| 6698889 |
Adaptive wavefront modulation system and method for refractive laser surgery |
| Mar-2-2004 |
A method for optimizing a prescription for laser-ablation corneal treatment includes the steps of receiving a measured correction prescription for a current patient having a classification element associated... |
| 6697765 |
Method and medical system for improved utilization of a medical appliance, and medical appliance |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A method and a system for improved utilization of a medical appliance (11, 21, 31, 41, 51), having elements (14, 22, 32, 42, 52) for determining the operating status of the medical appliance, elements... |
| 6694298 |
Computer implemented patient medication review system and process for the managed care, health care and/or pharmacy industry |
| Feb-17-2004 |
An interactive computer assisted method reviews, and analyzes, a patient one or more medications using a computer and a user associated therewith. The method includes the steps of pre-selecting patients... |
| 6694299 |
Method of implementing a cardiac emergency readiness program |
| Feb-17-2004 |
The method of the present invention provides for the implementation of a cardiac emergency readiness program that aids victims of sudden cardiac arrest. The program includes assistance in purchasing automatic... |
| 6693537 |
Storage tray |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A personal item storage tray which includes a storage surface that incorporates a personal item identification, placement, retention, storage and removal apparatus or structure. One embodiment includes... |
| 6692485 |
Articulated apparatus for telemanipulator system |
| Feb-17-2004 |
An articulated apparatus is disclosed that includes an actuator base and a plurality of serially coupled link members that are mutually joined to one another at a plurality of joints. Each of the serially... |
| 6689055 |
Method and apparatus for acquisition and analysis of non-imaging data collected during ultrasound exam |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A method and a system for acquiring and analyzing non-imaging data collected during an ultrasound examination for the purpose of reporting ultrasound department performance characteristics. This is accomplished... |
| 6687676 |
Prescription verification system |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A prescription verification system for verifying pharmaceutical prescriptions provided by health care providers to patients which can be filled through any one of a variety of patient-selected pharmacies.... |
| 6682196 |
Adaptive wavefront modulation system and method for ophthalmic surgery |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A method for optimizing a prescription for laser-ablation corneal treatment or ophthalmic implant includes the steps of receiving a measured correction prescription for a current patient having a classification... |
| 6675271 |
PACS archive techniques |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A PACS including a source of medical data, such as a CT unit (20), a workstation (100) capable of creating an image of the data, and a local area network (40). A server (60) stores compressed medical data... |
| 6670885 |
Drug administering system and administering method |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A medication system prevents medication mistake by checking kinds and doses of pharmaceuticals, coincidence of patient, and so on, when a doctor forms a clinical chart, when a pharmacist prepares the pharmaceuticals... |
| 6665648 |
State models for monitoring process |
| Dec-16-2003 |
System and method for preparing, using, and displaying a state model of a process, as an industrial or business process, as a sequence of discrete steps. The state model defines the behavior of the logical... |
| 6665647 |
Enterprise healthcare management system and method of using same |
| Dec-16-2003 |
The enterprise healthcare management system and method includes remotely hosting turnkey health care applications and providing enterprise users access to the turnkey applications via a public network... |
| 6665201 |
Direct connect solid-state storage device |
| Dec-16-2003 |
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state storage device. In one arrangement, the storage device comprises a memory device comprising one of an atomic resolution storage (ARS) device and a magnetic... |
| 6664893 |
Method for controlling access to medical monitoring device service |
| Dec-16-2003 |
Access to medical monitoring device service is controlled by inputting a set of identification data elements into a medical monitoring device system, which then establishes a communication link with a... |
| 6658455 |
Method and system for an enhanced network and customer premise equipment personal directory |
| Dec-2-2003 |
Method and system for providing a personal network directory comprises terminal apparatus including a processor, memory and a keyboard for communicating with a network server. The network server may maintain... |
| 6658431 |
Method and apparatus for directing internet users to health care information such as names of health care providers |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A method including storing content in a computer database, the content having a plurality of components. The method further comprises associating each of at least some of the content components with at... |
