Patents by Inventor Abigail Flower

Abigail Flower has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11694809
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to monitoring changes in conditions of multiple individuals in areas. In some embodiments, a patient monitoring queue may be established (504) that includes a plurality of patients in an area (104, 304) such as a waiting room. The area may be capturable by vital sign acquisition camera(s) (276. 376, 476) mounted in or near the area. Updated vital sign(s) may be unobtrusively acquired (510) by the vital sign acquisition camera(s) from a given patient selected (506) from the patient monitoring queue. Based on the updated vital sign(s) and prior vital signs acquired previously from the given patient, deterioration of the given patient may be detected (512). Output may be provided (514) alerting medical personnel of the deterioration of the given patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Conradus Adrianus Maria van Zon, William Palmer Lord, Abigail Flower
  • Publication number: 20190341147
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to monitoring changes in conditions of multiple individuals in areas. In some embodiments, a method may include: determining (108, 1102) patient information associated with a given patient of a plurality of patients in an area, wherein the area can be captured by vital sign acquisition camera(s) (276, 376, 476, 776, 876); acquiring (510), by the vital sign acquisition camera(s), updated vital sign(s) from the given patient; generating (1102) adjusted updated vital sign(s) based on the updated vital sign(s) and the patient information associated with the given patient; comparing (124, 1118, 1122) the adjusted updated vital sign(s) and prior vital sign(s) acquired previously from the given patient; detecting (512, 904, 1124), based on the comparing, deterioration of the given patient; and providing (514, 906) output alerting medical personnel of the deterioration of the given patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: William Palmer Lord, Cornelis Conradus Adrianus Maria van Zon, Abigail Flower
  • Publication number: 20190287682
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to monitoring changes in conditions of multiple individuals in areas. In some embodiments, a patient monitoring queue may be established (504) that includes a plurality of patients in an area (104, 304) such as a waiting room. The area may be capturable by vital sign acquisition camera(s) (276. 376, 476) mounted in or near the area. Updated vital sign(s) may be unobtrusively acquired (510) by the vital sign acquisition camera(s) from a given patient selected (506) from the patient monitoring queue. Based on the updated vital sign(s) and prior vital signs acquired previously from the given patient, deterioration of the given patient may be detected (512). Output may be provided (514) alerting medical personnel of the deterioration of the given patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Cornelis Conradus Adrianus Maria van Zon, William Palmer Lord, Abigail Flower
  • Patent number: 8615291
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program method for detecting pathological fluctuations of physiological signals to diagnose human illness. The method comprises performing a sliding window analysis to find sequences in physiological signal data that match amplitude- and duration-adjusted versions of a template function to within a specified tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignees: National Institutes of Health (NIH), The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Randall Moorman, Douglas E. Lake, Abigail Flower, John B. Delos
  • Publication number: 20100234748
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program method for detecting pathological fluctuations of physiological signals to diagnose human illness. The method comprises performing a sliding window analysis to find sequences in physiological signal data that match amplitude- and duration-adjusted versions of a template function to within a specified tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Randall MOORMAN, Douglas E. Lake, Abigail Flower, John B. Delos