# US 2025/0157643 A1 · Diagnostic device for remote consultations and telemedicine

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- Number: US 2025/0157643 A1
- Document ID: US20250157643A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/951,545
- Filed: 2024-11-18
- Published: 2025-05-15
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-04
- Assignees: Medentum Innovations Inc.
- Applicants: Medentum Innovations Inc.
- Inventors: Nicholas COX; Grayson MARTIN; Christopher OWENS; David OWENS; Starla KISER; Nicolle CORNER; Vivek Ranjit SHINDE PATIL
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250157643A1

## CPC

- A61B 7/003: {Detecting lung or respiration noise}
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- A61B 1/00: Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes (examination of body cavities or body tracts using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/12; endoscopic instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy A61B10/04); Illuminating arrangements therefor (for the eyes A61B3/00)
- A61B 5/0013: {Medical image data (A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence)}
- A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet}
- A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens}
- A61B 5/0088: {for oral or dental tissue}
- A61B 5/02055: {Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature}
- A61B 5/7264: {Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems}
- A61B 5/7267: {involving training the classification device}
- A61B 5/742: {using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339)}
- A61B 5/7435: {Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface}
- A61B 5/744: {Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character}
- 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)}
- A61B 7/04: Electric stethoscopes
- G16H 10/20: for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
- G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
- G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
- G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
- G16H 50/30: for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
- G16H 80/00: ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
- H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control}
- A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20)
- A61B 5/021: Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels
- A61B 5/02438: {with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient}
- A61B 5/0245: by using sensing means generating electric signals, {i.e. ECG signals}
- A61B 5/0816: {Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency (measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00)}
- A61B 5/14551: {for measuring blood gases}
- A61B 5/14552: {Details of sensors specially adapted therefor}
- A61B 5/332: Portable devices specially adapted therefor
- A61B 2560/0425: Ergonomically shaped housings (A61B2560/0418 takes precedence)
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A method of obtaining a clinical assessment of a user of a user device may include obtaining, by the user device and from a hand-held diagnostic device configured to communicate with the user device, first diagnostic information of the user obtained by one or more sensors of the hand-held diagnostic device; obtaining, by the user device, second diagnostic information based on a user input of the second diagnostic information via the user device; obtaining, by the user device and using an artificial intelligence (AI) model, the clinical assessment based on the first diagnostic information and the second diagnostic information; and displaying, by the user device, the clinical assessment to permit the user to visualize the clinical assessment.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

-20. (canceled)

### Claim 21

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.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The hand-held device of claim 21, wherein the instructions further cause the hand-held device to:
input the obtained image and the obtained auscultation data into an artificial intelligence model to generate a clinical assessment of the user based on the inputted image and the inputted auscultation data; and
determine whether to suggest medical attention to the user based on the generated clinical assessment.

### Claim 23 (depends on 21)

The hand-held device of claim 21, further comprising a temperature sensor for no-contact body temperature measurements of the user; and
wherein the instructions further cause the hand-held device to:
transmit, via the wireless transceiver, the no-contact body temperature measurements of the user to the user device.

### Claim 24 (depends on 21)

The hand-held device of claim 21, further comprising a pulse oximeter for measuring an oxygen saturation of the user and a heart rate of the user; and
wherein the instructions further cause the hand-held device to:
transmit, via the wireless transceiver, the measured oxygen saturation of the user and the measured heart rate of the user to the user device.

### Claim 25 (depends on 21)

The hand-held device of claim 21, further comprising one or more of a microphone, an EKG sensor, or a blood pressure sensor.

### Claim 26 (depends on 21)

The hand-held device of claim 21, wherein the auscultation data includes sounds from one or more of a heart, lungs, or a stomach of the user.

### Claim 27 (depends on 21)

The hand-held device of claim 21, wherein the endoscopic camera images at a focal distance in a range of 20 mm to 100 mm.

### Claim 28

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.

### Claim 29 (depends on 28)

The system of claim 28, wherein the instructions of the memory of the user device further cause the user device to:
receive the image from the hand-held device as a first set of diagnostic information of the user;
obtain a second set of diagnostic information including one or more of the user's symptoms, medical history, or demographics; and
obtain input data indicating whether to provide the first set of diagnostic information and the second set of diagnostic information to generate a clinical assessment of the user by a second user of a remote user device or to generate the clinical assessment by an artificial intelligence model.

### Claim 30 (depends on 29)

The system of claim 29, wherein the instructions of the memory of the user device further cause the user device to:
input the first set of diagnostic information and the second set of diagnostic information into the artificial intelligence model for generating the clinical assessment;
obtain the clinical assessment from the artificial intelligence model; and
control the display to visually display the obtained clinical assessment to the user.

### Claim 31 (depends on 28)

The system of claim 28, wherein:
the hand-held device further includes a stethoscope; and
the instructions of the memory of the hand-held device further cause the hand-held device to:
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.

### Claim 32 (depends on 28)

The system of claim 28, wherein:
the hand-held device further includes a temperature sensor for no-contact body temperature measurements of the user; and
the instructions of the memory of the hand-held device further cause the hand-held device to:
transmit, via the wireless transceiver, the no-contact body temperature measurements of the user to the user device.

### Claim 33 (depends on 28)

The system of claim 28, wherein:
the hand-held device further includes a pulse oximeter for measuring an oxygen saturation of the user and a heart rate of the user; and
the instructions of the memory of the hand-held device further cause the hand-held device to:
transmit, via the wireless transceiver, the measured oxygen saturation of the user and the measured heart rate of the user to the user device.

### Claim 34 (depends on 28)

The system of claim 28, wherein the instructions of the memory of the user device further cause the user device to:
receive the image from the hand-held device;
input the received image into an artificial intelligence model to generate a clinical assessment of the user based on the received image; and
determine whether to suggest medical attention to the user based on the generated clinical assessment.

### Claim 35 (depends on 28)

The system of claim 28, wherein the instructions of the memory of the user device further cause the user device to:
receive the image from the hand-held device;
transmit the received image to a remote user device for generation of a clinical assessment of the user by a physician based on the transmitted image; and
receive the generated clinical assessment from the remote user device.

### Claim 36

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.

### Claim 37 (depends on 36)

The method of claim 36, further comprising:
obtaining, via a stethoscope of the hand-held device, auscultation data of the user; and
transmitting concurrently with the image, via the wireless transceiver, the obtained auscultation data to the user device; and
wherein the first set of diagnostic information includes the transmitted auscultation data.

### Claim 38 (depends on 36)

The method of claim 36, further comprising:
obtaining, via a temperature sensor of the hand-held device, no-contact body temperature measurements of the user; and
transmitting concurrently with the image, via the wireless transceiver, the obtained no-contact body temperature measurements to the user device; and
wherein the first set of diagnostic information includes the transmitted no-contact body temperature measurements.

### Claim 39 (depends on 36)

The method of claim 36, further comprising determining, by the user device, whether to suggest medical attention to the user based on the obtained clinical assessment.

### Claim 40 (depends on 36)

The method of claim 36, further comprising transmitting, by the user device, the first set of diagnostic information and the second set of diagnostic information to a remote user device for remote clinical assessment of the user by a physician based on the transmitted first set of diagnostic information and the transmitted second set of diagnostic information.