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An system for remotely monitoring a medical condition of a patient includes a unit transportable by the patient and a base system. The transportable unit includes an input device for inputting test information for evaluating a selected medical condition of the patient and a communications device for selectively transmitting test information received from the input device. The base system receives the test information from the communications device of the transportable unit and distributes such test data to at least one member of a medical condition management team.

The present disclosure describes a device and methods for safely and accurately placing screws into bones with a powered driving device. By employing multiple layers of fail-safe features and image-guidance systems, the powered driving device provides safe, accurate, and efficient screw placement. That is, the powered driving device may continuously monitor a screw advancement and placement and may automatically shutdown when improper placement is detected. Monitoring placement may be conducted by a microcurrent-monitoring system, by an image-guidance system, or by any other appropriate sensory system. Additionally, upon detecting that screw insertion is complete, the powered driving device may be automatically shutdown. As screw placement is continuously simulated by image-guidance in real time, multiple redundant verification steps are eliminated, providing highly accurate screw placement while decreasing clinician error, device contamination, and surgical time, the decreased surgical time associated with decreased patient-recovery time and associated medical costs.

The present invention includes various embodiments of a BSA system that facilitates the collection of relevant health-related data on a continuous basis, integrates such data with pertinent personal and aggregate information, enables users to purchase (directly and indirectly) health-related goods and services, and provides credit, discounts and other economic benefits in connection with such purchases that are determined dynamically based upon the nature and extent of users' interaction with the system. The BSA system facilitates a dynamic feedback process by continually monitoring user interaction and medical and financial behavior, which results in dynamic adjustments to their credit levels and offers of discounts and other promotions, which in turn incentivizes users to continue participating in the process (thereby modifying their system interactions and behavior, and thus perpetuating this feedback loop). As a result, users are incentivized to actively participate in the process and thereby enhance their wellness while reducing healthcare costs.

Systems and methods for aiding individuals to complete tasks of daily living are provided. The situationally aware system comprises a controller, sensors, and effectors. The controller may include a program that describes a sequence of steps the user should perform to accomplish the task. In response to the information from the sensors and the user's compliance with the steps of the sequence, the controller instructs the effector(s) to relay at least one instructional cue to the user to aid in the performance of the task. The instructional cue may range from a simple blinking light, to detailed audio and / or visual instructions, to relaying a reward for the completion of the task. The instructional cue may also instruct the user to refrain from performing a task. The system is programmable, configurable, and may interface to the Internet.

Personal menu generator method, system, and autonomous mobile device will assist users in the selection of the most affordable and beneficial subset of food items to order at food serving establishments by composing and presenting to each guest an individualized subset of menu items and recommended portion sizes out of the larger set of available food items usually listed on the menus of food serving establishments; the presented individualized subset of food items is selected based on one or more of a multitude of criteria, such as the remaining daily balances of each user's macronutrient and micronutrient budgets, each available food item price, ingredients and energy and nutrient contents, the names, doses, and timing of medications and dietary supplements taken by each individual, favorite and restricted foods and ingredients, monetary spending limit for food, and healthcare provider recommendations.

A computer-implemented method, including storing, in an electronic healthcare record of an individual or patient, a note, comment, or message, provided by the individual, patient, or a caregiver, transmitting the note, comment, or message, to a device used by a provider, receiving information regarding the individual or patient from the provider, processing the information from the provider, generating a report containing information regarding provider information, an examination or procedure finding, a diagnosis, treatment, or treatment plan, or wellness, exercise, fitness, nutritional, diet, rehabilitation, or therapy, information, wherein the report contains information regarding, or a link or hyperlink to, the electronic healthcare record or data or information contained therein, or the note, comment, or message, and transmitting the report to a communication device used by the individual, the patient, the caregiver, the provider or a second provider, or an insurer or payer of the individual, the patient, or the caregiver.

Method to identify health information systems based on compatibility and capability of improving quality, safety and cost effectiveness of health care, to identify healthcare providers who are using such technology and to assist patients to find these healthcare providers. Provides the unexpected benefits of accelerating the adoption of health information technology by all healthcare providers and hastening the evolution of that technology.

