# US 12,178,392 B2 · Interchangeable imaging modules for a medical diagnostics device with integrated artificial intelligence capabilities > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,178,392 B2 - Document ID: US12178392B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/678,903 - Filed: 2022-02-23 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-03 - Assignees: AI Optics Inc. - Applicants: AI Optics Inc. - Inventors: Luke Michael Moretti; Andrew DiGiore - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12178392B2 ## CPC - A61B 1/00105: {characterised by modular construction} - A61B 1/000096: {using artificial intelligence} - A61B 1/00039: {provided with input arrangements for the user} - A61B 1/00059: {provided with identification means for the endoscope} - A61B 1/00103: {designed for single use} - A61B 1/227: for ears, i.e. otoscopes - A61B 1/32: Devices for opening or enlarging the visual field, e.g. of a tube of the body - A61B 3/0041: {characterised by display arrangements} - A61B 3/12: for looking at the eye fundus, e.g. ophthalmoscopes (A61B3/13 takes precedence) - A61B 3/14: Arrangements specially adapted for eye photography - A61B 90/94: coded with symbols, e.g. text - A61B 90/98: using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A medical diagnostic instrument can include a housing with a mounting interface configured to support a plurality of imaging devices, each of the plurality of imaging devices configured to capture image data of a different anatomical region of a patient. The instrument can include an electronic processing circuitry, which can include a memory and a processor. The processor can be configured to, responsive to an attachment of an imaging device of the plurality of imaging devices to the mounting interface, retrieve from the memory and execute at least one machine learning model from a plurality of machine learning models configured to identify, based on image data, one or more diseases of the patient. The at least one machine learning model can be configured to identify one or more diseases of an anatomical region of the patient an image data of which the imaging device is configured to capture. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical diagnostic instrument comprising: a housing comprising a mounting interface configured to support a plurality of imaging devices, each of the plurality of imaging devices configured to capture an image data of a different anatomical region of a patient; and an electronic processing circuitry supported by the housing, the electronic processing circuitry comprising a memory and a processor, the processor configured to: responsive to an attachment of an imaging device of the plurality of imaging devices to the mounting interface, retrieve from the memory and execute at least one machine learning model from a plurality of machine learning models configured to identify, based on the image data, one or more diseases of the patient, the at least one machine learning model configured to identify one or more diseases of an anatomical region of the patient the image data of which the imaging device is configured to capture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the mounting interface comprises a connection configured to provide at least one of power or illumination to an imaging device attached to the mounting interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises an image sensor configured to capture the image data, and wherein no imaging device of the plurality of imaging devices comprises any image sensors. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to, responsive to the attachment of the imaging device, determine an identification of the imaging device based on at least one of: retrieving the identification from a memory of the imaging device, receiving the identification via radio frequency identification (RFID) or near field communication (NFC), determining the identification from a visual marker positioned on the imaging device, or determining the identification from the image data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The instrument of claim 4, wherein the visual marker comprises a quick response (QR) code. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to detect the attachment of the imaging device based on receiving an electrical signal generated responsive to the attachment of the imaging device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a user interface at least partially supported on an exterior of the housing, and wherein the processor is further configured to configure the user interface responsive to the attachment of the imaging device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The instrument of claim 7, wherein the user interface comprises a display. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the mounting interface is configured to facilitate at least one of a mechanical or magnetic attachment of the imaging device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the anatomical region of the patient comprises an eye, ear, or skin of the patient. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the anatomical region of the patient comprises an eye of the patient, and wherein the imaging device further comprises a cup positioned at a distal end of the imaging device, the cup configured to be an interface between the housing and the eye. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The instrument of claim 11, wherein the cup is disposable. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the anatomical region of the patient comprises an ear of the patient, and wherein the imaging device further comprises an ear specula positioned at a distal end of the imaging device, the ear specula configured to be an interface between the housing and the ear. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The instrument of claim 13, wherein the ear specula is disposable. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The instrument of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a body and a handle, the handle connected to the body and configured to be held by a user. ### Claim 16 A method of operating a medical diagnostic instrument, the method comprising: by a processor of an electronic processing circuitry supported by a housing of the instrument: detecting an attachment of an imaging device of a plurality of imaging devices to a mounting interface positioned on the housing and configured to support the plurality of imaging devices configured to capture an image data of a different anatomical region of a patient; and responsive to detecting the attachment of the imaging device, retrieving from a memory of the electronic processing circuitry and executing at least one machine learning model from a plurality of machine learning models configured to identify, based on the image data, one or more diseases of the patient, the at least one machine learning model configured to identify one or more diseases of an anatomical region of the patient the image data of which the imaging device is configured to capture. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising, responsive to detecting the attachment of the imaging device, determining an identification of the imaging device based on at least one of: retrieving the identification from a memory of the imaging device, receiving the identification via radio frequency identification (RFID) or near field communication (NFC), determining the identification from a visual marker positioned on the imaging device, or determining the identification from the image data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the visual marker comprises a quick response (QR) code. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein detecting the attachment of the imaging device is based on receiving an electrical signal generated responsive to the attachment of the imaging device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the different anatomical region of the patient comprises an eye, ear, or skin of the patient.