Diagnostic System and Method

• US 20110040573A1
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Astrazeneca AB (Astrazeneca PLC)
• Original Assignee: Astrazeneca AB (Astrazeneca PLC)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Toshiyuki, Kutukake, Shinji, Kobayashi, Yoneyuki, Yamamoto, Hareaki, Kobayashi, Itsurou, Yamashita, Kouhei, Sakai, Fumihiko, Baba, Hajime, Hosoda, Minoru, Shimizu, Yasuzumi, Kitamura, Masahiro
• Application Number:
  US12/900,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20110040573A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4824 Touch or pain perception evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A diagnostic system and method. In one embodiment, the invention is a diagnostic system comprising: a form comprising one or more diagnostic questions and one or more possible answers to each diagnostic question; a first overlay comprising one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the first overlay is positioned over the form, the answers to the diagnostic questions that are indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay; and wherein the one or more diagnostic fields contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers on the form that are visible through the windows of the first overlay. In other embodiments, the invention is a computer-based version of the diagnostic system and a diagnostic method.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A diagnostic system comprising:

means for displaying an electronic form having one or more diagnostic questions and a corresponding set of answers to the diagnostic question, each set of answers containing at least one answer that is indicative of the user having a first medical condition;

means for a user to select one or more of the possible answers;

means for identifying the answers selected by the user that are indicative of the user having the first medical condition; and

means for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers that are indicative of the user having the first medical condition.

20. The diagnostic system of claim 19 further comprising means for indicating that the user has completed selecting answers on the electronic form.

21-33. -33. (canceled)