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Sonometry and densitometry medical diagnostic devices enabled for per-use patient examinations charged via internet connections to financial cards

  • US 6,631,353 B1
  • Filed: 06/09/2000
  • Issued: 10/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of enabling medical equipment to perform patient examinations on a fee-per-exam basis comprising the steps of:

  • establishing an Internet connection between a customer site and a company web site;

    entering an order at the customer site identifying the equipment for which patient exams are to be purchased and a number of exams and any consumables that are desired to be purchased, and transmitting information identifying the order from the customer site to the company web site;

    performing a financial check to determine whether to accept the order and, if the order is accepted, generating a unique code indicative of the order including a number of exams for which the equipment is to be enabled; and

    entering the unique code into the equipment to enable the equipment to perform a number of patients exams related to the order that resulted in the generation of the unique code.

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