Diagnostic system and method
First Claim
1. A diagnostic system comprising:
- a form comprising one or more diagnostic questions and one or more possible answers to each diagnostic question;
a first overlay comprising one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the first overlay is positioned over the form, the answers to the diagnostic questions that are indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay;
wherein the one or more diagnostic fields contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers on the form that are visible through the windows of the first overlay; and
a second overlay having one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the second overlay is positioned over the form, the answers indicative of the user having a second medical condition are visible through the windows of the second overlay;
wherein the diagnostic fields of the second overlay contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the second medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers that are visible through the windows of the second overlay,wherein the first overlay and the second overlay are connected along at least one side to form a file,wherein the form contains first and second sides, the form containing diagnostic questions and answer fields on both the first and second sides of the form; and
wherein when the form is inserted into the file, the answers on the first side of the form that are indicative of the user having the first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay, and the answers on the second side of the form that are indicative of the user having the second medical condition are visible through the windows of the second overlay.
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Abstract
A diagnostic system and method. In one embodiment, the invention is a diagnostic system comprising: a form comprising one or more diagnostic questions and one or more possible answers to each diagnostic question; a first overlay comprising one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the first overlay is positioned over the form, the answers to the diagnostic questions that are indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay; and wherein the one or more diagnostic fields contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers on the form that are visible through the windows of the first overlay. In other embodiments, the invention is a computer-based version of the diagnostic system and a diagnostic method.
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25 Claims
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1. A diagnostic system comprising:
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a form comprising one or more diagnostic questions and one or more possible answers to each diagnostic question; a first overlay comprising one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the first overlay is positioned over the form, the answers to the diagnostic questions that are indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay; wherein the one or more diagnostic fields contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers on the form that are visible through the windows of the first overlay; and a second overlay having one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the second overlay is positioned over the form, the answers indicative of the user having a second medical condition are visible through the windows of the second overlay; wherein the diagnostic fields of the second overlay contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the second medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers that are visible through the windows of the second overlay, wherein the first overlay and the second overlay are connected along at least one side to form a file, wherein the form contains first and second sides, the form containing diagnostic questions and answer fields on both the first and second sides of the form; and wherein when the form is inserted into the file, the answers on the first side of the form that are indicative of the user having the first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay, and the answers on the second side of the form that are indicative of the user having the second medical condition are visible through the windows of the second overlay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A diagnostic method comprising:
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a) answering one or more diagnostic questions pertaining to a user'"'"'s health by selecting one or more answers, the one or more diagnostic questions and answers being provided on a form; b) positioning a first overlay having one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields atop the form so that the answers indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay; c) based on criteria in the diagnostic fields of the first overlay, diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers that are visible through the windows of the first overlay; d) removing the first overlay from atop the form; e) positioning a second overlay having one or more of the windows and one or more diagnostic fields atop the form so that answers indicative of the user having a second medical condition is visible through the windows of the second overlay; and f) based on criteria in the diagnostic fields of the second overlay, diagnosing the user with the second medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers that are visible through the windows of the second overlay, wherein the form contains first and second sides, the form containing diagnostic questions and answers on both the first and second sides of the form; wherein the first overlay is connected to a second overlay having one or more of the windows and one or more diagnostic fields, the first and second overlays forming a file; wherein step b) comprises inserting the form into the file so that the first side of the form faces the first overlay while the second side of the form faces the second overlay; and wherein step c) further comprises based on criteria in the diagnostic fields of the second overlay, diagnosing the user with a second medical condition based on the user'"'"'s selection of answers that are visible through the windows of the second overlay. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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