| 摘要 |
This document presents a system and method for The Master Diagnostician (The MD) an electronic stethoscope having additional features not found in a typical electronic stethoscope. The additional features include sensors and modalities for sound capture, pulse oximetry, heart sound and rhythm interpretation, ultrasound capability, and an integrated multi-megapixel camera to record still images and/or video data. The MD also records and stores ultrasound, camera, pulse oximetry, and sound data for later recall and transmission to external devices either through wired or wireless data communication and may he used for TeleMedicine consultations and referrals to medical practitioners located at different sites. |
| 主权项 |
1. A medical diagnostic apparatus, comprising:
a processor, and electronic storage associated with said processor; two or more sensor elements for measuring and capturing audio, video and multimedia data; a screen display element; a case enclosing the processor, electronic storage, all sensor elements, and the screen display element; a plurality of selectable modalities with which a user may select the sensor element to be utilized to measure and capture audio, video, or multimedia data, or a combination of these types of data; the audio, video, and multimedia sensor elements operative to present measured and captured sensor data to a user in real-time; the electronic storage active to store the data from the audio, video, and multimedia sensor elements upon user direction. |
