Portable apparatus for acquiring and processing data relative to the dietetics and/or the health of a person

Claim 1

A portable apparatus for acquiring and processing information relative to the diet of a person undergoing medical treatment, said apparatus comprising a portable unit comprising in combination: (a) first inputting means for inputting diet instructions, including a daily reference amount of proteids, lipids, glucids, alcohol and calories allowed to be ingested by the user, and treatment instructions in connection with a medical treatment; (b) second inputting means, including a plurality of alphanumeric keys, for inputting dietetic information including the amount of each type of food intended or actually ingested by the user, information in connection with the health of a person using the apparatus, and information relative to any medical treatment actually performed; (c) means for effectively inputting and refusing inputting the said dietetic information; (d) at least one random access memory for storing the information inputted through the said first and second inputting means; (e) clock means connected to said second inputting means for providing a date for each input to the said random access memory of information from said second inputting means and including dietetic information relative to the food actually ingested, the amount of glucose as measured and the treatment actually performed; (f) at least one read only memory for storing data relative to a predetermined number of foods and including the average proteid, glucid, lipid, alcohol content of the food; (g) a display means for displaying said information stored in the said random access memory and said data stored in said read only memory; (h) computer means for receiving the inputted information stored is said random access memory and the data stored in said read only memory and for, responsive thereto, determining for each type of food as a function of the quantity of food inputted at one time through the said inputting means the amount of proteids, lipids, glucids, alcohol and calories, causing these amounts to be displayed on said displaying means and providing thereafter for storage of these amounts with an appropriate date in said random access memory, upon actuation of the said means for effectively inputting of information from said second inputting means, providing from time to time to a person using the apparatus appropriate information relative to the diet instructions and to the treatment instructions such as are initially inputted in the random access memory from said first inputting means, causing said daily reference amount of proteids, lipids, glucids, alcohol and calories to be displayed on the said displaying means and modifying the said reference amount as a function of the type and quantity of foods actually ingested and inputted through the second inputting means, and resetting the said amount of the maximum value of the said daily reference amount at a given time based upon the time information received from the clock means, for the next day; (i) electric power supply means for powering the apparatus; and (j) connector means, adapted to connect said first inputting means and said random access memory to an external unit including a computer under doctor's control, for enabling initially inputting from the external unit the said diet instructions including the daily reference amount of proteids, lipids, glucids, alcohol and calories allowed to the user, for enabling initially inputting from the external unit the said treatment instructions and for enabling transferring to said external unit the said information inputted through the said second inputting means and stored in the said random access memory.