System for use in treating a patient with FK 506 to prevent an adverse immune response
First Claim
1. An expert system for providing treatment information pertaining to a patient receiving FK 506 to prevent an adverse immune response by partially suppressing the patient'"'"'s immune system without unduly suppressing the ability of the immune system to combat infection, the system comprising:
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(b) an output means;
(c) a storage means having a knowledge base comprising rules including one of a plurality of treatment instructions in response to at least one of various combinations of a plurality of characterizations which can be assigned to a plurality of patient examination criteria; and
an expert computer program including a first routine for prompting, through the output means, a user to enter, through the input means, the characterizations assigned to the patient examination criteria;
a second routine for selecting the treatment instruction by locating a rule which covers the characterizations assigned to the patient examination criteria; and
a third routine for communicating to the output means the treatment instruction; and
(d) a processor.
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Abstract
A method and system for use in treating a patient with FK 506 to prevent an adverse immune response, either a rejection of a transplanted organ or an attack on the patient'"'"'s body by its own immune system caused by an autoimmune disease, without unduly suppressing the ability of the patient'"'"'s immune system to combat infection. The method employs an expert system to provide non-numerical information concerning the course of action to be taken with respect to a patient'"'"'s FK 506 treatment, at a given time, including, in particular, an instruction on whether the FK 506 dosage being administered to the patient should be changed, and if so how. That instruction is determined by the expert system through analysis of standardized characterizations assigned to standardized patient examination criteria provided to the expert system. The method also determines the actual numerical FK 506 dosage the patient should receive at a given time.
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18 Claims
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1. An expert system for providing treatment information pertaining to a patient receiving FK 506 to prevent an adverse immune response by partially suppressing the patient'"'"'s immune system without unduly suppressing the ability of the immune system to combat infection, the system comprising:
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(a) an input means; (b) an output means; (c) a storage means having a knowledge base comprising rules including one of a plurality of treatment instructions in response to at least one of various combinations of a plurality of characterizations which can be assigned to a plurality of patient examination criteria; and an expert computer program including a first routine for prompting, through the output means, a user to enter, through the input means, the characterizations assigned to the patient examination criteria;
a second routine for selecting the treatment instruction by locating a rule which covers the characterizations assigned to the patient examination criteria; and
a third routine for communicating to the output means the treatment instruction; and(d) a processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An expert system for determining a decreased next FK 506 dosage to be administered to a patient being treated with FK 506 to prevent an adverse immune response by partially suppressing the patient'"'"'s immune system without unduly suppressing the ability of the immune system to combat infection, the system comprising:
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(a) an input means; (b) an output means; (c) a storage means having a knowledge base comprising rules including one of a finite number of values for the decreased next FK 506 dosage in response to at least one of various combinations of characterizations which can be assigned to the patient'"'"'s FK 506 blood plasma level and values for the patient'"'"'s current FK 506 dosage; and an expert computer program including a first routine for prompting, through the output means, a user to enter, through the input means, the patient'"'"'s current FK 506 dosage and the characterization assigned to the patient'"'"'s FK 506 blood plasma level;
a second routine for selecting a decreased next FK 506 dosage by locating a rule which covers the patient'"'"'s current FK 506 dosage and the characterization assigned to the patient'"'"'s current FK 506 blood plasma level; and
a third routine for communicating the decreased next FK 506 dosage to the output means; and(d) a processor.
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18. An expert system for determining and providing the next FK 506 dosage to be administered to a patient being treated with FK 506 to prevent an adverse immune response by partially suppressing the patient'"'"'s immune system without unduly suppressing the ability of the system to combat infection, the system comprising:
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(a) an input means; (b) an output means; (c) a storage means having a knowledge base comprising rules including one of a finite number of values for the next FK 506 dosage in response to at least one of various combinations of values for the patent'"'"'s current FK 506 dosage, current FK 506 blood plasma level and desired FK 506 level; and an expert computer program including a first routine for prompting, through an output means, a user to enter, through an input means, the patient'"'"'s current FK 506 dosage, the patient'"'"'s current FK 506 blood plasma level and the desired FK 506 level for the patient;
a second routine for selecting a next FK 506 dosage by locating a rule which covers the patient'"'"'s current FK 506 dosage, the patient'"'"'s current FK 506 blood plasma level and the desired FK 506 level for the patient; and
a third routine for communicating the next FK 506 dosage to the output means; and(d) a processor.
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