108 results about "Patient acceptance" patented technology

A method for preoperatively characterizing an individual patient's biomechanic function in preparation of implanting a prosthesis is provided. The method includes subjecting a patient to various activities, recording relative positions of anatomy during said various activities, measuring force environments responsive to said patient's anatomy and affected area during said various activities, characterizing the patient's biomechanic function from said relative positions and corresponding force environments, inputting the measured force environments, relative positions of knee anatomy, and patient's biomechanic function characterization into one or more computer simulation models, inputting a computer model of the prosthesis into said one or more computer simulation models, and manipulating the placement of the prosthesis in the computer simulation using said patient's biomechanic function characterization and said computer model of the prosthesis to approximate a preferred biomechanical fit of the prosthesis.

A universal electronic transaction card (“UET card”) is capable of serving as a number of different credit cards, bank cards, identification cards, employee cards, medical cards and the like. The UET card includes storage elements, an input interface, a processor, a display, and a communications interface. In a preferred embodiment, the UET card stores transactional information to eliminate paper receipts and includes security features to prevent unauthorized use. The UET card may also be used to replace conventional currency and traveler's checks, and may be configured to store and display promotional information, such as advertising and incentives. A communications interface unit (“CIU”) may be provided to interface between the UET card and a personal computer, automatic banking terminal (commonly referred to as ATM machines) and / or an institutional mainframe computer. CIU devices may include electrical contact for recharging a UET card. A system of utilizing the UET card is also provided which includes UET cards and CIU devices which enable the transmission of information between point of sales (or point of transactions) computers and the UET cards. The system further includes point of sales computers configured to communicate with the UET card and with service institution computers. The invention also includes a health care management system utilizing UET cards. In the health care management system, all medical information for a patient may be stored in the UET card so that when a patient receives services from a health care provider, that health care provider connects the patient's UET card to the health care provider's computer system and can then obtain all pertinent medical information concerning the patient, including the patient's medical history, insurance information and the like. In addition, the treatment or services provided by the health care provider are stored in the patient's UET card. The invention also includes methods of issuing an account authorization to a UET card, a method of transferring transactional and account information between a UET card and a personal computer or a mainframe computer, a method of using the UET card as a remote terminal for a mainframe computer, and a method of conducting an electronic transaction.

A workflow system and user interface coordinates information concerning a course of treatment of a patient, as well as data from a treatment device and links appointment data from a scheduling system with actual treatment activity information in order to show a complete timeline of a course of treatment. A user interface system for presenting medication dosage and treatment information includes a display processor for providing data representing a single display image. The single display image presents information identifying treatment received by a patient and treatment scheduled to be received by the patient together with a timeline. The single display image also presents information identifying cumulative dosage of a medication received by a patient and an associated date the cumulative dosage is received by the patient. A command processor initiates presentation of the single display image in response to user command.

Various implantable medical devices (IMDs) are disclosed for implantation in a patient. The IMD includes pacing circuitry configured to selectively produce pacing pulses at a programmable pacing rate. In one embodiment, the IMD is configurable to subject a patient to a stress test. The IMD may be configurable to subject the patient to the stress test at the time specified by stored timing information, or in response to a signal (e.g., from a patient activator). Another embodiment of the implantable medical device (IMD) includes sensor circuitry, a memory for storing data, and a control unit. The sensor circuitry produces sensor data relating to cardiac condition. The control unit is configurable to store the sensor data in the memory until a trigger signal is received. Methods are described for performing a stress test in a patient with an IMD, and for subsequently reproducing cardiac operational states.

The present invention relates to a plurality of dosage forms comprising a first dosage form and second dosage form each comprising a therapeutic agent, such as an opioid; wherein the dosage strength of the second dosage form is greater than that of the first dosage form; and wherein the steady state Cave and the steady state AUC of the first and second dosage forms are dose proportional and the single dose Cmax of the second dosage form is less than the minimum level for dose proportionality with respect to the first dosage form. The present invention also relates to methods of administering such dosage forms to a patient, as well as to kits comprising such dosage forms and instructions for administration of the dosage forms to a patient. The inventors believe that the dosage forms and methods of the present invention will lead to improved safety and patient acceptance.

