Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Link

Ronald J. Link 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).

  • Method for obtaining dynamic informed consent
    Publication number: 20040064344
    Abstract: A method for providing a dynamic, customized patient consent form for informing a patient of the risk of undergoing a surgery or therapeutic treatment by inputting dynamic and semi-static data to create a rule-based algorithm for calculating different risks of undergoing the surgery; drafting different explanatory paragraphs of the different risks; inputting individual patient data; creating a customized risk assessment and assembling a customized consent form by selecting the appropriate explanatory paragraphs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Ronald J. Link, Arthur Epstein, Kenneth Keith
  • Method for obtaining dynamic informed consent
    Publication number: 20030212578
    Abstract: A method for providing a dynamic, customized patient consent form for informing a patient of the risk of undergoing refractive laser surgery to correct vision by inputting dynamic and semi-static data to create a rule-based algorithm for calculating different risks of undergoing the surgery; drafting different explanatory paragraphs of the different risks; inputting individual patient data; creating a customized risk assessment and assembling a customized consent form by selecting the appropriate explanatory paragraphs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Applied Surgical Data Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Link, Arthur Epstein, Kenneth Keith