Patents by Inventor Leslie ALTIMIER

Leslie ALTIMIER 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).

  • Monitoring swallowing in a subject
    Patent number: 11839482
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (100) for monitoring swallowing in a subject. The apparatus (100) comprises a processor (102) configured to acquire, from a motion sensor (104), motion signals obtained from a feeding tube, when placed in the esophagus of the subject. The motion signals are indicative of swallowing motions transmitted along the feeding tube. The processor (102) is also configured to process the acquired motion signals to classify the acquired motion signals as indicative of the subject swallowing healthily or unhealthily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Ali Akbar Ahmad Samadani, Leslie Altimier, Louis Nicolas Atallah
  • MONITORING SWALLOWING IN A SUBJECT
    Publication number: 20210259623
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (100) for monitoring swallowing in a subject. The apparatus (100) comprises a processor (102) configured to acquire, from a motion sensor (104), motion signals obtained from a feeding tube, when placed in the esophagus of the subject. The motion signals are indicative of swallowing motions transmitted along the feeding tube. The processor (102) is also configured to process the acquired motion signals to classify the acquired motion signals as indicative of the subject swallowing healthily or unhealthily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Ali Akbar Ahmad SAMADANI, Leslie ALTIMIER, Louis Nicolas ATALLAH