Biometric Patient Identity Verification System

• US 20200137051A1
• Filed: 10/25/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pulseone Global, LLC
• Original Assignee: Pulseone Global, LLC
• Inventors: Kulin, MD, Sandor, Szabo, Balazs, Kulin, MD, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 10,958,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/0033 characterised by user input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/117 for examining the anterior chamber or the anterior chamber angle, e.g. gonioscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• 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 5/1171 based on the shapes or appearances of their bodies or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4818 Sleep apnoea
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/489 Blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6009 for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/609 Biometric patient identification means
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

Abstract

A system for determining identification of a patient communicating over a computer network with a medical provider with certainty is provided using biometric data captured by said medical provider with subsequent biometric data generated by biometric sensors proximal to a patient. Using previously captured biometric information concerning physical characteristics unique to the patient and comparing such to subsequently generated biometric data from the patient, a medical provider can determine the identity of a patient attempting communication over a computer network with the medical provider.

Claims

1. A system for determining identification of a patient communicating over a computer network with a medical provider, comprising:

inputting patient identification information and assigning a patient identifier relating to said patient information;

storing said patient identification information in association with said patient identifier in electronic memory accessible to a provider computing device of said medical provider;

employing provider biometric sensors to capture respective biometric readings of a plurality of individual physical characteristics of said patient;

storing separate said biometric readings as captured digitized electronic files relating only to said patient, for each said physical characteristic captured by a said biometric sensor;

upon initiation of electronic communication from a patient computing device to said computing device of said medical provider over a network, requiring said patient to employ patient biometric sensors to generate current biometric readings for a plurality of said individual physical characteristics of said patient, and to communicate a digitized file of each of said current biometric readings to said medical provider computing device;

comparing said current biometric readings with said captured digitized electronic files to ascertain either a match or non-match therebetween; and

permitting subsequent electronic communication from said patient computing device with said provider computing device only upon ascertaining a match between said current biometric readings and said captured digitized electronic files.

2. The system for determining identification of a patient communicating over a computer network with a medical provider of claim 1, additionally, comprising:

communicating a digital time stamp from said provider computing device to said patient computing device; and

requiring a presence of said digital time stamp in each of said current biometric readings communicated to said medical provider computer in ascertaining a said match.

3. The system for determining identification of a patient communicating over a computer network with a medical provider of claim 2, additionally, comprising:

requiring said patient to communicate said digitized file of each of said current biometric readings to said medical provider computing device within a determined time duration subsequent to said communicating of said time stamp.

4. The system for determining identification of a patient communicating over a computer network with a medical provider of claim 1, additionally, comprising:

using a plurality of biometric readings from a group of biometric readings including a digital fingerprint, a digital image of a capillary pattern in a finger, a digital image of a patient iris, and a digitized electrocardiograph, for said biometric readings of said plurality of individual physical characteristics of said patient.