Patents Examined by Eliza Lam
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Patent number: 9805164Abstract: A system and apparatus for implementing a user interface for displaying uterine contraction information is provided. The graphical user interface displays first information conveying a rate of uterine contractions, the first information being derived at least in part on the basis of at least a portion of a contraction signal. The graphical user interface also displays, concurrently with the first information, second information conveying a threshold rate of uterine contractions. In specific examples of implementation, the graphical user interface is adapted for selectively causing an alarm event based at least in part on a rate of uterine contractions conveyed by the first information and the threshold rate of uterine contractions.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: PERIGEN, INC.Inventor: Emily Hamilton
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Patent number: 9795352Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores data of X-ray projection images generated through a angiographic imaging sequence, a generation unit which, based on the data, generates a reference time density curve concerning a reference region which is set as a blood supply region, and time density curves concerning perfusion regions which are set as a blood supplied region, a measurement unit which measures delay times for which a contrast medium reaches the perfusion regions from the reference region, from relationships between the reference time density curve and the time density curves, a calculation unit which calculates, respectively for the perfusion regions, first indices expressing correlations of the time density curves to the reference time density curve within a period determined on the basis of the delay times, and a first image generation unit which generates a first image expressing spatial distribution of the first indices.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Sakaguchi, Takashi Ichihara, Masanori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9760962Abstract: A server for facilitating an electronic health record system. Each patient has a unique smart card. A processor: associates a security token with a patient; generates a one-time-use security code for storage based upon a security token; provides the one-time-use security code to the patient for storage on the smart card; applies two-factor authentication with the one-time-use security code for each login to a personal health record website presented by the processor; imports and exports the electronic health records associated with the patient based upon a request from the patient received through the personal health record website; generates a new one-time-use security code after each patient session based upon the respective security token; and provides the new one-time-use security code to the patient for storage on the smart card so that the personal health record website is accessed therewith.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Everything Success IP LLCInventor: Gail B. Lese
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Patent number: 9734294Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
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Patent number: 9721066Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring a user's health data. A wearable fitness tracking device may include a heart-rate sensor, a steps taken sensor, a display, and perform operations including: receiving, from the heart-rate sensor, data representing the user's heart rate during a time period, receiving, from the steps taken sensor, data representing the number of steps taken by the user during the time period, determining a risk score for the user using the data representing the user's heart rate during the time period and the data representing the number of steps taken by the user during the time period, comparing the risk score to a threshold risk score, determining a risk profile using a result of comparing the risk score to the threshold risk score, and presenting data for the risk profile on the display.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Centene CorporationInventors: Jennifer Ann Funaro, John Phillip Adams
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Patent number: 9679115Abstract: The present Invention relates to methods of treating subjects preparing to undergo surgery or methods of treating chronic disease and methods for reducing transfusions and a computer readable storage medium and a physical computing device for carrying out these methods which include: a) receiving a profile of said subject, in a physical computing device, including a level of hemoglobin of said subject, level of creatinine of said subject, and information regarding current or past history of disease; b) applying said level of hemoglobin and said level of creatinine, in said physical computing device, to determine level of transfusion risk; c) applying said information regarding current or past history of disease of said subject, in said physical computing device, to determine level of comorbidity; d) applying said level of hemoglobin, said level of transfusion risk, and said level of comorbidity, in said physical computing device, to determine a patient care plan.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2011Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Inventor: Kathrine P. Frey
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Patent number: 9625271Abstract: A method according to an aspect of the present invention includes determining if terrain presents a hazard to an aircraft based on the current position of the aircraft and the intended flight plan for the aircraft and providing an alert if it is determined that the terrain presents a hazard to the aircraft. The method may be employed in any situation to achieve any result, such as when the aircraft is in a low-RNP environment to prevent nuisance terrain alerts.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: AVIATION COMMUNICATION & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS LLCInventor: Richard Darrell Ridenour, II
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Patent number: 9530077Abstract: A computer-implemented method for identifying features in an image. The method comprises fitting a plurality of second models to the image, the plurality of second models together modelling a region of interest, wherein each part of the region of interest is modelled by at least two of the plurality of second models; and identifying the features in the image based upon the fit of the plurality of second models.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Imorphics LimitedInventors: Graham Richard Vincent, Michael Antony Bowes, Gwenael Alain Guillard, Ian Michael Scott
