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Remote health monitoring and maintenance system

  • US 6,168,563 B1
  • Filed: 03/17/1999
  • Issued: 01/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for the remote monitoring and management of a patient'"'"'s health condition by a health care provider, the method comprising:

  • a). providing a health care provider apparatus to the health care provider, the health care provider apparatus, comprising;

    i). a health care provider interaction unit having;

    A). a health care provider interaction unit display that is controlled by a health care provider interaction unit interface, the health care provider interaction unit interface accepting a health care provider display information and rendering the health care provider display information for display on the health care provider interaction unit display;

    B). a health care provider interaction unit input device that receives a health care provider input from the health care provider, the health care provider interaction unit input device sending the health care provider input to the health care provider interaction interface;

    ii). a health care provider data management unit, comprising;

    A). a health care provider central processing unit having a health care provider script generator for generating a script program;

    B). a health care provider communication circuit coupled to the health care provider central processing unit;

    C). a health care provider memory coupled to the health care provider central processing unit;

    b). generating the script program with the health care provider script generator, the script program having script commands representing a computer-executable patient protocol for the management and monitoring of the patient'"'"'s health condition;

    c). providing a remotely-programmable patient apparatus to the patient, the remotely-programmable patient apparatus, comprising;

    i). a patient interaction unit having;

    A). a patient interaction unit display that is controlled by a patient interaction unit interface, the patient interaction unit interface accepting a patient display information and rendering the patient display information for display on the patient interaction unit display;

    B). a patient interaction unit input device that receives a patient data from the patient, the patient interaction unit input device sending the patient data to the patient interaction unit interface;

    ii). a patient data management unit, comprising;

    A). a patient central processing unit having a patient script processor for processing the script program;

    B). a patient communication circuit coupled to the patient central processing unit;

    C). a patient memory coupled to the patient central processing unit;

    d). connecting the health care provider apparatus to the communication network by way of the health care provider communication means;

    e). connecting the remotely programmable patient apparatus to the communication network by way of the patient communication means;

    f). downloading the script program from the health care provider apparatus to the remotely programmable patient apparatus over the communication network;

    g). processing the script program with the patient central processing means of the remotely programmable patient apparatus, the processing of the script program producing the patient display information;

    h). displaying the patient display information to the patient on the patient interaction unit display of the patient interaction unit.

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