SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DISEASE STATE AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT
First Claim
1. A computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method for assessing an epilepsy disease state, comprising:
- receiving at least one autonomic index;
receiving at least one neurologic index;
comparing the at least one autonomic index to at least a first reference value associated with the at least one autonomic index;
comparing the at least one neurologic index to at least a second reference value associated with the at least one neurologic index;
assessing a state of an epilepsy disease of a patient based on the comparing; and
providing an output relating to the assessment, the output comprising at least one of disease stability, disease progression, disease regression, or a finding that a disease state cannot be determined.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for assessing a state of an epilepsy disease or a comorbidity thereof are provided. The methods comprise receiving at least one autonomic index, neurologic index, stress marker index, psychiatric index, endocrine index, adverse effect of therapy index, physical fitness index, or quality of life index of a patient; comparing the at least one index to at least one reference value; and assessing a state of an epilepsy disease or a body system of the patient based on the comparison. A computer readable program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform the method described above is also provided. A medical device system capable of implementing the method described above is also provided.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method for assessing an epilepsy disease state, comprising:
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receiving at least one autonomic index; receiving at least one neurologic index; comparing the at least one autonomic index to at least a first reference value associated with the at least one autonomic index; comparing the at least one neurologic index to at least a second reference value associated with the at least one neurologic index; assessing a state of an epilepsy disease of a patient based on the comparing; and providing an output relating to the assessment, the output comprising at least one of disease stability, disease progression, disease regression, or a finding that a disease state cannot be determined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method for assessing a patient'"'"'s health, comprising:
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receiving at least one assessment of at least one of a patient'"'"'s epilepsy disease state, a quality of life, or a physical fitness, comparing the at least one assessment to at least one reference value associated with at least one previous assessment from the patient or with normative data, assessing at least one of the patient'"'"'s epilepsy disease state, quality of life, or physical fitness based on the comparing; and providing an output relating to an assessment of the patient'"'"'s health, wherein the output comprises at least one of a disease state stability, disease state progression, disease state regression, a finding that the disease state cannot be determined, quality of life stability, quality of life improvement, quality of life decline, a finding that the quality of life cannot be determined, physical fitness stability, physical fitness improvement, physical fitness decline, or a finding that physical fitness cannot be determined.
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19. A computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method for assessing a comorbidity associated with epilepsy, comprising:
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receiving at least one of an autonomic index, a neurologic index, or both; comparing the at least one index to at least one reference value associated with the at least one index; assessing a state of a body system of the patient based on the comparing, wherein the body system comprises at least one of an autonomic system, a neurologic system, a psychiatric system, an endocrine system or subsystems of the foregoing; and providing an output relating to the assessment, wherein the output comprises at least one of body system stability, body system improvement, body system decline, or a finding that a state of the body system cannot be determined, wherein the body system is a site of the comorbidity. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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