Diagnostic device for remote consultations and telemedicine

A hand-held device comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• an endoscopic camera;
• a stethoscope;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory operatively connected to the one or more processors and including instructions, that when executed, cause the hand-held device to:
• obtain, in real time and via the endoscopic camera, video data of a user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear;
• transmit, in real time and via the wireless transceiver, the obtained video data to a user device for remote real time viewing of the obtained video data by the user for positioning of the endoscopic camera by the user relative to the user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear;
• after the positioning of the endoscopic camera by the user, obtain, in real time and via the endoscopic camera, an image of the user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear;
• transmit, via the wireless transceiver, the obtained image to the user device for remote real time viewing of the obtained image by the user;
• obtain, via the stethoscope, auscultation data of the user;
• and
• transmit concurrently with the image, via the wireless transceiver, the obtained auscultation data to the user device.

A system comprising:

• a hand-held device in communication with a user device and including:
• a wireless transceiver;
• an endoscopic camera;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory operatively connected to the one or more processors of the hand-held device and including instructions, that when executed, cause the hand-held device to:
• obtain, in real time and via the endoscopic camera, video data of a user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear,
• transmit, in real time and via the wireless transceiver, the obtained video data to the user device for remote real time viewing of the obtained video data by the user for positioning of the endoscopic camera by the user relative to the user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear,
• after the positioning of the endoscopic camera by the user, obtain, in real time and via the endoscopic camera, an image of the user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear, and
• transmit, via the wireless transceiver, the obtained image to the user device for remote real time viewing of the obtained image by the user;
• and
• the user device, the user device including:
• a display;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory operatively connected to the one or more processors of the user device and including instructions, that when executed, cause the user device to:
• control the display to visually display the video data transmitted from the hand-held device for real time viewing by the user.

A method of obtaining a clinical assessment of a user by a user device in communication with a hand-held device, the method comprising:

• obtaining, in real time and via an endoscopic camera of the hand-held device, video data of the user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear;
• transmitting, in real time and via a wireless transceiver of the hand-held device, the video data to the user device for remote real time viewing of the transmitted video data by the user for positioning of the endoscopic camera by the user relative to the user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear;
• after the positioning of the endoscopic camera by the user, obtaining, in real time and via the endoscopic camera, an image of the user's throat, mouth, nasal cavity, or ear;
• transmitting, via the wireless transceiver, the obtained image to the user device for remote real time viewing of the obtained image by the user;
• receiving, by the user device, the transmitted image as a first set of diagnostic information;
• obtaining, by the user device, a second set of diagnostic information comprising one or more of the user's symptoms, medical history, or demographics;
• inputting, by the user device, the first set of diagnostic information and the second set of diagnostic information into an artificial intelligence model for generating the clinical assessment based on the first set of diagnostic information and the second set of diagnostic information;
• and
• obtaining, by the user device, the clinical assessment from the artificial intelligence model.