Patents Examined by Eliza Lam
  • Patent number: 10380326
    Abstract: Methods for managing a delivery of prepared medications are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first information includes a delivery deadline for a first medication, and receiving second information includes a preparation status of a second medication. The method also includes comparing the first information includes the delivery deadline for the first medication with the second information includes the preparation status of the second medication to determine whether the first medication should be indicated for delivery prior to completing preparation of the second medication, and providing a notification indicating when to deliver the first medication based on the determination. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas William Utech, Maria Consolacion Jaskela, William Lee Webster
  • Patent number: 10331856
    Abstract: The physical therapy treatment systems and methods described herein include an active utilization management (UM) program that can monitor the clinical efficacy of outpatient rehabilitation, including on-going physical therapy or occupational therapy. When a treating physician submits a claim, the systems and methods described herein can automatically apply a guideline for monitoring the pace of treatment and outcome of the rehabilitation. The systems and methods can also apply an additional level of clinical oversight when a patient's progress is not improving. By combining the objective criteria with a patient's actual clinical data, a claims handler can more appropriately make an objective decision on a case-by-case basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: One Call Care Management
    Inventor: Patrick Michael Schopke
  • Patent number: 10311388
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for matching patients with care providers. Patient information for a current patient, from at least one patient information source, is analyzed and a medical need of the current patient is determined. Patient information for a plurality of other patients associated with a plurality of care providers is analyzed and, for each care provider in the plurality of care providers, a measure of strength for a type of medical care corresponding to the at least one medical need is determined, based on results of the analysis of patient information for the plurality of other patients associated with the care provider. At least one care provider is selected for inclusion in a care team for the current patient based on the determined strengths of each care provider in the plurality of care providers. A care team data structure comprising information about the at least one care provider is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Russell G. Olsen, Marina V. Pascali
  • Patent number: 10297352
    Abstract: A diagnosis support system which performs computer processing of data obtained from an object to be examined and presents the obtained diagnostic information is disclosed. The diagnosis support apparatus includes a diagnosis support processing unit which processes data obtained from the object to extract diagnosis support information, a storage unit which stores the examination history of the object, and a changing unit which changes a processing method in the diagnosis support processing unit in accordance with the examination history of the object stored in the storage unit. In at least one embodiment, diagnosis processing is executed to obtain medical diagnostic information by performing computer processing of data obtained from the object, and the processing method for diagnosis support processing is changed in accordance with the examination history of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio Sakagawa, Hiroshi Imamura, Akihiro Katayama, Hiroyuki Shinbata
  • Patent number: 10275576
    Abstract: An automatic medical coding system is provided. The system parses features of natural language diagnosis and procedure information. The features are compared to elements of a medical coding system. Medical codes corresponding to medical coding system elements that match features of the diagnosis and procedure information are mapped to the received diagnosis and procedure information. The mapped medical code is assigned a score reflecting the estimated reliability of the mapped medical code based on the amount of manipulation of the received diagnosis and procedure information leading to the match. The scored medical code may be submitted to a workflow making use of medical codes. The scored medical code may optionally be presented to a user for review prior to further utilization of the scored medical code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PASSPORT HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Furst, Jennifer Lynn Swindell
  • Patent number: 10270898
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. The wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. The user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. A user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. The user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. Wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Soli, Lawrence Y. Yang, Dennis S. Park, Stephen O. Lemay, Daniel S. Keen, James H. Foster, Zachery Kennedy, Michael O'Reilly, Guy L. Tribble, Todd K. Whitehurst
  • Patent number: 10242060
    Abstract: A method of aggregating and using medical device data from a plurality of remote institutions. The system and method electronically receives at a central computer system a plurality of established medical device data, each of the plurality of established medical device data being received from a respective medication delivery system, each of the respective medication delivery systems having a respective plurality of medical devices within the respective remote institution, such as medication delivery pumps, associated therewith and utilized therein. The system and method electronically combines and stores the plurality of established medical device data from each of the plurality of remote institutions within a memory, and electronically provides a remote client computer access to at least one of a central reporting application adapted for providing summary information to the remote client computer about the medical device data, and/or other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: ICU MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Steven I. Butler, Todd M. Dunsirn, Douglas E. Frede, Nancy G. Hedlund, Thomas F. Polonus, Steven J. Pregulman, Torrance J. Ramaker, James E. Tillery, Mary Kaye Van Huis
  • Patent number: 10242757
    Abstract: Socially aware guidance and differential access controls within a control zone are determined for users based on individual wellness goals and predicted wellness patterns. Users are socially grouped based on wellness goals and predicted responsiveness to achieving the wellness goals. Biometric data obtained from users from social situations and activities provide insight into individual wellness progress and achievement of individual wellness goals. Predicted wellness patterns further assist users with achieving wellness goals through socially aware guidance and differential access controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Diwesh Pandey, John P. Perrino, Todd R. Whitman
  • Patent number: 10162866
    Abstract: A computer system gleans data from patient records and clinical trial descriptions using NLP techniques. NLP annotation data is used to generate clinical trial feature vectors and patient feature vectors. Clinical trial feature vectors and patient feature vectors are compared to match appropriate patient candidates with clinical trial openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick W. Fink, Kristin E. McNeil, Philip E. Parker, David B. Werts
  • Patent number: 10157267
    Abstract: A computer and mobile computing devices are used to determine participation in a health improvement plan. Data is stored pertaining to the identification of a members of the health improvement plan, as well as data pertaining to the identification of a mobile computing devices associated with the members. Additionally, data is stored pertaining to a set of locations each pertaining to a predetermined health improvement facility. As members use the health related facilities, information is received from a member's mobile computing device pertaining to a location of the mobile computing device within a predetermined distance with respect to a location within the set of locations. The time at which a location of the mobile computing device is within the predetermined distance, at a plurality of different times is stored, and then the stored time is analyzed to determine a level of participation of the member with the wellness program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Vitality Group International, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Ronald Mitchley
