Inventors:
William Zoghbi - Houston TX, US
International Classification:
A61B 8/00, A61B 8/14, A61B 5/00, A61B 8/08, A61B 5/04, A61B 5/044, A61B 5/1455, A61B 5/01, A61B 5/0205, A61B 7/00, A61B 5/0408
Abstract:
An integrated, hand-held apparatus for acquiring diagnostic and prognostic information from a patient at the bedside or at some other patient location, the apparatus including a wand with a microphone for acquiring sound information from the patient and an ultrasound emitter/receiver for acquiring image data from the patient, a base unit including a speaker for presenting sound information to a user and a display for presenting image information to a user, and transferring the sound information acquired by the microphone and the image information acquired by the ultrasound emitter/receiver from the wand to the base unit.