Patents by Inventor Susan L. Woulfe

Susan L. Woulfe 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).

  • Publication number: 20220189632
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting settings for a treatment of a patient. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for providing a treatment to a patient based on a causal model that measures current causal relationships between input settings and effects of treatments on the patient; ii) receiving a measure of an effect of the treatment on the patient; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the effect of the treatment on the patient, the causal model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson, Susan L. Woulfe, Mark A. Tomai
  • Publication number: 20220180979
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for designing a clinical trial. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting, from a population of patients, patients for being treated with the treatment using a configuration of input settings, wherein the configuration is selected based on a causal model that measures current causal relationships between input settings and a measure of success of the clinical trial; ii) determining the measure of success of the clinical trial for which patients were selected using the certain configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of success of the clinical trial, the causal model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson, Susan L. Woulfe, Mark A. Tomai
  • Publication number: 20220178899
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a biologic pharmaceutical. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a batch of a biologic pharmaceutical based on a causal model that measures current causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of batches of the biological pharmaceutical; ii) determining a measure of the quality of a batch of the biological pharmaceutical manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the batch of the biological pharmaceutical, the causal model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson, Susan L. Woulfe, Mark A. Tomai
  • Publication number: 20220172830
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for controlling operations of one or more healthcare facilities. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for controlling operations of the healthcare facilities based on a causal model that measures current causal relationships between input settings and a measure of success of operations at the healthcare facilities; ii) receiving a measure of success of the operation of the healthcare facilities while controlled using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of success of the operation of the healthcare facilities while controlled using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson, Susan L. Woulfe, Mark A. Tomai
  • Patent number: 6967092
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel multi-functional chimeric hematopoietic receptor agonist proteins, DNAs which encode the multi-functional chimeric hematopoietic receptor agonist proteins, methods of making the multi-functional chimeric hematopoietic receptor agonist proetiens and methods of using the multi-functional chimeric hematopoietic receptor agonist proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Inventors: John P. Mc Kearn, Charles A. McWherter, Yiqing Feng, Neena L. Summers, Nicholas R. Staten, Philip R. Streeter, Susan L. Woulfe, Nancy I. Minster, John C. Minnerly
  • Publication number: 20040127410
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel flt-3 receptor agonist proteins, DNAs which encode the flt-3 receptor agonist proteins, methods of making the flt-3 receptor agonist proteins and methods of using the flt-3 receptor agonist proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Charles A. McWherter, Yiqing Feng, John P. McKearn, Nicholas R. Staten, Philip R. Streeter, Susan L. Woulfe, Nancy I. Minster, John C. Minnerly
  • Patent number: 6660257
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel flt-3 receptor agonist proteins, DNAs which encode the flt-3 receptor agonist proteins, methods of making the flt-3 receptor agonist proteins and methods of using the flt-3 receptor agonist proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Charles A. McWherter, Yiqing Feng, John P. Mc Kearn, Nicholas R. Staten, Philip R. Streeter, Susan L. Woulfe, Nancy I. Minster, John C. Minnerly