Medical system and associated method for automatic diagnosis and treatment
OwnerPeter J. Wilkinventor
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Abstract
A medical method comprises the steps of scanning a predetermined internal organ of a patient to collect individualized dimensional data about the organ, digitizing the data, and automatically storing encoded structural dimensions of the organ at different times. Dimensions of the organ are automatically compared with previously stored dimensions to determine changes in the dimensions. A cognizable signal is automatically generated, at a remote facility or at the person of the patient, upon a determination that dimensions of the organ have changed so as to indicate a dangerous condition of the patient, such as a ruptured splenic hematoma or a ruptured aneurysm.
Claims28
A medical method comprising the steps of:
- scanning a predetermined internal organ of a patient;
- storing dimensional data obtained during said step of scanning and relating to dimensions of said organ;
- automatically comparing the dimensional data obtained during said step of scanning with stored previously determined data relating to dimensions said organ;
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- upon determining in said step of comparing that said organ has undergone a change in its dimensions indicating a possibly dangerous condition of the patient, automatically treating the patient therapeutically to alleviate the possibly dangerous condition.
A medical method comprising the steps of:
- attaching a scanning device to a patient;
- operating said scanning device to scan a predetermined internal organ of the patient;
- storing dimensional data obtained during said step of scanning and relating to dimensions of said organ;
- automatically comparing the dimensional data obtained during said step of scanning with stored previously determined data relating to dimensions of said organ so as to determine whether said organ has undergone a change in its dimensions indicating a possibly dangerous condition of the patient;
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- upon determining in said step of comparing that said organ has undergone said change in its dimensions, automatically generating a cognizable signal.
A medical system comprising:
- scanning means juxtaposable to a patient for collecting individualized dimensional data about a predetermined internal organ of the patient;
- memory means operatively connected to said scanning means for storing the dimensional data obtained by said scanning means at different times;
- computing means operatively connected to said memory means for comparing the dimensional data obtained at one time with the dimensional data obtained at a subsequent time so as to determine whether said organ has undergone a change in its dimensions indicating a possibly dangerous condition of the patient;
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- treatment means operatively connected to said computing means and adapted for at least partial implantation into the patient for therapeutically affecting the patient to alleviate the possibly dangerous condition upon the determination by said computing means that said organ has undergone a change in its dimensions indicating said possibly dangerous condition.
A medical method comprising the steps of:
- scanning a predetermined internal organ of a patient to determine external dimensions of said organ as defined between outwardly facing surfaces of said organ;
- storing dimensional data obtained during said step of scanning and relating to external dimensions of said organ as defined between outwardly facing surfaces of said organ;
- automatically comparing the dimensional data obtained during said step of scanning with stored previously determined data relating to external dimensions of said organ so as to determine whether said organ has undergone a change in its external dimensions indicating a possibly dangerous condition of the patient;
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- upon determining in said step of comparing that said organ has undergone said change in its external dimensions, automatically generating a cognizable alarm signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.