# US 12,009,110 B1 · Method for using a clinician station to provide medical services remotely

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- Number: US 12,009,110 B1
- Document ID: US12009110B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/723,264
- Filed: 2019-12-20
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2012-03-02
- Assignees: MD Health RX Solutions, LLC
- Applicants: MD Health RX Solutions, LLC
- Inventors: Leonard Solie
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009110B1

## CPC

- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- A61B 5/0017: {transmitting optical signals}
- A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet}
- A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens}
- A61B 5/117: Identification of persons (methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00)
- A61B 5/742: {using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339)}
- A61B 5/7465: {Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network (telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002)}
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
- G16H 80/00: ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
- A61L 9/20: Ultraviolet radiation
- G06F 21/6245: {Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes}
- G06Q 20/22: Payment schemes or models
- H04L 63/0884: {by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity}
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A clinician station supporting private and secure telemedicine session between an operator and a patient on a remote patient station terminal. The clinician stations comprising a base, an interactive device stand, and a display terminal. The interactive device stand includes an electronic device, a device casing, and an adjustable arm. The display terminal includes a display device, a display casing, and an adjustable arm. The electronic device and the electronic display device are electronically communicable over a network with a cloud based system that is configured to host a medical session between a patient in the patient station terminal and the operator using the clinician station.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of providing remote real time patient ailment diagnoses, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a clinician station communicable over a network, the clinician station comprising:
(i) an electronic display terminal;
(ii) a camera connected to the electronic display terminal, the camera comprising a camera head and an elongated adjustable arm, the elongated adjustable arm having a first end connected to the electronic display terminal and a second end connected to the camera head; and
(iii) an interactive clinician device;
(b) accessing the clinician station by an operator, wherein the operator when accessing the clinician station goes through an identification process to gain access to the clinician station, the identification process includes the operator verifying the operator's professional status;
(c) providing a light source communicable with the clinician station, the light source emitting a light that corresponds with the operator's professional status;
(d) adjusting a position of the camera by the operator so that the camera head is located in front of the clinician electronic display terminal, between the operator and the clinician electronic display terminal, at a height which is at eye level with the operator accessing the clinician station;
(e) providing a patient station communicable over the network, the patient station including at least one display screen;
(f) accessing the patient station by a patient;
(g) linking the clinician station with the patient station to display a live-image of the operator on the display screen of the patient station with the camera head positioned at the eye level of the operator; and
(h) visibly displaying on the display screen of the patient's station the light emitted from the light source communicable with the linked clinician station that corresponds with the operator's professional status.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein a cloud based system communicable over the network links the clinician station and the patient station.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive clinician device comprises a tablet.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the clinician station further comprises elongated flat lighting disposed about one or more sides of the electronic display terminal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the clinician station further comprises at least one uninterruptable power supply (UPS) battery that energizes the clinician station in the event of a power loss.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the clinician station has functional control over a plurality of systems provided inside of the patient station.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of systems provided inside of the patient station include a locking system, a privacy system, and a sanitation system.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of systems further includes a medication dispensing system.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the adjustable arm of the camera comprises a goose neck.

### Claim 10

A method of providing remote real time patient ailment diagnosis, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a clinician station communicable over a network, the clinician station comprising:
(i) a display terminal comprising an electronic display and a casing that holds the electronic display;
(ii) a camera system connected to the casing of the display terminal, the camera system comprising, a camera head and an elongated adjustable arm, the elongated adjustable arm having a first end connected to the casing of the display terminal and a second end connected to the camera head;
(iii) an interactive clinician device;
(b) accessing the clinician station by an operator, wherein the operator when accessing the clinician station goes through an identification process to gain access to the clinician station, the identification process includes the operator verifying the operator's professional status;
(c) providing a light source communicable with the clinician station, the light source emitting a light that corresponds with the operator's professional status;
(d) adjusting a position of the camera by the operator so that the camera head is located in front of the clinician electronic display, between the operator and the clinician station electronic display, at a height which is at eye level with the operator accessing the clinician station;
(e) providing a patient station communicable over the network, the patient station including at least one display screen;
(f) providing a cloud based system communicable over a network;
(g) linking the clinician station with the patient station, wherein the clinician station and the patient station are linked by the cloud based system over the network; and
(h) enabling bi-lateral communication between the clinician station and the patient station to display a live-image of the operator on the display screen of the patient station with the camera head positioned at the eye level of the operator;
(i) visibly displaying on the display screen of the patient's station the light emitted from the light source communicable with the linked clinician station that corresponds with the operator's professional status.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the cloud based system comprises a computing system, a registration authentication server, and a database.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the clinician station has functional control over a plurality of systems provided inside of the patient station.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of systems of the patient station include a locking system, and a sanitation system.

### Claim 14

A method of providing remote real time patient ailment diagnoses, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a clinician station communicable over a network, the clinician station comprising:
(i) an electronic display;
(ii) a camera comprising a camera head and an elongated adjustable arm, the elongated adjustable arm having a first end connected to the electronic display and a second end connected to the camera head; and
(iii) an interactive clinician device;
(b) accessing the clinician station by an operator, wherein the operator when accessing the clinician station goes through an identification process to gain access to the clinician station, the identification process includes the operator verifying the operator's professional status;
(c) providing a light source communicable with the clinician station, the light source emitting a light that corresponds with the operator's professional status;
(d) positioning of the camera head by the operator so that the camera head is located in front of the clinician station screen, between the operator and the clinician station display, at a height which is at eye level with the operator accessing the clinician station;
(e) providing a patient station communicable over the network, the patient station including at least one display screen;
(f) accessing the patient station by a patient and requesting medical services;
(g) providing a cloud based system communicable over the network;
(h) activating a search query by the cloud based system for an available operator to match with the patient after the patient requests a medical session;
(i) identifying the operator of steps b and c as the available operator;
(j) linking the clinician station having the available operator with the patient station accessed by the patient in the patient station to establish the medical session, the medical session hosted by the cloud based system over the network;
(k) enabling bi-lateral communication between the available operator in the clinician station accessing the network terminal therein and the patient in the patient station accessing a network terminal therein to display a live-image of the operator on the display screen of the patient station with the camera head positioned at the eye level of the operator;
(l) visibly displaying on the display screen of the patient's station the light emitted from the light source communicable with the linked clinician station that corresponds with the operator's professional status.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein the cloud based system comprises a computing system, a registration authentication server, and a database.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein the available operator using the clinician station has functional control over a plurality of systems provided inside of the patient station.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of systems of the patient station include a locking system, a privacy system, medical prescription system, and a sanitation system.