Patents by Inventor Daniel Jonczak

Daniel Jonczak 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).

  • Pressure support method with automatic comfort feature modification
    Patent number: 8789528
    Abstract: A method of delivering a flow of gas to a patient's airway via a pressure generating system and a patient circuit. A controller receives a treatment set point from an input source and determines an adjusted treatment set point based on the treatment set point and a comfort feature function, which in one embodiment, is not based on a physiological condition of such a patient. In another embodiment, the controller provides a respiratory treatment therapy during a therapy session based on the treatment set point and the comfort feature, which is modified automatically during a therapy session without user intervention based on a comparison of the treatment set point to a treatment set point variable. The controller controls the operation of the pressure generating system based on the adjusted treatment set point or the combination of the treatment set point and the comfort feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ric Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Duane H. Carter, Tim Dixon, Daniel A. Jonczak, Zachary Paul, Benjamin I. Shelly, Greg Matthews, Peter D. Hill, Andrew DeGuilio
  • Pressure support system with automatic comfort feature modification
    Patent number: 8789527
    Abstract: A pressure support system that delivers a flow of gas to a patient's airway via a pressure generating system and a patient circuit. A controller receives a treatment set point from an input source and determines an adjusted treatment set point based on the treatment set point and a comfort feature function, which in one embodiment, is not based on a physiological condition of such a patient. In another embodiment, the controller provides a respiratory treatment therapy during a therapy session based on the treatment set point and the comfort feature, which is modified automatically during a therapy session without user intervention based on a comparison of the treatment set point to a treatment set point variable. The controller controls the operation of the pressure generating system based on the adjusted treatment set point or the combination of the treatment set point and the comfort feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: RIC Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Duane H. Carter, Tim Dixon, Daniel A. Jonczak, Zachary Paul, Benjamin I. Shelly, Greg Matthews, Peter D. Hill, Andrew DeGuilio
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling a medical device
    Patent number: 8381724
    Abstract: A medical device, such as pressure support system, and a method of communicating with such a device using an information storage device. The information storage device, in one embodiment, is adapted to be provided in a slot in the medical device so that information for controlling the operating of the pressure support device can be read from the information storage device, information regarding the usage and/or operation of the pressure support device can be written to the information storage device, or both operations can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: RIC Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Bowen, Daniel Jonczak, Gregory Yurko, Douglas M. Mechlenburg, Winslow K. Duff, Mark D'Angelo
  • Pressure Support Method with Automatic Comfort Feature Modification
    Publication number: 20080216832
    Abstract: A method of delivering a flow of gas to a patient's airway via a pressure generating system and a patient circuit. A controller receives a treatment set point from an input source and determines an adjusted treatment set point based on the treatment set point and a comfort feature function, which in one embodiment, is not based on a physiological condition of such a patient. In another embodiment, the controller provides a respiratory treatment therapy during a therapy session based on the treatment set point and the comfort feature, which is modified automatically during a therapy session without user intervention based on a comparison of the treatment set point to a treatment set point variable. The controller controls the operation of the pressure generating system based on the adjusted treatment set point or the combination of the treatment set point and the comfort feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Duane H. Carter, Tim Dixon, Daniel A. Jonczak, Zachary Paul, Benjamin I. Shelly, Greg Matthews, Peter D. Hill, Andrew DeGuilio
  • Pressure Support System with Automatic Comfort Feature Modification
    Publication number: 20080202528
    Abstract: A pressure support system that delivers a flow of gas to a patient's airway via a pressure generating system and a patient circuit. A controller receives a treatment set point from an input source and determines an adjusted treatment set point based on the treatment set point and a comfort feature function, which in one embodiment, is not based on a physiological condition of such a patient. In another embodiment, the controller provides a respiratory treatment therapy during a therapy session based on the treatment set point and the comfort feature, which is modified automatically during a therapy session without user intervention based on a comparison of the treatment set point to a treatment set point variable. The controller controls the operation of the pressure generating system based on the adjusted treatment set point or the combination of the treatment set point and the comfort feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Duane H. Carter, Tim Dixon, Daniel A. Jonczak, Zachary Paul, Benjamin I. Shelly, Greg Matthews, Peter D. Hill, Andrew DeGuilio
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling a medical device
    Publication number: 20070209662
    Abstract: A medical device, such as pressure support system, and a method of communicating with such a device using an information storage device. The information storage device, in one embodiment, is adapted to be provided in a slot in the medical device so that information for controlling the operating of the pressure support device can be read from the information storage device, information regarding the usage and/or operation of the pressure support device can be written to the information storage device, or both operations can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: RIC Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Bowen, Daniel Jonczak, Gregory Yurko, Douglas Mechlenburg, Winslow Duff, Mark D'Angelo
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling a medical device
    Patent number: 7225809
    Abstract: A medical device, such as pressure support system, and a method of communicating with such a device using an information storage device. The information storage device, in one embodiment, is adapted to be provided in a slot in the medical device so that information for controlling the operating of the pressure support device can be read from the information storage device, information regarding the usage and/or operation of the pressure support device can be written to the information storage device, or both operations can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: RIC Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Bowen, Daniel Jonczak, Gregory Yurko, Douglas M. Mechlenburg, Winslow K. Duff, Mark D'Angelo