MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541125177 A) filed by Akash R; Harish Kumar S; and Kalpana S, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 11, 2025, for 'multimodal ai-powered crew medical officer digital assistant for space missions with image diagnosis and voice support.'
Inventor(s) include Akash R; Harish Kumar S; and Kalpana S.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Long-duration human space miSSions demand autonomous medical systems capable of diagnosing and managing health conditions without real-time communication with Earth. Due to communication delays of up to 45 minutes between Mars and Earth, astronauts cannot rely on terrestrial medical support, making intelligent, self-sufficient healthcare essential for mission safety. This paper presents the Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant (CMO-DA), a multimodal artificial intelligence system that integrates medical image analysis, voicebased clinical interaction, and evidence-driven clinical decision support to provide autonomous healthcare in extreme space environments. The system employs a five-layer architecture combining optimized convolutional neural networks (ClTNs) for radiographic and ultrasound interpretation, BERT-based NLP models for symptom interpretation and medical terminology extraction, and a robust decision-support engine built on Bayesian reasoning and space-adapted clinical guidelines. Tested on more than 1,200 clinical scenarios, the CMO-DA demonstrates 94.8% diagnostic accuracy in imaging, 88% accuracy for ankle injuries, 80% for ear-pain diagnosis, and 92- 96% accuracy in medical NLP tasks, while achieving a 66% reduction in terminology errors compared to conventional ASR systems. The system is validated under simulated spacecraft conditions such as restricted power ( SOW), radiation exposure (up to 100 mSv/year), and extreme temperature variations, proving its reliability and stability. Clinical validation through modified OSCE frameworks and expert evaluation shows 85-92% agreement with human physicians, establishing the CMO-DA as a credible autonomous medical assistant. Beyond spacet1ight, the system's capabilities demonstrate strong potential for terrestrial applications, particularly in rural healthcare, emergency response, and resource-limited environments. Overall, the CMO-DA signifies a major advancement toward Earth-Independent Medical Operations (ElMO) and marks a transformative step in Al-driven space medicine."
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