Patents Examined by Robert W. Morgan
  • Patent number: 11081221
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a control system operable to gather physiological information about a patient supported on the patient support apparatus. The information may be gathered from sensors, a user interface, or a hospital information system. The control system also monitors operating parameters of the patient support apparatus and environmental conditions in the patient room. The control system utilizes the data gathered to identify a risk of an adverse event occurring to a patient supported on the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus is also operable to modify patient support apparatus parameters or environmental conditions to mitigate the risk of the adverse event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith A. Huster, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Timothy J. Receveur
  • Patent number: 11074995
    Abstract: A distributed computing system for managing blood processing procedures in a blood processing facility includes a system server, a plurality of computerized blood collection instruments, a network, a reception staff computer and an administrative level computer, with operations distributed among the various computing devices. The system server stores data identifiers for a plurality of different human operators. The computerized blood collection instruments collect blood components from donors to generate collected products and transmit real-time data regarding the blood collection instrument to the system server. The reception staff computer intakes donor data and uploads the donor data to the system server. The administrative level computer presents the donor data and the real-time data regarding the blood collection instruments on a display and receives assignments of different donors to different blood collection instruments from a human administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Benjamin, Alfons Conley, Art Marshall, Dale Meixelsperger, Doug Newlin, Urmi Desai, Rebecca Lauseng, Jonathan Prendergast
  • Patent number: 11062796
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multimode mobile electronic medical record system and a working method thereof. The multimode mobile electronic medical record system comprises a plurality of mobile terminals, service server, push server, authentication server and cloud server. The mobile terminal comprises a medical record information collection module, a medical record generation module, a medical record synchronization module, a medical record parsing module and a medical record showing module. The service server comprises a medical record storage module and a medical record exchange module. The push server comprises a medical record push module. The authentication server comprises a medical record safety control module. The multimode mobile electronic medical record system can meet collection, integration and transfer of multimode electronic medical record information in a mobile medical environment, and can efficiently improve efficiency and convenience of mobile medical services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Hefei University of Technology
    Inventors: Shuai Ding, Shanlin Yang, Wenjuan Fan, Feng Niu, Zeyuan Wang, Ling Li, Zijie Yue
  • Patent number: 11055664
    Abstract: Computerized methods for modifying at least one component of a clinical order are provided. The methods may include receiving a clinical order, the clinical order having a first component associated with a first phase and a second component associated with a second phase, wherein the first and second components have a first attribute in common, receiving an indication to modify the first attribute of the first component, and modifying the first attribute of the first component and the second component based on the indication received. The methods may further include associating the first and second components of the clinical order to form a cross-phase group and displaying the first and second components in association with an electronic record, e.g., an electronic medical record, in conjunction with a cross-phase group identifier to identify the components as members of the cross-phase group. Computerized systems for performing the disclosed methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Ash, John Q. DeVerter
  • Patent number: 11056243
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for radiotherapy treatment planning. For example, a method may generate a treatment plan for a patient. The method may receive training data reflecting radiotherapy treatment data. The training data may include a feature vector and a target vector. The method may further determine a training model based on the feature vector and the target vector. The method may further receive testing data associated with the patient. The testing data may include a descriptive feature vector. The method may further determine a therapy model based on the descriptive feature vector and the training model. The therapy model may be used to generate the treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Elekta AB (Publ)
    Inventor: Jens Olof Sjölund
  • Patent number: 11048874
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a system and method for medical record error detection. Using a cognitive system having natural language processing capabilities, the error detection system can analyze a corpus of medical records, which can correspond to a particular patient, as well as a new medical record, and parse each into one or more record elements. By comparing the record elements, the error detection system can detect one or more potential errors resulting from a record element in the new medical record being inconsistent or contradictory with the record elements in the prior medical records, or ambiguous. The error detection system can output a list of candidate answers for correcting the one or more potential errors based upon a cognitive analysis of the corpus of medical records. The error detection system can further output a list of suggested therapies based on the selection of one or more of the candidate answers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua S. Allen, Kimberly S. Holmes, Andrew J. Lavery, Fernando J. Suarez Saiz
