Patents Examined by Michael Fuelling
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Patent number: 8762174Abstract: A method and a computer system and its components for providing spectacles adapted to a future wearer. The method comprises the steps of: inputting in a computer system a first set of data (F1) related to the wearer, comprising at least a prescription of the wearer, inputting in the computer system a second set of data (F2) related to a spectacle frame chosen by the wearer. The computer system is provided with processing means for outputting, on the basis of the first and second sets of data, at least one set of data (S1, S2, . . . , SN) characterizing a pair of ophthalmic lenses adapted to the wearer and the chosen frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)Inventors: Sébastien Chailley, Luc Martin, Frédéric Dubois, Mélanie Vichara Bopha Net, Vincent Samreth Viriya Net
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Patent number: 8755996Abstract: There is provided a system for immediately reflecting an intention of a driver wanting to avoid an obstacle to assistance to an avoidance operation. A vehicular operation assisting system for assisting the avoidance operation made by the driver of a vehicle in avoiding the obstacle includes an avoidance required distance calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance required distance that is a distance required to avoid the obstacle when the obstacle is detected ahead of the vehicle, an avoidance operation determining section for periodically determining the avoidance operation with respect to the obstacle on the basis of steering maneuvers of the driver and an avoidance operation assisting degree calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance operation assisting degree per based on the avoidance required distance calculated by the avoidance required distance calculating section and the judgment result of the avoidance operation determining section.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuharu Kanaboshi, Yukihiro Fujiwara, Yasushi Shoda, Yusuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 8756076Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for providing a third-party user HIPAA-compliant access to an electronic medical record system at a clinical site. A request for a clinical study participant list is received from the third-party user, and it is determined that the third-party user has viewing and access rights with respect to the clinical study participant list. The third-party user can select a participant on the clinical study participant list and access the participant's electronic medical record within the electronic medical record system. The electronic medical record is presented to the third-party user in a read-only view, and the third-party user is prevented from searching the EMR system for other electronic medical records.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.Inventors: Jane Griffin, Marsha Laird-Maddox, Sara Boswell, Brian Libby
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Patent number: 8744875Abstract: A patient monitor is synchronized with a portable sensor module by detecting a first coupling of the portable sensor module to the patient monitor. In response to the first coupling, the portable sensor module and the patient monitor each store configuration settings and record patient data acquired through the portable sensor module. After the portable sensor module is decoupled from the patient monitor, the portable sensor module continues to store patient data and the configuration settings stored in the patient monitor and the portable sensor module are allowed to change relative to one another. Upon detecting a second coupling of the portable sensor module to the patient monitor, the portable sensor module and the patient monitor resynchronize with one another to remove any differences in the configuration settings and to provide copies of any patient data missing from either the portable sensor module and the patient monitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Mindray DS USA, Inc.Inventors: Scott Eaton, James Fidacaro, Frank Menzel, Jack Balji
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Patent number: 8738402Abstract: A method of adjudicating a medical claim includes providing a requirements for a first claim and a second claim, receiving a medical claim for a medical procedure, setting a first score for the first claim and a second score for the second claim to an initial value, comparing components of the medical claim to the requirements of the first and second claims, changing the first and second scores for each one of the components that match one of the requirements and for each one of the requirements that is missing from the components, and selecting the first or second claim based upon predetermined criteria applied to their respective scores to determine either a monetary value of the medical procedure for a medical service provider associated with the medical procedure or a monetary value of medical coverage for a patient associated with the medical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: TriZetto CorporationInventors: Sherwood Chapman, J. Mikel Echeverria
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Patent number: 8719043Abstract: A method is disclosed to verify and identify pharmaceutical products through their product signatures in order to combat counterfeiting and reduce dispensing errors, using methods such as near infrared spectroscopy. Furthermore, in order actively evade pharmaceutical product counterfeiting, a method is disclosed where an amount of one or more of the inactive ingredients is varied over time; the variation provides a different product signature, but falling within a level deemed permissible by a regulatory body.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: University of Maryland, BaltimoreInventors: James E. Polli, Stephen W. Hoag
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Patent number: 8719055Abstract: Computer implemented methods and systems for controlling the dispensation of a prescription drug to a patient with a medical condition. The methods and systems may restrict the prescription and dispensation of prescription drugs at the physician and pharmacy level. Determination of whether a patient should receive a subsequent prescription of a drug is based on the effectiveness of the drug and the adverse side effects associated with the drug. This can be used by state and federal regulators, physicians and pharmacists to control, evaluate and monitor the use of drugs on an individual patient basis. Furthermore, the methods and systems provide a national registry in which drug effectiveness data in individual patients is collected which can be aggregated to provide information on population-based drug efficacy.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: RX Controls, LLCInventors: Frederic J. Huser, Steven B. Gold
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Patent number: 8706520Abstract: A diabetes management system having a reliable data management scheme is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of devices, each device performing a different function relating to treatment of diabetes. Each device has a device identifier and generates data records. Each device includes a metadata generator configured to generate a metadata tag for a data record generated by the device. A metadata tag includes the device identifier of the corresponding device, a record identifier, and a source identifier indicating whether the record was originated by a human or the device. The system further includes a diabetes management device. When a device generates a new record, the metadata generator generates a new record identifier and a new metadata tag based on the new record identifier and the device identifier of the device. The first device propagates the new record and the new metadata tag to the diabetes management device.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignees: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Roche Diagnostics International AGInventors: Robert E. Reinke, Phillip E. Pash, James R. Long, Guido Konrad, Erich Imhof, Gerhard Frisch
