Compressed patient narrative storage in and full text reconstruction from implantable medical devices
US5817137A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/37247
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method of operation thereof for storing patient related data within an implanted medical device and retrieving and regenerating the patient related data using a generative grammar and graphic user-interface software in a programmer having uplink and downlink telemetry capabilities. A generative grammar resident in the programmer is selected, and it prompts a physician or other user to enter patient specific variables by selecting menu choices or making data entries in data entry fields which generated by grammar rules while constructing a textual narrative report about the patient in a human language. Simultaneously, in the programmer, a digital patient related data bit string is assembled that identifies the generative grammar and encodes the choices and values as they are entered by the physician. Also simultaneously, internal computer records of the patient related data are stored in computer memory. The generative grammar invokes text and menus or data entry fields for the continuing narrative that depend upon the preceding narrative in a grammatically correct manner. When the narrative is completed, the simultaneously generated bit string is stored in the implante…
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