Patents by Inventor Donald Eugene Brodnick
Donald Eugene Brodnick 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).
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Patent number: 8626258Abstract: A self-adhering sensor for non-invasively attaching to a portion of a skin is provided. The sensor comprises a biocompatible substrate, and an array of solid nanoelectrodes coupled to the biocompatible substrate and configured to self-adhere to the skin. Also provided is a sensor for attaching to a portion of a skin, where the sensor comprises an array of solid electrodes configured to self-adhere to the skin, where each of the solid structures comprises a stem and one or more projections extending out from the stem, where both the stem and the projections are solid. The stem comprises a mechanical stopper to control the extent of penetration of the solid electrodes into the skin. The sensor further comprises an electrolyte coating disposed on one or more of the solid structures.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Shankar Chandrasekaran, Nikhil Subhashchandra Tambe, Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Patent number: 8311604Abstract: A method and apparatus for the collection of physiological data from a patient is disclosed herein. An electrode assembly comprises an external label identifying an anatomical location and an electrode identifying circuitry that produces a signal indicative of the anatomical location to which the electrode assembly is to be attached. The electrode assembly transmits both the collected physiological signal and the identification signal to a data monitor for collection and processing physiological data.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Gordon Ian Rowlandson, David Thomas Peterson, Donald Eugene Brodnick, Robert Edward Henderson, Chepur Sudhakar Rao
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Publication number: 20120265046Abstract: A self-adhering sensor for non-invasively attaching to a portion of a skin is provided. The sensor comprises a biocompatible substrate, and an array of solid nanoelectrodes coupled to the biocompatible substrate and configured to self-adhere to the skin. Also provided is a sensor for attaching to a portion of a skin, where the sensor comprises an array of solid electrodes configured to self-adhere to the skin, where each of the solid structures comprises a stem and one or more projections extending out from the stem, where both the stem and the projections are solid. The stem comprises a mechanical stopper to control the extent of penetration of the solid electrodes into the skin. The sensor further comprises an electrolyte coating disposed on one or more of the solid structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Shankar Chandrasekaran, Nikhil Subhashchandra Tambe, Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Patent number: 8238995Abstract: A self-adhering sensor for non-invasively attaching to a portion of a skin is provided. The sensor comprises a biocompatible substrate, and an array of solid nanoelectrodes coupled to the biocompatible substrate and configured to self-adhere to the skin. Also provided is a sensor for attaching to a portion of a skin, where the sensor comprises an array of solid electrodes configured to self-adhere to the skin, where each of the solid structures comprises a stem and one or more projections extending out from the stem, where both the stem and the projections are solid. The stem comprises a mechanical stopper to control the extent of penetration of the solid electrodes into the skin. The sensor further comprises an electrolyte coating disposed on one or more of the solid structures.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Shankar Chandrasekaran, Nikhil Subhashchandra Tambe, Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Publication number: 20110270064Abstract: A method and apparatus for the collection of physiological data from a patient is disclosed herein. An electrode assembly comprises an external label identifying an anatomical location and an electrode identifying circuitry that produces a signal indicative of the anatomical location to which the electrode assembly is to be attached. The electrode assembly transmits both the collected physiological signal and the identification signal to a data monitor for collection and processing physiological data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Gordon Ian Rowlandson, David Thomas Peterson, Donald Eugene Brodnick, Robert Edward Henderson, Chepur Sudhakar Rao
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Patent number: 7996056Abstract: A method and apparatus for the collection of physiological data from a patient is disclosed herein. An electrode assembly comprises an external label identifying an anatomical location and an electrode identifying circuitry that produces a signal indicative of the anatomical location to which the electrode assembly is to be attached. The electrode assembly transmits both the collected physiological signal and the identification signal to a data monitor for collection and processing physiological data.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: The General Electric CompanyInventors: Gordon Ian Rowlandson, David Thomas Peterson, Donald Eugene Brodnick, Robert Edward Henderson, Chepur Sudhakar Rao
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Publication number: 20080312520Abstract: A method and apparatus for the collection of physiological data from a patient is disclosed herein. An electrode assembly comprises an external label identifying an anatomical location and an electrode identifying circuitry that produces a signal indicative of the anatomical location to which the electrode assembly is to be attached. The electrode assembly transmits both the collected physiological signal and the identification signal to a data monitor for collection and processing physiological data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2007Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Gordon Ian Rowlandson, David Thomas Peterson, Donald Eugene Brodnick, Robert Edward Henderson, Chepur Sudhakar Rao
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Publication number: 20080139911Abstract: A self-adhering sensor for non-invasively attaching to a portion of a skin is provided. The sensor comprises a biocompatible substrate, and an array of solid nanoelectrodes coupled to the biocompatible substrate and configured to self-adhere to the skin. Also provided is a sensor for attaching to a portion of a skin, where the sensor comprises an array of solid electrodes configured to self-adhere to the skin, where each of the solid structures comprises a stem and one or more projections extending out from the stem, where both the stem and the projections are solid. The stem comprises a mechanical stopper to control the extent of penetration of the solid electrodes into the skin. The sensor further comprises an electrolyte coating disposed on one or more of the solid structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: SHANKAR CHANDRASEKARAN, NIKHIL SUBHASHCHANDRA TAMBE, DONALD EUGENE BRODNICK
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Patent number: 7142907Abstract: A system and a method for noninvasive ECG detection and diagnosis. The system comprises a multiplicity of electrodes applied to a patient, a data acquisition system for acquiring high-resolution ECG data from the patient; and a processor programmed to process the acquired data in accordance with two or more different ECG analysis algorithms, and then derive a prediction score for a particular clinical end point as a function of the respective results of those ECG analysis algorithms.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2003Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joel Q. Xue, Donald Eugene Brodnick, Paul P. Elko
