Patents Assigned to Ascension Health Alliance
  • Patent number: 11452320
    Abstract: A disposable contact isolation gown for protection from hospital-acquired infections is provided. The contact isolation gown includes a front panel including a front collar edge, a pair of front shoulder edges, a pair of front side edges, and a front bottom edge. The gown also includes a back panel coupled to the front panel at a pair of side seams. The back panel includes a back collar edge, a back line of weakness extending from the back collar edge to the back bottom edge, and a pair of back panel portions coupled together at the back line of weakness. The gown also includes a pair of arm panels coupled between the front panel and the back panel. Each arm panel includes an arm panel back edge, an arm panel front edge, and an arm panel collar edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ascension Health Alliance
    Inventor: Maria Louise Buffalini
  • Patent number: 10755700
    Abstract: A system for voice-based process management is provided. The system includes a microphone, a speaker, and a computer device in communication with the microphone and the speaker. The computer device includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The computer device is programmed to (i) receive, via the microphone, one or more audible statements from an individual; (ii) parse the one or more audible statements into discrete data elements to allow normalized semantic definition of the meaning of conveyed information; (iii) compare the conveyed information with stored data; (iv) determine whether there is a discrepancy based on the comparison; and (v) if the determination is that there is a discrepancy, request, via the speaker, a clarification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ascension Health Alliance
    Inventors: Gerry X. Lewis, Juan Sanchez, Christine K. McCoy, John Pirolo, Fahad Tahir