Patents by Inventor Sonja Hermann

Sonja Hermann 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 and method to determine tissue compression
    Patent number: 10039488
    Abstract: The invention describes a system and method how tissue compression can be measured continuously in a non-contact way to provide a low cost, patient/user specific measurement system. The method may be used to inform existing and future pressure relief mattress systems. The invention may also be used for any application either in conjunction with another system or on its own to measure tissue compression. In another embodiment the invention can be used for measuring any type of compression of a compressible material, for example compression of viscoelastic foam or other materials. The invention may also be used to make inferences about the changes of blood flow at site of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars and the other members of the Board of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin
    Inventors: Sonja Hermann, Richard Reilly
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE TISSUE COMPRESSION
    Publication number: 20150230747
    Abstract: The invention describes a system and method how tissue compression can be measured continuously in a non-contact way to provide a low cost, patient/user specific measurement system. The method may be used to inform existing and future pressure relief mattress systems. The invention may also be used for any application either in conjunction with another system or on its own to measure tissue compression. In another embodiment the invention can be used for measuring any type of compression of a compressible material, for example compression of viscoelastic foam or other materials. The invention may also be used to make inferences about the changes of blood flow at site of measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Sonja Hermann, Richard Reilly