Patents by Inventor Eric F. Halsey

Eric F. Halsey 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: 6725447
    Abstract: The system and method for graphic creation of a medical logical module in the Arden syntax file format allows a user to define a medical decision process in terms of flowcharts and outlines. The system and method provide for creation of a medical logical module for a computer in the Arden syntax file format. A graphic representation of a medical decision logic tree of a connected series of a plurality of nodes in a medical decision process is encoded, with each node having a logical path from the node, and each connected series of nodes containing at least one intermediate node and a concluding node. For each node, a conditional statement is encoded for each path from the node; a definition of a path for each intermediate node is encoded; and an outcome for each concluding node is encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated
    Inventors: John Gilman, Eric F. Halsey, Michael E. Raymer