System and method for performing an automatic and remote trained personnel guided medical examination
First Claim
1. A workstation configured to perform one or more remote medical examinations of a patient wherein the workstation is operably connectable to a remote handheld diagnostics device and wherein the workstation comprising a display and at least one processor configured to perform the following for at least one remote medical examination of the remote medical examinations:
- receive navigation enabling data acquired by one or more navigation sensors of the remote handheld diagnostics device, said navigation enabling data being indicative of a spatial disposition of the remote handheld diagnostics device with respect to the patient body;
display the received navigation enabling data on the display;
receive an indication of a desired spatial disposition of the remote handheld diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body, from which medical data of the patient is to be acquired in accordance with said at least one medical examination, said indication being provided by a trained personnel operating said workstation; and
send the received indication to the remote handheld diagnostics device, thereby enabling the remote handheld diagnostics device to automatically calculate maneuvering instructions based on the indication and on the navigation enabling data, and to provide a user of the remote handheld diagnostics device with the calculated maneuvering instructions, the calculated maneuvering instructions configured to direct the user of the remote handheld diagnostics device to navigate the remote handheld diagnostics device to the desired spatial disposition with respect to the patient'"'"'s body.
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Abstract
A method for performing one or more remote medical examinations of a patient using a workstation operably connectable to a remote diagnostics device, and wherein for at least one remote medical examination of the remote medical examinations the method comprising: receiving navigation enabling data acquired by at least one navigation sensor of the device, the navigation enabling data being indicative of a spatial disposition of the with respect to the patient'"'"'s body; displaying the received navigation enabling data; receiving an indication of a desired spatial disposition of the device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body, from which medical data of the patient is to be acquired in accordance with the at least one medical examination, the indication being provided by a trained personnel operating the workstation; and sending the received indication to the device, thus enabling navigation thereof to the desired spatial disposition with respect to the patient'"'"'s body.
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1. A workstation configured to perform one or more remote medical examinations of a patient wherein the workstation is operably connectable to a remote handheld diagnostics device and wherein the workstation comprising a display and at least one processor configured to perform the following for at least one remote medical examination of the remote medical examinations:
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receive navigation enabling data acquired by one or more navigation sensors of the remote handheld diagnostics device, said navigation enabling data being indicative of a spatial disposition of the remote handheld diagnostics device with respect to the patient body; display the received navigation enabling data on the display; receive an indication of a desired spatial disposition of the remote handheld diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body, from which medical data of the patient is to be acquired in accordance with said at least one medical examination, said indication being provided by a trained personnel operating said workstation; and send the received indication to the remote handheld diagnostics device, thereby enabling the remote handheld diagnostics device to automatically calculate maneuvering instructions based on the indication and on the navigation enabling data, and to provide a user of the remote handheld diagnostics device with the calculated maneuvering instructions, the calculated maneuvering instructions configured to direct the user of the remote handheld diagnostics device to navigate the remote handheld diagnostics device to the desired spatial disposition with respect to the patient'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for performing one or more remote medical examinations of a patient using a workstation operably connectable to a remote handheld diagnostics device, and wherein for at least one remote medical examination of the remote medical examinations, said method comprising:
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receiving navigation enabling data acquired by one or more navigation sensors of the remote handheld diagnostics device, said navigation enabling data being indicative of a spatial disposition of the remote handheld diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body; displaying the received navigation enabling data; receiving an indication of a desired spatial disposition of the remote handheld diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body, from which medical data of the patient is to be acquired in accordance with said at least one medical examination, said indication being provided by a trained personnel operating said workstation; and sending the received indication to the remote handheld diagnostics device, thereby enabling the remote handheld diagnostics device to automatically calculate maneuvering instructions based on the indication and on the navigation enabling data, and to provide a user of the remote handheld diagnostics device with the calculated maneuvering instructions, the calculated maneuvering instructions configured to direct the user of the remote handheld diagnostics device to navigate the remote handheld diagnostics device to the desired spatial disposition with respect to the patient'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A handheld diagnostics device configured to perform one or more remote medical examinations of a patient by a remote trained personnel, wherein the handheld diagnostics device is operably connectable to a remote workstation and wherein the handheld diagnostics device comprising one or more navigation sensors, at least one diagnostics sensor and a processor, said processor configured to perform the following for the at least one remote medical examination of said remote medical examinations:
