Patents by Inventor Robert L. Chatburn

Robert L. Chatburn 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: 8550077
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing ventilation to a patient. An air source is configured to provide pressurized air to a patient through a patient circuit according to a ventilation pattern. At least one sensor is configured to monitor a corresponding physiologic property of the patient. A ventilator control system is configured to calculate an alveolar ventilation value from the monitored physiologic property of the patient, determine at least an optimal frequency for the ventilation pattern from the calculated alveolar ventilation value, and update the ventilation pattern according to the determined optimal frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Robert L. Chatburn, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila
  • Publication number: 20100300445
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing ventilation to a patient. An air source is configured to provide pressurized air to a patient through a patient circuit according to a ventilation pattern. At least one sensor is configured to monitor a corresponding physiologic property of the patient. A ventilator control system is configured to calculate an alveolar ventilation value from the monitored physiologic property of the patient, determine at least an optimal frequency for the ventilation pattern from the calculated alveolar ventilation value, and update the ventilation pattern according to the determined optimal frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Robert L. Chatburn, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila
  • Patent number: 4589409
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a high frequency jet ventilator humidification system which generally includes an air-oxygen blender, a heat exchanger, a solenoid valve, a water infusion pump, a humidifier, and a small tube coaxially positioned in a larger tube for delivery of respirable gas to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Inventors: Robert L. Chatburn, Marvin D. Lough