Patents by Inventor H T Markowitz

H T Markowitz 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).

  • Apparatus and method for monitoring for disordered breathing
    Patent number: 7438686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for monitoring for sleep disordered breathing or other types of disordered breathing such as Cheyne-Stokes breathing. More specifically, a device and method for detecting disordered breathing is provided that monitors a physiological parameter, which becomes cyclical due to apnea-hyperpnea (or arousal) alternation and provides the basis for the determination of a number of breathing disorder metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong K Cho, Abed E. Lawabni, Todd J Sheldon, H T Markowitz, Sameh Sowelam, Raylene Pitschneider