VIAPEN

a handheld data input capturing tool for use in the medical field, especially for clinical trials and disease management, comprising, a writing stylus and an optical input, wherein the optical input reads information written by the writing stylus and records said information in its electronic memory, and wherein the device is capable of transmitting said recorded information to other electronic devices, namely, computers, computer memory, computer databases, magnetic storage media, optical storage media, by direct communication, or modem, or internet