Method and apparatus for health and disease management combining patient data monitoring with wireless internet connectivity
AssigneeQ-Tec Systems LLC
InventorRoger J. Quy
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for a wireless health monitoring system for interactively monitoring a disease or health condition of a patient by connecting a mobile phone to or with a digital camera and/or a medical monitoring device. The health related data or visual information from the camera is transmitted to a server using standard internet protocols and may be integrated with various operating systems for handheld or wireless devices, especially those with enhanced capabilities for handing images and visual data.
Claims47
A computer program, residing on a computer-readable medium, containing instructions for causing a server in signal communication with the internet to:
- provide a device application and user interface to an mobile phone, wherein the user interface or device application contains instructions for causing the mobile phone to receive data from a generic input/output port and from a camera;
- receive a signal corresponding to a health parameter or a visual image from the mobile phone, the health parameter or visual image corresponding to a disease state or condition of a patient;
- calculate a response based at least in part on the received signal;
- communicate the response to the mobile phone;
- and
- display features according to the response.
A device for monitoring health, comprising:
- a mobile phone in signal communication with a digital camera, the mobile phone running an application, the application functioning to accept inputs from the digital camera and from a communications port, the communications port including a wireless link to a network;
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- a server application connected to the network and in communication with the mobile phone, the server application accessible by a caregiver for monitoring health as indicated by the mobile phone.
A device for monitoring health, comprising:
- a mobile phone in signal communication with a digital camera, the mobile phone running an application, the application functioning to accept inputs from the digital camera and from a communications port, the communications port including a wireless link to a network, the mobile phone further having a port for connection to a medical device;
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- a server application connected to the network and in communication with the mobile phone, the server application accessible by a caregiver for monitoring health as indicated by the mobile phone via the camera and a signal from the medical device.
A method of wirelessly monitoring the disease state or condition of a patient, comprising:
- providing a user interface and application to an mobile phone;
- entering a health parameter to the mobile phone via a generic input/output port or entering a visual image to the mobile phone via a digital camera, the health parameter or visual image corresponding to a disease state or condition of a patient;
- wirelessly transmitting the health parameter or visual image to a server;
- receiving the determined health parameter at the server;
- calculating a response based on the determined health parameter;
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- delivering the response to the mobile phone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.