Patent ID: 7272430
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgery support method comprising: communicating information regarding surgery between a surgery room for performing surgery and a remote surgery support room via a communication line, with the surgery support room side supporting the surgery; taking images of a treatment region of a patient in the surgery room; outputting picture signals corresponding to the images; displaying the images of said treatment region in the surgery room based on the picture signals; receiving the picture signals in the surgery support room from the surgery room via said communication line; displaying the images of said treatment region in the surgery support room based on the received picture signals; displaying a first pointer image for instructing location on the image of the treatment region displayed in the surgery support room; moving the first pointer image displayed in the surgery support room; transmitting the display location information of the moved first pointer image from the surgery support room to the surgery room; generating a second pointer image based on the display location information of the first pointer image transmitted to said surgery room; and superimposing said second pointer image on the picture signals.