Robotic based health care system

• US 10,471,588 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2012
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Teladoc Health, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Touch Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Wright, Timothy C., Lai, Fuji, Pinter, Marco, Wang, Yulun
• Primary Examiner(s): Monikang, George C
• Application Number:
  US13/432,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,785 Days
• Field of Search: 700259, 700245, 901 47, 901 1, 348 1401, 348 1403, 348 1408, 455 303, 455419
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 19/023 including video camera means
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/0003 Home robots, i.e. small robots for domestic use
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/1689 Teleoperation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A robotic system that can be used to treat a patient. The robotic system includes a mobile robot that has a camera. The mobile robot is controlled by a remote station that has a monitor. A physician can use the remote station to move the mobile robot into view of a patient. An image of the patient is transmitted from the robot camera to the remote station monitor. A medical personnel at the robot site can enter patient information into the system through a user interface. The patient information can be stored in a server. The physician can access the information from the remote station. The remote station may provide graphical user interfaces that display the patient information and provide both a medical tool and a patient management plan.

Claims

1. A robotic system, comprising:

a network;

a robot in the vicinity of a patient and coupled to the network, the robot having a robot camera, a robot monitor, a robot microphone, and a robot speaker, the robot camera captures an image of the patient;

a computer at a nurses station that displays a user interface, the user interface allows medical information to be entered by displaying a plurality of data fields that include at least one patient information field and at least one medical data field that are filled by a user at the computer, said computer is separate from said robot and is coupled to the network independently of the robot; and

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a remote station located remotely from both the robot and the computer at the nurses station, the remote station is coupled to said robot via the network and controls said robot, said remote station includes a monitor that displays both the image of the patient and said patient information and said medical data provided by the user at the computer at the nurses station.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a records server that is coupled to said remote station and said user interface and stores said medical information.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising an image server that is coupled to said remote station and stores a plurality of medical images.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said medical information includes patient statistics.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said remote station provides a medical tool.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said remote station provides a graphical user interface that can receive information and display a patient management plan.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said medical tool is a stroke evaluation.