Patents by Inventor Nicholas E. Cobb

Nicholas E. Cobb 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).

  • Remote monitoring and control of sedation and analgesia systems
    Patent number: 8303534
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a sedation and analgesia system having integrated patient monitoring and drug delivery, where information related to monitored patient parameters and drug delivery is accessible and controllable from a remote location. Information relative to monitored patient parameters and drug delivery may be provided in real-time or near real-time, to an attending nurse, physician, insurance company, billing department, or other suitable party according to the present invention via a computing device, video monitor, over the Internet, over an intranet, or by any other suitable means of transmitting and displaying critical data. The present invention further comprises an integrated in-room monitor, where data related to critical patient parameters and drug delivery may be integrated with other means of communicating data related to a patient, a procedure, or a medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Inventors: Randall S. Hickle, Nicholas E. Cobb, William Patrick Adair
  • Capnometry system for use with a medical effector system
    Patent number: 8146591
    Abstract: Disclosed is a capnometry apparatus for receiving respiratory gas from a respiratory cannula positioned on a patient. An integrated host controller alerts a user if the capnometry apparatus is connected or not connected to the respiratory cannula based in part on a signal output from a capnometer located in the capnometry apparatus. The host controller also includes the functionality to shut off the capnometer pump with or without a time delay when the capnometer signal output indicates the capnometer pump is not connected to the cannula. An ambient-air pressure sensor located in the capnometry apparatus alerts the host controller if the capnometry apparatus has been moved to a new location with a substantially different altitude than the first location, in which case the host controller will issue an alert to a user prompting a calibration of the capnometry apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Niklewski, Mark A. Burdorff, William T. Donofrio, Curt R. Eyster, James F. Martin, Anil K. Nalagatla, William P. Adair, Nicholas E. Cobb
  • Remote monitoring and control of sedation and analgesia systems
    Publication number: 20030176774
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a sedation and analgesia system having integrated patient monitoring and drug delivery, where information related to monitored patient parameters and drug delivery is accessible and controllable from a remote location. Information relative to monitored patient parameters and drug delivery may be provided in real-time or near real-time, to an attending nurse, physician, insurance company, billing department, or other suitable party according to the present invention via a computing device, video monitor, over the Internet, over an intranet, or by any other suitable means of transmitting and displaying critical data. The present invention further comprises an integrated in-room monitor, where data related to critical patient parameters and drug delivery may be integrated with other means of communicating data related to a patient, a procedure, or a medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Scott Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall S. Hickle, Nicholas E. Cobb, William Patrick Adair