Patent ID: 7431701

Claim:
A method for use in a computer system of diagnosing lower urinary system conditions of a patient, the method comprising: receiving urodynamic data concerning the patient; receiving subjective symptomatic impressions concerning the patient; assigning at least one weighted point value to at least one of the urodynamic data and the subjective symptomatic impressions; quantifying at least one norm for at least one part of lower urinary system function as at least one numeric score; quantifying at least one recognized pathology of lower urinary system conditions as a degree of departure from the at least one norm; determining a lower urinary system condition diagnosis of the patient, as a function of the degree of departure from the at least one norm, by invoking a set of rules to compare the at least one weighted point value assigned to the at least one numeric score quantified; and reporting the determined lower urinary system condition diagnosis.