Patents by Inventor Heather D. Orser

Heather D. Orser 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).

  • Publication number: 20210267465
    Abstract: A system for detecting strokes includes a sensor device configured to obtain physiological data from a patient, for example brain activity data. A computing device communicatively coupled to the sensor device is configured to receive the physiological data and compare it with reference data. The reference data can be patient data from an opposite brain hemisphere to the hemisphere being interrogated or the reference data can be non-patient data from stroke and normal patient populations. Based on comparison of the physiological data and the reference data, the system indicates whether the patient has suffered a stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: John Wainwright, Heather D. Orser, Eric J. Panken, Timothy J. Denison
  • Patent number: 11006841
    Abstract: A system for detecting strokes includes a sensor device configured to obtain physiological data from a patient, for example brain activity data. A computing device communicatively coupled to the sensor device is configured to receive the physiological data and compare it with reference data. The reference data can be patient data from an opposite brain hemisphere to the hemisphere being interrogated or the reference data can be non-patient data from stroke and normal patient populations. Based on comparison of the physiological data and the reference data, the system indicates whether the patient has suffered a stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: John Wainwright, Heather D. Orser, Eric J. Panken, Timothy J. Denison
  • Patent number: 10765869
    Abstract: An example method for controlling delivery of electrical stimulation therapy includes maintaining, by one or more processors of a medical device configured to deliver electrical stimulation to a patient, a counter tied to a clock used by the medical device to deliver the electrical stimulation to the patient; and obtaining, by the one or more processors, one or more representations of sensed electrical signals for the patient that are referenced to counts of the counter. In this example, the method also includes identifying, based on the one or more representations of the sensed electrical signals for the patient, a count of the counter at which stimulation is to be delivered to the patient; and delivering, by the medical device and to the patient, electrical stimulation based on the identified count of the counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Carlson, Heather D. Orser, Dale G. Suilmann, Kenneth J. Gutzman, Gregory J. Loxtercamp
  • Publication number: 20180353084
    Abstract: A system for detecting strokes includes a sensor device configured to obtain physiological data from a patient, for example brain activity data. A computing device communicatively coupled to the sensor device is configured to receive the physiological data and compare it with reference data. The reference data can be patient data from an opposite brain hemisphere to the hemisphere being interrogated or the reference data can be non-patient data from stroke and normal patient populations. Based on comparison of the physiological data and the reference data, the system indicates whether the patient has suffered a stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: John Wainright, Heather D. Orser, Eric J. Panken, Timothy J. Denison
  • Publication number: 20180200523
    Abstract: An example method for controlling delivery of electrical stimulation therapy includes maintaining, by one or more processors of a medical device configured to deliver electrical stimulation to a patient, a counter tied to a clock used by the medical device to deliver the electrical stimulation to the patient; and obtaining, by the one or more processors, one or more representations of sensed electrical signals for the patient that are referenced to counts of the counter. In this example, the method also includes identifying, based on the one or more representations of the sensed electrical signals for the patient, a count of the counter at which stimulation is to be delivered to the patient; and delivering, by the medical device and to the patient, electrical stimulation based on the identified count of the counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: David L. Carlson, Heather D. Orser, Dale G. Suilmann, Kenneth J. Gutzman, Gregory J. Loxtercamp