| 6655583 |
Medical billing method and system |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A billing method is provided for billing for medical treatments and other services. The method includes capturing a treatment event by electronically scanning, at the time of the treatment event, a machine... |
| 6654724 |
System for processing pharmaceutical data while maintaining patient confidentially |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A system is provided for processing data including patient identity information and pharmaceutical information. The system permits analysis of the pharmaceutical information to occur while maintaining... |
| 6648649 |
Method and apparatus for analysis |
| Nov-18-2003 |
An apparatus and method for analysis involving a first factor and a second factor. The first and second factors are related as expressed by a first relationship. The apparatus comprises a base divided... |
| 6647382 |
Technique for detecting a subsuming temporal relationship of valid time data in a relational database management system |
| Nov-11-2003 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for detecting subsuming temporal relationships in a relational database. In accordance with the present invention, an invocation of a within operation that... |
| 6640212 |
Standardized information management system for long-term residence facilities |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A standardized information management system for use in long-term residence facilities continually collects and manages all direct-care information related to both the clients and staff of the facility.... |
| 6631353 |
Sonometry and densitometry medical diagnostic devices enabled for per-use patient examinations charged via internet connections to financial cards |
| Oct-7-2003 |
A system of fee-per-exam charging for the use of medical devices such as bone sonometers and x-ray densitometers. The customer or custodian of the device purchases a number of patient exams from the manufacturer... |
| 6612985 |
Method and system for monitoring and treating a patient |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A method for monitoring and treating a patient with one or more diagnosed conditions includes a few steps. A current assessment of each of the diagnosed conditions is determined in a treatment processing... |
| 6611806 |
Lot tracking system for pharmaceuticals |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A computer system for tracking the lot numbers of pharmaceuticals that are administered to patients. The system includes a plurality of remote systems, each typically at a different hospital. Each remote... |
| 6611206 |
Automatic system for monitoring independent person requiring occasional assistance |
| Aug-26-2003 |
Briefly, an alarm system monitors conditions of an independent person, yet one requiring some supervision, such as an elderly person living alone at home. The system monitors a variety of independent signals... |
| 6607481 |
Method and system for an improved entry process of an emergency medical dispatch system |
| Aug-19-2003 |
An improved method and system for receiving, processing and responding to emergency medical calls by emergency dispatchers is described. A consistent, standard and systematic process is provided which... |
| 6598119 |
Database management system with a multiple-level cache arrangement |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A data management system for storing data in a multiple-level cache arrangement of a database comprises a multi-tier cache memory for initially storing all data in summary form in a secondary cache which... |
| 6597392 |
Apparatus and method for computerized multi-media data organization and transmission |
| Jul-22-2003 |
Accordingly, the present invention provides an apparatus for multi-media data organization and transmission. The apparatus has a computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage, a display for providing... |
| 6594634 |
Method and apparatus for reporting emergency incidents |
| Jul-15-2003 |
An event reporting program (48) is provided which electronically records information critical to reconstructing events occurring during an emergency incident. The event reporting program (48) includes... |
| 6594528 |
Supervisory and control support equipment |
| Jul-15-2003 |
A supervisory and control support equipment characterized in performing a supervision and control of a plurality of facilities, writing information generated during the procedure of the processing, achieving... |
| 6591242 |
Visit verification method and system |
| Jul-8-2003 |
The invention relates to a system and method for tracking clients as they visit the locations of various recipients. Clients are provided with access to telephones and identification devices which the... |
| 6587829 |
Method and apparatus for improving patient compliance with prescriptions |
| Jul-1-2003 |
A method and apparatus for improving patient compliance with prescriptions utilizes computer terminals to convert prescription information into electronic form as records for each patient. Each such patient... |
| 6584445 |
Medical system for shared patient and physician decision making |
| Jun-24-2003 |
