Telephonic communications – Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical... – Remote indication over telephone line
Patent
1998-05-19
2000-01-11
Kuntz, Curtis A.
Telephonic communications
Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...
Remote indication over telephone line
348 17, 381 67, 600300, H04M 1100, H04N 714, A61B 704
Patent
active
060144327
ABSTRACT:
A home health care system comprising: patient station including a first videophone, an electronic imaging assembly and a stethoscope assembly, coupled to said first videophone, for respectively producing digital image and physiological sound signals of a patient, wherein said first videophone simultaneously transmits said digital signals over a public telecommunications network; and a health care provider's station including a second videophone, a video display and a sound reproducer, wherein the second videophone receives digital signals from the first videophone over the public telecommunications network, displays the images of the patient on the display, and reproduces the physiological sounds of the patient by the sound reproducer.
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Eastman Kodak Company
Eng George
Kuntz Curtis A.
Noval William F.
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