Patents by Inventor George L. Walls

George L. Walls 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: 20230142802
    Abstract: A temperature management system controls a temperature of a body of a patient and determines a value indicative of a thermoregulatory activity of the patient. The system includes a heat exchange system configured to exchange heat with a body of a patient and to record operational data while controlling the temperature of the body of the patient. The temperature management system receives temperature data from a sensor, controls the heat exchange system to maintain the temperature of the body of the patient within a target temperature range, receives, in response to the controlling, operational data, determines, based on the temperature data and the operational data, a value indicative of a thermoregulatory activity of the patient, and generates, based on the value, an alert through the user interface indicating the thermoregulatory activity of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: George L. Walls, Richard A. Helkowski, Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak, Byron Reynolds, Iljong Lee, Michael W. Dae, Sean W. Yip
  • Publication number: 20220313481
    Abstract: A temperature management system is configured to control a temperature of a patient's body using a heat exchange device. The temperature management system is configured to deliver temperature management treatment or therapy to a patient. A user interface of the system is configured to display operational data and patient data on the user interface in a configuration that allows a user to determine or review one or more periods of the performed temperature management treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak, Sean W. Yip, George L. Walls, Neil Jacobson, David M. Braunstein
  • Publication number: 20210196881
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for controlling infusion of one or more supplements into blood received from a patient. The systems may include at least one extracorporeal circulatory support system including a pump, fluid conduits, and at least one sensor configured to measure one or more parameters of the blood. The system also may include a fluid flow regulator coupled to the extracorporeal circulatory support system; and a processor, a memory, and associated circuitry communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and the at least one fluid flow regulator. The system receives measurement signals corresponding to parameters of blood from the at least one sensor and determines one or more target values for the parameters of blood based on a patient profile and/or the measurements. The system may control the fluid flow regulator to cause an infusion of at least one supplemental fluid from a supplemental fluid source into the blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: George L. Walls, Richard A. Helkowski, John Thomas Buckley
  • Publication number: 20140277226
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide an externally-secured medical device (ESMD) configured to be securely affixed to skin of a patient. The ESMD may include at least one pad configured to be directly secured to the skin of the patient. The pad(s) may include at least one electrode configured to direct therapeutic energy into the skin of the patient toward an internal organ. An adhesion component is provided on a patient-engaging surface of the at least one pad configured to securely affix the at least one pad in a persistent and enduring manner to the skin of the patient. The at least one pad is directly secured to the skin of the patient through the adhesion component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: John W. Poore, Heather Hamilton, Karl Pawlik, Gene A. Bornzin, George L. Walls
  • Patent number: 8115640
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for automatically managing implantable medical device (IMD) related alerts are described. One method receives implantable medical device-related alerts. The method automatically manages the implantable medical device alerts by parsing the alerts through a set of predefined parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventor: George L. Walls
  • Patent number: 8112151
    Abstract: An exemplary device includes a processor, one or more communication interfaces, memory and one or more modules stored in the memory that comprise processor executable instructions to receive data from an implantable device via at least one of the one or more communication interfaces, to interrogate the data for one or more particular types of data, to process one or more particular types of data and to transmit information via at least one of the one or more communication interfaces. Various other exemplary devices, methods, systems, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald S. Cogan, Ashok Kaul, George L. Walls, Eliot L. Ostrow, Edward M. Geiselhart, Matthew J. Jordan, Bari Wieselman Schulman, Scott Alan Godoy, John S. White, Christopher Barry Houghton
  • Patent number: 8060212
    Abstract: Exemplary external medical devices are configurable to communicate with an implantable medical device (IMD). One medical device includes multiple IMD telemetry ports operable to connect IMD telemetry mechanisms to the medical device. The medical device also includes a control unit configured to control the IMD telemetry mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald R. Rios, Gregory C. Bevan, Eliot L. Ostrow, Armando M. Cappa, Allan R. Schwartz, George L. Walls
  • Publication number: 20100123587
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for automatically managing implantable medical device (IMD) related alerts are described. One method receives implantable medical device-related alerts. The method automatically manages the implantable medical device alerts by parsing the alerts through a set of predefined parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventor: George L. Walls