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acquire navigation enabling data utilizing the one or more navigation sensors, said navigation enabling data being indicative of a spatial disposition of the diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body; send the acquired navigation enabling data to the remote workstation; receive an indication of a desired spatial disposition with respect to the patient'"'"'s body, from which medical data of the patient is to be acquired in accordance with said at least one remote medical examination, said indication being provided by a trained personnel operating the workstation; determine a spatial disposition of the diagnostics device with respect to the desired spatial disposition, utilizing the acquired navigation enabling data and the indication; calculate maneuvering instructions for a required movement correction from the determined spatial disposition to the desired spatial disposition, for acquiring medical data of the patient in accordance with said at least one medical examination; and automatically provide a user of the handheld diagnostics device with the calculated maneuvering instructions, the calculated maneuvering instructions configured to direct the user of the remote handheld diagnostics device to navigate said diagnostics device to the desired spatial disposition in accordance with the required movement correction. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A method for operating a handheld diagnostics device for performing one or more remote medical examinations of a patient by a remote trained personnel, wherein the handheld diagnostics device is operably connectable to a remote workstation and wherein for the at least one remote medical examination of said remote medical examinations said method comprising:
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acquiring navigation enabling data utilizing one or more navigation sensors of the handheld diagnostics device, said navigation enabling data being indicative of a spatial disposition of the diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body; sending the acquired navigation enabling data to the remote workstation; receiving an indication of a desired spatial disposition with respect to the patient'"'"'s body, from which medical data of the patient is to be acquired in accordance with said at least one remote medical examination, said indication being provided by a trained personnel operating the workstation; determining a spatial disposition of the diagnostics device with respect to the desired spatial disposition, utilizing the acquired navigation enabling data and the indication; calculating maneuvering instructions for a required movement correction from the determined spatial disposition to the desired spatial disposition, for acquiring medical data of the patient in accordance with said at least one medical examination; and automatically providing a user of the handheld diagnostics device with the calculated maneuvering instructions, the calculated maneuvering instructions configured to direct the user of the remote handheld diagnostics device to navigate said diagnostics device to the desired spatial disposition in accordance with the required movement correction. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A computer program product comprising a computer storage device having stored thereon computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the computer to execute a method for operating a handheld diagnostics device for performing, for at least one remote medical examination of one or more remote medical examinations of a patient by a remote trained personnel, wherein the handheld diagnostics device is operably connectable to a remote workstation, the method comprising:
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acquiring navigation enabling data utilizing one or more navigation sensors of a handheld diagnostics device, said navigation enabling data being indicative of a spatial disposition of the diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body; sending the acquired navigation enabling data to the remote workstation; receiving an indication of a desired spatial disposition with respect to the patient'"'"'s body, from which medical data of the patient is to be acquired in accordance with said at least one remote medical examination, said indication being provided by a trained personnel operating the workstation; determining a spatial disposition of the diagnostics device with respect to the desired spatial disposition, utilizing the acquired navigation enabling data and the indication; calculating maneuvering instructions for a required movement correction from the determined spatial disposition to the desired spatial disposition, for acquiring medical data of the patient in accordance with said at least one medical examination; and automatically providing a user of the handheld diagnostics device with the calculated maneuvering instructions, the calculated maneuvering instructions configured to direct the user of the remote handheld diagnostics device to navigate said diagnostics device to the desired spatial disposition in accordance with the required movement correction.
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78. A computer program product comprising a computer storage device having stored thereon computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the computer to execute a method for performing one or more remote medical examinations of a patient using a workstation operably connectable to a remote handheld diagnostics device, and wherein for at least one remote medical examination of the remote medical examinations, said method comprising:
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receiving navigation enabling data acquired by one or more navigation sensors of the remote handheld diagnostics device, said navigation enabling data being indicative of a spatial disposition of the remote handheld diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body; displaying the received navigation enabling data; receiving an indication of a desired spatial disposition of the remote handheld diagnostics device with respect to the patient'"'"'s body, from which medical data of the patient is to be acquired in accordance with said at least one medical examination, said indication being provided by a trained personnel operating said workstation; and sending the received indication to the remote handheld diagnostics device, thereby enabling the remote handheld diagnostics device to automatically calculate maneuvering instructions based on the indication and on the navigation enabling data, and to provide a user of the remote handheld diagnostics device with the calculated maneuvering instructions, the calculated maneuvering instructions configured to direct the user of the remote handheld diagnostics device to navigate the remote handheld diagnostics device to the desired spatial disposition with respect to the patient'"'"'s body.
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