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  • Patient monitor with integrated closed loop controller
    Patent number: 8423381
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for monitoring and controlling a patient (1), with a patient sensor (2) for capturing a patient signal, and a user interface (6) for providing a user with information on the captured patient signal, wherein the system comprises an integrated closed loop controller (4) which is fed with the patient signal and which controls a patient treating device (5) for treating the patient (1). Thus, an easy and efficient way of monitoring and controlling a patient is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Guenter Gegner, Rolf Neumann, Gerhard Tivig, Halald Greiner
  • Cordless charger for a wearable patient monitor
    Patent number: 8419644
    Abstract: The present application discloses a cordless charger for a wearable patient monitor. When a patient (10) is diagnosed with a heart condition, or suspected heart condition, they are prescribed a patient monitoring system. The system includes monitors (12) that the patient (10) wears to collect the data of interest. Each day, the patient swaps the monitor (12) he or she is wearing with a fully charged monitor (12) from a cordless charger (14). In this manner, a fresh monitor (12) is always available for monitoring the patient (10). The cordless charger (14) includes a battery (50) that powers the processes of the charger and recharges batteries (34) of the monitors (12). Data from the monitors can be either offloaded to the charger memory (70), or transmitted to a remote database (32) via the patient's Bluetooth enabled cellular phone (30) or other like device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Jacco C. Eerden
  • Oil migration system
    Patent number: 8418528
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system is provided that may be utilized to determine oil migration and oil displacement from a pre-oiled air filter. The present invention may also be utilized to determine if oil is displaced from the air filter onto a portion of the apparatus for visualization to a user. The present invention utilizes a demonstration apparatus having a system for forcing air through the oil subjected air filter thereby attempting to force displacement of the oil from the air filter. The apparatus utilizes a blowing means whereby the oil infused air filter is subject to higher than normal air flow and whereby the apparatus has a deflection portion whereby if oil is displaced from the air filter, it is deflected onto the deflection portion where it would be physically viewable to an observer present in the vicinity of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: John Reedy, Steve Rogers, Richard Dwyer
  • Household appliance
    Patent number: 8420984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a household appliance for performing a housekeeping task. The household appliance comprises a data input device (16) adapted to remotely sense a property in a sensing area (18), and a controller (22) coupled to the data input device and adapted to control an operation of the household appliance in accordance with the sensed property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Kersten Kaiser, Alwin Neukamm, Claudio Cenedese
  • Advanced access control for medical ad hoc body sensor networks
    Patent number: 8424062
    Abstract: A secure wireless network (2) includes a network (22, 24, 26) that includes one or more wireless nodes (7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20). A list (5) includes security metadata, which describes access rights or groups of access rights granted to an entity within the wireless network (2) or groups of entities within the wireless network (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: David S. Sanchez, Heribert Baldus, Oscar Garcia
  • Beam shaping without introducing divergence within a light beam
    Patent number: 8421000
    Abstract: An optical beam shaper comprises a polarization-dependent phase adjustment member which applies a phase pattern of equal magnitude and opposite sign to two orthogonal polarization states. In a preferred embodiment the beamer shaper is a dif tractive element made of a birefringent material, such as a photo-polymerizable liquid crystal polymer frozen in a uniaxial alignment, said dif tractive element comprising a plurality of zones, each zone having a stepped thickness defining a plurality of steps. The beam shaper can be used to introduce astigmatism to a polarized light beam or to undo the astigmatism to a beam with an orthogonal polarization state. The beam shaper is advantageously used within a detection device, such as a fluorescence scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Martinus Hubertus Petrus Van Dijk, Sjoerd Stallinga, Dirk Leo Joep Vossen, Marius Iosif Boamfa
  • Sizing and positioning technology for an in-the-ear multi-measurement sensor to enable NIBP calculation
    Patent number: 8419637
    Abstract: An in-the-ear (ITE) physiological measurement device (2) includes a structure (4) formed for easy insertion into multiple shaped and sized ear canals. An inflatable balloon (6) surrounds an end portion of the structure (4) to be positioned in the ear. Optionally, a mushroom shaped tip (22) is connected with an end of the structure (4) and carries a plurality of sensors (8). Inflation of the balloon (6) expands the tip (22) radially to position the sensors (8) proximate to vascular tissue within the ear canal. Once suitably positioned, the one or more sensors (8) sense physiological signals from the vascular tissue and bone structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Larry Nielsen, Christopher J. Poux
  • Fluid flow device and assembly employing a temperature gadient for determining at least one characteristic of a physico-chemical system therewith
    Patent number: 8420397
    Abstract: Fluid flow devices include a small plate (2), at least one flow channel (20) formed into this small plate, at least one storage channel (221-226) extending from this connection channel, and a set of valves (V1-V6), each of which is suitable for allowing or stopping the flow of fluid in a corresponding storage channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Rhodia Operations, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Mathieu Joanicot, Philippe Laval, Jean-Baptiste Salmon
  • Regenerative building block and diode bridge rectifier and methods
    Patent number: 8421118
    Abstract: A rectifier building block has four electrodes: source, drain, gate and probe. The main current flows between the source and drain electrodes. The gate voltage controls the conductivity of a narrow channel under a MOS gate and can switch the RBB between OFF and ON states. Used in pairs, the RBB can be configured as a three terminal half-bridge rectifier which exhibits better than ideal diode performance, similar to synchronous rectifiers but without the need for control circuits. N-type and P-type pairs can be configured as a full bridge rectifier. Other combinations are possible to create a variety of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics N.V.
