Patents Examined by Victoria P Augustine
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Patent number: 11107569Abstract: A reward-based health activity and exercise mobile application that utilizes an activity monitoring device to track activity data and transmits the data to a mobile device to generate virtual lottery tickets. A mobile application on the mobile device analyzes the activity data and determines if the user has completed the daily health-related goals. If the user completes the daily goal, the user is awarded a virtual lottery ticket reward that can be used for raffles of real prizes. If the user completes exercise and non-exercise goals for consecutive days, the user is awarded with additional streak bonus rewards on an escalating basis. The mobile application can be connected to a communication network whereby users can join teams and other communities to track activity data and compete against other users. A streak saver feature can be provided to allow a user to maintain a streak by performing a task.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: LVLFI, LtdInventor: Alexander William Gregory Devoto
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Patent number: 11037659Abstract: A framework for visualization based on healthcare guidelines is described herein. In accordance with one aspect, a decision graph is generated based on healthcare guidelines. The nodes of the decision graph are populated with patient records. The framework may perform data analytics on patient records associated with at least one of the nodes to generate results, and further generate a visualization of the results.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Xiang Sean Zhou, Marcos Salganicoff
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Patent number: 10937526Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for determining values to associate with medical conditions of a patient. A patient assessment is received that comprises a natural language question and a corresponding answer, about a patient, provided in response to the question. Cognitive natural language processing is performed on the patient assessment to extract features from the natural language question and corresponding answer. The extracted features are evaluated within a context of a pre-existing electronic medical record of the patient. A value for a medical condition of the patient is determined based on results of the evaluation and stored in the electronic medical record for the patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: James S. Cox
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Patent number: 10811122Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic data document (EDD) and related system and method for use in a computerized clinical trial verification system. In an exemplary embodiment, the EDD is authenticated by the creator and validated by the receiver, and comprises an image of a source document (SD) that comprises a masked record of at least one interaction between a clinical trial investigator and a patient enrolled in a clinical trial, at least one revealed portion of the SD that includes evidence relevant to at least one question in a clinical trial questionnaire, and at least one annotation connecting the revealed portion to the at least one question. The present invention provides a computerized system and method for allowing a clinical trial investigator to answer questions from a clinical trial questionnaire pertinent to a clinical trial of a medical treatment using encrypted and partially masked electronic documents comprising images of original patient records.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Ikeguchi Holdings, LLCInventors: Edward Ikeguchi, James Henderson
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Patent number: 10810906Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing dermatology-specific training to primary care providers. Primary care providers may register on the system and request access to various dermatology training materials. The primary care provider may be provided with the requested dermatology training materials when the primary care provider has a valid account. Payment may be required before a primary care provider can access the dermatology training materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: DERMATOLOGY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS, LLCInventor: David E. Kent
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Patent number: 10740857Abstract: A method of ordering a custom prosthetic or orthopedic device includes manually moving a portable scanner about an anatomical part of a patient to generate three-dimensional information representative of the anatomical part. The portable scanner is coupled to a mobile device routinely carried by a user. The method involves obtaining order information associated with the patient on the mobile device and transmitting an order with the mobile device to an intended recipient. The order contains at least a portion of the three-dimensional information and at least a portion of the order information.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: OSSUR HFInventor: Michael Patrick Tuttle
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Patent number: 10719980Abstract: A method of analyzing a tube system in particular by image processing of images of the tube system is provided by the present invention. In order to achieve a simulation of a medium flow through a calculated tube model, the present invention gathers a tube model from a specific tube data set. By defining the necessary parameters of a virtual injection of the medium by the user, the medium flows through the model. Using this displayed simulation for generating at least two images leads to an artificial image sequence that might support a person, which wants to examine a real structure, that corresponds to the calculated model. This might be seen in.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Sabine Mollus, Joerg Bredno, Juergen Weese, Drazenko Babic
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Patent number: 10713694Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining and communicating proper pricing information and other pre- and post-adjudication information, such as an availability of a lower price for a prescription, as part of the processing of a healthcare transaction. A healthcare transaction, such as a healthcare claim transaction, may be received by the service provider computer from a pharmacy computer. The service provider computer may determine if an adjudication platform is available for the prescribed product. The service provider computer may generate a modified healthcare claim transaction and transmit the modified healthcare claim transaction to a claims processor computer for adjudication. The service provider computer may receive an approved adjudicated claim transaction response and perform any post-adjudication on the response. The approved adjudicated claim transaction response may be transmitted to the pharmacy.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: McKesson CorporationInventors: Patrick Harris, William Turner
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Patent number: 10706958Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic data document (EDD) and related system and method for use in a computerized clinical trial verification system. In an exemplary embodiment, the EDD is authenticated by the creator and validated by the receiver, and comprises an image of a source document (SD) that comprises a masked record of at least one interaction between a clinical trial investigator and a patient enrolled in a clinical trial, at least one revealed portion of the SD that includes evidence relevant to at least one question in a clinical trial questionnaire, and at least one annotation connecting the revealed portion to the at least one question. The present invention provides a computerized system and method for allowing a clinical trial investigator to answer questions from a clinical trial questionnaire pertinent to a clinical trial of a medical treatment using encrypted and partially masked electronic documents comprising images of original patient records.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: IKEGUCHI HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Edward Ikeguchi, James Henderson
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Patent number: 10600088Abstract: Systems and methods allow targeting messages to consumers using a plurality of records for a group of consumers, each record comprising healthcare demographic information (HDI) associated with individual consumers. HDI can include insured status information identifying whether a consumer likely has health insurance, which is received from at least one health services provider. A cookie can correlates a consumer's browser to healthcare demographic information. The cookie allows subsequent association of HDI with the browser, without exposing personally identifiable information of the first consumer to advertisers. Systems and methods can also associate an ID of a consumer's electronic device with the HDI, allowing mobile device and set top boxes to serve relate ads to the consumer. Consumers can be targeted based on selected HDI criteria.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Audience Partners LLCInventor: Jeffrey A. Dittus
