Patents by Inventor Martin Debreczeny

Martin Debreczeny 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: 20050228253
    Abstract: An apparatus for spatially homogenizing electromagnetic energy transmitted from different sources for measuring a physiological parameter. The apparatus includes a first inlet for receiving electromagnetic energy transmitted from a first source; a second inlet for receiving electromagnetic energy transmitted from a second source; a structure for spatially homogenizing the electromagnetic energy transmitted from the first source with the electromagnetic energy transmitted from the second source to form a spatially-homogenized multi-source electromagnetic energy; and an outlet for delivering the spatially-homogenized multi-source electromagnetic energy to a tissue location for measuring the physiological parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated
    Inventor: Martin Debreczeny
  • Publication number: 20050203357
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring a physiological parameter, functioning based on obtaining a first signal derived from electromagnetic energy transmitted through a tissue portion at a first wavelength, the first signal including a signal portion corresponding with motion-related events and a signal portion corresponding with arterial pulsation events, where at the first wavelength water is a dominant absorber of electromagnetic energy in the tissue portion; obtaining a second signal derived from electromagnetic energy transmitted through a tissue portion at a second wavelength, the second signal including a signal portion corresponding with motion-related events and a signal portion corresponding with arterial pulsation events, where at the second wavelength hemoglobin is a dominant absorber of electromagnetic energy in the tissue portion; and combining the first signal and the second signal to generate a combined plethysmograph signal, such that the combined signal has a signal portion corresponding w
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin Debreczeny, Clark Baker
  • Publication number: 20040230106
    Abstract: Devices and methods for measuring body fluid-related metric using spectrophotometry that may be used to facilitate diagnosis and therapeutic interventions aimed at restoring body fluid balance. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a device for measuring a body-tissue water content metric as a fraction of the fat-free tissue content of a patient using optical spectrophotometry. The device includes a probe housing configured to be placed near a tissue location which is being monitored; light emission optics connected to the housing and configured to direct radiation at the tissue location; light detection optics connected to the housing and configured to receive radiation from the tissue location; and a processing device configured to process radiation from the light emission optics and the light detection optics to compute the metric where the metric includes a ratio of the water content of a portion of patient's tissue in relation to the lean or fat-free content of a portion of patient's tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Martin Debreczeny