Patent ID: 9652138
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06F,G16H,H04L

Claim:
1. A medical imaging system capable of acquiring medical imaging data of a patient, the system comprising: a console coupled to the system, the console comprising a computer programmed to: enable a first user to perform a first task on the medical imaging system via the console; and enable a second user to perform a second task on the medical imaging system simultaneously with the first task via a remote device; wherein, in enabling the second user to perform the second task on the medical imaging system via the remote device, the computer is programmed to: encrypt data sent to the remote device; and decrypt data received from the remote device; and wherein the computer is programmed such that the console has an overriding command capability to limit functionality of the remote device, and to prevent access of the remote device to the medical imaging system such that the second task cannot be performed.