    Inventors: Alexei Ankoudinov, Vladimir Rodov
  • Sinusoidally resonant radio frequency volume coils for high field magnetic resonance applications
    Patent number: 8421462
    Abstract: A radio frequency coil assembly includes an annular conductor (20, 22, 120) configured to support a sinusoidal electrical current distribution at a magnetic resonance frequency, and a radio frequency shield (30, 32, 34, 52, 60, 61, 130) shielding the annular conductor in at least one direction, the radio frequency shield including at least one of (i) a cylindrical shield portion (30, 60, 61, 130) surrounding a perimeter of the annular conductor, and (ii) a planar shield portion (32, 34, 52) arranged generally parallel with the annular conductor. In a magnetic resonance scanner embodiment, a magnet (10) generates a static magnetic field (B0), a magnetic field gradient system (14) is configured to superimpose selected magnetic field gradients on the static magnetic field, and said radio frequency coil assembly is arranged with the annular conductor generally transverse to the static magnetic field (B0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Zhiyong Zhai, Michael A. Morich, Gordon D. Demeester
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PREDETERMINED TYPE OF AMBIENT LIGHTING
    Publication number: 20130088359
    Abstract: A predetermined type of ambient lighting is generated in which the influence of each of a plurality of luminaries on a predetermined type of ambient lighting is determined (203) and illumination of each of the plurality of luminaries is controlled (209) to generate said predetermined type of ambient light based on the determined influence of each of the plurality o f luminaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Gianluca Monaci, Tommaso Gritti
  • PATHWAY ANALYSIS FOR PROVIDING PREDICTIVE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130090257
    Abstract: A method for assigning ranking scores to pathways in a set of pathways for classifying patients is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of comparing biomolecular datasets from different groups of patients and performing an analysis in order to assign ranking scores to pathways in a set of pathways. Furthermore, a method for using cancer pathway evaluation to support clinical decision making is disclosed. This assessment is further used for stratifying ovarian cancer patients based on chemosensitivity to platinum based drugs, the standard chemotherapy. We present the method for evaluation and ranking of the most relevant pathways responsible for platinum sensitivity. Clinical decision support software system should be able to then visualize this information for a clinician, contextualize it within a patient data set and help make a final decision on the potential responsiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Nilanjana Banerjee, Nevenka Dimitrova, Robert Lucito
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A FLYWHEEL WITH A DRIVETRAIN
    Publication number: 20130090210
    Abstract: A vehicle driveline and a method for synchronizing a flywheel and the vehicle driveline are provided. The vehicle driveline includes a power source, a primary clutch drivingly engaged with the power source, a primary transmission drivingly engaged with the primary clutch, a secondary transmission drivingly engaged with one of a portion of the primary clutch and an input of the primary transmission, a controller in communication with the secondary transmission, and a flywheel drivingly engaged with the secondary transmission. The vehicle driveline facilitates a transfer of energy to and from the flywheel based on at least one of a state of charge of the flywheel, a power requirement of the vehicle driveline, and a state of operation of the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: SPICER OFF-HIGHWAY BELGIUM, N.V.
    Inventor: Spicer Off-Highway Belgium, N.V.
  • SYNTHESIS AND USE OF IRON OLEATE
    Publication number: 20130089740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming an iron oleate complex comprising the steps of: (a) dissolving an oleate in a low-order alcohol solvent at a temperature of about 35° C. to 65° C.; (b) adding a non-polar solvent to the solution of step (a); (c) adding an iron salt dissolved in a low-order alcohol to the solution of step (b); (d) agitating the solution of step (c) at a temperature of about 50° C. for at least 5 min; (e) cooling the reaction mixture of step (d) to a temperature of about 15° C. to 30° C.; (f) optionally filtering the reaction mixture of step (e); (g) separating the non-polar solvent phase from the low-order alcohol phase; (h) washing and drying the non-polar solvent phase; (i) removing volatiles from the non-polar solvent phase of step (h) by evaporation; and (j) mixing the product of step (i) with a polar solvent to yield a solid iron oleate complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Burdinski, Carmen Bohlender
  • SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-MODALITY INVERSE OPTIMIZATION FOR RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING
    Publication number: 20130090549
    Abstract: When performing multimodal radiotherapy planning, an optimizer (36) concurrently optimizes a combined treatment plan that employs an intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) device (30) and an intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) that respectively generate a photon beam and an ion beam for treating a volume of interest (18) in a patient (34). A simulator (40) iteratively generates multiple variations of a simulation model (44) according to optimization parameters that are varied by the optimizer (36) until the simulation model (44) satisfies user-entered treatment objective criteria (48) (e.g., maximum dose, does placement, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Meltsner, Ying Xiong, Michael Kaus
  • PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF SCALING ON A HEATER ELEMENT OF A WATER HEATER
    Publication number: 20130089310
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of using a water heater arranged for heating an aqueous liquid wherein the water heater comprises a heating element to heat aqueous liquid in the water heater. The method comprising (a) heating aqueous liquid in the water heater with the heating element, wherein the heating element is in contact with the aqueous liquid; and (b) applying a first AC voltage between the heating element and a counter electrode and applying a second AC voltage between the heating element and the counter electrode, wherein the second AC voltage has a second AC frequency selected from the range of 0.02 Hz-5 Hz and wherein the ratio between the first AC frequency and the second AC frequency is 2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventor: Ytsen Wielstra
  • Transparent cap
    Patent number: D679997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventor: Elwin Kersten
  • Set of capsules containing washing products
    Patent number: D680266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Nick Drought, Lucia Krubasik, Pavlinka Roy, Jordi Salvador
  • Set of capsules containing washing products
    Patent number: D680268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Nick Drought, Lucia Krubasik, Pavlinka Roy, Jordi Salvador
  • Set of capsules containing washing products
    Patent number: D680269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Nick Drought, Lucia Krubasik, Pavlinka Roy, Jordi Salvador