INTERACTIVE TESTING SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES

• US 20100241442A1
• Filed: 08/15/2007
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sime Diagnostics Limited
• Original Assignee: Sime Diagnostics Limited
• Inventors: Hoskuldsson, Agnar
• Granted Patent: US 8,924,226 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and a method for health monitoring service based on a central server. Measurements of biological samples (e.g. blood, saliva and urine) are carried out by a remote measurement system. The measurement data are sent to a central server, where the data are processed and analyzed, for example by expert knowledge systems, and a health profile generated is sent back to the remote measurement system. A health care provider may receive the results of the analysis carried out by the expert knowledge system, and the health care provider may further upload laboratory measurements, which can be included in the health analysis of the person. It is preferred that the system and method according to the invention is capable of providing an early warning of diseases that causes changes in chemical components in the biological sample.

Claims

1-49. -49. (canceled)

50. An interactive testing system for analysing biological samples, said system comprising

one or more remote measurement system(s) for measuring a biological sample, said remote measurement system generating measurement data from the measurement of said biological sample,

a central server for processing said measurement data thereby generating measurement values and/or profiles, wherein said central server comprises two databases, one database comprises reference values for diseases, means for allowing said remote measurement system to communicate with the central server over a network,

in said remote measurement system means for forwarding measurement data from the remote measurement system to the central server through the network, and a display unit,

in said central server means for generating a health profile from said measurement values, means for storing said measurement values, means for processing measurement data into patterns for comparison with references for one or more diseases, and means for forwarding said health profile from said central server to the display unit in the remote system.

51. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, wherein said central server comprises means for generating a health report from statistical analysis of said measurement values, means for storing said health report, and means for forwarding said health report from said central server to a health care provider.

52. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, wherein the health profile comprises an early warning for a disease.

53. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, wherein the remote measurement system comprises a measurement instrument, wherein said measurement instrument includes the means for forwarding the measurement data.

54. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, wherein the remote measurement system comprises one or more measurement instrument(s), each being connected to a computer, wherein said computer includes the means for forwarding the measurement data.

55. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, wherein the measurement data consists of spectral data.

56. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, wherein the central server comprises a central database for storing actual and historical measurement values for each remote user.

57. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, wherein the central server comprises normal population ranges for each measurement value provided.

58. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, wherein the health profile includes a comparison of measurement values with normal population values, and/or a comparison of measurement value with historical measurement values.

59. The interactive testing system according to claim 50, further providing means for enabling communicating with a health care provider.

60. An interactive testing method for analysing biological samples, said method comprising

establishing one or more remote measurement system(s) for measuring a biological sample, said remote measurement system generating measurement data from the measurement of said biological sample,

performing a measurement using said remote measurement system obtaining measurement data,

forwarding the measurement data to a central server, said central server comprising two databases, wherein one database comprises reference values for one or more diseases,

processing said measurement data thereby generating measurement values and/or profiles,

processing measurement data into patterns for comparison with references for one or more diseases,

generating, in said central server, a health profile from said measurement values, and storing said measurement values, and

forwarding said health profile from said central server to the remote system, and

displaying the health profile.

61. The interactive testing method according to claim 60, wherein the measurement data consists of spectral data.

62. The interactive testing method according to claim 60, wherein the health profile includes a comparison of measurement values with normal population values, and/or a comparison of measurement value with historical measurement values.