Patents by Inventor Donald Roy Kuriger
Donald Roy Kuriger 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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Patent number: 11918739Abstract: A breathing gases supply apparatus 1 can comprise a blower 103/105 and breathing circuit for delivering breathing gases to a patient. The apparatus also can comprise a first controller 109, the controller 109 configured to receive input from at least one sensor 110-112 indicative of patient breathing, and a transmitter 201 configured to communicate with the controller 109 and transmit control signals to an electronic apparatus 203. The controller 109 can be configured to determine sleep in a patient based on the occurrence of a breathing pattern indicative of sleep, detected from the input received from the sensor 110-112 and upon determining sleep, operate the transmitter 201 to send a control signal to control an electronic apparatus 203.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: James Malcolm Thompson, Fiona Elizabeth Cresswell, Donald Roy Kuriger
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Publication number: 20240042148Abstract: A head-mounted respiratory assistance apparatus configured to provide a respiratory gases stream to a user. The head-mounted respiratory assistance has a main body securable to the head of a user and a blower unit that is operable to generate a pressurised gases stream from a supply of gases from the surrounding atmosphere. A patient interface is provided on the main body that has a gases inlet which is fluidly connected to the blower unit and which is configured to deliver the pressurised gases to the user's nose and/or mouth.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Adam John Darby, Donald Roy Kuriger, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma, Scott Bent
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Publication number: 20230390512Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for controlling pressure delivery to a user such as a patient. A flow generator generates an outlet flow at an outlet port for delivery to a patient. At least one sensor measures properties of the flow of gas at the outlet port or being delivered to the patient. A controller is operatively connected to the flow generator and the at least one sensor, and is adapted to operate according to a pressure control mode in which the controller controls the flow generator to output a substantially steady pressure or a flow control mode in which the controller controls the flow generator to output a substantially steady flow. The controller operates in the flow control mode when a patient may be awake and in the pressure control mode when the patient may be asleep.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Christopher Earl Nightingale, Donald Roy Kuriger
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Patent number: 11813400Abstract: A patient interface comprises a blower, a cushion for contacting a user's face, and a mask body and/or a frame for supporting the cushion on a user's face. The cushion and/or the mask body or frame define an interior space for receiving a flow of gases from the blower. The blower is mounted to the mask body or frame so that the blower is at least partially within the mask body or frame. The blower substantially separates a high pressure side of the mask body or frame from a low pressure side of the mask body or frame and/or the mask body or frame is substantially without a wall between the blower and the interior space.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Donald Roy Kuriger, Paul Mathew Freestone, Melissa Catherine Bornholdt
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Publication number: 20230355914Abstract: A humidification system has a humidification source and a main gases flow path. The main gases flow path has a low pressure region and a high pressure region. In some embodiments, each of the low pressure region and the high pressure region has an aperture. The pressure difference between the apertures promotes a gases flow between the main gases flow path and the humidification source, and results in humidifying the gases in the main gases flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Donald Roy KURIGER, Johannes Nicolaas BOTHMA, Igor Olegovich YATSEVICH
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Publication number: 20230338674Abstract: A device for delivering gas into a surgical cavity comprising a patient interface having an inlet, fluidly connected with a gas source, and an outlet, the patient interface being configured to deliver a conditioned flow of gas into the surgical cavity. The conditioned flow of gas may have the properties of having a reduced outlet velocity relative to the velocity of the inlet gas, or having a diffuse flow, or being heated, or being substantially laminar or non-turbulent, or a combination thereof. The invention may also comprise an attachment mechanism to attach to or anchor the patient interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Jesus Antonio AMADOR NORIEGA, Zane Paul GELL, Eu-Lee TEH, Bernard Tsz Lun IP, Rory Alexander MONRO, James Robert Jarmey GREENFIELD, Donald Roy KURIGER, Ali Ghalib Abdul Rahman GHALIB, Jemma Tamsin SOMERVILLE, Scott Hamish FREEBAIRN, Zach Jonathan WARNER, Benjamin Elliot Hardinge PEGMAN
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Patent number: 11735298Abstract: Data related to the adherence of a patient to a therapy regime can be collected from multiple medical devices, each of which may have an incomplete data set with data entries associated with times. Each incomplete data set represents a portion of a complete data set. The data sets can be integrated to create a complete data set with data entries from each incomplete data set being arranged in a temporal sequence with respect to one another. A report may be generated, the report having the data entries of the complete data set or a function of the data entries of the complete data set.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Adam John Darby, Donald Roy Kuriger, Bernhard Florian Lamprecht, Mark Samuel Hamilton, Alex Young, Benjamin Wilson Casse
