Patents by Inventor Carolyn S. Underwood

Carolyn S. Underwood 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).

  • Systems, methods and computer program products for guiding the selection of therapeutic treatment regimens
    Patent number: 6188988
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for guiding selection of a therapeutic treatment regimen for a known disease such as HIV infection are disclosed. The method comprises (a) providing patient information to a computing device (the computer device comprising: a first knowledge base comprising a plurality of different therapeutic treatment regimens for the disease; a second knowledge base comprising a plurality of expert rules for selecting a therapeutic treatment regimen for the disease; and a third knowledge base comprising advisory information useful for the treatment of a patient with different constituents of the different therapeutic treatment regimens; and (b) generating in the computing device a listing (preferably a ranked listing) of therapeutic treatment regimens for the patient; and (c) generating in the computing device advisory information for one or more treatment regimens in the listing based on the patient information and the expert rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Barry, Carolyn S. Underwood, Bruce J. McCreedy, David D. Hadden, Jason L. Lucas
  • Systems, methods and computer program products for guiding the selection of therapeutic treatment regimens
    Patent number: 6081786
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for guiding selection of a therapeutic treatment regimen for a known disease such as HIV infection are disclosed. The method comprises (a) providing patient information to a computing device (the computer device comprising: a first knowledge base comprising a plurality of different therapeutic treatment regimens for the disease; a second knowledge base comprising a plurality of expert rules for selecting a therapeutic treatment regimen for the disease; and a third knowledge base comprising advisory information useful for the treatment of a patient with different constituents of the different therapeutic treatment regimens; and (b) generating in the computing device a listing (preferably a ranked listing) of therapeutic treatment regimens for the patient; and (c) generating in the computing device advisory information for one or more treatment regimens in the listing based on the patient information and the expert rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Barry, Carolyn S. Underwood, Bruce J. McCreedy, David D. Hadden, Jason L. Lucas