Patents by Inventor Mareike Klee

Mareike Klee 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).

  • Patent number: 11639422
    Abstract: Skin-contact products with a transpiration function such as medical devices or medicinal products, of which face masks, aspirators, ventilators, breast pumps or wound dressings are examples are described especially a skin-contact product with a transpiration function with an improved microclimate at a patient interface material-skin contact area. In an embodiment a material system is described that comprises a hydrophobic silicone base material and a hydrophilic silicone material that is combined with the hydrophobic base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Mareike Klee, Lucas Beckers, Dirk Burdinski, Joyce Van Zanten, Willem Franke Pasveer, Biju Kumar Sreedharan Nair, David W. Smith, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Sima Asvadi
  • Patent number: 11506194
    Abstract: A method of producing a flow of a fluid through a passage (24) defined in a rigid frame (22) comprises selectively actuating a flexible membrane (38) disposed across a midpoint of the passage (24) with an actuating system in a manner which produces a wave-like motion in the membrane (38) thereby causing a peristaltic movement of the fluid through the passage (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Rudolf Maria Jozef Voncken, Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp, Mareike Klee, Sergei Shulepov
  • Patent number: 11484256
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a sleep staging system. The system comprises: one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to breathing parameters of subject during a respiratory therapy session; and one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to: determine, based on the output signals, one or more breathing features of individual breaths of the subject; determine a distribution of the one or more breathing features over a plurality of time windows, at least one of the time windows having a length of at least 60 seconds; determine sleep states of the subject by mapping the distribution of the breathing features to one or more sleep states using a sleep stage classifier model, the sleep stage classifier model configured to determine the sleep states; and provide feedback indicating the sleep states during the respiratory sleep session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Ferreira Dos Santos Da Fonseca, Gregory Delano Matthews, Michael Thomas Kane, Mareike Klee, Raymond Charles Vasko, Jr., Angela Grassi
  • Patent number: 11389695
    Abstract: Various improvements are provided to breathing training, monitoring and/or assistance devices. A portable device is provided which optionally includes a gas canister, a feedback system for implementing pressure control, and a visual output for indicating adherence to a breathing exercise to the user. The pressure control may provide regulation of different pressures for inhalation and exhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Manuela Lunz, Teunis Johannes Vink, Leendert Van Der Tempel, Mareike Klee, Lenneke Van Genugten, Neil Francis Joye, Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch, Edwin Van Rutten, Jeroen Herman Lammers, Gabriele Spina, Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Kevin Paul Warmerdam, Sander Kruitwagen, Andrew Mitchell, Denny Mathew, Achim Gerhard Rolf Koerber, Frank Bies
  • Patent number: 11376385
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wear-out assessment system including a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to an airway of a patient, wherein the patient interface includes a first wireless communication unit a communication device including a second wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the first wireless communication unit and a wear-out assessment unit for determining wear-out data relating to a wear-out of the patient interface. The first and second wireless communication unit are configured to exchange at least parts of the wear-out data. The present disclosure also relates to a method of assessing wear-out of a patient interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklljke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Mareike Klee, Nocolaas Petrus Willard, Joyce Van Zanten, Lutz Christian Gerhardt, Jacob Roger Haartsen, Cornelis Bernardus Aloysius Wouters, Jan Henrik Poesse
  • Patent number: 11351418
    Abstract: A breathing training, monitoring and/or assistance device is provided for home use. The device is for providing support and guidance during the training of breathing exercises. The device takes account of external data which relates to one or more of: the environmental conditions in which the device is being used; activity information in respect of the user; physiological sensor data about the user which is not related to breathing characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Mareike Klee, Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch, Manuela Lunz, Neil Francis Joye, Lenneke Van Genugten, Kevin Paul Warmerdam, Edwin Van Rutten, Privender Kaur Saini, Gabriele Spina, Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Sander Kruitwagen
  • Patent number: 11204026
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating a flow of gas comprises a frame having a passage defined therethrough. The passage extends a length along a central longitudinal axis from an inlet to an outlet and has a first side and a second side. A flexible pumping membrane is disposed within the passage. The membrane has a first edge coupled to the first side of the passage at a midline thereof and a second edge, disposed opposite the first edge, coupled to the second side of the passage at a midline thereof. The membrane segregates the frame into an upper portion and a lower portion. The apparatus also includes an actuating system which is structured to selectively move portions of the membrane toward either the upper portion or the lower portion of the frame in a manner which causes a wave-like movement in the pumping membrane and creates the flow of gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Rudolf Maria Jozef Voncken, Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp, Mareike Klee, Sergei Shulepov