  • Patent number: 11017897
    Abstract: Healthcare object management systems and methods are presented. Health Object Identifiers (HOI) representative of healthcare object (e.g., medical records, data, etc.) can be derived from biometric data associated with a patient. HOIs can resolve to a network location where the healthcare object can be accessed. Biometric data, or other types of object data, can be exchanged among computing devices and the healthcare object. On exemplary use of HOIs includes self assembling personal data records as sensor data is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Patent number: 10971256
    Abstract: A computerized system comprising a social robot for interacting with a patient in order to improve the patient's adherence to a health or medical regime. A patient is instructed to perform a health activity (e.g., take medication, step on scale, measure glucose, play a game) at certain intervals in order to reach a specified goal or expected result. The results of the health activity are recorded in a wireless health device and transmitted to a computer. The computer interprets the result of health activity and communicates an action to the robot. If the patient performs the activity within a specified interval and results are consistent with the specified goal or expected result, the robot communicates a positive reaction. If the patient does not perform the activity within a specified interval, or if the results are not consistent with the specified goal or expected result, the robot communicates a negative reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Stephenson
  • Patent number: 10902953
    Abstract: The described invention provides a system and method for clinical outcome tracking and analysis. The clinical outcome tracking and analysis comprises sorting, outcome tracking, quality of life metrics, toxicity to therapy and cost of care. The system and method includes receiving one or more parameters. Exemplary parameters for sorting include sex, age, ethnicity, comorbidities, tobacco use, source of insurance, medical record number, primary care physician, referring physician, hospital, approved service vendors, disease-specific clinical molecular phenotype, therapy intent, stage of therapy, biomarkers, and cost of care. A plurality of patient medical records are sorted, by a clinical outcome tracking and analysis module executed by a processor, to provide a set of patient medical records satisfying the one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: COTA, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Pecora
  • Patent number: 10885151
    Abstract: A computer-based surgery support system and method for obtaining information of surgical procedures from networked equipment in an operating room, storing the retrieved information in a database, receiving a request for the stored information from a user terminal, and providing the stored information in accordance with the received request. The networked equipment may be configured for use in cataract surgical procedures, such as a phacoemulsion system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Edith W. Fung, Mitchell Mallough, Timothy L. Hunter, Summer W. Ng, Abraham Hajishah, Erick Bryner
  • Patent number: 10867694
    Abstract: A bi-directional interface system that facilitates the seamless exchange of personal health information (“PHI”) between a mobile device and an associated healthcare organization's electronic health record system and/or other ancillary systems without storing any of the information on the mobile device. The system may display data that exists in the EHR and/or other ancillary systems that would be valuable to easily view at a glance (e.g., vital signs, weight, last void) data, as well as facilitate data entry that would feed into the EHR (e.g., vital signs and intake and output). Accordingly, the system may customize at a unit level and/or professional role the information available to nurses and other health care professionals at the critical time of handoffs and in an effort to standardize the information, reduce the nurse's and/or other health care professional's individual need to rely on memory, handwritten notes, reduce missed information or erroneous information opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NIGHTINGALE APPS LLC
    Inventor: Tiffany Kelley
  • Patent number: 10860686
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining location-time data automatically generated by a mobile electronic device associated with a healthcare provider, correlating the location-time data with a location of a healthcare patient, and using the location-time data to bill for care of the healthcare patient by the healthcare provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: RSV QOZB LTSS, Inc.
    Inventor: Earl Edward Breazeale, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10861604
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods that provide patients with diagnostic measurement tools and clear and concise audio/video guidance to reliably and accurately perform clinical grade diagnostic measurements of key vital signs. In various embodiments, this is accomplished by using an automated remote (or local, e.g., in the form of a kiosk) end-to-end medical diagnostic system that monitors equipment usage for accuracy. The diagnostic system analyzes patient responses, measurement data, and patient-related information to generate diagnostic and/or treatment information that may be shared with healthcare professionals and specialists, as needed. Automation provides for timely, hassle-free, and cost-effective health care management that takes the stress out of doctor visits, while delivering personalized health care. The high accuracy of generated diagnostic data improves health care to patients and reduces the risk of medical malpractice for treating physicians.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: AdviNow, Inc.
