Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Kotula
Jeffrey J. Kotula 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).
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Patent number: 10886009Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for an integrated console environment for diagnostic instruments are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a laboratory analyzer configured to generate patient sample result data by performing an analysis on a biological sample from a patient and quality control data by performing an analysis on a control biological sample with known properties. The example apparatus also includes a first laboratory instrument memory configured to locally store the patient sample result data among a plurality of other patient sample result data and a first data access component at a first address configured to provide access to the first laboratory instrument memory. The example apparatus further includes a second laboratory instrument memory configured to locally store the quality control data among a plurality of other quality control data and a second data access component at a second address configured to provide access to the second laboratory instrument memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventors: Steven P. Rivers, Jeffrey J. Kotula, Shilpa Taneja
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Publication number: 20160070862Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for an integrated console environment for diagnostic instruments are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a laboratory analyzer configured to generate patient sample result data by performing an analysis on a biological sample from a patient and quality control data by performing an analysis on a control biological sample with known properties. The example apparatus also includes a first laboratory instrument memory configured to locally store the patient sample result data among a plurality of other patient sample result data and a first data access component at a first address configured to provide access to the first laboratory instrument memory. The example apparatus further includes a second laboratory instrument memory configured to locally store the quality control data among a plurality of other quality control data and a second data access component at a second address configured to provide access to the second laboratory instrument memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Steven P. Rivers, Jeffrey J. Kotula, Shilpa Taneja
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Patent number: 8620684Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a system for interfacing with multiple medical imaging modalities that includes a manifest generator for generating a manifest of medical images. The manifest can be used to determine an ordering or a layout of the medical images generated by the modalities, optionally as a function of the modality type, anatomical area, and other variables. In some embodiments, the various medical images and metadata may be received at an image order management system that parses the metadata and assembles the metadata into the manifest files that may be transmitted independently to remote interpretation sites, which in turn may be equipped with image viewer applications that analyze the manifest files and determine a rearranged ordering and/or grouping of the medical images, wherein the rearrangement is executed as a function of modality, anatomy, orientation and other variables.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Virtual Radiologic CorporationInventors: Jeffrey J. Kotula, Tom J. Gleeson, Wade J. Steigauf, Jeff Seibel
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Publication number: 20120310668Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a system for interfacing with multiple medical imaging modalities that includes a manifest generator for generating a manifest of medical images. The manifest can be used to determine an ordering or a layout of the medical images generated by the modalities, optionally as a function of the modality type, anatomical area, and other variables. In some embodiments, the various medical images and metadata may be received at an image order management system that parses the metadata and assembles the metadata into the manifest files that may be transmitted independently to remote interpretation sites, which in turn may be equipped with image viewer applications that analyze the manifest files and determine a rearranged ordering and/or grouping of the medical images, wherein the rearrangement is executed as a function of modality, anatomy, orientation and other variables.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Virtual Radiologic CorporationInventors: Jeffrey J. Kotula, Tom J. Gleeson, Wade J. Steigauf, Jeff Seibel
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Patent number: 8311847Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a system for interfacing with multiple medical imaging modalities that includes a normalization module for normalizing hanging protocols for displaying medical images. The normalization can be executed as a function of similar image characteristics shared between multiple sequences of medical images.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Virtual Radiologic CorporationInventors: Jeffrey J. Kotula, Wade J. Steigauf, Tom J. Gleeson, Sarah Osmundson
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Patent number: 8150708Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a system for interfacing with multiple medical imaging modalities that includes a manifest generator for generating a manifest of medical images. The manifest can be used to determine an ordering or a layout of the medical images generated by the modalities, optionally as a function of the modality type, anatomical area, and other variables. In some embodiments, the various medical images and metadata may be received at an image order management system that parses the metadata and assembles the metadata into the manifest files that may be transmitted independently to remote interpretation sites, which in turn may be equipped with image viewer applications that analyze the manifest files and determine a rearranged ordering and/or grouping of the medical images, wherein the rearrangement is executed as a function of modality, anatomy, orientation and other variables.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Virtual Radiologic CorporationInventors: Jeffrey J. Kotula, Tom J. Gleeson, Wade J. Steigauf, Jeff Seibel
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Publication number: 20110222753Abstract: In one embodiment, an image processing system can be configured to generate and adjust a radiological image. Upon receiving input via a user interface control indicating a specified adjustment in slab thickness of the radiological image, and upon receiving input via a user interface control indicating a specified reconstruction technique, the image processing system can generate an adjusted radiological image based on the received input, and can present the image on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: VIRTUAL RADIOLOGIC CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey J. Kotula, Sarah Osmundson, Wade J. Steigauf
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Publication number: 20110222746Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a system for interfacing with multiple medical imaging modalities that includes a normalization module for normalizing hanging protocols for displaying medical images. The normalization can be executed as a function of similar image characteristics shared between multiple sequences of medical images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Virtual Radiologic CorporationInventors: Jeffrey J. Kotula, Wade J. Steigauf, Tom J. Gleeson, Sarah Osmundson
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Publication number: 20100211409Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a system for interfacing with multiple medical imaging modalities that includes a manifest generator for generating a manifest of medical images. The manifest can be used to determine an ordering or a layout of the medical images generated by the modalities, optionally as a function of the modality type, anatomical area, and other variables. In some embodiments, the various medical images and metadata may be received at an image order management system that parses the metadata and assembles the metadata into the manifest files that may be transmitted independently to remote interpretation sites, which in turn may be equipped with image viewer applications that analyze the manifest files and determine a rearranged ordering and/or grouping of the medical images, wherein the rearrangement is executed as a function of modality, anatomy, orientation and other variables.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Jeffrey J. Kotula, Tom J. Gleeson, Wade J. Steigauf, Jeff Seibel