Method of operating a general purpose digital computer for use i

Details Method of operating a general purpose digital computer for use i Method of operating a general purpose digital computer for use i

1994-08-09

1999-07-06

Black, Thomas G.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

G06F 1730

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059208716

ABSTRACT:
A digital computer system in a clinical testing laboratory assays free Beta in a biological sample obtained from a pregnant patient and uses the resulting data, along with other patient and reference data, to create a patient profile. Operations of the system include inputting patient data for a pregnant patient into an electronic memory and creating an individual profile for each patient. The processor assigns specific accession numbers for each specimen, creates an assay format for a biological sample, and interfaces with the assay equipment to control the assaying of the biological sample for free Beta. The assay results are communicated into memory in machine readable form and used along with patient data and reference data to calculate a patient specific risk that the patient is carrying a fetus having a designated defect. From all the input data, the processor creates comprehensive patient profiles in both machine readable form and human readable form.

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