Patents by Inventor Linda G. Russek

Linda G. Russek 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).

  • Alarm for patient monitor and life support equipment
    Patent number: 5534851
    Abstract: An alarm system for notifying necessary medical and hospital personnel that a patient or the patient's life support equipment require immediate response without providing the alarm signal to the monitored patient or surrounding patients, to prevent patient trauma which may otherwise result from the sound of the alarm. The system includes an alarm signal generator that provides a coded pulse indication of the patient and equipment type. The coded signal is sent to a master control unit preferably located at a nurses' station. The master control unit then transmits the coded alarm signal simultaneously to the appropriate group of pagers having vibrational annunciators and a visual display that describes the patient location and equipment type. The patients monitor and equipment at bedside and the pagers have no audio alarm signals. The alarm signal can only be terminated manually by an interrupt switch at the bedside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Inventor: Linda G. Russek
  • Kinesthetic system for promoting rhythmic breathing by tactile stimulation
    Patent number: 5395301
    Abstract: A desired pattern, such as a desired breathing pattern for a respiratory ventilator, is encouraged by the operation of a kinesthetic device, preferably by a kinesthetic device which emulates human touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Inventor: Linda G. Russek
  • Alarm for patient monitor and life support equipment system
    Patent number: 5319355
    Abstract: An alarm system for notifying necessary medical and hospital personnel that a patient or the patient's life support equipment require immediate response without providing the alarm signal to the monitored patient or surrounding patients, to prevent patient trauma which may otherwise result from the sound of the alarm. The system includes an alarm signal generator that provides a coded pulse indication of the patient and equipment type. The coded signal is sent to a master control unit preferably located at a nurses' station. The master control unit then transmits the coded alarm signal simultaneously to the appropriate group of pagers having vibrational annunciators and a visual display that describes the patient location and equipment type. The patients monitor and equipment at bedside and the pagers have no audio alarm signals. The alarm signal can only be terminated manually by an interrupt switch at the bedside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Inventor: Linda G. Russek