Health management system and health management method

• US 7,865,372 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2003
• Issued: 01/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kato, Makoto, Kutsumi, Hiroshi, Morimoto, Kiyoshi, Yamada, Yuka
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilligan; Luke
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TRAN N
• Application Number:
  US10/491,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20050010435A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,829 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14539 for measuring pH
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4809 Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0427 with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/30 Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle, e.g. for use with replaceable ampoules or carpules
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A health care system includes a sampling device for sampling body fluid of a test subject, an analysis device for analyzing the sampled body fluid, and a transmission device for transmitting analytical data obtained from the analysis to a diagnosis unit, where the diagnosis unit is for diagnosing a health status of the test subject from the transmitted analytical data. Moreover, the system includes a server for storing and accumulating analytical data and/or diagnostic results, and a health-care-information display device for receiving and displaying diagnostic results.

Claims

1. A health care system comprising:

a sampling device for sampling body fluid of the test subject;

an analyzer processor configured to analyze the sampled body fluid;

a diagnosis terminal configured to diagnose a health status of the test subject from analytical data obtained by said analyzer processor;

a server computer configured to store and accumulate health care information, the health information including a diagnostic result of a diagnosis performed by said diagnosis terminal;

a health-care-information display device in communication with the server computer, the health-care-information display device configured to receive the health care information and display the health care information; and

a pharmaceutical administration device configured to prepare and administer a pharmaceutical to be administered to the test subject based on the diagnostic result; and

a control processor for controlling an administration operation by said pharmaceutical administrative device,

wherein said pharmaceutical administration device includes a pharmaceutical analyzer, said pharmaceutical administration device being configured to prepare a pharmaceutical described in a prescription contained in the diagnostic result, said pharmaceutical analyzer being configured to use a micro total analysis system (TAS) to analyze the prepared pharmaceutical and compare a result of the analysis with the pharmaceutical described in the prescription contained in the diagnostic result, and said pharmaceutical administration device configured to administer said pharmaceutical prepared by said pharmaceutical administration device to the test subject when said pharmaceutical prepared by said pharmaceutical administration device matches the pharmaceutical described in the prescription contained in the diagnostic result.

2. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said display device receives the diagnostic result and displays the diagnostic result.

3. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said diagnosis terminal comprises a first diagnosis terminal and a second diagnosis terminal ; and

said server computer comprises a first server computer and a second server computer, such that when the analytical data have departed from a permissible range indicating a state of healthiness, said first diagnosis terminal transmits the analytical data to said second diagnosis terminal and said second server computer, and the health status of the test subject is diagnosed from the transmitted analytical data with said second diagnosis terminal, and said display device displays a diagnostic result generated by said second diagnosis terminal after the diagnostic result is transmitted to said display device.

4. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said server computer stores and accumulates personal data of the test subject including historical personal data, allergy data and genetic information data, wherein the historical personal data includes;

historical data of analytical data;

historical data of diagnostic results;

historical data of pharmaceutical administration; and

historical data of effects of pharmaceutical administration given to the test subject; and

said diagnosis terminal performs a diagnosis based on the personal data of the test subject.

5. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said server computer stores and accumulates personal data of test subjects including historical personal data, allergy data and genetic information data, wherein the historical personal data includes;

historical data of analytical data;

historical data of diagnostic results;

historical data of pharmaceutical administration; and

historical data of effects of pharmaceutical administration given to the test subject, for making the personal data of the test subjects available as an integrated database that has been analyzed and statistically processed on a subscriber basis; and

said diagnosis terminal performs a diagnosis based on the integrated database and the personal data stored and accumulated in said server computer.

6. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a disclosure device configured to disclose at least one of the analytical data and the diagnostic result to at least any one of the test subject, a person permitted by the test subject, and a person permitted by a health care organization to which the test subject belongs.

7. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the analytical data and the diagnostic result stored and accumulated in said server computer are stored and accumulated in said server computer as at least one of the analytical data and the diagnostic result, and a pharmaceutical administered to the test subject is associated with the at least one of the analytical data and the diagnostic result.

8. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said server computer stores and accumulates constitutional data related to the constitution of an allergy of the test subject and the genetic information data of the test subject; and

said diagnosis terminal queries one of the constitutional data related to the constitution of an allergy of the test subject and the genetic information data of the test subject stored and accumulated in said server computer to implement disclosure of advice effective for the test subject or administration and preparation of a pharmaceutical effective for the test subject as the diagnostic result.

9. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control processor controls one of a dosing time, a quantity of the pharmaceutical, and a type of the pharmaceutical, by considering at least a physical condition of the test subject, pharmaceuticals that have already been administered to the test subject, and pharmaceuticals that are scheduled to be administered to the test subject.

10. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sleep-state detection device configured to detect a sleep state of the test subject, wherein upon confirming that the test subject is in a sleep-state with said sleep-state detection device, said control processor administers the pharmaceutical to the test subject.

11. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of a type, a product name, a quantity, a drug price, and a selling price of a pharmaceutical that has been administered to the test subject by said pharmaceutical administration device is recorded to an area within said server computer where information related to the test subject is stored and accumulated.

12. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an advertisement disclosure device configured to disclose to the test subject an advertisement of a commodity of a pharmaceutical adapted to at least one of the displayed analytical data and the diagnostic result.

13. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a diagnostic result transmitted to the test subject is transferred to the test subject by at least one of voice information and image information by a character previously set based on the vitality of the test subject.

14. The health care system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutical analyzer is configured to stop administration of said pharmaceutical prepared by said pharmaceutical administration device to the test subject when said pharmaceutical prepared by said pharmaceutical administration device does not match the pharmaceutical described in the prescription contained in the diagnostic result.