Michael Sammuel Higgins

US Patent:

20060206011, Sep 14, 2006

Filed:

Mar 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/074004

Inventors:

Michael Higgins - Nashville TN, US
Paul St. Jacques - Franklin TN, US
Nimesh Patel - Nashville TX, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
G08B 23/00

US Classification:

600300000, 128920000, 340573100

Abstract:

A system and method for remotely monitoring multiple healthcare patients simultaneously is described. Multiple patients in multiple locations can be monitored for a variety of healthcare conditions and indicators. Information about the monitored patients is transmitted to a local monitoring component, which can be part of a portable processing system, and can be monitored by a healthcare professional using the portable processing system at any location convenient to the professional. An adaptive algorithm dynamically determines if an alert should be generated for a patient based on historical information associated with the patient or a procedure, situational information associated with a schedule, coordination or prioritization of multiple procedures, or predictive information based on the likelihood of a future condition based on a patient's current condition, a procedure being performed, or other factors.

US Patent:

20090054735, Feb 26, 2009

Filed:

Jul 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/496025

Inventors:

Michael S. Higgins - Nashville TN, US
Paul J. St. Jacques - Franklin TN, US
Nimesh P. Patel - Nashville TN, US

Assignee:

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT - NASHVILLE TN

International Classification:

A61B 5/00

US Classification:

600300

Abstract:

A method including monitoring data associated with a plurality of non-operating room patients and simultaneously displaying data associated with each of the plurality of non-operating room patients in a single display. The method further includes determining whether an alert should be generated for a patient from the plurality of non-operating room patients at least partially based on data associated with the patient, the determining being further based on a comparison of a potential priority of the alert being at least partially based on the data associated with the patient; and generating an alert in substantially real-time for the patient, if it is determined that an alert should be generated for the patient. The method still further includes displaying the patient's specific data in a single screen in response to a request for the patient's data.