Patents Examined by Elaine Gort
  • Patent number: 11337778
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating aligners include a central processing system and a dental aligner fabrication system. The central processing system includes or provides a patient intake portal corresponding to a first dentist or orthodontist who conducts an intraoral scan or administers an impression of the patient, a treatment plan portal corresponding to a treatment plan computing system which generates treatment plan data for the patient, and an approving dental portal corresponding to a second dentist or orthodontist who approves the treatment plan. The fabrication system includes fabrication equipment which produces one or more dental aligners based on the treatment plan data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Jordan Katzman, Alex Fenkell
  • Patent number: 11335450
    Abstract: A dehydration amount prediction method for hemodialysis and an electronic device using the same are provided, and the method includes the following steps. Physiological data and hemodialysis treatment data of a first patient are obtained. The first patient is determined to belong to one of groups, wherein the groups are respectively associated with a plurality of prediction models. A target prediction model corresponding to the one of the groups is selected from the prediction models. The physiological data and the hemodialysis treatment data are provided to the target prediction model to generate a recommended dehydration amount by the target prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Hui Lien, Chih-Yi Chien
  • Patent number: 11334065
    Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to perform a search and rescue mission according to a Layered Search and Rescue (LSAR) methodology using a plurality of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) communicatively connected to a remote server. The LSAR methodology can involve receiving data corresponding to a center of an area corresponding to an adverse/disaster event potentially having survivors at unknown locations; dividing the area into a set of numbered box-shaped layers within the area; calculating a thickness of the box-shaped layers based on a total number of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; exclusively assigning one or more of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to each box-shaped layer; and controlling the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to perform the search and rescue mission by selectively switching one or more of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles between a searcher mode and a rescuer mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Prince Sultan University
    Inventors: Anis Koubaa, Ebtehal Turki Alotaibi, Shahad Saleh Alqefari
  • Patent number: 11331675
    Abstract: A step of obtaining a mixture by adding 0.3 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of a particulate binder dispersion, which has a solid content concentration of 20% by weight to 60% by weight in terms of a solid content, to 100 parts by weight of an electrode active material; a kneading step of stirring the mixture by a kneading blade to obtain a uniformly dispersed mixture; a crushing step of crushing the uniformly dispersed mixture by a crushing blade to obtain granulated particles; and a drying step of drying the granulated particles are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Goto
  • Patent number: 11322242
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a display of an information terminal, thumbnail images of similar cases received from a case search system and displaying, in a disease name list display area, a disease name list formed from a list of disease names of the similar cases and the number of cases. If a plurality of regions of interest are set by a user when a search is conducted, the disease name list enters a mode in which the name of a concomitant disease is displayable therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kondo, Kazutoyo Takata, Kazuki Kozuka, Hirohiko Kimura, Toyohiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11309070
    Abstract: A drug library management system facilitates centralized management of the drug libraries that are used by various infusion pumps, including in clinical environments that have different types and/or versions of infusion pumps. Medications, administration rules, critical care area rules, and the like can be maintained using the drug library management system. The drug library management system can generate and distribute drug library data in pump-specific formats or other customized formats as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Xavier, Dennis Krabbe, Timothy Kil, Jody Polk, Aaron Fields-Cypress, Julius Tobias
  • Patent number: 11302450
    Abstract: A system for identifying secondary effects of medications. The system may include one or more processors and a storage medium. The storage medium may stores instructions that configure the processors to perform operations. As configured, the processors may retrieve records associated with medications from servers. The processors may also extract machine readable content from records and identify portions that are associated with secondary effects of medications. Further, the processors may aggregate identified portions in a database, determine a level of evidence for records based on sources, associate records with metadata indicating the level of evidence; and generate index files mapping the markup language files, the metadata tags, and the medications. Moreover, the processor may receive search queries from a client, identify a subset of the records associated with medications in the query using index files, and transmit the identified subset ranked according to the level of evidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Safe Therapeutics, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kupersmith, Dana Kupersmith, Karl Kieburtz, Thomas Michael Chester
