Method and apparatus for assessment and treatment of cardiac risk

• US 20040087864A1
• Filed: 10/30/2002
• Published: 05/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lawrence Grouse
• Original Assignee: Lawrence Grouse
• Inventors: Grouse, Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US10/283,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20040087864A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A method for risk evaluation, determining treatment options, and the assessment of tested treatment options is implemented by the use of specialized computing device. Reducing likelihood that the inventive method will not be implemented on account of the difficulty of introducing a computer into a typical physician-patient clinical setting is mediated by implementation on a handheld device which can unobtrusively be used by the physician in the presence of the patient and with ease, and without being so obvious to disturb the patient into believing that judgments are being made by a computer. Treatment options are provided in suggestion form in order to avoid automatic implementation of suggestions without the necessary input of physician judgment. The above advantages are achieved without the inherent unreliability of personal computing systems by use of a dedicated computing device. Costs are controlled by a minimally sized display and input keypad.

Claims

1. A method of determining a regimen for the treatment of individuals with elevated risks of developing coronary heart disease, comprising receiving and electronically storing risk factor information respecting the sex, age, blood chemistry and lifestyle of an individual, electronically executing an algorithm on said risk factor information, and displaying at least one result of said execution of said algorithm on said risk information.

2. A method of reducing the risk of coronary heart disease in the general population, comprising receiving on a handheld computing device and electronically storing risk factor information respecting the sex, age, blood chemistry and lifestyle of an individual;

electronically executing, on a dedicated electronic device, an algorithm on said risk factor information; and

displaying at least one result of said execution of said algorithm on said risk information.

3. A method of reducing the risk of coronary heart disease in the general population, comprising presenting on a handheld computing device a series of questions relating to risk factors for coronary heart disease respecting the sex, age, blood chemistry and lifestyle of an individual,receiving on said handheld computing device and electronically storing risk factor information input by a physician;

electronically executing, on a dedicated electronic device, an algorithm on said risk factor information; and

displaying at least one result of said execution of said algorithm on said risk information in the form of a message identifying a potential therapy for consideration.

4. A method of reducing the risk of coronary heart disease in the general population, as in claim previous, further comprising funding distribution of dedicated electronic devices by selling advertising physically associated with said dedicated electronic devices.

5. A method of reducing the risk of coronary heart disease in the general population, as in claim previous, wherein said dedicated electronic devices are used by the physician while he is in the presence of his patient.

6. A method of detecting the likelihood of cardiac disease and treating the same, comprising:

(a) displaying on the screen of a hand-held device requests for data respecting lifestyle, family history, health, and blood parameters;

(b) inputting into random access memory, contained within said hand-held device, said data respecting lifestyle, family history, health, and blood parameters;

(c) performing an algorithm on said data in random access memory in response to requests for information; and

d) displaying on said screen results generated by the performance of said algorithm.