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First Opinion Corporation
8258 Prestwick Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037-2046
(858) 454-5260

First Opinion Corporation is the world leader in automated medical diagnostic technology and systems with 29 issued or allowed patents in the United States and 59 international patents. Our physicians and computer scientists have spent over 20 years developing and patenting this technology.

First Opinion products can reduce diagnostic errors at the initial patient encounter, reduce liability, improve patient safety and place the knowledge of the medical community at the fingertips of your staff.
 
 
First Opinion U.S. Patent Index

"bringing the knowledge of many to the service of one..."

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Nearly twenty years ago, the First Opinion Corporation invented the essential elements of an automated diagnostic and disease management system. Over the past decade, the company has carefully constructed a global patent portfolio that forms an interlocking and overlapping network of claims that protect the underlying processes fundamental to fully automated diagnosis and disease management.

As of November 2005, First Opinion Corporation holds twenty nine (29) issued or allowed patents in the United States. As of November 2005, First Opinion Corporation holds fifty nine (59) international patents issued and over 127 additional international patents that are pending (including being validated or designated).

First Opinion has dozens of other patents currently under development. To date, First Opinion Corporation has been granted 100% of all patents filed.

Patent
Number
Title of Invention Application
Number
Filing
Date
Date
Issued
5,594,638 Computerized Medical Diagnostic System Including Re-Enter Function and Sensitivity Factors 08/176858 12/29/1993 1/14/1997
5,660,176 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System 08/176041 12/29/1993 8/26/1997
5,711,297 Computerized Medical Advice System and Method Including Meta Function   08/593825 1/30/1996 1/27/1998
5,724,968 Computerized Medical Diagnostic System Including Meta Function 08/176857 12/29/1993 3/10/1998
5,868,669 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System 08/781082 1/9/1997 2/9/1999
5,910,107 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice Method 08/866881  5/30/1997 6/8/1999
5,935,060 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System Including List Based Processing 08/893402 7/11/1997 8/10/1999
6,022,315 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System Including Network Access 08/893912 7/11/1997 2/8/2000
6,071,236 Method Of Determining Mental Health Status in a Computerized Medical Diagnostic System 09/088940 6/2/1998 6/6/2000
6,113,540 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System 09/256491 2/23/1999 9/5/2000
6,206,829 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System Including Network Access 09/376185 8/17/1999 3/27/2001
6,234,964 Disease Management System and Method 09/042075 3/13/1998 5/22/2001
6,270,456 Computerized Medical Diagnostic System Utilizing List-Based Processing 09/326971 6/7/1999 8/7/2001
6,468,210 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Synergies 09/785037 2/14/2001 10/22/2002
6,475,143 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Encoding Patient Data 09/785045 2/14/2001 11/5/2002
6,482,156 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System Including Network Access 09/800220 3/5/2001 11/19/2002
6,524,241 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Multiple Diagnostic Modes 09/785043 2/14/2001 2/25/2003
6,527,713 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Alternative Symptoms 09/785047 2/14/2001 3/4/2003
6,569,093 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Disease Timeline 09/785046 2/14/2001 5/27/2003
6,641,532 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System Including List Based Processing 09/924216 8/7/2001 11/4/2003
6,725,209 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System and Method Including Mental Status Examination 09/588881 6/6/2000 4/20/2004
6,730,027  Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Multiple Diagnostic Modes 10/374007 2/24/2003 5/4/2004
6,746,399 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Encoding Patient Data  10/289533 11/5/2002 6/8/2004
6,748,353 Authoring Language Translator of Medical Data Based on Parsing a Program Comprised of Nodes and Lists 09/265226 3/8/1999 6/8/2004
6,764,447 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Alternative Symptoms 10/382556 3/4/2003 7/20/2004
6,767,325 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Synergies 10/278127 10/22/2002 7/27/2004
6,770,029 Disease Management System and Method Including Correlation Assessment 10/368681 2/13/2003 8/3/2004
6,817,980 Automated Diagnostic System and Method Including Disease Timeline 10/446339 5/27/2003 11/16/2004
6,849,045 Computerized Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Advice System Including Network Access 10/300284 11/19/2002 2/12/2005
 
 
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