INTEGRATED, HAND-HELD APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC INFORMATION FROM A PATIENT AT THE BEDSIDE OR AT SOME OTHER PATIENT LOCATION
An integrated, hand-held apparatus for acquiring diagnostic and prognostic information from a patient at the bedside or at some other patient location, the apparatus including a wand with a microphone for acquiring sound information from the patient and an ultrasound emitter/receiver for acquiring image data from the patient, a base unit including a speaker for presenting sound information to a user and a display for presenting image information to a user, and transferring the sound information acquired by the microphone and the image information acquired by the ultrasound emitter/receiver from the wand to the base unit.
