Surgery – Diagnostic testing
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-05
2001-08-21
Nasser, Robert L. (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Reexamination Certificate
active
06277070
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to automated medical analysis and treatment systems and methods for performing medical analysis, and more particularly to such systems and methods that compare patient diagnostic data with predetermined ranges of specific analyte values to provide suggested or contraindicated treatment strategies.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Medical research in the second half of the 20th century has produced, and continues to produce, an ever increasing body of knowledge. The complexity and interrelationships of various diseases and the analytes that may be detected in various diagnostic tests for diseases are more than sufficient to tax the capacity of most medical practitioners. To aid medical practitioners in disease diagnosis, computerized expert systems have been developed to collate medical diagnostic data with various diseases to guide physicians in prescribing treatments for their patients. Such prior art medical diagnostic systems do not adequately provide a framework for analyzing the individual patient's diagnostic results to collate such results into a disease analyte pattern. Furthermore, such systems do not address therapeutic and/or contraindicated treatment strategies.
One method, described in PCT Publication Number WO 97/20496, uses the mean value of human experience test results to determine a presence level of a particular indicator for an individual. The use of the mean value does not provide an accurate determination of whether an individual's indicator levels are within a normal range.
An individual's metabolism is determined, at least in part, by the amount of raw materials available to the individual and the concentration of enzymes available to the individual to work on the raw materials. The amount of raw materials present in the individual can be determined by measuring the individual's fatty acids. Furthermore, the concentration of enzymes present in the individual can be determined by measuring various elements of the individual's blood. As such, an individual's body chemistry can be used to provide recommendations to improve metabolism. It is known to analyze an individual's fatty acids to diagnose the individual's health. Furthermore, it is known to analyze an individual's blood or other bodily fluids to diagnose the individual's health. However, it is neither known nor suggested in the state of the art to use both conventional blood testing techniques and a red cell membrane fatty acid test to measure deficiencies in the individual's raw materials and enzymes and therein generate a comprehensive regimen of vitamins and/or nutrients that provide favorable effects on the individual's health.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a computerized medical analysis, diagnosis, and treatment system and method. The system and method are used to analyze and diagnose an individual's analyte levels. An “analyte” is any substance that is quantified or detected by an experimental procedure. The present invention provides a method for identifying supportive nutrients and/or vitamins based upon a comparison between the concentration of the analytes in the individual and the concentration of the analyte found in a test group. “Supportive nutrients and/or vitamins” are those nutrients and/or vitamins that have favorable effects on the amount of a particular analyte in the individual. In order to carry out the method of the present invention and thereby perform the analysis and diagnosis and provide a treatment recommendation, the individual is tested to determine an analyte value for the various analytes found in their body. The test may be performed through various methods, such as through drawing and testing blood, urine or other bodily fluids. The results of the testing provide analyte values for each of the analytes for the individual. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention the individual's blood is drawn and the red blood cell membranes are tested in a conventional manner to those skill in the art for a panel of fatty acid analytes. Also in the preferred embodiment of the present invention the individual's blood is drawn and tested in a conventional manner to those skilled in the art for a panel of non-fatty acid analytes.
The system of the present invention, as illustrated in
FIG. 1
, includes a computer
100
including at least a central processing unit (CPU)
102
and a storage medium
104
. The storage medium
104
may be, for example, a hard disk drive. The system may also include an input device
106
, for example a keyboard, a mouse or a disk drive and an output device
108
, for example a monitor or a printer. The system includes a first database stored on the storage medium. The first database maintains analyte data information, in the form of analyte values, for a plurality of analytes. The first database information is organized in a plurality of analyte records, wherein each record holds information regarding a particular analyte that was determined from the results of testing a human test group in the same manner the individual was tested to determine the individual's analyte values. Each analyte record includes an analyte low value, an analyte high value and an analyte target value. The system also includes a second database stored on the storage medium. The second database maintains vitamin
utrient information, including a group of vitamin
utrients and associated analytes, for the group of vitamins
utrients. The second database information is organized in a plurality of vitamin
utrient records, wherein each record holds information regarding a particular vitamin
utrient. Each vitamin
utrient record includes a set of analytes associated with that particular vitamin
utrient. Each analyte of the analyte set has an associated analyte level. The analyte level is indicative of an effect the particular vitamin
utrient has on the associated analytes. Once the databases are stored on the storage medium, an individual's analyte values are then input to the CPU and compared with the first database data to determine a presence levels for each analyte for the individual. The presence level is the relative amount of a particular analyte present in the individual in comparison to the human test group. Thereafter the presence levels are compared with the second database data to determine a group of vitamins
utrients that has supportive effects of the patient analyte levels.
The present invention further provides an automated medical diagnostic database system wherein the known effects of various drugs and other nutritional-biochemical elements can be utilized to better analyze an individuals health status, and to identify therapeutic and/or contraindicated drugs and elements.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will become well understood upon reading the following detailed description of the invention.
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Kane Edward
Kane Patricia C.
Skinner Raymond A.
Body Bio Corporation
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Nasser Robert L.
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