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Personal health management device, method and system

US8571880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2004
Grant dateOct 29, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG16H80/00
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention generally provides personal health management devices, and corresponding systems and methods. The personal health management device generally include an electronic controller and at least one memory device which cooperate to store at least temporarily weight management data for managing the weight of at least one user, such as a user's weight, a user's body fat percentage, exercise data, food consumption data, or a combination thereof, obtained from at least one component for obtaining such data, such as a keypad, a body fat percentage sensor for measuring a user's body fat percentage, a scale for measuring a user's weight, an exercise machine, a food scale, etc, and a communications unit for communicating the data obtained to a healthcare provider for monitoring progress with respect to a weight management program over a communications network.

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