A computerized health evaluation system for joint patient and physician decision making concerning particular medical diseases and conditions. The system includes a computer system with a patient input... |
| 6581204 |
Modular tracking and profiling system |
| Jun-17-2003 |
An information management system for tracking and analyzing information relating to medical supply usage on a procedural level in a clinical setting includes a general purpose computer system with storage... |
| 6581038 |
Automated profiler system for providing medical information to patients |
| Jun-17-2003 |
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for generating individualized medical profiles based on information provided by a patient, and on data extracted from medical literature. In a first stage, medical literature... |
| 6581012 |
Automated laboratory software architecture |
| Jun-17-2003 |
An integrated clinical laboratory software system for testing a specimen. At least one specimen processing module is advantageously provided, each for performing particular predetermined tests on the specimen.... |
| 6578002 |
Medical diagnostic system service platform |
| Jun-10-2003 |
A uniform service platform is provided for medical diagnostic systems. The platform includes modality interface modules which may be adapted for various system modalities, including magnetic resonance... |
| 6578003 |
Method and apparatus for improving patient compliance with prescriptions |
| Jun-10-2003 |
A method and apparatus for improving patient compliance with prescriptions utilizes computer terminals to convert prescription information into electronic form as records for each patient. Each such patient... |
| 6574742 |
Method for storing and accessing digital medical images |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A system for communication, storage, retrieval and delivery of information between the system and participating institutions and sites includes institution, warehouse and central servers sequentially receiving... |
| 6571214 |
Medical practitioner credentialing system |
| May-27-2003 |
A system and method for selectively generating provider application forms required to be submitted to health care provider organizations by physicians and related health care professionals. Physician credentialing... |
| 6569093 |
Automated diagnostic system and method including disease timeline |
| May-27-2003 |
Structure-based processing includes a method of diagnosing diseases that works by arranging diseases, symptoms, and questions into a set of related disease, symptom, and question structures, such as objects... |
| 6560541 |
Predicting risk of serious gastrointestinal complications in patients taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
| May-6-2003 |
A computer-implemented method for calculating estimated risk of serious gastrointestinal (GI) hospitalization of a patient taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs includes the steps of obtaining patient... |
| 6547726 |
Method and system for providing animal health histories and tracking inventory of related drug usage |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A computer-based system for providing up-to-date health histories of animals, for example, in a feedlot. The system includes indicia means associated with each animal for identifying the animal and data... |
| 6542902 |
Method and apparatus for displaying medication information |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A method, system, and article of manufacture for ensuring that the content and appearance of medication information is consistent, accurate, and reliable across multiple hospitals, sites, and users. Publicly... |
| 6529876 |
Electronic template medical records coding system |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A method and a computer program and computer apparatus for use by health care providers for the production of accurate billing coding for care rendered. The invention established the process, the data... |
| 6526386 |
System and method for automatically generating automobile insurance certificates from a remote computer terminal |
| Feb-25-2003 |
A system and method for generating automobile insurance certificates from a remote computer terminal connected by a computer network to a central computer, wherein an expiring automobile insurance policy... |
| 6524239 |
Apparatus for non-instrusively measuring health parameters of a subject and method of use thereof |
| Feb-25-2003 |
An integrated subject monitoring system facilitates measurement, collection and analysis of data pertaining to the health status of a subject. The system includes a network-coupled computer and subsystems... |
| 6523009 |
Individualized patient electronic medical records system |
| Feb-18-2003 |
An individualized patient electronic medical records system that provides unlimited patient access to her/his medical records, including text and other data. Additionally, the invention may include a benchmark... |
| 6519601 |
Relational database compiled/stored on a memory structure providing improved access through use of redundant representation of data |
| Feb-11-2003 |
A relational database compiled/stored on a computer environment for storing data about units of work includes a first set of tables and a second set of tables. The first set of tables includes first columns... |
