Device, system and method for storing and exchanging medical data

• US 20070143215A1
• Filed: 02/07/2005
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Serge Clement Willems
• Original Assignee: Serge Clement Willems
• Inventors: Willems, Serge Clement
• Application Number:
  US10/588,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20070143215A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/51
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for storing and exchanging medical data, the system comprising: —a plurality of portable electronic storage devices, each storage device comprising an interface and one or more data carriers on which are stored medical data representative of the health of at least one individual and a computer program; —a data processing device comprising: —a second interface for connecting the data processing device to at least one of the portable electronic storage devices, —a processor configured so as to load from the connected portable electronic storage device the computer program and executing the same, the loaded computer program including instructions that cause the processor to process the medical data stored on the portable storage device, said processing including reading, adding and/or modifying medical data stored on the connected portable electronic storage device; —a display device for displaying said processed medical data.

Claims

1. System for storing and exchanging medical data representative of the health of an individual, the system comprising:

a plurality of portable electronic storage devices, each storage device comprising an interface and one or more data carriers on which are stored medical data representative of the health of at least one individual, a first computer program and a second computer program;

a data processing device comprising;

a second interface for connecting the data processing device to at least one of the portable electronic storage devices,

a processor configured so as to load from the connected portable electronic storage device either the first or the second computer program depending on the type of data processing device and executing the same, the loaded computer program including instructions that cause the processor to process the medical data stored on the portable storage device, said processing including reading, adding and modifying medical data stored on the connected portable electronic storage device;

a display device for displaying said processed medical data;

wherein the first computer program is operable so as to exchange medical data with a data processing device of a first type en the second computer program being operable so as to exchange medical data with a data processing device of a different type.

2. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the medical data include text data and graphical data, for instance X ray plots, scans plots or electro-cardiograms.

3. System as claimed in claims 1 or 2, wherein on the electronic storage device graphical data representative of the appearance of the individual is stored and wherein the processor is programmed so as to load the graphical data from the connected electronic storage device and to display the data representative of the appearance of the individual on the display device of the processing device so as to enable positive identification of the individual.

4. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic storage device is configured so as to provide access code protected access to the medical data stored thereon, wherein, depending on the access code, reading, adding and/or modifying rights are conferred for predefined subsets of medical data only.

5. System as claimed in claim 4, wherein one of the predefined subsets of medical data is formed by emergency medical data.

6. System as claimed in claim 1, comprising a first portable electronic storage device being configured so as to store thereon medical data in a first data format and a second portable electronic storage device being configured so as to store thereon medical data in a second data format, different from the first format.

7. System as claimed in claim 6, wherein on the first portable electronic storage device a first computer program is stored capable of having processed medical data in the first format, while on the second portable electronic storage device a second computer program is stored capable of having processed medical data in the second data format.

8. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein access to the medical data on the electronic storage device is protected by an access code, preferably a password.

9. System as claimed in claim 8, wherein a first user or group of users has data reading rights only.

10. System as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein a second user or second group of users has reading and adding rights only.

11. System as claimed in claim 10, wherein a third user or third group of users has reading, adding and modifying rights of medical data stored or to be stored on the electronic storage device.

12. System as claimed in claim 11, wherein the reading, adding and/or modifying rights are for a predefined subset of medical data only.

13. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein computer program is operable so as to permit the addition of a new user or group of users only after receiving the correct access code of said individual.

14. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the computer program is operable so as to permit access to a predefined portion of the medical data only after receiving the correct access code of said individual.

15. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing device includes an entering device for entering data into the computer device and storing the entered data on the electronic storage device.

16. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing device is a mobile phone and the electronic storage device is an external storage medium that can be connected to the mobile phone.

17. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing device is a mobile phone and the electronic storage device is an internal storage medium contained in the mobile phone.

18. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data processing device is a personal computer.

19. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein a portable electronic storage device is configured so as to be implanted in a person.

20. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic storage device comprises a positioning system.

21. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic storage device is configured so as to store non-medical personal data.

22. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least part of the medical and/or health data stored on the electronic storage medium is encrypted.

23. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second interface are wireless communication devices so as to provide a wireless connection between the portable electronic storage device and the data processing device.

24. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second interface are wired communication devices so as to provide a wired connection between the portable electronic storage device and the data processing device.

25. System as claimed in claim 1, wherein the computer program is operable so as to provide text on the display device in one of a plurality of languages, said one language being user selected from a pre-stored list of languages

27. Method of storing and exchanging medical data using the system as claimed in claims 1, 2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 or 25.

26. Portable electronic storage device for storing and exchanging medical data with a data processing device having an interface, a processor and a display device, wherein the portable electronic storage device comprises a data carrier on which is stored medical data representative of the health of at least one individual, a first and a second computer program, wherein either of the computer programs, when run on said processor, causes said processor to process the medical data stored on the data carrier, said processing including reading, adding and/or modifying medical data stored on the connected portable electronic storage device, and displaying said processed data on the display device.