The physiological or mental functioning of a patient is assessed by subjecting a patient to a protocol expected to activate or suppress the neurhormonal systems that regulate blood flow. A physiological signal indicative of the cardiac cycle, such as the electrocardiograph signal, is then monitored in synchrony with performance of the protocol. The physiological signal is processed to quantify the low frequency oscillation during different conditions during the protocol, and the results are interpreted in terms of cardiovascular changes, such as changes in blood flow to active tissues in the body. The results are then compared to normative data to assess the physiological or mental functioning of the patent.

In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, in a processor, information indicative of (i) a treatment plan defining planned treatment beams, (ii) a patient volume relative to a reference, (iii) ideal intersections of the planned treatment beams with the patient volume at the time the patient is to be treated, (iv) any constraints that prevent achievement of the recommended repositioning using only the patient support, (v) an allowable change to a gantry position from a planned value and an allowable change to a collimator position from a planned value; defining, in the processor, a plurality of alternatives based at least in part on the information indicative of any constraints of the patient support and the information indicative of allowable movement of the gantry and collimator, each alternative defining a modified patient support position and modified beams, each modified beam being based at least in part on a respective one of the planned treatment beams, the change to the position of the gantry for the respective planned treatment beam and the change to the position of the collimator for the respective planned treatment beam; determining, in the processor, for each modified beam of each alternative, an intersection of the patient volume and the modified beam, with the patient volume positioned on the patient support and the patient support having the modified patient support position defined by the alternative; and defining, in the processor, for each alternative, a measure of difference between the ideal intersections and the intersections for the modified beams of the alternative.

The invention discloses an NUI (Natural User Interface)-based peripheral arm motion tracking rehabilitation training system. The system comprises an NUI-based peripheral skeleton data processing subsystem, a circuit is connected with a robotic arm control subsystem of an output end of the NUI-based peripheral skeleton data processing subsystem, and connected with a rehabilitation robotic arm of an output end of the robotic arm control subsystem; the NUI-based peripheral skeleton data processing subsystem adopts Kinect equipment of the Microsoft Company. According to the invention, the Kinect equipment is used for capturing the arm three-dimensional coordinate data and controlling the motion of the external robotic arm, and the robotic arm drives patients to do the rehabilitation exercises without any electronic appliance being put on a therapist, thus solving the restriction that the therapist can only treat the paralytic patients in an one-to-one manner traditionally; and meanwhile, the accuracy of performing multiple rehabilitation trainings for the patients is promoted, the burden of the therapist is lightened, and the effect after the patients receive the rehabilitation training is enhanced.

The recent explosion in the number of consumer devices able to read and transmit remote patient health data has provided a technical foundation for health care providers to cost effectively monitor chronically ill patients when they are not at the providers places of practice. In an embodiment of the invention, an invitation from a health care provider to share patient created health data is offered to a patient who may accept or reject said invitation. Furthermore, at any time subsequent to the acceptance of said invitation by said patient, either party may elect to revoke its agreement to share data established through said invitation offer and acceptance process. Using the invention, patients and providers may manage permissions to share patient created health data to meet their privacy and business needs and systems that facilitate communications of patient created health data can use these permissions to meet the needs of users.

The invention provides an accurate exercise evaluation and rehabilitation training system comprising an exercise data acquisition and analysis module, an electromyography data acquisition and analysismodule, an exercise function evaluation module, an exercise missing muscle synergy problem determination module, an immersive rehabilitation training module, an accurate rehabilitation training and treatment module, a patient database module and a normal person exercise function and muscle dynamics index library. The exercise function and exercise missing can be accurately and quantitatively evaluated based on the micro-sensor intelligent sensing technology and the information fusion technology, and the problems of the muscle level and the nerve stimulation level of exercise missing can be analyzed and determined so as to specify and perform the rehabilitation training and treatment plan in a targeted way. Meanwhile, the immersive rehabilitation training function is also provided so as tofacilitate patient acceptance and adherence and realize digitalization, accuracy and visualization of exercise rehabilitation.

A prescription association system and method for grouping together prescription-related transactions and creating groups or “clusters” of prescriptions having similar characteristics. Through an association process, the prescription cluster describes the events surrounding prescription activity. This includes prescribing patterns, payer influences, and patient acceptance of therapy. The same prescription transaction from one data provider may contain additional or different information that can enhance a corresponding duplicate transaction or set of claim lifecycle transactions from another provider. The disclosed processes create unique linking across claims, payers, and patients and form the basis for relating and measuring payer, patient, practitioner, and pharmaceutical promotion influences on healthcare utilization and treatment.

