Device, system and method of displaying and improving the access to disclosed medical data

• US 20110040578A1
• Filed: 08/11/2010
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James T. Ramsey
• Original Assignee: James T. Ramsey
• Inventors: Ramsey, James T.
• Application Number:
  US12/805,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20110040578A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method, system and device for storing and displaying medical records with a particular user. Once the medical records are inputted into a database, that information would be transferred to a portable device carried by or provided in close proximity with the user. Removable insulating strips are provided to complete an electrical circuit between one or more batteries and a circuit board. Once a circuit is created, contact will also be maintained between the one or more batteries and the circuit board. However, a timer is employed to power down the circuit, if an input button has not been engaged for a predetermined period of time. A second embodiment would allow a user in contact with a particular organization to include the user'"'"'s identification number in a first relational database and the medical data in a second relational database.

Claims

1. A method for allowing access to medical and personal information of an incapacitated individual comprising the steps of:

assigning a unique password to the individual;

connecting the individual through the internet to a website having a central database;

prompting the individual in entering medical and personal information in said central database;

providing the individual with written information including said password and said website, said written information provided on a placard; and

affixing said placard to an accessible location in the individual'"'"'s dwelling;

wherein emergency personnel finding the individual in an incapacitated state in his dwelling can access said medical and personal information through the internet to said central database through said website using said password provided in said placard to gain access to said medical and personal information.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1, further including the stop of providing the individual with a worksheet to physically enter said medical and personal information thereon prior to said connecting step.

3. The method in accordance with claim 2, further including the steps of:

utilizing a personal computer having a first display to allow the individual to contact said website; and

providing the individual with a plurality of online forms shown in said first display to enter said medical and personal information.

4. The method in accordance with claim 1, further including the steps of:

supplying the individual with a portable device having a memory and a second display;

connecting said portable device with said website;

downloading said medical and personal information from said central database to said memory of said portable device; and

activating said portable device for automatically displaying said medical and personal information on said second display.

5. The method in accordance with claim 3, including the step of:

periodically sending a communication to said personal computer to prompt the individual to update the medical and personal information provided in said central database.

6. The method in accordance with claim 5, including the steps of

updating the individual'"'"'s medical and personal information provided in said central database;

downloading said updated medical and personal information from said central data base to said memory in said portable device, thereby replacing the medical and personal information previously stored in said memory of said portable device.

7. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said medical and personal information includes a photograph of the individual.

8. The method in accordance with claim 7, wherein said medical and personal information includes medications, medical conditions, allergies, immunizations and emergency contacts.

9. The method in accordance with claim 4, wherein said portable device is battery powered and further including the step of:

constructing said portable device to display said medical and personal information by providing an irreversible electrical connection between said battery power, said memory and said second display, said medical and personal information displayed on said second display until said battery power is drained or a timer senses inactivity and the portable device is powered down, thereby conserving battery power.

10. The method in accordance with claim 9, wherein said irreversible connection is created by removing an insulating sheet separating said batteries from a circuit board containing said memory.

11. The method in accordance with claim 9, containing the steps of:

providing said portable device with input buttons; and

depressing said input buttons to scroll through a series of screens provided in said second display, thereby showing the medical and personal information of the individual.

12. A portable device for displaying information, comprising

a housing provided with a first slot;

a display provided in said housing;

a circuit board having at least one contact provided within said housing, said circuit board provided with a memory;

a source of electrical power provided in said housing opposite said circuit board; and

a first sheet of insulating material provided with a first end and a second end, said first end extending through said first slot and said second end provided within said housing between said at least one contact of said circuit board and said source of electrical power, thereby preventing electrical contact between said circuit board and said source of electrical power;

wherein when said first end is pulled a sufficient distance away from said housing thereby removing said second end from between said contact of said circuit and said source of electrical power, an electrical circuit is produced between said source of electrical power and said circuit board allowing information stored in said memory to be shown on said display.

13. The portable device in accordance with claim 12, wherein said first sheet of insulating material can move only in a single direction, thereby ensuring said electrical circuit would always engage said at least one contact of said circuit board when said second end is removed between said source of electrical power, producing said electrical circuit.

