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Medical kiosk and method of use

  • US 8,996,392 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2011
  • Issued: 03/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical kiosk having a modular configuration and designed to provide tele-med services to a user, said medical kiosk including first and second front panels, first and second rear panels, an interior chamber, a chamber access opening, a side wall and a door system, and a user video conferencing system in said interior chamber, said user video conferencing system designed to enable the user in said interior chamber to have a real-time or near real-time teleconference with a medical provider located remotely from said medical kiosk, said front and rear panels at least partially forming a wall of said interior chamber, said first and second front panels having the same foot print, said first and second rear panels having the same foot print, said first and second front panels are designed to be interchangeable with one another when assembling said medical kiosk, said first and second rear panels are designed to be interchangeable with one another when assembling said medical kiosk, said side wall and door system having the same foot print and are interchangeable with one another when assembling said medical kiosk, said user video conferencing system includes a display monitor designed to enable the user in said interior chamber to view the remotely located medical provider, a camera designed to enable the remotely located medical provider to view the user in said interior chamber, a microphone designed to enable the user in said interior chamber to communicate with the remotely located medical provider, and a user input device, said interior chamber includes a plurality of medical devices, at least one of said medical devices is designed for use by the user in said interior chamber to provide information to the medical provider about the user to enable the medical provider to provide real-time or near real-time medical advice to the user in the interior chamber, at least one of said medical devices located in said interior chamber is selected from the group consisting of a stethoscope, a thermometer, a spirometer, and a pulse oximeter, said interior chamber including a cleaning or sanitizing system to treat the complete interior chamber to kill, neutralize, or combinations thereof at least some germs, micro-organisms, or combinations thereof in said interior chamber, said cleaning or sanitizing system including a system selected from the group consisting of a UV system and a mist system, said interior chamber includes six remotely controlled medical compartments, each of said remotely controlled medical compartments includes at least one of said medical devices, each remotely controlled medical compartment including one of said medical devices that is different from any other of said medical devices located in any other of said remotely controlled medical compartments, each of said remotely controlled medical compartments includes a movable and lockable door that limits access to said at least one medical device in said medical compartment, said door moveable between a closed position and an open position, said closed position of said door limiting access to said medical device in said remotely controlled medical compartment, said open position allowing access to said medical device in said remotely controlled medical compartment, each of said doors on each of said remotely controlled medical compartment is selectively unlockable by said medical provider to cause said door to move from said closed position to said open position.

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