A compact medical device for tissue welding is provided. The hand-held plasma heads are configured for deep cuts and long cuts. A bio-compatible liquid capable of solidifying in response to application of plasma, such as an albumin solution, is applied to the wound. Plasma created from a gas such as helium is then applied to said bio-compatible liquid to solidify it and seal the wound. An additional polymerizing gas may also be applied. A feedback mechanism may maintain the temperature of said plasma. A wiper fort removal of excess liquid may also be provided.

To coat a surface of a medical implant such as an organ part or a synthetic prosthesis with a coating of living cells, the implant is inserted and fixed into a receiving container which is at least partially filled with a nutritive liquid medium containing the coating cells in suspension. Then the receiving container is rotated respectively about two distinct rotation axes, whereby preferably the two rotation motions are independently controllable and the two axes are substantially perpendicular to each other. Each of the two rotation motions can be a continuous rotation through 360°, or a stepwise intermittent rotation through successive rotational angle steps. The parameters of the two rotations about the two axes can be combined as needed for a particular application, for example a continuous rotation about one axis combined with a stepwise rotation about the other axis. The time period and rotational speed of each rotation can also be independently controlled. A uniform and complete coating of cells on all surfaces of the implant is achieved.

The present invention is directed towards classifying tumor biomarkers, particularly membrane receptors, and more particularly the gastrin-releasing peptide (GPR) receptors, identified in patient samples, then linking therapeutic agents (chemical, radiological, or biological) to patient-specific ligands that bind to such receptors, clinicians can produce diagnostic and treatment compositions and implement treatment regimens which, by using the classified and identified biomarkers, and due to their improved accuracy, increase success and decrease undesired side effects from such treatments.

A system for managing absenteeism includes an absence manager, employees, and healthcare individuals. Absence manager can capture health-related data associated with employee and reason for employee absence. Healthcare individuals can receive a report associated with the employee that is updated in real time as new data is captured. Healthcare individuals determine an intervention plan for the employee based on the health-related data, reason for absence, and any other relevant data. Healthcare individuals can exchange data with employee related to the intervention plan with the employee.

The invention provides a system for screening diabetic retinopathy. The system comprises an eyeground image obtaining device, an image processing and screening device and a report output device, wherein the eyeground image obtaining device is used for acquiring or receiving eyeground images of detected personnel; the image processing and screening device is used for processing the eyeground images and detecting whether pathology exists and then transmitting a detection result to the report output device; and the report output device outputs a corresponding detection report on the basis of the detection result. According to the system, the sensitivity of determining the diabetic retinopathy can reach 93.8%, the specificity can reach 94.5%, the precision is equivalent to manual determination precision, yet the detection time is greatly reduced, and the average detection time is 8.7 seconds, which is only one thirtieth of manual film reading time. Therefore, the scanning cost of the diabetic retinopathy can be substantially decreased, the diabetic retinopathy can be found early and treated early, the pain of patients is greatly reduced, and the clinical application prospect and the social benefits are quite good.

The invention discloses a milk allergen test plate, which belongs to the gold immunochromatography detection. According to the milk allergen test plate disclosed by the invention, two ends of a PVC (polrvinyl chloride) base plate are respectively provided with a to-be-tested sample zone and an absorption zone. Colloidal gold mark antigens prepared by respectively marking colloidal gold into casein, beta lactoglobulin and alpha lactalbumin and mixing are orderly arranged between the sample zone to be tested and the absorption zone, and a nitrocellulose membrane is respectively provided with a detection zone coated with mixed milk allergen and a quality control zone coated with anti-beta lactoglobulin antibodies. In detection, color lines are formed in the detection zone and the quality contol zone when an immune complex is formed by specific milk antibodies contained in samples. If the samples do not contain specific milk antibodies, the detection zone does not display color, and only one color line is formed in the quality control zone. The milk allergen test plate disclosed by the invention with the design has the advantages of strong pertinence to the allergen detection, simplicity in operation, low cost and high sensitivity and the like, and can prevent the phenomenon of missed diagnosis in the single antibody detection. The milk allergen test plate is applied for rapidly screening patient allergic to milk, and is especially suitable for being used by primary medical treatment units.

