Patents by Inventor Glen M. deVries

Glen M. deVries 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS DATA ANALYSIS OF AN ONGOING CLINICAL TRIAL
    Publication number: 20110161101
    Abstract: System and method of continuously analyzing trial data of an ongoing clinical trial is provided. A statistical analysis is performed on a trial database containing subject trial data without suspending the ongoing clinical trial. If the result of the statistical analysis does not exceed a predetermined threshold value, then the statistical analysis is repeated while the clinical trial is ongoing. In a blinded clinical trial, a grouped database is generated from the trial database and a blinding database prior to performing the statistical analysis. The grouped database groups the subject trial data according to the study groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Edward F. Ikeguchi, Glen M. DeVries, Tarek A. Sherif, Edwin Goodman
  • System and method for continuous data analysis of an ongoing clinical trial
    Patent number: 7752057
    Abstract: System and method of continuously analyzing trial data of an ongoing clinical trial is provided. A statistical analysis is performed on a trial database containing subject trial data without suspending the ongoing clinical trial. If the result of the statistical analysis does not exceed a predetermined threshold value, then the statistical analysis is repeated while the clinical trial is ongoing. In a blinded clinical trial, a grouped database is generated from the trial database and a blinding database prior to performing the statistical analysis. The grouped database groups the subject trial data according to the study groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Medidata Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward F. Ikeguchi, Glen M. Devries, Tarek A. Sherif, Edwin Goodman
  • Method and apparatus of assuring informed consent while conducting secure clinical trials
    Patent number: 7596541
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for conducting clinical trials. The clinical trial consists of the inventive system (10); a computing device (12); application database (11a), the personnel database (11b), and the trial data database; computing devices (14a), (14b), and (14c) for use by trial participants and trial investigators; computing device (15); computer devices (16a), (16b), and (16c) for use by trial monitors; computing devices (18a), (18b), and (18c) for use by laboratories to connect via the network (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Medidata Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen M. deVries, Edward F. Ikeguchi, Alexis E. Te