    Inventor: James Stewart Bates
  • Patent number: 10861098
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed whereby an actuary-manipulable rating model may be defined and transformed into executable form using automated techniques. By allowing business users to define, review and revise rating models using familiar methodologies and constructs (such as factor tables) and by providing an automated facility for transformation of the rating model into an efficient executable form, systems and techniques in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention facilitate rapid deployment and update of insurance product offerings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Versata Development Group, Inc.
    Inventor: David Griffith
  • Patent number: 10839511
    Abstract: Provided is a similar case search device which rapidly searches for an appropriate similar case on the basis of plural ROIs. An individual similarity calculation unit sets the ROIs and plural case lesions in a case image so as to be in one-to-one correspondence with each other, compares the feature amounts of the ROIs and the feature amounts of the case lesions which correspond to each other, and calculates an individual similarity for each ROI. A total similarity calculation unit calculates a total similarity for only combinations of completely different types, which are combinations of plural ROIs and plural different types of case lesions in the same case, on the basis of plural individual similarities calculated for each of the plural ROIs. A similar case search unit searches for a similar case on the basis of the total similarities corresponding to the combinations of completely different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Oosawa
  • Patent number: 10839957
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for tracking entity locations and generating histories from the locations is provided. A tracker is associated with identification data for an entity and placed with the entity. A location of the tracker is determined. Three or more reader systems that receive location readings from the tracker are identified. A reading range of each of the reader systems is determined. An overlapping interrogation zone having a region that is shared by the reading ranges of the reader systems is located. The location of the tracker is calculated based on the overlapping zone. The location and an associated time stamp are stored on a central server with other locations of the tracker and time stamps obtained over time. A request is received for a location history of the entity. A portion of the locations are collected from the central database for the tracker as the location history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Ashish V. Pattekar, Christopher L. Chua
  • Patent number: 10825563
    Abstract: Aligning image data of a patient with actual views of the patient using an optical code affixed to the patient. In some embodiments, a method may include affixing an optical code to a patient, affixing a pattern of markers to the patient, capturing image data of the patient, sensing the optical code affixed to the patient and a position of the optical code in a 3D space, accessing the image data, calculating the position of the pattern of markers in the 3D space, registering the position of the inner layer of the patient in the 3D space by aligning the calculated position of the pattern of markers in the 3D space with the position of the pattern of markers in the image data, and displaying in real-time, in an alternate reality (AR) headset, the inner layer of the patient from the image data projected onto actual views of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NOVARAD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wendell Arlen Gibby, Steven Cvetko, Jacob Troy Gibby
  • Patent number: 10796795
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for a virtual waiting room. According to various examples, the system includes a medical schedule processor that logs when a medical professional enters an examination room to conduct an examination of a patient and compares this time with scheduling information to predict whether future appointments on that day will be delayed. The scheduling information is cryptographically separated from Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) information. The system also includes a notification interface that sends data including current appointment status of the medical professional, predicted delays, and modified appointment times for each appointment for the day to a medical scheduling management app that is viewable by patients of the medical professional. The predicted delays and modified appointment times are updated periodically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventors: Deborah T. Bullington, Andrew B. Bullington
  • Patent number: 10792422
    Abstract: Systems, and methods relate to a medical device receiving a treatment parameter operating point within a first operating region defined by a first set of operating points for which automatic incremental adjustment of a parameter in the current operation is permitted. In an illustrative example, incremental adjustment may use artificial intelligence based on patient feedback and sensor measurement of outcomes. Some exemplary devices may receive a request to alter the current treatment parameter operating point to a second treatment parameter operating point outside the first operating region and in a second operating region in a known safe operation zone, bounded by a known unsafe zone unavailable to the user. In the second operating region, some examples may restrict the step size of incremental adjustments requested by the user. Data may be collected for cloud-based analysis, for example, to facilitate discovery of more effective treatment protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: White Bear Medical LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Steven M Gigl
  • Patent number: 10788154
    Abstract: An infusion line management system is provided, including a label generating device receiving prescription information for one or more patient prescriptions, the received information being used to generate, for each of the one or more prescriptions, a label including a master label and one or more sub-labels related to the corresponding prescription; each master label includes at least information related to the prescription and an indicator identifying a particular portion of a patient infusion system to which the prescription should be connected; and the one or more sub-labels each include the indicator, the one or more sub-labels being individually removable from the master label and affixable to locations throughout the patient infusion system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Dudar, Steven Clarence Jepson