Method and apparatus for controlled individualized medication

Patent 5672154 Issued on September 30, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 27, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

MiniDoc i Uppsala AB

Application

No. 387943 filed on 02/27/1995

US Classes:

604/503, Therapeutic material introduced or removed in response to a sensed body condition128/924, Using artificial intelligence706/924Medical

Examiners

Primary: Bockelman, Mark

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P.

Foreign Patent References

0 128 054 EP. 12/13/1984
0 303 930 EP. 02/13/1989
2218831 GB. 11/13/1989

International Class

A61M 031/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1992-08-27 SE

Abstract

A method and a device for giving patients individualized, situation-dependent medication advice are disclosed. Preferably, the invention is implemented in portable computers. The method is founded on knowledge-based computer technology and comprises a reminder function (1), a recording and storage function (2, 3), as well as a function for inductive data analysis (4) and rule generation. When the knowledge-based system (6) finds that a medicine should be taken, the computer emits a signal providing information on the type of medicine and the dose. The patients records the intake of medicine as well as his current state of health. This information is stored in a database together with the point of time. Inductive data analysis is used to spot the relationship between various events and symptoms as well as establish medication rules. These rules are refined upon as new information is recorded in the database, and are automatically adapted to changes in the patient's state of health.

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