Patents by Inventor MARCEL CORNELIS DIRKES

MARCEL CORNELIS DIRKES 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).

  • Publication number: 20170340274
    Abstract: There is provided a hydration state indicator. The hydration state indicator comprises a watertight shell; a semi-permeable membrane configured to permit the passage of water molecules and to block the passage of molecules of at least one solute; a water-absorbent indicator layer enclosed by the shell and the membrane; and output means configured to provide an output. The water-absorbent indicator layer has a predetermined osmotic strength. The volume of at least one part of the indicator layer is variable in dependence on the water content of the indicator layer. The output is variable in dependence on the volume of the at least one part of the indicator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: NICOLAAS LAMBERT, DENNY MATHEW, MARCEL CORNELIS DIRKES, RICK BEZEMER
  • Publication number: 20160151013
    Abstract: A device and method for monitoring pain of a user (50) are presented. The device (10) comprises a receiving unit (12) for receiving an accelerometer signal (38) from an accelerometer sensor (30) worn by the user (50), wherein the accelerometer signal (38) comprises components of a pulse signal (20) and a respiration signal (22); and a processing unit (14) configured to: derive the pulse signal (20) and the respiration signal (22) from the accelerometer signal (38); adapt the pulse signal (20) based on the respiration signal (22) in order to obtain a corrected pulse signal (40); and derive a pain descriptor based on the corrected pulse signal (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: LOUIS NICOLAS ATALLAH, KIRAN HAMILTON J. DELLIMORE, MARCEL CORNELIS DIRKES, JENS MÜHLSTEFF