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Publication number: 20230241345Abstract: The invention relates to a non-heated humidification device comprising a wick; a chamber for holding water in contact with the wick; and a gas inlet to the chamber, wherein the chamber and wick are configured to humidify gas passing through or over the wick at ambient conditions. The device may be modular and attachable to a flow generator. The device may comprise dual gas circuits and a control system for controlling the gas flow through the gas circuits in order to control the humidity of the gas output.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Nimansha BUDHIRAJA, Adam John DARBY, Johannes Nicolaas BOTHMA, Mark Samuel HAMILTON, Donald Roy KURIGER, Igor Olegovich YATSEVICH
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Patent number: 11684734Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for controlling pressure delivery to a user such as a patient. A flow generator generates an outlet flow at an outlet port for delivery to a patient. At least one sensor measures properties of the flow of gas at the outlet port or being delivered to the patient. A controller is operatively connected to the flow generator and the at least one sensor, and is adapted to operate according to a pressure control mode in which the controller controls the flow generator to output a substantially steady pressure or a flow control mode in which the controller controls the flow generator to output a substantially steady flow. The controller operates in the flow control mode when a patient may be awake and in the pressure control mode when the patient may be asleep.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Christopher Earl Nightingale, Donald Roy Kuriger
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Patent number: 11672941Abstract: A humidification system has a humidification source and a main gases flow path. The main gases flow path has a low pressure region and a high pressure region. In some embodiments, each of the low pressure region and the high pressure region has an aperture. The pressure difference between the apertures promotes a gases flow between the main gases flow path and the humidification source, and results in humidifying the gases in the main gases flow path.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Donald Roy Kuriger, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma, Igor Olegovich Yatsevich
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Publication number: 20230131400Abstract: The operational parameters of a respiratory apparatus can be controlled through the use of a user interface located on a separate or separable mobile computing device. Sensors or features located on the mobile computing apparatus can be used to adjust the operation parameters or therapy of the respiratory apparatus or otherwise improve the compliance of a patient utilizing the respiratory apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Guohua BAO, Venkata Subbarao POTHARAJU, Arjen David KAT, Gavin Andrew Bryson RYAN, Ian Patrick Sarsfield HICKEY, Benjamin Wilson CASSE, Sujeewa WANNIGAMA, Gregory Martyn SMITH, Nordyn ALAMI, Nimansha BUDHIRAJA, Donald Roy KURIGER, Adam John DARBY, Bernhard Florian LAMPRECHT, Jeremy Livingston MILLER, Johannes Nicolaas BOTHMA, Dean Antony BARKER, Quinton Michael SMITH, Emma Louise NASIMI, Andrew Jun LI, Nicholas Edward VAUGHAN, Zarin KASAD
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Publication number: 20230105857Abstract: Disclosed herein is an obturator and/or cannula configured for insertion of a trocar assembly into a surgical cavity and allowing insertion of medical instruments into the surgical cavity through the cannula after removal of the obturator. The cannula can include an obturator for use in a trocar assembly. A trocar assembly is disclosed including a cannula having a shaft, optionally with a lumen, and one or more elements protruding outwardly from a surface of the lumen and an obturator. The obturator can comprise a shaft with one or more portions configured to accommodate the one or more elements protruding from the lumen surface when the obturator shaft is located in the lumen of the cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Daniel Joel SMITH, Donald Roy KURIGER, Scott Hamish FREEBAIRN, James Robert Jarmey GREENFIELD, Monika BAUMANN, Joshua Robert LEE, Stephanie Louise HAZARD, Pavlo KOKHANENKO, Zach Jonathan WARNER, Abigail Sharmini Rajen ARULANDU, Jesus Antonio AMADOR NORIEGA, Simon REVELLY, Benjamin Elliot Hardinge PEGMAN, Charlotte Grace LAUS, Joseph Patrick Walter STREVENS, Lotte Gertrudis Theodora VAN DEN HEUIJ, Eu-Lee TEH, Rory Alexander MONRO, James Michael GILBERT
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Patent number: 11565074Abstract: The invention relates to a non-heated humidification device comprising a wick; a chamber for holding water in contact with the wick; and a gas inlet to the chamber, wherein the chamber and wick are configured to humidify gas passing through or over the wick at ambient conditions. The device may be modular and attachable to a flow generator. The device may comprise dual gas circuits and a control system for controlling the gas flow through the gas circuits in order to control the humidity of the gas output.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Nimansha Budhiraja, Adam John Darby, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma, Mark Samuel Hamilton, Donald Roy Kuriger, Igor Olegovich Yatsevich
