Patents Examined by Maroun Kanaan
  • Patent number: 9786022
    Abstract: A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Luke J. Aram, William Bugbee, Charles A. Engh, Jr., Joseph Moskal, Mark Pagnano, Michael Swank, Jose F. Guzman
  • Patent number: 9786007
    Abstract: A computerized method of identifying additional influential variables in multi-aspect adjudication frameworks comprising: acquiring an appraisal table having a set of variables affecting at least one adjudication aspect of a multi-aspect adjudication framework; identifying a set of additional variables affecting at least one adjudication aspect of a multi-aspect adjudication framework which fulfills an objective function, said objective function having a plurality of rules, said objective function assessing the compliance of at least one of said appraisal table and said set of additional variables with said plurality of rules; and outputting said set of additional variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aharon Abadi, Jonathan Bnayahu, Moti Nisenson
  • Patent number: 9782151
    Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus includes an ultrasound probe to transmit and receive an ultrasound signal to obtain an ultrasound image of an object; a sensor coupled to the ultrasound probe to provide a position information related to an ultrasound imaging position in the object; and a processor to extract a certain anatomical feature from the ultrasound image and the certain anatomical feature from a medical image of the object acquired by an imaging modality different from an ultrasound apparatus, perform a first registration between the medical image and the ultrasound image based on the certain anatomical feature, perform a second registration between the sensor and the medical image based on the position information and the first registration, and control a display to display a portion of the medical image corresponding to the ultrasound imaging position based on the second registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Hyun, Jong Beom Ra, Duhgoon Lee, Woo Hyun Nam
  • Patent number: 9773096
    Abstract: A glycemic control system includes a physician processor, remote processor, and a portable telephone having a data input mechanism, a display, and an internal processor for bi-directional communication with the physician's processor and the remote processor. A patient inputs data to the internal processor responsive to input from the physician's processor and then transmits the information to the remote processor where an optimized number of units to be administered is sent back and displayed on the portable telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Aseko, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Booth, Robert E. Fischell
  • Patent number: 9754083
    Abstract: An apparatus (102, 104) and method for generating a formatted clinical study report (206) by analyzing submitted clinical study data (150) based on semantics and maximum entropy analysis at a server (104). Sections of the formatted clinical study report are identified in the submitted data (111) using semantics analysis and maximum entropy analysis (204). The identified sections are formatted and output as the formatted clinical study report (206). The formatted clinical study report (206) may be reviewed and edited after generation by a user interfacing with the server (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Clingenuity, LLC
    Inventors: Keith M. Kleeman, Mickey W. Kowitz
  • Patent number: 9747424
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for drug development under a fully transparent development model. The model is configured to provide transparency to the patients, the researchers, clinicians, physicians, and any other registered users of the system who wish to contribute. According to various embodiments, the system and model enable drug development that leverage the combined wisdom and insight of the user population eliminating many of the drawbacks of conventional development approaches. In one embodiment, the system includes drug development engine configured to manage execution of parameters of a clinical trial, including collection of health and treatment information from a patient population. The development engine can publish collected execution data for review and analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Transparency Life Science, LLC
    Inventor: Tomasz Sablinski
  • Patent number: 9734544
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for integrating pre-hospital encounters into an electronic medical record (EMR). An electronic Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) tool is provided that guides a clinician to gather demographic information and encounter information. The demographic information associated with one or more patients is received via the SBAR tool. The encounter information is received via the SBAR tool. At least a portion of the demographic information and the encounter information is communicated via the SBAR tool, while in transit via an emergency vehicle, to a healthcare facility. The demographic information and the encounter information are integrated into an EMR associated with each patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Kerry Kirkland, Jason Jonas, Donna Cappo
  • Patent number: 9734295
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to methods and systems utilizing wearable sensor technology to determine when a patient's health may be degrading to trigger progressively higher levels of care and involvement, from “free” hands and eyes to skilled clinicians, in order to keep patients in the lowest cost setting of care, the home, for as long as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CarePredict, Inc.
    Inventor: Satish Movva
  • Patent number: 9734287
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for managing information exchange between medical care applications and an analytical infrastructure for medical care information. The disclosure also describes implementations that manage user access to medical care applications and communications between medical care applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Quintiles IMS Incorporated
    Inventors: Stefan Clemens Linn, John Diarmuid MacCarthy, Seth David Reid
  • Patent number: 9727933
    Abstract: A member of a Common Interest Development (CID) provides login credentials to an application server using a network-enabled device. For example, the CID is a residential condominium and the managing member is a Home Owners Association (HOA) board member. If authentication is successful, then the application server serves a three-dimensional reserve study markup language document to the device. The document renders a three-dimensional reserve study on a display of the device. The three-dimensional reserve study rendered on the display includes a three-dimensional line art diagram of the CID and a plurality of graphical elements. The graphical elements include reserve component information, such as identification information, location information, temporal information, description information, and financial information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: CIDology Inc.
