Patents Assigned to Stichting Novo Health
  • Patent number: 8099244
    Abstract: A method, a computer program and a computer system are described for determining whether a subject has an increased risk for acquiring a disease, said method comprising selecting at least one disease, for example using a user interface wherein in a field 23a suitable plurality of diseases is provided. In field 23b, an interactive window for the user is provided for posing questions and for acquiring answers. The questions are preferably generated by a question generation engine and are projected in the field 26. Answers, provided by the user are acquired using the same interactive field 26 after which they are processed together with deterministically established partial risk factors linked to said answers leading to a computation of a total risk factor of the user for the selected disease. In field 23c a number of tests which may be recommended for a suitable screening procedure is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Stichting Novo Health
    Inventor: Arthur H. P. Niggebrugge
  • Publication number: 20090177405
    Abstract: A method, a computer program and a computer system are described for determining whether a subject has an increased risk for acquiring a disease, said method comprising selecting at least one disease, for example using a user interface wherein in a field 23a suitable plurality of diseases is provided. In field 23b, an interactive window for the user is provided for posing questions and for acquiring answers. The questions are preferably generated by a question generation engine and are projected in the field 26. Answers, provided by the user are acquired using the same interactive field 26 after which they are processed together with deterministically established partial risk factors linked to said answers leading to a computation of a total risk factor of the user for the selected disease. In field 23c a number of tests which may be recommended for a suitable screening procedure is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Stichting Novo Health
    Inventor: Arthur H. P. Niggebrugge