Patents by Inventor Beth A. SCHNEIDER

Beth A. SCHNEIDER 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).

  • Secure patient-controlled analgesia
    Patent number: 11986632
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an analgesia administration system is disclosed. A control device is associated with a drug delivery device and configured to receive a first user input including at least a portion of a fingerprint of a patient, together with a second user input corresponding to a request to administer medication. The portion of the fingerprint is compared with previously-stored fingerprints to determine an identity of the patient and, in response to receiving the second user input and determining that the patient is an authorized user, one or more sensors are used to obtain one or more signals indicative of a state of the patient. If the state of the patient satisfies a set of medication delivery criteria, the drug delivery device is caused to administer a predefined amount of medication to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan John Burgess, Edward Stephen Ferner, Beth A. Schneider, Shannon John Johnson, Daniel M. Abal
  • ELECTRONIC TAGS FOR ASSOCIATING AND IDENTIFYING INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION LINES
    Publication number: 20220051792
    Abstract: An electronic tag includes a housing; a processor within the housing; a transceiver configured within the housing and coupled to the processor; a display coupled to the housing and the processor, and configured to display information received via the transceiver; a clamping mechanism coupled to the housing and configured to secure the electronic tag to an intravenous (IV) tubing; and a sensor configured within the housing, and configured to measure a property of a fluid in an IV tubing at a location of the clamping mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Brendan John BURGESS, Edward Stephen FERNER, Beth A. SCHNEIDER, Shannon John JOHNSON, Daniel M. ABAL
  • SECURE PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA
    Publication number: 20210361863
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an analgesia administration system is disclosed. A control device is associated with a drug delivery device and configured to receive a first user input including at least a portion of a fingerprint of a patient, together with a second user input corresponding to a request to administer medication. The portion of the fingerprint is compared with previously-stored fingerprints to determine an identity of the patient and, in response to receiving the second user input and determining that the patient is an authorized user, one or more sensors are used to obtain one or more signals indicative of a state of the patient. If the state of the patient satisfies a set of medication delivery criteria, the drug delivery device is caused to administer a predefined amount of medication to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Brendan John BURGESS, Edward Stephen FERNER, Beth A. SCHNEIDER, Shannon John JOHNSON, Daniel M. ABAL