Patents Assigned to LÖWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
  • Patent number: 12005191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory mask with an interface for the connection of at least two components, wherein the interface is round or oval and has a maximum diameter, and the components each make available at least one subregion of the interface. The component has a grip part which extends radially outward from the subregion and which is configured as a pressing surface or gripping means for fingers or the hand of an operator, wherein the component has two grip parts, wherein the subregions are in form-fit engagement with each other in an assembled state and are movable about a rotation axis (DA), for which purpose the grip part is rotatable to different rotation positions relative to the two grip parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Arnold Frerichs, Martin Bechtel, Martin Eifler, Joachim Gardein
  • Patent number: 11980718
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory mask of modular construction. The main components are reduced to four parts and are provided by the mask body, the forehead support, the mask cushion and the attachment piece. The design, according to the invention, of the outflow structure between mask body and forehead support makes apertures in the mask body unnecessary for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Arnold Frerichs, Joachim Gardein
  • Patent number: 11975237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a respiratory therapy system having two respiratory therapy devices operable separately and independently of one another. The respiratory therapy devices each have a control unit and each have a device component controllable by means of the control unit for providing a device function. In this case, a coupling unit is provided for establishing an operational connection between the respiratory therapy devices. The coupling unit is designed for the purpose of controlling the control units of the respiratory therapy devices when the operational connection is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Bjoern Tiemann, Christof Goebel, Anne Wonsyld, Thomas Ress, Benjamin Adametz, Jan Schattner
  • Patent number: 11962707
    Abstract: Method for authenticating at least one ventilator with at least one remote station, wherein the ventilator can connect itself via at least one interface to the remote station, at least one authentication file is stored on the ventilator, the authentication file contains at least one signature code of a signing authority, and a public keycode of the signing authority is known to the remote station, the ventilator sends the authentication file to the remote station when establishing the connection to the remote station, the remote station checks the signature code of the authentication file using the public keycode as to whether the signature code originates from the signing point and the ventilator is authenticated when the remote station recognizes the signature code as originating from the signing authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Igor Bychkov, Matthias Schwaibold
  • Patent number: 11925755
    Abstract: A respiration therapy appliance having a fan for generating a respiratory air flow for carrying out respiration therapy. The fan comprises at least one rotatable fan impeller having a plurality of blade elements which are arranged on a support disk. The blade elements and/or the support disk have at least one cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Angela Gerlach
  • Patent number: 11921011
    Abstract: A monitoring system for detecting leakages during ventilation with a ventilator, comprising a monitoring device for determining a leakage rate from a leakage parameter detected by sensors. The monitoring device is configured for recording a time profile of the leakage parameter, for determining a measure for a rate of change of the leakage parameter in the time profile, and for detecting a mouth leakage in accordance with the measure, such that a mouth leakage can be differentiated from at least one other leakage type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Matthias Schwaibold
  • Patent number: 11883597
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory mask (1) having a mask unit (2) and having an emission device (3) for discharging exhaled gas from the respiratory mask (1). The mask unit (2) comprises a mask body (4) and a connection unit (5) which can be connected to the mask body (4) for connection of a respiratory gas feed line (101). The emission device (3) comprises a plurality of flow channels (6), which are arranged in at least one part of the mask unit (2). Here the emission device (3) comprises at least one flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Martin Eifler
  • Patent number: 11872348
    Abstract: A ventilator with integrated breathing air humidifier has at least two defined air pathways provided in the breathing air humidifier. The breathing air humidifier is installed and fixed on a horizontal surface of the ventilator. The breathing air humidifier comprises at least a top part and a bottom part, a water reservoir being provided in the bottom part, wherein the top part cannot be removed from the bottom part when the unit is in at least one operating mode. The ventilator may have an air humidifier with at least one water reservoir, and at least one filling device for the water reservoir in the breathing air humidifier, wherein the filing device can be operated with one hand and/or opened with one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Karl Andreas Feldhahn, Wolfgang Wedler, Matthias Pulla, Christof Goebel, Thomas Ress, Frank Herrmann, Stefan Hein, Christian Kluin, Joachim Gardein
  • Patent number: 11865253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for operating a respiration apparatus and a respiration system, and also a respiration apparatus and a respiration system. The respiration system comprises a respiration apparatus and a computer software program for an external computer to operate the respiration apparatus. The respiration apparatus comprises a processor device and an apparatus software program and an apparatus configuration. The validities of the computer software, the apparatus software and the apparatus configuration are in each case characterized by a version. The versions are compared with one another to detect a version conflict. If invalid versions are present, the computer software is provided with a program component with a limit value and a plausibility rule, or the setting parameters are sorted into a first group and a second group. The setting parameters of the first group are retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Loewenstein Medical Technology S.A.
