Patent ID: 11901061
Assignee: PT GENIE, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
connecting, using a practitioner computer comprising a processor, a system comprising:
the practitioner computer,
a first patient device at a first location, the first patient device comprising a forward facing camera and a microphone configured to record images and sounds of a first patient during a unique first physical therapy session, and
a second patient device at a second location, the second patient device comprising a forward facing camera and a microphone configured to record images and sounds of a second patient during a unique second physical therapy session, wherein the practitioner computer is at a location unique from the first location and the second location;

conducting, using the system, the unique first virtual physical therapy session for the first patient using a first instance of a physical therapy system with the first patient device at a time in a first channel;
conducting, using the system, a unique second virtual physical therapy appointment for the second patient using a second instance of the physical therapy system with the second patient device at another time in a second channel, wherein the other time overlaps with the time;
enabling, using the system, the practitioner to remotely monitor the first channel and the second channel in order to coach, correct, and/or counsel the first patient and the second patient during the overlapping times;
during overlapping times switching, using the system, the practitioner's computer between the unique first physical therapy session and the unique second physical therapy session by:
determining, by the system, an active channel and a non-active channel from the first channel and the second channel based on whether the practitioner is speaking to the first patient on the first channel or to the second patient on the second channel,
muting, by the system, the non-active channel, wherein the practitioner computer collects data from both the first channel and the second channel, and
over taking, by the system, the first patient device or the second patient device associated with the active channel so the practitioner is able to communicate with the first patient or the second patient, respectively;

recording, by the system, time stamps associated with the unique first physical therapy session and time stamps associated with the unique second physical therapy session, wherein the time stamps establish the time of an appointment and any intervention by the practitioner; and
capturing, by the system, billing instances for the unique first physical therapy session and for the unique second physical therapy session based on the collected data, notes made by the practitioner, and time stamps associated with the unique first physical therapy session and the unique second physical therapy session, respectively.