# US 11,998,359 B2 · Automated allergy office

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- Number: US 11,998,359 B2
- Document ID: US11998359B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/185,827
- Filed: 2023-03-17
- Published: 2023-07-13
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-13
- Applicants: Ty L. Prince; Herman J. Novak
- Inventors: Ty L. Prince; Herman J. Novak
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11998359B2

## CPC

- A61B 5/70: {Means for positioning the patient in relation to the detecting, measuring or recording means}
- G16H 40/63: for local operation
- A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens}
- A61B 5/411: {Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance}
- A61B 5/7264: {Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems}
- A61B 5/7267: {involving training the classification device}
- A61B 5/7445: {Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units}
- A61B 5/749: {Voice-controlled interfaces}
- G16H 30/40: for processing medical images, e.g. editing
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
- G16H 70/20: relating to practices or guidelines
- G16H 80/00: ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

The automated allergy office system and method takes a medical professional through an allergy testing process and a follow-on immunology injection process step-by-step using LED computer screen tables, computer tablets, smart phones, an internal office computer system accessing Patient medical records, and an augmenter reality headset. The augmented reality headset technology and artificial intelligence are layered onto an improved manual system to minimize false positives and negatives, to improve the patient experience patient, resulting in cost savings for the doctor and patient and enabling portions of the allergy testing to be performed remotely from the office of the allergist, either by the patient or by a trained medical technician.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An automated allergy office system, comprising:
a target sticker for placement on a target location on a patient, wherein the target location is to be used for at least one of a scratch or injection point of an allergen from a vial delivered with a skin tester, and
an augmented reality headset for viewing the target location,
the augmented reality headset including artificial intelligence that visually identifies a skin discoloration, including at least one of moles, skin tags, rashes, and tattoos, and displays on the augmented reality headset a message fora medical technician to not place the target sticker on any detected skin discoloration.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The automated allergy office system of claim 1, wherein if the target location has the skin discoloration as identified by the artificial intelligence, a second target location is identified, wherein the second target location does not have aa skin discoloration.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The automated allergy office system of claim 1, wherein if the augmented reality headset detects skin discoloration at the target location, the target location is moved to avoid the skin discoloration on the patient.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The automated allergy office system of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality headset includes voice recognition technology that interprets spoken commands of a wearer of the augmented reality headset, and the augmented reality headset reads and records at least one of a wheal color and a wheal flare.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The automated allergy office system of claim 4, wherein the augmented reality headset reads and records an infrared signature of at least one of a wheal reaction site and flare reaction site.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The automated allergy office system of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality headset monitors at least one of a content of the vial and a location of the vial with the allergen that is used at the target location.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The automated allergy office system of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality headset monitors at least one of the target location, a location of the skin tester used at the target location, and a location of the vial used at the target location.