The invention relates to a preparation method and a quality control method of an arbidol hydrochloride tablet. The arbidol hydrochloride tablet comprises the following major ingredients: arbidol hydrochloride, microcrystalline celluloses, milk sugar, starch, low-substituted hydroxypropyl celluloses, talcum powder, magnesium stearate and a right amount of adhesive starch slurry. The preparation method of the arbidol hydrochloride tablet comprises the following steps of: preprocessing; preparing granules; and tabletting. The quality control method of the arbidol hydrochloride tablet comprises the following steps of: measuring dissolution rate, related substances and content. For overcoming the defects of the traditional variety, the invention provides the preparation method of the arbidol hydrochloride tablet, which has the advantages of broad spectrum, high efficiency, stable quality, simple process, low cost, easy patient acceptance, and the quality control method of the arbidol hydrochloride tablet, which has the advantages of convenience, fastness, accurate quantification, good specificity and high applicability.

Computerized methods, systems, and user interfaces for handling one or more radiology orders are provided. Such methods, systems, and user interfaces allow a radiologist, radiological technician, or other healthcare professional to efficiently review and approve, modify, or reject electronic requests from ordering physicians to have patients undergo radiological examination. Such methods, systems, and user interfaces also allow regulators to audit the radiology vetting process to ensure that proper review of radiological examination requests is being conducted. Computerized methods, systems, and user interfaces for automatic electronic notification of ordering physicians of modified or cancelled radiological examination requests are also provided.

A wearable cardiac defibrillator (“WCD”) system may include a support structure that a patient can wear, an energy storage module that can store an electrical charge, and a discharge circuit that can discharge the electrical charge through the patient so as to shock him or her, while the patient is wearing the support structure. Embodiments may actively take into account bystanders, both to protect them from an inadvertent shock, and also to enlist their help. In some embodiments the WCD system includes a speaker system that transmits a sound designed to assist a bystander to perform CPR. Optionally CPR chest compressions received by the patient can be further detected, and feedback can be given. In embodiments, a WCD system may include a user interface that can be controlled to output CPR prompts tailored to a skill level of the bystander.

Systems for automated transmission of communications to a patient following clinical treatment comprising: electronic datastores storing: a clinical profile reflective of characteristics of (i) the patient; and (ii) clinical treatment undergone by the patient; a response profile reflective of characteristics of responses by the patient to past communications; and a communication modality profile reflective of characteristics of communication channels or devices available for transmission of communications; communication interfaces associated with respective communication channels or devices; processors in communication with electronic datastores, the processors configured for: generating a communication to the patient based on the clinical profile, the communication providing a recommendation or inquiry to the patient; selecting communication channels or devices based on at least one of (i) the clinical profile and (ii) the response profile; and transmitting the generated communication to the patient by way of the communication interface associated with the selected communication channel or device.

A workflow system and user interface coordinates information concerning a course of treatment of a patient, as well as data from a treatment device and links appointment data from a scheduling system with actual treatment activity information in order to show a complete timeline of a course of treatment. A user interface system for presenting medication dosage and treatment information includes a display processor for providing data representing a single display image. The single display image presents information identifying treatment received by a patient and treatment scheduled to be received by the patient together with a timeline. The single display image also presents information identifying cumulative dosage of a medication received by a patient and an associated date the cumulative dosage is received by the patient. A command processor initiates presentation of the single display image in response to user command.

A medical protection safety lockout system for procedures and devices which can be integrated internally or retrofitted externally to any electronic medical equipment providing treatment or diagnostic medical care to a patient. Methods include both Patient acceptance process, verifying patient acknowledgement and medical procedure consent, and Clinician acceptance process, acknowledging patient identity and appropriate clinical procedure sign-offs. The apparatus and methods deliver reliable and trustworthy patient safeguards to electronic medical equipment.

An apparatus for providing management of uncompensated populations may include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive patient information corresponding to uncompensated patient treatment events associated with a plurality of patients, apply a screening criteria to identify a patient eligible for care management assignment in which the screening criteria includes qualifications based on uncompensated cost and an identity of a condition for which the patient received treatment, and assign the patient to a selected intervention program based at least in part on the qualifications of the patient.

