Patents by Inventor Dorothy Maria Urschel

Dorothy Maria Urschel 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).

  • Therapeutic environmental light and image system
    Patent number: 9907928
    Abstract: A therapeutic environmental light and image system and related methods are provided. A controller controls a lighting system and one or more images displayed on a display monitor to create a virtual window in a patient recovery room that simulates characteristics of a real window. Optionally, circadian full-spectrum light cycling is delivered via a prescriptively-selected circadian light cycle, which may or may not be configured based on the images provided on the display monitor. Additionally, ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source may be dosed to the patient to favorably impact biologic functions and other health aspects of the patient, to facilitate patient recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: St. Peter's Health Partners, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: George W. Seabury, Robert Cella, Mark Pettus, Dorothy Maria Urschel, Charles Gianfagna, Partha Dutta