    Inventors: Igor Bychkov, Florian Stockwald
  • Patent number: 11850366
    Abstract: A respiratory device comprises a housing, a user interface, and a pneumatic unit comprising at least one of each of a respiratory gas drive, a measuring unit, a control unit, and a sound unit and designed as a pneumatic conveying line forming a respiratory gas path from an appliance inlet to an appliance outlet of the housing. At least one component of the pneumatic unit or the pneumatic conveying line is removable from the housing. A cooling air path driven by a cooling fan is guided through the housing from a cooling air inlet to a cooling air outlet and at least the control unit, the respiratory gas drive and a main circuit board are arranged in the cooling air path in such a way that the component having the highest heat build-up during operation is arranged at an end of the cooling air path in a direction of flow of the cooling air path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Heiko Sepke, Mohamed Salem-Cherif, Joachim Gardein, Henry Hahn
  • Patent number: 11850359
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for operating a breathing apparatus with a touch-sensitive graphical display and just one other mechanical operating element, wherein the basic treatment can be started by pressing down the mechanical operating element, and additional adjustments are made using the touch-sensitive graphical display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Loewenstein Medical Technology S.A.
    Inventors: Karl-Andreas Feldhahn, Christof Schroeter, Andreas Rensmann, Uwe Strempel, Regina Schaefer, Matthias Schwaibold
  • Patent number: 11822495
    Abstract: A method for managing data exchange via at least three interfaces of a ventilator, at least one interface being configured for a data exchange with at least one counterpart station that is spatially separate from the ventilator. The data exchange comprises a data input and a data output, a data input via one of the interfaces blocking the data input via at least one other interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Matthias Schwaibold, Alexander Skiba, Christof Schroeter, Mario Haushammer
  • Patent number: 11815866
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a ventilator by means of a detection unit for control commands, wherein the detection unit detects control commands of a user in a detection region of the detection unit, the detection unit comprising at least one sensor for control commands, a memory, an apparatus for producing digital control commands and an interface for coupling to the ventilator and for transmitting the control commands to the ventilator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Matthias Schwaibold
  • Patent number: 11743335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for data transfer between a server and a respirator which comprises a source for breathing gas, and at least one interface to enable a data transfer, a device for determining data, a control unit, a memory, and a timer unit for specifying a system time. The respirator is configured to give the data a timestamp, to store them and to transfer them at a later point in time. The system is configured to ensure that collected data are correctly stored and assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Matthias Schwaibold
  • Patent number: 11723549
    Abstract: An apparatus for capturing the electrical behavior of the human body during respiration and/or ventilation, the apparatus comprising ventilation elements, elements for capturing the impedance of the patient and at least one control unit. The impedance is captured using at least two electrically conductive electrodes, which capture the electrical behavior of the human body. The elements for capturing the impedance are configured to capture the change in the impedance of the human body over time during respiration and/or ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Kremeier, Sven Pulletz
  • Patent number: 11696699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for real-time determination of a local strain of a lung during artificial ventilation. The system comprises a device for electrical impedance tomography (EIT), which device is configured to capture an electrical impedance distribution along at least one two-dimensional section through a human thorax, and further comprises a device for assigning the captured electrical impedance distribution, which device is configured to divide the captured electrical impedance distribution at different times during the artificial ventilation into a multiplicity of EIT pixels and to assign a specific value of the electrical impedance at a specific time to a specific EIT pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Kremeier, Gerado Tusman, Sven Pulletz
  • Patent number: 11679220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mask bead for a patient interface, comprising a nose bridge region, at least one side region, a base region, a mask bead attachment, and a bearing region on the patient. The bearing region extends from the side regions and the base region and also the nose bridge region to an opening and is designed as a sealing lip which frames the central opening which serves at least for the introduction of the nose of the patient. The mask bead is formed from at least one elastic material and comprises at least one support structure in the mask bead, which support structure is designed to in part face the bearing region and to in part face the mask bead attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Martin Eifler
  • Patent number: 11679225
    Abstract: Disclosed is a respirator which comprises an electronic control device and a pneumatic main line in which the following are connected pneumatically: a respiratory gas source, a valve, a mixing chamber, a gas-dosing unit, and a supply line. The gas-dosing unit is configured to convey external air and/or oxygen and/or anesthetic gas into the mixing chamber, the respiratory gas source is configured to deliver respiratory gas to the supply line, the mixing chamber is configured to make available respiratory gas, the supply line is configured to supply the patient with respiratory gas, and the valve is configured to at least temporarily reduce a stream of respiratory gas to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Jonas Mulfinger
  • Patent number: 11660018
    Abstract: A breath analyzer for detecting breathing events of a person ventilated with a respiratory gas, comprising an electronic computing and storage unit configured to receive a signal corresponding to a ventilation pressure and/or a respiratory flow and/or a tidal volume of the respiratory gas delivered to the person and, during a predetermined analysis duration, to detect a curve of the signal by a curve analyzer. A ventilator for ventilating a person with a respiratory gas, which ventilator comprises the breath analyzer and a method for detecting breathing events of a person ventilated with a respiratory gas is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Jan Verhoeven, Benno Doemer, Matthias Schwaibold
  • Patent number: D1007687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventor: Anne Wonsyld