Patents by Inventor Anuj K. Sidhu
Anuj K. Sidhu 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).
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Publication number: 20240142334Abstract: A method of diagnosing a pneumatic system that (1) pressurizes the system to a first inflation pressure, (2) ceases the pressurizing for a settling-in time period, (3) measures a settled-in pressure after the settling-in time period, (4) measures a decayed pressure after a decay time period, (5) determines a determined rate of decay of the pressure in the system over the decay time period, and (6) compares the determined rate of decay to a first stored decay rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Justin Raymond, Darcy Richard Wank, Michael John Olson, Anuj K. Sidhu
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Patent number: 11892376Abstract: A method of diagnosing a pneumatic system that (1) pressurizes the system to a first inflation pressure, (2) ceases the pressurizing for a settling-in time period, (3) measures a settled-in pressure after the settling-in time period, (4) measures a decayed pressure after a decay time period, (5) determines a determined rate of decay of the pressure in the system over the decay time period, and (6) compares the determined rate of decay to a first stored decay rate.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Justin Raymond, Darcy Richard Wank, Michael John Olson, Anuj K. Sidhu
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Publication number: 20230363705Abstract: A thermal control unit supplies temperature controlled fluid to a patient to control the patient's temperature. The thermal control unit includes a fluid outlet, fluid inlet, heat exchanger, pump, patient core temperature probe port, auxiliary sensor port, and controller. The controller receives patient core temperature readings from the patient temperature probe port and auxiliary sensor readings from the auxiliary sensor port. The controller may control a temperature of the circulating fluid in both a feedback manner using patient core temperature readings and a feedforward manner using readings from the auxiliary sensor. The auxiliary sensor may measure a characteristic of the patient's tissue indicative of thermal resistance, and/or the auxiliary sensor may measure a temperature of the patient's tissue at an intermediate depth. The controller may use the intermediate temperature to predict arrival at a target patient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Gregory S. Taylor, Marko N. Kostic, Marco Constant, Christopher John Hopper, Anuj K. Sidhu
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Patent number: 11805038Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more units that are adapted monitor the radio frequency conditions of a facility or portion of the facility. The units include a packet sniffer and/or an RF spectrum analyzer. Sniffed packets and spectrum data are recorded and made available for analysis and display, either locally on the units or at one or more remote locations. The locations of the units are also gathered, thereby enabling correlation of the sniffed packets and/or RF spectrum data with locations within the facility. Real time RF conditions can thereby be gathered and used to improve the wireless communications within the facility and/or to ensure the wireless communication infrastructure of the facility is operating satisfactorily. The units may be person support apparatuses, such as beds, chairs, stretchers, cots, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Jerald A. Trepanier, Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Publication number: 20230049809Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more units that are adapted monitor the radio frequency conditions of a facility or portion of the facility. The units include a packet sniffer and/or an RF spectrum analyzer. Sniffed packets and spectrum data are recorded and made available for analysis and display, either locally on the units or at one or more remote locations. The locations of the units are also gathered, thereby enabling correlation of the sniffed packets and/or RF spectrum data with locations within the facility. Real time RF conditions can thereby be gathered and used to improve the wireless communications within the facility and/or to ensure the wireless communication infrastructure of the facility is operating satisfactorily. The units may be person support apparatuses, such as beds, chairs, stretchers, cots, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Jerald A. Trepanier, Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Patent number: 11489747Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more units that are adapted monitor the radio frequency conditions of a facility or portion of the facility. The units include a packet sniffer and/or an RF spectrum analyzer. Sniffed packets and spectrum data are recorded and made available for analysis and display, either locally on the units or at one or more remote locations. The locations of the units are also gathered, thereby enabling correlation of the sniffed packets and/or RF spectrum data with locations within the facility. Real time RF conditions can thereby be gathered and used to improve the wireless communications within the facility and/or to ensure the wireless communication infrastructure of the facility is operating satisfactorily. The units may be person support apparatuses, such as beds, chairs, stretchers, cots, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Jerald A. Trepanier, Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Publication number: 20210059601Abstract: A thermal control unit supplies temperature controlled fluid to a patient to control the patients temperature. The thermal control unit includes a fluid outlet, fluid inlet, heat exchanger, pump, patient core temperature probe port, auxiliary sensor port, and controller. The controller receives patient core temperature readings from the patient temperature probe port and auxiliary sensor readings from the auxiliary sensor port. The controller may control a temperature of the circulating fluid in both a feedback manner using patient core temperature readings and a feedforward manner using readings from the auxiliary sensor. The auxiliary sensor may measure a characteristic of the patients tissue indicative of thermal resistance, and/or the auxiliary sensor may measure a temperature of the patients tissue at an intermediate depth. The controller may use the intermediate temperature to predict arrival at a target patient temperature. The auxiliary sensor may be an ultrasonic sensor, infrared sensor, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Gregory S. Taylor, Marko N. Kostic, Marco Constant, Christopher John Hopper, Anuj K. Sidhu
