Patents by Inventor Ali Dufour

Ali Dufour 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).

  • Publication number: 20260341496
    Abstract: There is provided a system, a patient support apparatus, and a location tag assembly for locating mobile tags in real-time in a medical facility using a plurality of wireless signal modalities where the tags could be worn by patients or attached to equipment. The location tag assembly can be secured to a patient support apparatus which could be located precisely with respect to a wireless locating node. The wireless locating nodes may be used to locate a first type of mobile tag. The location tag assembly may be used to locate a second type of mobile tag. The location information may be transmitted to a server to precisely locate patient support apparatuses, medical equipment, patients and staff in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2026
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: UMANO MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Anouer KEBIR, Esther BERTHELOT, David MAYEN MORENO, Ali DUFOUR
  • Publication number: 20260343183
    Abstract: There are provided systems, methods, patient support apparatuses and non-transitory storage mediums for locating mobile tags in real-time in a medical facility where the tags could be worn by patients or attached to equipment. Wireless node may acquire wireless signal parameters such as signal strength from wireless signals transmitted by tags. A real-time location system (RTLS) engine acquires the wireless signal parameters and estimates a distance between tags and wireless nodes. The estimated distances are used to classify the proximity of tags to wireless nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2026
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: UMANO MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Anouer KEBIR, Esther BERTHELOT, David MAYEN MORENO, Ali DUFOUR
  • Patent number: 11880787
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options for a medical object based, in part, on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, and communicates the menu for display on a graphic interface. Certain menu selections pertaining to predicted medical action options may be disabled based on state values associated with the medical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Sebastien Tremblay, Sebastien Dumont, Ali Dufour, Jean-Francois Lagace
  • Publication number: 20220058535
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options for a medical object based, in part, on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, and communicates the menu for display on a graphic interface. Certain menu selections pertaining to predicted medical action options may be disabled based on state values associated with the medical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Sebastien TREMBLAY, Sebastien DUMONT, Ali DUFOUR, Jean-Francois LAGACE
  • Patent number: 11170325
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options based on an identified healthcare worker and based on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, disables one or more of the predicted medical action options in the menu based on the determined one or more state values associated with an identified medical object, and communicates for display on a graphic interface the menu comprising the disabled one or more predicted medical action options, wherein the disabled one or more predicted medical action options is visible in the menu but unselectable by the healthcare worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Sebastien Tremblay, Sebastien Dumont, Ali Dufour, Jean-Francois Lagace
  • Publication number: 20190325543
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a menu for an adapted a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network is disclosed. The disclosed system and method generates a workflow including a list of predicted medical action options based on an identified healthcare worker and based on a determined operating state or vital state of a patient, creates a menu for displaying the list of predicted medical action options, disables one or more of the predicted medical action options in the menu based on the determined one or more state values associated with an identified medical object, and communicates for display on a graphic interface the menu comprising the disabled one or more predicted medical action options, wherein the disabled one or more predicted medical action options is visible in the menu but unselectable by the healthcare worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Sebastien TREMBLAY, Sebastien DUMONT, Ali DUFOUR, Jean-Francois LAGACE
  • Publication number: 20110153343
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are provided for adapting a medical workflow implemented at a computer coupled to a hospital network, including receiving a message comprising medical information data, predicting a healthcare worker's workflow using, at least in part, the medical information data; communicating, based on the predicted workflow, a menu comprising one or more medical action options for displaying to the healthcare worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Sebastien Tremblay, Sebastien Dumont, Ali Dufour, Jean-Francois Lagace