Patents by Inventor Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu
Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu 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).
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Patent number: 11213233Abstract: There is provided a system (100) for assessing delirium in a subject. The system includes a neural activity assessment module (102) for assessing neural activity data associated with the subject. The system also includes a delirium cause assessment module (104) for assessing data relating to at least one factor of a plurality of factors which contribute to the cause of delirium. The system also includes an intervention determination module (106) for determining, based on the assessment performed by the delirium cause assessment module, at least one intervention for reducing the contribution made by the at least one factor. A computer-implemented method and an apparatus are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Koninklljke Philips N.V.Inventor: Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu
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Publication number: 20210338174Abstract: A system for assessing emergency risk of patients in an emergency department is provided. The system includes a patient carrier comprising a transmissive structure, one or more optical or radar sensors configured to measure respiration information of the patient via light or radio waves traveling through at least a portion of the transmissive structure of the patient carrier, one or more additional sensors configured to measure injury information and cardiac information of the patient, and a computer system comprising one or more physical processors that are programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed cause the computer system to: determine an emergency risk parameter for the patient based on the cardiac information, the injury information and the respiration information of the patient obtained from the one or more sensors. The emergency risk parameter for the patient indicates that the patient requires medical intervention within a specified time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: MIRELA ALINA WEFFERS-ALBU, PARASKEVAS DUNIAS
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Patent number: 11129549Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (20) for detection of a vital signs related risk score (111) for a bed fall risk of an individual (2), the device (20) comprising a first port (3) for obtaining vital signs data (140) related to a vital sign of the individual (2) and a vital signs processing unit (9) for obtaining and processing the vital signs data (140) to generate a vital signs related risk score (111) indicating the bed fall risk of the individual (2) by detecting at least one risk factor from the vital signs data (140) and computing the vital signs risk score (111) from the at least one risk factor.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu, Achim Gerhard Rolf Koerber
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Publication number: 20210196194Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for providing an exacerbation risk score for a respiratory disease of a patient. The system measures a heart signal and/or a blood circulation signal of a patient and detects cough events and sneeze events in the measurement data. The cough events and sneeze events are indicative for an onset of a contagion and/or an allergy, which can rapidly exacerbate a respiratory disease of the patient. Thus, the system is configured for providing unobtrusively an exacerbation risk score to the patient and/or to a physician.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU, Rita PRIORI, Declan Patrick KELLY, Huibin WEI
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Patent number: 10772528Abstract: The present invention relates to a rehabilitation system (10) for a patient (24) suffering from a damaged muscle and/or nerve, said system (10) comprising: a brain activity sensor (14) for measuring a patient's brain activity related to controlling the damaged muscle and/or nerve; —a muscle sensor (18) for measuring a muscular activity of the damaged muscle and/or a neural activity of the damaged nerve; a display (22) for displaying a representation (34) of an affected body part of the patient (24); and a control unit (20) for determining an intended movement of the affected body part in which the damaged muscle and/or nerve is arranged, and for controlling the display (22) to display a representation (36) of the intended movement, wherein the control unit (20) is configured to determine the intended movement based on the patient's brain activity measured by the brain activity sensor (14) and based on the muscular and/or neural activity of the damaged muscle and/or nerve measured by the muscle sensor (18).Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu, Raymond Van Ee
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Patent number: 10777323Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for assessing the ability of a person to carry out one or more activities, comprising an input unit for receiving physiological and/or behavioural data of the person, the physiological and/or behavioural data being related to one or more first level activities, a determination unit for determining a performance grade of the person regarding each first level activity based on the received physiological and/or behavioural data, and an assessment unit configured to assess an ability grade of the person to carry out one or more second level activities based on the determined performance grade, wherein each second level activity relates to one or more associated first level activities, wherein the assessment unit is further configured to output information indicative of the assessed ability grade.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu, Lukas Stefan Gorzelniak
