Patents by Inventor DIETRICH OTTO RUEHLMANN

DIETRICH OTTO RUEHLMANN 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).

  • Patent number: 10463261
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for determining pulseless electrical activity (PEA) are described. The method may include determining by using a first sensor on a person, a heart rate of the person based on sensed electrical activity of the person. A pulse rate of the person may be determined using a second sensor, the pulse rate of the person being based on at least one sensed parameter other than the sensed electrical activity. The method may then include determining a correlation of the determined heart rate and the determined pulse rate and then generating an alert event based at least in part on the correlation being outside of a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jonathan James Woodward, Dietrich Otto Ruehlmann, David Benjamin Berlin, Daniel Wayne Bartlett
  • Publication number: 20180055382
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for determining pulseless electrical activity (PEA) are described. The method may include determining by using a first sensor on a person, a heart rate of the person based on sensed electrical activity of the person. A pulse rate of the person may be determined using a second sensor, the pulse rate of the person being based on at least one sensed parameter other than the sensed electrical activity. The method may then include determining a correlation of the determined heart rate and the determined pulse rate and then generating an alert event based at least in part on the correlation being outside of a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: JONATHAN JAMES WOODWARD, DIETRICH OTTO RUEHLMANN, DAVID BENJAMIN BERLIN, DANIEL WAYNE BARTLETT
  • Publication number: 20170263099
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for associating remote physiological monitoring with an at-risk falling condition of a patient. The methods may include receiving movement data of a patient from one or more sensors. The methods may also include determining a patient posture and a patient activity level based, at least in part, on the received movement data, and determining that an at-risk condition is satisfied by the patient posture or the patient activity level. Once it is determined that the at-risk condition is satisfied, the methods may also include issuing an alert based, at least in part, on the determination that the at-risk condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: BRIAN KEITH RUSSELL, JONATHAN JAMES WOODWARD, DIETRICH OTTO RUEHLMANN, MARJORIE JONES OLSEN, BENJAMIN DAVID MORRIS
  • Patent number: 9691253
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for associating remote physiological monitoring with an at-risk falling condition of a patient. The methods may include receiving movement data of a patient from one or more sensors. The methods may also include determining a patient posture and a patient activity level based, at least in part, on the received movement data, and determining that an at-risk condition is satisfied by the patient posture or the patient activity level. Once it is determined that the at-risk condition is satisfied, the methods may also include issuing an alert based, at least in part, on the determination that the at-risk condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Brian Keith Russell, Jonathan James Woodward, Dietrich Otto Ruehlmann, Marjorie Jones Olsen, Benjamin David Morris
  • Publication number: 20150221202
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for associating remote physiological monitoring with an at-risk falling condition of a patient. The methods may include receiving movement data of a patient from one or more sensors. The methods may also include determining a patient posture and a patient activity level based, at least in part, on the received movement data, and determining that an at-risk condition is satisfied by the patient posture or the patient activity level. Once it is determined that the at-risk condition is satisfied, the methods may also include issuing an alert based, at least in part, on the determination that the at-risk condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: BRIAN KEITH RUSSELL, JONATHAN JAMES WOODWARD, DIETRICH OTTO RUEHLMANN, MARJORIE JONES OLSEN, BENJAMIN DAVID MORRIS
  • Publication number: 20150164408
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for monitoring patient position in order to prevent the development of pressure ulcers. The methods may include initiating a first turn timer to calculate a first amount of time spent by a patient in a first position. The methods may further include initiating a first perfusion timer to calculate a second amount of time spent by the patient out of the first position. The methods may then include determining whether to reset the first turn timer based, at least in part, on whether the second amount of time meets or exceeds a predetermined perfusion time threshold. Once the patient has met or exceeded the predetermined perfusion time threshold, an alert may be issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: BRIAN KEITH RUSSELL, JONATHAN JAMES WOODWARD, DIETRICH OTTO RUEHLMANN, MARJORIE JONES OLSEN, BENJAMIN DAVID MORRIS
  • Publication number: 20150094618
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for monitoring patient position in order to prevent the development of pressure ulcers. The methods may include initiating a first turn timer to calculate a first amount of time spent by a patient in a first position. The methods may further include initiating a first perfusion timer to calculate a second amount of time spent by the patient out of the first position. The methods may then include determining whether to reset the first turn timer based, at least in part, on whether the second amount of time meets or exceeds a predetermined perfusion time threshold. Once the patient has met or exceeded the predetermined perfusion time threshold, an alert may be issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: BRIAN KEITH RUSSELL, JONATHAN JAMES WOODWARD, DIETRICH OTTO RUEHLMANN, MARJORIE JONES OLSEN, BENJAMIN DAVID MORRIS
  • Publication number: 20150088459
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for outputting unsynchronized physiological data. The methods may include receiving a plurality of data streams, each data stream representing a physiological parameter for a person. The methods may also include selecting an epoch. Once the epoch is selected, the methods may also include determining, for each of the plurality of data streams, an epochal or summary value to represent each of the physiological parameters for the person in the epoch. The methods may additionally include outputting the epochal values with an indication of the selected epoch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: BRIAN KEITH RUSSELL, JONATHAN JAMES WOODWARD, DIETRICH OTTO RUEHLMANN, MARJORIE JONES OLSEN