System for vision examination utilizing telemedicine
First Claim
1. A system for conducting a comprehensive eye examination from a remote location, comprising a plurality of eye examination devices located at an eye examination location capable of providing and transmitting eye examination data to a location remote from said eye examination location upon examining the eye of a patient;
- a diagnostic center situated in said remote location and capable of receiving transmitted eye examination data from said eye examination location to enable the diagnosis of an eye disorder or disease of the patient by a licensed eye care practitioner located at the diagnostic center, the diagnostic center including no eye examination devices;
a communications link between the eye examination location and the remote location capable of carrying said transmitted eye examination data from the eye examination devices in the eye examination location to the diagnostic center in the remote location, thus permitting the licensed eye care practitioner to provide a diagnosis and prescription based on the eye examination data to the patient before the patient leaves the eye examination location.
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Abstract
The telemedicine method and system disclosed includes at least one remote exam module which in turn includes a plurality of optical devices configured to examine a patient'"'"'s eye, and a controller for collecting and transmitting the examination data of the patient'"'"'s eye. The information collected is transmitted via a communications link to a diagnostic center for analyzing the information collected at the remote exam module. The diagnostic center further maintains a database of patient records corresponding to the remotely collected examination information and an exam console for enabling a diagnosis based on the collected information.
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1. A system for conducting a comprehensive eye examination from a remote location, comprising
a plurality of eye examination devices located at an eye examination location capable of providing and transmitting eye examination data to a location remote from said eye examination location upon examining the eye of a patient; -
a diagnostic center situated in said remote location and capable of receiving transmitted eye examination data from said eye examination location to enable the diagnosis of an eye disorder or disease of the patient by a licensed eye care practitioner located at the diagnostic center, the diagnostic center including no eye examination devices;
a communications link between the eye examination location and the remote location capable of carrying said transmitted eye examination data from the eye examination devices in the eye examination location to the diagnostic center in the remote location, thus permitting the licensed eye care practitioner to provide a diagnosis and prescription based on the eye examination data to the patient before the patient leaves the eye examination location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 5. The system of 1, wherein the diagnostic center comprises a database to which the patient'"'"'s health and visual history information is added after the patient is tested and the diagnosis is provided.
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