Patents Assigned to Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
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Patent number: 11204622Abstract: A monitor mount is configured to detachably secure a monitor via a coupling which can be disengaged with an actuator. The monitor mount may be configured to detachably secure the monitor to a support structure via a clip. The monitor may have a reversible cover. The monitor may have a simplified back portion. The simplified back portion may omit couplings or electrical connections such that a back surface of the monitor is continuous. A rack is configured to detachably secure a module therein in multiple positions in which the module is mechanically connected to the rack and electrically connected or disconnected to the rack. The monitor may be a patient monitor and the module may be a patient monitoring module.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAAInventors: Peter A. Lund, Andrew T. Provencher, Zachary K. Hennings, Rajesh S. Rane, Thomas Swyst, Christopher Aiston
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Patent number: 11202605Abstract: A device provides a first data signal that indicates an activity of at least one muscle of a patient that is relevant for an inspiratory breathing effort and a second data signal that indicates an activity of at least one muscle of the patient that is relevant for an expiratory breathing effort. The data signals are generated from electromyography (EMG) signals detected by surface electromyography sensors. A computer is configured to determine breathing phase information on the basis of a breathing signal and to check at least one of the electromyography signals or at least one of the separated signals for detectability of a heart signal component and further to assign the signals to an inspiratory breathing activity as well as to an expiratory breathing activity of the patient as a function of the breathing phase information.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Marcus Eger, Philipp Rostalski, Herbert Buchner
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Patent number: 11172848Abstract: A system (100) monitors a position stability of a person (105) located on a patient positioning device (104) within a medical setting monitored area (108) and includes a sensor unit (110) with optical sensors (112) real time outputting a sensor signal (114) sensor data indicating a sequence of three-dimensional views of the monitored area over a monitoring time. A processor unit (120) receives the sensor signal and determines, based on indicated three-dimensional views, a person's center of weight (121), a geometric reference value (123), and a geometric distance (D) between the center of weight and the geometric reference value and automatedly monitors the determined geometric distance in real time over a monitoring time and calculates a current position stability (127) as a function of the currently determined geometric distance and geometric distances determined within a past analysis time interval and outputs a position stability signal (129).Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Frank Franz, Stefan Schlichting, Jasper Diesel
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Patent number: 11167100Abstract: An anesthesia ventilator, for the automated ventilation of a patient, includes an expiratory port and an inspiratory port for connecting a ventilation tube facing the patient for a breathing gas, a breathing gas delivery unit, at least one breathing gas sensor for detecting an anesthetic gas concentration, at least one pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of the breathing gas, as well as at least one computer. The computer is configured to actuate the breathing gas delivery unit as a function of the detected pressure of a preset desired pressure value. The computer is further configured to perform an adaptation of the desired pressure value as a function of the detected anesthetic gas concentration.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Wilfried Buschke, Christoph Hörmann, Stefan Mersmann
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Patent number: 11170622Abstract: A device includes a gas-measuring unit and a sound-measuring unit. The gas-measuring unit has a gas sensor detecting a first measured variable, and a gas analysis module determining a gas concentration from the first variable and comparing the concentration with a first threshold value, to output a first signal based thereon. The sound-measuring unit has a sound detection unit detecting a second measured variable, and a sound analysis module determining a status variable, from the second variable, indicating a noise exposure, and comparing the status variable with a second threshold value to determine a first parameter indicating a current sound level and/or determining a second parameter indicating a sound exposure accumulated over a time interval. The sound analysis module may determine the status variable, the first parameter and/or the second parameter as a function of the comparison of the gas concentration and the first threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Ulf Ostermann, Livio Fornasiero, Michael Brodersen, Wulf-Gerd Traving, Sven Eric Schmaljohann, Rene Lutat, Anne Wiggers
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Patent number: 11170624Abstract: A system includes a medical device, a patient sensor, an output unit and a signal processing unit that receives measured values from patient sensors and generates signals by analyzing received measured values. The signal processing unit decides whether an alarm criterion, relating to the generated signal, is met and detects an alarm and an alarm time and actuates the output unit. The actuated output unit displays an overall alarm sequence (16) in an overall time period (T) and an alarm reference sequence in a reference section (26) time window (T1) temporally positioned relative to the overall alarm sequence. At least one of a signal curve display (10) and an alarm reference sequence (18) are displayed as a portion of the overall time period. Time scales for the signal curve display and the alarm reference sequence are finer than time scales for the overall alarm sequence and the alarm reference section.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Edgar Ise, Michael Gömann, Sebastian Fischer, Andi Kern, Konradin Windhorst
