SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING BEHAVIOR INFORMATICS

• US 20030083822A2
• Filed: 05/15/2002
• Published: 05/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PsychoGenics Inc.
• Original Assignee: PsychoGenics Inc.
• Inventors: Leahy, Emer, Gondhalekar, Vijay, Brunner, Daniela
• Application Number:
  US10/147,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20030004652A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/19
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/031 Cages for laboratory animals; Cages for measuring metabolism of animals
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 20/00 ICT specially adapted for functional genomics or proteomics, e.g. genotype-phenotype associations
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 40/00 ICT specially adapted for biostatistics; ICT specially adapted for bioinformatics-related machine learning or data mining, e.g. knowledge discovery or pattern finding
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 40/20 Supervised data analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 40/30 Unsupervised data analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/20 Heterogeneous data integration
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

Abstract of Disclosure

A system and method used to assess animal behavior includes a module having sensors that collects a variety of physical and biological data from a test subject. Interpretation of the data is provided to assess the test subject'"'"'s behavior, neurology, biochemistry and physiology. The module is useful in observing the effects of a drug on the test animal and providing information on the drug'"'"'s signature. Another advantage is module'"'"'s portability that allows it to be used in standard laboratory cages. This portability allows the animal to be tested in its own habitat, that can reduce any erroneous data due to stressing the animal when removed to a test cage. Additionally, the module'"'"'s design allows for parallel data collection and interpretation from several laboratory animals undergoing different experiments. Multi-dimensional modeling of the test subject based the system'"'"'s interpretation of the data allows pattern recognition of the drug signature, and predictive drug analysis.

Claims

1. A method for conducting a drug discovery business, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, including an additional step of licensing said agents to a manufacturer for manufacture and sale of a pharmaceutical preparation comprising said agent.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said correlation step further includes the step of comparing said signature which includes data from untreated animals.

4. A method for conducting a drug discovery business, comprising:

5. A method for conducting a drug discovery business, comprising:

6. A method for conducting a drug discovery business, comprising:

7. A service for administering, over a wide area network, access to data mining signatures for identifying potential modes of action of a candidate drug, said service comprising:

8. The service of claim 7, including the further step of invoicing a fee to said user.