Parameter evaluation system

• US 20040008219A1
• Filed: 06/30/2003
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: F Poszat Hu LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Oded Sarel
• Inventors: Sarel, Oded
• Granted Patent: US 7,237,205 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/700
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/02 Subjective types, i.e. testing apparatus requiring the active assistance of the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/06 for testing light sensitivity, e.g. adaptation; for testing colour vision
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/18 Arrangement of plural eye-testing or -examining apparatus
• 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 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0059 using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence A61B5/0093, A61B5/1455, A61B5/02416 and A61B5/0261 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/029 Measuring or recording blood output from the heart, e.g. minute volume A61B8/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/087 Measuring breath flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/12 Audiometering
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/349 Detecting specific parameters of the electrocardiograph cycle
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/441 Skin evaluation, e.g. for skin disorder diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/003 Detecting lung or respiration noise
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/04 Electric stethoscopes microphones, acoustic transducers therefor H04R
• 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 : for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A parameter evaluation system comprising a boundary input device for setting boundaries in a variation range of one or more parameters, thereby to define regions within said variation range, a label input device for associating labels with said regions, a rule input device for setting rules to associate at least one of a plurality of output recommendations with each of said regions and with combinations thereof and an output device to present a user with an output recommendation associated with a region or combination thereof corresponding to at least one measured parameter input to said system. The input device is a parameter value region selection and categorization input device for setting boundaries in the variation range of the parameter, defining regions therebetween and categorizing the regions. The device comprises a visual representation of the variation range as a linear continuum, a continuum divider for visually dividing the continuum at user selectable points therealong, the points corresponding to values of the parameter, thereby to define regions therebetween and a category definer for defining categories for association with the regions. The device has an application in a patient monitoring kit under remote supervision of a physician.

Claims

1. A parameter evaluation system comprising:

a boundary input device for setting boundaries in a variation range of one or more parameters, thereby to define regions within said variation range,

a label input device for associating labels with said regions,

a rule input device for setting rules to associate at least one of a plurality of output recommendations with each of said regions and with combinations thereof, and

an output device to present a user with an output recommendation associated with a region or combination thereof corresponding to at least one measured parameter input to said system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said boundary input device comprises a bar having a length representative of a variation range of a respective parameter.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said boundary input device further comprises slidable boundary points for sliding along said length and wherein said regions are defined between said slidable boundary points.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said label input device is operable to associate one of a plurality of labeling colors with at least one of said regions.

5. The system of claim 3 wherein said label input device is operable to associate a labeling color with a combination of said regions.

6. The system of claim 1 in which said label input device is operable to label at least one of said regions with one of a group of categories.

7. The system of claim 6 in which at least one of said categories is associated with a procedure for making automatic contact with a remote site.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said procedure utilizes any one of a group comprising internet messaging, telephone messaging, paging and fax messaging to reach said remote site.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising an interface for connecting a measuring device thereto.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising a measuring device attached to said interface for providing to said system a measured parameter.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said parameter is a body medical parameter.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a list of at least one symptom, selectable by a user and classifiable by said user according to degree of severity, and wherein said rule input device is usable to set rules which incorporate said rule input device with said parameters to produce said output.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one parameter is signable to influence an output.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said measurement is inputtable to said system over a telephone via sound recognition apparatus able to interrogate a user and understand sound responses.

15. The system of claim 1, comprising a further output device, operable to output measurement data to show at least one of alarms, trends and data patterns.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising a unified messaging hierarchy for communicating using a hierarchy of messaging modes.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said boundary input device comprises:

a visual representation of said variation range as a linear continuum,

a continuum divider for visually dividing said continuum at user selectable points therealong, said points corresponding to values of said parameter, thereby to define regions therebetween,

a category definer for defining categories for association with said regions, and

a category scorer for assigning a scoring value to each of said regions in accordance with a respective associated category, said scoring to comprise input to a predefined logical rule to arrive at a medical analysis that takes account of said parameter.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said user selectable points are for selecting according to a patient medical history.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein said user selectable points are for changing dynamically with change in a patient'"'"'s medical condition.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein said logical rule is a combining rule taking input from at least one other parameter.

21. A method of associating a series of outputs with detected levels of a plurality of continuously varying parameters, said detected levels comprising an outcome, the method comprising

setting one or more boundary levels for each parameter, thereby defining regions between each boundary level,

associating categorization labels with each said defined region,

associating rules with each region and with combinations of regions of different parameters to associate a series of outputs with said regions and combinations, such that at least one of said series of outputs is produced by an outcome.

22. A method according to claim 21, wherein at least one of said parameters is a body measurement and said output is a medical instruction.