Specialized Medical Imaging Scheduling for Niche Environments

Publication ID: 24-11857804_0004_PTD
Published: October 28, 2025
Category:Specialized Variations & Niche Solutions

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Specialized Medical Imaging Scheduling for Niche Environments,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11857804_0004_PTD, Published October 28, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11857804_0004_PTD
This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,857,804.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

A system and method for determining a medical imaging schedule adapted for specific, narrow markets or unique operational environments, ensuring optimal imaging schedules in high-security facilities, disaster relief areas, extreme weather conditions, remote locations, and high-altitude environments.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent disclosed a method for determining a medical imaging schedule for a subject receiving treatment at a target site. However, this method does not account for the unique challenges and constraints of specialized environments. The new inventive concept addresses this limitation by providing a system and method that adapts to these niche environments, ensuring effective medical imaging scheduling in these settings.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

The system and method for determining a medical imaging schedule in specialized environments comprise a secure data storage module, a scheduling module, and environmental data integration. The scheduling module determines an optimal imaging schedule based on treatment information, environmental data, and patient information. In high-security facilities, the system ensures secure storage and restricted access to confidential patient information. In disaster relief areas, the system utilizes portable treatment devices and environmental data to determine the optimal imaging schedule. In extreme weather conditions, the system adjusts the imaging schedule in response to real-time weather data. In remote or isolated locations, the system utilizes satellite communication modules to transmit and receive patient information and treatment data. In high-altitude environments, the system takes into account the effects of high altitude on the subject's physiology.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The new inventive concept introduces novel adaptations to the original method, including secure data storage, environmental data integration, and adjustments for unique operational environments. These adaptations provide a non-obvious solution to the problem of medical imaging scheduling in niche environments.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments of the inventive concept could include integrating with wearable devices or mobile applications to collect environmental data, utilizing artificial intelligence to optimize imaging schedules, or incorporating additional sensors to monitor environmental conditions.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The inventive concept has significant commercial potential in various industries, including healthcare, disaster relief, and environmental monitoring. The system and method can be marketed to healthcare providers, disaster relief organizations, and environmental monitoring agencies operating in niche environments.

Field of Art

Medical imaging scheduling and diagnostic technology, specifically involving treatment planning, patient data analysis, and adaptive imaging protocols across complex medical environments

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A biomedical engineer or medical imaging specialist with expertise in diagnostic technologies, data integration, computational modeling, and clinical workflow optimization, holding advanced degrees in biomedical engineering or medical informatics

Obviousness Rationale

A PHOSITA would recognize that the PTD's specialized medical imaging scheduling variations represent predictable extensions of the source patent's core methodology by applying known techniques of contextual adaptation and environmental integration to medical imaging scheduling protocols. The fundamental approach of dynamically determining imaging schedules based on patient data remains consistent, with the PTD merely introducing contextual variations that would be obvious design choices for a skilled practitioner seeking to optimize imaging protocols in diverse operational environments.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element
Method for determining medical imaging schedule based on blood panel information and treatment data
PTD Variation
Integrating environmental data and specialized context-specific scheduling modules
Obviousness Reasoning
A PHOSITA would recognize that adapting scheduling algorithms to specific environmental constraints represents a predictable application of known computational modeling techniques, with environmental integration being a standard approach in medical technology optimization
Source Patent Element
Initial imaging data acquisition methodology
PTD Variation
Implementing secure data storage and restricted access protocols for high-security facilities
Obviousness Reasoning
Data security enhancements represent a standard design consideration for medical technologies, with information protection being a well-established engineering practice in sensitive medical contexts
Source Patent Element
Treatment information processing for imaging schedule determination
PTD Variation
Utilizing satellite communication and portable treatment devices in remote environments
Obviousness Reasoning
Extending communication technologies to support medical imaging in challenging environments is a predictable solution using known telecommunications and medical device integration techniques
Source Patent Element
Imaging modality selection based on treatment parameters
PTD Variation
Adjusting imaging schedules dynamically based on real-time environmental conditions
Obviousness Reasoning
Dynamic protocol adjustment represents a standard engineering approach to managing variable clinical conditions, with computational adaptability being a well-understood design strategy in medical technologies
Source Patent Element
Clinical information integration for imaging schedule determination
PTD Variation
Incorporating physiological altitude effects into imaging schedule calculations
Obviousness Reasoning
Accounting for environmental physiological variations is a standard medical engineering practice, representing a straightforward extension of existing diagnostic modeling techniques
35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on the teachings of US Patent 11857804 and the disclosed variations, a person of ordinary skill in the art would find the proposed medical imaging scheduling adaptations to be obvious variations that do not represent a non-obvious innovation, thereby establishing this publication as prior art that would render similar claimed innovations unpatentable under standard obviousness analysis.

Original Patent Information

Patent NumberUS 11,857,804
TitleDetermining a medical imaging schedule
Assignee(s)Koninklijke Philips N.V.