System and method for transmission of medical and like data from a patient to a dedicated internet website
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting medical type data obtained from a person to a dedicated web site for analysis, comprising:
- a computer system accessible to said person, said computer system having at least one simple port for receiving data in a prescribed form;
signal means for obtaining data from said person;
transform means for transforming said data into said prescribed form;
a circuit connection for connecting said transformed data to said simple port; and
said computer system having web site means for connecting through the internet to a dedicated web site, wherein said computer system has a mouse and a mouse port, and said circuit connection comprises a switch for providing a switchable connection between said transform means and said mouse port.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for easy and reliable connection of patient-originated medical data through a simple port of a computer to a dedicated web site. A device originating medical data, such as an implanted pacemaker, downloads data into a transmit/receive device, and the data is then transformed in an interface unit to be accepted by a simple port of a computer, e.g. a keyboard port or a mouse port. The patient logs on to a dedicated web site, and transfers the data along with typed input to the web site for analysis. Following analysis, a reply message is sent back to the patient, which may include a control instruction for modifying or reprogramming the operation of the device that is used to originate the medical data. For a pacemaker application, the data transformation is done at a simple interface unit that is portable and easily manipulated by the patient. For other applications such as monitoring data from a diabetic, the data is transformed by the interface unit, and may be stored daily in the PC and transmitted to the web site after collection of a predetermined number of days of data.
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38 Claims
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1. A system for transmitting medical type data obtained from a person to a dedicated web site for analysis, comprising:
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a computer system accessible to said person, said computer system having at least one simple port for receiving data in a prescribed form; signal means for obtaining data from said person; transform means for transforming said data into said prescribed form; a circuit connection for connecting said transformed data to said simple port; and said computer system having web site means for connecting through the internet to a dedicated web site, wherein said computer system has a mouse and a mouse port, and said circuit connection comprises a switch for providing a switchable connection between said transform means and said mouse port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for obtaining and transferring medical data from a patient into a focal computer having a simple port for receiving data of a predetermined form, comprising:
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means for obtaining medical data from a patient; interface means for transforming said data into said predetermined form; and a connection circuit for connecting said transformed data into said simple port, wherein said local computer has a mouse nod, said interface means comprises means for transforming said data into mouse data, and said connection circuit is connected between said interface means and said mouse port. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method of transmitting data between a source of patient data and a web site available on The internet, comprising:
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providing the patient with a patient computer that has at least one simple bi-directional port, and logging on from said patient computer to a dedicated web site; transforming said patient data to the prescribed form for said simple port; and connecting said transformed data to the computer through said simple port; and transmitting said data from said patient computer to said website over the internet, wherein said simple bi-directional part is a keyboard port, and further comprising; transforming said data in a portable interface unit, and switching said interface unit into connection with said keyboard port. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing for transmission of medical data from a patient to an internet web site, said method being easily carried out wherever and whenever The patient has access to a computer having at least one simple port, comprising:
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using a signal source device for obtaining medical data from the patient; providing a portable data transforming device for transforming the obtained medical data into a prescribed form for entry into said simple port; providing a dedicated web site available over the internet; using said computer to log onto said web site; transferring medical data from said signal source to said portable data transforming device, and transforming said data in said portable device; connecting said transformed data through said simple port; and sending said data over the internet to the dedicated web site; and receiving and analysing said data at said web site, and transmitting reply data to a said computer to which the patient has access. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A portable battery powered device for transferring data between a patients implanted pacemaker and a computer, the computer having at least one simple port, the pacemaker having a telemetry system for sending signals containing encoded data to an external receiver, said portable device comprising:
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a receiver for receiving data signals from said pacemaker; decoding means for decoding data from said signals; transform means for transforming said data into a form adapted for entry through said simple port; and download means operable by a patient for transferring said transformed data to said port, said download means having an input/output port, whereby said data can be downloaded into a computer by said patient when said input/output port is connected to said computer simple port. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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