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US 5,984,368 AGranted
Patient condition and pain location and intensity communication apparatus and method
AssigneeQuality Medical Communications, Inc.
InventorJohn R. Cain
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AssigneeQuality Medical Communications, Inc.
InventorJohn R. Cain
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The present invention comprises a preprinted chart, or, in the case of software, a programmed screen display, on which is displayed front and back silhouettes of a patient. Alongside the silhouettes are provided a number of series of icons which illustrate various patient conditions, such as burn, cut, bruise, etc. with at least some of the icon series being color coded to indicate pain intensity. The icons can be moved to the silhouettes. In an alternative version, the chart can be folded in half with the bottom half inserted into a transparent plastic sleeve and the top half folded over the bottom half to provide confidentiality. Other chart embodiments include a small, portable patient dietary guideline chart, a tactile pain communicator with touch coded pain intensity indicators and a group therapy emotional pain communicator.
A patient condition communication apparatus comprising:
A patient condition communication apparatus comprising:
A patient condition communication apparatus comprising a folding portable chart with first and second legs, each having an outer surface and an inner surface and including:
A tactile patient condition communication apparatus comprising a chart with a plurality of pain intensity indicating areas, each of said areas being coded to indicate a different respective pain intensity condition, all of said indicating areas being included in an area small enough such that a patient can select any one of the areas by pointing to it with a finger to indicate their particular pain condition to an observer.
A group therapy communication apparatus comprising a portable chart including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.