The invention discloses a long-distance diagnosis and treat method of traditional Chinese medical science, comprising the following steps: an originator logs on a consultation system to send a consultation application and provides diagnosis and treat information, i.e. physicochemical indexes, treatment experiences, and the like, of a patient; consultation specialists are determined and a consultation compere is appointed in on-line response specialists; an analyzing platform is openly qualified and quantified; a question proposed stage, a diagnosis and treat scheme proposed stage and a scheme discussion stage of the long-distance diagnosis and treat method of the traditional Chinese medical science are carried out after equipment is detected to be normal, and a diagnosis report of consultation is finally obtained after the deep discussion of each consultation specialist; and the consultation scheme is fed back to the consultation system in time after being carried out and forms the contribution degree of each consultation specialist who takes part in the consultation process. In the long-distance diagnosis and treat method, the consultation specialists can share medical records and diagnosis data of patients in real time and can be more directly mutually exchanged from the patients, and the selection scientificalness and the accuracy of the diagnose result of the specialists are further enhanced by combining the intelligence of each specialist.

A gene expression signature of colon cancer, microarrays including them and methods of using the colon gene expression signature are provided. The gene expression signature is especially useful for determining the prognosis of a patient diagnosed with colon cancer, such as stage II colon cancer. The gene signature described herein is also useful for determining effectiveness of surgical resection with or without adjuvant chemotherapy, and determining possibility of cancer recurrence in patients with colon cancer.

The present disclosure describes a device and methods for safely and accurately placing screws into bones with a powered driving device. By employing multiple layers of fail-safe features and image-guidance systems, the powered driving device provides safe, accurate, and efficient screw placement. That is, the powered driving device may continuously monitor a screw advancement and placement and may automatically shutdown when improper placement is detected. Monitoring placement may be conducted by a microcurrent-monitoring system, by an image-guidance system, or by any other appropriate sensory system. Additionally, upon detecting that screw insertion is complete, the powered driving device may be automatically shutdown. As screw placement is continuously simulated by image-guidance in real time, multiple redundant verification steps are eliminated, providing highly accurate screw placement while decreasing clinician error, device contamination, and surgical time, the decreased surgical time associated with decreased patient-recovery time and associated medical costs.

The invention relates to a remote traditional Chinese medical diagnosis and treatment system which comprises a consultation module, a specialist selection module, a specialist terminal, a host terminal and an analysis platform. The consultation module comprises a consultation initiation unit, a consultation control unit, a consultation report unit and a consultation evaluation unit, and a clinician can log in the consultation initiation unit to send a consultation application; the specialist selection module is used for selecting consultation specialists and appointing a consultation host according to the type of a disease; the consultation control unit is used for opening the analysis platform, bringing in the consultation specialists and controlling a consultation progress; the consultation report unit is used for summarizing a consultation scheme obtained after a deep discussion and forming a consultation report; and after the consultation scheme is executed, the consultation evaluation unit forms the contribution degrees of each specialist participating in the consultation process. In the remote diagnosis and treatment system, the consultation specialists can share a patient case and diagnosis data in real time, and under the help of the analysis platform, the consultation specialists and a patient can more intuitionally communicate mutually, thus the wisdoms of the specialists are integrated, thereby further improving the scientificity of specialist selection and the accuracy of a diagnosis result.

A healthcare data management system includes a central processor and a database accessible by the processor that contains an electronic personal health journal. The journal includes a plurality of fields of information relating to a patient, including health status. A software program installed on the processor is adapted to establish secure communication between a user and the processor to interact with an information field of the journal subject to a predetermined permission level, which is established on the basis of a relationship between the user and the patient and on the basis of user entity and is determinative of the information fields to which the user is permitted access and of the information fields that are amendable by the user. Methods are provided for accessing and maintaining health data, increasing patient compliance, and decreasing duplication of services, healthcare costs, and iatrogenic pharmaceutical interactions.

A system and method for distributing healthcare products is disclosed. A patient who obtains a prescription from clinic such as a federally qualified 340B health clinic (FQHC) is entered into a retail pharmacy's computer as a third party patient. Prescription information is transmitted to a healthcare product distributor inventory tracking system where the retail pharmacy is credited at its original invoice cost for the product. The healthcare product distributor's system charges the FQHC for the product at the 340B price. The inventory system tracks each 340B product distributed. In some cases, the first time a product is dispensed, the FQHC is charged for a stock package size and subsequent prescriptions are tracked and applied against the original purchase until the amount dispensed equals or exceeds the stock package originally charged to the FQHC. Once the quantity dispensed exceeds the stock package size, the inventory accumulation process is restarted.

