Patent ID: 6273854
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
A medical diagnostic method utilizing a central processing unit and a storage medium coupled to the central processing unit, comprising the steps of:storing a first database for maintaining analyte data information for a plurality of analytes in the storage medium, the first database including an analyte record for each one of the plurality of analytes, each analyte record including an analyte low value, an analyte high value and an analyte mode value indicative of a statistical analysis of analyte values obtained from testing a human test group;storing a second database for maintaining bodily condition data information for a plurality of bodily conditions in the storage medium, the second database including a bodily condition record for each one of the plurality of bodily conditions. each bodily condition record including a set of analytes associated with the particular bodily condition, each analyte of the analyte set having an analyte level indicative of the particular bodily condition;inputting a patient analyte test result set into the central processing unit, the patient analyte test result set including an analyte value for at least one of the plurality of analytes;generating a patient analyte level set from the patient analyte test result set and the analyte data information of the first database;comparing the patient analyte level set to each of the plurality of bodily condition records; anddetermining a correlation between the patient analyte level set and each of the bodily condition records.