SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALIZED PATIENT CARE
First Claim
1. A system for individualized patient care, comprising:
- a microfluidic bodily fluid reader, programmable to search for different species or components in a bodily fluid inserted in the microfluidic bodily fluid reader;
a local computer analysis unit configured to receive and analyze data from the microfluidic reader; and
a centralized server connectable to the local computer analysis unit.
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Abstract
A system for individualized patient care, including: a microfluidic bodily fluid reader, programmable to search for different species or components in a bodily fluid inserted in the microfluidic bodily fluid reader; a local computer analysis unit configured to receive data from the microfluidic reader; and a centralized server connectable to the local computer analysis unit. Additionally, a method for monitoring a patient'"'"'s health is shown, including: reviewing medical history and current medical status of a patient; determining which species of a patient'"'"'s bodily fluid should be monitored; preparing a microfluidic bodily fluid reader containing reagents for analysis of the species to be monitored; saving patient history and patient'"'"'s current state; testing the patient with the microfluidic bodily fluid reader; analyzing patient data based on the testing and issuing an alert in case an abnormality is found; further analyzing the patient data for trends indicating that other tests should be added or removed; and adding or removing the other tests through personalization of the microfluidic bodily fluid reader.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for individualized patient care, comprising:
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a microfluidic bodily fluid reader, programmable to search for different species or components in a bodily fluid inserted in the microfluidic bodily fluid reader; a local computer analysis unit configured to receive and analyze data from the microfluidic reader; and a centralized server connectable to the local computer analysis unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring a patient'"'"'s health comprising:
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reviewing medical history and current medical status of a patient; deciding which species of a patient'"'"'s bodily fluid should be monitored; preparing a microfluidic bodily fluid reader for analysis of the species to be monitored; saving patient history and patient'"'"'s current state; testing the patient with the microfluidic bodily fluid reader; analyzing patient data based on the testing and issuing an alert in case an abnormality is found; further analyzing the patient data for trends indicating that other tests should be added or removed; and adding or removing the other tests through personalization of the microfluidic bodily fluid reader. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A large scale medical data monitoring method, comprising:
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searching for different species or components in a bodily fluid of a patient, through insertion of the bodily fluid in a microfluidic bodily fluid reader; receiving medical data from the microfluidic reader at a local computer analysis unit; sending received medical data from the local computer analysis unit to a centralized server; and comparing medical data of people in a first category with medical data of people in a second category to determine whether the people in the first category have a good response to a certain drug with respect to the people in the second category. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for periodically monitoring a disease marker, comprising:
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searching for the disease marker through a microfluidic bodily fluid reader programmable to search for different species or components in a bodily fluid inserted in the microfluidic bodily fluid reader; analyzing data from the microfluidic bodily fluid reader at a local computer analysis unit, the local computer analysis unit configured to be connected to a centralized server; alerting a doctor if the disease marker appears; and further performing the searching periodically.
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