  • Patent number: 11089998
    Abstract: A device and method for increasing a patient's compliance with a therapy relating to an upper airway disorder includes a receiving unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive vital sign data including glucose level data of the patient, and therapy data including information regarding the therapy of the patient. The processing unit is configured to process the therapy data and the vital sign data in order to determine feedback information based on the therapy data and the vital sign data. Lastly, the display unit is configured to display the feedback information based on the therapy data and the vital sign data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Mareike Klee, Jacob Roger Haartsen, Mark Steven Aloia, Richard Andrew Sofranko, David Smith
  • Patent number: 11051766
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system for facilitating configuration modifications for a patient interface computer system based on an equivalent effort parameter. In some embodiments, the system obtains (i) one or more first measurements associated with a first subject, the first subject having a clinical coefficient, (ii) one or more second measurements associated with a second subject. The system determines (i) a first effort parameter based on the one or more first measurements, (ii) a second effort parameter based on the one or more second measurements, and (iii) an equivalent effort factor for the first subject based on the one or more first measurements, the one or more second measurements, and the clinical coefficient. The system causes a configuration of the patient interface computer system to be modified based on the equivalent effort factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Maartje Helena Schonenberg, Privender Kaur Saini, Lenneke Van Genugten, Mareike Klee, Rita Priori, Marian Dekker, Chevone Marie Barretto, Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Stut, Christian Andreas Tiemann
  • Publication number: 20210198430
    Abstract: Skin-contact products with a transpiration function such as medical devices or medicinal products, of which face masks, aspirators, ventilators, breast pumps or wound dressings are examples are described especially a skin-contact product with a transpiration function with an improved microclimate at a patient interface material -skin contact area. In an embodiment a material system is described that comprises a hydrophobic silicone base material and a hydrophilic silicone material that is combined with the hydrophobic base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Mareike Klee, Lucas Beckers, Dirk Burdinski, Joyce Van Zanten, Willem Franke Pasveer, Biju Kumar Sreedharan Nair, David W. Smith, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Sima Asvadi
  • Patent number: 10975204
    Abstract: Skin-contact products with a transpiration function such as medical devices or medicinal products, of which face masks, aspirators, ventilators, breast pumps or wound dressings are examples are described especially a skin-contact product with a transpiration function with an improved microclimate at a patient interface material-skin contact area. In an embodiment a material system is described that comprises a hydrophobic silicone base material and a hydrophilic silicone material that is combined with the hydrophobic base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Mareike Klee, Lucas Johannes Anna Maria Beckers, Dirk Burdinski, Joyce Van Zanten, Willem Franke Pasveer, Biju Kumar Sreedharan Nair, David W. Smith, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks
  • Patent number: 10945642
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an activity monitor for measuring physical activity of a subject. The activity monitor is configured to obtain a first set of physical activity data over a first time period, for example during the day, and a second set of physical activity data over a second time period, for example during the night. A processor processes the data obtained by the activity monitor to calculate a physical activity ratio which is the ratio of the physical activity measured during the first time period to the physical activity measured in the second time period. The processor also calculates a first overall value which represents an activity level of the subject during the first time period. The physical activity ratio together with the first overall value may be used to assess the severity of symptoms of COPD displayed by a subject or to identify respiratory disease comorbidity information for example psychological issues such as low motivation, or sleep quality issues displayed by the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Rita Priori, Mareike Klee, Rene Martinus Maria Derkx
  • Patent number: 10849566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, a system (100), a method (200), and a computer program for assessing the risk of an exacerbation and/or hospitalization. A patient's physical activity is measured (e.g., by an accelerometer (110)) during an active period of time (e.g., during awake hours) and during a rest period of time (e.g., during sleep hours) to gather first and second activity data. A risk of exacerbation and/or hospitalization is assessed (e.g., by a risk assessment unit (120)) based on an expression involving the respective activity data during active and rest periods fulfilling a predetermined relationship with respect to a predetermined activity level. For instance, low activity data during active periods and high activity data during rest periods indicates an increased risk of exacerbation and/or hospital readmission for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Tamara Mathea Elisabeth Nijsen, Chevone Marie Barretto, Choo Chiap Chiau, Mareike Klee
  • Patent number: 10835700
    Abstract: Various improvements are provided to breathing training, monitoring and/or assistance devices. A portable device is provided which optionally includes a gas canister, a feedback system for implementing pressure control, and a visual output for indicating adherence to a breathing exercise to the user. The pressure control may provide regulation of different pressures for inhalation and exhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Manuela Lunz, Teunis Johannes Vink, Leendert Van Der Tempel, Mareike Klee, Lenneke Van Genugten, Neil Francis Joye, Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch, Edwin Van Rutten, Jeroen Herman Lammers, Gabriele Spina, Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Kevin Paul Warmerdam, Sander Kruitwagen, Andrew Mitchell, Denny Mathew, Achim Gerhard Rolf Koerber, Frank Bies
