Patents by Inventor Mark Elliot Gelfer

Mark Elliot Gelfer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for measuring values of physiological parameters
    Patent number: 6602199
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient, such as blood pressure, takes a sequence consisting of a predetermined number of individual measurements. The apparatus computes a best estimate of the physiological parameter from values obtained in two or more of the measurements. The apparatus automatically takes a sequence of measurements and then stops. The apparatus can operate unattended so that it is not necessary for a physician or other health care worker to be present while measurements are being made. The use of the invention to measure blood pressure of a patient reduces the effect of “white coat” hypertension on the best estimate. Preferred embodiments of the apparatus ignore results of a first measurement in the sequence. The patient is already familiar with the apparatus when subsequent measurements are taken. This further reduces the possibility that the patient's reaction to the process of measurement will affect the results of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: VSM Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yunquan Chen, Anton Bogdan Zorn, David Sholom Waterman, Mark Elliot Gelfer, Paul Richard Christensen, Kevin Daryl Strange
  • Method and apparatus for measuring values of physiological parameters
    Publication number: 20020035332
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient, such as blood pressure, takes a sequence consisting of a predetermined number of individual measurements. The apparatus computes a best estimate of the physiological parameter from values obtained in two or more of the measurements. The apparatus automatically takes a sequence of measurements and then stops. The apparatus can operate unattended so that it is not necessary for a physician or other health care worker to be present while measurements are being made. The use of the invention to measure blood pressure of a patient reduces the effect of “white coat” hypertension on the best estimate. Preferred embodiments of the apparatus ignore results of a first measurement in the sequence. The patient is already familiar with the apparatus when subsequent measurements are taken. This further reduces the possibility that the patient's reaction to the process of measurement will affect the results of the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Yunquan Chen, Anton Bogdan Zorn, David Sholom Waterman, Mark Elliot Gelfer, Paul Richard Christensen, Kevin Daryl Strange
  • Method and apparatus for measuring values of physiological parameters
    Patent number: 6332867
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient, such as blood pressure, takes a sequence consisting of a predetermined number of individual measurements. The apparatus computes a best estimate of the physiological parameter from values obtained in two or more of the measurements. The apparatus automatically takes a sequence of measurements and then stops. The apparatus can operate unattended so that it is not necessary for a physician or other health care worker to be present while measurements are being made. The use of the invention to measure blood pressure of a patient reduces the effect of “white coat” hypertension on the best estimate. Preferred embodiments of the apparatus ignore results of a first measurement in the sequence. The patient is already familiar with the apparatus when subsequent measurements are taken. This further reduces the possibility that the patient's reaction to the process of measurement will affect the results of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: VSM Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yunquan Chen, Anton Bogdan Zorn, David Sholom Waterman, Mark Elliot Gelfer, Paul Richard Christensen, Kevin Daryl Strange