Patents by Inventor Erik De Klerk

Erik De Klerk 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 and methods for medication monitoring
    Patent number: 6822554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system of medication monitoring which includes analyzing data on the clinical consequences of variable patient compliance with prescribed drug regimens, communicating to caregivers and/or patients the compliance-dependent probabilities of two clinically important transitions in health status: substantive improvement in the patient's health status and substantive deterioration in the patient's health status, defining acceptable levels of the respective probabilities of deterioration and of improvement, and intervening when appropriate to improve the patient's compliance, in order to achieve mutually-agreed upon maintenance, improvement, or avoidance of deterioration in health status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Hexalog SA
    Inventors: Bernard Vrijens, John Urquhart, Erik De Klerk, Jean-Michel Metry
  • Systems and methods for medication monitoring
    Publication number: 20030135392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system of medication monitoring which includes analyzing data on the clinical consequences of variable patient compliance with prescribed drug regimens, communicating to caregivers and/or patients the compliance-dependent probabilities of two clinically important transitions in health status: substantive improvement in the patient's health status and substantive deterioration in the patient's health status, defining acceptable levels of the respective probabilities of deterioration and of improvement, and intervening when appropriate to improve the patient's compliance, in order to achieve mutually-agreed upon maintenance, improvement, or avoidance of deterioration in health status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Bernard Vrijens, John Urquhart, Erik De Klerk, Jean-Michel Metry