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

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
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;
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; and
a practitioner computer at a location unique from the first location and the second location, the practitioner computer comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor to access the memory and execute the instructions to:
conduct the unique first physical therapy session with the first patient using the first patient device by a practitioner at a time on a first channel, wherein the first patient uses a first instance of a physical therapy system with the first patient device during the first physical therapy session;
conduct the unique second physical therapy session with the second patient using the second patient device by the practitioner at another time on a second channel, wherein the other time overlaps the time, wherein the second patient uses a second instance of the physical therapy system with the second patient device during the second physical therapy session,
enable the practitioner to remotely monitor the unique first physical therapy session and the unique second physical therapy session in order to coach, correct, and/or counsel the first patient and the second patient during overlapping times;
during overlapping time, the practitioner computer switches between the unique first physical therapy session and the second physical therapy session by:
determine 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,
mute the non-active channel, wherein the practitioner computer collects data from both the first channel and the second channel, and
over take 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;

record notes made by the practitioner about the unique first physical therapy session on the first channel and/or about the unique second physical therapy session the second channel;
record 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
capture 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.