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Patent number: 7136693Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring and processing electrical signals produced by a patient's heart. The apparatus includes fewer than ten electrodes for attachment to the patient. Each electrode is attached in a respective one of the standard ten-electrode, twelve-lead ECG positions. The device includes a signal processor connected to the electrodes for acquiring electrical signals from the electrodes and generating a twelve-lead ECG from the electrical signals. The signal processor generates less than twelve of the leads mathematically. For the method of the invention, a plurality of less than ten electrodes are attached to the patient. Each electrode is attached in a respective one of the standard ten-electrode, twelve-lead ECG positions. Electrical signals are acquired from the electrodes and a twelve-lead ECG is generated from the acquired electrical signals. Not all twelve leads are generated mathematically.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Patent number: 6970737Abstract: A portable ECG monitor and an overall system for remotely monitoring cardiac function of a patient is disclosed, together with a method of use. The portable ECG includes a multi-lead, multi-channel ECG monitor and a wireless communication device connected to the ECG monitor to receive patient ECG data and transmit the patient ECG data to a centralized facility, such as a hospital. The wireless communication device can include a mobile phone and/or an interactive Internet appliance. A method of remotely monitoring ECG data is also disclosed. The method and apparatus are particularly useful with patients experiencing symptomatic ischemia. The method includes providing a portable ECG device with wireless communication capabilities to such a patient, acquiring ECG data from the patient at a location remote from a health care facility, then transmitting the ECG data to the centralized facility, and assessing the ECG data at the centralized facility.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2000Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Donald Eugene Brodnick, Ian Rowlandson
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Patent number: 6892093Abstract: A method for displaying waveform data on a display device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes apportioning a display region into a first portion and a second portion immediately adjacent to the first portion. The first portion is used to display a first segment of the waveform data including the most recently received data extending back to a determined delay period. The second portion is used to display a second segment of the waveform data, the second segment including the remainder of the waveform data. The data displayed in the first portion has a continuously varying amplitude level adjustment applied thereto for partial baseline correction thereof, while the data displayed in the second portion has a corrected baseline amplitude adjustment with no further amplitude level adjustment applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies Inc.Inventor: Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Publication number: 20040024327Abstract: A method for displaying waveform data on a display device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes apportioning a display region into a first portion and a second portion immediately adjacent to the first portion. The first portion is used to display a first segment of the waveform data including the most recently received data extending back to a determined delay period. The second portion is used to display a second segment of the waveform data, the second segment including the remainder of the waveform data. The data displayed in the first portion has a continuously varying amplitude level adjustment applied thereto for partial baseline correction thereof, while the data displayed in the second portion has a corrected baseline amplitude adjustment with no further amplitude level adjustment applied thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventor: Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Publication number: 20040015089Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring and processing electrical signals produced by a patient's heart. The apparatus includes fewer than ten electrodes for attachment to the patient. Each electrode is attached in a respective one of the standard ten-electrode, twelve-lead ECG positions. The device includes a signal processor connected to the electrodes for acquiring electrical signals from the electrodes and generating a twelve-lead ECG from the electrical signals. The signal processor generates less than twelve of the leads mathematically.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventor: Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Patent number: 6636761Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring and processing electrical signals produced by a patient's heart. The apparatus includes fewer than ten electrodes for attachment to the patient. Each electrode is attached in a respective one of the standard ten-electrode, twelve-lead ECG positions. The device includes a signal processor connected to the electrodes for acquiring electrical signals from the electrodes and generating a twelve-lead ECG from the electrical signals. The signal processor generates less than twelve of the leads mathematically. For the method of the invention, a plurality of less than ten electrodes are attached to the patient. Each electrode is attached in a respective one of the standard ten-electrode, twelve-lead ECG positions. Electrical signals are acquired from the electrodes and a twelve-lead ECG is generated from the acquired electrical signals. Not all twelve leads are generated mathematically.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2000Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Publication number: 20020087088Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring and processing electrical signals produced by a patient's heart. The apparatus includes fewer than ten electrodes for attachment to the patient. Each electrode is attached in a respective one of the standard ten-electrode, twelve-lead ECG positions. The device includes a signal processor connected to the electrodes for acquiring electrical signals from the electrodes and generating a twelve-lead ECG from the electrical signals. The signal processor generates less than twelve of the leads mathematically.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2000Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventor: Donald Eugene Brodnick
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Patent number: 6415169Abstract: A flexible multiple electrode assembly includes at least one fixed electrode; at least one extendible electrode; and electrically conductive interconnections coupling the at least one fixed electrode and the at least one extendible electrode to a common connector. The at least one extendible electrode is adapted to be physically separable from the at least one fixed electrode while remaining electrically coupled to the common connector. In one embodiment, an array of fixed and extendible electrodes is configured for the acquisition of electrical pulses from a heart for transmission to an electrocardiograph (EKG or ECG) device.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Paul Kornrumpf, Shankara Bonthu Reddy, David Anthony Lovejoy, Donald Eugene Brodnick