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Patent number: 11154682Abstract: A ventilation tube unit (2), for connection to a medical ventilator, includes an outer tube (4) with a tubular connection device (18) with a jacket-side branch (24, 28), for connecting a medical unit such as a water trap, arranged between a first outer tube part (20) and a second outer tube part (22). An inner line (6) is arranged within and extends with the outer tube (4) between two port connectors (8). Each outer tube part (20, 22) includes a variable-length outer tube part that can be varied between a compressed state and an expanded state. The connection device (18) is displaceable in the longitudinal direction (A) relative to the inner line (6) by a compression of one outer tube part (20) and a corresponding expansion of the other outer tube part (22). A ventilation system with at least one such ventilation tube unit is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thomas Grassl, Gerd Wotha, Meinhard Braedel
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Patent number: 11154675Abstract: An anesthesia ventilator, for the automated ventilation of a patient, includes an expiratory port and an inspiratory port for connecting a patient ventilation tube for a breathing gas, a breathing gas delivery unit, a breathing gas volume flow sensor, a breathing gas sensor for detecting a carbon dioxide concentration, a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of the breathing gas, and a computer. The computer is configured to actuate the breathing gas delivery unit in a first mode of operation as a function of a preset ventilation rate, of the detected pressure and of a preset desired pressure value. The computer is configured to detect the presence of a desired operating state concerning the automated ventilation on the basis of the detected volume flow and of the detected carbon dioxide concentration and to make possible a transition to a second mode of operation in case of detection.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Wilfried Buschke, Christoph Hörmann, Stefan Mersmann
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Patent number: 11154216Abstract: A device (1) for determining the concentration of a gas component is configured with a radiation source (30) for radiating (31) light as a light emission in an infrared wavelength range. Two detector arrays (52, 62) with two detector elements (50, 60) are configured suitably for detecting the light emission generated by the radiation source (30) in two detector arrays (52, 62). Two filter elements (51, 61) are associated with the detector elements (50, 60). The two detector elements (50, 60) are oriented in relation to the radiation source, so that a range of overlap (65) is obtained due to the two detector arrays (52, 62). The range of overlap (65) causes attenuations in the propagation of light, which may be due to gas molecules or moisture (400). The attenuations in the propagation of light affect both detector elements (50, 60) and are compensated concerning the determination of the concentration.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Peter Dreyer, Günter Steinert, Bernd-Michael Dicks, Ralph-Peter Jacobi
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Patent number: 11147728Abstract: A patient bed assembly unit as well as to a thermotherapy device for newborns includes a bed frame and a drawer. The bed frame has a drawer guide configured to make possible a drawer movement from a central pushed-in position in the bed frame along a first pull-out direction and in a second pull-out direction, which direction is opposite the first pull-out direction, into a pulled-out position of the drawer. A drawer-centering device acts on the drawer to move it into the central pushed-in position. The drawer can be removed from the guide. A drawer anti-tilt device is provided, which transmits a torque acting on the drawer directly to a bed frame and prevents the downward tilting of the drawer relative to the bed frame about an axis extending at right angles to the pull-out directions.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAAInventors: Julia Börner, Eduard Engelsman, Torsten Hindersin, Fabian Bergner
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Patent number: 11141551Abstract: A ventilation drive (10) for an anesthesia device and a method for operating such a ventilation drive (10) are provided. The ventilation drive includes a blower unit (12), a pressure chamber (14) and a flexible bag (16) located in the pressure chamber (14). An internal volume of the bag (16) is coupled to an inspiratory branch (20) of a ventilation line. The blower unit (12) can be coupled to the internal volume of an outlet side and to an air inlet (26) for feeding ambient air on an inlet side. Further, a flow sensor (36) is provided between the outlet side of the blower unit (12) and the pressure chamber (14).Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Andreas Brandt, Ralf Heesch, Marina Wahl
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Patent number: 11135382Abstract: A medical device is provided with an alarm organization. A process for alarm organization of a medical device is also provided. Based on pressure measured values and flow measured values and with a comparison criterion, it is determined whether an elevation of an airway pressure of an anesthesia device or of a ventilator is caused by a coughing event. A visual and/or acoustic output of a warning or alarm is adapted, indicating the elevated airway pressure PAW_High.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Thomas Krüger, Birger Landwehr
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Patent number: 11131585Abstract: A process and a device are provided for a contactless determination of a measuring location (32) on a body, which point is intended for the measurement of a skin temperature of a human being (10). A signature (36) indicating a measuring location (32) on the body is detected by means of a sensor system (16). A skin temperature measurement is carried out on the measuring location (32) on the body. A signature (36) detectable in the infrared range and a sensor system (16) sensitive in the infrared range are used. Both the detection of the infrared range signature (36) and the measurement of the skin temperature at the measuring location (32) on the body are carried out by means of the sensor system (16) sensitive in the infrared range.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Jochim Koch, Jasper Diesel, Marc-Florian Uth