The invention relates to a Quintana suspension moxibustion bed, a control system and a control method thereof. The Quintana suspension moxibustion bed comprises a bed frame, a bed surface and a moxibustion device mounted on the bed frame, and a control box for controlling the running of the moxibustion device, the bed frame is provided with a lifting device for driving the lifting of the moxibustion device, the moxibustion device is located directly above the bed surface, and the control box and the moxibustion device are electrically connected. The Quintana suspension moxibustion bed has the useful effects that when a patient lies on the bed, the distance between the moxibustion device and the patient's body is controlled by the control box through the lifting device, the effect of the moxibustion therapy by the receiving patient is ensured, additionally, by the automatic ignition of the moxibustion device, the problems of being likely to cause misoperation, posing a security risk, and low work efficiency in traditional moxibustion therapy and present moxibustion devices are prevented.

The invention provides an atomization and sputum aspiration integrated device particularly suitable for an unconscious patient. The atomization and sputum aspiration integrated device comprises an atomizer body, a body support, a crossed four-way joint, a sputum aspiration assembly, a telescopic hose, a gas outlet and a liquid medicine bottle, wherein the liquid medicine bottle is communicated with the atomizer body through an infusion tube, the infusion tube is provided with a water stopping clip, the atomization outlet of the atomizer body is connected with a lower connector of the crossed four-way joint, a left connector of the crossed four-way joint is connected with one end of the telescopic hose, and the other end of the telescopic hose is connected with the gas outlet; a right connector of the crossed four-way joint is connected with the sputum aspiration assembly, and an upper connector of the crossed four-way joint is connected with a respirator. When atomization and sputum aspiration treatment are conducted on the unconscious patient through the atomization and sputum aspiration integrated device, real-time maintenance of a nurse is not needed in the atomization treatment process; during sputum aspiration treatment, sputum on the tube wall of a trachea can be sucked thoroughly without rotating a sputum aspiration tube, the patient acceptance is higher, and trachea mucosa is not prone to damage; thus, by using and popularizing the atomization and sputum aspiration integrated device, workloads can be effectively reduced for the nurse, and work efficiency is improved.

An improved patient interface assembly and pressure support system integrate a pressure sensor and a valve into the patient interface assembly and employs closed loop control between the sensor and the valve in order to limit delay between the time at which a condition indicative of abnormal breathing or flow load during normal breathing is experienced by a patient and the time at which altered pressure support is received by the patient.

An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides an automatic external defibrillator including an anterior pad designed such that it can be used during an endoscopic or surgical procedure that may generate electromagnetic interference. The anterior pad has a first arm adhered longitudinally along and substantially parallel to a left side of a sternum of the subject and a second arm adhered along a 5th intercostal space of the subject. The device also includes a posterior pad. Both the anterior and posterior pads include electrodes for delivering a shock to the subject. The device can also include a wearable component containing sensing electrodes for measuring heart rhythms and a transmitting them to a monitor. The monitor monitors these heart rhythms and alerts the subject or medical care providers to irregularities in the rhythms.

The present invention relates to a plurality of dosage forms comprising a first dosage form and second dosage form each comprising a therapeutic agent, such as an opioid; wherein the dosage strength of the second dosage form is greater than that of the first dosage form; and wherein the steady state Cave and the steady state AUC of the first and second dosage forms are dose proportional and the single dose Cmax of the second dosage form is less than the minimum level for dose proportionality with respect to the first dosage form. The present invention also relates to methods of administering such dosage forms to a patient, as well as to kits comprising such dosage forms and instructions for administration of the dosage forms to a patient. The inventors believe that the dosage forms and methods of the present invention will lead to improved safety and patient acceptance.

The invention discloses an integrated scanning and positioning method for pulmonary nodules and positioning equipment. The positioning method comprises the following steps: (1) acquiring CT information of a patient; (2) determining the body position of the patient according to the nodule position, and performing comparative registration on the CT information of the patient by an information processing system; (3) reconstructing a three-dimensional model of the thorax of the patient according to the CT information of the patient, and designing a puncture path and a puncture position; (4) determining a puncture positioning point on the surface of the thorax of the patient; (5) preparing a puncture guide channel model according to the designed puncture path; (6) performing puncture positioning on the surface of the thorax of the patient along the guide channel. With the adoption of the integrated scanning and positioning method for pulmonary nodules provided by the invention, medicine imaging science, engineering science, 3D printing and other technologies are combined, and corresponding positioning equipment is designed. When nodule positioning is performed, the pulmonary nodule positioning operation difficulty can be obviously simplified, the clinical operation is conveniently performed, and the patient is avoided from receiving extra CT radiation.

