Patents by Inventor Catherine Carroll
Catherine Carroll 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: 20170065787Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Robert Edward HENRY, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Andrew HURST, Fiona Catherine CARROLL
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Patent number: 9526857Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Gerard Michael Rummery, Robert Edward Henry, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Andrew Hurst, Fiona Catherine Carroll
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Patent number: 9504798Abstract: A mask system for use between a patient and a structure to deliver a breathable gas to the patient includes a mask assembly including a frame, a cushion provided to the frame, and optionally an elbow provided to the frame. Headgear is removably attached to the mask assembly to maintain the mask assembly in a desired position on a patient's face. The headgear includes a top strap, crown straps which cooperate to form a round shape adapted to accommodate a crown of the patient's head, and bottom straps.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Fiona Catherine Carroll, Joel Edward Gibson, Errol Savio Alex D'Souza, Bryony Louise Marshall, Bruce Richard Davies
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Patent number: 9326713Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method that can quickly and accurately detect and measure ethyl alcohol in the blood of a motorized vehicle driver transdermally and non-invasively within minutes of ethanol consumption and in the presence of interferents. The system includes an array of sensors embedded into the steering mechanism of a motorized vehicle, a data base of patterns produced through empirical testing of various analytes in various combinations and concentrations, neural net based pattern recognition algorithms to ascertain the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration and a database derived from human testing, correlating the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration with the driver's blood alcohol concentration. The detection system is integrated with a motor vehicle decision module which can prevent the operation of a motorized vehicle by a driver whose BAC exceeds a preset limit.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Sober Steering Sensors Canada Inc.Inventors: John Carroll, Dennis Bellehumeur, Catherine Carroll
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Publication number: 20150359986Abstract: A cushion assembly for use with a respiratory mask includes a bladder filled with the combination of a gel having a first indentation hardness and a gel having a second indentation hardness.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Christopher Scott SKIPPER, Enrico BRAMBILLA, Renee Frances FLOWER, Matthew David SPRUELL, Joshua Adam GUDIKSEN, Lee James VELISS, Melanie Lucia CARIOLA, Alicia Kristianne WELLS, Robin Garth HITCHCOCK, Karthikeyan SELVARAJAN, Fiona Catherine CARROLL, Scott Alexander HOWARD, Gregory Robert PEAKE, Michael John REID, Murray William LEE, Grant MOILER, Victor Eduardo SOLIS, Johannes NICKOL, Johann Sebastian BURZ, Achim BIENER, Bernd Christoph LANG, Teresa WANG, David Robert MEADOWS
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Publication number: 20150359987Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: ResMed LimitedInventors: Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Robert Edward HENRY, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Andrew HURST, Fiona Catherine CARROLL
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Publication number: 20150314099Abstract: Headgear for a respiratory mask assembly includes at least one strap. The at least one strap includes one or more bladders filled with a gel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Fiona Catherine CARROLL, Joshua Adam GUDIKSEN, Robin Garth HITCHCOCK, Daniel Robert JUDSON, Philip Rodney KWOK, Damien Julian MAZZONE, Vishnu SARALERTSOPHON, Christopher Scott SKIPPER, Matthew David SPRUELL, Enrico BRAMBILLA, Bernd Christoph LANG, Achim BIENER, Johannes NICKOL, Johann Sebastian BURZ
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Patent number: 9132255Abstract: A patient interface includes a cushioning structure including at least one hollow chamber filled with first and second discrete and/or layered filling materials and a seal forming structure formed in one piece with the cushioning structure. The seal forming structure includes a thin membrane flap that is structured to provide a seal to the patient's face. The chamber extends only around a portion of the perimeter of the cushioning structure such that the chamber with first and second filling materials is provided in cheek and lip regions of the cushioning structure and a solid silicone portion is provided in a nasal bridge region of the cushioning structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Christopher Scott Skipper, Matthew David Spruell, Joshua Adam Gudiksen, Fiona Catherine Carroll, Johannes Nickol, Johann Sebastian Burz, Achim Biener, Bernd Christoph Lang, Teresa Wang
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Patent number: 9108014Abstract: A respiratory mask includes a frame and a flexible structure provided to the frame and adapted to engage a patient's face. The flexible structure includes a chamber filled with a first gel and a second gel that is relatively harder than the first gel. A ratio of height of the first gel to the second gel in a lip region is in the range of about 0.25 to about 0.6.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Fiona Catherine Carroll, Joshua Adam Gudiksen, Robin Garth Hitchcock, Daniel Robert Judson, Philip Rodney Kwok, Damien Julian Mazzone, Vishnu Saralertsophon, Christopher Scott Skipper, Matthew David Spruell, Enrico Brambilla, Bernd Lang, Achim Biener, Johannes Nickol, Johann Sebastian Burz
