Patents by Inventor Robert K. Cowan

Robert K. Cowan 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).

  • Patent number: 11998752
    Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system comprises a plurality of patient parameter electrodes and a plurality of defibrillator electrodes to contact a patient's skin when the WCD is delivering therapy to the patient, a processor to receive one or more patient parameters from the one or more patient parameter electrodes, an energy storage device to store a charge to provide electrical therapy to the patient via the plurality of defibrillator electrodes, and a non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitor to obtain a blood pressure measurement of the patient and to provide the blood pressure measurement to the processor. The processor is to determine whether to provide electrical therapy to the patient based on the one or more patient parameters during an episode, and to obtain the blood pressure measurement from the NIBP monitor during the episode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings DAC
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Cowan, Steven E. Sjoquist, Zoie R. Engman, Erick M. Roane, Laura M. Gustavson, Douglas K. Medema, Garrett M. Kotlarchik, Pamela Breske, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Joseph L. Sullivan, Robert R. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 5947991
    Abstract: The present invention is an improved balloon catheter for cervical dilation having a shape when inflated that is larger in diameter at the portions of the balloon that extend into the cervix and vagina, and is narrower in diameter at the middle, or cervical portion. This improved shape of the inflated catheter allows an easier and simplified placement of the catheter in a patient and retention of the catheter in position during cervical dilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventor: Robert K. Cowan