Medical action system

• US 5,984,685 A
• Filed: 08/06/1998
• Issued: 11/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Children's Mercy Hospital
• Original Assignee: Children's Mercy Hospital
• Inventors: Portnoy, Jay M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Priddy, Michael B.
• Application Number:
  US09/130,156
• Time in Patent Office: 467 Days
• Field of Search: 434/262, 434/267, 434/365, 434/219, 434/247, 283/900, 283/36, 283/67, 283/70, 283/74
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/00 Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/90 Medical record

Abstract

A multiple-card, color-coded medical action system is provided to assist patients suffering from a chronic disease (e.g., asthma, sinusitis, or diabetes) which may exhibit symptoms of differing degrees of severity at different times. The system includes a plurality of interconnected cards imprinted with information about the chronic disease and treatments therefor; the cards include a number of symptom description/medical advice cards of different colors respectively, with the latter cards having imprinted thereon different symptom descriptions characteristic of different degrees of symptom severity, and corresponding medical information about the described symptoms.

Claims

1. A medical action system to assist patients suffering from a chronic disease which may exhibit symptoms of differing degrees of severity at different times, said system comprising a plurality of interconnected indicia-bearing cards imprinted with information about a single and disease and treatments therefor, said plurality of cards including a number of symptom description/medical advice cards, each of said symptom description/medical advice cards being of a different predominant color respectively, with each of the differently colored symptom descriptionnnical advice cards having imprinted thereon different symptom descriptions characteristic of a different degree of severity of symptoms of said and upifir disease, and corresponding medical information about the described symptoms whereby a patient suffering from a certain degree of deverity of symptoms of said single and specific disease can refer to said cards and quickly find a card corresponding to the certain degree of severity of symptoms.

2. The system of claim 1, said cards being of substantially the same size.

3. The system of claim 1, said cards having a maximum length or width dimension of up to about 8 inches.

4. The system of claim 1, said cards being interconnected at a common corner thereof.

5. The system of claim 1, said symptom description/medical advice cards including a green colored card describing mild symptoms of said disease, a yellow colored card describing more severe symptoms of said disease, and a red colored card describing the most severe symptoms of said disease.

6. They system of claim 1, said disease being selected from the group consisting of asthma, sinusitis and diabetes.

7. The system of claim 1, said cards also including a card imprinted with information about the goals of treatment of the disease, a card imprinted with information about the nature of the disease, and a card imprinted with medicament information.

8. The system of claim 1, said cards having a width of about 4 inches and a length of about 6 inches.

9. The system of claim 1, said medical information including treatment information corresponding to said described symptoms.