Patent ID: 11966366
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A system comprising:
one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory includes computer-program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform a computer-implemented method comprising:
creating a clinical data file by converting clinical data to a single format;
entering medical information into corresponding data fields in the clinical data file, the medical information comprising one or more of: treatment professional information, patient personal information, and one or more patient images;
associating each of the data fields with an indicator, wherein the indicator, when enabled, is configured to secure at least a portion of the medical information in the corresponding data field;
displaying indicators associated with the data fields in a user interface;
receiving instructions to enable at least one of the displayed indicators, wherein enabling the at least one of the displayed indicators secures at least a portion of the medical information in a corresponding at least one data field of the data fields; and
saving a secured clinical data file with the secured at least a portion of the medical information in the corresponding at least one data field, wherein the secured at least a portion of the medical information is accessible by entering a pass code wherein the secured clinical data file is configured such that, once the pass code is entered, the one or more patient images are modifiable by the addition of one or more modifications, wherein the one or more modifications are arranged as one or more layers that are saved separately from the one or more patient images.