Patents by Inventor Niels Hvid

Niels Hvid 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).

  • Patent number: 11607334
    Abstract: A base plate for an ostomy appliance, the base plate (4) comprises a top layer (208) defining a base plate plane; a first adhesive layer (200) adapted to adhere the base plate (4) to peristomal skin of a user; an electrode assembly (204); and a monitor interface (207) configured to electronically connect with the electrode assembly (204), where the monitor interface (207) comprises a coupling part (210) configured to form a releasably mechanically and/or electronically coupling between the base plate (4) and a monitor device (6); the coupling part (210) is configured to engage and/or disengage with the monitor device (6) allowing the monitor device (6) to be coupled to the base plate by a motion in a direction corresponding to an acute angle of 45 degrees or less relative to the base plate plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid, Lars Molzen, Torben Holst Nielsen, Lisbeth Grenaae Jeppesen
  • Publication number: 20230064734
    Abstract: A monitor device for an ostomy system is disclosed. The monitor device comprises a first interface comprising a primary terminal and a secondary terminal. The primary terminal is configured to form electrical connection with a primary electrode of the base plate when the monitor device is coupled to the base plate, and the primary terminal being configured to form electrical connection with a primary charge terminal of the accessory device when the monitor device is coupled to the accessory device. The secondary terminal is configured to form electrical connection with a secondary electrode of the base plate when the monitor device is coupled to the base plate, and the secondary terminal being configured to form electrical connection with a secondary charge terminal of the accessory device when the monitor device is coupled to the accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jais ASK Hansen, Niels Hvid, Finn Speiermann, Lars Erup Larsen
  • Patent number: 11589811
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a monitor device and an associated monitor device of an ostomy system including an ostomy appliance having an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes including a first electrode pair, the method comprising: obtaining one or more parameters including obtaining a first parameter of a first terminal pair connected to the first electrode pair of the electrode assembly; determining if one or more operability criteria are satisfied based on the one or more parameters including determining if the first parameter satisfies first operability criteria indicative of operability of the first electrode pair of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Niels Hvid, Finn Speiermann, Lars Erup Larsen
  • Patent number: 11590015
    Abstract: Disclosed is a base plate, a sensor assembly part and a method for manufacturing of a base plate or a sensor assembly part. The method comprising: positioning a coupling part; positioning an electrode assembly; providing one or more terminal elements; positioning the one or more terminal elements; securing the one or more terminal elements, by securing the distal part of each of the one or more terminal elements to the coupling part and positioning the proximal part of each of the one or more terminal elements to contact respective connection parts of the one or more electrodes, wherein after securing the one or more terminal elements, the terminal element bend of each of the one or more terminal elements forms a second angle, the second angle being less than the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais A S K Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid
  • Publication number: 20230059470
    Abstract: The disclosed is an ostomy system configured to detect a leakage of output between abase plate and/or a sensor assembly part of the ostomy system and a surface of a subject and a method of detecting the leakage of output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jais ASK Hansen, Niels Hvid, Lars Erup Larsen, Finn Speiermann
  • Patent number: 11547595
    Abstract: A base plate and/or a sensor assembly part for an ostomy appliance is disclosed, the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part comprising a first adhesive layer with a proximal side configured for attachment of the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part to the skin surface of a user, the first adhesive layer having a stomal opening with a center point; and a plurality of electrodes including a ground electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the ground electrode comprising a ground connection part, the first electrode comprising a first connection part, and the second electrode comprising a second connection part; wherein the ground electrode forms a ground for the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Niels Hvid, Finn Speiermann, Lars Erup Larsen, Klaus Thoegersen
  • Patent number: 11547596
    Abstract: A base plate of an ostomy appliance includes a first adhesive layer and a masking element. The first adhesive layer includes a stomal opening with a center point and a proximal surface configured to be attached to a skin surface of a user. The masking element is arranged on a distal surface of the first adhesive layer and is more insulative than the first adhesive layer. A plurality of electrodes is arranged on the distal surface of the first adhesive layer, where each electrode includes a sensing part and a conductor part. The masking element is arranged between the conductor part of each electrode and the first adhesive layer. The electrodes are formed on a proximal surface of a support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid, Klaus Thoegersen
  • Patent number: 11540937
