US Patent Issued to Welch Allyn on July 14 for "Telehealth communications" (New York, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,224, issued on July 14, was assigned to Welch Allyn Inc. (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.).

"Telehealth communications" was invented by Craig M. Meyerson (Syracuse, N.Y.) and Daniel Shirley (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing telehealth consultations. The system includes a display device located in a patient environment, and a camera operatively connected to the display device. The camera is configured to capture a video stream of the patient environment. The system includes a telehealth device remotely located with respect to the patient environment. The telehealth device initiates a telehealth consultation ...