Patents by Inventor Sabine VAN HUFFEL

Sabine VAN HUFFEL 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).

  • System for determining gastric motility and for feeding a patient
    Patent number: 11806310
    Abstract: A system (100) for artificially feeding a patient, comprising: a pressure sensor (114) fluidly connectable to an inflatable balloon (B) via a first lumen of a balloon catheter (130); a controller (110) operatively connected to the pressure sensor (114) for obtaining the measured pressure values; a food pump (112) fluidly connectable to a second lumen of the balloon catheter having at least one opening (132) for providing food; the controller (110) operatively connected to the food pump (112) for driving the food pump at a configurable flow rate; wherein the controller (110) contains computer executable instructions comprising: first code fragments for performing a first algorithm (1300) for extracting gastric motility information from the measured pressure values, and second code fragments for performing a second algorithm for dynamically adjusting (708) said flow rate based on said extracted gastric motility information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: VIPUN Medical NV
    Inventors: Pieter Janssen, Peter Annemie Jos Irma Slaets, John Fredy Morales Tellez, Jenny Carolina Varon Perez, Steven Vandeput, Sabine Van Huffel, Nick Goelen, Jan Tack
  • SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING GASTRIC MOTILITY AND FOR FEEDING A PATIENT
    Publication number: 20210220227
    Abstract: A system (100) for artificially feeding a patient, comprising: a pressure sensor (114) fluidly connectable to an inflatable balloon (B) via a first lumen of a balloon catheter (130); a controller (110) operatively connected to the pressure sensor (114) for obtaining the measured pressure values; a food pump (112) fluidly connectable to a second lumen of the balloon catheter having at lea st one opening (132) for providing food; the controller (110) operatively connected to the food pump (112) for driving the food pump at a configurable flow rate; wherein the controller (110) contains computer executable instructions comprising: first code fragments for performing a first algorithm (1300) for extracting gastric motility information from the measured pressure values, and second code fragments for performing a second algorithm for dynamically adjusting (708) said flow rate based on said extracted gastric motility information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: VIPUN Medical NV
    Inventors: Pieter JANSSEN, Peter Annemie Jos Irma SLAETS, John Fredy MORALES TELLEZ, Jenny Carolina VARON PEREZ, Steven VANDEPUT, Sabine VAN HUFFEL, Nick GOELEN, Jan TACK