INJURY DISCOVERY AND DOCUMENTATION

• US 20120293422A1
• Filed: 05/20/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Collins, Timothy J., Bhargava, Esha, Hattendoft, Heidi A.
• Application Number:
  US13/112,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20120293422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires

Abstract

A method and apparatus for injury discovery and documentation includes a graphical touchscreen interface of the device operable to show a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image and selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain due to the injury. The injury information can then be provided for diagnosis and treatment. The device can also include an audio interface operable to determine a native language of the patient, and converse with the patient to ask the patient a set of questions relating to the area of the injury that are pre-stored in a memory of the device.

Claims

1. A device for injury discovery and documentation, comprising:

a graphical touchscreen interface of the device operable to show a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image and a relative level of pain;

a processor coupled to the graphical touchscreen interface; and

means coupled to the processor for providing the injury information for diagnosis and treatment.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the graphical touchscreen interface is also operable to show selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising an audio interface operable to converse with a patient.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the processor and audio interface are operable to determine a native language of the patient.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the processor and audio interface are operable to recognize the speech of the patient by collecting a speech sample of the patient and comparing the speech sample to known language samples pre-stored in a memory of the device.

6. The device of claim 3, wherein the processor and audio interface are operable to converse with the patient and ask the patient a set of questions relating to the area of the injury that are pre-stored in a memory of the device.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the processor, audio interface, and graphical touchscreen interface are operable to show a text of the questions and a translation of the questions on the graphical touchscreen interface.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the processor, audio interface, and graphical touchscreen interface are operable to show a text and a translation of the conversation on the graphical touchscreen interface.

9. A device for injury discovery and documentation where a patient and technician are unable to converse, comprising:

a graphical touchscreen interface of the device operable to show a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image and selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain due to the injury;

an audio interface operable to converse with a patient;

a processor coupled to the graphical and audio interfaces, wherein the processor and audio interface are operable to determine a native language of the patient and ask the patient a set of questions relating to the area of the injury that are pre-stored in a memory of the device; and

means coupled to the processor for providing the injury information for diagnosis and treatment.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor, audio interface, and graphical touchscreen interface are operable to show a text of the questions and a translation of the questions on the graphical touchscreen interface.

11. A method for injury discovery and documentation, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a device with a graphical touchscreen interface showing a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image;

selecting an area of an injury on the body image and a relative level of pain; and

providing the injury information for diagnosis and treatment.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein providing includes providing selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein providing includes providing an audio interface for the device to converse with a patient.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of determining a native language of the patient.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein determining includes recognizing the speech of the patient by collecting a speech sample of the patient and comparing the speech sample to known language samples pre-stored in the device.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of the audio interface of the device conversing with the patient and asking the patient a set of pre-stored questions relating to the area of the injury.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the graphical touchscreen interface shows a text of the questions and a translation of the questions.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the graphical touchscreen interface shows a text and a translation of the conversation.