduces time to diagnose and helps facilitate faster care delivery.
  
  It is estimated that 60% of medical imaging data is captured outside of well-established digital imaging departments such as radiology and cardiology. Examples include moles and rashes in dermatology, lesions within wound care, abuse cases, surgical procedures, varicose veins treatments, diabetic ulcers and more. Outside of radiology and cardiology, medical facilities struggle in optimising workflow to capture medical imaging data digitally and to store and share the data through a patient’s EMR.