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Patent number: 10558282Abstract: An apparatus for performing data entry by a user includes a first electronic device configured to be attached to a person's head and including a display for viewing by the person; and a second electronic device configured to be attached to a person's forearm and used in combination with the first electronic device. The first and second electronic devices are configured for wirelessly communications with each other, at least some of the wireless communications representing user input by the person for interfacing with a user interface displayed to the person on the display of the first electronic device, whereby data entry by the person is accomplished. The first electronic device is configured to wirelessly transmit data entered by the person to a computer system for electronic storage in a non-transitory computer readable medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Inventor: John Sherman
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Patent number: 10540481Abstract: The present disclosure in some embodiments relates to a computer-based method for improving the pharmaceutical understanding of a user. The method includes receiving medication data from a source, wherein the medication data is related to a user's prescribed, dispensed, or claimed medicines; associating a unique ID for each user with the medication data for the user; providing a user interface, whereby the data for a user is accessible to the user only after the user has provided an authentication, wherein the medication data accessible to the user via the user interface comprises the one or more medications the user is taking.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: My Meds, Inc.Inventor: Rajiv R. Shah
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Patent number: 10460835Abstract: A method and system assists in management of data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device provided to a patient. An HME identifier may be received by a physician terminal or an HME provider terminal. In an example, an HME identifier may be stored, encoded, engraved or otherwise applied to a component of an HME device such as a removable storage medium (e.g., an SD card). A records management system may then be searched for a patient record associated with the HME device identifier based on retrieval of the identifier from the component. If a patient record is found, the identity of the patient may be verified. Optionally, if no such patient record is found, then a new patient record associated with the HME identifier may be created.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: ResMed Inc.Inventors: Timothy Semen, Elliott Murray
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Patent number: 10431335Abstract: Certain examples provide systems, methods, and apparatus to provide information regarding medical devices via a mobile device. An example method for mobile medical device management includes providing a representation of one or more medical devices with a visual indication of a status for each device. The representation is to visually convey information regarding each of the one or more medical devices and is selectable by a user to provide additional information regarding each of the one or more medical devices. The method includes facilitating interaction with the one or more medical devices via the mobile device. The method includes dynamically updating the status for each medical device via communication between the mobile device and one or more facilities at which the one or more medical devices are located.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.Inventors: William H. Cork, Brian C. Case, Jonathan Prendergast, John W. Barry
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Patent number: 10402925Abstract: A method managing wellness of employees is presented. A computer system receives a group of health factors for activities and group of preferences for activities of the employees. The computer system identifies a recommendation for an activity for a portion of the employees based on the group health factors, the group of preferences, and information for locations where recommended activities are to occur. The computer system then sends the recommendation for the activity to the portion of the employees.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: ADP, LLCInventors: Wojciech Krupa, Dariusz Czapla, Zackary Cully Chapple
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Patent number: 10402769Abstract: A method managing wellness of employees is presented. A computer system receives a group of health factors for activities and group of preferences for activities of the employees. The computer system aggregates the group of health factors into aggregate health factors and the group of preferences into aggregate preferences. The computer system displays the aggregate health factors and the aggregate preferences in a set of polar charts. The computer system then identifies a recommendation for an activity for a portion of the employees based on the set of polar charts.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: ADP, LLCInventors: Wojciech Krupa, Dariusz Czapla, Zackary Cully Chapple
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Patent number: 10366781Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a user with a performance indicator score includes receiving a first transaction message that includes historical clinical-trial performance data from one or more processors at a clinical research organization and receiving a second transaction message with health records data with parameters indicative of insurance claims data. The received historical clinical-trial performance data and the prescription data is translated into an updated database. Related records within the updated database are identified and one or more key performance indicators included in the data at the updated database for a first physician are identified. A score for each of the one or more key performance indicators are calculated and a performance indicator score record for the first physician is generated based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators. A multi-dimensional chart for organizing and evaluating investigators is generated.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: IQVIA Inc.Inventors: Piyush Menon, Suresh Kannan, Anil Kapu, Elisabeth Otto, Amit Ranade
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Patent number: 10327712Abstract: Use of medical workflows where a first medical workflow is obtained from a plurality of medical acts performed in sequence that related to care of a patient. A set of condition-indication rules is applied to the first medical workflow to determine first condition information. The first condition information relates to a likelihood that a first medical condition exists in the patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David J. Beymer, Karen W. Brannon, Colin B. Compas, Ritwik K. Kumar, Tanveer F. Syeda-Mahmood
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Patent number: 10318897Abstract: The present technology calculates a value of future adherence (VFA) score which is a patient-level, predicted, expected cost of conversion from non-adherence to adherence over a specified time-frame. The score consists of three general components: (1) probability of being non-adherent, (2) cost reduction associated with being adherent, and (3) probability of converting from non-adherent to adherent. These values can be combined to create an overall VFA score. A user interface is then provided which shows at least a list of patients and information related to the VFA score.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: RXANTE, INC.Inventors: Daniel Smith, Joshua Benner, Aaron McKethan, Loren Lidsky
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Patent number: 10296723Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to managing companionship data. The managing of companionship data includes establishing a set of companion data. The set of companion data relates to a user. A computer establishes the set of companion data. The computer also collects a set of stimuli. The set of stimuli is associated with the user. Based on the set of stimuli, a portion of the set of companion data is determined. The portion of the set of companion data is provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shang Q. Guo, Canturk Isci, Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, Daniel A. Mazzella, Maharaj Mukherjee, Rodrigo A. Rey