Patents by Inventor Evan Chen
Evan Chen 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: 12300373Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide patient care unit (PCU) order confirmation. A method may include authorizing a user to operate a medication delivery device. The method may also include retrieving, in response to the authorizing, a user history associated with the user, wherein the user history includes one or more dispensing records for pending medications. The method may also include determining, based on a context that includes the user history, one or more medication order candidates for present administration. The method may also include presenting a user interface for confirming a medication order from the one or more medication order candidates. The method may also include configuring at least one parameter of the medication delivery device based on the confirmed medication order received from the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2024Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.Inventors: Evan Chen, Lisa Diggett, Robert M. Regedanz, Michael K. Workman
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Publication number: 20250095841Abstract: A method includes receiving a request to activate a medical device. Response to receiving the request, the method includes generating an automatic programming request (APR) for programming the medical device, receiving a message indicating that the APR failed to activate the medical device, and obtaining historical programming records (HPR)s. The method includes determining that parameters in the APR correspond to historical parameters, identifying a set of HPRs including a historical parameter value corresponding to a requested parameter value included the APR, and generating a deviation metric indicating a degree of difference between a secondary parameter value included in the APR and a corresponding historical parameter value. The method includes, responsive to a determination that a deviation metric meets a criticality threshold, changing a drug library record associated with the respective set of deviations and providing an indication to review the changed drug library record.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Claire Ellen KNIGHT, Lisa DIGGETT, Michael K. WORKMAN, Evan CHEN
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Patent number: 12165766Abstract: A method includes receiving a request to activate a medical device. Response to receiving the request, the method includes generating an automatic programming request (APR) for programming the medical device, receiving a message indicating that the APR failed to activate the medical device, and obtaining historical programming records (HPR)s. The method includes determining that parameters in the APR correspond to historical parameters, identifying a set of HPRs including a historical parameter value corresponding to a requested parameter value included the APR, and generating a deviation metric indicating a degree of difference between a secondary parameter value included in the APR and a corresponding historical parameter value. The method includes, responsive to a determination that a deviation metric meets a criticality threshold, changing a drug library record associated with the respective set of deviations and providing an indication to review the changed drug library record.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventors: Claire Ellen Knight, Lisa Diggett, Michael K. Workman, Evan Chen
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Publication number: 20240282423Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide hands-free medication tracking. A method includes providing an augmented reality device attachable to a face of a user. The method also includes determining, using one or more sensors of the augmented reality device, a user action to be carried out with respect to a medication. The method also includes presenting, via a display interface of the augmented reality device, a visual indicator to assist with the user action. The method also includes confirming, via the one or more sensors of the augmented reality device, a completion of the user action. The method also includes sending, via a communication interface of the augmented reality device, an update message to a server indicating the completion of the user action, wherein the update message causes the server to update a medication inventory in a database.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: John LANGAN, Evan CHEN
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Publication number: 20240274257Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide patient care unit (PCU) order confirmation. A method may include authorizing a user to operate a medication delivery device. The method may also include retrieving, in response to the authorizing, a user history associated with the user, wherein the user history includes one or more dispensing records for pending medications. The method may also include determining, based on a context that includes the user history, one or more medication order candidates for present administration. The method may also include presenting a user interface for confirming a medication order from the one or more medication order candidates. The method may also include configuring at least one parameter of the medication delivery device based on the confirmed medication order received from the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Evan CHEN, Lisa DIGGETT, Robert M. REGEDANZ, Michael K. WORKMAN
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Patent number: 11972850Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide hands-free medication tracking. A method includes providing an augmented reality device attachable to a face of a user. The method also includes determining, using one or more sensors of the augmented reality device, a user action to be carried out with respect to a medication. The method also includes presenting, via a display interface of the augmented reality device, a visual indicator to assist with the user action. The method also includes confirming, via the one or more sensors of the augmented reality device, a completion of the user action. The method also includes sending, via a communication interface of the augmented reality device, an update message to a server indicating the completion of the user action, wherein the update message causes the server to update a medication inventory in a database.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventors: John Langan, Evan Chen
