Computer based business model for a statistical method for the diagnosis and treatment of BPPV
Patent 6609523 Issued on August 26, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date: October 24, 2020. 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.
A computational statistical determination is made as to whether a person suffers from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) based upon answers provided by a person to questions stored in a computer. The person answers questions about the characteristics of his or her vertigo, dizziness or imbalance symptoms. Based on proprietary information about the predictive value of each question, and the relationships between the questions, the person is given a statement of the chance of his or her having BPPV which would be responsive to a head maneuver designed to clear gravity sensitive crystals from a sensitive semicircular canal (SCC) area to a less sensitive area of the inner ear. Based on this determination, the person 1) is offered for sale an apparatus for further diagnosis and an apparatus to relieve his BPPV symptoms by self-treatment or 2) he may be told to go to a healthcare provider for treatment. For self-treatment, the 1) apparatus guides the person's head positioning to allow the diagnosis of which SCC is involved (if the user provided question answers do not specifically indicate the involved SCC), and 2) guide the person's head through a head maneuver to clear the gravity sensitive crystals from the position sensitive SCC to a less sensitive area of the inner ear.
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