Patents by Inventor George A. Kocur

George A. Kocur has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7990272
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking supplies, particularly medical supplies, and specifically individual medical items, to the end of the product lifecycle to the point of utilizes. RFID tag technology is utilized. This has the advantage of enabling a system that requires less or no active intervention by the medical services delivery staff, such as nurses and doctors. Nonetheless, the system is applicable to other stand-off identification systems including taggant-based systems. The system provides for the monitoring of items, such as medical items, between the distribution center, facility stock rooms and inventory cabinets, and the procedure rooms in which the items are put into use. In one example, system and method associate stand-off, such as RFID, readers with waste-disposal or refuse containers and/or readers located near the point of usage, such as in or associated with the procedure rooms in order to monitor the endpoint of the product lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: WaveMark, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Wass, J. Patrick Littlefield, George Kocur
  • Publication number: 20100141457
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking supplies, particularly medical supplies, and specifically individual medical items, to the end of the product lifecycle to the point of utilizes. RFID tag technology is utilized. This has the advantage of enabling a system that requires less or no active intervention by the medical services delivery staff, such as nurses and doctors. Nonetheless, the system is applicable to other stand-off identification systems including taggant-based systems. The system provides for the monitoring of items, such as medical items, between the distribution center, facility stock rooms and inventory cabinets, and the procedure rooms in which the items are put into use. In one example, system and method associate stand-off, such as RFID, readers with waste-disposal or refuse containers and/or readers located near the point of usage, such as in or associated with the procedure rooms in order to monitor the endpoint of the product lifecycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: WAVEMARK, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Wass, J. Patrick Littlefield, George Kocur
  • Patent number: 7639136
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking supplies, particularly medical supplies, and specifically individual medical items, to the end of the product lifecycle to the point of utilizes. RFID tag technology is utilized. This has the advantage of enabling a system that requires less or no active intervention by the medical services delivery staff, such as nurses and doctors. Nonetheless, the system is applicable to other stand-off identification systems including taggant-based systems. The system provides for the monitoring of items, such as medical items, between the distribution center, facility stock rooms and inventory cabinets, and the procedure rooms in which the items are put into use. In one example, system and method associate stand-off, such as RFID, readers with waste-disposal or refuse containers and/or readers located near the point of usage, such as in or associated with the procedure rooms in order to monitor the endpoint of the product lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: WaveMark, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Wass, J. Patrick Littlefield, George Kocur
  • Patent number: 5913201
    Abstract: An apparatus and computerized method of assigning workers to a plurality of work-projects, utilizing linear programminig is disclosed. The linear programming formulations forecast the adequacy of the workforce, assigning workers so as to maximize scheduling of appointments while minimizing the aggregate travel time of workers to reach the work-project sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: GTE Laboratories Incoporated
    Inventor: George A. Kocur