Patents by Inventor Jill T. Klomhaus

Jill T. Klomhaus 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).

  • Motion compensation in a sensor
    Patent number: 8483788
    Abstract: A system and method for compensating for movement in a sensor. A sensor may include an emitter configured to transmit light, a detector configured to receive the transmitted light via a respective light path, and an accelerometer configured to measure a change in distance between the detector and the emitter. The sensor may transmit the measurements relating to the change in distance between the detector and the emitter to a pulse oximetry monitor. The pulse oximetry monitor may generate an attenuation factor corresponding to the change in the distance between the detector and the emitter that may be used to compensate for movement in a sensor when calculating physiological parameters of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Mark C. Miller, Charles Haisley, Jill T. Klomhaus, Edward M. McKenna, Braddon M. Van Slyke
  • MOTION COMPENSATION IN A SENSOR
    Publication number: 20110213226
    Abstract: A system and method for compensating for movement in a sensor. A sensor may include an emitter configured to transmit light, a detector configured to receive the transmitted light via a respective light path, and an accelerometer configured to measure a change in distance between the detector and the emitter. The sensor may transmit the measurements relating to the change in distance between the detector and the emitter to a pulse oximetry monitor. The pulse oximetry monitor may generate an attenuation factor corresponding to the change in the distance between the detector and the emitter that may be used to compensate for movement in a sensor when calculating physiological parameters of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Mark C. Miller, Charles Haisley, Jill T. Klomhaus, Edward M. McKenna, Braddon M. Van Slyke