Goal Management System Healthcare Patent
ChangeBridge: EPO Bulletin - Health Informatics (G16H)
Summary
The European Patent Office published patent EP4107744A1 for Becton, Dickinson and Company's Goal Management System. The patent covers healthcare technology for managing patient health goals with IPC classifications including G16H 10/60, G16H 50/20, G16H 50/30, and related health informatics categories. The patent is designated across 34 European contracting states.
What changed
The EPO published a patent grant for Becton, Dickinson and Company's Goal Management System (EP4107744A1) on March 25, 2026. The invention relates to healthcare informatics systems for goal management, with classifications covering patient data collection (G16H 10/60), diagnostic systems (G16H 50/20), health data analysis (G16H 50/30), and treatment protocols (G16H 20/70). Inventors include Douglas McClure, Bryan Memmelaar, Dylan Wilson, Ryan Bedell, Danielle Butler, and Bryan Rourke.\n\nThis patent publication does not create regulatory obligations for healthcare providers or medical device manufacturers. Entities reviewing this publication should note that the patent grants Becton Dickinson intellectual property rights across EU contracting states. Healthcare technology developers should conduct freedom-to-operate analyses if developing similar goal management systems. No compliance actions or deadlines are associated with this patent publication.
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GOAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Publication EP4107744A1 Kind: A1 Mar 25, 2026
Applicants
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Inventors
MCCLURE, Douglas, MEMMELAAR, Bryan, Edward, WILSON, Dylan, G., BEDELL, Ryan, Francis, BUTLER, Danielle, V., ROURKE, Bryan
IPC Classifications
G16H 10/60 20180101AFI20240221BHEP A61B 5/00 20060101ALI20240221BHEP G16H 50/20 20180101ALI20240221BHEP G16H 50/30 20180101ALI20240221BHEP G16H 80/00 20180101ALI20240221BHEP G16H 20/70 20180101ALI20240221BHEP
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AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
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