Patents Examined by Mike Tomaszewski
  • Patent number: 7366676
    Abstract: In a method and a computer system for screening of medical cases known proven positive and/or known proven normal cases are inserted in the flow of cases during the screening. On a user's option the known cases can be infiltrated in the case stream in accordance with a fixed pattern or on a random basis. When the radiologist makes a misdiagnosis of a known case this is recognized by the system and a corresponding output message is provided to the radiologist. Further the system has a database for tracing all user actions, including the diagnostic findings for the purposes of generating a user action report, quality control and assurance, and support in litigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: MeVis Breastcare GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Carl J. G. Evertsz
  • Patent number: 7363239
    Abstract: An arrangement for producing at least a part of a dental product including an interface configured to receive and transmit ordering and manufacturing data from a plurality of users of different dental treatment systems. Ordering, manufacturing, and quality operating principles distinguish products from the different dental treatment systems to permit the arrangement to cooperate with the different dental treatment systems. At least one coordinating adapter unit receives and transmits ordering and manufacturing data from the different dental treatment systems. The at least one coordinating adapter unit identifies from which dental treatment system the ordering and manufacturing data comes and converts ordering and manufacturing data from at least one of the different dental treatment system to conform to another of the dental treatment systems. A communications network permits communication among elements of the system. Production units manufacture the dental product utilizing adapted manufacturing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare AB
    Inventors: Matts Andersson, Anders Tornquist
  • Patent number: 7346523
    Abstract: Methods and systems for requesting and delivering supporting documents to an insurance carrier to enable the carrier to process an insurance claim for services rendered by a physician provider. Hard copies of supporting documents are converted to electronic images that are accessible by the carrier through the Internet, thereby eliminating the need for communication between the provider and the carrier through regular mail. The images are indexed based upon the insurance claim, the provider, the patient, and/or the carrier to enable the carrier to access the images associated with a specific insurance claim efficiently. In addition, the insurance claim can be pre-adjudicated prior to delivering the claim to the carrier for processing and can be approved and paid before the carrier processes the claim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: P5, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Provost, Ryan M. Trimble
  • Patent number: 7346524
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and system for providing reduced insurance premiums to an insured entity and a reduced risk of loss to an insuring entity. A program containing certain program requirements for the insured entity is created, and procedures are designed for the insured entity to meet these predetermined program requirements. The proximity in meeting these program requirements are monitored and then communicated to an interested third party, such as the insurer. Thus, the present invention by monitoring the insured entity, and communicating information relating to the insured entity to the insuring entity, allows the insuring entity to reduce the insurance costs to the insured entity if such monitoring results in favorable information for the insurer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Inventor: Timothy Gayle Goux
  • Patent number: 7263493
    Abstract: Methods and systems for requesting and delivering supporting documents to an insurance carrier to enable the carrier to process an insurance claim for services rendered by an institutional health care provider. Hard copies of supporting documents are converted to electronic images that are accessible by the carrier through the Internet, thereby eliminating the need for communication between the provider and the carrier through regular mail. The images are indexed based upon the insurance claim, the provider, the patient, and/or the carrier to enable the carrier to access the images associated with a specific insurance claim efficiently. In addition, the insurance claim can be pre-adjudicated prior to delivering the claim to the carrier for processing and can be approved and paid before the carrier processes the claim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: P5, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Provost, Ryan M. Trimble
  • Patent number: 7260547
    Abstract: A system for aiding to make a medical care schedule and/or record is provided with: a plurality of files for respectively including medical care data in correlation with execution timing data; a display controlling device for (i) generating first display data to display the medical care data composing the medical care schedule and/or record for one patient, as for only a partial period for the one patient, and (ii) generating second display data to display a table identification mark information, as a patient chronological table in which the table identification mark information is arranged at a position corresponding to the partial period on a time axis indicating the whole period of the medical care schedule and/or record; and a selecting device for selecting one of a plurality of table identification mark information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Toshitada Kameda