ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,959, issued on March 25.
"System for remote guidance of medical procedures" was invented by Tyler Paul Minetti (Sparta, N.J.) and Joseph Jon Messner (Emerson, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for remote guidance of medical procedures enables patients to be remotely trained by a healthcare provider on how to perform a medical procedure. The system implements Augmented Reality (AR) technology to enhance the remote training of the patient by the healthcare provider. The system includes a patient interface subsystem, a provider interface subsystem, a patient communication module, and a provider communication module. The pati...