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Home medical system and medical apparatus for use therewith

US5339821A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1992
Grant dateAug 23, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/904
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A home medical system allows any patient or healthy person to measure his or her daily condition at home and undergo a check or an inquiry diagnosis by a medical specialist or doctor. The home medical system includes equipment for measuring the electrocardiogram and other heart conditions of a user, a display for explaining the procedure and a display for displaying thereon a result of a measurement by the equipment. A communication link connects the user's equipment to a medical institution for interconnecting the medical institution to the user's system so that medical personal at the medical institution can also review the measured results obtained by the user.

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