  • Patent number: 10134488
    Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for a medical appointment delay management system. According to various examples, the system includes a location sensor that detects when a medical professional enters an examination room to conduct an examination of a particular patient. The system also includes a medical schedule processor that logs a time associated with when the medical professional enters the examination room and compares this time with scheduling information to predict whether future appointments in the schedule will be delayed. A notification interface, included in the system, is designed to notify an upcoming patient if their scheduled appointment will be substantially delayed. Scheduling information is cryptographically separated from HIPAA information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventors: Deborah T. Bullington, Andrew B. Bullington
  • Patent number: 10128000
    Abstract: Various structures and methods are disclosed related to a computer system for delivering data for operational intelligence in support of optimizing health care delivery. Particular embodiments selectively extract various data sets for operational support from a large electronic medical record (“EMR”) system on schedules of varying frequency to efficiently refresh data during the operational day. Other embodiments enhance EMR extract data using other computerized data sources and/or computer analysis of the EMR data. Other embodiments provide efficient data delivery for operational intelligence to optimize integrated, team-based health care delivery as well virtual medicine and transitional care. These and other embodiments are further disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
    Inventors: Yi Zhou, Daniel P. Henderson
  • Patent number: 10109374
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes receiving, by a computer system, current medical data from at least one electronic source; identifying, by the computer system, at least one medical-related filtering criterion related to an individual or a group of individuals; filtering, by the computer system, the current medical data based, at least in part, on at least one medical-related filtering criterion to identify current personalized medical data, where the current personalized medical data is related to the individual or the group of individuals; and presenting, by the computer system, the current personalized medical data to the individual or the group of individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Medivizor International Limited
    Inventors: Tal Givoly, Oren Fuerst
  • Patent number: 10074076
    Abstract: A method and system may provide a new prescription order interface and service which allows a customer to order one or more new prescription medications in a quick and easy manner from a remote location using a computer or a mobile device. The customer provides a new paper prescription image that includes the prescription data for a pharmacy to fill the new prescription order. The new paper prescription image is received by a server and a default pickup store and a default pickup time are determined. The server also determines whether there is a high risk that the new prescription order is fraudulent. The new prescription system and method may be accessed through a series of web pages and/or via an application running on a web-enabled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Benjamin Weiss, Jon Turkington, Adam Crouch, Rich Majka, Atul Singh
  • Patent number: 10061892
    Abstract: Medical item identification information is stored in association with information indicating locations at which medical items are placed in a medical item tray. An RFID reader acquires tray identification information from an RFID tag on the tray. An RFID reader also acquires item identification information from an RFID tag on the medical item to be placed in the tray. A database stores medical item identification information in association with tray identification information and tray zone information. The tray zone information indicates particular zones of the tray in which particular items are to be placed. A computer processor processes the medical item identification information, the tray identification information and the tray zone information, and executes instructions to generate a first image depicting a type of medical item tray as indicated by the tray identification information, and a second image that depicts a zoomed in portion of the first image as indicated by the tray zone information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. DeBusk, Mary E. Kaylor
  • Patent number: 10014079
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collection, processing, cryogenic storage and distribution of a stem cell based biological sample material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: American Cryostem Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Dudzinski, Christopher J. Neill, John S. Arnone
  • Patent number: 9852267
    Abstract: A system and method for personalized dosing of a pharmacologic agent include: executing, using a processing device, a plurality of dosing regimen program modules to determine a respective plurality of dose sets in response to receiving, from an input device, a target response value for a patient; and executing, using the processing device, a dosing selection algorithm module, following executing the plurality of dosing regimen program modules and in response to receiving from the input device a response profile and a monitoring frequency of the patient, to determine a recommended dose set computed as a combination of the plurality of dose sets weighted by degrees of matching computed using fuzzy sets and the response profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam E. Gaweda, Michael E. Brier, George R. Aronoff, Alfred A. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 9852269
    Abstract: A diagnosis support system which performs computer processing of data obtained from an object to be examined and presents the obtained diagnostic information is disclosed. The diagnosis support apparatus includes a diagnosis support processing unit which processes data obtained from the object to extract diagnosis support information, a storage unit which stores the examination history of the object, and a changing unit which changes a processing method in the diagnosis support processing unit in accordance with the examination history of the object stored in the storage unit. In at least one embodiment, diagnosis processing is executed to obtain medical diagnostic information by performing computer processing of data obtained from the object, and the processing method for diagnosis support processing is changed in accordance with the examination history of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio Sakagawa, Hiroshi Imamura, Akihiro Katayama, Hiroyuki Shinbata
  • Patent number: 9811636
    Abstract: A connected health care system is provided with various devices for tracking and monitoring health statistics and behaviors including oral health, fitness, heart health, bone health, salivary diagnostics, diabetes, and further options that will be explored in the subsequent sections. The connected health care system is comprised of various devices, a data transfer medium (i.e. “smartphone”), and the Cloud, which allows for data transfer between multiple platforms and devices. Some devices comprised in the connected health care system include a toothbrush, a connected surface with sensors, a salivary diagnostic system, a breath analysis system, and further devices that will be explored in the subsequent sections. The connected health care system further provides a user identification system utilizing capacitive coupling of the human body between devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: BEAM IP LAB LLC
    Inventors: Daniel E Dykes, Alexander D Curry, Alex X Frommeyer
  • Patent number: 9805169
    Abstract: A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz