Patents by Inventor André Antunes

André Antunes 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: 20260124163
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a soft gummy for therapeutic oral use, said soft gummy comprising an outer shell encapsulating an inner liquid, wherein said outer shell comprises: (i) a pectin; and (ii) honey in an amount of at least 25 wt. % relative to the weight of the outer shell; wherein said inner liquid has a moisture content of at least 10 wt. % as measured by ISO 760:1978 and a viscosity of at most 50.0 Pa s measured at 20° C. and wherein the soft gummy comprises a hydrolysable tannin or source of hydrolysable tannin. The invention also relates to a use of a soft gummy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Bart ROSSEL, André ANTUNES, Laurens DE SCHEPPER, Mike VAN GANSE
  • Publication number: 20260102338
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a soft gummy for oral use, said soft gummy comprises an outer shell encapsulating an inner liquid, wherein said outer shell comprises 0.5-25 wt. % of a pectin relative to the weight of the outer shell and has a viscosity of 25-1000 Pa s measured at 20° C. and wherein said inner liquid has a moisture content of 5-99 wt. % as measured by ISO 760:1978 and a viscosity of 0.01-20 Pa s measured at 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Bart ROSSEL, André ANTUNES, Laurens DE SCHEPPER, Mike VAN GANSE
  • Patent number: 12440517
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a soft gummy for therapeutic oral use, said soft gummy comprising an outer shell encapsulating an inner liquid, wherein said outer shell comprises: (i) a pectin; and (ii) honey in an amount of at least 25 wt. % relative to the weight of the outer shell; wherein said inner liquid has a moisture content of at least 10 wt. % as measured by ISO 760:1978 and a viscosity of at most 50.0 Pa s measured at 20° C., and wherein the soft gummy comprises a hydrolysable tannin or source of hydrolysable tannin. The invention also relates to a use of a soft gummy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Oystershell NV
    Inventors: Bart Rossel, André Antunes, Laurens De Schepper, Mike Van Ganse
  • Patent number: 12295754
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose a method of classifying oxygen level desaturation events. In one implementation, the method includes receiving input signal sequences, the input signals indicative of a physiological condition of a patient, generating an input sequence of oxygen saturation levels based on the input signal sequence, comparing the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels to a desaturation alarm threshold to determine a desaturation event, generating an input feature matrix based on at least one of the input signal sequences and the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels, and classifying based on the input feature matrix, using a neural network, the desaturation event being a severe desaturation event (SDE) or a non-severe desaturation event (non-SDE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Philip Smit, André Antunes, Dean Montgomery
  • Patent number: 12106655
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose a method of AI-based video tagging for alarm management including receiving, using a processor, a video stream, the video stream comprising a sequence of images for at least a portion of a patient; determining, using the processor, a physiological parameter for the patient based on the sequence of images, detecting, using machine learning, the presence of a noise object and setting an interaction-flag to a positive value in response to detecting the noise object; comparing a quality level of the sequence of images with a threshold quality level; and modifying an alarm level based on the value of the interaction-flag and comparison of the quality level of the sequence of depth images with the threshold quality level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Dean Montgomery, André Antunes
  • Publication number: 20240188898
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose a method of classifying oxygen level desaturation events. In one implementation, the method includes receiving input signal sequences, the input signals indicative of a physiological condition of a patient, generating an input sequence of oxygen saturation levels based on the input signal sequence, comparing the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels to a desaturation alarm threshold to determine a desaturation event, generating an input feature matrix based on at least one of the input signal sequences and the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels, and classifying based on the input feature matrix, using a neural network, the desaturation event being a severe desaturation event (SDE) or a non-severe desaturation event (non-SDE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Paul S. ADDISON, Philip SMIT, André ANTUNES, Dean MONTGOMERY
  • Publication number: 20240108663
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a soft gummy for therapeutic oral use, said soft gummy comprising an outer shell encapsulating an inner liquid, wherein said outer shell comprises: (i) a pectin; and (ii) honey in an amount of at least 25 wt. % relative to the weight of the outer shell; wherein said inner liquid has a moisture content of at least 10 wt. % as measured by ISO 760:1978 and a viscosity of at most 50.0 Pa s measured at 20° C., and wherein the soft gummy comprises a hydrolysable tannin or source of hydrolysable tannin. The invention also relates to a use of a soft gummy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Bart ROSSEL, André ANTUNES, Laurens DE SCHEPPER, Mike VAN GANSE
  • Patent number: 11877868
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose a method of classifying oxygen level desaturation events. In one implementation, the method includes receiving input signal sequences, the input signals indicative of a physiological condition of a patient, generating an input sequence of oxygen saturation levels based on the input signal sequence, comparing the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels to a desaturation alarm threshold to determine a desaturation event, generating an input feature matrix based on at least one of the input signal sequences and the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels, and classifying based on the input feature matrix, using a neural network, the desaturation event being a severe desaturation event (SDE) or a non-severe desaturation event (non-SDE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Philip Smit, André Antunes, Dean Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20230088393
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose a method of classifying oxygen level desaturation events. In one implementation, the method includes receiving input signal sequences, the input signals indicative of a physiological condition of a patient, generating an input sequence of oxygen saturation levels based on the input signal sequence, comparing the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels to a desaturation alarm threshold to determine a desaturation event, generating an input feature matrix based on at least one of the input signal sequences and the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels, and classifying based on the input feature matrix, using a neural network, the desaturation event being a severe desaturation event (SDE) or a non-severe desaturation event (non-SDE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Paul S. ADDISON, Philip SMIT, André ANTUNES, Dean MONTGOMERY
  • Patent number: 11534112
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose an artificial intelligence (AI) based method for generating an oxygen saturation level output signal using the trained neural network. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal, the PPG signal including a red PPG signal and an infrared PPG signal, generating an input feature matrix by performing time-frequency transform of the PPG signal, training a neural network using the input feature matrix and an oxygen saturation level input signal, and generating an oxygen saturation level output signal using the trained neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Dean Montgomery, André Antunes
  • Patent number: 11504072
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose a method of classifying oxygen level desaturation events. In one implementation, the method includes receiving input signal sequences, the input signals indicative of a physiological condition of a patient, generating an input sequence of oxygen saturation levels based on the input signal sequence, comparing the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels to a desaturation alarm threshold to determine a desaturation event, generating an input feature matrix based on at least one of the input signal sequences and the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels, and classifying based on the input feature matrix, using a neural network, the desaturation event being a severe desaturation event (SDE) or a non-severe desaturation event (non-SDE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Philip Smit, André Antunes, Dean Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20220254241
    Abstract: Implementations described herein discloses, a method of AI based video tagging for alarm management includes receiving, using a processor, a video stream, the video stream comprising a sequence of images for at least a portion of a patient, determining, using the processor, a physiological parameter for the patient based on the sequence of images, detecting, using machine learning, presence of a noise object and setting a interaction-flag to a positive value in response to detecting the noise object, comparing a quality level of the sequence of images with a threshold quality level, and modifying an alarm level based on the value of the interaction-flag and comparison of the quality level of the sequence of depth images with the threshold quality level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Paul S. ADDISON, Dean MONTGOMERY, André ANTUNES
  • Patent number: 11328572
    Abstract: Implementations described herein discloses, a method of AI based video tagging for alarm management includes receiving, using a processor, a video stream, the video stream comprising a sequence of images for at least a portion of a patient, determining, using the processor, a physiological parameter for the patient based on the sequence of images, detecting, using machine learning, presence of a noise object and setting a interaction-flag to a positive value in response to detecting the noise object, comparing a quality level of the sequence of images with a threshold quality level, and modifying an alarm level based on the value of the interaction-flag and comparison of the quality level of the sequence of depth images with the threshold quality level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Dean Montgomery, André Antunes
  • Publication number: 20210321952
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose a method of classifying oxygen level desaturation events. In one implementation, the method includes receiving input signal sequences, the input signals indicative of a physiological condition of a patient, generating an input sequence of oxygen saturation levels based on the input signal sequence, comparing the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels to a desaturation alarm threshold to determine a desaturation event, generating an input feature matrix based on at least one of the input signal sequences and the input sequence of oxygen saturation levels, and classifying based on the input feature matrix, using a neural network, the desaturation event being a severe desaturation event (SDE) or a non-severe desaturation event (non-SDE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Philip Smit, André Antunes, Dean Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20210321951
    Abstract: Implementations described herein disclose an artificial intelligence (AI) based method for generating an oxygen saturation level output signal using the trained neural network. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal, the PPG signal including a red PPG signal and an infrared PPG signal, generating an input feature matrix by performing time-frequency transform of the PPG signal, training a neural network using the input feature matrix and an oxygen saturation level input signal, and generating an oxygen saturation level output signal using the trained neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Dean Montgomery, André Antunes
  • Publication number: 20210327245
    Abstract: Implementations described herein discloses, a method of AI based video tagging for alarm management includes receiving, using a processor, a video stream, the video stream comprising a sequence of images for at least a portion of a patient, determining, using the processor, a physiological parameter for the patient based on the sequence of images, detecting, using machine learning, presence of a noise object and setting a interaction-flag to a positive value in response to detecting the noise object, comparing a quality level of the sequence of images with a threshold quality level, and modifying an alarm level based on the value of the interaction-flag and comparison of the quality level of the sequence of depth images with the threshold quality level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Dean Montgomery, André Antunes