Patents by Inventor James P. Cipriano

James P. Cipriano 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).

  • System and method of infant care control and workflow
    Patent number: 9861545
    Abstract: An infant care system creates a microenvironment about an infant patient. An environmental control device is operable to change an environmental condition within the microenvironment. An auxiliary sensor is operable to intermittently obtain auxiliary data. A processor operates the environmental control device based upon at least the intermittently obtained auxiliary data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James P. Cipriano, Lawrence G. Ten Eyck, Karen P. Starr
  • System and Method of Infant Care Control and Workflow
    Publication number: 20150335510
    Abstract: An infant care system creates a microenvironment about an infant patient. An environmental control device is operable to change an environmental condition within the microenvironment. An auxiliary sensor is operable to intermittently obtain auxiliary data. A processor operates the environmental control device based upon at least the intermittently obtained auxiliary data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James P. Cipriano, Lawrence G. Ten Eyck, Karen P. Starr
  • System and method to determine an infant weight while minimizing disturbance to the infant
    Patent number: 8599025
    Abstract: A method and system for determining the weight of an infant when the infant is either placed upon a support platform or removed from the support platform, where the support platform may be configured as a bed. A sensor is positioned beneath the support platform that provides a weight measurement to a control unit. The control unit determines a baseline weight for the bed and any object placed on the bed. The control unit calculate a recent weight estimate and determines whether the recent weight estimate is different from the baseline weight by more than a weight threshold. If the difference is greater than the weight threshold, the system generates a weight estimate to a user. Once the weight estimate has been generated, the system adjusts the weight threshold such that the adjusted weight threshold is used in additional processing and calculations of the infant weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: James P. Cipriano
  • System and Method of Infant Care Control and Workflow
    Publication number: 20130158339
    Abstract: An infant care system creates a microenvironment about an infant patient. An environmental control device is operable to change an environmental condition within the microenvironment. An auxiliary sensor is operable to intermittently obtain auxiliary data. A processor operates the environmental control device based upon at least the intermittently obtained auxiliary data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James P. Cipriano, Lawrence G. Ten Eyck, Karen P. Starr
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE AN INFANT WEIGHT WHILE MINIMIZING DISTURBANCE TO THE INFANT
    Publication number: 20120169501
    Abstract: A method and system for determining the weight of an infant when the infant is either placed upon a support platform or removed from the support platform, where the support platform may be configured as a bed. A sensor is positioned beneath the support platform that provides a weight measurement to a control unit. The control unit determines a baseline weight for the bed and any object placed on the bed. The control unit calculate a recent weight estimate and determines whether the recent weight estimate is different from the baseline weight by more than a weight threshold. If the difference is greater than the weight threshold, the system generates a weight estimate to a user. Once the weight estimate has been generated, the system adjusts the weight threshold such that the adjusted weight threshold is used in additional processing and calculations of the infant weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: James P. Cipriano