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Publication number: 20150209539Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: ResMed LimitedInventors: Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Robert Edward HENRY, Phoebe Katherine HILL, Andrew HURST, Fiona Catherine CARROLL
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Publication number: 20150040912Abstract: An interfacing structure is arranged to cooperate with a frame to contact with the skin of a patient. The interfacing structure includes a clip portion joined to a cushioning component. The frame is more rigid than the clip portion and the clip portion is more rigid than the cushioning component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Alicia Kristianne WELLS, Lee James VELISS, Melanie Lucia CARIOLA, Fiona Catherine CARROLL, Scott Alexander HOWARD
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Patent number: 8869798Abstract: A cushioning component for use with a mask is constructed of foam material. A patient contacting surface, that is adapted to contact a patient, in use, has a rounded cross sectional profile and a base surface opposed to the patient contacting surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Alicia Kristianne Wells, Lee James Veliss, Melanie Lucia Cariola, Fiona Catherine Carroll, Scott Alexander Howard
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Patent number: 8636007Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Gerard Michael Rummery, Robert Edward Henry, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Andrew Hurst, Fiona Catherine Carroll
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Publication number: 20130027209Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method that can quickly and accurately detect and measure ethyl alcohol in the blood of a motorized vehicle driver transdermally and non-invasively within minutes of ethanol consumption and in the presence of interferents. The system includes an array of sensors embedded into the steering mechanism of a motorized vehicle, a data base of patterns produced through empirical testing of various analytes in various combinations and concentrations, neural net based pattern recognition algorithms to ascertain the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration and a database derived from human testing, correlating the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration with the driver's blood alcohol concentration. The detection system is integrated with a motor vehicle decision module which can prevent the operation of a motorized vehicle by a driver whose BAC exceeds a preset limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Sober Steering Sensors LLCInventors: John Carroll, Dennis Bellehumeur, Catherine Carroll
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Publication number: 20130008446Abstract: A mask system for use between a patient and a structure to deliver a breathable gas to the patient includes a mask assembly including a frame, a cushion provided to the frame, and optionally an elbow provided to the frame. Headgear is removably attached to the mask assembly to maintain the mask assembly in a desired position on a patient's face. The headgear includes a top strap, crown straps which cooperate to form a round shape adapted to accommodate a crown of the patient's head, and bottom straps.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: ResMed LimitedInventors: Fiona Catherine CARROLL, Joel Edward Gibson, Errol Savio Alex D'Souza, Bryony Louise Marshall, Bruce Richard Davies
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Patent number: 8286635Abstract: A mask system for use between a patient and a structure to deliver a breathable gas to the patient includes a mask assembly including a frame, a cushion provided to the frame, and optionally an elbow provided to the frame. Headgear is removably attached to the mask assembly to maintain the mask assembly in a desired position on a patient's face. The headgear includes a back headgear section providing a top strap, a pair of side straps attached to the back headgear section, and an elastic strap attached between the back headgear section and the pair of side straps.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Fiona Catherine Carroll, Joel Edward Gibson, Errol Savio Alex D'Souza, Bryony Louise Marshall, Bruce Richard Davies
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Patent number: 8256286Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method that can quickly and accurately detect and measure ethyl alcohol in the blood of a motorized vehicle driver transdermally and non-invasively within minutes of ethanol consumption and in the presence of interferents. The system includes an array of sensors embedded into the steering mechanism of a motorized vehicle, a data base of patterns produced through empirical testing of various analytes in various combinations and concentrations, neural net based pattern recognition algorithms to ascertain the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration and a database derived from human testing, correlating the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration with the driver's blood alcohol concentration. The detection system is integrated with a motor vehicle decision module which can prevent the operation of a motorized vehicle by a driver whose BAC exceeds a preset limit.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Sober Steering Sensors, LLCInventors: John Carroll, Catherine Carroll, Dennis Bellehumeur
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Patent number: D645955Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Michiel Kooij, Luke Maguire, Fiona Catherine Carroll, Craig David Edwards
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Patent number: D665493Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Christopher Scott Skipper, Enrico Brambilla, Fiona Catherine Carroll, Matthew Spruell
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Patent number: D679000Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: ResMed LimitedInventors: Christopher Scott Skipper, Enrico Brambilla, Fiona Catherine Carroll, Matthew Spruell