Method and apparatus for online health monitoring
First Claim
1. A method, performed by a computer-controlled apparatus, for submitting acoustical cardiovascular data to a central database, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a user, a request to detect a cardiovascular signal of the user;
initializing a cardiovascular monitoring device connected to a computer in response to the request;
measuring an acoustical cardiovascular signal with the cardiovascular monitoring device while a startup routine performed by the computer is ongoing;
analyzing a waveform of the cardiovascular signal to determine at least one of a shape of the signal, a slope of the signal, and an area under the signal; and
receiving, at the computer after the startup routine, at least a portion of the detected cardiovascular signal of the user;
transmitting data based on the received cardiovascular signal to a central database for storage in a record corresponding to the user;
associating limits with the data based on the received cardiovascular signal; and
notifying a user'"'"'s physician, with a message sent from the computer, to contact the user when the limits are exceeded by the data.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing online health monitoring and accumulating data from patients worldwide, wherein a database for storing a plurality of health statuses of a plurality of users is established, wherein the database is centrally-accessible from the Internet; data corresponding to a health statistic of a user is received from the user, the data being generated by a health monitoring device; the health statistic is analyzed to determine a health status from the health statistic; the health status is stored in the database; and a population statistic is updated based on the health status and the plurality of health statuses. Such monitoring is particularly useful for both diagnosing and prescribing preventive medical treatment, and is particularly suited for the field of cardiovascular health care.
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1. A method, performed by a computer-controlled apparatus, for submitting acoustical cardiovascular data to a central database, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a user, a request to detect a cardiovascular signal of the user; initializing a cardiovascular monitoring device connected to a computer in response to the request; measuring an acoustical cardiovascular signal with the cardiovascular monitoring device while a startup routine performed by the computer is ongoing; analyzing a waveform of the cardiovascular signal to determine at least one of a shape of the signal, a slope of the signal, and an area under the signal; and receiving, at the computer after the startup routine, at least a portion of the detected cardiovascular signal of the user; transmitting data based on the received cardiovascular signal to a central database for storage in a record corresponding to the user; associating limits with the data based on the received cardiovascular signal; and notifying a user'"'"'s physician, with a message sent from the computer, to contact the user when the limits are exceeded by the data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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