Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Zahner

Daniel A. Zahner 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).

  • Systems and methods for synchronizing data received from multiple sensor modules in a patient monitor system
    Patent number: 9149188
    Abstract: A patient monitor system synchronizes patient data acquired by a plurality of sensor modules. Patient data from the sensor modules are synchronized by transmitting, from a patient monitor host, a start message that each newly connected sensor module uses to determine when to begin transmitting patient data to the patient monitor host. At a predetermined count interval, the patient monitor host also broadcasts an incrementing sequence count value to each of the connected sensor modules. The sensor modules use the sequence count values and the start message to determine when the patient monitor host expects each sensor module to transmit data packets. Each data packet sent by the sensor modules includes a sequence count value that the patient monitor host uses to align the various waveforms for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: William Eng, Daniel A. Zahner, Frank Menzel
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA RECEIVED FROM MULTIPLE SENSOR MODULES IN A PATIENT MONITOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120004516
    Abstract: A patient monitor system synchronizes patient data acquired by a plurality of sensor modules. Patient data from the sensor modules are synchronized by transmitting, from a patient monitor host, a start message that each newly connected sensor module uses to determine when to begin transmitting patient data to the patient monitor host. At a predetermined count interval, the patient monitor host also broadcasts an incrementing sequence count value to each of the connected sensor modules. The sensor modules use the sequence count values and the start message to determine when the patient monitor host expects each sensor module to transmit data packets. Each data packet sent by the sensor modules includes a sequence count value that the patient monitor host uses to align the various waveforms for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: MINDRAY DS USA, INC.
    Inventors: William Eng, Daniel A. Zahner, Frank Menzel