Patents by Inventor Manuel STEPHAN

Manuel STEPHAN 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).

  • Maternal monitoring transducer and operating method
    Patent number: 11304643
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a maternal monitoring transducer (20), comprising a housing (60), a substrate board (72), particularly a PCB (70), disposed in the housing (60) and comprising control components (74), and a displacement measurement arrangement (76) comprising a displacement-sensitive structure (78) that is arranged to detect deformations of a deflectable measurement section (80) of the substrate board (72), wherein the maternal monitoring transducer (20) supplies a signal that is representative of maternal motion. The disclosure further relates to a method of operating a maternal monitoring transducer (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Markus Wohlschlager, Manuel Stephan
  • MATERNAL MONITORING TRANSDUCER AND OPERATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190192027
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a maternal monitoring transducer (20), comprising a housing (60), a substrate board (72), particularly a PCB (70), disposed in the housing (60) and comprising control components (74), and a displacement measurement arrangement (76) comprising a displacement-sensitive structure (78) that is arranged to detect deformations of a deflectable measurement section (80) of the substrate board (72), wherein the maternal monitoring transducer (20) supplies a signal that is representative of maternal motion. The disclosure further relates to a method of operating a maternal monitoring transducer (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Markus WOHLSCHLAGER, Manuel STEPHAN