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Patent number: 8706519Abstract: A data processing system is provided for determining clinical outcomes of medical data gathered by the system. The system can allow a person to define a medical study and can then administer the medical study and can collect and analyze data from potentially geographically diverse doctors, patients and other people associated with a study. Users enter sets of medical information. The system can analyze the medical data according to any number of clinical algorithms that may be custom defined and edited before and during the study. The system conditionally outputs the clinical outcome to the user. The clinical outcome can be used for treatment of patients participating in the study immediately after the data is input and analyzed. The medical outcomes can indicate such things as performance comparisons, composite outcomes, and risk stratification and assessments for such things as treatments, drugs, illnesses, doctors, patients and physician groups.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Outcome Sciences, Inc.Inventor: Richard E. Gliklich
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Patent number: 8676604Abstract: A method and apparatus of providing a pharmaceutical consultation prevents a person from receiving a medication prescription if consultation is required, and enables a user to readily view the medication prescription information and convey information to the person. Methods and apparatus of providing a pharmaceutical consultation are provided herein. The methods and apparatus include receiving medication prescription data relating to the medication prescription, and displaying a consultation review screen having a medication prescription view with information relating to the medication prescription and a discussion view with information to be conveyed to the person. The medication prescription data includes a consultation requirement for the medication prescription. A transaction for the medication prescription is prevented if consultation is required, and permitted when data is received indicating the consultation is completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2007Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Casey L. Kozlowski, Gowri Selka, Natasha Polster, Sam Libo
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Patent number: 8670998Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for providing at least one notification to a patient. In one embodiment, health-related data/information may be used to identify a patient that satisfies one or more business rules. Notifications to the patient's mobile device can then be provided based on location data.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Inventors: Brian Bertha, Darren O'Neill, Stan Kachnowski, Margaret Griffin, Cole Manship
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Patent number: 8670995Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. The plurality of prescriptions are associated with a plurality of customers, for example, living in the same household, being members of the same family, or being patients in the care of a single entity or person.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Greg Pankow, Christina M. Palazzolo, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8666776Abstract: The method and system allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. Further, the method and system provides various methods of delivery to the customer of the plurality of aligned prescriptions on the refill dates.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Walgreen Co.Inventors: Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Christina M. Palazzolo, Greg Pankow, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
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Patent number: 8666762Abstract: The present invention provides a comprehensive tissue management system for transplantable materials like tissues and organs. The tracking portion of the system prompts and verifies that staff members of a medical establishment like a hospital have handled, stored, transported, reconstituted, and used the tissue or organ materials in a safe and regulatory-compliant manner from the point of receipt to the point of issuance or surgical use throughout the hospital's organization. The tracing portion of the system creates an integral record that documents which hospital staff members have provided which processing steps to the tissue or organ, any associated materials used in conjunction with such tissue or organ, and an identification of the tissue or organ that was transplanted or implanted inside a patient. Such a system will enable adverse reaction investigations for transplant patients, and recalls of transplantable materials.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Biomedical Synergies, Inc.Inventors: Duke O Kasprisin, Paul E. Kozloski, Susan A. Kozloski, Agnes Vercillo, Jeffrey K. Winstead
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Patent number: 8639534Abstract: A computerized method for facilitating viewing of health records over a communications network. A database is provided on at least one computer having stored electronic health records of a plurality of patients. A request is received via a communications network from a user for access to a selected patient's health record. The user is validated, with the aid of a computer, as to whether the user is authorized to access the selected patient's record. If the user is validated as a health care provider, a first set of available actions are provided. A user that is validated as a patient is provided a second set of available actions.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: HealthTrio LLCInventors: Malik M. Hasan, J. Dominic Wallen, John C. Peterson, Cindy A. Post, Ralph A. Korpman
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Patent number: 8639531Abstract: A system for transmitting healthcare data from a provider to one of a plurality of healthcare payers is provided. The system includes a routing system, and routing engine. The routing engine is in communication with at least one provider computer system and a plurality of healthcare payer computer systems. The routing engine is configured to receive uploaded healthcare data from the provider computer system send the data to one of the plurality of healthcare payer computers.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: HealthTrio LLCInventors: Malik M. Hasan, J Dominic Wallen
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Patent number: 8639533Abstract: The present invention enables the collection by credit/debit card payment of customer co-pay and self-pay charges via an integrated point-of-service transaction management system and method. The system and method of the present invention may assist health care facilities in the collection of co-pay and self-pay charges at the time service is rendered. The present invention can be implemented anywhere cash, checks, credit cards or debit cards are accepted for payment.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: ImageVision.netInventors: David Millary, Ken Blessing, Brian Clementoni
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Patent number: 8635088Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus related to predicting availability of medical facility beds. Specifically, the disclosed methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus relate to determining which beds in the medical facility are available or unavailable at specific time periods (including past, present and/or future time periods).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterInventors: Paul A. Yelton, Frederick C. Ryckman
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Patent number: 8630873Abstract: While a pharmacist may know of other medications approved by the FDA for the same medical condition, the pharmacist typically does not know what the therapeutically equivalent dose of those products is when compared to the originally prescribed item. In addition to this lack of equivalent dosage information, the pharmacist also is unable to determine if any of those other FDA approved items will save the consumer any money. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention can provide pharmacists and/or consumers with equivalent dosage information as well as pricing information for the equivalent dosage. Accordingly, based at least in part on this information, consumers may have an incentive to and may decide to purchase to another prescription drug, thereby shifting market share to a preferred prescription drug or pharmaceutical manufacturer or provider.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: NDCHealth CorporationInventors: Joseph Lee Wiley, II, Kenneth E. Burkett
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Patent number: 8626534Abstract: An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. The rules engine defines a plurality of health care data fields in the predefined format, as well as a plurality of relationships between fields of normalized data.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: HealthTrio LLCInventors: Malik M. Hasan, J. Dominic Wallen, John C. Peterson, Cindy A. Post, Ralph A. Korpman