    Abstract: The disclosed is an ostomy system configured to detect a leakage of output between a base plate and/or a sensor assembly part of the ostomy system and a surface of a subject and a method of detecting the leakage of output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais ASK Hansen, Niels Hvid, Lars Erup Larsen, Finn Speiermann
  • Patent number: 11534325
    Abstract: A method for anal or stomal irrigation includes providing an irrigation system to a user and instructing the user to operate the system to expel the irrigating liquid from a catheter tip. The irrigation pressure is controlled with the control system in response to input from a sensor such that a pressure at the catheter tip approaches a predetermined threshold pressure value without exceeding the predetermined pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Niels Hvid, Richard Morgan Hickmott, Rasmus Nielsen, Luigi Ravasio, David Ward, Henrik Bay
  • Patent number: 11534323
    Abstract: A method for operating an accessory device to guide the placement of an ostomy appliance on a user having a stoma. The method can include capturing an image or a sequence of images of the user applying the ostomy appliance to the user's body, processing the captured image or sequence of images, including: identifying a location of the stoma in one or more of the captured image or sequence of images, identifying a location of the ostomy appliance in one or more of the captured image or sequence of images, and generating location indicia representative of the location of the ostomy appliance with respect to the stoma in one or more of the captured image or sequence of images. A visual display including the location indicia associated with one or more of the captured image or sequence of images can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Niels Hvid, Daniel Gewecke Daugaard-Jensen, Peter Flintholm Soerensen, Dan Boegsted Andersen, Niels Kristian Mäkinen Andersen
  • Patent number: 11517469
    Abstract: An ostomy system configured to detect moisture content in a base plate or a sensor assembly part of the ostomy system, the ostomy system comprising the base plate and/or a sensor assembly part and a monitor device. The base plate or the sensor assembly part includes a first adhesive layer, a plurality of electrodes, and one or more sensing zones each covering one of one or more regions of the first adhesive layer, each of the one or more sensing zones including at least two of the plurality of electrodes. The monitor device is electrically coupled to the plurality of electrodes of the base plate or the sensor assembly part and configured to measure one or more resistances in the one or more sensing zones between the plurality of electrodes, each of the one or more resistances measured by two of the plurality of electrodes at one of the one or more sensing zones, and determine moisture content of the first adhesive layer at each of the one or more sensing zones based on the measured one or more resistances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid
  • Publication number: 20220378602
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a monitor device for an ostomy system. The monitor device comprises: a processor, memory; and a first interface connected to the processor and the memory. The first interface comprises a plurality of terminals and a data collector. The plurality of terminals includes a first terminal that forms an electrical connection with a first electrode of an ostomy appliance of the ostomy system and a second terminal that forms an electrical connection with a second electrode of the ostomy appliance. The data collector is coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal and comprises a data collection controller configured to collect data from the plurality of terminals according to a primary data collection scheme and collect data from the plurality of terminals according to a secondary data collection scheme. The primary data collection scheme is different from the secondary data collection scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jais Ask HANSEN, Lars Erup LARSEN, Niels HVID, Lars MOLZEN, Finn SPEIERMANN, Klaus THOEGERSEN
  • Patent number: 11471318
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a monitor device for an ostomy system. The monitor device comprises: a processor; memory; and a first interface connected to the processor and the memory. The first interface comprises a plurality of terminals and a data collector. The plurality of terminals includes a first terminal that forms an electrical connection with a first electrode of an ostomy appliance of the ostomy system and a second terminal that forms an electrical connection with a second electrode of the ostomy appliance. The data collector is coupled to the first and second terminals and comprises a data collection configured to collect data from the plurality of terminals according to a primary data collection scheme and collect data from the plurality of terminals according to a secondary data collection scheme. The primary data collection scheme is different from the secondary data collection scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid, Lars Molzen, Finn Speiermann, Klaus Thoegersen
  • Publication number: 20220265457
    Abstract: An electrode assembly (204) for a base plate of an ostomy appliance is disclosed, the electrode assembly comprising: a support layer (214), the support layer having a stomal opening (18C) with a centre point; and a plurality of electrodes (216) including a first set of electrodes, the first set of electrodes comprising a first primary electrode (230), a first secondary electrode (232), a first tertiary electrode (412), and one or more first reference electrodes including a first primary reference electrode, wherein the plurality of electrodes is configured to detect presence of fluid in a first primary sensing zone (400), a first secondary sensing zone (402), and a first tertiary sensing zone (404), the first primary sensing zone arranged in a first primary angle space from the centre point of the support layer, the first secondary sensing zone arranged in a first secondary angle space from the centre point of the support layer, and the first tertiary sensing zone arranged in a first tertiary angle space from
