Patent ID: 7717859
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A portable multi-functional electronic communication and medical diagnostic device operable in a first operational mode as one or more of a cellular phone, pager, and beeper, and in a second operational mode for use in a medical diagnosis, the device comprising: an outer casing; a vibratory component disposed within the outer casing for generating vibration at one or more of an available plurality of magnitudes, the vibratory component being adapted to generate vibration in the first operational mode of the device in response to a remote wireless signal when the device is operated as one or more of a cellular phone, pager, and beeper, the vibratory component being further adapted to generate vibration in the second operational mode of the device at one or more selected magnitudes when the device is used in a medical diagnosis; a mode selector for selecting between the first operational mode of the device and the second operational mode of the device; and a display for indicating the magnitude of vibration being generated by the vibratory component in the second mode.