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Publication number: 20220392592Abstract: Data related to the adherence of a patient to a therapy regime can be collected from multiple medical devices, each of which may have an incomplete data set with data entries associated with times. Each incomplete data set represents a portion of a complete data set. The data sets can be integrated to create a complete data set with data entries from each incomplete data set being arranged in a temporal sequence with respect to one another. A report may be generated, the report having the data entries of the complete data set or a function of the data entries of the complete data set.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Adam John Darby, Donald Roy Kuriger, Bernhard Florian Lamprecht, Mark Samuel Hamilton, Alex Young, Benjamin Wilson Casse
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Patent number: 11517689Abstract: The operational parameters of a respiratory apparatus can be controlled through the use of a user interface located on a separate or separable mobile computing device. Sensors or features located on the mobile computing apparatus can be used to adjust the operation parameters or therapy of the respiratory apparatus or otherwise improve the compliance of a patient utilizing the respiratory apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Guohua Bao, Venkata Subbarao Potharaju, Arjen David Kat, Gavin Andrew Bryson Ryan, Ian Patrick Sarsfield Hickey, Benjamin Wilson Casse, Sujeewa Wannigama, Gregory Martyn Smith, Nordyn Alami, Nimansha Budhiraja, Donald Roy Kuriger, Adam John Darby, Bernhard Florian Lamprecht, Jeremy Livingston Miller, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma, Dean Antony Barker, Quinton Michael Smith, Emma Louise Nasimi, Andrew Jun Li, Nicholas Edward Vaughan, Zarin Kasad
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Patent number: 11450418Abstract: Data related to the adherence of a patient to a therapy regime can be collected from multiple medical devices, each of which may have an incomplete data set with data entries associated with times. Each incomplete data set represents a portion of a complete data set. The data sets can be integrated to create a complete data set with data entries from each incomplete data set being arranged in a temporal sequence with respect to one another. A report may be generated, the report having the data entries of the complete data set or a function of the data entries of the complete data set.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Adam John Darby, Donald Roy Kuriger, Bernhard Florian Lamprecht, Mark Samuel Hamilton, Alex Young, Benjamin Wilson Casse
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Publication number: 20220282733Abstract: In accordance with one aspect the present invention may comprise a regenerative blower comprising: a housing, a first port and second port in the housing, an airflow channel extending between the first and second ports for airflow between the ports, an impeller rotatable in an impeller channel to promote airflow in the airflow channel from the first port to the second port, a motor to drive the impeller, and an interrupter between the first and second ports to limit airflow from the second port to the first port.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Donald Roy Kuriger, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma
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Patent number: 11371515Abstract: In accordance with one aspect the present invention may comprise a regenerative blower comprising: a housing, a first port and second port in the housing, an airflow channel extending between the first and second ports for airflow between the ports, an impeller rotatable in an impeller channel to promote airflow in the airflow channel from the first port to the second port, a motor to drive the impeller, and an interrupter between the first and second ports to limit airflow from the second port to the first port.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Donald Roy Kuriger, Johannes Nicolaas Bothma
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Publication number: 20220126041Abstract: A flow generator 21 for a respiratory therapy system configured to deliver a breathable gas flow to a patient comprises a housing 27 comprising an inlet 28 and an outlet 25 and a gas flow path between the inlet 28 and outlet 25. An impeller is mounted within the housing 27 for rotation about an axis, the impeller configured to be rotationally driven by a motor to provide a gas flow along the gas flow path. Various embodiments are disclosed in which the flow generator 21 further comprises a sensor 23 mounted in the housing 27 in the gas flow path and configured to detect a property of the gas flow. The sensor 23 may be mounted in the outlet 25 so as to project into the gas flow path. Flow generator may comprise an axial inlet 28 and a tangential outlet 25. In another embodiment the sensor 23 may be mounted in the inlet 28.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Mark Samuel HAMILTON, Alan John GRIMMER, Donald Roy KURIGER
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Publication number: 20210386960Abstract: A humidification system has a humidification source and a main gases flow path. The main gases flow path has a low pressure region and a high pressure region. In some embodiments, each of the low pressure region and the high pressure region has an aperture. The pressure difference between the apertures promotes a gases flow between the main gases flow path and the humidification source, and results in humidifying the gases in the main gases flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Donald Roy KURIGER, Johannes Nicolaas BOTHMA, Igor Olegovich YATSEVICH