Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Blanchard

Thomas C. Blanchard 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: 20230056899
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a patient's risk of developing an infection is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system and method includes extracting patient data from one or more databases corresponding to a pool of patients receiving treatment; using one or more predictive models with the extracted patient data to generate, for each of the patients in the pool of patients, a respective patient risk score for developing an infection within a selected time period; generating a report including at least a portion of the identified subset of the pool of patients and their respective patient risk scores; and transmitting the report to one or more health care facilities, the one or more health care facilities further identifying one or more patients from the portion of the identified subset of the pool of patients for interventional treatment, consultation, training, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Joanna L. Willetts, Melissa C. Herman, Brian C. Ellison, Judith E. Moran, Dinesh K. Chatoth
  • Patent number: 11495359
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a patient's risk of developing an infection is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system and method includes extracting patient data from one or more databases corresponding to a pool of patients receiving treatment; using one or more predictive models with the extracted patient data to generate, for each of the patients in the pool of patients, a respective patient risk score for developing an infection within a selected time period; generating a report including at least a portion of the identified subset of the pool of patients and their respective patient risk scores; and transmitting the report to one or more health care facilities, the one or more health care facilities further identifying one or more patients from the portion of the identified subset of the pool of patients for interventional treatment, consultation, training, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Joanna L. Willetts, Melissa C. Herman, Brian C. Ellison, Judith E. Moran, Dinesh K. Chatoth
  • Publication number: 20210259628
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for estimating progression of chronic kidney disease in a patient and applying clinical interventions may include determining historic values of at least one patient parameter that varies as a function of the progression of the chronic kidney disease over time, and computationally estimating a trend corresponding to the historic values. Based on the trend, at least one marker may be automatically provided that identifies a clinical intervention and a time in the future when the clinical intervention is expected to be needed. Based on the at least one marker, clinical preparations may be executed at a time prior to the administration of the intervention in order to improve at least one of a) timeliness of the execution of the intervention and b) effectiveness of the intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Yuedong Wang, Peter Kotanko, Dugan W. Maddux, Franklin W. Maddux
  • Patent number: 11026625
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for estimating progression of chronic kidney disease in a patient and applying clinical interventions may include determining historic values of at least one patient parameter that varies as a function of the progression of the chronic kidney disease over time, and computationally estimating a trend corresponding to the historic values. Based on the trend, at least one marker may be automatically provided that identifies a clinical intervention and a time in the future when the clinical intervention is expected to be needed. Based on the at least one marker, clinical preparations may be executed at a time prior to the administration of the intervention in order to improve at least one of a) timeliness of the execution of the intervention and b) effectiveness of the intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Yuedong Wang, Peter Kotanko, Dugan W. Maddux, Franklin W. Maddux
  • Publication number: 20200051674
    Abstract: A system and method for determining patient hospitalization risk and treating patients is disclosed. The system and method may include extracting patient data from one or databases corresponding to a pool of patients having end stage renal disease; using a predictive model with the extracted patient data to generate, for each of the patients, a respective expected probability for hospitalization within a predetermined time period; identifying a subset of patients having respective expected probabilities that are higher than other patients in the pool of patients; identifying, for each patient, at least one factor from the patient data that increased the expected probability of hospitalization; and based on the identified factors, determining and executing clinical interventions to lower the probability of hospitalization within the subset of the pool of patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew W. Long, Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Hernando G. Garza, Jodi Conti, Cara S. Gallagher, Joanna L. Willetts, Hao Han, Sheetal Chaudhuri, Franklin W. Maddux
  • Publication number: 20200005947
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a patient's risk of developing an infection is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system and method includes extracting patient data from one or more databases corresponding to a pool of patients receiving treatment; using one or more predictive models with the extracted patient data to generate, for each of the patients in the pool of patients, a respective patient risk score for developing an infection within a selected time period; generating a report including at least a portion of the identified subset of the pool of patients and their respective patient risk scores; and transmitting the report to one or more health care facilities, the one or more health care facilities further identifying one or more patients from the portion of the identified subset of the pool of patients for interventional treatment, consultation, training, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Joanna L. Willetts, Melissa C. Herman, Brian C. Ellison, Judith E. Moran, Dinesh K. Chatoth
  • Publication number: 20190371472
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying an undocumented comorbidity condition in a patient. In one embodiment, the method includes extracting patient data from one or more databases corresponding to a pool of patients receiving treatment; using one or more predictive models with the extracted patient data to generate, for each of the patients in the pool of patients, a respective patient risk score for having an undocumented comorbidity condition; identifying a subset of the pool of patients having a respective patient risk score that is higher than a predetermined threshold value; and based on the identified subset of the pool of patients, identifying one or more patients for additional evaluation, additional review, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Teresa A. Nash-Hampton
  • Publication number: 20190046112
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for estimating progression of chronic kidney disease in a patient and applying clinical interventions may include determining historic values of at least one patient parameter that varies as a function of the progression of the chronic kidney disease over time, and computationally estimating a trend corresponding to the historic values. Based on the trend, at least one marker may be automatically provided that identifies a clinical intervention and a time in the future when the clinical intervention is expected to be needed. Based on the at least one marker, clinical preparations may be executed at a time prior to the administration of the intervention in order to improve at least one of a) timeliness of the execution of the intervention and b) effectiveness of the intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Yuedong Wang, Peter Kotanko, Dugan W. Maddux, Franklin W. Maddux