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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Applications
- Sprachen: English
- Document Number: 20180344160
- Publication Date: December 6, 2018
- Appl. No: 16/043179
- Application Filed: July 24, 2018
- Assignees: Comprehensive Telemedicine (San Jose, CA, US)
- Claim: 1. A hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus, comprising: a diagnosis control unit to communicate with a medical diagnostic examination system, wherein said medical diagnostic examination system is configured as a software application on a local user device, wherein said medical diagnostic examination system is accessible to said multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus via a connector interface configured at a rear section of said diagnosis control unit, and wherein said diagnosis control unit comprises a microcontroller in operable communication with a plurality of trigger elements positioned on a predefined section of said diagnosis control unit; an attachment unit mounted to a connector slot configured at a front end of said diagnosis control unit, wherein said attachment unit comprises a receptacle, wherein an image capture device is mounted to a camera module positioned at a front section of said diagnosis control unit and supported within said receptacle of said attachment unit, and wherein said attachment unit is configured to mount one of a plurality of medical diagnostic devices interchangeably to said diagnosis control unit; said microcontroller configured to detect said image capture device and type of said one of said medical diagnostic devices mounted on said diagnosis control unit; said microcontroller further configured to receive actuation signals from one or more of said trigger elements positioned on a predefined section of said diagnosis control unit; said microcontroller further configured to process said received actuation signals to generate action control signals, wherein said action control signals are configured to indicate one or more actions to be performed by said image capture device and said one of said medical diagnostic devices; said camera module of said diagnosis control unit configured to process diagnostic image data captured by said image capture device; and said microcontroller further configured to facilitate transmission of said processed diagnostic image data from said camera module and diagnostic examination data of a plurality of formats from said one of said medical diagnostic devices to said medical diagnostic examination system, wherein said connector interface is in communication with said camera module and said one of said medical diagnostic devices via said attachment unit to receive and transmit said processed diagnostic image data and said diagnostic examination data to said medical diagnostic examination system, and wherein said medical diagnostic examination system on said local user device is in communication with a remote user device over a communication network to facilitate remote viewing, remote selection, and said remote diagnostic examinations of a plurality of anatomical examination areas of a patient via said communication network.
- Claim: 2. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit is further configured to transmit diagnostic data management signals to said medical diagnostic examination system accessible on said local user device via said connector interface of said diagnosis control unit for managing said processed diagnostic image data and said diagnostic examination data.
- Claim: 3. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said attachment unit is configured to have one of a plurality of different lengths, wherein said one of said different lengths of said attachment unit is selected based on a function of a focal length of an optical lens of said image capture device to facilitate said medical imaging.
- Claim: 4. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said actuation signals are generated by one of an activation of said one or more of said trigger elements at a same time and an activation of said one or more of said trigger elements in series.
- Claim: 5. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said connector interface of said diagnosis control unit is configured to allow electronic communication between the multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus and said medical diagnostic examination system accessible on said local user device for said medical imaging and said diagnostic examinations, wherein said connector interface comprises at least two connector elements, wherein a first of said at least two connector elements is configured to allow communication of said processed diagnostic image data from said camera module and said diagnostic examination data from said one of said medical diagnostic devices to said medical diagnostic examination system, and wherein a second of said at least two connector elements is configured to allow a serial data communication between said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit and said medical diagnostic examination system for controlling operations of one or more of said image capture device and said one of said medical diagnostic devices for said medical imaging and said diagnostic examinations.
- Claim: 6. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said connector interface of said diagnosis control unit is selected from the group consisting of a universal serial bus 3.0 connector interface, a hardware connector interface, and combinations thereof.
- Claim: 7. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said connector interface of said diagnosis control unit is a universal serial bus 3.0 connector interface configured to allow uncompressed, high speed, and high quality serial data communication between said diagnosis control unit and said medical diagnostic examination system.
- Claim: 8. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said microcontroller is further configured to generate and transmit action control signals to one or more of a plurality of light sources operably connected to one or more of a front section of said attachment unit, a predefined section along a length of said attachment unit, and an upper section of said diagnosis control unit, for illuminating and indicating one or more of said anatomical examination areas of said patient during said medical imaging and said remote diagnostic examinations, and wherein said illuminated and indicated one or more of said anatomical examination areas of said patient are viewed and selected remotely on said remote user device via said communication network for said remote diagnostic examinations.
