Telephone based tele-health apparatus
OwnerSachin S Junnarkarinventor
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Abstract
A tele-health apparatus includes a telephone having a microphone, an auscultation piece to acquire sounds, and a solid medium acoustically coupling the auscultation piece to the microphone. The auscultation piece is part of a stethoscope, and the solid medium is a windpipe of the stethoscope. The tele-health apparatus also includes an otoscope operable to be disposed in front of a camera of the telephone. A clip holds the stethoscope and the otoscope, and is fixed to the phone. Software modules installed in the telephone enable the tele-health apparatus to engage a user in a two-way audio and/or video consultation with a physician at a remote device in real-time.
Claims8
An A tele-health apparatus for use in combination with a telephone having a microphone and a camera, said tele-health apparatus for facilitating remote examination of a living-being, the tele-health apparatus comprising:
- an auscultation piece to acquire sounds made by body of said living-being;
- an otoscope to obtain images of a part of said living-being;
- an adjuster;
- a solid medium coupled at a first end to said auscultation piece;
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- a mechanical structure to grip said telephone and also attached to a second end of said solid medium, said second end being attached proximal to said microphone to cause said acquired sounds to be transmitted from said auscultation piece to said microphone,
- a first end of said adjuster also being physically attached to said mechanical structure, and a second end of said adjuster being attached to said otoscope, said adjuster being adjustable to place said otoscope in front of said camera to enable said camera to receive said images from said otoscope,
- whereby said acquired sounds and said images are transmitted by said telephone to a remote person to facilitate remote examination of said living-being.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.