Andrew Hopper

US Patent:

20020194026, Dec 19, 2002

Filed:

Jun 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/172274

Inventors:

Jeffrey Klein - Decatur GA, US
Andrew Hopper - Tucker GA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/002000

Abstract:

A data management system accepts input documents having a variety of formats from multiple sources. Typically one or more formats are associated with a source. A document reader parses an input documents using a set of rules. The rules are tailored to the source that provided the document. The rules use format and context to extract data. The data extracted from the input document is stored in a document database and indexed. Typically, demographic data and clinical data are extracted from the input document and the demographic data is used to index the document.

US Patent:

59875194, Nov 16, 1999

Filed:

Sep 19, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/933388

Inventors:

John W. Peifer - Atlanta GA
Andrew Hopper - Atlanta GA
Michael Burrow - Lawrenceville GA
Barry Sudduth - Lawrenceville GA
Samir Panchal - Norcross GA
Andy Quay - Kennesaw GA
W. Edward Price - Smyrna GA
John R. Searle - Houston TX

Assignee:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

709230

Abstract:

The present invention provides a packet-based telemedicine system for communicating video, voice and medical data between a central monitoring station and a patient monitoring station which is remotely-located with respect to the central monitoring station. The patient monitoring station obtains digital video, voice and medical measurement data from a patient and encapsulates the data in packets and sends the packets over a network to the central monitoring station. Since the information is encapsulated in packets, the information can be sent over multiple types or combinations of network architectures, including a Community access Television (CATV) network, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the Internet, a local area network (LAN), a wide are network (WAN), over a wireless communications network, or over an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network. Thus, a separate transmission protocol is not required for each different type of transmission media. Rather, a single transport/network layer protocol is used for encapsulating the information in packets at the sending end and for de-encapsulating the information at the receiving end.

US Patent:

61122246, Aug 29, 2000

Filed:

Sep 19, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/934442

Inventors:

John W. Peifer - Atlanta GA
Andrew Hopper - Atlanta GA
Michael Burrow - Lawrenceville GA
Barry Sudduth - Lawrenceville GA
Samir Panchal - Norcross GA
Andy Quay - Kennesaw GA
W. Edward Price - Smyrna GA

Assignee:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06F 1300
G06F 1500

US Classification:

709202

Abstract:

A patient monitoring system for use in a telemedicine system that allows multiple medical devices to communicate with a control unit via an interface that uses a single interrupt. In architecture, the system can be implemented in hardware, or a combination of hardware and software, and is more particularly implemented as follows: A plurality of medical devices are connected to a control unit via a device interface that uses a single interrupt in the transmission of data from the medical devices to the control unit. When a medical device has data to transmit to the control unit, the medical device transmits data to the device interface, and the device interface uses its single interrupt line in the transmission of data to the control unit.