- Claim: 9. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, further comprising spring contact connectors positioned on a rear section of said attachment unit, wherein said spring contact connectors are configured to allow electrical communication of light sources operably connected to one of a front section of said attachment unit and a predefined section along a length of said attachment unit, and said one of said medical diagnostic devices operably connected to said attachment unit, with said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit.
- Claim: 10. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said connector slot of said diagnosis control unit comprises connector pads configured to engage with spring contact connectors positioned on a rear section of said attachment unit to allow electrical communication of one or more of: one of a plurality of light sources operably connected to one of a front section of said attachment unit and a predefined section along a length of said attachment unit, and said one of said medical diagnostic devices operably connected to said attachment unit, with said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit.
- Claim: 11. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one of said medical diagnostic devices is a stethoscope device, and wherein said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit is further configured to transmit said generated action control signals to a digital signal processor of said stethoscope device for actuating said stethoscope device to perform said one or more actions indicated by said generated action control signals.
- Claim: 12. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one of said medical diagnostic devices is a stethoscope device comprising one or more microphones, and wherein said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit is further configured to transmit said generated action control signals to a digital signal processor of said stethoscope device for actuating said one or more microphones to receive diagnostic acoustic data from one or more of said anatomical examination areas of said patient.
- Claim: 13. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one of said medical diagnostic devices is a stethoscope device comprising a touchscreen, and wherein said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit is further configured to transmit said generated action control signals to a digital signal processor of said stethoscope device for actuating said touchscreen to display information associated with one or more of diagnostic acoustic data received by said stethoscope device, a connection status of said stethoscope device to said diagnosis control unit, and an activation status of said stethoscope device.
- Claim: 14. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one of said medical diagnostic devices is a stethoscope device comprising a real time clock, and wherein said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit is further configured to transmit said generated action control signals to a digital signal processor of said stethoscope device for actuating said real time clock to control recording of diagnostic acoustic data by said stethoscope device for a predefined time period.
- Claim: 15. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one of said medical diagnostic devices is an ultrasound device, and wherein said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit is further configured to transmit said generated action control signals to an ultrasound processor of said ultrasound device for actuating said ultrasound device to perform said one or more actions indicated by said generated action control signals.
- Claim: 16. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one of said medical diagnostic devices is an ultrasound device comprising one of a plurality of interchangeable ultrasound probes operably connected to said attachment unit, and wherein said microcontroller of said diagnosis control unit is further configured to transmit said generated action control signals to an ultrasound processor of said ultrasound device for actuating said one of said interchangeable ultrasound probes of said ultrasound device to detect and receive ultrasonic sounds from one or more of said anatomical examination areas of said patient for said diagnostic examinations.
- Claim: 17. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a supplementary attachment slot positioned on a lower section of said attachment unit, wherein said supplementary attachment slot is configured to interchangeably accommodate a diagnosis assistance element for facilitating said diagnostic examinations, and wherein said diagnosis assistance element is a tongue depressor of a predefined length.
- Claim: 18. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said one or more actions to be performed by said image capture device and said one of said medical diagnostic devices comprise one or more of power control of said image capture device and said medical diagnostic devices, power control of one or more of a plurality of light sources operably connected to one of a front section of said attachment unit, a predefined section along a length of said attachment unit, and an upper section of said diagnosis control unit, said capture of said diagnostic image data by said image capture device, recording of said diagnostic examination data by said one of said medical diagnostic devices, wherein said diagnostic examination data comprises audio data, video data, image data, and any combination thereof, recording of said diagnostic image data and said diagnostic examination data for a predefined time period, managing storage of said diagnostic image data and said diagnostic examination data, managing deletion of said stored diagnostic image data and said stored diagnostic examination data, light generation and brightness control by said one or more of said light sources, image scaling by said image capture device, audio volume control, creation of audio files in a plurality of audio file formats, and any combination thereof.
- Claim: 19. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said medical diagnostic devices comprise a stethoscope device, an ultrasound device, an otoscope device, an ophthalmoscope device, a dermatoscope device, an endoscope device, and any combination thereof.
- Claim: 20. The hand-held multipurpose diagnostic examination apparatus of claim 1, wherein said diagnostic image data and said diagnostic examination data from one of said image capture device and said local user device are configured to be uploaded to and stored on one or more servers comprising a dedicated server and a server in a cloud computing environment, and wherein said one or more servers are health insurance portability and accountability act compliant servers.
- Current International Class: 61; 61; 16; 61; 61; 61; 61; 61; 61; 61; 61
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