SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING DIAGNOSIS AND PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING CONTINENCE PRODUCTS

• US 20140067856A1
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brightsky Australia
• Original Assignee: Brightsky Australia
• Inventors: Wicks, Kylie, Sinclair, David, Maibom, Birgitte, Krishnan, Elke
• Application Number:
  US14/018,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20140067856A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Systems and methods for facilitating diagnosis and product identification for patients requiring continence products. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed there by to provide a software application (for example an iOS or Android application) thereby to assist a clinician and/or patient in identifying appropriate continence products for a given set of patient requirements. While some embodiments will be described herein with particular reference to that application, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to such a field of use, and is applicable in broader contexts.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for facilitating continence product identification for a patient, the method including the steps of:

maintaining access to a database of continence products, wherein each product is described by reference to a set of product parameters;

providing an interface thereby to enable user-selection of a category of continence product based on an initial clinical assessment of the patient;

based on the user-selection of a category of continence product, determining a set of questions, and providing an interface configured to obtain patient parameter data from the user in relation to that set of questions; and

based on obtained patient parameter data, querying the database thereby to identify one or more products of the product category for which the obtained patient parameter data corresponds with the product parameters.

2. The method according to claim 1 including providing an interface for enabling the user to place an order in respect of a user-selected one of the identified one or more products.

3. The method according to claim 1 including providing an interface thereby to enable the user to obtain data to facilitate generation of a prescription for a user-selected one of the identified one or more products.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the data to facilitate generation of a prescription is delivered to the user via a designated email address.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the category of continence product is selected from the list including:

pads, catheters; and

uridomes/sheaths.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the interface configured to obtain patient parameter data includes a graphical interface.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the product category is continence pads, and the obtained patient parameter data includes data indicative of required pad capacity.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the product category is continence pads, and the obtained patient parameter data includes data indicative of required/preferred pad size.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the product category is continence pads, and the obtained patient parameter data includes data indicative of a patient size measurement.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the product category is continence pads, and the obtained patient parameter data includes data indicative of a patient incontinence parameters.

11. A computer system configured to perform a method according to claim 1.

12. A computer program configured to perform a method according to claim 1.

13. A non-transitive carrier medium carrying computer executable code that, when executed on a processor, causes the processor to perform the method according to claim 1.