# US 12,119,112 B1 · Method for utilizing a medical services kiosk

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- Number: US 12,119,112 B1
- Document ID: US12119112B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/692,934
- Filed: 2019-11-22
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- 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/US12119112B1

## CPC

- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens}
- A61B 5/6888: {Cabins}
- 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)}
- G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 80/00: ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
- A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet}
- A61L 9/20: Ultraviolet radiation
- B65D 83/00: Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents (dispensing means incorporated in closures B65D47/00)
- G06F 21/6245: {Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes}
- G06Q 20/22: Payment schemes or models
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A medical services kiosk supporting private and secure telemedicine sessions between a patient and a remote network terminal utilized by a remote health care professional. The medical services kiosk comprising at least one privacy chamber having at least one door and at least one window, Each privacy chamber may include a user interactive display terminal that includes a display device, an input device, and a centralized processor, wherein the centralized processor is electronically communicable with the remote network terminal and a cloud based system, Each patient station may each include at least one documentation receiving device, at least one biometric device for obtaining biometric health measurements of the patient utilizing the at least one patient station, an arm mechanism, a seating mechanism, a camera, a retractable diagnostic camera device, a lighting mechanism that lights the privacy chamber, and a purification system.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of providing remote real time patient ailment diagnoses and treatment, the method including the steps of:
(a) receiving a patient within a patient station, the patient station comprising:
a privacy chamber having at least one door;
an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is electronically communicable over a network with a cloud based system and a remotely located network terminal;
a plurality of medical-related devices;
a diagnostic camera;
a camera;
a privacy system; and
a lighting mechanism that lights the privacy chamber;
wherein the plurality of medical-related devices, the diagnostic camera, and the camera are communicable with the electronic device; and
a medical inventory storage space comprising a plurality of medicines securely locked therein, medical equipment, a security check device configured to scan the medicine prior to dispensing, and a passageway to support transport of the medicines and/or medical equipment from the medical inventory storage space to the privacy chamber, wherein the medical inventory storage space is communicable with the electronic device;
(b) connecting the electronic device to the cloud based system;
(c) matching the patient with an available remote health care professional for a medical session;
(d) establishing a connection between the electronic device and the remotely located network terminal over the network, wherein the remotely located network terminal is accessible by the available healthcare professional;
(e) enabling bidirectional communication between the patient and the healthcare professional; and
(f) after the step of (e), broadcasting a live image of the patient within the privacy chamber to the healthcare professional;
(g) broadcasting a live image of the healthcare professional overseeing the medical session to the electronic device, the live image viewable by the patient within the privacy chamber
(h) displaying on the electronic device a real-time picture in picture (PIP) of vital readings of the patient with the live image of the healthcare profession to the patient inside of the privacy chamber.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device includes a display device, an input device, an output device and a centralized processor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the medical session is facilitated and hosted by the cloud based system.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of (b), the step of performing a search query by the cloud based system for an available health care professional for a medical session.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of (e), the step of requesting the patient to select and use at least one medical-related device from the plurality of medical-related devices to run a medical diagnostic test.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one medical-related device of the plurality of medical-related devices is selected from any of a blood pressure monitor, a telemetric monitor, a portable EKG machine, a thermometer, a stethoscope, and a pulse oximetry machine.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of (e), the step of terminating the medical session.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of (d), the step of communicating live readings taken by a retractable diagnostic camera to the remotely located network terminal accessed by the healthcare professional overseeing the medical session.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of (a), the step of requesting the patient to input patient information by way of the electronic device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the patient information includes any one of medical history and prescribed medications.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the patient station includes an emergency backup battery that can power the patient station should power loss of the patient station occur.

### Claim 12

A method of providing remote real time patient ailment diagnoses and treatment, the method including the steps of:
(a) receiving a patient within a patient station, the patient station comprising:
a privacy chamber having at least one door;
an electronic device, wherein the is electronically communicable over a network with a cloud based system and a remotely located network terminal;
at least one documentation receiving device;
a plurality of medical-related devices;
a camera;
a lighting mechanism that lights the privacy chamber; and
a medical inventory storage space comprising a plurality of medicines, medical equipment, and a passageway to support transport of the medicines and/or medical equipment from the medical inventory storage space to the privacy chamber,
wherein the medical inventory storage space is communicable with the electronic device;
(b) connecting the electronic device to the cloud based system;
(c) performing a search query by the cloud based system for an available health care professional for the medical session;
(d) matching the patient with the available remote health care professional for the medical session;
(e) establishing a connection between the electronic device and the remotely located network terminal over the network, wherein the remotely located network terminal is accessible by a healthcare professional;
(f) enabling bi-directional communication between the patient and the healthcare professional;
(g) broadcasting a live image of the patient within privacy chamber to the remotely located network terminal, the live image viewable by the healthcare professional;
(h) broadcasting a live image of the healthcare professional overseeing the medical session to the electronic device, the live image viewable by the patient within the privacy chamber;
(i) requesting the patient to select and use at least one medical-related device from the plurality of medical-related devices;
(j) transmitting readable data from the at least one of medical-related device used by the patient to the remotely network terminal accessible by the healthcare professional;
(k) receiving a direction from the healthcare professional to dispense a medical equipment or a prescribed medication from the medical inventory storage space;
(l) if a direction to dispense a medication is received in step k, determining by the electronic device if the medication prescribed is available in the medicine dispenser,
if, as a result of the determining step, the medication is available in the medical inventory storage space, dispensing the medication from the inventory storage space to the patient in the privacy chamber
(m) terminating the medical session.