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Computer accessible methods for establishing certifiable informed consent for a procedure

  • US 6,516,300 B1
  • Filed: 12/06/1999
  • Issued: 02/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer accessed and implemented method of establishing certifiable informed consent to an event, said method comprising the steps of:

  • a. estimating legal standards for establishing informed consent of a participant to said event;

    then b. defining computer measurable participant behavior which can be approximately coincided with said estimated legal standards;

    then c. accessing a computer system having said computer measurable participant behavior available to it;

    d. computer training with a first set of instructions said participant on desired aspects of said event through a computer controlled automatic utilization of preprogrammed information stored in a computer; and

    e. computer interacting with said participant in a standardized fashion through an automatic computer controlled use of preprogrammed information stored in a computer to produce computer measurable participant behavior said computer measurable participant behavior automatically varying said interaction; and

    f. automatically computer analyzing said participant behavior;

    then g. determining whether said training should be adjusted depending on said analyzing said participant behavior;

    h. identifying which portions of said training should be adjusted;

    i. modifying to create at least one modified portion of said training to a different set of instructions than said first set of instructions based on said step of determining whether said training should be adjusted;

    j. additionally computer interacting with said participant in a standardized fashion through an automatic computer controlled use of preprogrammed information stored in a computer to produce computer measurable participant behavior; and

    k. additionally computer analyzing said participant behavior;

    then l. additionally determining whether said training should be adjusted depending on said analyzing said participant behavior; and

    m. computer providing an automatic indication of certifiability that said participant likely meets said legal standards for establishing informed consent to said event.

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