MEDICAL SCREENING DEVICE

• US 20160198953A1
• Filed: 03/18/2016
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kenneth J. Bagan
• Original Assignee: Kenneth J. Bagan
• Inventors: Bagan, Kenneth J.
• Application Number:
  US15/074,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20160198953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1174 using footprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1176 Recognition of faces
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6888 Cabins
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7465 Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/44 for weighing persons
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/50 having additional measuring devices, e.g. for height
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 : Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 : Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/70 : Multimodal biometrics, e.g. combining information from different biometric modalities
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 : for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention pertain providing authenticated health information for purposes of privacy, rewards, or incentives. In an embodiment of the invention, biometric measurement devices coupled with a communications infrastructure implement a system of secure information exchange and enhanced data security. In an embodiment of the invention, a security/verification system is built to provide verification of a user'"'"'s identity.

Claims

1. A network system for providing health care information to a user, the network system comprising:

(a) a first data server; and

(b) a biometric measurement kiosk comprising, in a single unit, a seat to receive the user, a first platform coupled to the seat to receive a user limb for biometric measurement, and a second platform coupled to the first platform, the second platform having a platform wall and a graphical user interface associated therewith, the biometric measurement kiosk further comprising;

(1) a first measurement tool that takes a measurement of a biometric parameter of a user;

(2) a second measurement tool that gathers biometric user-identifying information;

(3) a network connection to convey communications between the biometric measurement kiosk and the first data server;

(4) a kiosk processor in the biometric measurement kiosk that sends the biometric parameter measurement and the user-identifying information to the first data server; and

(5) a wireless communication module on the kiosk providing a bidirectional link to a cellular device carried by the user that, when active, provides communication between the kiosk and the user, wherein the wireless communication module on the kiosk calls the user'"'"'s cell phone automatically, wherein the bidirectional link, once established by the wireless communication module to the user cellular device, is routed through the kiosk to a remote human recipient whereby the user and the remote recipient are placed into a call with each other through the kiosk, wherein the wireless communication module on the kiosk is triggered by a detection of a potentially dangerous state associated with the user based on the biometric parameter measurement and the user-identifying information.

2. The network system according to claim 1, further wherein the wireless communication module on the kiosk is further configured to be triggered by user action.

3. The network system according to claim 1, wherein the potentially dangerous state includes a blood pressure reading that indicates that the user is having, or is in danger of having, a stroke.

4. The network system according to claim 1, wherein the bidirectional link connects only to devices within the near field.

5. A network system for providing health care information to a user, the network system comprising:

(a) a first data server; and

(b) a biometric measurement kiosk comprising, in a single unit, a seat to receive the user, a first platform coupled to the seat to receive a user limb for biometric measurement, and a second platform coupled to the first platform, the second platform having a platform wall and a graphical user interface associated therewith, the biometric measurement kiosk further comprising;

(1) a first measurement tool that takes a measurement of a biometric parameter of a user;

(2) a second measurement tool that detects biometric user-identifying information;

(3) a network connection to convey communications between the biometric measurement kiosk and the first data server;

(4) a kiosk processor that sends the biometric parameter measurement and the biometric user-identifying information to the first data server; and

(5) a wireless communication module on the kiosk providing a bidirectional link to a wireless device carried by the user, wherein the bidirectional link is triggered based on the user-identifying information.

6. The network system according to claim 5, wherein the wireless communication module on the kiosk is further configured to be triggered by user action.

7. The network system according to claim 5, wherein the wireless device is one of a cellular phone and an arm-worn device.