Patents by Inventor Martin Bufe

Martin Bufe 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).

  • System and method for providing medical caregiver and equipment management patient care
    Patent number: 10282800
    Abstract: A medical device and caretaking management system (10) includes a plurality of medical devices (14) that transmit equipment data and patient data. A central or distributed monitoring system (12) receives the equipment data and patient data from the plurality of medical devices, derives an acuity for each of the patients, and assigns caregivers and equipment based on the derived acuity for display on a display device (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Brian David Gross, John Louis Barga, Martin Bufe, Elizabeth Zengo, Andreas Pirrung, Guenter Gegner, Wilhelm Meier
  • Wireless patient monitoring system and method for monitoring the physiological status of a patient having a network access point
    Patent number: 9218735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a patient monitoring system comprising at least one monitoring unit (24) for monitoring the physiological status of a patient and a host system (14) comprising a network of access points (16, 18, 20) for wireless reception of physiological status data. Each monitoring unit (24) is provided to transmit physiological status data to the access points at selected points of time, together with time related data indicating the expected point of time of the next data transmission. The invention further relates to a respective method for monitoring the physiological status of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Guenter Gegner, Harald Greiner, Martin Bufe
  • PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS OF A PATIENT
    Publication number: 20130293373
    Abstract: The invention relates to a patient monitoring system comprising at least one monitoring unit (24) for monitoring the physiological status of a patient and a host system (14) comprising a network of access points (16, 18, 20) for wireless reception of physiological status data. Each monitoring unit (24) is provided to transmit physiological status data to the access points at selected points of time, together with time related data indicating the expected point of time of the next data transmission. The invention further relates to a respective method for monitoring the physiological status of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Guenter Gegner, Harald Greiner, Martin Bufe
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL CAREGIVER AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT PATIENT CARE
    Publication number: 20130297350
    Abstract: A medical device and caretaking management system (10) includes a plurality of medical devices (14) that transmit equipment data and patient data. A central or distributed monitoring system (12) receives the equipment data and patient data from the plurality of medical devices, derives an acuity for each of the patients, and assigns caregivers and equipment based on the derived acuity for display on a display device (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Brian David Gross, John Louis Barga, Martin Bufe, Elizabeth Zengo, Andreas Pirrung, Guenter Gegner, Wilhelm Meier
  • Patient monitor with continuous status display
    Patent number: 6731311
    Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes a plurality of patient monitors, each for monitoring the physiological condition of a local patient connected with respective patient monitor, whereby the patient monitors provide a data-communication with each other. Each patient monitor comprises a display adapted for displaying information representative of the physiological condition of the local patient. The display of at least one of the patient monitors comprises an overview area for displaying status information from one or more of the other patient monitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Martin Bufe, Wilhelm Meier
  • Patient monitor with continuous status display
    Publication number: 20010014769
    Abstract: Disclosed is a patient monitoring system with a plurality of patient monitors, each for monitoring the physiological condition of a local patient connected with respective patient monitor, whereby the patient monitors provide a data-communication with each other Each patient monitor comprises a display (300) adapted for displaying information representative of the physiological condition of the local patient. The display (300) of at least one of the patient monitors comprises an overview area (310) for displaying status information from one or more of the other patient monitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Martin Bufe, Wilhelm Meier