US 11,744,759 B2
Method and apparatus for a medical chair for remote testing and diagnosis
Vincent Anthony Waterson, Irvine, CA (US); and David Sturgess, Chesterfield (GB)
Assigned to VideoKall, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed by VideoKall, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed on May 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/882,030.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,909, filed on May 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0368090 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61G 15/10 (2006.01); A61G 15/02 (2006.01); A61B 7/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/44 (2006.01); A61B 5/022 (2006.01); A61B 5/091 (2006.01); G01B 17/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 15/10 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/022 (2013.01); A61B 5/091 (2013.01); A61B 5/70 (2013.01); A61B 7/04 (2013.01); A61G 15/02 (2013.01); G01B 17/00 (2013.01); G01G 19/44 (2013.01); G01G 19/52 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical chair assembly operable by a patient, comprising:
a seat and a frame comprising a first handle on a first side of the seat;
a docking station coupled to the first handle, the docking station housing a plurality of instrument assemblies, each instrument assembly comprises an instrument, a holding tube for the instrument, and a motor, wherein operation of the motor moves the instrument assembly from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration to position the instrument at least partially exposed outside of the docking station and each instrument assembly further includes a retraction sensor to sense when the patient has placed the instrument in the holding tube for the instrument whereby the retraction sensor sends a signal to the motor which retracts the instrument assembly within the docking station.