Patents by Inventor Harold J. DeMonaco

Harold J. DeMonaco 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: 9764087
    Abstract: Systems for predicting a drug delivery profile as described herein include at least one drug pump and/or a controllable valve that produce a drug flow and dispense at least a first drug. The system also includes at least one carrier fluid pump and/or another controllable valve that produces a carrier fluid flow, a flow junction structure configured to receive the drug flow and the carrier fluid flow to produce a mixed flow, and a fluid path for carrying the mixed flow between the flow junction structure and a delivery point. The system further includes a processing device configured to predict the drug delivery profile at the delivery point based on determining a predicted time variation of drug concentration at the delivery point using at least a model of the mixed flow. The model includes a plurality of parameters related to propagation of the mixed flow through the fluid path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Peterfreund, Michael Parker, Nathaniel M. Sims, Mark A. Lovich, Harold J. DeMonaco
  • Publication number: 20140303591
    Abstract: Systems for predicting a drug delivery profile as described herein include at least one drug pump and/or a controllable valve that produce a drug flow. The drug pump and/or controllable valve dispense at least a first drug. The system also includes at least one carrier fluid pump and/or another controllable valve that produces a carrier fluid flow, a flow junction structure configured to receive the drug flow and the carrier fluid flow to produce a mixed flow, and a fluid path for carrying the mixed flow between the flow junction structure and a delivery point. The system further includes a processing device configured to predict the drug delivery profile at the delivery point based on determining a predicted time variation of drug concentration at the delivery point using at least a model of the mixed flow. The model includes a plurality of parameters related to propagation of the mixed flow through the fluid path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Robert A. Peterfreund, Michael Parker, Nathaniel M. Sims, Mark A. Lovich, Harold J. DeMonaco