Patents by Inventor Todd Bechtel

Todd Bechtel 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: 20200066402
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing patient assistance requests in a healthcare facility, documenting items (e.g., minor, routine, and/or frequently-performed items) in association with a patient's records in an Electronic Healthcare Information System, and cancelling patient requests for assistance. Indications that requests for assistance have been received and/or are being addressed by an appropriate healthcare team member may be audibly output from a speaker associated with a personal assistant device. Healthcare team members may verbally provide items for documentation in association with a patient's medical records, the items for documentation being received by a listening component of a personal assistant device and transmitted to an EHIS for documentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Todd Bechtel, Chad G. Hays, Amanda Berryman
  • Publication number: 20190356712
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to intelligent and near real-time monitoring in a streaming environment. In embodiments, a streaming platform streams raw data from raw data capture devices, where the raw data is contextually enriched using multiple information sources. A rule execution operator, integrated within the streaming platform, detects events by executing rules against the contextually enriched data. The rules applied are customizable, flexible, multivariate, and dynamically responsive to changing information. When an event is detected, an action can be instantiated in response to the event detection and/or newly derived information. The action and/or instructions for performing the action are communicated to external sources, where the action can be initiated and/or completed. Accordingly, actions are instantiated in near real time relative to the initial receipt of raw data from which the events were detected. Actions may be delayed using sophisticated temporal reasoning, in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Elizabeth Fay Osborne, Scott Gordon Siebers, Chad G. Hays, Jason Andrew Komarek, Todd Bechtel
  • Patent number: 10462199
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to intelligent and near real-time monitoring in a streaming environment. In embodiments, a streaming platform streams raw data from raw data capture devices, where the raw data is contextually enriched using multiple information sources. A rule execution operator, integrated within the streaming platform, detects events by executing rules against the contextually enriched data. The rules applied are customizable, flexible, multivariate, and dynamically responsive to changing information. When an event is detected, an action can be instantiated in response to the event detection and/or newly derived information. The action and/or instructions for performing the action are communicated to external sources, where the action can be initiated and/or completed. Accordingly, actions are instantiated in near real time relative to the initial receipt of raw data from which the events were detected. Actions may be delayed using sophisticated temporal reasoning, in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Fay Osborne, Scott Gordon Siebers, Chad G. Hays, Jason Andrew Komarek, Todd Bechtel
  • Publication number: 20180183843
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to intelligent and near real-time monitoring in a streaming environment. In embodiments, a streaming platform streams raw data from raw data capture devices, where the raw data is contextually enriched using multiple information sources. A rule execution operator, integrated within the streaming platform, detects events by executing rules against the contextually enriched data. The rules applied are customizable, flexible, multivariate, and dynamically responsive to changing information. When an event is detected, an action can be instantiated in response to the event detection and/or newly derived information. The action and/or instructions for performing the action are communicated to external sources, where the action can be initiated and/or completed. Accordingly, actions are instantiated in near real time relative to the initial receipt of raw data from which the events were detected. Actions may be delayed using sophisticated temporal reasoning, in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: ELIZABETH FAY OSBORNE, SCOTT GORDON SIEBERS, CHAD G. HAYS, JASON ANDREW KOMAREK, TODD BECHTEL
  • Publication number: 20180181870
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and methods for integrating flexible event detection into a near real-time streaming environment. A streaming platform streams raw data from multiple sources, adds contextual information to the raw data, and makes inferences from the enriched information. A rule execution operator, being integrated within the streaming platform, executes rules against the enriched information to detect events, using a rule repository that stores a plurality of flexible, dynamic, and customizable rules. When an event is detected by the rule execution operator, the streaming platform may use a middleware component to instantiate actions that are responsive to a detected event. Actions may be directly performed, and/or the actions and instructions for implementing or performing those actions are communicated to external devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: ELIZABETH FAY OSBORNE, SCOTT GORDON SIEBERS, CHAD G. HAYS, JASON ANDREW KOMAREK, TODD BECHTEL
  • Publication number: 20170098358
    Abstract: Methods and graphical user interfaces are provided for generating alarm notifications. For each of a plurality of patients, an alarm hotspot may be detected in near-real time. An alarm hotspot is detected using indications of alarms issued by devices that monitor a patient in a hospital setting. Once detected, the alarm hotspot is analyzed, in near-real time, so as to identify that one or more interventions are available for performance by a clinician. An action may include a clinician changing a lead, tuning a monitor limit, undertaking an intervention that addresses a physiological or non-physiological aspect of the patient that triggered an alarm, or a combination thereof. Then, alarm hotspot information and the identified action are communicated to a clinician in near-real time using an easily consumable notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: TODD BECHTEL, ELIZABETH FAY OSBORNE, SASANKA ARE, SCOTT GORDON SIEBERS, JASON ANDREW KOMAREK
  • Patent number: 8451314
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for one way and two way video and audio communications between a clinician at a remote location and a patient located in a patient room that is in a location different from the clinician are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Cline, James Monroe, Todd Bechtel, Jerry Jeffress