US Patent Issued to Wavely Diagnostic on April 7 for "Smartphone application with pop-open soundwave guide for diagnosing otitis media in a telemedicine environment" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,006, issued on April 7, was assigned to Wavely Diagnostic Inc. (Seattle).

"Smartphone application with pop-open soundwave guide for diagnosing otitis media in a telemedicine environment" was invented by Arna Ionescu Stoll (Seattle), Thomas Edwards (Seattle), Treasure Lynae Hinds (Issaquah, Wash.) and Gregory Thomas Janky (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for the remote detection of otitis media in children at home or in other locations for use in a telemedicine environment. The system runs on a smartphone application and is easy for a child's caregiver to use. The system also includes ...