Patent ID: 11950883
Assignee: UAB “DIABETIS”
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for identifying a health disorder based on a temperature asymmetry estimation, the system comprising:
an imaging device having a thermal camera configured to detect thermal images corresponding to an inspected body part and a reference or contralateral body part, and an imaging input/output port;
a mobile device:
having a mobile input/output port configured to be physically and logically coupled to the imaging input/output port of the imaging device such that logical coupling between the mobile input/output port and the imaging input/output port causes the mobile device to be in electrical communication with the imaging device,
being remote from the imaging device,
having an optical camera configured to detect optical images corresponding to the inspected body part and the reference or contralateral body part, the physical coupling between the mobile input/output port and the imaging input/output port maintaining a constant positioning of the optical camera relative to the thermal camera, and
being configured to receive the thermal images from the thermal camera and to transmit the optical images and the thermal images;

a base unit configured to be mechanically coupled to the imaging device and the mobile device;
a diagnostic processor remote from the imaging device and configured to:
receive or determine an estimated temperature disparity map between the inspected body part and the reference or contralateral body part based on both of the thermal images and the optical images,
compare the temperature disparity map to a medically based threshold, and
identify that a functional disorder or inflammation of the inspected body part has occurred in response to a value of the temperature disparity map being greater than the threshold for the inspected body part;
and

an output device coupled to the diagnostic processor and configured to output data corresponding to the functional disorder or inflammation of the inspected body part.