Patents by Inventor Simon Picthall

Simon Picthall 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).

  • Publication number: 20220125372
    Abstract: An integrated device for screening swallowing safety and swallowing efficiency can (i) receive first vibrational data for a first set of swallowing events executed successively by a first individual, (ii) compare at least a portion of the first vibrational data and/or at least a portion of second vibrational data derived from the first vibrational data against preset classification criteria defined for each of swallowing safety and swallowing efficiency, (iii) assign a swallowing safety probability and a swallowing efficiency probability to each of the first plurality of swallowing events, (iv) determine a swallowing safety classification based at least partially on the swallowing safety probability of each of the first plurality of swallowing events and (v) determine a swallowing efficiency classification based at least partially on the swallowing efficiency probability of each of the first plurality of swallowing events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Jedwab, Simon Picthall
  • Publication number: 20210162193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector assembly for coupling a tube to a base of a catheter device, the connector assembly comprising a connector element having a channel and being configured to be coupled at a first end to the tube, a revolving lock having an opening for accommodating the connector element and being configured to engage with the connector element thereby enabling a free rotation around a rotation axis, a hub having a tubular channel and being configured to be attached to the base, wherein a second end of the connector element is configured to be at least partially inserted into the tubular channel of the hub, wherein the revolving lock is configured to be releasably locked with the hub, and wherein the rotation of the connector element is configured to be decoupled from the locking mechanism between the revolving lock and the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Simon PICTHALL, Marco MILIANI, Ilaria PAZZOLA, Chiara CONFICCONI, Luca BRONZATO, Manuele LOFARO, Giuseppe NICHETTI, Andrea DI BARI
  • Patent number: 10387624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an infusion pump (10) having a control unit (5) and a graphical user interface (3) functionally connected to the controller (5), wherein the control unit (5) is designed to receive at least two sensor signals (S1,S2) out of the following group of sensors: cassette presence sensor, door sensor, pressure sensor, air presence sensor, motor sensor, flow rate sensor, wherein the control unit (5) is designed to detect an error state based on the analysis of the at least two supplied sensor signals (S1,S2), wherein the control unit (5) is designed to associate a degree of severity out of at least two degrees of severities (A1,A3) based on the processing of the supplied sensor signals (S1,S2), and wherein the control unit (5) is designed to control a color of the display (1) of the graphical user interface (3) to be displayed, wherein a different color is associated with each degree of severity (A1,A3) as well as with a non-error state (A0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Jedwab, Simon Picthall
  • Publication number: 20160350512
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an infusion pump (10) having a control unit (5) and a graphical user interface (3) functionally connected to the controller (5), wherein the control unit (5) is designed to receive at least two sensor signals (S1,S2) out of the following group of sensors: cassette presence sensor, door sensor, pressure sensor, air presence sensor, motor sensor, flow rate sensor, wherein the control unit (5) is designed to detect an error state based on the analysis of the at least two supplied sensor signals (S1,S2), wherein the control unit (5) is designed to associate a degree of severity out of at least two degrees of severities (A1,A3) based on the processing of the supplied sensor signals (S1,S2), and wherein the control unit (5) is designed to control a color of the display (1) of the graphical user interface (3) to be displayed, wherein a different color is associated with each degree of severity (A1,A3) as well as with a non-error state (A0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Jedwab, Simon Picthall