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Method and system for allowing a neurologically diseased patient to self-monitor the patient's actual state

US7890340B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

26Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Klaus Abraham-Fuchs · Erlangen, DE
Kai-Uwe Schmidt · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2000
Grant date	Feb 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/4094
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method for allowing a patient suffering from a neurological disease and being treated with medication to self-monitor his or her current state, information regarding the motor functions and/or verbal and/or cognitive abilities of the patient are interactively acquired upon using a computer located for easy and repeated access by the patient, and at least one criterion number or a statement describing the state is determined on the basis of this information by an expert system at the computer and is made available to the patient by an output device at the computer.

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