  • Patent number: 11302428
    Abstract: Systems and methods for medical data aggregation, transformation, and presentation are provided. In one example, a method comprises accessing first and second patient data relating to first and second medical conditions. Attributes and supplementary attributes in a data structure are derived. Sets of attributes and supplementary attributes are selectively presented as directly-editable medical notes in a user interface having enhanced user functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HealthTensor, Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Ben-Joseph, Nathaniel Douglas Wilson, Thomas William Moulia
  • Patent number: 11295859
    Abstract: A method for handing off diagnostic test results to a telemedicine provider is provided. The method comprises receiving diagnostic test results in response to a diagnostic test, determining if the diagnostic test results include a positive result, storing the diagnostic test results on a server disposed on a network, sending the diagnostic test results from the server to the telemedicine provider, sending additional medical history information to the telemedicine provider, and initiating a telemedicine conference with the telemedicine provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: RELIANT IMMUNE DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jovan Hutton Pulitzer, Henry Joseph Legere, III
  • Patent number: 11295867
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to generating and applying subject event timelines for various purposes. In various embodiments, data indicative of medical events associated with a subject may be retrieved from various data sources. Each of the medical events may be associated with a respective timestamp. Based on the medical events and associated timestamps, a timeline data structure associated with the subject may be assembled. The timeline data structure may be analyzed to identify inconsistenc(ies) between medical events associated with the subject. A visual timeline indicative of the medical events may be rendered on a display based on the timeline data structure. Each respective medical event may be represented in the visual timeline by a graphical element. Two or more of the graphical elements that are associated with the medical events for which the inconsistenc(ies) were identified may be visually distinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklljke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Lucas De Melo Oliveira, Gabriel Ryan Mankovich, Qianxi Li
  • Patent number: 11289200
    Abstract: In some examples, authorized user profiles and generic models are generated using historical interaction data of authorized users. The authorized user profiles provide an experience profile for authorized users. The generic models are data models used to model authorized user actions. The authorized user profiles and generic models are used to generate support elements. The support elements are presented to authorized users and feedback is collected. Based on the feedback, the authorized user profiles and generic models are updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: C/HCA, Inc.
    Inventors: William Michael Gregg, Christian Krayer, Thomas Andrew Doyle, Jim Najib Jirjis, Jonathan Perlin
  • Patent number: 11282590
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for generating, performing, and evaluating virtual clinical trials that include clinic modules to represent real-world operational aspects of trial entities are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory, and logic coupled to the at least one memory. The logic may be configured to generate a plurality of avatars configured to model a health condition associated with a population of patients, and to perform a virtual clinical trial to simulate a course of treatment for the plurality of avatars, the virtual clinical trial to include at least one clinic module associated with at least one event and a probability for the at least one event, the at least one event to model an operational aspect of an entity of the virtual clinical trial. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Doris H. Fuertinger, Alice Topping, Franz Kappel, Stephan Thijssen, Peter Kotanko
  • Patent number: 11281878
    Abstract: A device that allows for patient identification comprising a housing, a biometric sensor, coupled to the housing. the biometric sensor is configured to detect a biometric feature of a patient. The device further comprises a signal transmitter configured to transmit data related to the detected biometric feature to a medical treatment machine for carrying out a medical treatment on the patient. The patient identification device is configured to be secured to the patient during the dialysis treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Weaver, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, David Yuds
  • Patent number: 11282609
