Patents by Inventor Richard G. Duff

Richard G. Duff 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 for providing a common medical device architecture
    Patent number: 9898584
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable storage medium for providing a genericized medical device architecture common to a plurality of medical devices are disclosed. The architecture may comprise at least one diagnostics module associated with at least one of the plurality of medical devices, wherein the at least one diagnostics module is configured to monitor an operational status of the at least one medical device. At least one hardware abstraction layer may be associated with at least one of the plurality of medical devices, and may be configured to provide abstracted access to hardware of the at least one medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventor: Richard G Duff
  • System and method for providing a user interface to remotely control medical devices
    Patent number: 9762654
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely controlling a medical device are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include the providing of computer executable instructions for presenting a graphical user interface capable of providing remote user input to the medical device, wherein the graphical user interface is at least substantially a true screen representation of an interface of the at least one medical device. At least one network port may be capable of remotely receiving the user input information. Responsive to the input information, a driver associated with the medical device may be configured to control the medical device responsive to the input at the remote graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle E Lynn, Richard G Duff, Rennie G Allen, Michael J Claus
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE TO REMOTELY CONTROL MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140280474
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely controlling a medical device are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include the providing of computer executable instructions for presenting a graphical user interface capable of providing remote user input to the medical device, wherein the graphical user interface is at least substantially a true screen representation of an interface of the at least one medical device. At least one network port may be capable of remotely receiving the user input information. Responsive to the input information, a driver associated with the medical device may be configured to control the medical device responsive to the input at the remote graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kyle E. Lynn, Richard G. Duff, Rennie G. Allen, Michael J. Claus