Patent ID: 7427920
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A61B,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A system for predicting an epidemic disease within a live population, comprising: (a) local data collection means operative to derive physical condition data of a plurality of population members; (b) a local processor for correlating and storing the physical condition data of each of said population member relative to time; and (c) means for transferring the data of each of said population members stored by the local processor to a remote data collection means; wherein the remote data collection means is (i) operative to access information relating to the location of each of said population members relative to time and (ii) comprises a main processor programmed to analyze the physical condition data and the location information of said plurality of population members together according to a set of rules which assign a relative significance to a departure from each of a normal background level and an expected distribution of cases of the disease and an overall significance value signaling a probability of epidemic within said population.