IP Library Granted Patent US 11,615,888
Granted Patent B2
US 11,615,888 · App. 17/700,141 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Remote diagnostic testing and treatment

Inventors: Michael W. Ferro, Jr. (Palm Beach, FL); Sam Miller (Hollywood, FL); Colman Thomas Bryant (Fort Lauderdale, FL); Zachary Carl Nienstedt (Wilton Manors, FL); Marco Magistri (Miami, FL); Adam Charles Carlson (Miami, FL); Igor Javier Rodriguez (Miami, FL); James Thomas Heising (Richland, WA); John Ray Permenter (Miami, FL)
Assignee: EMED LABS, LLC
G16H40/67G06T19/006G16H10/60G16H20/10G16H50/20G06K19/06028G06K19/06037
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Patent No.
US 11,615,888
App. No.
17/700,141
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medical diagnostic kit are described. In one example, a medical diagnostic kit includes a container, and a plurality of medical diagnostic test kits located within the container. Each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits can include equipment necessary to perform a particular self-administered medical diagnostic test. The plurality of medical diagnostic test kits can include at least a first medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a first medical diagnostic test and a second medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a second medical diagnostic test different from the first medical diagnostic test. The container can include a machine-readable code located on an external surface of the container.

Claims (40)

1. A medical diagnostic kit, comprising:

a container; and

a plurality of medical diagnostic test kits located within the container,

wherein each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises equipment necessary to perform a particular self-administered medical diagnostic test,

wherein the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprise at least a first medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a first medical diagnostic test and a second medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a second medical diagnostic test different from the first medical diagnostic test,

wherein the container comprises a machine-readable code located on an external surface of the container, and

wherein the machine-readable code is configured to be imaged by a camera of a portable user computing device to enable:

providing a fiducial point from which a coordinate frame for an augmented reality presentation can be established using the camera and a display of the portable user computing device;

causing the portable user computing device to display a user-selectable graphic on the display of the portable user computing device that, when selected by a user, causes a software application stored on the portable user computing device to access a provider webpage that enables initiation of the augmented reality presentation; and

based upon selection of the user-selectable graphic, causing display of the augmented reality presentation, wherein the augmented reality presentation comprises, for each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits, a virtual representation of the medical diagnostic test kit and a corresponding user-selectable graphic that, when selected, causes display of additional information related to the medical diagnostic test kit.

2. The medical diagnostic kit of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises one of: a Covid-19 test kit, a UTI test kit, a drug test kit, a syphilis test kit, a streptococcal pharyngitis test kit, an influenza test kit, and a sexually transmitted disease (STD) test kit.

3. The medical diagnostic kit of claim 1 , wherein the augmented reality content relating to the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises information about each of the particular medical diagnostic tests.

4. The medical diagnostic kit of claim 1 , wherein the augmented reality content relating to the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises information about various steps in a testing process for each of the particular medical diagnostic tests.

5. The medical diagnostic kit of claim 1 , wherein the machine-readable code is a QR code.

6. The medical diagnostic kit of claim 1 , wherein the machine-readable code is an augmented reality QR code.

7. The medical diagnostic kit of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises a respective machine-readable code located on an external surface of a package of the medical diagnostic test kit that, when scanned by the portable user computing device, causes the portable user computing device to display information relating to the particular medical diagnostic test and/or instructions on how to perform the particular medical diagnostic test on the display of the portable user computing device.

8. The medical diagnostic kit of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the respective machine-readable codes comprises a QR code.

9. The medical diagnostic kit of claim 1 , wherein the machine-readable code is configured to be imaged by a camera of a portable user computing device to enable:

providing a fiducial point from which a coordinate frame for an augmented reality presentation can be established using the camera and a display of the portable user computing device; and

causing the portable user computing device to display a user-selectable graphic on the display of the portable user computing device that, when selected by a user, causes a software application stored on the portable user computing device to access a provider webpage that enables establishment of a live video feed with a live proctor, wherein the proctor is remotely located from the user device.

10. A method for medical diagnostic testing, the method comprising:

providing a user with a medical diagnostic test kit container,

wherein a plurality of medical diagnostic test kits are located within the container,

wherein each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises equipment necessary to perform a particular self-administered medical diagnostic test,

wherein the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprise at least a first medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a first medical diagnostic test and a second medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a second medical diagnostic test different from the first medical diagnostic test,

wherein the container comprises a machine-readable code located on an external surface of the container, and

wherein the machine-readable code is configured to be imaged by a camera of a portable user computing device,

providing a fiducial point from which a coordinate frame for an augmented reality presentation can be established using the camera and a display of the portable user computing device;

causing the portable user computing device to display a user-selectable graphic on the display of the portable user computing device that, when selected by a user, causes a software application stored on the portable user computing device to access a provider webpage that enables initiation of the augmented reality presentation that includes display of augmented reality content relating to the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits; and

based on selection of the user-selectable graphic, causing display of the augmented reality presentation, wherein the augmented reality presentation comprises, for each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits, a virtual representation of the medical diagnostic test kit and corresponding user-selectable graphic that, when selected, causes display of additional information related to the medical diagnostic test kit.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises one of: a Covid-19 test kit, a UTI test kit, a drug test kit, a syphilis test kit, a streptococcal pharyngitis test kit, an influenza test kit, and a sexually transmitted disease (STD) test kit.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the augmented reality content relating to the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises information about each of the particular medical diagnostic tests.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the augmented reality content relating to the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises information about various steps in a testing process for each of the particular medical diagnostic tests.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the machine-readable code is a QR code.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the machine-readable code is an augmented reality QR code.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits comprises a respective machine-readable code located on an external surface of a package of the medical diagnostic test kit that, when scanned by the portable user computing device, causes the portable user computing device to display information relating to the particular medical diagnostic test and/or instructions on how to perform the particular medical diagnostic test on the display of the portable user computing device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the respective machine-readable codes comprises a QR code.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the machine-readable code configured to be imaged by a camera of a portable user computing device, the method further comprising:

providing a fiducial point from which a coordinate frame for an augmented reality presentation can be established using the camera and a display of the portable user computing device; and

causing the portable user computing device to display a user-selectable graphic on the display of the portable user computing device that, when selected by a user, causes a software application stored on the portable user computing device to access a provider webpage that enables establishment of a live video feed with a live proctor.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: EMED POPULATION HEALTH, LLC
To: EMED POPULATION HEALTH, INC.
Reel/Frame 072435/0043 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2025
From: EMED LABS, LLC
To: EMED POPULATION HEALTH, LLC
Reel/Frame 071208/0446 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: FERRO, MICHAEL W., JR.; MILLER, SAM; BRYANT, COLMAN THOMAS; NIENSTEDT, ZACHARY CARL; MAGISTRI, MARCO; CARLSON, ADAM CHARLES; RODRIGUEZ, IGOR JAVIER; HEISING, JAMES THOMAS
To: EMED LABS, LLC
Reel/Frame 060539/0588 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2022
From: PERMENTER, JOHN RAY
To: EMED LABS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059839/0059 →
Continuity (7)
Provisional Application 63266233 · Dec 30, 2021
Provisional Application 63266158 · Dec 29, 2021
Provisional Application 63202723 · Jun 22, 2021
Provisional Application 63202028 · May 24, 2021
Provisional Application 63179101 · Apr 23, 2021
Provisional Application 63164669 · Mar 23, 2021
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