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Patent number: 10709376Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (10) for supporting an elderly, frail and/or diseased person (12), in particular a person suffering from Parkinson's disease, wherein the system (10) comprises: a detection unit (14) including (i) a brain activity sensor (20) for detecting a brain activity signal relating to the brain activity of the person (12) and (ii) a motion detection unit (22) for detecting a motion signal relating to a motion of one or more body parts of the person (12); an analysis unit (16) for determining, based on the detected brain activity signal and motion signal, an activity level of the person (12) which is indicative of the motoric and cognitive activity of the person (12); and a feedback unit (18) for providing a feedback to the person (12) if the activity level of the person (12) exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Jan Johannes Gerardus De Vries, Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu
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Publication number: 20190228866Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for determination of a bed fall risk of an individual (2), the device (1) comprising a first port (3) for obtaining sensor data (100) related to movement and/or a vital sign of an individual (2), an evaluation unit (4) for determining quality information indicating the quality of the sensor data (100), a second port (5) for obtaining personal data (120) of the individual (2), a calculation unit (6) for calculation of a total risk score (114) of the individual (2) based on the sensor data (100), the quality information (110) and the personal data (120), said total risk score indicating a bed fall risk of the individual (2), and a third port (7) for output of the calculated total risk score.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU, Paulus Wilhelmus Maria Ten BRINK
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Publication number: 20190221315Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (60) for adaptive intervention with an individual (2) in connection with a bed fail risk of the individual (2), the device (60) comprising a first port (70) for obtaining personal data (120) of the individual (2) and a total risk score (114) of the individual (2), an intervention unit (15) for determining a projection regarding an imminent bed fall of the individual (2) and a timeframe for an intervention to prevent the bed fall of the individual (2) based on the obtained data (120, 114), and a second port (71) for outputting an intervention signal based to the projection and the obtained data (120, 114).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventor: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU
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Publication number: 20190214146Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (30) for detection of a video data related risk score (110) for a bed fall risk of an individual (2), the device (30) comprising a first port (3) for obtaining video data (130) related to movement of the individual (2) and a video data processing unit (8) for obtaining and processing the video data (130) to generate a video data related risk score (110) indicating the bed fall risk of the individual (2) by detecting at least one risk factor from the video data (130) and computing the video data risk score (110) from the at least one risk factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Paraskevas DUNIAS, Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU
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Publication number: 20190192052Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (20) for detection of a vital signs related risk score (111) for a bed fall risk of an individual (2), the device (20) comprising a first port (3) for obtaining vital signs data (140) related to a vital sign of the individual (2) and a vital signs processing unit (9) for obtaining and processing the vital signs data (140) to generate a vital signs related risk score (111) indicating the bed fall risk of the individual (2) by detecting at least one risk factor from the vital signs data (140) and computing the vital signs risk score (111) from the at least one risk factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU, Achim Gerhard Rolf KOERBER
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Publication number: 20190029588Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for automatic detection and progression monitoring of dysphagia of a subject, in particular after stroke. The device comprises a signal input for obtaining a mastication signal indicating mastication of the subject, an audio signal representing sounds generated by the subject and a swallowing signal indicating swallowing of the subject, a signal processor for detecting mastication abnormalities from said mastication signal, mastication-to-swallow abnormalities from said mastication signal and said swallowing signal, and aspiration episodes from said audio signal and said swallowing signal, a dysphagia detector for detecting onset and/or progression of dysphagia from detected mastication abnormalities, mastication-to-swallow abnormalities and aspiration episodes and for generating a dysphagia signal indicating information regarding dysphagia of the subject, and a signal output for outputting said dysphagia signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU
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Publication number: 20190000368Abstract: There is provided a system (100) for assessing delirium in a subject. The system includes a neural activity assessment module (102) for assessing neural activity data associated with the subject. The system also includes a delirium cause assessment module (104) for assessing data relating to at least one factor of a plurality of factors which contribute to the cause of delirium. The system also includes an intervention determination module (106) for determining, based on the assessment performed by the delirium cause assessment module, at least one intervention for reducing the contribution made by the at least one factor. A computer-implemented method and an apparatus are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventor: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU
