Patent ID: 6575903
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A61B,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for issuing alarms and recording the results of regularly scheduled breast self-examinations performed by a woman during a pre-determined temporal interval of each of a succession of months, the apparatus comprising:a) a computer including means for determining a present time and date; b) a human interface operatively coupled to the computer and structured for exchanging information with the woman, and as required, with other individuals; c) a database available for accessing by the computer to enable the computer to determine when a pre-selected temporal interval for each month has been reached so as to support the issuing of at least one alarm of a plurality of alarms to the woman indicating a start of a temporal interval and a need for a conducting of a breast self-examination; d) the database further available for recording and storing information, including information entered by the woman indicating results of the breast self-examination; and e) a processor of the computer for processing the results input associated with a present self-examination, causing an action suggestion to be issued to the woman that is based on the results input into the apparatus via the human interface.