Patents by Inventor Kim R. Fowler
Kim R. Fowler 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).
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Patent number: 8214051Abstract: A distributed system comprises a programming device and a remotely located server. During a programming session, the programming device transmits programs and rating information associated with the programs to the server. The server presents the rating information to a clinician to assist the clinician in selecting from among programs tested during the programming session. The programming device may also transmit patient information and device configuration information to the server for storage with selected programs and rating information within a database as part of a patient record. Programs and information received from a plurality of programming devices and for a plurality of patients may be stored in the database and analyzed by the server to provide responses to user queries made by clinicians via programming devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Sieracki, Kim R. Fowler, Richard B. North
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Publication number: 20110184493Abstract: A distributed system comprises a programming device and a remotely located server. During a programming session, the programming device transmits programs and rating information associated with the programs to the server. The server presents the rating information to a clinician to assist the clinician in selecting from among programs tested during the programming session. The programming device may also transmit patient information and device configuration information to the server for storage with selected programs and rating information within a database as part of a patient record. Programs and information received from a plurality of programming devices and for a plurality of patients may be stored in the database and analyzed by the server to provide responses to user queries made by clinicians via programming devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Sieracki, Kim R. Fowler, Richard B. North
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Patent number: 7933656Abstract: A distributed system comprises a programming device and a remotely located server. During a programming session, the programming device transmits programs and rating information associated with the programs to the server. The server presents the rating information to a clinician to assist the clinician in selecting from among programs tested during the programming session. The programming device may also transmit patient information and device configuration information to the server for storage with selected programs and rating information within a database as part of a patient record. Programs and information received from a plurality of programming devices and for a plurality of patients may be stored in the database and analyzed by the server to provide responses to user queries made by clinicians via programming devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Sieracki, Kim R. Fowler, Richard B. North
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Patent number: 7806000Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sensor for detecting arcing faults, the sensor combining a photodetector, a pressure detector, and an accelerometer along with integrated circuitry. The circuitry controls each detector, operates the self-test circuitry, conditions the signals from the detectors, and communicates with the external network. The circuitry receives commands from the network and transmits the output decision from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: H. Bruce Land, III, Kim R. Fowler
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Publication number: 20090193901Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sensor for detecting arcing faults, the sensor combining a photodetector, a pressure detector, and an accelerometer along with integrated circuitry. The circuitry controls each detector, operates the self-test circuitry, conditions the signals from the detectors, and communicates with the external network. The circuitry receives commands from the network and transmits the output decision from the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: H. Bruce Land, III, Kim R. Fowler
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Patent number: 7536914Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sensor for detecting arcing faults, the sensor combining a photodetector, a pressure detector, and an accelerometer along with integrated circuitry. The circuitry controls each detector, operates the self-test circuitry, conditions the signals from the detectors, and communicates with the external network. The circuitry receives commands from the network and transmits the output decision from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: H. Bruce Land, III, Kim R. Fowler
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Patent number: 7385215Abstract: Sensing elements that quickly and accurately determine if a liquid or gas is present around the sensing elements are disclosed. These sensing elements find particular application in identifying the location of the cavity wall in which a supercavitating vehicle is operating, relative to the vehicle. In certain embodiments signal emitting elements carried on the vehicle emit signals towards the presumed position of the cavity wall, and sensing elements carried on the vehicle receive the emitted signals after they are reflected off of the cavity wall. The sensing elements identify the location where the reflected signal is received, and based on this identified location, the location of the cavity wall is determined. In alternative embodiments, sensing elements are positioned along fins extending outward with respect to the hull of the vehicle, and the sensors sense the presence of liquid or gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Kim R. Fowler, Leo R. Gauthier, Jr.
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Patent number: 7181286Abstract: A distributed system comprises a programming device and a remotely located server. During a programming session, the programming device transmits programs and rating information associated with the programs to the server. The server presents the rating information to a clinician to assist the clinician in selecting from among programs tested during the programming session. The programming device may also transmit patient information and device configuration information to the server for storage with selected programs and rating information within a database as part of a patient record. Programs and information received from a plurality of programming devices and for a plurality of patients may be stored in the database and analyzed by the server to provide responses to user queries made by clinicians via programming devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Sieracki, Kim R. Fowler, Richard B. North
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Publication number: 20040143302Abstract: A distributed system comprises a programming device and a remotely located server. During a programming session, the programming device transmits programs and rating information associated with the programs to the server. The server presents the rating information to a clinician to assist the clinician in selecting from among programs tested during the programming session. The programming device may also transmit patient information and device configuration information to the server for storage with selected programs and rating information within a database as part of a patient record. Programs and information received from a plurality of programming devices and for a plurality of patients may be stored in the database and analyzed by the server to provide responses to user queries made by clinicians via programming devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: July 22, 2004Inventors: Jeffrey M. Sieracki, Kim R. Fowler, Richard B. North
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Patent number: 5370672Abstract: Neurological stimulation alleviates chronic pain and other functional neurologic disorders by delivering electrical impulses to the nervous system of a patient. Within this setting, a computer interface optimizes stimulation with commercially available neurostimulators. The computer and interface, in cooperation with a unique graphics input device, deliver arbitrary and unique paradigms of stimulation. The computer interface provides for efficient patient interaction, optimizes stimulation automatically, and reduces the demands imposed on the time of health care professionals.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1992Date of Patent: December 6, 1994Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Kim R. Fowler, Richard B. North