Universal Personal Diagnostics Platform

• US 20130017807A1
• Filed: 07/14/2012
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rita Lore Van Rooyen
• Original Assignee: Pieter van Rooyen, Rita Van Rooyen
• Inventors: Rooyen, Pieter Van, van Rooyen, Rita
• Granted Patent: US 8,737,971 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A universal personal diagnostics platform that connects to a mobile communication device such as a cellular phone or a smartphone. A universal connector attaches the universal personal diagnostics platform to a smartphone and consists of an optical and/or electrochemical reader that detects an analyte concentration in a blood sample.

Claims

1. A universal personal diagnostic platform system comprising:

a patient diagnostic device comprising a mobile communication device and a universal personal diagnostic platform connected to the mobile communication device;

a plurality of software and services servers;

a physician computing device; and

at least one network for connecting the patient mobile communication device, the plurality of software and services servers, and the physician computing device.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein the mobile communication device is a cellular phone or a smartphone, and the network is the Internet or a mobile phone network.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of software and services servers comprises a data analysis server, a mobile application server, a personal health record database, a database, an administration portal, a medical network, and/or a biological device store.

4. The system according to claim 1 wherein the patient diagnostic device further comprises a lateral flow device inserted into the universal personal diagnostic platform, and the lateral flow device is utilized for one of glucose level testing, Alc, kidney function, cardiac markers or vitamin deficiency tests.

5. The system according to claim 1 wherein the patient diagnostic device further comprises an electrochemical device inserted into the universal personal diagnostic platform, and the electrochemical device is utilized for one of glucose level testing, Alc, kidney function, cardiac markers or vitamin deficiency tests.

6. The system according to claim 1 wherein a connection between the mobile communication device and the a universal personal diagnostic platform is one of a USB connection, a IPHONE dock connector, an internal camera of the mobile communication device, an audio jack plug of the mobile communication device, or a wireless connection.

7. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a wireless enabled weight scale connected to universal personal diagnostic platform using a low power wireless communication protocol.

8. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a wireless enabled blood pressure monitor connected to universal personal diagnostic platform using a low power wireless communication protocol.

9. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a wireless enabled heart rate monitor connected to universal personal diagnostic platform using a low power wireless communication protocol.

10. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a wireless enabled ECG monitor connected to universal personal diagnostic platform using a low power wireless communication protocol.

11. The system according to claim 1 wherein the mobile communication device comprises a software application for utilizing the universal personal diagnostic platform.

12. The system according to claim 1 wherein the physician computing device is a tablet computer, a smartphone, a desktop computer or a laptop computer.

13. A diagnostic device for connection to a mobile communication device to receive and transmit data over a network to at least one of a physician or a database, the device comprising:

a universal personal diagnostic platform;

a connector for connection to the mobile communication device;

an electrochemical device or a lateral flow device; and

a mobile phone software application.

14. The device according to claim 13 wherein the electrochemical device is utilized for one of glucose level testing, Alc, kidney function, cardiac markers or vitamin deficiency tests.

15. The device according to claim 13 wherein the lateral flow device is utilized for one of glucose level testing, Alc, kidney function, cardiac markers or vitamin deficiency tests.

16. A method for diagnosing a patient, the method comprising:

activating on a smartphone a mobile phone software application for a universal personal diagnostic platform;

introducing a blood sample to a reader connected to the smartphone;

detecting an analyte in the blood sample;

collecting the data for the analyte; and

transmitting the data for the analyte from the smartphone over a network.

17. The method according to claim 16 further comprising receiving the data at a physician'"'"'s computer device.

18. The method according to claim 16 further comprising receiving and storing the data at a server.

19. The method according to claim 17 further comprising receiving a prescription based on the data from a physician.

20. The method according to claim 16 further comprising diagnosing the patient'"'"'s health.