Patents by Inventor Gene J. Wolfe

Gene J. Wolfe 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).

  • Publication number: 20250078307
    Abstract: An object identification system includes a processor; and a non-transitory, processor readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor. The non-transitory, processor readable storage medium includes one or more instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to establish communication between an image acquisition device and a wearable device, the image acquisition device comprising a first transceiver and the wearable device including a second transceiver; receive data at the image acquisition device from the wearable device, the data including a localized position of the wearable device that is located within a field of view of the image acquisition device; and control the image acquisition device to track, based on the data, an object associated with the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: David Quinn, Gene J. Wolfe, WonKyung McSweeney
  • Publication number: 20250080837
    Abstract: A modular monitor system includes a processor; a plurality of slots including a predetermined shape; a plurality of image acquisition devices configured to be received in any one of the plurality of slots and communicatively coupled with the processor; and a non-transitory, processor readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor that includes one or more instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to: obtain acquisition data; prioritize selection, based on the acquisition data, of one or more image acquisition devices from the plurality of image acquisition devices in accordance with predetermined criteria, the predetermined criteria including a computational load, image acquisition device availability, image acquisition device cost, one or more use cases, or any combination thereof, the respective ones of the one or more image acquisition devices including a different modality; and control, based on the prioritized selection, operation of the one or more image acqu
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: David Quinn, Gene J. Wolfe, WonKyung McSweeney
  • Publication number: 20250041510
    Abstract: A system for monitoring fluid delivery to a patient. The system communicates an alert to a caregiver when a condition that triggers an alarm is confirmed to exist based on video data. The system calculates flow rates of fluids delivered from one or more containers based on monitoring fiducial markings. The system issues an alert when an abnormality is detected based on monitoring a line tracing between an infusion pump and the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Tyson B. Whitaker, John A. Lane, WonKyung McSweeney, David E. Quinn, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20250031989
    Abstract: A biological monitoring device, including a housing and a distance sensor in connection with the housing, where the distance sensor is configured to emit an electromagnetic wave into a local environment and to sense the electromagnetic wave reflected off an object in the local environment and within a detection field of the distance sensor. A controller is communicatively in connection with the distance sensor. The controller is configured to control the distance sensor to emit the electromagnetic wave, detect a change in distance between the biological monitoring device and the object based on the electromagnetic wave emitted by the distance sensor, and determine a rate of a periodic biological movement based on the change of distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyson B. Whitaker, Gene J. Wolfe, John A. Lane, David E. Quinn, WonKyung McSweeney
  • Publication number: 20240331817
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying events occurring in a patient room during an interaction with a caregiver, generating, using a machine learning model, an event description based on video data from the patient room, and recording the description with annotations to the electronic medical record of the patient is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Lane, David E. Quinn, WonKyung McSweeney, Danielle Endres, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20240306934
    Abstract: Systems for monitoring respiration are described. One system receives spatiotemporal data from a sensor array worn by a patient. The spatiotemporal data includes spatial and temporal components. The system feeds the spatiotemporal data into a machine learning model. The system characterizes the respiration based on an output of the machine learning model. Another system identifies one or more edges on a wearable article, and tracks a frequency of motion of the one or more edges on the wearable device to determine the respiration rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: WonKyung McSweeney, John A. Lane, David E. Quinn, Tyson B. Whitaker, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20240285852
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting a fluid infiltration event. A system includes a fluid delivery cannula having a distal end and a proximal end, a fluid source fluidly coupled to the proximal end of the fluid delivery cannula, and an optical sensor optically coupled to an interior of the fluid delivery cannula. The optical sensor is disposed between the distal end and the proximal end of the fluid delivery cannula and configured to generate an electronic signal based on one or more characteristics of light sensed in the interior of the fluid delivery cannula when fluid from the fluid source is passed therethrough. The system further includes a controller configured to receive the electronic signal from the optical sensor and determine a fluid infiltration event based on the electronic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc
    Inventors: Gene J. Wolfe, WonKyung McSweeney, David Kellner
  • Publication number: 20240197161
    Abstract: Various scopes and methods for generating and outputting a 3D image of a surface are described herein. An example method includes generating depth data by detecting a distance between at least one imager and a surface; generating 2D image data by detecting light reflected from the surface; generating a 3D image of the surface by combining the depth data and the 2D image data; and outputting the 3D image of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene J. Wolfe, Joshua Hess
  • Patent number: 12004865
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing defining a cavity, an inlet to receive fluid pumped from an instrument device, an outlet to return the fluid to a fluid reservoir, and a fluid channel defined inside the cavity between the inlet and the outlet. A heat pump is mounted inside the cavity, and has a side surface thermally coupled to the fluid channel and an opposite side surface thermally coupled to a plate. The heat pump is configured to induce a temperature change. A sensor unit is aligned with an aperture in the plate and includes an optical component and a thermal component. The optical component configured to measure a vascular endothelial response from the induced temperature change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Baker, Jotpreet Chahal, Stacey Fitzgibbons, Craig M. Meyerson, David E. Quinn, Lori Ann Zapfe, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20240177866
    Abstract: An example method includes identifying physiological parameters of a patient and based on the physiological parameters of the patient and using at least one trained machine learning model, determining a metric indicative of kidney health of the patient. The example method further includes determining that the metric is outside of a predetermined range. In response to determining that the metric is outside of the predetermined range, the method includes outputting a recommendation based on the metric or administering a treatment to the patient based on the metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Meyerson, Gene J. Wolfe, Eugene G. Urrutia
