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Apparatus and methods for monitoring and modifying anticoagulation therapy of remotely located patients

  • US 20050191716A1
  • Filed: 04/27/2005
  • Published: 09/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of monitoring anticoagulation therapy of a patient, wherein the anticoagulation therapy includes a patient-administered medication regimen selected from the group consisting of warfarin and vitamin K antagonists, heparin and glucosaminoglycans, and direct thrombin inhibitors, and a patient-administered regimen for a coagulation test that monitors efficacy of the medication regimen, wherein the coagulation test is selected from the group consisting of prothrombin time (PT) test, partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test, activated clotting time (ACT) test, heparin assays, ecarin clotting time (ECT) test, and thrombin clotting time test, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive and analyze information regarding patient compliance with the patient-administered medication and coagulation test regimens, and wherein the apparatus is configured to modify the patient-administered medication and coagulation test regimens, the method comprising the following steps performed by a portable apparatus:

  • receiving data from a patient at a portable apparatus, wherein the patient data includes at least one of physiological data, pathophysiological data, biological data, psychological data, neuropsychological data, and behavioral data;

    assessing severity of the received patient data via the portable apparatus;

    prompting the patient to perform a patient-administered coagulation test via the portable apparatus, if the received patient data are assessed to be above a threshold severity level;

    receiving coagulation test results from the patient-administered test at the portable apparatus; and

    communicating the received coagulation test results of the patient-administered test from the portable apparatus to a healthcare provider via a communications network.

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