Patents by Inventor Etienne Dunant

Etienne Dunant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Independent protection system for an electrical muscle stimulation apparatus and method of using same
    Patent number: 9808619
    Abstract: Electrotherapy systems and methods for delivering an electrostimulation treatment program to a user while reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation. The systems and methods detect electrostimulation treatment program delivery characteristics, including a pulse intensity above a preset limit; a pulse duration above a preset limit; an inappropriately compensated pulse; a charge per pulse above a predetermined limit; a current improperly exiting from a stimulation channel; a current present outside of a pulse; an excitation pulse and a compensation pulse generated on different channels; an inter-pulse time less than a predetermined limit; and a time between an excitation and a compensation pulse greater than a predetermined limit. The limits are selected in relation to an objective of reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Encore Medical Asset Corporation
    Inventors: Felix Buhlmann, Etienne Dunant, Steve Guex, David Truffer, Pierre-Yves Mueller
  • INDEPENDENT PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20120150260
    Abstract: Electrotherapy systems and methods for delivering an electrostimulation treatment program to a user while reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation. The systems and methods detect electrostimulation treatment program delivery characteristics, including a pulse intensity above a preset limit; a pulse duration above a preset limit; an inappropriately compensated pulse; a charge per pulse above a predetermined limit; a current improperly exiting from a stimulation channel; a current present outside of a pulse; an excitation pulse and a compensation pulse generated on different channels; an inter-pulse time less than a predetermined limit; and a time between an excitation and a compensation pulse greater than a predetermined limit. The limits are selected in relation to an objective of reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Félix Bühlmann, Etienne Dunant, Steve Guex, David Truffer, Pierre-Yves Müller
  • Independent protection system for an electrical muscle stimulation apparatus and method of using same
    Patent number: 8140165
    Abstract: Electrotherapy systems and methods for delivering an electrostimulation treatment program to a user while reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation. The systems and methods detect electrostimulation treatment program delivery characteristics, including a pulse intensity above a preset limit; a pulse duration above a preset limit; an inappropriately compensated pulse; a charge per pulse above a predetermined limit; a current improperly exiting from a stimulation channel; a current present outside of a pulse; an excitation pulse and a compensation pulse generated on different channels; an inter-pulse time less than a predetermined limit; and a time between an excitation and a compensation pulse greater than a predetermined limit. The limits are selected in relation to an objective of reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Encore Medical Asset Corporation
    Inventors: Félix Bühlmann, Etienne Dunant, Steve Guex, David Truffer, Pierre-Yves Müller
  • Independent protection system for an electrical muscle stimulation apparatus and method of using same
    Publication number: 20060217768
    Abstract: Electrotherapy systems and methods for delivering an electrostimulation treatment program to a user while reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation. The systems and methods detect electrostimulation treatment program delivery characteristics, including a pulse intensity above a preset limit; a pulse duration above a preset limit; an inappropriately compensated pulse; a charge per pulse above a predetermined limit; a current improperly exiting from a stimulation channel; a current present outside of a pulse; an excitation pulse and a compensation pulse generated on different channels; an inter-pulse time less than a predetermined limit; and a time between an excitation and a compensation pulse greater than a predetermined limit. The limits are selected in relation to an objective of reducing the risk of inducing cardiac fibrillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Felix Buhlmann, Etienne Dunant, Steve Guex, David Truffer, Pierre-Yves Muller