To provide a medical cost adjusting method for suppressing a medical cost to a reasonable price so that a person who suffers from a disease can receive an appropriate medical service even if the person is not insured. A medical institution presents a predicted medical cost to be demanded therefrom for a medical service given to a patient as a desired demanding amount and, on the other hand, the patient, who desires to receive the medical service, presents a payable medical cost as a desired medical treatment amount, thus, matching of the desired demanding amount to the desired medical treatment amount is carried out. Accordingly, it is possible of integrating a reverse auction and a regular auction making it possible of efficiently collect members concerned in the auction trade. In the reverse auction, a medical cost is used as an article of trade between a medical institution and a patient. That is, the integrated auction according to the present invention is an auction structure between members wherein a demand for an article of trade is attempted to meet a supply of the same, and this brings about a condition where there is a high possibility of making a successful bid and an effect of markedly reducing a medical cost as compared to a conventional medical cost.

The invention discloses the application of LncRNA-GAS5 in preparing a glaucoma diagnosis reagent and a glaucoma lesion diagnosis reagent kit. Through high-throughput sequencing and quantitative PCR validation, it is found that the LncRNA-GAS5 has a significant correlation with the occurrence of glaucoma. The LncRNA-GAS5 can be used for screening clinical glaucoma patients and providing a theoretical basis for early intervention in glaucoma.

The invention relates to the field of application of combination of traditional Chinese medicine and computer technology, and discloses a system and a method for health status monitoring based on traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis information. The system comprises a mobile terminal; the mobile terminal is provided with an information acquisition device, an information processor and a display. The information acquisition device is used for acquiring multiple diagnosis information including face diagnosis, tongue diagnosis and inquiry. The information processor is used for calculating diagnosis results according to the multiple diagnosis information. The display is used for displaying diagnosis records including the diagnosis information and the diagnosis results. Therefore, users can learn their own health conditions at any time conveniently by the traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis method. The invention further provides the method for health status monitoring based on traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis information.

A bone tissue regeneration guiding membrane. The invention employs an antigen-extracted mammal tissue membrane, which has a double layer structure of a compact layer and a loosening layer. The compact layer is formed by tightly arranged collagen fibers, and an external side of the compact layer is composited with a collagen coating containing active polypeptides; the loosening layer is formed by interlaced collagen fibers and is composited with ossification active factors. The prepared guiding membrane can prevent soft tissue from evolving and promote new bone formation, has good biological compatibility, hydrophilism and bone induction capability, and can be completely degraded in body without generation of harmful substances. Besides, the guiding membrane has an effect of isolating cell evolving, a characteristic of slow degradation and a longer retaining time in body than a current guiding membrane prepared from natural high-molecular polymer, and can provide enough time and space for new bone growth. The method of the invention is simple, and raw materials have wide sources and low prices, so that the method is suitable for large-scale industrial production and beneficial to lowering medical costs and mitigating patient burdens.

The invention discloses a preparation method of medical porous titanium or titanium alloy materials coated with tantalum coatings on surfaces, which includes the following steps: firstly, preparing aporous titanium frame or a porous titanium alloy frame by adopting the 3D printing method; next etching the porous titanium frame or the porous titanium alloy frame, and cleaning and drying; then totally embedding the porous titanium frame or the porous titanium alloy frame in ultrafine tantalum powder in metal canning, vacuum sealing and diffusion sintering in low temperature; lastly taking out the frame, removing the powder and obtaining the medical porous titanium or titanium alloy materials coated with the tantalum coatings on surfaces. The preparation method of the medical porous titaniumor titanium alloy materials coated with the tantalum coatings on surfaces has the advantages that through embedding in powder and diffusion sintering in low temperature, tantalum coats the surfaces of the porous titanium frame or the porous titanium alloy frame, and metallurgical bonding is formed, thereby greatly enhancing the bonding force between tantalum and the surface of the porous titaniumframe or the porous titanium alloy frame, solving the difficulty of poor bonding force between the tantalum coatings and matrix, and overcoming the disadvantages of high cost and complicated processof the prior preparation method.

