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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2001
David E. Albert, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Carl J. Rieger, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Mac L. Reiter, Stillwater, OK (US);
Rik Slaven, Bellevue, WA (US);
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A computer site includes a data generating source. In one implementation, the source includes a device that can be manipulated by a patient to sense some function or condition of the patient. One example is a heart monitor that a patient can hold against his or her chest. The device outputs an audible signal responsive to the function or condition, such as the beating of the heart. A computer that can be operated by the patient or other initial user at the site runs a program that processes an electric signal generated in response to the audible signal as received through a microphone connected to the computer. The program is downloaded or otherwise accessed through a computer communication network, such as the Internet. The computer sends resulting data signals over the computer communication network. Using a plurality of the foregoing components, any number of patients (or other users) that can access the computer communication network can provide real-time information about their personal medical condition (or other generated data) to their personal medical care providers (or other remote end users).