Remotoscope - Checking for Ear Infections From Home

A new pediatric medical device being developed by Georgia Tech and Emory University could make life easier for every parent who has rushed to the doctor with a child screaming from an ear infection. Soon, parents may be able to skip the doctor's visit and receive a diagnosis without leaving home by using Remotoscope, a clip-on attachment and software app that turns an iPhone into an otoscope.

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00:00:05 really the diagnosis is going to be done remotely you know the the patients will uh will be diagnosed by a physician uh but the parents with this type of device will be eyes and and hands what we are doing right now with improving our software and improving our Hardware is to make it as user friendly as possible so really all the mom or dad needs to do is just stick in the kids ear maybe

00:00:28 jiggle around a little bit and uh there will be images obtained videos obtained that can be uploaded uh uh to the clinician or physician who will actually see those images and make the ultimate diagnosis I think that this is even a great idea in an educational setting because students can see exactly what the doctor is seeing when you're trying to learn about how to diagnose things so

00:00:51 I think it's really great and I think something that probably will be used in medicine