Patents by Inventor Duane Allan Delestienne

Duane Allan Delestienne 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).

  • Medical diagnostic field service method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6377162
    Abstract: A field service unit is disclosed for providing interactive field service of medical diagnostic systems. The field service unit includes a service platform installed on a portable system, such as a portable computer. The field service unit is adapted to formulate service requests, transmit and receive service data, and render field service to a variety of medical diagnostic system modalities. The field service unit includes communications modules for linking the field service unit to a remote service facility and to subscribing medical diagnostic systems. Service requests may originate in the field service unit, or in the remote service facility, or in the medical diagnostic system, with the field service unit being informed of the state of service requests via a network link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Duane Allan Delestienne, Ianne Mae Howards Koritzinsky, David Thomas Mehring, Sanjeev Sharma, George Tzortzos