Patents by Inventor Paul B. Kelly, Jr.

Paul B. Kelly, Jr. 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).

  • Attitude indicator and activity monitoring device
    Patent number: 7127370
    Abstract: An attitude indicator device for detecting, indicating, and/or logging the positional attitude of an individual in response to deviation from a set of one or more reference angles. By way of example and not of limitation, the device is mounted on the thigh of a patient and measurements are taken from an acceleration sensor within the device. The acceleration measurements are communicated to a receiver when the measurements deviate from acceptable thresholds, whereby the receiver indicates an alert condition. The device may be employed within numerous medical related applications, for example, to facilitate preventing patient egress and the prevention/detection of patient falls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: NOCWatch International Inc.
    Inventors: Paul B. Kelly, Jr., Donald W. Schoendorfer, Jeffrey L. Simmons
  • Attitude indicator and activity monitoring device
    Patent number: 6611783
    Abstract: An attitude indicator device for detecting, indicating, and/or logging the positional attitude of an individual in response to deviation from a set of one or more reference angles. By way of example and not of limitation, the device is mounted on the thigh of a patient and measurements are taken from an acceleration sensor within the device. The acceleration measurements are communicated to a receiver when the measurements deviate from acceptable thresholds, whereby the receiver indicates an alert condition. The device may be employed within numerous medical related applications, for example, to facilitate preventing patient egress and the prevention/detection of patient falls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: NocWatch, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul B. Kelly, Jr., Donald W. Schoendorfer, Jeffrey L. Simmons