Method, medical system and portable device for determining psychomotor capabilities

• US 20020111540A1
• Filed: 01/25/2002
• Published: 08/15/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Schmidt, Volker, Striebel, Werner
• Application Number:
  US10/055,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20020111540A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state

Abstract

A method and a medical system for determining psychomotor capabilities of a patient (1) in an extraclinical environment (5), having a data bank (3), which is arranged at a location (6) other than the location (5) at which a psychomotor test for determining the psychomotor capabilities is carried out, and which stores data on the patient (1) determined during the psychomotor test. The invention also relates to a portable device for determining psychomotor capabilities of a patient, having a writing surface (21) on which handwritten letters or numbers can be written, elements (22) for recognizing the handwritten letters or numbers, a viewing area (23) for reproducing the recognized handwritten letters or numbers as printed letters and elements (24) for connection to the Internet.

Claims

1. A method for determining psychomotor capabilities of a patient in an extraclinical environment (5), having the following method steps:

a) carrying out a psychomotor test and

b) transmitting the data obtained during the psychomotor test to a data bank (3) which is arranged at a location (6) other than the location (5) at which the psychomotor test is carried out.

2. The method for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in claim 1, in which the data bank (3) is operated by a service provider (6).

3. The method for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in claim 1 or 2, in which the psychomotor test is carried out using a telephone (4), a computer (8) which can be connected to the Internet and/or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) (9).

4. The method as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3, in which the psychomotor test comprises a reaction test, a memory test, a test for determining the legibility of the handwriting of the patient and/or a test for determining the intelligibility of the voice of the patient (1).

5. The method for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, in which the data are evaluated, in particular automatically, by an evaluation device (7) assigned to the data bank (3).

6. The method for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in claim 5, in which the evaluation device (7) comprises means for voice pattern analysis, means for time measurement, means for comparing sequences of letters, means for comparing sequences of numbers and/or an expert system.

7. The method for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in one of claims 1 to 6, in which the data bank (3) can be contacted via the Internet.

8. The method for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in one of claims 5 to 7, in which the data bank (3) automatically informs the patient (1) and/or at least one other person (2) if the data evaluated give cause for concern.

9. The method for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in one of claims 1 to 8, in which the data bank (3) automatically informs the patient (1) and/or at least one other person (2) if, after a psychomotor test, a predetermined time period has elapsed without a further psychomotor test having been carried out.

10. A medical system for determining psychomotor capabilities of a patient (1) in an extraclinical environment (5), having a data bank (3), which is arranged at a location (6) other than the location (5) at which a psychomotor test for determining the psychomotor capabilities is carried out, and which stores data on the patient (1) determined during the psychomotor test, an evaluation device (7) assigned to the data bank (3) for evaluating these data and an alarm device (12 to 14) for generating an alarm signal if the data evaluated give cause for concern.

11. The medical system for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in claim 10, in which the evaluation device (7) has means for voice pattern analysis, means for time measurement, means for comparing sequences of letters, means for comparing sequences of numbers and/or an expert system.

12. The medical system for determining psychomotor capabilities as claimed in claim 10 or 11, in which the data bank (3) can be contacted via the Internet.

14. The portable device for determining psychomotor capabilities of a patient as claimed in claim 13, which is configured in such a way that it automatically calculates an error rate from the number of handwritten letters or numbers and the letters or numbers not recognized.

13. A portable device for determining psychomotor capabilities of a patient, having a writing surface (21) on which handwritten letters or numbers can be written, means (22) for recognizing the handwritten letters or numbers, a viewing area (23) for reproducing the recognized handwritten letters or numbers as printed letters and means (24) for connection to the Internet, the psychomotor capabilities being determined by a test for checking the legibility of the handwriting of the patient (1).