According to aspects of the present disclosure, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided to provide an authorized patient to receive prescribed pharmaceutical agents. In some embodiments the device is a handheld pharmaceutical agent delivery device. In other embodiments the authorized patient interacts with a kiosk system to provide both telemedicine and appropriate treatment including a dose of a pharmaceutical agent or a pharmaceutical agent delivery device.

A computer numerical calculation method is used for researching images during face deformation diagnosis and treatment, the diagnosis and treatment effect is quantitatively evaluated, firstly, a faceimage sample of a patient is collected, a face frame and a background are cut, and 68 feature points are marked in the face frame; secondly, after the symmetry axis of the human face is calculated, ahuman face asymmetry model based on the asymmetry degree of the human face area and the asymmetry degree of the human face angle is reconstructed; then, seven detection modes capable of enabling a computer to assist in diagnosing facial paralysis are designed, and a facial deformation evaluation model is constructed by using a face asymmetry model; and finally, the size inconsistency of the five sense organ regions and the position inconsistency of the five sense organ centers of the patient are comprehensively considered, and a diagnosis and treatment quantitative evaluation result is output.The invention provides a facial deformation diagnosis and treatment effect evaluation method which is objective, accurate and easy to accept by doctors and patients so as to assist the doctors in accurate diagnosis and treatment.

The invention provides an establishment method of a glomerular disease classification and typing model based on immunoglobulin quantitative detection and an application thereof in detection and classification and typing of glomerular diseases. The model can classify and classify patients with glomerular diseases so as to support clinical decisions, reduce medical expenditure, reduce infection probability and improve patient acceptability.

The invention discloses a mouth opening and shaping device for stomatology department examination. The device comprises an arc-shaped supporting plate, occlusion pieces, an adjusting column, a transverse plate and a collecting bag, connecting ropes are arranged on the two sides of the bottom of the arc-shaped supporting plate, the bottoms of the connecting ropes are connected with an arc-shaped cushion plate, the bottom of the arc-shaped cushion and the top of the arc-shaped supporting plate are provided with the arc-shaped occlusion pieces, the adjusting column is arranged on the surface of the top of the arc-shaped cushion, two symmetrically-arranged lighting columns are arranged on the surface of the top of the arc-shaped cushion, the inclined transverse plate is arranged on the front face of the arc-shaped cushion, a conveying pipe is arranged on the surface of the transverse plate, one end of the conveying pipe penetrates through the interior of the arc-shaped cushion, an L-shaped support is arranged at the bottom of the transverse plate, and the collecting bag is arranged at the top of the L-shaped support. According to the device, by arranging the adjusting column, the mouth opening height and opening area can be adjusted when a patient is subjected to mouth examination, and medical staff in the stomatology department can conveniently conduct examination.

Apparatus and methods for subjecting a patient to an slit lamp microscopy and / or Goldmann tonometry eye examination are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the patient is in a side-lying down position at a time of the examination. In some embodiments, it is possible to examine an upper and / or lower eye—for example, a lower eye slightly above a supporting surface. Related apparatus are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a bed and / or a headrest and / or a face immobilization assembly are disclosed herein.

The invention discloses an individualized living yield prediction model and a construction method. The construction method comprises the following steps: a, collecting living yield outcome, individualized ovarian function information, individualized biological information and individualized ovarian excretion promoting information of each sample patient; b, extracting parameter variables accordingto the accumulated live birth outcome and the individualized information; c, constructing a semi-parameter generalized additive model gm2 of the parameter variable; d, performing verification and sensitivity analysis on the model gm2, and training and evaluating the stability of the model gm2; and e, drawing a living yield prediction model curve graph. The method has the advantages that guidance can be provided for doctors and patients receiving ART treatment, the possibility of obtaining at least one live delivery infant can be predicted according to the age of the patients and the egg takingnumber, and the patients can be informed whether the live delivery possibility of the patients is remarkably increased or not after the patients receive extra stimulation periods.