    Abstract: The present invention(s) provide systems and methods for identifying one or more long-term health conditions that a patient may be suffering from, and providing an appropriate intervention plan for managing the health condition. In addition, the present invention(s) provide systems and methods for prioritizing among various potential long-term health conditions that a patient may suffer from, and provide an appropriately prioritized intervention plan for managing a variety of health conditions. Finally, the present invention(s) provide systems and methods for continuously monitoring patient health and/or outcome data to appropriately change an intervention plan based on the specific response that may be exhibited by a patient. In this manner the present invention(s) provide a systematized approach for managing long-term health conditions that previously required guesswork and continuous trial and error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Chorus Health Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Gorman, Arfa Rehman
  • Patent number: 11276485
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a system and method for a customized alert generation for medication adherence. Medication intake instructions and user data are collected and analyzed to determine an availability model of the user to take the medication. A suggested arrangement for the user to take the medication based on the availability model is determined, and the user is alerted according to the suggested arrangement. The user provides feedback on whether the medication was taken upon receiving the alert, and the feedback trains the availability model to provide an improved suggested arrangement for taking the medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yoonyoung Park, Hillol Sarker, Fang Lu, Uri Kartoun
  • Patent number: 11270789
    Abstract: A system for timing impact of nourishment consumption, the system including a computing device configured to receive a nutrient profile of a subject, wherein the nutrient profile maps physiological data of the subject to current nutrient levels of the subject, determine, using the nutrient profile, a nourishment consumption program, wherein the nourishment consumption program includes at least an alimentary element, and a time of day for consuming the alimentary element wherein the time of day is determined as a function of the nutrient profile and the current nutrient level of the subject, and provide, to the subject, the nourishment consumption program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11270785
    Abstract: Embodiments in the present disclosure relate generally to computer network architectures for machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the automatic development of patient care groupings of patient data. Embodiments of computer network architecture automatically generate care grouping, and organize and analyse patient care data accordingly, and generate and transmit reports of the care grouping definitions, data, and analysis. Embodiments may generate care groupings either occasionally on demand, or periodically, or as triggered by events such as an update of available data. Embodiments may include a combination system databases with data provided by system users, and third-party databases to generate the patient care groupings, including social media data, financial data, socio-economic data, medical data, search engine data, e-commerce site data, and other databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Clarify Health Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Talvola, Emmet Sun, Adam F. Rogow, Jeffrey D. Larson, Justin Warner
  • Patent number: 11260395
    Abstract: A distributor plate assembly for a vertical shaft impact (VSI) crusher is optimized for abrasion wear resistance. The distributor plate includes a plurality of plate segments, each segment being formed from a main body of ductile iron alloy having cemented carbide granules embedded within the iron alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Hodin Esbelani, Rowan Dallimore, Knut Kjaerran, Andreas Forsberg, Mats Malmberg, Oskar Larsson
  • Patent number: 11213237
    Abstract: Electronic medical records (EMRs) with the results of the monitoring can be stored in a cloud-computing environment. All communications with the cloud-computing environment are performed via a secure connection. Each of the EMRs can be associated with an identifier that is provided with the results of the monitoring data. The EMRs can be created, viewed, and modified using a mobile application. The mobile application can use a scanner in the mobile device on which the application executes to obtain an identifier and uses the identifier to direct actions of the user towards the appropriate EMR. The mobile application can further provide additional user access verification. Alerts can further be provided through the mobile application. The mobile application deletes from the mobile device all information that has been transmitted or received from the cloud-computing environment once the information is no longer used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Gust H. Bardy, Noah Christopher Pugsley, Ezra M. Dreisbach
  • Patent number: 11217344
    Abstract: A method for transferring data from a medical device to a server comprises receiving a video stream from the medical device, capturing an image from the video stream, transmitting the image to the server via a data network, and extracting the data from the image. The image may illustrate and/or represent data over a period of time. The method may also comprise transmitting, from a data module receiving the video stream from the medical device, a signal to a router that indicates that the data module is connected to the network. The method may also comprise transmitting a command to the data module to start capturing the image, transferring the image to the router, broadcasting a signal indicating that the data module has captured the image, receiving the broadcasted signal at the server, and storing the image at the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Abiomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Alessandro Simone Agnello