David Michael Hastings

US Patent:

7301451, Nov 27, 2007

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/750493

Inventors:

David C. Hastings - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US

Assignee:

GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc. - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

G08B 1/08

US Classification:

34053912, 3405391, 34053911, 340531, 3405731, 128903, 128904, 600300, 600301

Abstract:

A method for transferring data may include receiving data from a monitoring device, determining whether the subject being monitored has a condition that may require attention, and sending a notification message to a portable electronic device that is designed to be carried by a caregiver if such a condition exists. The notification message may be sent using one or both of a first wireless data transfer method and a second wireless data transfer method. The system may use both methods to communicate with one device or may use the first method to communicate with a first device and the second method to communicate with a second device. The portable electronic device may include two wireless transceivers such as a transceiver designed to connect the device to a local area network of a facility and a transceiver designed to connect the device to a cellular network.

US Patent:

20030171114, Sep 11, 2003

Filed:

Feb 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/376745

Inventors:

David Hastings - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US

International Classification:

H04Q007/00

US Classification:

455/426200, 455/554200, 455/090100

Abstract:

An improved WLAN solution for embedded systems incorporating optimized partitioning; it reduces power consumption and systems cost by up to 50%. All silicon gates associated with the redundant RISC processor, redundant SRAM and flash memories used in prior art WLAN solutions are eliminated. The invention includes a low gate count PHY Accelerator ASIC, a dual core processor (DCP), a portion of the PHY in software, and an innovative software MAC architecture supported by minimal hardware acceleration. The DCP is a standard off-the-shelf component incorporating DSP and RISC processors. It executes software portions of the MAC and PHY. The DCP communicates with the PHY Accelerator through a novel parallel interface that improves throughput while reducing processing requirements on DCP. Also, the PHY accelerator, or certain portions of it, may be embedded into the DCP. Invention includes a novel “resource utilization scheme”, whereby the various DCP resources get judiciously re-deployed.

US Patent:

20050143671, Jun 30, 2005

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/750608

Inventors:

David Hastings - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Pierre Charbonneau - Ladera Ranch CA, US

International Classification:

A61B005/04

US Classification:

600513000

Abstract:

A system for use in a monitoring a plurality of subjects may be configured to receive data from a monitoring device, determine whether a subject has a condition that may require attention based on data received from the monitoring device, wirelessly send a notification message to a first portable electronic device and/or a second portable electronic device if a subject has a condition that may require attention, and facilitate voice communication between the first portable device and the second portable device. The voice data may be transferred using one of a network of the health care facility, a direct wireless connection between the portable devices, and a cellular network. The system may further be configured to forward other data from the first portable device to the second portable device, such as data associated with a notification message being displayed on one of the devices.

US Patent:

20050146431, Jul 7, 2005

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/749741

Inventors:

David Hastings - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Pierre Charbonneau - Ladera Ranch CA, US

International Classification:

G08B001/08

US Classification:

340539120, 600300000

Abstract:

A method for use in monitoring a subject may include receiving physiologic data from sensors connected to the subject, processing the data from the sensors to identify a condition of the subject that may require attention by a user, sending a notification message to a portable electronic device, designed to be carried by a user, to indicate that the subject has a condition that may require attention by the user, and sending live data from the sensor to the portable electronic device based on a notification message sent to the portable electronic device. The live data may include physiologic data such as ECG waveform data. The live data may be sent with the notification message and/or may be sent in response to a user request. The method may also include sending a window of data acquired from the subject at about the same time as the alarm was triggered.

US Patent:

20050148890, Jul 7, 2005

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/749963

Inventors:

David Hastings - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US

International Classification:

A61B005/04

US Classification:

600509000, 600515000

Abstract:

A medical monitoring system generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention. The system then wirelessly transfers the notification messages to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may include a processing circuit configured to receive the notification messages. The processing circuit may also be configured to implement an organizer function such as a task list or schedule information, and may be configured to facilitate transfer of wireless data using a wireless transceiver. The portable device may also include an identification device coupled to the processing circuit and configured to input data representative of an identity of a subject of interest from an information source at a distance from the identification device. The identification device may be a barcode scanner or may be an RFID circuit.

Author:

David Hastings

ISBN #:

0830702881