Patents by Inventor Coung Q. Tran

Coung Q. Tran 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).

  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SENSING RESPIRATION AND CONTROLLING VENTILATOR FUNCTIONS
    Publication number: 20110259327
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices are described for sensing the respiration pattern of a patient and controlling ventilator functions, particularly for use in an open ventilation system. An apparatus for sensing respiration and synchronizing a ventilator to the respiration of a patient is described. The apparatus may include a plurality of thermal breath sensors. At least one of the plurality of thermal breath sensors may be a heated thermal breath sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Anthony Wondka, Robert F. Bryan, Lutz Freitag, Mark McCall, Stephen Rossi, Coung Q. Tran