Research data collection and analysis
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- (a) allowing one or more human subjects to manipulate an input device to provide one or more answers as data in response to one or more questions presented on a presentation screen, wherein said questions concern one or more of a physical well being, a mental well being, one or more symptoms, or one or more other psychological conditions of the one or more human subjects in accordance with a medical research protocol;
(b) collecting data from said one or more human subjects according to said medical research protocol;
(c) sending data collected from said input device to a server device relatively remote from said input device via a communication link;
(d) performing a data manipulation technique on data associated with more than one of said subjects;
(e) presenting a result of said data manipulation technique at a presentation device relatively remote from said server device; and
(f) modifying said medical research protocol in response to said result, whereinthe collection of data is altered for at least some performances thereof, andstep (e) occurs in conjunction with repeatedly performing step (b).
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and system by which research data can be collected and analyzed during the course of the research testing, and the research testing itself possibly modified to account for conclusions drawn from the research data. In a first aspect of the invention, a research subject can respond to a protocol stored on a server by manipulating input keys on a remotely located client device onto which a research protocol has been installed. The protocol can include questions concerning the subject'"'"'s physical or mental well being such as whether their symptoms are relieved or not, or even exacerbated. The protocol can also include calling for data obtained by coupling the client device with another medical device such as a glucose monitor.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) allowing one or more human subjects to manipulate an input device to provide one or more answers as data in response to one or more questions presented on a presentation screen, wherein said questions concern one or more of a physical well being, a mental well being, one or more symptoms, or one or more other psychological conditions of the one or more human subjects in accordance with a medical research protocol; (b) collecting data from said one or more human subjects according to said medical research protocol; (c) sending data collected from said input device to a server device relatively remote from said input device via a communication link; (d) performing a data manipulation technique on data associated with more than one of said subjects; (e) presenting a result of said data manipulation technique at a presentation device relatively remote from said server device; and (f) modifying said medical research protocol in response to said result, wherein the collection of data is altered for at least some performances thereof, and step (e) occurs in conjunction with repeatedly performing step (b). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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(a) collecting data from a plurality of human subjects, the collection of data comprises the following substeps; (i) associating an input device with at least one subject, the input device comprising an input element and an output element; (ii) presenting questions formulated according to a medical research protocol to the associated subject via the output element of the input device on a presentation screen, wherein said questions concern one or more of a physical well being, a mental well being, one or more symptoms, or one or more other psychological conditions of the plurality of human subjects; and (iii) allowing the subject to manipulate the input element of the input device to provide answers as data in response to the questions; (b) sending the collected data from the input device to a server device relatively remote from the input device via a communication link; (c) performing a data manipulation technique on data associated with more than one of said subjects; (d) presenting a result of said data manipulation technique at a presentation device remote from said input device; and (e) modifying said protocol in response to said result, wherein the collection of data is altered for at least some performances thereof, and step (d) is performed in conjunction with repeatedly performing step (a).
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