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Health monitoring and diagnostic device and network-based health assessment and medical records maintenance system
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Inventors: Maus, Christopher T.; Coad, Craig A.; Connolly, Jackson B.; Coad, Noah M.; Moody, James L.; Nesbitt, Kenn A.; Clegg, Kenneth D.;
Assignee: Lifestream Technologies, Inc. (Post Falls, ID)
Primary Examiner: Warden; Jill
Assistant Examiner: Siefke; Sam P.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Mehrman; Michael J. Mehrman Law Office PC
A health monitoring and diagnostic device (LIFESTREAM cholesterol meter) configured as a self-contained testing and diagnostic unit in a clam-shell type case. One side of the case includes a spring-loaded finger stick and a compartment for carrying one or more packages of disposable items including a test strip, a needle for the finger stick, and an alcohol swipe. The other half of the case includes a test strip reader, a key pad, and a liquid crystal display. The meter reads a test strip carrying a droplet of blood and receives additional diagnostic information from the patient, such as age, gender, weight, and family history of heart disease. Within minutes, the meter displays test results, including total cholesterol levels. The meter also displays additional diagnostic results, such as the patient's "cardiac age," recommended weight loss, and a cardiac risk assessment. The meter also works in connection with a network-based comprehensive health analysis and reporting system. The meter writes patient data to a smartcard. This patient data typically includes patient identification information, the test results, the diagnostic information, and the diagnostic results. A computer station reads the smartcard and establishes a network connection with a health report server over the Internet. The computer then downloads the patient data to the health report server, which prepares a comprehensive health report. Within minutes, this report is transmitted back to the computer station, where it is printed out and delivered to the patient. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention meets the needs described above in a health monitoring and diagnostic device referred to as a LIFESTREAM cholesterol meter.
This meter is configured as a self-contained testing and diagnostic unit in a clam-shell type case.
One side of the case includes a biological sample gathering device, such as spring-loaded finger stick, and a compartment for carrying one or more packages of disposable items, typically including a test strip, a needle for the finger stick, and an alcohol swipe.
The other half of the case includes a test strip reader, a user input device such as a key pad, and a display device such as a liquid crystal display.
The meter reads a test strip carrying a biological sample, such as a droplet of blood, and within minutes displays test results, such as total cholesterol levels, on the meter's display.
The hand-held LIFESTREAM cholesterol meter drastically reduces the costs and inconvenience associated with obtaining cholesterol tests by performing total cholesterol tests in virtually any location, including a physician's office, a pharmacy, a clinic, or in the privacy of the patient's home.
The meter produces the test results within minutes using on-board circuitry and programming.
The meter also includes an on-board diagnostic program that prompts for additional diagnostic information, such as the patient's age, gender, weight, family history of heart disease, blood pressure, and so forth.
The meter then translates this diagnostic information, along with the test results, into diagnostic results that may be more meaningful to the user than the test results alone.
For example, the meter may use a well-known methodology, such as the Framingham Medical Study, to produce diagnostic results including the user's cardiac age (as compared to chronological age), recommended weight loss, 5-year risk of heart attack, 10-year risk of heart attack, an assessment of stroke risk, and other results that will be easily and immediately understood by the patient
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