SELF-EXAMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELF-EXAMINATION

• US 20120065476A1
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Kyuhyoung
• Granted Patent: US 9,596,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for a self-examination. And more particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method providing examination guide information for the self-examination.

Claims

1. An apparatus for a self-examination comprising:

an output unit configured to display an patient image;

a communication unit; and

a controller configured to;

obtain medical examination guide information a body part based on at least one of a symptom and a suspected disease, wherein the medical examination guide information includes information of a body part;

control the output unit to display an icon for the self-examination on the patient image at a position corresponding to the body part, and

receive, via the communication unit, examination data the body part from a medical examination instrument which obtains the examination data from the body part.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit,

wherein the controller controls the output unit to output a symptom survey, and receives, via the input unit, a reply to the symptom survey.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller controls the output unit to output the symptom survey at a pre-set time ahead of a time reserved for a medical treatment.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller obtains the medical examination guide information further based on the reply.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store medical examination information of respective symptoms,

wherein the controller obtains the medical examination guide information based on at least one medical examination information corresponding to the symptom according to the reply, among the medical examination information of the respective symptoms.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller determines the suspected disease based on the symptom according to the reply and obtains the medical examination guide information based on the suspected disease.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit,

wherein the controller receives, via the input unit, the suspected disease.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller receives, via the communication unit, the suspected disease from an external device.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store medical examination information of respective diseases,

wherein the controller obtains the medical examination guide information based on at least one medical examination information corresponding to the suspected disease among the medical examination information of the respective diseases.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the medical examination guide information includes information of the medical examination instrument, and

wherein when the medical examination instrument from which the apparatus received the medical examination data is different from the medical examination instrument according to the medical examination guide information, the controller controls the output unit to output an error message.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the medical examination instrument is on the body part, the controller controls the output unit to output an alarm message.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the medical examination guide information includes precautions for the self-examination, and the controller controls the output unit to output the precautions for the self-examination.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller transmits, via the communication unit, the medical examination data to an external device.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a camera configured to capture the patient image; and

a storage unit configured to store the patient image and the medical examination data.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller transmits, via the communication unit, at least one of the patient image and an edited patient image, and

wherein the edited patient image includes at least one of an image of a partial area of an entire area of the patient image and an image of a partial time interval of an entire time interval of the patient image.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller determines a presumed disease considering at least one of the symptom, the suspected disease and the medical examination data.

17. An apparatus for a self-examination comprising:

an output unit configured to;

display a patient image, and

output a symptom survey;

an input unit configured to receive a reply to the survey;

a communication unit configured to;

transmit the reply to an external device, and

receive medical examination guide information including information of a body part from the external device; and

a controller configured to;

control the output unit to display an icon for the self-examination on the patient image at a position corresponding to the body part, and

receives, via the communication unit, medical examination data the body part from a medical examination instrument which obtains the examination data from the body part.

18. A method for a self-examination method comprising:

obtaining medical examination guide information a body part based on at least one of a symptom and a suspected disease, wherein the medical examination guide information includes information of a body part;

displaying a patient image;

displaying an icon for a self-examination on the patient image at a position corresponding to the body part; and

receiving medical examination data the body part from a medical examination instrument, wherein the medical examination instrument obtains the examination data from the body part.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

outputting a survey about at least one of the symptom and the suspected disease; and

receiving a reply to the survey.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

capturing a patient image; and

storing the patient image and the medical examination data.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

transmitting at least a portion of the patient image and the medical examination data.