Obtaining medical diagnostic measurements

摘要

Systems, methods, computer-readable media (e.g., transitory and non-transitory) and apparatus are described herein for obtaining medical diagnostic measurements that are accurate and/or consistent over time.

主权项

1. An apparatus for obtaining consistent medical diagnostic measurements, comprising:
a housing that is configured to be secured to or held against a patient; memory to store one or more measured orientations of the housing; a sensor configured to detect an orientation of the housing; and a controller operably coupled to the sensor and the memory and configured to: receive, from the sensor, a measured orientation of the housing; compare the measured orientation of the housing to a previously measured orientation stored in the memory in association with a previous reading from a strain sensor associated with the patient; and provide audible or visible output in response to a determination, based on the comparison, that the measured orientation is within a predetermined range of the previously measured orientation.