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Publication number: 20210067432Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more units that are adapted monitor the radio frequency conditions of a facility or portion of the facility. The units include a packet sniffer and/or an RF spectrum analyzer. Sniffed packets and spectrum data are recorded and made available for analysis and display, either locally on the units or at one or more remote locations. The locations of the units are also gathered, thereby enabling correlation of the sniffed packets and/or RF spectrum data with locations within the facility. Real time RF conditions can thereby be gathered and used to improve the wireless communications within the facility and/or to ensure the wireless communication infrastructure of the facility is operating satisfactorily. The units may be person support apparatuses, such as beds, chairs, stretchers, cots, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Jerald A. Trepanier, Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Publication number: 20210007919Abstract: A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an exit detection system that has, in some embodiments, multiple user-selectable modes. A first mode issues an alert in response to a static condition being met and the second mode issues an alert in response to a dynamic condition being met. The static condition may be defined by an unchanging boundary that triggers an alert if the occupant's center of gravity crosses the boundary. The dynamic condition may be defined by a changing boundary that triggers an alert if the occupant's center of gravity crosses it. The changing boundary may change based upon the occupant's height, weight, BMI, vital sign, or other characteristic. The changing boundary may also change based upon a position of one or more components of the person support apparatus, such as a siderail or Fowler section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Anuj K. Sidhu, Marko N. Kostic, Michael Joseph Hayes, Kevin Mark Patmore, Sujay Sukumaran
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Patent number: 10841191Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more units that are adapted monitor the radio frequency conditions of a facility or portion of the facility. The units include a packet sniffer and/or an RF spectrum analyzer. Sniffed packets and spectrum data are recorded and made available for analysis and display, either locally on the units or at one or more remote locations. The locations of the units are also gathered, thereby enabling correlation of the sniffed packets and/or RF spectrum data with locations within the facility. Real time RF conditions can thereby be gathered and used to improve the wireless communications within the facility and/or to ensure the wireless communication infrastructure of the facility is operating satisfactorily. The units may be person support apparatuses, such as beds, chairs, stretchers, cots, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Jerald A. Trepanier, Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Patent number: 10816937Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame, patient support surface, clock, transceiver, and controller. The transceiver communicates with a headwall and/or a local area network. The controller detects the occurrence of an event and sends a message to a server in communication with the local area network in response to the event. The controller updates its estimate of the local time based upon time data received from the server. The controller may also and/or additionally receive first and second time updates from two different sources. When received, the controller updates its estimate of local time based upon at least one of the following: (a) a comparison of its estimate of local time with the time data from the first source; and (b) a comparison of its estimate of local time with the time data received from the second source.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Patent number: 10786408Abstract: A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an exit detection system that has, in some embodiments, multiple user-selectable modes. A first mode issues an alert in response to a static condition being met and the second mode issues an alert in response to a dynamic condition being met. The static condition may be defined by an unchanging boundary that triggers an alert if the occupant's center of gravity crosses the boundary. The dynamic condition may be defined by a changing boundary that triggers an alert if the occupant's center of gravity crosses it. The changing boundary may change based upon the occupant's height, weight, BMI, vital sign, or other characteristic. The changing boundary may also change based upon a position of one or more components of the person support apparatus, such as a siderail or Fowler section.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Anuj K. Sidhu, Marko N. Kostic, Michael Joseph Hayes, Kevin Mark Patmore, Sujay Sukumaran
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Publication number: 20190242778Abstract: A method of diagnosing a pneumatic system that (1) pressurizes the system to a first inflation pressure, (2) ceases the pressurizing for a settling-in time period, (3) measures a settled-in pressure after the settling-in time period, (4) measures a decayed pressure after a decay time period, (5) determines a determined rate of decay of the pressure in the system over the decay time period, and (6) compares the determined rate of decay to a first stored decay rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Justin Raymond, Darcy Richard Wank, Michael John Olson, Anuj K. Sidhu
