| US 6,081,786 C1 (7058th) | ||
| SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GUIDING THE SELECTION OF THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT REGIMENS | ||
| David W. Barry, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Carolyn S. Underwood, Cary, N.C.; Bruce J. McCreedy, Raleigh, N.C.; David D. Hadden, Durham, N.C., and Jason L. Lucas, West Chester, Pa., assignors to Advanced Biological Laboratories, SA, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | ||
| Reexamination Request Nos. 90/010,313, Oct. 10, 2008 and 90/009,204, Oct. 14, 2008. | ||
| Reexamination Certificate for Patent 6,081,786, issued Jun. 27, 2000, Appl. No. 283,702, Apr. 1, 1999. | ||
| Provisional application No. 60/080,629, filed on Apr. 3, 1998. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—3 |
| AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT: |
| The patentability of claims 1-66 is confirmed. |
| 1. A method for guiding the selection of a therapeutic treatment regimen for a patient with a known disease or medical condition, said method comprising: (a) providing patient information to a computing device comprising:
a first knowledge base comprising a plurality of different therapeutic treatment regimens for said disease or medical condition;
a second knowledge base comprising a plurality of expert rules for evaluating and selecting a therapeutic treatment regimen for said disease or medical condition;
a third knowledge base comprising advisory information useful for the treatment of a patient with different constituents of said different therapeutic treatment regimens; and
(b) generating in said computing device a ranked listing of available therapeutic treatment regimens for said patient; and
(c) generating in said computing device advisory information for one or more therapeutic treatment regimens in said ranked listing based on said patient information and said expert rules.
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