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Patent number: 11972851Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide patient care unit (PCU) order confirmation. A method may include authorizing a user to operate a medication delivery device. The method may also include retrieving, in response to the authorizing, a user history associated with the user, wherein the user history includes one or more dispensing records for pending medications. The method may also include determining, based on a context that includes the user history, one or more medication order candidates for present administration. The method may also include presenting a user interface for confirming a medication order from the one or more medication order candidates. The method may also include configuring at least one parameter of the medication delivery device based on the confirmed medication order received from the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventors: Evan Chen, Lisa Diggett, Robert M. Regedanz, Michael K. Workman
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Publication number: 20240050191Abstract: Systems and methods for enforcing a cleaning of a medical device are disclosed. A method includes receiving an indication that a medical device has been exposed to a contaminate, providing, responsive to receiving the indication, an instruction to disable the medical device, receiving, after transmitting the instruction, cleaning information indicating that a cleaning of the medical device was attempted, identifying a predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, determining, based on the cleaning information, that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, and enabling the medical device responsive to determining that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Igor NESTERENKO, Evan CHEN, Lisa DIGGETT, Robert REGEDANZ
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Publication number: 20240047053Abstract: A method and system identifies interactions of a user with one or more medical devices, determines, based on the one or more interactions and a predetermined set of rules, a compliance score associated with the first user, in response to the compliance score not satisfying a threshold compliance score, and reducing an access level of the user to at least one of the one or more medical devices and generates a training program associated with the at least one medical device and the one or more interactions, and automatically, without user involvement, sends a training package associated with the training program to the user and notifies the user to complete the training program using the training package. The system and method also generates a new shift schedule for clinicians responsive to a first shift schedule not satisfying criteria and the clinicians not satisfying respective performance scores.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Igor NESTERENKO, Lisa DIGGETT, Evan CHEN, Greg T. HULAN, Jeff GAETANO, Karthi RAJENDRAN, Robert REGEDANZ
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Patent number: 11801117Abstract: Systems and methods for enforcing a cleaning of a medical device are disclosed. A method includes receiving an indication that a medical device has been exposed to a contaminate, providing, responsive to receiving the indication, an instruction to disable the medical device, receiving, after transmitting the instruction, cleaning information indicating that a cleaning of the medical device was attempted, identifying a predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, determining, based on the cleaning information, that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, and enabling the medical device responsive to determining that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventors: Igor Nesterenko, Evan Chen, Lisa Diggett, Robert Regedanz
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Patent number: 11783937Abstract: A method and system identifies interactions of a user with one or more medical devices, determines, based on the one or more interactions and a predetermined set of rules, a compliance score associated with the first user, in response to the compliance score not satisfying a threshold compliance score, and reducing an access level of the user to at least one of the one or more medical devices and generates a training program associated with the at least one medical device and the one or more interactions, and automatically, without user involvement, sends a training package associated with the training program to the user and notifies the user to complete the training program using the training package. The system and method also generates a new shift schedule for clinicians responsive to a first shift schedule not satisfying criteria and the clinicians not satisfying respective performance scores.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.Inventors: Igor Nesterenko, Lisa Diggett, Evan Chen, Greg T. Hulan, Jeff Gaetano, Karthi Rajendran, Robert Regedanz
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Publication number: 20230238098Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide hands-free medication tracking. A method includes providing an augmented reality device attachable to a face of a user. The method also includes determining, using one or more sensors of the augmented reality device, a user action to be carried out with respect to a medication. The method also includes presenting, via a display interface of the augmented reality device, a visual indicator to assist with the user action. The method also includes confirming, via the one or more sensors of the augmented reality device, a completion of the user action. The method also includes sending, via a communication interface of the augmented reality device, an update message to a server indicating the completion of the user action, wherein the update message causes the server to update a medication inventory in a database.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: John LANGAN, Evan CHEN
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Publication number: 20230215555Abstract: A medical device is configured to detect, based on a reading from the sensor, a state of a first component of the plurality of electronic components, identify a maintenance requirement of the medical device based on the detected state of the first component, restrict a first function of the medical device based on the identified maintenance requirement, transmit the identified maintenance requirement to a server system, receive from the server system an instruction addressing the identified maintenance requirement, receiving a first access request, determine that the first access request is a maintenance access request, and in response to the maintenance access request, display the instruction on a user interface of the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Evan CHEN, Igor NESTERENKO, Tiffany HAMRICK, Michael WORKMAN, Brian SULLIVAN
