Computational systems for biomedical data

• US 20080091730A1
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward, Lord, Robert, Levien, Royce, Wood, Lowell
• Application Number:
  US11/881,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20080091730A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting an input identifying at least one allergy, accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy; and presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

Claims

1-33. -33. (canceled)

34. A method comprising:

accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces; and

transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy; and

the data analysis system further being capable of sending a signal to either the one or more user interfaces or a different user interface in response to presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy, which signal transmits the ingestion-dependent allergy information.

76. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least a Type I immediate hypersensitivity reaction, a Type II cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction, a Type III immune-complex reaction, or a Type IV delayed hypersensitivity reaction.

77. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with a hypersensitivity reaction that does not fall within the Type I-IV Gell and Coombs allergy classification system.

78. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of a drug allergy or a nutraceutical allergy.

79. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of a drug allergy or a nutraceutical allergy.

80. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with a food allergy or a chemical allergy.

81. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with a multiple chemical sensitivity allergy.

82. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of an antibiotic allergy, an insulin allergy, a sulpha drug allergy, an aspirin allergy, an NSAID allergy, a beta blocker allergy, a chemotherapeutic allergy, a vaccine allergy, an anesthetic allergy, or an anti-convulsant allergy.

83. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of a peanut allergy, a milk allergy, an egg allergy, a tree nut allergy, a fish allergy, a shellfish allergy, a soy allergy, a corn allergy, or a wheat allergy.

84. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least a latex allergy.

85. The method of claim 34 wherein the accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of a thimerosal allergy, a formaldehyde allergy, a phenol allergy, a sulfite allergy, a glycerine allergy, a hydrocarbon allergy, a pesticide allergy, a metal allergy, or a fertilizer allergy.

86. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one genetic, epigenetic, or gene expression determinant associated with the at least one allergy as the at least one innate determinant.

87. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one single nucleotide polymorphism, haplotype, or other DNA sequence determinant associated with the at least one allergy as the at least one innate determinant.

88. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing at least one of clinical trial data or medical history data containing the at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy and containing the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

89. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing at least one specific IgE determinant of the allergic reaction as the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

90. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing at least one total IgE determinant of the allergic reaction as the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

91. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing at least one T-cell, B-cell, mast cell, basophil, eosinophil, or peripheral blood mononuclear cell determinant of the allergic reaction as the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

92. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

presenting, based on the innate and test determinants, at least one ethnic subpopulation associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

93. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

presenting, based on the innate and test determinants, at least one genetic subpopulation associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

94. The method of claim 34 wherein the transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

presenting, based on the innate and test determinants, at least one geographic subpopulation associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

35-67. -67. (canceled)

68. A system comprising:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces; and

means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy; and

the data analysis system further being capable of sending a signal to either the one or more user interfaces or a different user interface in response to presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy, which signal transmits the ingestion-dependent allergy information.

95. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least a Type I immediate hypersensitivity reaction, a Type II cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction, a Type III immune-complex reaction, or a Type IV delayed hypersensitivity reaction.

96. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with a hypersensitivity reaction that does not fall within the Type I-IV Gell and Coombs allergy classification system.

97. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of a drug allergy or a nutraceutical allergy.

98. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of a drug allergy or a nutraceutical allergy.

99. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with a food allergy or a chemical allergy.

100. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with a multiple chemical sensitivity allergy.

101. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of an antibiotic allergy, an insulin allergy, a sulpha drug allergy, an aspirin allergy, an NSAID allergy, a beta blocker allergy, a chemotherapeutic allergy, a vaccine allergy, an anesthetic allergy, or an anti-convulsant allergy.

102. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of a peanut allergy, a milk allergy, an egg allergy, a tree nut allergy, a fish allergy, a shellfish allergy, a soy allergy, a corn allergy, or a wheat allergy.

103. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least a latex allergy.

104. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces comprises:

means for accepting an input identifying at least one ingested agent associated with at least one of a thimerosal allergy, a formaldehyde allergy, a phenol allergy, a sulfite allergy, a glycerine allergy, a hydrocarbon allergy, a pesticide allergy, a metal allergy, or a fertilizer allergy.

105. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one genetic, epigenetic, or gene expression determinant associated with the at least one allergy as the at least one innate determinant.

106. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one single nucleotide polymorphism, haplotype, or other DNA sequence determinant associated with the at least one allergy as the at least one innate determinant.

107. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing at least one of clinical trial data or medical history data containing the at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy and containing the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

108. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing at least one specific IgE determinant of the allergic reaction as the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

109. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing at least one total IgE determinant of the allergic reaction as the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

110. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing at least one T-cell, B-cell, mast cell, basophil, eosinophil, or peripheral blood mononuclear cell determinant of the allergic reaction as the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

111. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for presenting, based on the innate and test determinants, at least one ethnic subpopulation associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to the data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and the data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

112. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for presenting, based on the innate and test determinants, at least one genetic subpopulation associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to the data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and the data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

113. The system of claim 68 wherein the means for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy:

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy comprises;

means for presenting, based on the innate and test determinants, at least one geographic subpopulation associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to the data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and the data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy.

69-75. -75. (canceled)

114. A computer program product comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing

(a) one or more instructions for accepting an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces; and

(b) one or more instructions for transmitting data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy; and

the data analysis system further being capable of sending a signal to either the one or more user interfaces or a different user interface in response to presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy, which signal transmits the ingestion-dependent allergy information.

115. The computer program product of claim 114, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a computer-readable medium.

116. The computer program product of claim 114, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a recordable medium.

117. The computer program product of claim 114, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a communications medium.

118. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to

(a) accept an input identifying at least one allergy at one or more user interfaces; and

(b) transmit data from the one or more user interfaces to at least one data analysis system, the data including at least the at least one allergy;

the data analysis system being capable of accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy;

presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy in response to accessing data containing at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy, and accessing data containing at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy; and

the data analysis system further being capable of sending a signal to either the one or more user interfaces or a different user interface in response to presenting a signal related to ingestion-dependent allergy information associated with a defined level of the at least one allergy, which signal transmits the ingestion-dependent allergy information.

119. The system of claim 118 wherein the computing device comprises:

one or more of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop computer, a tablet personal computer, a networked computer, a computing system comprised of a cluster of processors, a computing system comprised of a cluster of servers, a workstation computer, and/or a desktop computer.

120. The system of claim 118 wherein the computing device is operable to

(a) receive information regarding the at least one allergy;

(b) receive information regarding the at least one innate determinant associated with the at least one allergy and the at least one acquired determinant associated with the at least one allergy; and

(c) present the ingestion-dependent allergy information from at least one memory.