Patents by Inventor Joseph Martin Smith

Joseph Martin Smith 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: 20150161535
    Abstract: A system for automating coordinated care management by mapping medical guidelines to clinical workflows and logistical operations may be provided. The system may include a mapping system, a medical guidelines database, a clinical workflow database and a logistical workflow database. The mapping system may receive medical guidelines from the medical guidelines database, generate clinical workflows to be stored in the clinical workflow database, and generate logistical workflows to be stored in the logistical workflow database. The logistical workflows can be generated from clinical workflows or directly from medical guidelines. The system may include a communications system that automatically manages communications between participants in a healthcare system using computer code generated based on the logistical workflows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Gary and Mary West Health Institute
    Inventors: Amnon Ptashek, Erik Tyrrell-Knott, Vikas Tandon, Joseph Martin Smith, Scott Edward Cassidy
  • Patent number: 6959212
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for discriminating supraventricular tachyarrhythmias from ventricular arrhythmias during a tachycardia episode. First cardiac signals and second cardiac signals are sampled for cardiac complexes. A first feature on the first cardiac signal and a second feature on the second cardiac signal are utilized to determine an average time difference for a plurality of normal sinus rhythm complexes. A time difference between the first feature and the second feature is then determined for each cardiac complex of a tachycardiac rhythm. The cardiac complex is characterized as a ventricular tachycardia complex if the time difference exceeds the average time difference by a predetermined amount. Otherwise, it is classified as VT if its morphology after alignment is different from that during normal sinus rhythm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hsu, Joseph Martin Smith
  • Patent number: 6728572
    Abstract: A system and method classify cardiac complexes based on cardiac information derived from two or more cardiac signals. Two or more cardiac signals containing cardiac complexes are monitored. A cardiac complex in the two or more cardiac signals is isolated in an analysis window. The morphology of the cardiac complex in each of the two or more cardiac signals is then compared to the morphology of a template cardiac complex representing a predetermined cardiac condition. Based on this comparison, the cardiac complex is classified as either belonging or not belonging to the predetermined cardiac condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hsu, Joseph Martin Smith
  • Publication number: 20020193696
    Abstract: A system and method classify cardiac complexes based on cardiac information derived from two or more cardiac signals. Two or more cardiac signals containing cardiac complexes are monitored. A cardiac complex in the two or more cardiac signals is isolated in an analysis window. The morphology of the cardiac complex in each of the two or more cardiac signals is then compared to the morphology of a template cardiac complex representing a predetermined cardiac condition. Based on this comparison, the cardiac complex is classified as either belonging or not belonging to the predetermined cardiac condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hsu, Joseph Martin Smith
  • Patent number: 6438410
    Abstract: A system and method classify cardiac complexes based on cardiac information derived from two or more cardiac signals. Two or more cardiac signals containing cardiac complexes are monitored. A cardiac complex in the two or more cardiac signals is isolated in an analysis window. The morphology of the cardiac complex in each of the two or more cardiac signals is then compared to the morphology of a template cardiac complex representing a predetermined cardiac condition. Based on this comparison, the cardiac complex is classified as either belonging or not belonging to the predetermined cardiac condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hsu, Joseph Martin Smith
  • Publication number: 20020091333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for discriminating supraventricular tachyarrhythmias from ventricular arrhythmias during a tachycardia episode. First cardiac signals and second cardiac signals are sampled for cardiac complexes. A first feature on the first cardiac signal and a second feature on the second cardiac signal are utilized to determine an average time difference for a plurality of normal sinus rhythm complexes. A time difference between the first feature and the second feature is then determined for each cardiac complex of a tachycardiac rhythm. The cardiac complex is characterized as a ventricular tachycardia complex if the time difference exceeds the average time difference by a predetermined amount. Otherwise, it is classified as VT if its morphology after alignment is different from that during normal sinus rhythm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hsu, Joseph Martin Smith
  • Publication number: 20020019593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for classifying cardiac complexes based on cardiac information derived from two or more cardiac signals. Two or more cardiac signals containing cardiac complexes are monitored. A cardiac complex in the two or more cardiac signals is isolated in an analysis window. The morphology of the cardiac complex in each of the two or more cardiac signals is then compared to the morphology of a template cardiac complex representing a predetermined cardiac condition. Based on this comparison, the cardiac complex is classified as either belonging or not belonging to the predetermined cardiac condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hsu, Joseph Martin Smith
  • Patent number: 6308095
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for discriminating supraventricular tachyarrhythmias from ventricular arrhythmias during a tachycardia episode. First cardiac signals and second cardiac signals are sampled for cardiac complexes. A first feature on the first cardiac signal and a second feature on the second cardiac signal are utilized to determine an average time difference for a plurality of normal sinus rhythm complexes. A time difference between the first feature and the second feature is then determined for each cardiac complex of a tachycardiac rhythm. The cardiac complex is characterized as a ventricular tachycardia complex if the time difference exceeds the average time difference by a predetermined amount. Otherwise, it is classified as VT if its morphology after alignment is different from that during normal sinus rhythm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, inc.
    Inventors: William Hsu, Joseph Martin Smith
  • Patent number: 6266554
    Abstract: A system and a method for classifying cardiac complexes based on cardiac information derived from two or more cardiac signals. Two or more cardiac signals containing cardiac complexes are monitored. A cardiac complex in the two or more cardiac signals is isolated in an analysis window. The morphology of the cardiac complex in each of the two or more cardiac signals is then compared to the morphology of a template cardiac complex representing a predetermined cardiac condition. Based on this comparison, the cardiac complex is classified as either belonging or not belonging to the predetermined cardiac condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hsu, Joseph Martin Smith