Telemedicine. Final report/project accomplishments summary CRADA number 95-KCP-1014

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:481519

VanDeusen, A L

This project was initiated to fill existing voids in the telemedicine equipment market. Currently, when a medical facility adds telemedicine capability to their video conference system, they must purchase expensive and bulky encoders and decoders in order to send information over the available data channel. Even with this expensive equipment, only one data type (stethoscope or ECG) can be sent at a time. In addition, since existing encoders and decoders are not designed specifically for telemedicine, special cables must be built to connect with this equipment. This project resulted in the design and construction of an encoder/decoder system that resolved these issues. The unit (referred to as the Telecoder) is designed specifically for the telemedicine market. The Telecoder is compact, handles two types of data (stethoscope and ECG) simultaneously, integrates with existing medical equipment, and is less expensive. In addition to the Telecoder module, a prototype was built that adds all the necessary logic and interfaces necessary to integrate the basic encoder design into additional Cardionics products. Although a complete integration into other Cardionics products was not in the scope of this CRADA, all the basic design work has been done to allow Cardionics to complete the work.

• Research Organization: Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City, MO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00613
• OSTI ID: 481519
• Report Number(s): KCP-613-5937; ON: DE97052927; CRN: C/ASKC--95KCP1014; TRN: AHC29712%%60
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Apr 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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