Apparatus for monitoring, diagnosing and treating medical conditions of remotely located patients

摘要

A portable apparatus for monitoring, diagnosing and treating medical conditions of a patient, comprising means for receiving and storing patient data provided by a patient, wherein the patient data includes at least one of physiological data, biological data and behavioural data, at least one medicine dosage algorithm stored within the portable apparatus for using the stored patient data to generate medicine dosage recommendations in real time, means for communicating with and transmitting the stored patient data to a remotely located data processing system and means for receiving treatment information from the remotely located data processing system. The means for receiving treatment information from the remotely located data processing system may comprise means for modifying said at least one medicine dosage algorithm stored within the portable apparatus. The portable apparatus may be used for monitoring, diagnosing and treating medical conditions of a patient afflicted with diabetes mellitus.