Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
14 patents granted to the 8 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Community Health Systems, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
14
11 utility, 3 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
15
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology2
Medical technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
St. Joseph Health System a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedCADENCE SOLUTIONS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedNorthwest Hospital a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedTendo Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedSt. Joseph Health System a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 publishedBLUEFIELD HOLDINGS INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedLRH, Limited Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedVictoria Hospital Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedNames not counted (4)
HealthTrust Purchasing Group, L.P.#
Also listed as a subsidiary by HCA Healthcare, Inc.. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
EL MED, LLC
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Health Management Associates, LLC
Only generic words.
Health Management Associates, LP
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Oct 8, 2024 | 12,112,841 | Systems and methods for autoregressive recurrent neural networks for identifying actionable vital alerts | Computer technology | CADENCE SOLUTIONS, INC. |
| Nov 14, 2023 | 11,817,193 | Systems and methods for autoregressive recurrent neural networks for identifying actionable vital alerts | Computer technology | CADENCE SOLUTIONS, INC. |
| Oct 11, 2022 | 11,464,666 | Hand elevation device and methods of use | Medical technology | St. Joseph Health System |
| Nov 17, 2020 | 10,835,687 | Method and apparatus for sharps protection | Medical technology | St. Joseph Health System |
| Apr 11, 2017 | 9,616,275 | Ankle strengthening exercise device | Furniture, games | St. Joseph Health System |
| Feb 7, 2017 | 9,561,395 | Ankle strengthening exercise device | Furniture, games | St. Joseph Health System |
| May 24, 2016 | D757,243 | Tracheostomy cover plate | | St. Joseph Health System |
| May 17, 2016 | 9,339,266 | Method and apparatus for sharps protection | Medical technology | St. Joseph Health System |
| Jun 9, 2015 | D731,639 | Tracheostomy cover plate | | St. Joseph Health System |
| Jan 9, 2007 | 7,160,868 | Nr-CAM gene, nucleic acids and nucleic acid products for therapeutic and diagnostic uses for tumors | Pharmaceuticals | Northwest Hospital |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Aug 14, 2025 | 2025/0259217 | SELECTIVELY REDEEMABLE BUNDLED SERVICES RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | IT methods for management | Tendo Systems, Inc. |
| Jan 2, 2025 | 2025/0005634 | BACKEND BUNDLED HEALTHCARE SERVICES PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | IT methods for management | Tendo Systems, Inc. |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 2024/0403931 | ADJUDICATION & CLAIM SUBMISSION FOR SELECTIVELY REDEEMABLE BUNDLED HEALTHCARE SERVICES | IT methods for management | Tendo Systems, Inc. |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 2024/0346562 | PREPAID BUNDLED HEALTH, DENTAL, AND VETERINARY SERVICES WITH VIRTUAL PAYMENT DISTRIBUTION | IT methods for management | Tendo Systems, Inc. |
| Aug 22, 2024 | 2024/0282417 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOREGRESSIVE RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS FOR IDENTIFYING ACTIONABLE VITAL ALERTS | Computer technology | CADENCE SOLUTIONS, INC. · patent 12,112,841 granted from it |
| Aug 22, 2024 | 2024/0282416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEARNING PATIENT EMBEDDINGS WITH AUTOENCODERS | Medical technology | CADENCE SOLUTIONS, INC. |
| Mar 21, 2024 | 2024/0095455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUESTION-ANSWERING USING A MULTI-MODAL END TO END LEARNING SYSTEM | Computer technology | CADENCE SOLUTIONS, INC. |
| Mar 21, 2024 | 2024/0095445 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LANGUAGE MODELING WITH TEXTUAL CLINCAL DATA | Computer technology | CADENCE SOLUTIONS, INC. |
| Mar 11, 2021 | 2021/0069430 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARPS PROTECTION | Medical technology | St. Joseph Health System |
| Jul 16, 2020 | 2020/0222649 | TRACHEOTOMY DEVICE | Medical technology | St. Joseph Health System |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 4 · Computer technology 3 · Medical technology 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.