DATABASE MANAGEMENT FOR A TREATMENT SYSTEM

• US 20120116806A1
• Filed: 07/15/2011
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IZEX Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: IZEX Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Stark, John G., Oyen, Duane, Hanson, Timothy J.B., Tracey, Timothy, Backes, Steven, Manninen, Gary
• Application Number:
  US13/184,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20120116806A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/10 Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/00 Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges protective face masks A41D13/11; surgeon's or patient's gowns or dresses A41D13/12; devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body liquids A61M1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics

Abstract

A process for treating orthopedic injuries including the steps of presenting a set of treatment protocols; approving a treatment protocol from among the presented set of treatment protocols; capturing information identifying the approved treatment protocol from among the set of presented protocols; and generating information from the captured information into a form compatible with a handheld computer adapted for connection to an orthopedic sensor system. The generated information includes parameters of the identified approved treatment protocol. The process may also include the steps of basing the presented set of treatment protocols upon a database of historic patients, orthopedic injuries, treatment protocols and outcomes, and retaining information about the current patient, the patients injury, treatment protocol and outcome.

Claims

1-39. -39. (canceled)

40. A system for monitoring patient compliance with a treatment protocol, the system comprising:

a server configured to;

present at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols;

receive information identifying an approved treatment protocol, wherein the approved treatment protocol is one of the at least two presented treatment protocols;

generate formatted parameters, using a computer processor, the formatted parameters corresponding to the approved treatment protocol and in a form compatible with a monitoring device;

send the formatted parameters to the monitoring device;

receive compliance data generated by the monitoring device;

present the compliance data generated by the monitoring device;

wherein the monitoring device is configured to;

receive data from a sensor included on an orthosis device;

generate the compliance data based on the data from the sensor and the formatted parameters, the compliance data indicating adherence to the treatment protocol;

send the compliance data to the server.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise a set of images.

42. The system of claim 40, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise prior patient records of patients with similar injuries.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise statistical information including a success rate of the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols.

44. The system of claim 40, wherein the information identifying the approved treatment protocol includes information relaying the degree of motion to be accomplished by a patient.

45. The system of claim 40 wherein the server is configured to:

compare the formatted parameters against a safeguard to determine if the formatted parameters are consistent with patient data.

46. The system of claim 40, wherein the received information identifying the approved treatment protocol is less than information detailing the approved treatment protocol in its entirety.

47. A machine readable medium that stores instructions, the instructions, which when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

presenting at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols;

receiving information identifying an approved treatment protocol, wherein the approved treatment protocol is one of the at least two presented treatment protocols;

generating formatted parameters corresponding to the approved treatment protocol, the formatted parameters in a form compatible with a monitoring device;

sending the formatted parameters to the monitoring device;

receiving compliance data, the compliance data generated by the monitoring device, the compliance data based on data received from a sensor and the formatted parameters, the sensor included in an orthosis device; and

presenting the compliance data generated by the monitoring device.

48. The machine readable medium of claim 47, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise a set of images.

49. The machine readable medium of claim 47, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise prior patient records of patients with similar injuries.

50. The machine readable medium of claim 49, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise statistical information including success rate of the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols.

51. The machine readable medium of claim 47, wherein the approved treatment protocol includes information relaying the degree of motion to be accomplished by the patient.

52. The machine readable medium of claim 47, wherein the instructions include instructions which when performed by the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

comparing the formatted parameters against a safeguard to determine if the formatted parameters are consistent with patient data.

53. The machine readable medium of claim 47, wherein the received information identifying the approved treatment protocol is less than information detailing the approved treatment protocol in its entirety.

54. A method for monitoring patient compliance with a treatment protocol, the method comprising:

presenting, with a server, at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols;

receiving, at the server, information identifying an approved treatment protocol, wherein the approved treatment protocol is one of the at least two presented treatment protocols;

using a computer processor, generating with the server, formatted parameters corresponding to the approved treatment protocol, the formatted parameters configured in a form compatible with a monitoring device;

sending, with the server, the formatted parameters to the monitoring device;

receiving, at the monitoring device, data from a sensor included on an orthosis device;

generating, using the monitoring device, the compliance data based on the data from the sensor and the formatted parameters, the compliance data indicating adherence to the treatment protocol;

sending, using the monitoring device, the compliance data to the server;

receiving, at the server, compliance data generated by the monitoring device; and

presenting, with the server, compliance data generated by the monitoring device;

55. The method of claim 54, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise a set of images.

56. The method of claim 54, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise prior patient records of patients with similar injuries.

57. The method of claim 56, wherein the at least two orthotic injury treatment protocols comprise statistical information including success rate of the orthotic injury treatment protocol.

58. The method of claim 54, comprising:

comparing the formatted parameters against at least one safeguard to determine if the formatted parameters are consistent with patient data.

59. The method of claim 54, wherein the received information identifying the approved treatment protocol is less than information detailing the approved treatment protocol in its entirety.