Device cooperation and content management for remote-control microscope for medical use

Recently, much attention has been focused on potential Internet technology for delivering medical care. Many researchers are trying to adapt network technologies to telemedicine. Network technology, which makes possible instant communication over great distances, could control devices in remote places in real time. In particular, the broadband Internet achieves transmission of high quality video image data and other huge amounts of data to distant places. Therefore, transmitting high-quality video images that medical doctors request should not be so difficult. The IPv6 network technology that will be applied to the Next-Generation Internet will provide a large increase of global IP addresses. Many people anticipate that various medical devices will be connected to networks with ease. We report research conducted to examine the effectiveness of device cooperation for medical purposes. To this end, we developed a remote-control microscope that we are proposing as next-generation remote-control medical equipment. We developed this microscope by using a technology called "Network Accessible Device on the Internet Architecture" (NADIA). In an effort to create a remote medical system for use with the next-generation Internet, we developed and confirmed the effectiveness of the ProcessStorageMicroscopeNAD, a machine that combines three devices.