Patents by Inventor William A. Rush

William A. Rush 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).

  • Disease treatment simulation
    Patent number: 8388348
    Abstract: There are provided a method, system and medium having instructions embedded to determine an attribute of a simulated patient's state resulting from a patient-physician encounter. The method includes receiving a current treatment move and an initial value of the attribute; calculating a maximal expected incremental effect value of the current treatment move over a previous treatment move on the attribute; attenuating the maximal expected incremental effect value based on amount of time between the previous treatment move and the current treatment move; summing the attenuated maximal expected incremental effect value with the initial value to generate an updated attribute of the simulated patient's state; and generating a patient-physician encounter that includes the updated attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: Regents of the University of Minnesota, HealthPartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: George R. Biltz, Pradyumna Dutta, Paul E. Johnson, Patrick J. O'Connor, William A. Rush, JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen