Devices, methods, and systems for acquiring medical diagnostic information and provision of telehealth services
AssigneeZipline Health, Inc.
InventorsRyan Boucher, Lionel Nelson
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Abstract
The invention relates generally to various systems, tools and methods for acquiring diagnostic information, including medical information, for a user, transmitting the information to a remote location, assessing the information, and transmitting resulting diagnosis and treatment information to the user and/or a third party for subsequent action. The present invention provides consumer and user-friendly telemedicine systems and procedures which enable health services and/or diagnosis to be provided at a distance remotely.
Claims15
An imaging apparatus for obtaining images for diagnosis of a human subject's condition, the imaging apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a diagnostic extension coupled to the main body and including a tip at a distal end of the diagnostic extension, wherein a cross section area at the tip is larger than a cross section area at the proximal end of the diagnostic extension and wherein the diagnostic extension includes a coil or a wire that elastically bends when external forces are applied to the diagnostic extension and returns the diagnostic extension to an original shape when the external forces are removed;
- a light source;
- a digital imaging element within the tip of the diagnostic extension, the digital imaging element configured to capture diagnostic information, the diagnostic extension configured to be inserted into the ear canal;
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- a first anatomical interface coupled to the main body or the diagnostic extension and shaped to engage the ear canal of the subject's ear, the engagement extending past an entrance to the ear canal.
An imaging apparatus for obtaining images for diagnosis of a human subject's condition, the imaging apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a diagnostic extension coupled to the main body via one or more elastic members to float within the main body, the diagnostic extension including a coil or a wire that elastically bends when external forces are applied to the diagnostic extension and returns the diagnostic extension to an original shape when the external forces are removed, the diagnostic extension including a tip at a distal end of the diagnostic extension, wherein a cross section area at the tip is larger than a cross section area at the proximal end of the diagnostic extension;
- a light source;
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- a digital imaging chip within the tip of the diagnostic extension, the digital imaging chip configured to capture diagnostic information, the diagnostic extension configured to be inserted into the ear canal via an anatomical interface that engages the ear canal including at locations extending past an entrance to the ear canal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.