Patents by Inventor Heather L. Gornik

Heather L. Gornik 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).

  • Evaluation of peripheral arterial disease in a patient using an oscillometric pressure signal obtained at a lower extremity of the patient
    Patent number: 9211070
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and products for determining indicated blood pressure values and/or characterizing a condition of a patient. The systems, methods, and products are capable of determining indicated blood pressure values in a lower extremity of a patient using an oscillometric technique. An oscillometric signal obtained from the lower extremity of the patient is analyzed, and the patient may be classified into one of a plurality of diagnostic classes. Each diagnostic class may have an associated ratio value. Based on the diagnostic class into which the patient is classified, a selected lower extremity characteristic ratio may be selected. A lower extremity indicated blood pressure value may be obtained by oscillometric processing using the selected ratio. This lower extremity indicated blood pressure value may be used with an upper extremity indicated blood pressure value to perform an extremity blood pressure ratio (EBPR) examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Heather L. Gornik, Kenneth E. Jarrell, David C. Jones, Xiaofeng Wang
  • Evaluation Of Peripheral Arterial Disease In A Patient Using An Oscillometric Pressure Signal Obtained At A Lower Extremity Of The Patient
    Publication number: 20120078125
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and products for determining indicated blood pressure values and/or characterizing a condition of a patient. The systems, methods, and products are capable of determining indicated blood pressure values in a lower extremity of a patient using an oscillometric technique. An oscillometric signal obtained from the lower extremity of the patient is analyzed, and the patient may be classified into one of a plurality of diagnostic classes. Each diagnostic class may have an associated ratio value. Based on the diagnostic class into which the patient is classified, a selected lower extremity characteristic ratio may be selected. A lower extremity indicated blood pressure value may be obtained by oscillometric processing using the selected ratio. This lower extremity indicated blood pressure value may be used with an upper extremity indicated blood pressure value to perform an extremity blood pressure ratio (EBPR) examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: SUMMIT DOPPLER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Heather L. Gornik, Kenneth E. Jarrell, David C. Jones, Xiaofeng Wang