  • Patent number: 11950848
    Abstract: An example system for microvascular assessment of a patient can include: a fundus imaging device including: a camera configured to capture one or more images of an eye of the patient; and at least one light source; and a microvascular assessment computing device including: a processor; and memory encoding instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: activate the light source to direct light at a fundus of the eye of the patient; capture, with the camera, one or more images of the fundus of the patient, the fundus comprising a plurality of blood vessels; and analyze with the microvascular assessment computing device, the one or more images to determine a microvasculature health index for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Allen R. Hart, David L. Ribble, Craig M. Meyerson, Heather Whitt, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20230329628
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing defining a cavity, an inlet to receive fluid pumped from an instrument device, an outlet to return the fluid to a fluid reservoir, and a fluid channel defined inside the cavity between the inlet and the outlet. A heat pump is mounted inside the cavity, and has a side surface thermally coupled to the fluid channel and an opposite side surface thermally coupled to a plate. The heat pump is configured to induce a temperature change. A sensor unit is aligned with an aperture in the plate and includes an optical component and a thermal component. The optical component configured to measure a vascular endothelial response from the induced temperature change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Steven D. Baker, Jotpreet Chahal, Stacey Fitzgibbons, Craig M. Meyerson, David E. Quinn, Lori Ann Zapfe, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20230317275
    Abstract: A device for conducting a telehealth consultation. The device receives a video feed of a patient environment, and recognizes a local device in the video feed of the patient environment. The device detects an input directed to the local device, generates a control command based on the input, and sends the control command to the local device. The control command causes the local device to perform an action during the telehealth consultation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Gene J. Wolfe, Patrice Etchison, Craig M. Meyerson, Daniel Shirley, Carlos Andres Suarez
  • Publication number: 20230317228
    Abstract: An example unified application can leverage the insights gained about the patient to provide a range of customized services that aid in the patient's recovery throughout the recovery process. The disclosed system and methods provide a continuum of care for the patient, including services that aid in the patient's recovery and management of a medical condition outside the hospital environment, pre-hospitalization and post-hospitalization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Patrice Etchison, Craig M. Meyerson, David Lance Ribble, Daniel Shirley, Carlos Andres Suarez, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20230307148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of big data technology and is applied to the field of smart medical care in smart cities. It discloses a method, device, equipment and storage medium for remote consultation. Perform big data analysis to obtain the analysis results; generate medical prompt information based on the analysis results, and send the medical prompt information to the user terminal for display; when receiving the medical consultation appointment instruction based on the medical prompt information feedback, open it according to the medical consultation appointment instruction AR remote service window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Craig M. Meyerson, David Lance Ribble, Daniel Shirley, Carlos Andres Suarez, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20230293119
    Abstract: A method of remote monitoring a patient includes monitoring the patient under a first modality that blocks identification of the patient. The method includes determining whether an event is detected by the first modality. When an event is detected, the method includes monitoring the patient under a second modality, which is different from the first modality and includes capturing images of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Gene J. Wolfe, Patrice Etchison, Craig M. Meyerson, Daniel Shirley, Carlos Andres Suarez
  • Publication number: 20230290468
    Abstract: A compute device may include circuitry configured to obtain patient state data that may be indicative of a heart rate of the patient or a respiration rate of the patient. The circuitry may also be configured to obtain patient medication data indicative of a schedule for administration of pain medication to the patient. Further, the circuitry may be configured to determine whether a trend in the patient state data satisfies a predefined condition, determine whether the patient medication data indicates that the patient is due for administration of pain medication within a predefined time period, determine, in response to a determination that the trend in the patient state data satisfies the predefined condition and a determination that the patient is due for administration of pain medication within the predefined time period, that the patient is experiencing pain, and produce an alert signal that the patient is in pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Susan Amanda Kayser, Rachel Lynn Williamson, Angela Christine Murray, Kelli F. Rempel, Sinan Batman, Georg Köllner, Michael Scott Hood, Lori Ann Zapfe, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20230282371
    Abstract: A care delivery system detects an event from one or more sensors. The event indicates a safety risk to a patient in a first location. The system determines a clinical workflow based on the safety risk, and one or more rules defined by a healthcare facility in a second location remote from the first location. The system initiates a telehealth consultation based on the clinical workflow. The telehealth consultation includes the patient and a first caregiver in the second location. The system generates an alert identifying the safety risk, and routes the alert to a second caregiver based on the clinical workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Craig M. Meyerson, Patrice Etchison, Jeff Klembczyk, David Lance Ribble, Daniel Shirley, Carlos Andres Suarez, Gene J. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20230268058
    Abstract: A system for detecting and monitoring lines in a healthcare setting includes a medical device positioned in a healthcare facility. A line extends from the medical device. At least one imaging device is positioned in the healthcare facility to identify the line. A computer determines whether an unwanted condition of the line has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Neal WIGGERMANN, Nicholas A. MANN, Gene J. WOLFE, Robert M. Zerhusen
  • Patent number: 11730421
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing defining a cavity, an inlet to receive fluid pumped from an instrument device, an outlet to return the fluid to a fluid reservoir, and a fluid channel defined inside the cavity between the inlet and the outlet. A heat pump is mounted inside the cavity, and has a side surface thermally coupled to the fluid channel and an opposite side surface thermally coupled to a plate. The heat pump is configured to induce a temperature change. A sensor unit is aligned with an aperture in the plate and includes an optical component and a thermal component. The optical component configured to measure a vascular endothelial response from the induced temperature change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Baker, Jotpreet Chahal, Stacey Fitzgibbons, Craig .M Meyerson, David E. Quinn, Lori Ann Zapfe, Gene J. Wolfe