Patent ID: 8712748

Claim:
A computerized method for providing medical diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of an actual patient with a chronic disease on a computer, the method comprising: specifying on the computer one or more testing protocols that address specific diagnosis and continuous drug therapy needs of the actual patient, wherein the one or more testing protocols each specify a manner for collecting one or more actual measurements of one or more physiological parameters of the actual patient in order to provide collected data of the actual patient, wherein the manner provides at least a manner in which the collected data is to be collected; receiving the collected data of the actual patient; specifying on the computer a patient-specific model selected via a user interface of the computer after receiving the collected data of the actual patient; performing analysis on the computer to determine parameters of the patient-specific model before applying the collected data to the patient-specific model; performing model verification of the parameters on the computer to further ensure that the patient-specific model has captured appropriate dynamics that address the specific diagnosis and therapy needs of the patient; modifying the patient-specific model via the user interface if the model verification of the parameters indicates that the patient-specific model has not captured appropriate dynamics that address the specific diagnosis and therapy needs of the patient; applying the collected data of the actual user collected per the one or more protocols to perform analysis on the computer using the patient-specific model to provide at least one recommended patient-specific therapy, wherein the collected data has passed quality checks indicating that the collected data is relevant to generate changes to the therapy of the patient; validating that the provided at least one recommended patient-specific therapy is a valid therapy, and if not valid, providing a different at least one recommended patient-specific therapy if no portion of the provided at least one recommended patient-specific therapy is identified as only needing modification; and providing on the computer the validated recommended patient-specific therapy for approval; and wherein the patient-specific model comprises an impulse response model described by the equation: h ⁡ ( t ) = K β α ⁢ Γ ⁡ ( α ) ⁢ t α - 1 ⁢ ⅇ - t / β ⁢ ml - 1 ⁢ min - 1 , wherein α is a number of compartments which are acting as filters, β is a time of peak absorption rate per unit insulin distribution volume, and K is a gain factor.