Abstract: In a method for allowing a patient suffering from a neurological disease and being treated with medication to self-monitor his or her current state, information regarding the motor functions and/or verbal and/or cognitive abilities of the patient are interactively acquired upon using a computer located for easy and repeated access by the patient, and at least one criterion number or a statement describing the state is determined on the basis of this information by an expert system at the computer and is made available to the patient by an output device at the computer.

Abstract: Device for finding unknown, multifactorial triggers of paroxysmally occurring illnesses, which is coupled to an electronic patient file and/or, if appropriate, spatially distributed databases, a comparison and evaluation device carrying out, after a paroxysm, a correlation analysis in order to search for typical patterns in the temporal occurrence of the stored data elements.

Abstract: In a method and system for monitoring the posture of a user during the use of a training apparatus, sensors are attached to the body of the user and possibly to specific locations of the training apparatus for acquiring specific kinematic parameters. The measurement data acquired by these sensors is analyzed in an evaluating unit in order to detect a faulty motion or posture of the user during the use of the training apparatus and to emit a corresponding acknowledging message to the user or to the training apparatus in this case.

Abstract: A quality control system in disease management services for the enlightenment, development and motivation of patients in conjunction with telemonitoring of critical body values and, resulting from this, early recognition of risk situations, wherein random generators are used to create a virtual patient from the admissible patient data, wherein a random selection is made from the available hardware components, and wherein, likewise randomly generated, a random event is selected from a list of possible events in the disease management process, the system reaction when this event is run through being assessed by an expert system by using the reference responses known to the system in order to trace errors.

Abstract: Quality control system in Disease Management Services involving education, development and motivation of patients suffering from widespread chronic diseases, such as diabetes, asthma or hypertension, possibly involving telemonitoring of critical body values and resultant early identification and avoidance of risk situations, where an automatic delivery monitoring facility is provided which monitors the receipt of all messages and information by the patients and, if appropriate, informs a control station in order to eliminate access problems.

Abstract: An analysis system for monitoring and optimizing a training program to be carried out by a patient without constant supervision, with computer-assisted measuring modules fitted on the training apparatuses and/or on the patient and/or in a patient PC for recording the activity and/or the sequence of movements of the patient to derive characteristic variables for patient compliance.

Abstract: Device for finding unknown, multifactorial triggers of paroxysmally occurring illnesses, which is coupled to an electronic patient file and/or, if appropriate, spatially distributed databases, a comparison and evaluation device carrying out, after a paroxysm, a correlation analysis in order to search for typical patterns in the temporal occurrence of the stored data elements.

Abstract: A device for the acquisition of coordinative abilities of a test person, allows different tests that test different coordinative abilities of the test person to be executed with the aid of a control unit. The control unit evaluates the individual test results and combines them to form a relevant quantitative overall assessment of the coordinative competence of the test person. This overall assessment is presented via a corresponding output unit, such as a screen.

Abstract: In a method for identifying a liquid secreted by a living subject, particularly amniotic fluid, the liquid is identified by means of its characteristic volatile constituents.