Portable medical questionnaire presentation device
CA 2070561 C · Owner: Turcotte, William E. Ii · Inventors: Turcotte, William E. Ii; Summerell, David; Roizen, Michael Ii
Overview
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A hand-held, battery-powered medical questionnaire presentation device is provided for use by a patient. The device has means for displaying questions to the patient a limited, number of keys by which the patient can enter answers and a, memory device for storing the patient's answers. The device is controlled by a pre-programmed microcomputer which stores in a memory the text of user instructions, medical or health-related questions, and words to be used in printed reports. The microcomputer is programmed to tally the patient's answers and on the basis of that information and objective data supplied by a medical staffer, to present an evaluation of aspects of the patient's medical …
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- Filed June 5, 1992 and granted August 12, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 5, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 5, 2014.
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