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Publication number: 20180358129Abstract: There is provided a method of operating a system to educate a user of the system about a condition of interest, the method comprising: receiving information that identifies a condition of interest; obtaining peer data from one or more databases, the one or more databases comprising health data about a plurality of people, the people each having one or more primary conditions, the health data including data about the one or more primary conditions and any secondary condition that affected the health or wellbeing of the people while the people were experiencing the one or more primary conditions; wherein the obtained peer data comprises the health data for people having a primary condition corresponding to the condition of interest; analyzing the peer data to determine a plurality of groups of people, wherein the people are grouped according to their secondary conditions; and generating a plurality of sets of visualization data based on the analysis of the peer data, each set of visualization data being generatType: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Lukas Stefan GORZELNIAK, Jennifer CAFFAREL, Jarno Mikael RIISTAMA, Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph STUT, Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU
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Publication number: 20180146910Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (10) for supporting an elderly, frail and/or diseased person (12), in particular a person suffering from Parkinson's disease, wherein the system (10) comprises: a detection unit (14) including (i) a brain activity sensor (20) for detecting a brain activity signal relating to the brain activity of the person (12) and (ii) a motion detection unit (22) for detecting a motion signal relating to a motion of one or more body parts of the person (12); an analysis unit (16) for determining, based on the detected brain activity signal and motion signal, an activity level of the person (12) which is indicative of the motoric and cognitive activity of the person (12); and a feedback unit (18) for providing a feedback to the person (12) if the activity level of the person (12) exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Jan Johannes Gerardus DE VRIES, Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU
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Publication number: 20180085000Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of detecting/preventing migraine attacks. In particular, a system and method for detecting and preventing a migraine episode in a user are provided. The system comprises a brain activity sensor for detecting a brain activity signal; a migraine trigger detection unit for detecting potential migraine triggers, said potential migraine triggers being circumstances that may potentially cause a migraine attack in the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: MIRELA ALINA WEFFERS-ALBU, RAYMOND VAN EE
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Publication number: 20170352288Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for assisting a person in walking, comprising a measurement unit for measuring physiological data including vital sign data and movement data of the person; an activity ability determination unit which is configured to determine a frailty state of the person based on the vital sign data, and to determine walking characteristics of the person based on the movement data; an activity program unit which is configured to select and continuously update a walking program based on the determined frailty state of the person and the determined walking characteristics of the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU, Jan Johannes Gerardus DE VRIES
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Publication number: 20170332948Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for assessing the ability of a person to carry out one or more activities, comprising an input unit for receiving physiological and/or behavioural data of the person, the physiological and/or behavioural data being related to one or more first level activities, a determination unit for determining a performance grade of the person regarding each first level activity based on the received physiological and/or behavioural data, and an assessment unit configured to assess an ability grade of the person to carry out one or more second level activities based on the determined performance grade, wherein each second level activity relates to one or more associated first level activities, wherein the assessment unit is further configured to output information indicative of the assessed ability grade.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU, Lukas Stefan GORZELNIAK
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Publication number: 20170151123Abstract: The present invention relates to a rehabilitation system (10) for a patient (22) suffering from a damaged muscle and/or nerve, said system (10) comprising: a stimulation unit (12) for stimulating the damaged muscle and/or nerve; a display (16) for displaying a representation (30) of an affected body part of the patient (22) in which the damaged muscle and/or nerve is arranged; and a control unit (14) for controlling the display (16) to display, concurrently with a stimulation provided by the stimulation unit (12), a visual cue (28, 28?) depicted in the representation (30) of the affected body part, wherein said visual cue (28, 28?) visually indicates the stimulation of the damaged muscle and/or nerve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU, Raymond VAN EE
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Publication number: 20170143229Abstract: The present invention relates to a rehabilitation system (10) for a patient (24) suffering from a damaged muscle and/or nerve, said system (10) comprising: a brain activity sensor (14) for measuring a patient's brain activity related to controlling the damaged muscle and/or nerve; —a muscle sensor (18) for measuring a muscular activity of the damaged muscle and/or a neural activity of the damaged nerve; a display (22) for displaying a representation (34) of an affected body part of the patient (24); and a control unit (20) for determining an intended movement of the affected body part in which the damaged muscle and/or nerve is arranged, and for controlling the display (22) to display a representation (36) of the intended movement, wherein the control unit (20) is configured to determine the intended movement based on the patient's brain activity measured by the brain activity sensor (14) and based on the muscular and/or neural activity of the damaged muscle and/or nerve measured by the muscle sensor (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Mirela Alina WEFFERS-ALBU, Raymond VAN EE