Patent ID: 6685633
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A61B,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for generating and transferring medical data, comprising:a sensor used by a human user to sense a function or condition of the user's body; a personal computer located with the sensor and having a microphone connector and analog to digital conversion means communicated with the sensor such that a digital processing circuit of the personal computer receives from the analog to digital conversion means a digital electrical signal derived from an analog electric signal received through the microphone connector in response to the user's body function or condition sensed by the sensor, wherein the personal computer is programmed to transfer data representative of the received digital electric signal over a computer communication network contemporaneously with the sensor sensing the user's body function or condition; and a recipient computer located at a data communication service provider facility and connected to communicate with the computer communication network, wherein the recipient computer is programmed to receive the data transferred over the computer communication network and to transmit in response thereto another signal to an end user.