Philips Remote Screen Overlay for Radiology Collaboration, Apr 15
Summary
The European Patent Office published application EP4566276A1 titled 'Vendor-Agnostic Remote-Controlled Screen Overlay for Collaboration in a Virtualized Radiology Environment,' filed by Koninklijke Philips N.V. with inventor Thomas Erik Amthor. The patent covers remote screen overlay technology enabling real-time collaboration in virtualized radiology environments, classified under IPC codes including H04N and G16H (health informatics). The application received a favourable search report (Kind A1) and designates all EU member states plus several additional European jurisdictions.
“VENDOR-AGNOSTIC REMOTE-CONTROLLED SCREEN OVERLAY FOR COLLABORATION IN A VIRTUALIZED RADIOLOGY ENVIRONMENT”
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The European Patent Office granted publication status to Philips N.V.'s European patent application EP4566276A1 covering a vendor-agnostic, remote-controlled screen overlay system for use in virtualized radiology settings. The invention, classified under G16H (health informatics) among other IPC codes, enables radiologists and other medical professionals to collaborate remotely by overlaying screen content across different systems without vendor lock-in.
Philips N.V. has secured intellectual property protection for this technology across EU member states and additional European countries designated in the application. Competing medical device manufacturers, radiology IT vendors, and telemedicine platform providers developing similar remote collaboration tools should be aware of this published IP position when designing or marketing comparable solutions in the European market.
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VENDOR-AGNOSTIC REMOTE-CONTROLLED SCREEN OVERLAY FOR COLLABORATION IN A VIRTUALIZED RADIOLOGY ENVIRONMENT
Publication EP4566276A1 Kind: A1 Apr 15, 2026
Applicants
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Inventors
AMTHOR, Thomas Erik
IPC Classifications
H04N 21/431 20110101AFI20240219BHEP H04N 21/436 20110101ALI20240219BHEP H04N 21/4788 20110101ALI20240219BHEP H04N 21/81 20110101ALI20240219BHEP A61B 8/00 20060101ALI20240219BHEP G16H 30/20 20180101ALI20240219BHEP G16H 30/40 20180101ALI20240219BHEP G16H 40/67 20180101ALI20240219BHEP G16H 50/20 20180101ALI20240219BHEP G16H 80/00 20180101ALI20240219BHEP
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AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
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