  • Patent number: 10751495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to patient interfaces optically indicating a user that a member of the patient interface needs to be replaced due to wear. In particular, the present invention relates to a member for patient interface which includes at least one functional material having a predefined functionality and at least one indicator wherein the concentration of the at least one indicator in the member correlates with the predefined functionality of the at least one functional material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Mareike Klee, Nocolaas Petrus Willard, Joyce Van Zanten, Lutz Christian Gerhardt, Veena Mohan
  • Patent number: 10661633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating device. In order to allow heating essentially without any latency period and with low costs, the heating device comprises: at least one container (12) having an inlet opening (14) and an outlet opening (16) and comprising an adsorbent agent (18) being provided between said inlet opening (14) and outlet opening (16) and being capable of adsorbing an adsorbate thereby releasing adsorption energy; and a gas conveying device (21) for conveying an adsorbate comprising gas through the interior of the container (12); wherein a gas conduit (22) is provided being connected to the outlet opening (16) of the container (12) for guiding the gas heated by adsorption energy inside the container (12) to a location to be heated with elevated temperature. The present invention further relates to a heating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Rainer Hilbig, Achim Gerhard Rolf Koerber, Paul Van Der Sluis, Mareike Klee, Wilhelmus Cornelis Keur
  • Publication number: 20200155060
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a sleep staging system. The system comprises: one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to breathing parameters of subject during a respiratory therapy session; and one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to: determine, based on the output signals, one or more breathing features of individual breaths of the subject; determine a distribution of the one or more breathing features over a plurality of time windows, at least one of the time windows having a length of at least 60 seconds; determine sleep states of the subject by mapping the distribution of the breathing features to one or more sleep states using a sleep stage classifier model, the sleep stage classifier model configured to determine the sleep states; and provide feedback indicating the sleep states during the respiratory sleep session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel FERREIRA DOS SANTOS DA FONSECA, Gregory Delano MATTHEWS, Michael Thomas KANE, Mareike KLEE, Raymond Charles VASKO, JR., Angela GRASSI
  • Publication number: 20200100728
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a sleep staging system. The sleep staging system comprising: one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to one or more breathing parameters of subject; and one or more physical computer processors operatively connected with the one or more sensors, the one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to: determine, based on the output signals, one or more breathing features of individual breaths of the subject; determine a distribution of the one or more breathing features over one or more time windows; detect presence of a breathing event based on the output signals; determine sleep states of the subject with a sleep stage classifier model based upon the distribution of the breathing features and the one or more breathing events; and provide feedback indicating the sleep states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel FERREIRA DOS SANTOS DA FONSECA, Angela GRASSI, Gregory Delano MATTHEWS, Michael Thomas KANE, Raymond Charles VASKO, JR., Mareike KLEE
  • Patent number: 10603458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a member (14, 24, 26) of a patient interface (10) for providing a flow of breath-able gas to a self-ventilating patient (12). The member (14, 24, 26) includes a wear-out indicator (32) for indicating a wear-out of the member (14, 24, 26) to the patient (12). The wear-out indicator (32) includes an elastic structure (34) that appears in a first colour in an unstressed condition and is configured to re-versibly change its apparent colour when being stretched and re-turned to its unstressed condition again. The elastic structure (34) is configured to indicate a wear-out of the member (14, 24, 26) by appearing in a second colour in its unstressed condition when the structure (34) has lost at least a part of its elasticity, wherein the second colour is different from the first colour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Lutz Christian Gerhardt, Sima Asvadi, Joyce Van Zanten, Mareike Klee, Robert William Baiko
  • Patent number: 10531838
    Abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the growing chronic respiratory diseases and is now a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Acute exacerbations have a negative impact on health related quality of life of COPD patients, survival rates, pulmonary function and utilization of health-care resources. The present application discloses an apparatus (100), system (1400), method (200), and computer program for assessing a risk of an exacerbation and/or hospitalization of a subject. To this extent, time-dependent activity data is Fourier-transformed to frequency space to obtain frequency-dependent activity data. Next, a moment of said frequency-dependent activity data is computed. Finally, a risk of said exacerbation and/or hospitalization of said subject to occur is assessed based on said moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Chevone Marie Barretto, Rita Priori, Cees Van Berkel, Mareike Klee