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Publication number: 20230187063Abstract: A medical device is configured to store, in a session memory, data regarding operational parameters of the medical device, changes to the parameters, and physiological data of a patient associated with the medical device. A clinician may select, via a user interface of the medical device, a portion of the session memory to a remote device with a request for assistance regarding a problem occurring at the medical device. The portion of the session may be reviewed at the remote device in a graphical copy of a user interface of the medical device as it appeared when the data was recorded, and a workflow is generated at the remote device and sent to the medical device to assist the clinician in resolving issues at the medical device. A session may be started without an identification of the patient or a medical component, and the identification updated at a later time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Michael WORKMAN, Evan CHEN, Igor NESTERENKO, Lisa DIGGETT, Robert REGEDANZ
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Publication number: 20230054746Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for converting drug library packages. An existing drug library software package is automatically analyzed to determine existing drug library information compatible with a target library format corresponding to a target medical device type, and to identify drug library information omitted, missing, or needing editing from the existing drug library information. A user interface is provided for display to convert at least a portion of the identified drug library information to the second library format, and an instruction is received via the user interface to select one or more predetermined parameters in the target library format for assignment to a new drug library software package configured in the target library format based one or more corresponding parameters selected from the identified drug library information. The new drug library software package is generated based on the existing drug library information and the selected one or more predetermined parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Evan CHEN, Claire Ellen KNIGHT, Brian M. SULLIVAN
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Publication number: 20220157445Abstract: A method includes receiving a request to activate a medical device. Response to receiving the request, the method includes generating an automatic programming request (APR) for programming the medical device, receiving a message indicating that the APR failed to activate the medical device, and obtaining historical programming records (HPR)s. The method includes determining that parameters in the APR correspond to historical parameters, identifying a set of HPRs including a historical parameter value corresponding to a requested parameter value included the APR, and generating a deviation metric indicating a degree of difference between a secondary parameter value included in the APR and a corresponding historical parameter value. The method includes, responsive to a determination that a deviation metric meets a criticality threshold, changing a drug library record associated with the respective set of deviations and providing an indication to review the changed drug library record.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Claire Ellen KNIGHT, Lisa DIGGETT, Michael K. WORKMAN, Evan CHEN
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Publication number: 20210366588Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide patient care unit (PCU) order confirmation. A method may include authorizing a user to operate a medication delivery device. The method may also include retrieving, in response to the authorizing, a user history associated with the user, wherein the user history includes one or more dispensing records for pending medications. The method may also include determining, based on a context that includes the user history, one or more medication order candidates for present administration. The method may also include presenting a user interface for confirming a medication order from the one or more medication order candidates. The method may also include configuring at least one parameter of the medication delivery device based on the confirmed medication order received from the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Evan CHEN, Lisa DIGGETT, Robert M. REGEDANZ, Michael K. WORKMAN
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Patent number: 11081331Abstract: Disclosed herein are mass spectrometers having segmented electrodes and associated methods. According to an aspect, an apparatus or mass spectrometer includes an ion source configured to generate ions from a sample. The apparatus also includes a detector configured to detect a plurality of mass-to-charge ratios associated with the ions. Further, the apparatus includes segmented electrodes positioned between the ion source and the detector. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to selectively apply a voltage across the segmented electrodes for forming a predetermined electric field profile.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Duke UniversityInventors: Zach Russell, Michael Gehm, Jeffrey T. Glass, Shane Di Dona, Evan Chen, Charles Parker, Jason Amsden, David Brady
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Publication number: 20210059784Abstract: Systems and methods for enforcing a cleaning of a medical device are disclosed. A method includes receiving an indication that a medical device has been exposed to a contaminate, providing, responsive to receiving the indication, an instruction to disable the medical device, receiving, after transmitting the instruction, cleaning information indicating that a cleaning of the medical device was attempted, identifying a predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, determining, based on the cleaning information, that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, and enabling the medical device responsive to determining that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Igor NESTERENKO, Evan CHEN, Lisa DIGGETT, Robert REGEDANZ
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Publication number: 20200402651Abstract: A method and system identifies interactions of a user with one or more medical devices, determines, based on the one or more interactions and a predetermined set of rules, a compliance score associated with the first user, in response to the compliance score not satisfying a threshold compliance score, and reducing an access level of the user to at least one of the one or more medical devices and generates a training program associated with the at least one medical device and the one or more interactions, and automatically, without user involvement, sends a training package associated with the training program to the user and notifies the user to complete the training program using the training package. The system and method also generates a new shift schedule for clinicians responsive to a first shift schedule not satisfying criteria and the clinicians not satisfying respective performance scores.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Igor NESTERENKO, Lisa DIGGETT, Evan CHEN, Greg T. HULAN, Jeff GAETANO, Karthi RAJENDRAN, Robert REGEDANZ