ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,272, issued on Feb. 24.
"Portable telemedicine apparatus" was invented by Darren J. Sommer (Indian Shores, Fla.) and Dennis A. Kopp (Little Rock, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable communication apparatus including a wireless transceiver, a video display screen, a camera, a speaker and a microphone, some or all mounted in a case having a first portion and a second portion. The video display screen is mounted to the second portion with a viewable region of the video display screen facing away from the second portion. The first and second portions are pivotably attached to one another at a first case end. When the first and...