Patents by Inventor Sherita N. CHAPMAN SMITH

Sherita N. CHAPMAN 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).

  • Techniques facilitating mobile telemedicine for stroke patients
    Patent number: 10846370
    Abstract: A method for facilitating mobile telemedicine for a suspected stroke case can include initiating, with an evaluation device, a prehospital mobile telemedicine videoconference with a remote device when a projected amount of time exceeds a threshold. The method can include determining for presentation, a set of specified symptoms of a stroke, the specified symptoms obtained remotely using the prehospital mobile telemedicine videoconference, obtaining input from a user, including information indicative as to whether a patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke, and in response to obtaining input, transmitting, from the evaluation device to the remote device, the information indicative as to whether the patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke. The method can include generating a medical alert, at the evaluation device, the medical alert including patient information and the information indicative as to whether the patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Southerland, Sherita N. Chapman Smith, Brian S. Gunnell
  • TECHNIQUES FACILITATING MOBILE TELEMEDICINE FOR STROKE PATIENTS
    Publication number: 20160188829
    Abstract: A method for facilitating mobile telemedicine for a suspected stroke case can include initiating, with an evaluation device, a prehospital mobile telemedicine videoconference with a remote device when a projected amount of time exceeds a threshold. The method can include determining for presentation, a set of specified symptoms of a stroke, the specified symptoms obtained remotely using the prehospital mobile telemedicine videoconference, obtaining input from a user, including information indicative as to whether a patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke, and in response to obtaining input, transmitting, from the evaluation device to the remote device, the information indicative as to whether the patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke. The method can include generating a medical alert, at the evaluation device, the medical alert including patient information and the information indicative as to whether the patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew M. SOUTHERLAND, Sherita N. CHAPMAN SMITH, Brian S. GUNNELL