Disease treatment simulation

US8388348B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Regents of the University of Minnesota · US
• HealthPartners Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• George Biltz · Windom, US
• Pradyumna Dutta · Bedford Corners, US
• Paul E. Johnson · Aurora, US
• Patrick O'Connor · Attleboro, US
• William Rush · Edina, US
• JoAnn Sperl-Hillen · Minnetonka, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B23/28
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

There are provided a method, system and medium having instructions embedded to determine an attribute of a simulated patient's state resulting from a patient-physician encounter. The method includes receiving a current treatment move and an initial value of the attribute; calculating a maximal expected incremental effect value of the current treatment move over a previous treatment move on the attribute; attenuating the maximal expected incremental effect value based on amount of time between the previous treatment move and the current treatment move; summing the attenuated maximal expected incremental effect value with the initial value to generate an updated attribute of the simulated patient's state; and generating a patient-physician encounter that includes the updated attribute.