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Apparatus and method for two-way communication in a device for monitoring and communicating wellness parameters of ambulatory patients

  • US 6,755,783 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2001
  • Issued: 06/29/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical device for monitoring and managing one or more ambulatory patients on a computer and allowing a caregiver to review the ambulatory patients'"'"' wellness parameters to provide treatment in accordance with the wellness parameters, the medical device comprising:

  • a processing wait;

    a computer-readable medium associated with the processing unit;

    a sensor, operably coupled with the processing unit, the sensor detecting at least one physiological parameter of the patient;

    an output device, operably coupled with the processing unit, the output device prompting the patient with at least one question;

    an input device, operably coupled with the processing unit, the input device permitting the patient to respond to the at least one question;

    a communication device operably coupled to the processing unit;

    wherein the computer-readable medium is programmed with a set of instructions that cause the processing unit to cooperate with the communication device to automatically initiate a first communication session at a specified time of day, wherein during the first communication session at least one question is received from a remote computer;

    prompt the patient with the at least one question via the output device;

    receive at least one response to the at least one question via the input device; and

    transmit the at least one response and the at least one physiological parameter to the remote computer via the communication device.

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