Method for safe transfer of patient data on a data carrier

• US 20040205067A1
• Filed: 01/26/2004
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: World Medical Corporation
• Original Assignee: World Medical Corporation
• Inventors: Veidung, Arne
• Application Number:
  US10/475,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20040205067A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Method for safe transfer of patient data on a data carrier, in that patient data is coded and transferred by means of a network to a central server comprising a database, said patient data being stored in a storage unit in the server, that coded data is transformed and printed on a data carrier which is kept by the patient, and that coded data is read from the data carrier by means of a reading unit and transformed to a legible form by a decoder. The data carrier comprises a sticker adapted to be carried by a user and/or arranged to a users personal equipment, wherein the sticker comprises a two-dimensional code as information carrier, printed on the sticker.

Claims

1. Method for the safe transfer of patient data on a data carrier, in that patient data is coded and transferred by means of a network to a central server comprising a database, said patient data being stored in a storage unit in the server, that coded data is transformed and printed on a data carrier which is kept by the patient, and that coded data is read from the data carrier by means of a reading unit and transformed to a legible form by a decoder, characterised in that the data carrier comprises a sticker adapted to be carried by a user and/or arranged to a users personal equipment, and in that the sticker comprises a two-dimensional code as information carrier, printed on the sticker.

2. Method in accordance with claim 1, characterised in that the sticker with the two-dimensional code is adapted for removable adhesion to the back of a watch, a piece of jewellery, etc., and/or to a card which is to be kept together with other cards.

3. Method in accordance with claim 2, characterised in that coded data on the data carrier comprises bar codes, fluorescent labels/tabs, digital chips, etc.

4. Method in accordance with claim 2 or 3, characterised in that the two-dimensional code is dimensioned to a size of, for example, 10×

10 mm, on which all available medical information relevant for a person can be stored.

5. Method in accordance with claims 2-4, characterised in that the decoder transforms data which is read from the data carrier, and that the decoder is connected to a printer for printing of legible patient data.

6. Method in accordance with claim 2-4, characterised in that the code is adapted to withstand a damage of up to approximately 25% and that the code is automatically self-rehabilitating, whereupon the patient data is still legible after possible defacing or damage.

7. Method in accordance with any of the preceding claims, characterised in that after a possible medical treatment of a patient, the patient'"'"'s data is updated and transferred by means of the network to WMC, whereupon data is passed onto the patient'"'"'s regular physician, the patient data is thereafter updated, coded and transferred by means of the network to the central server, whereupon new data is stored in the storage unit in the server, new coded data is transformed to a two-dimensional form and is printed onto a new data carrier which is kept by the patient.