The invention provides a construction method of a three-dimensional coronary artery analysis model and a system thereof. The construction method of the three-dimensional coronary artery analysis model comprises the following steps of acquiring a two-dimensional tomoscan image of a heart; extracting a two-dimensional tomoscan image of a coronary artery blood vessel from the two-dimensional tomoscan image of the heart; carrying out three-dimensional reconstruction on the two-dimensional tomoscan image of the coronary artery blood vessel so as to obtain a three-dimensional coronary artery blood vessel model; based on the three-dimensional coronary artery blood vessel model, establishing the three-dimensional coronary artery analysis model used for engineering calculation. By using the method and the system, accuracy of three-dimensional coronary artery analysis model construction can be increased.

The invention discloses an agent-based construction method and device of an intuitionistic fuzzy theory medical diagnosis model. With the adoption of a sensor technique and an artificial intelligence technology, remote and automatic acquisition and transmission of patient symptom are achieved; diagnosis analysis is carried out on the patient symptom by an intelligent medical diagnosis model built based on an intuitionistic fuzzy theory; the patient symptom is continuously updated and completed by a systematic knowledge module, namely a symptom-disease knowledge base and a disease-medicine knowledge base, and the diagnosis effect of the system is improved and enhanced; and on the condition that the existing medical staff, resources and technology are limited and the ageing population of China is faster, agent-based intelligent medical diagnosis system (AIMD) design is changed to ATM in a substantialization way and is installed in an aged community, convenient and high-efficiency medical services are provided for a patient through self-service terminal services, and the medical stress is effectively relieved. By the medical service mode, the medical clinic time is saved, and the medical cost is also reduced.

The invention provides a three-degree-of-freedom parallel serial joint plastic operation robot. The problems of uneven operation level of doctors and low overall precision in the present prosthesis joint replacement are solved. The three-degree-of-freedom parallel serial joint plastic operation robot comprises a workbench, wherein a vertical mechanism and horizontal mechanisms are arranged on the workbench; an abrasive drilling mechanism is arranged on each of the horizontal mechanisms; the quantity of the horizontal mechanisms is two; the horizontal mechanisms are respectively arranged on the two sides of the vertical mechanism; the vertical mechanism comprises a vertical sliding table and a vertical driving component; each of the horizontal mechanisms comprises a horizontal sliding table and a horizontal driving component; connecting arms are fixedly connected with the two sides of the vertical sliding table; an outer end of each connecting arm is hinged to the horizontal sliding table on the corresponding side; a claw arm forward extends from each of the horizontal mechanisms; a sleeve ring is arranged at the front end of each claw arm; the sleeve rings forward extending from the horizontal mechanisms on the two sides are vertically overlapped and formed into a communicated sleeve hole; the abrasive drilling mechanism is penetrated through the sleeve hole; an inner wall of the sleeve hole is in sliding contact with an outer wall of the abrasive drilling mechanism. According to the invention, a triangular structure is adopted by the robot, so that the accurate route of a three-dimensional space track is realized and the face cutting precision of a bone joint is increased.

Vital sign sensing device includes a housing adapted to support a hand of a user and sensors adapted to detect vital signs of the user. The sensor device includes an arithmetic processor adapted to receive the electrical signal, manipulate the signal, and generate an electrical signal representative of the vital signs. The vital sign sensing device can be incorporated into various structures and equipment, such as, an armrest or seating device, a stretcher, or a kiosk.

The invention relates to a protection-sleeve-carrying paclitaxel drug balloon and a preparation method thereof. The protection-sleeve-carrying paclitaxel drug balloon comprises a drug balloon and a paclitaxel-containing degradable drug coating which is coated on a balloon work section. The drug balloon can be used as a pre-expansion balloon, a conveying balloon and a post-expansion balloon and the drug balloon comprises a HUB protection-sleeve handle, a near-end push rod, a transition section, a far-end push rod and a head end. The coating, which is configured by the paclitaxel and a contrast agent, or which includes the paclitaxel, a degradable polymer and a solvent of trichloroethane, acetone or tetrahydrofuran, can be layeredly coated on the balloon work section. Through the arrangement of a protection sleeve, the drug balloon is, during conveying processes from entering blood vessels to reaching diseased regions, in a protection state, so that drugs on the drug balloon may not be scoured, ineffective loss is avoided, initial drug loading capacity of the drug balloon can be reduced, the treatment effect can be meet and at the same time safety of the drug balloon is greatly improved.