14. The portable device in accordance with claim 12, wherein said source of electrical power comprises first and second batteries facing one side of said circuit board, said circuit board provided within a first contact opposite said first battery and a second contact opposite said second battery, wherein said electrical circuit is produced by pulling said first end of said first sheet of insulating material a first distance to remove said second end of said first sheet of insulating material from between said first battery and said first contact while maintaining separation between said second battery and said second contact, and further wherein said electrical circuit is produced by pulling said first end of said first sheet of insulating material a second distance greater than said first distance removing said second end of said first sheet of insulating from between said second battery and said second contact to allow contact between said first battery and said first contact and between said second battery and said second contact.

15. The portable device in accordance with claim 14, further including:

a second slot in said housing;

a third battery facing a third contact provided on the second side of said circuit boards;

a fourth battery facing a fourth contact provided on said second side of said circuit board; and

a second sheet of insulating material provided with a first end and a second end, said first end extending through said second slot and said second end provided within said housing between said third battery and said third contact, as well as between said fourth battery and said fourth contact, thereby preventing electrical contact between said third battery and said third contact as well as between said fourth battery and said fourth contact, wherein said electrical circuit is produced by pulling said first end of said second insulating material a first distance away from said housing to remove said second end of said second insulating material from said third battery and said third contact while maintaining separation between said fourth battery and said fourth contact, and further wherein said electrical circuit is produced by pulling said first end of said second insulating material a second distance greater than said first distance to allow contact between said fourth battery and said fourth contact by removing said second end of said second insulating sheet from between said fourth battery and said fourth contact.

16. The portable device in accordance with claim 15, further including a single receptacle for each of said batteries, each of said receptacles provided with a bias device forcing each of said batteries toward said circuit board.

17. The portable device in accordance with claim 12, further including a communication device provided between the portable device and the internet allowing said information to be transmitted between a central database and said portable device to be stored within said memory, allowing said information to be automatically shown on said display when said electrical circuit is produced.

18. The portable device in accordance with claim 17, further including at least one input device on said housing used to scroll through a number of screens showing said information on said display.

19. The portable device in accordance with claim 17, further including a timing circuit to power down said portable device when said at least one input device is not depressed for a predetermined period of time, thereby conserving said source of electrical power.

20. A method of securely storing and accessing personal information, comprising the steps of

a) providing a first identification number of a person associated with the person'"'"'s name;

b) providing a first software relational database maintained on and in electronic communication with a first server, wherein said first relational database stores the first identification number and the person'"'"'s name;

c) providing a second software relational database maintained on and in electronic communication with a second server and wherein said first and second servers are in electronic communication with each other;

d) populating the second relational database with the person'"'"'s name, said first identification number and said set of personal information associated with said person; and

e) communicating to said first relational database that said second relational database has been populated with the set of personal information of said person.

21. The method in accordance with claim 20, wherein the information contains personal medical data associated with the person, said personal medical data only maintained in said second server.

22. The method in accordance with claim 21, further comprising the step of accessing said personal medical data with a secure means in communication with said first server and said first software relational database.

23. The method in accordance with claim 21, further comprising the steps of:

providing a second identification number associated with the person'"'"'s name and said first identification number; and

determining said second identification number utilizing a software sub-routine.

24. The method in accordance with claim 21, comprising the step of providing a direct electronic communication with the person associated with said personal medical data with said second software relational database and said second server.

25. The method in accordance with claim 21, further comprising the step of providing a direct private electronic communication with the person associated with the personal medical data and said second software relational database and said second server.

26. The method in accordance with claim 21, further comprising the step of said second software relational database and said second server prompting the person associated with said personal medical data to update their said personal data after a pre-assigned time interval after populating said second relational database.

27. The method in accordance with claim 26, wherein said time interval is between 30 and 180 days.

28. The method in accordance with claim 23, further including the step of providing said person associated with said personal medical data said second identification number.

29. The method in accordance with claim 23, wherein said second identification number provides unsecured access to said personal medical data.

30. The method in accordance with claim 20, further comprising the step of providing a portable information storage device provided in electronic communication with said second server and said second software relational database.

31. The method in accordance with claim 30, wherein the information contains personal medical data and further comprises the step of transmitting said personal medical data from said second server and said software relational database to said portable information storage device.

32. The method in accordance with claim 21, further including the step of the person associated with said personal medical data providing disclosure of said personal medical data to a legal person as a condition precedent of a contractual relationship between the person associated with the personal medical data and the legal person.