Appeal No. 2004-0896
Application No. 09/751,774 Page 2
1. A method of accessing a study record taken
during a cardiac catherization procedure, the procedure
being conducted in a cardiac catherization lab,
comprising the acts of:
(a) inserting at least one catheter into a patient
comprising a heart, catheters terminating in a position
proximate to the heart and comprising one or more
sensors configured to sense data from the heart;
(b) stimulating the heart with electrical signals
from the catheter;
(c) sensing data from the heart;
(d) transmitting the data from the sensors to a
data collection device;
(e) transmitting the data from the data collection
device to a central publisher;
(f) replicating the data;
(g) transmitting the replicated data from the
central publisher to a plurality of client
workstations; and
(h) simultanously displaying the data on the
plurality of client workstations.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Budd et al. 5,662,108 Sep. 02, 1997
Soukal 6,035,328 Mar. 07, 2000
Claims 1-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Soukal in view of Budd.
We refer to the brief and to the answer for a complete
exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by appellants and
the examiner concerning the issues before us on this appeal.
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