Jason A Spencer

US Patent:

20190005596, Jan 3, 2019

Filed:

Aug 13, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/102038

Inventors:

- Eindhoven, NL
Bill CLARK - Davis CA, US
Rex KERR - Folsom CA, US
Jason SPENCER - Rocklin CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/22
G06F 19/00
G16H 40/60

Abstract:

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing shared resources in a multi-modality medical system. A multi-modality medical system acquires, stores, processes, and displays data associated with a plurality of different medical modalities. Although different, independent modules within the medical system handle different modality workflows, such modules rely on common resources in the system. The method and systems described herein coordinate usage of the common resources, such as a display viewport, among the independent modality modules. For example, a token-based, locking scheme is utilized to exclusively assign a shared resource to a single modality component. This locking scheme prevents, for example, resource deadlocks from occurring during a patient procedure, thus enhancing patient safety. This scheme also ensures, for example, that one diagnostic step in a patient procedure is completed before a second diagnostic step is started, and that all workflow operations halt in the event of an error.

US Patent:

20140188515, Jul 3, 2014

Filed:

Dec 19, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/135207

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Bill Clark - Davis CA, US
Rex Kerr - Folsom CA, US
Jason Spencer - Rocklin CA, US

Assignee:

Volcano Corporation - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

705 3

Abstract:

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing and storing patient data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and systems described herein store all medical data acquired from a patient in a single patient record that is assigned a unique identifier. For example, (i) information identifying a patient, (ii) data acquired during a first diagnostic procedure, and (iii) data acquired during a second, different diagnostic procedure may all be stored in association with the same unique identifier, so as to simplify patient case review and retrieval. As an aspect of this, identifying patient information such as patient name and date of birth need only be inputted into the disclosed system a single time, thereby reducing the chance of clerical error.

US Patent:

20140180702, Jun 26, 2014

Filed:

Dec 11, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/103555

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Bill Clark - Davis CA, US
Rex Kerr - Folsom CA, US
Jason Spencer - Rocklin CA, US

Assignee:

Volcano Corporation - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06
G06Q 50/22

US Classification:

705 2

Abstract:

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing shared resources in a multi-modality medical system. A multi-modality medical system acquires, stores, processes, and displays data associated with a plurality of different medical modalities. Although different, independent modules within the medical system handle different modality workflows, such modules rely on common resources in the system. The method and systems described herein coordinate usage of the common resources, such as a display viewport, among the independent modality modules. For example, a token-based, locking scheme is utilized to exclusively assign a shared resource to a single modality component. This locking scheme prevents, for example, resource deadlocks from occurring during a patient procedure, thus enhancing patient safety. This scheme also ensures, for example, that one diagnostic step in a patient procedure is completed before a second diagnostic step is started, and that all workflow operations halt in the event of an error.

US Patent:

20140180703, Jun 26, 2014

Filed:

Dec 11, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/103570

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Bill Clark - Davis CA, US
Rex Kerr - Folsom CA, US
Jason Spencer - Rocklin CA, US

Assignee:

Volcano Corporation - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

705 2

Abstract:

A multi-modality medical system having a computing system communicatively coupled to a medical instrument is provided. An acquisition control activity module is configured to control acquisition of medical data from a patient with the medical instrument and a business logic state machine having a first data acquisition state and a first data review state and being operable to utilize the acquisition control activity module to control acquisition of medical data from the patient with the medical instrument while in the first data acquisition state, and being configured to convert the medical data into images representative of portions of the patient while in the first data acquisition state. The computing system includes also includes a user interface state machine having a second data acquisition state and a second data review state and being configured to present the images within a user interface while in the second data review state.