Patents by Inventor Larry Allen Vander Schaaf

Larry Allen Vander Schaaf 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).

  • Patient monitoring system
    Patent number: 5765563
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing scoring analysis of the pathological sleep events of apnea, hypopnea and desaturation of a patient from a sampled data set of only three sensor signals, namely, airflow, heart rate and oxygen saturation. The data source is either currently sensed data or previously recorded data. A microprocessor provides the display, printing, input and output channels, operator interface and computation capability for the system. Specialized programs direct the analysis and operation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated
    Inventor: Larry Allen Vander Schaaf