Education and demonstration – Anatomy – physiology – therapeutic treatment – or surgery...
Reexamination Certificate
1998-03-19
2002-05-28
Rimell, Sam (Department: 2166)
Education and demonstration
Anatomy, physiology, therapeutic treatment, or surgery...
C600S301000, C600S300000, C706S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06394811
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to computer software for providing an analysis of electrical test data, and more particularly to software in which professionals can tailor the processing of the test data according to their choices, thereby allowing a nonprofessional to operate the software and achieve the benefit of the professional's judgment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many types of diagnoses by physicians and other professionals require specialized interpretations. This often requires the presence and participation of the professional each time a diagnosis is made. In many instances, if the test results of a patient appear to be insufficient to make a diagnosis, the patent must return to the hospital or clinic to be retested. This is time consuming, aggravating and costly to the health care field.
A need therefore exists for a method of allowing a nonprofessional to obtain client data and process the data through software tailored by a professional, thereby obtaining a professional analysis while utilizing the services of a nonprofessional.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Disclosed is a method and a technique for allowing a nonprofessional to utilize professional-tailored software to carry out an analysis without the professional being present. In the preferred embodiment, a decision tree is provided having multiple levels of analysis, where each level includes plural rules for optional use. Each rule is selectable for use by the professional, and if selected, the rule has provisions for allowing the professional to assign a numerical value for comparison with the client data. In the preferred embodiment, the professional can enter into the levels of the decision tree how many of the selected rules must pass or fail before the level is considered as a pass or fail condition. Also, provisions are made in the software to provide a “refer” output, where the test results are indeterminate and the patient must be tested again while yet present at the test facility.
A nonprofessional can attend to all the patent testing to obtain medical data from the patient—in the form of digital data. The nonprofessional can then apply the digital data test results of the patient to the software decision tree. Since the rules of the software decision tree were tailored by the professional, the output of the software represents a professional analysis that was obtained by a nonprofessional.
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Finitzo Terese
Pool, Jr. Kenneth D.
Finitzo Terese
Rimell Sam
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
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