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Publication number: 20210271873Abstract: A system and method are capable of ensuring that one or more text strings will be able to be fully rendered in a target area of a user interface or a target area of a graphics file. The system and method determine the number of pixels of first and second reference text that fit in the target area in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, respectively, determine the number of pixels of string text in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and compare the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the first reference text and the vertical direction of the second reference text respectively to the number of pixels in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction of the text string that is desired to be rendered in the target area to determine whether the text string will fit in the target area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventor: Gregory Mark HENNINGER
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Patent number: 11103190Abstract: Circuits are provided for detecting an electrosurgical unit signal. An example circuit includes: a filter configured to process a floating ground signal associated with measuring a bio potential signal of a patient, and a detector configured to output a sensing signal based at least in part on the floating grounding and the Earth ground for detecting an electrosurgical unit signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Daniel K. Freeman, Ronald Gatzke
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Patent number: 11089986Abstract: A measured signal amplifier (1) amplifies an EMG sensor signal (E). The measured signal amplifier (1) includes a sensor interface (2) for receiving the EMG sensor signal (E), at least one device interface (3) for receiving an electrical energy signal as well as for transmitting a processed signal (V), an electrically chargeable energy storage device (4) and at least one computer (5). The computer (5) is configured to derive a processed signal (V) from the EMG sensor signal (E) and to control the charging of the energy storage device (4) by the electrical energy signal as a function of the EMG sensor signal (E) received from the sensor interface (2).Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Marcus Eger, Frank Sattler
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Patent number: 11090211Abstract: An infant incubator heat control device includes a temperature-detecting device providing chamber interior and incubator heater temperature measured values. A first mode of operation has an interior temperature set value, a temperature of the heater set value is calculated as a function of the interior temperature set value and of the chamber interior temperature measured value. A controlled variable is calculated for the heater as a function of the temperature of the heater set value and of the heater measured value. A second mode of operation calculates a temperature of the heater set value independently of the chamber interior temperature measured value. A controlled variable is calculated for the heater as a function of the set value for the temperature of the heater and of the heater temperature measured value.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventor: Przemyslaw Gdaniec
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Patent number: 11083859Abstract: A respirator (1) includes a fresh gas port (23, 25, 27) for connecting a fresh gas supply, a gas outlet (3) for connecting a supply line for a patient, an absolute pressure sensor (21) and a data processor (37). The gas outlet and the fresh gas port are fluidically connected via an inhalation branch (17) that is connected to the absolute pressure sensor. The fresh gas port has an adjusting valve (31), to set gas flow from the fresh gas supply to the inhalation branch, and a differential pressure sensor (33). The differential pressure sensor determines a differential pressure in the fresh gas port between the inhalation branch and the adjusting valve. The data processor receives and records the absolute pressure measured and the differential pressure to determine a fresh gas flow through the fresh gas port. A method for determining a fresh gas flow is also shown and described.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAAInventor: Jonas Börner
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Patent number: 11058366Abstract: An apparatus includes a base component having a center axis and at least two index positions. The apparatus also includes a rotational component coupled to the base component. The rotational component is configured to circularly maneuver about the center axis between the at least two index positions. A docking receptacle of the apparatus is coupled to the rotational component and is configured to receive a monitor having an electronic visual display. The apparatus also includes a handle configured to facilitate maneuvering of the rotational component.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Juan Pablo Eslava, Zachary K. Hennings, Peter Andrew Lund
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Patent number: 11051700Abstract: A double temperature sensor determines the body core temperature of a living being. The double temperature sensor includes a sensor block (2), which on one side carries a first temperature sensor (4) provided for placing on the skin surface and on the other side carries a second temperature sensor (5) spaced from the first. An evaluating unit calculates the body core temperature using the measured values of the first and second temperature sensors. The sensor block (2) is held in a hood-shaped housing shell (1) which is shaped in such a manner that the first temperature sensor (4) on the sensor block and the peripheral outer edge (8) of the housing shell (1) spaced therefrom lie in one plane. When the housing shell (1) is lying on the skin surface, the sensor block (2) is surrounded by an air-filled cavity closed off by the housing shell.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Jochim Koch, Thomas Grassl