Patent ID: 8554921
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: A61B,G01D,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for wireless data exchange, comprising: a wireless intra-oral sensor unit including a medical image sensor operable to obtain intra-oral image data of a patient, said sensor unit including a wireless communication device connected to said medical image sensor; and a computer system including a wireless communication device through which the computer system communicates with said wireless communication device of said sensor unit for receipt of the intra-oral image data acquired by said sensor unit; said wireless intra-oral sensor unit comprising a module for establishing a wireless network via the wireless communication device of the sensor unit and defining an access point of a wireless network for connection to said medical image sensor, said wireless network being wirelessly sensed by the computer system and to which the computer system connects; said sensor unit comprising an IP address module that automatically allocates an IP address to said computer system; wherein said computer system includes a plurality of computers each with a wireless communication device, said sensor unit includes a decision module that selects one of said plurality of computers for receiving the image data acquired by the sensor unit.