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jonas Emborg, Jais Ask Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid, Finn Speiermann, Klaus Thoegersen
  • Publication number: 20220226561
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed that attaches an irrigation catheter to tubing of an anal or stomal irrigation system. The connector has a housing, a pressure control device retained within the housing, and a restriction element. The pressure control device has an inlet channel on a distal side of the pressure control device communicating along an irrigation flow path with an outlet channel on a proximal side of the pressure control device, and a secondary outlet located between the inlet channel and the outlet channel and in communication with the irrigation flow path. The restriction element is inserted into the secondary outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Niels HVID, Henrik BAY
  • Publication number: 20220152366
    Abstract: A method for inflating an inflatable balloon of a catheter for a bowel irrigation system is disclosed. The bowel irrigation system comprises a container for holding a liquid, a catheter, a tubing connecting the container and the catheter, a pump, a control unit, and a pressure sensor. The catheter is adapted for being inserted into a rectum of a user and comprises an inflatable balloon. The pump is adapted for pumping liquid from the container to the balloon through the tubing. The control unit comprises a processor. The pressure sensor is in fluid communication with an interior of the inflatable balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Niels Hvid, Jakob Duus Dolriis
  • Publication number: 20220143372
    Abstract: A bowel irrigation system comprising a container adapted for containing a liquid, a catheter comprising an inflated balloon, a tubing connecting the container and the catheter, a pump, a control unit for controlling a flow of fluid in the system, and a pressure sensor is disclosed. The system comprises means for deflating the balloon, as a response to an assessment of a first pressure inside the balloon being greater than a first threshold value, by reducing the amount of liquid inside the balloon by a first amount of liquid. In addition, a method for deflating an inflatable balloon, as a response to an assessment of a first pressure inside the balloon being greater than a first threshold value, by reducing the amount of liquid inside the balloon by a first amount of liquid is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Niels Hvid, Jakob Duus Dolriis, Ian James Rowe
  • Patent number: 11324878
    Abstract: An irrigation system for anal or stomal irrigation includes a tubing system attachable between a reservoir and a catheter. The tubing system has a proximal portion attachable to the reservoir and a distal portion including a distal end that is attachable to the catheter, with the tubing system providing an irrigation flow path from the proximal portion attachable to the reservoir through the distal end attachable to the catheter. A pump is operable to move the liquid through the irrigation flow path to provide the anal or stomal irrigation out of the catheter. A pressure control device is attachable to the distal portion of the tubing system and communicates with the catheter. The pressure control device has a valve that is adapted to limit an irrigation pressure for the anal or stomal irrigation out of the catheter to a value less than a pre-determined pressure threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Niels Hvid, Henrik Bay
  • Publication number: 20210369197
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, performed in an accessory device, for communicating the operating state of the ostomy appliance, which in turn enables a monitoring of the ostomy appliance at the accessory device. The accessory device comprises an interface configured to communicate with one or more devices of an ostomy system. The one or more devices comprise a monitor device, and/or an ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user or on any additional seals. The method comprises obtaining monitor data from the one or more devices (301). The monitor data is indicative of a condition of the ostomy appliance. The method may comprise determining an operating state of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data obtained (302). The operating state may be indicative of adhesive performance of the ostomy appliance. The method comprises communicating the operating state of the ostomy appliance via the interface (303).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jais Ask HANSEN, Niels HVID, Daniel Gewecke DAUGAARD-JENSEN, Peter Flintholm SOERENSEN, Dan Boegsted ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20210369488
    Abstract: A base plate and/or a sensor assembly part for an ostomy appliance and related method is disclosed, the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part comprising: a first adhesive layer with a proximal side configured for attachment of the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part to the skin surface of a user, the first adhesive layer having a stomal opening with a center point; and a plurality of electrodes including a first leakage electrode, a second leakage electrode, and a third leakage electrode, wherein the plurality of electrodes is configured to detect presence of fluid on the proximal side of the first adhesive layer in a primary sensing zone and a secondary sensing zone, the primary sensing zone arranged in a primary angle space from the center point of the first adhesive layer and the secondary sensing zone arranged in a secondary angle space from the center point of the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jais ASK Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid, Finn Speiermann, Klaus Thoegersen