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Patent number: 9494667Abstract: An imaging method comprises: acquiring magnetic resonance data of a subject using a magnetic resonance component (30, 30?) disposed with the subject; acquiring nuclear imaging data of the subject with the magnetic resonance component disposed with the subject; determining a position of the magnetic resonance component respective to a frame of reference of the nuclear imaging data; and reconstructing the nuclear imaging data (60) to generate a nuclear image (62) of at least a portion of the subject. The reconstructing includes adjusting at least one of the nuclear imaging data and the nuclear image based on a density map (46) of the magnetic resonance component and the determined position of the magnetic resonance component respective to the frame of reference of the nuclear imaging data to correct the nuclear image for radiation absorption by the magnetic resonance component.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Michael A. Morich, Gordon D. Demeester, Daniel Gagnon
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Patent number: 9449296Abstract: A pharmacy kit is managed by defining multiple rules for determining whether a segment of a pharmacy kit is satisfactorily stocked, selecting at least one rule among the multiple rules according to a kit stocking contingency, an prompting a user to stock the segment of the pharmacy kit according to the selected at least one rule.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, David Mario Pedra, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz, Christian Doyle, Eric Brody
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Patent number: 9378485Abstract: Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus for healthcare configuration based on location information. An example method for location-driven configuration of a healthcare system includes receiving location information from a location device; predicting a destination of the location device based on the location information and one or more parameters associated with the location device; and communicating with a healthcare system at the destination to configure the healthcare system based on the one or more parameters associated with the location device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Erik Glenn Preiss, John Cicilio, Ray LaRose, Jacques E. Gilbert, Jessica Bolduc, Rick Gouse, Jeff French, Rodolfo Chavez, Cullen A. Clark
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Patent number: 9367665Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
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Patent number: 9271681Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus comprises an X-ray generating unit, an X-ray detecting unit, a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit, a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct first images respectively corresponding to volumes, a shift detecting unit configured to detect shifts of an object image due to warp of the top within a reconstruction coordinate system of the reconstruction processing unit, which shifts respectively correspond to the first images, and a control unit configured to move an origin of the reconstruction coordinate system for each of the volumes based on each of the detected shifts and control the reconstruction processing unit to reconstruct second images, which shifts respectively correspond to the volumes from the output from the X-ray detecting unit on the reconstruction coordinate system whose origin has been moved.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Uebayashi, Chisaka Nagami, Mitsuji Inoue
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Patent number: 9129426Abstract: Methods and systems for processing a set of images are described. In accordance with this disclosure, images are registered and an analysis is performed in view of one or more constraints (such as constraints based upon anatomical or physiological considerations). Weighting factors are determined based on the analysis. The weighting factors are used in subsequent processing of the registered (and/or unregistered) images and/or to formulate a visualization that conveys the degree of confidence in the motion estimation used in the registration process.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Girishankar Gopalakrishnan, Alexander Ganin, Ravindra Mohan Majeshwar, Kris Filip Johan Jules Thielemans, Scott David Wollenweber, Floribertus P.M. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Arunabha Shasanka Roy
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Patent number: 9058412Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
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Patent number: 9058413Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
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Patent number: 9037479Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
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Patent number: 9008402Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus comprises an X-ray generating unit, an X-ray detecting unit, a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit, a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct first images respectively corresponding to volumes, a shift detecting unit configured to detect shifts of an object image due to warp of the top within a reconstruction coordinate system of the reconstruction processing unit, which shifts respectively correspond to the first images, and a control unit configured to move an origin of the reconstruction coordinate system for each of the volumes based on each of the detected shifts and control the reconstruction processing unit to reconstruct second images, which shifts respectively correspond to the volumes from the output from the X-ray detecting unit on the reconstruction coordinate system whose origin has been moved.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Uebayashi, Chisaka Nagami, Mitsuji Inoue
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Patent number: 8990099Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Kit Check, Inc.Inventors: Kevin William MacDonald, Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz
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Patent number: 8959027Abstract: A consolidation engine to consolidate health information under regulatory control and from healthcare entities and patients is described. Data sources corresponding to healthcare providers and/or healthcare payers are accessed. A first set of confidential medical information from a first data source for an identified patient is accessed, including a first indication of a health condition and/or a first indication of a health care service. A second set of confidential medical information from a second data source is accessed, including a second indication of a health condition and/or a second indication of a health care service. First and second sets are consolidated to form a composite set of confidential medical information. Authentication information for a user approved for access to at least part of the composite set is stored, and a network interface allows access by the user that is approved for access to the composite set of confidential medical information.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: InterMedHx, LLCInventor: Bruce Howard Kusens