Patent ID: 6500117
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of assessing a medical condition of a being, the method comprising the following steps that are performed in a data processing system:obtaining results from a plurality of medical tests, wherein each medical test relates to a medical aspect of the being, and wherein each medical test includes a respective reference range of medical test results associated therewith; unitizing singularly possible medical test results in a reference range associated with each medical test to a respective single number, wherein each reference range is bounded by upper and lower values of the reference range, wherein a single fractional value of each value in a reference range is equal to a single fractional value of every other value in the reference range, and wherein a sum of all fractional values equals the single number; determining a total number of singularly possible medical test result within one or more respective portions of each reference range, comprising: converting singularly possible test resulting the test results in the reference range having decimal value to a whole number; determining a total number of singularly possible test results within the reference range to produce a reference range spread, comprising; subtracting the lower value of the reference range from the upper value of the reference range; and adding an integer to the value obtained by subtracting the lower value of the reference range from the upper value of the reference range; and dividing the reference range spread in one or more respective portions; transforming the results of each medical test into respective equilibrated values, wherein each equilibrated value represents a relative position of the results of a respective medical test with respect to a point of equilibration of a reference a range associated with the respective medical test so as to yield numerically like data values of the reference range; transforming each of the equilibrated values into respective utilized values, wherein each unitized value represents relative normalcy or abnormalcy of a respective medical test result with respect to the upper and lower values of the reference range associated with the medical test; graphically representing selected ones of the unitized values in a predefined order to produce a first pattern, wherein the selected unitized values relate to medical aspects of a specific system of the being; and comparing the first pattern with a second pattern to determine relative normalcy and abnormalcy of a medical condition of the specific system, wherein the second pattern comprises a graphical representation of the selected unitized values that indicates a medical condition of the specific system.