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Publication number: 20190207836Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more units that are adapted monitor the radio frequency conditions of a facility or portion of the facility. The units include a packet sniffer and/or an RF spectrum analyzer. Sniffed packets and spectrum data are recorded and made available for analysis and display, either locally on the units or at one or more remote locations. The locations of the units are also gathered, thereby enabling correlation of the sniffed packets and/or RF spectrum data with locations within the facility. Real time RF conditions can thereby be gathered and used to improve the wireless communications within the facility and/or to ensure the wireless communication infrastructure of the facility is operating satisfactorily. The units may be person support apparatuses, such as beds, chairs, stretchers, cots, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Jerald A. Trepanier, Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Patent number: 10267706Abstract: A method of diagnosing a pneumatic system that (1) pressurizes the system to a first inflation pressure, (2) ceases the pressurizing for a settling-in time period, (3) measures a settled-in pressure after the settling-in time period, (4) measures a decayed pressure after a decay time period, (5) determines a determined rate of decay of the pressure in the system over the decay time period, and (6) compares the determined rate of decay to a first stored decay rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Justin Raymond, Darcy Richard Wank, Michael John Olson, Anuj K. Sidhu
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Patent number: 10257063Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more units that are adapted monitor the radio frequency conditions of a facility or portion of the facility. The units include a packet sniffer and/or an RF spectrum analyzer. Sniffed packets and spectrum data are recorded and made available for analysis and display, either locally on the units or at one or more remote locations. The locations of the units are also gathered, thereby enabling correlation of the sniffed packets and/or RF spectrum data with locations within the facility. Real time RF conditions can thereby be gathered and used to improve the wireless communications within the facility and/or to ensure the wireless communication infrastructure of the facility is operating satisfactorily. The units may be person support apparatuses, such as beds, chairs, stretchers, cots, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Jerald A. Trepanier, Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Patent number: 9922533Abstract: A surface cleaning assistance system includes a surface and a sensor mounted relative to the surface. The sensor is configured to detect pressure applied to the surface and generates sensor signals based on the detected pressure. The system also includes a controller in communication with the sensor and has stored therein a cleaning target value. The controller is configured to receive the sensor signals from the sensor, to compare the sensor signals to the cleaning target value, and to generate an output signal associated with the sensor signals, the output signal indicating whether the sensor signals indicate a pressure below, at, or above the cleaning target value.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Michael Joseph Hayes, Anuj K. Sidhu
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Publication number: 20180017945Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame, patient support surface, clock, transceiver, and controller. The transceiver communicates with a headwall and/or a local area network. The controller detects the occurrence of an event and sends a message to a server in communication with the local area network in response to the event. The controller updates its estimate of the local time based upon time data received from the server. The controller may also and/or additionally receive first and second time updates from two different sources. When received, the controller updates its estimate of local time based upon at least one of the following: (a) a comparison of its estimate of local time with the time data from the first source; and (b) a comparison of its estimate of local time with the time data received from the second source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Anuj K. Sidhu, Michael Joseph Hayes
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Patent number: 9838836Abstract: A location detection system for person support apparatuses includes multiple network wireless access points that communicate with a plurality of mobile transceivers positioned on board the person support apparatuses. Based upon signal strength data (e.g. RSSI or RCPI) of messages from the access points to the transceivers, the locations of the person support apparatuses are determined. In some embodiments, the person support apparatuses include an additional location detection system that utilizes fixed locators having short range transceivers to generate a second location determination of the person support apparatuses. In still other embodiments, the person support apparatuses utilize the second location detection system to determine the location of the wireless access points. The person support apparatuses may also broadcast their location to other devices that then utilize the received signal strengths of those messages to determine their own location.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Michael Joseph Hayes, Anuj K. Sidhu, Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Aaron Douglas Furman, Richard C. Mayoras, Jr., David Terrance Becker
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Publication number: 20170243459Abstract: A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an exit detection system that has, in some embodiments, multiple user-selectable modes. A first mode issues an alert in response to a static condition being met and the second mode issues an alert in response to a dynamic condition being met. The static condition may be defined by an unchanging boundary that triggers an alert if the occupant's center of gravity crosses the boundary. The dynamic condition may be defined by a changing boundary that triggers an alert if the occupant's center of gravity crosses it. The changing boundary may change based upon the occupant's height, weight, BMI, vital sign, or other characteristic. The changing boundary may also change based upon a position of one or more components of the person support apparatus, such as a siderail or Fowler section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Anuj K. Sidhu, Marko N. Kostic, Michael Joseph Hayes, Kevin Mark Patmore