    Inventor: Brian David Smith
  • Patent number: 9721217
    Abstract: Systems and method for making intelligent business development and licensing decisions are disclosed. The present invention generally relates to an analytical tool that combines multiple data and content sets based on user selected factors and presents the data in the form of manipulatable visualizations to facilitate decision making to address a specific business problem. More specifically, this invention relates to providing a single portal for access to a decision support system that enables the visualization of data from multiple content and data sets to facilitate decision making related to opportunities analysis, asset acquisition, and intellectual property licensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Camelot UK Bidco Limited
    Inventors: Mark Gordon, Tim Miller, Mans A Olof-Ors, Hassan Malik, Andrej Bugrim, Colin Williams
  • Patent number: 9710599
    Abstract: A cloud-based system, method and computer program product for obtaining and transferring diagnostic images to a secure data repository for archiving, accessing and future retrieval by patients, medical care providers and medical insurance providers. A variety of subsystems are provided for providing the aforementioned cloud-based radiology DICOM receipt, storage and management system wherein a web-based portal is communicatively coupled to a centralized repository thereby enabling a user to archive, retrieve and transfer diagnostic images between insurance companies and the medical community.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventors: Joel G. Johnson, Steven T. Arcara, James Colin Jarrells, Michael Douglas Muncy, Steven Joe Shearer, Richard Lee Carroll, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9710600
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on non-transitory computer readable storage media, for integrating with an electronic health record system to permit healthcare providers, health insurance companies, and healthcare analytics providers to manage healthcare gaps in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Inovalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith R. Dunleavy, Daniel Rizzo
  • Patent number: 9710601
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method of graphically displaying room information, including: displaying, on an electronic device, a matrix having a plurality of cells therein, at least one cell displaying hospital room information regarding room availability and patient occupancy in the room; said matrix displaying the plurality of cells in column form; and displaying, responsive to a user interaction with a cell in the matrix of a patient occupied hospital room, an overlay window having secondary room status information therein comprising patient specific information regarding the status of the hospital room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gene E. Nacey
  • Patent number: 9710602
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method of graphically displaying room information, including: displaying, on an electronic device, a matrix having a plurality of cells therein, at least one cell displaying hospital room information regarding room availability and patient occupancy in the room; said matrix displaying the plurality of cells in column form; and displaying, responsive to a user interaction with a cell in the matrix of a patient occupied hospital room, an overlay window having secondary room status information therein comprising patient specific information regarding the status of the hospital room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gene E. Nacey
  • Patent number: 9690908
    Abstract: A method of managing a taking medicine, user terminal for the same and system therefor are disclosed. The present invention includes detecting an identification information of a medicine using a user terminal, transmitting a taking medicine information of the medicine from a sever to the user terminal using the detected identification information, setting a user's taking medicine schedule in the user terminal in accordance with the taking medicine information. Accordingly, a user is guided in taking a medicine. And, it is able to check whether a medicine has been taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Myungeun Park, Dongkyu Seo, Heeseong Yun, Jiyoung Huh, Heejin Park
  • Patent number: 9679107
    Abstract: A medical documentation system and a CDI system may be linked together, or integrated, so there is a tie between the two systems that allows for a much more efficient and effective CDI process. In one disclosed embodiment, a medical documentation system transmits to a CDI system a structured data set including at least some information relating to one or more medical facts the medical documentation system automatically extracted from text documenting a patient encounter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Cardoza, James R. Flanagan, Brian P. Boyer
  • Patent number: 9679341
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a hospital patient's risk of mortality includes collecting data from physiologic signals generated by patient monitors, physiologic signals of organ function, and demographic information for a patient. A measure of the variability of at least one of the physiologic signals is determined. Data and the measure of variability are analyzed to determine whether a value for a particular physiologic or demographic variable falls within a critical interval for the variable that indicates that the value is predictive of mortality or survival. Each time a value for a physiological or demographic variable for the patient falls within a critical interval, the occurrence of an event for the patient is recorded. The number of events for the patient is counted over a time period. Output perceptible by human user that indicates the patient's risk of mortality or likelihood of survival is generated based on the count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Keith C. Kocis, Daniel J. Kocis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9672736
    Abstract: A system and method for transferring data between an object detection system and a collision processing circuit is provided. The object detection system includes sensors configured to provide coverage of and detect movement within a predetermined area. The object detection system further includes a path predicting circuit and a plotting circuit operable to predict and plot the location of detected objects. The system further includes a map definition of the predetermined area, a grid system plotted onto the predetermined area, and environmental information relating to the predetermined area, and a series of overlays. Each overlay is plotted with the grid system and the predicted location of the detected objects. The object detection system transmits the map definition and series of overlays to the collision processing circuit so as to determine a probability of a collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Clark Lovell, Lorenzo Caminiti, James Joseph Richardson, Christopher Thomas Higgins
  • Patent number: 9668644
    Abstract: A floatation-volume adequacy determining system including a receiving unit; an image processing unit; an adequacy determining unit; and a display unit. The receiving unit receives an actual image that is taken by a capsule medical apparatus that is floating in a liquid in the direction toward the liquid level. The image processing unit generates a determination reference image that represents an adequate range of a floatation volume of the capsule medical apparatus adjusted to the actual image that is taken by the capsule medical apparatus. An adequacy determining unit compares the determination reference image and the actual image with each other and determines whether the floatation volume of the capsule medical apparatus is adequate. The display unit displays a result of determining whether the floatation volume of the capsule medical apparatus is adequate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidetake Segawa