Systems and methods for medical instrument patient measurements
OwnerJames Stewart Batesinventor
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Abstract
Presented are systems and methods that provide diagnostic measurement tools that enable even laymen to reliably and accurately perform clinical-grade diagnostic measurements of key vital signs with little or no intervention by a health care professional. In various embodiments, this is accomplished by using an automated medical diagnostic system that provides clear and concise audio/video guidance to the patient and monitors the patient's equipment usage to generate high-accuracy measurement data that may be analyzed locally and shared with health care professionals and specialists, as needed.
Claims29
A medical data system to generate accurate medical instrument measured data associated with a physical condition comprising:
- one or more processors coupled to receive medical instrument measured data from a medical instrument that has a position;
- a reference signal indicative of at least one of the position and a preferred location relative to a user's body;
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- a feedback device coupled to the one or more processors, the feedback device uses a monitor to display at least one of the reference signal and a feedback signal that is representative of a difference between the position and the preferred location to allow a user to adjust the position relative to the preferred location and, thereby, increase data accuracy when the medical instrument is operated.
A medical diagnosis system to generate accurate medical instrument measured data associated with a physical condition comprising:
- one or more processors coupled to receive measured data from a medical instrument that has a position;
- an identifiable marker that generates a reference signal indicative of at least one of the position and a preferred location relative to a user's body;
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- a feedback device coupled to the one or more processors, the feedback device uses a monitor to display at least one of the reference signal and a feedback signal that is representative of a difference between the position and the preferred location to allow a user to adjust the position relative to the preferred location and, thereby, increase data accuracy;
- a communication controller coupled to the medical instrument to establish a wireless communication between the medical instrument and the one or more processors;
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- power management unit coupled to the one or more processors to provide energy to the communication controller and the one or more processors.
A method for generating accurate medical instrument measured data associated with a physical condition, the method comprising:
- monitoring a target location associated with a body part of interest;
- using an identifiable marker to generate a reference signal;
- determining a relationship between the reference and the target location;
- associating inertial sensor data with a medical instrument;
- using the inertial sensor data and the relationship to identify a relative position of the medical instrument;
- based on the relative position, generating one or more instructions to guide a user in using the reference signal to place the medical instrument at the target location;
- in response to determining that the medical instrument is at the target location, receiving medical instrument measured data by the medical instrument;
- comparing at least one of the sensor data and the medical instrument measured data to model data to generate a comparison result;
- based on the comparison result, assigning at least one of an accuracy score to the medical instrument and a reliability score to the medical instrument measured data;
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- if one of the accuracy and reliability score falls below a threshold generating a request signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.