Patents by Inventor John Judson MacDonald

John Judson MacDonald 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: 6135967
    Abstract: A respiratory ventilator and methodology thereof for automatically calibrating respiration gas flow delivery. The ventilator includes a gas flow calibration member having a reader component for recording inspiratory and exhalation gas volume with exhalation time, and for measuring a plurality of incremental exhalation gas flow values in a plurality of incremental time periods during a single exhalation. The gas flow calibration member includes a composite calculator component for determining an average of consecutive composite flow values, and a scanner calculator component for scanning in reverse order the plurality of consecutive composite flow values and calculating a new flow calibration value where a preselected number of consecutive composite flow values fall within a pre-selected flow rate. Thereafter, the gas delivery member is calibrated in accord with the determined new flow calibration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Fiorenza, John Judson MacDonald