Patents by Inventor Brian McIlroy

Brian McIlroy 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: 10037821
    Abstract: Embodiments of the system support hospital operations, delivery of health care, and improve patient satisfaction. The interactive hospital information system utilizes inputs from a mobile device, eliminating the cost of fixed cameras and sensor systems in the hospital facility. Aspects of the invention facilitate real-time patient care and patient room updates by care providers, validating that prescribed devices, services, and setups are in place per protocol. The system communicates with rounding persons as to specific care management. Network devices, such as an iPadĀ® or smartphone, are utilized to monitor and record ongoing activities in the healthcare setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Kunter Seref Akbay, Brian McIlroy, Roxana Malladi, Paulo Gallotti Rodrigues, Marcelo Blois Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20150187038
    Abstract: Embodiments of the system support hospital operations, delivery of health care, and improve patient satisfaction. The interactive hospital information system utilizes inputs from a mobile device, eliminating the cost of fixed cameras and sensor systems in the hospital facility. Aspects of the invention facilitate real-time patient care and patient room updates by care providers, validating that prescribed devices, services, and setups are in place per protocol. The system communicates with rounding persons as to specific care management. Network devices, such as an iPadĀ® or smartphone, are utilized to monitor and record ongoing activities in the healthcare setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Johnson, Kunter Seref Akbay, Brian McIlroy, Roxana Malladi, Paulo Gallotti Rodrigues, Marcelo Blois Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20060229284
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods of treating neovasculature diseases of the eye through the administration of a photosensitizing agent and subsequent exposure to light of specific wavelength sufficient to photoactivate the photosensitizing agent to occlude one or more vessels in the neovasculature for an extended period of time. Diseases treatable under this invention, include, for example: diabetic retinopathy; macular degeneration; subfoveal choroidal neovascularization, malignant uveal melanomas and other maladies of the human or animal eye or body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Paula Mahoney, Louise Culham, Brian McIlroy, Gregory Heacock, Andrew Hamilton, John Marshall
  • Publication number: 20050240247
    Abstract: A method and system directs therapeutic light of a first wavelength to a patient's eye to excite a photosensitizing agent for PDT during a series of discrete periods of time that are separated by non-therapeutic intervals. Diagnostic light of a second wavelength can be directed to the eye during at least a portion of one or more of the non-therapeutic intervals to allow a physician to see the affect of the therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Brian McIlroy, Gregory Heacock, Paula Mahoney, Andrew Hamilton