Patents by Inventor Van Merkle

Van Merkle 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: 20070244372
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a medical diagnosis is provided. In a first embodiment of the present invention a conversion table is created and stored in a computerized storage media of a computerized system, the conversion table converts raw test data into numeric values. Furthermore, a sub-diagnosis database is created and stored in the storage media, the sub-diagnosis database including a plurality of rules, each rule being identified by at least one diagnosis parameter. Patient test results are then input to the computerized system where they are converted into numeric analyte values by the conversion table. The numeric analyte values are compared to the diagnosis parameters of the rules stored in the sub-diagnosis database, wherein the rules having diagnosis parameters corresponding to the numeric analyte values are saved in the computerized system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Van Merkle
  • Publication number: 20050137463
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a medical diagnosis is provided. In a first embodiment of the present invention a conversion table is created and stored in a computerized storage media of a computerized system, the conversion table converts raw test data into numeric values. Furthermore, a sub-diagnosis database is created and stored in the storage media, the sub-diagnosis database including a plurality of rules, each rule being identified by at least one diagnosis parameter. Patient test results are then input to the computerized system where they are converted into numeric analyte values by the conversion table. The numeric analyte values are compared to the diagnosis parameters of the rules stored in the sub-diagnosis database, wherein the rules having diagnosis parameters corresponding to the numeric analyte values are saved in the computerized system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Van Merkle