Appeal No. 2004-1461
Application No. 09/461,883
1. An Internet-enabled system for use by a patient
to provide informed consent to a medical procedure,
comprising:
a patient interface connected to the Internet, the
patient interface having at least one input device for
use by the patient to provide input to the interface
and a screen for displaying information to the patient;
and
a web server connected to the Internet in
operative communication with and remotely located from
the patient interface, the server comprising a program
stored in memory and accessible by the patient
interface, and memory comprising a user database for
permitting registered users to access the system, and a
medical procedure database for storing information
regarding a plurality of medical procedures;
the interface being operable under control of the
program, in response to an authorized access to the
system by a registered user in said user database, to
present information concerning a medical procedure
selected from said plurality of medical procedures to
the patient via the screen to request input from the
patient via the input device regarding the selected
medical procedure, and to determine from the input
whether the patient has reviewed all of the information
presented regarding the selected medical procedure; and
the interface further being operable under control of
the program to generate a consent form for the selected
medical procedure for review by a physician and
execution by the patient when said patient input
indicates the patient has reviewed said information.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Rakshit et al. (Rakshit) 5,799,282 Aug. 25, 1998
Iliff 6,234,964 May 22, 2001
(filed Mar. 13, 1998)
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