Patents by Inventor Isabelle Killane

Isabelle Killane 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).

  • System and method for monitoring use of a device
    Patent number: 10029056
    Abstract: A system and method suitable for monitoring user technique of an inhaler device configured for delivery of a medicament is provided. The system may include a microphone adapted for sensing sound made during operation of the inhaler device and processing circuitry operable to process a data signal obtained from the microphone, wherein the data signal includes acoustic information sensed. The processing circuitry is adapted to determine inhalation and exhalation breath characteristics that occur during use, by analyzing the temporal and spectral components of the acoustic information sensed and processed to differentiate between an inhalation and an exhalation, based on both the temporal and spectral components. This information can be processed to determine user technique adherence to inhaler or respiratory device protocol. The analysis of temporal and spectral components can determine the impact of user technique errors on the quantity and the deposition of medicament delivered into the user's airways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars, & The Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy & Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
    Inventors: Richard Reilly, Richard Costello, Cian Hughes, Ehsan Chah, Isabelle Killane
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING USE OF A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150231343
    Abstract: A system and method suitable for monitoring user technique of an inhaler device configured for delivery of a medicament is provided. The system may include a microphone adapted for sensing sound made during operation of the inhaler device and processing circuitry operable to process a data signal obtained from the microphone, wherein the data signal includes acoustic information sensed. The processing circuitry is adapted to determine inhalation and exhalation breath characteristics that occur during use, by analysing the temporal and spectral components of the acoustic information sensed and processed to differentiate between an inhalation and an exhalation, based on both the temporal and spectral components. This information can be processed to determine user technique adherence to inhaler or respiratory device protocol. The analysis of temporal and spectral components can determine the impact of user technique errors on the quantity and the deposition of medicament delivered into the user's airways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Reilly, Richard Costello, Cian Hughes, Ehsan Chah, Isabelle Killane