Patents by Inventor Michell Smith

Michell 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).

  • Decision support system using intelligent agents
    Patent number: 10068667
    Abstract: A computing architecture, system and method are disclosed for use in a medical device for providing decision support to a caregiver. The computing architecture includes a memory, a processor in communication with the memory, and an instance of a primary rules-based service configured to provide instruction events, the instance providing a primary processing thread of instruction events for coaching treatment of a patient. A software manager module includes an artificial intelligence architecture. The artificial intelligence architecture is configured to provide an instance of a conditional rules-based service for providing instruction events. The instance provided by the artificial intelligence architecture provides a processing thread of instruction events for coaching treatment of a patient that is independent of the primary processing thread and is configured to trigger an action on the occurrence of a pre-defined set of input conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Peterson, Dana Lewis, Michell Smith, Cheryl Protas, James Wootten, David B. Stewart, Garrett Kotlarchik, Jeffery Edwards, D Craig Edwards
  • DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM USING INTELLIGENT AGENTS
    Publication number: 20150238692
    Abstract: A computing architecture, system and method are disclosed for use in a medical device for providing decision support to a caregiver. The computing architecture includes a memory, a processor in communication with the memory, and an instance of a primary rules-based service configured to provide instruction events, the instance providing a primary processing thread of instruction events for coaching treatment of a patient. A software manager module includes an artificial intelligence architecture. The artificial intelligence architecture is configured to provide an instance of a conditional rules-based service for providing instruction events. The instance provided by the artificial intelligence architecture provides a processing thread of instruction events for coaching treatment of a patient that is independent of the primary processing thread and is configured to trigger an action on the occurrence of a pre-defined set of input conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Peterson, Dana Lewis, Michell Smith, Cheryl Protas, James Wootten, David B. Stewart, Garrett Kotlarchik, Jeffery Edwards, D Craig Edwards