Home healthcare management system and hardware

• US 8,891,851 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2010
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Clear Lake Medical Foundation Patents, LLC
• Original Assignee: Glenn F. Spaulding
• Inventors: Spaulding, Glenn F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Chan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kholdebarin, Iman K
• Application Number:
  US12/835,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20110015494A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,589 Days
• Field of Search: 382128-133
• US Class Current: 382/134
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 21/0004 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A home healthcare management system wherein a patient conducts self diagnoses and self testing, and manages their own medical records at home. A digital microscope is utilized as part of the system that is smaller, of lower cost, faster, of a higher dynamic range, and has a higher resolution than conventional microscopes. The microscope consists of an illumination source, a spatial sub-sampling device and a detector device. The digital microscope provides a vectored method of collecting images from a digital microscope that is independent of the optical resolution, and a slide based coordinate system, and a method of displaying images and communicating such images over the Internet in a file format that does not require a header or prior knowledge of magnification, coordinate system, or tiling structure. The system further includes an interface for physiological monitoring devices and a connection to the Internet for more comprehensive services.

Claims

1. A method for self-diagnostic testing of a patient'"'"'s whole blood sample comprising;

placing a whole blood sample on a slide, wherein said slide includes colorimetric indicators and an imaging area for constituents;

placing said slide into a digital microscope having a digital camera wherein said digital microscope performs morphological and colorimetric functionality by said attached digital

camera, wherein said digital camera includes x, y, and z software controlled translation means;

scanning, by said digital camera, the whole blood sample deposed on said slide and

capturing, by said digital camera, multiple images from different locations wherein said locations incorporates nuclei;

analyzing said multiple images, by a processor, for high optical density nuclei and constituents using contrast detection algorithms;

determining, by said processor, diagnostic information based on said analysis of said high optical density nuclei and said constituents; and

displaying said diagnostic information.