Patents by Inventor Otfried Röher
Otfried Röher 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: 8556819Abstract: The therapy device stores the time profiles of the blood pressure and of other influencing variables during preceding therapy procedures. The time profile of the blood pressure and of other influencing variables during the actual therapy is also recorded. An analytical comparison is then made between the time profiles of the blood pressure and of other influencing variables during the actual measurement procedure and those during preceding therapy procedures. Depending on the comparison, a prospective blood pressure control is carried out in order to prevent drops in blood pressure in a subsequent time period.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AGInventors: Otfried Röher, Steffen Korth
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Patent number: 7775986Abstract: A therapy device having a blood pressure device and a regulating device for a time-variable regulation of the blood pressure, which decides, during a therapy procedure, dependent on detected blood pressure value, whether the blood regulation is continued with hypothetical or with real blood pressure values. The regulating device processes various categories of blood pressure values, i.e. blood pressure values obtained by the regulating device according to an implemented time schedule, blood pressure values requested by measurement and evaluation device, and blood pressure values requested by medical staff. Besides the regular triggers (RT) generated at regular intervals, the irregular triggers (IRT) and the quasi-regular triggers (QRT) requested externally at respective times are also evaluated.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: B. Braun Medizintechnologie GmbHInventors: Otfried Roeher, Steffen Korth
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Publication number: 20100016776Abstract: The therapy device stores the time profiles of the blood pressure and of other influencing variables during preceding therapy procedures. The time profile of the blood pressure and of other influencing variables during the actual therapy is also recorded. An analytical comparison is then made between the time profiles of the blood pressure and of other influencing variables during the actual measurement procedure and those during preceding therapy procedures. Depending on the comparison, a prospective blood pressure control is carried out in order to prevent drops in blood pressure in a subsequent time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: B.Braun Medizintechnologie GMBHInventors: Otfried Röher, Steffen Korth
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Publication number: 20090112102Abstract: A therapy device having a blood pressure device and a regulating device for a time-variable regulation of the blood pressure, which decides, during a therapy procedure, dependent on detected blood pressure value, whether the blood regulation is continued with hypothetical or with real blood pressure values. The regulating device processes various categories of blood pressure values, i.e. blood pressure values obtained by the regulating device according to an implemented time schedule, blood pressure values requested by measurement and evaluation device, and blood pressure values requested by medical staff. Besides the regular triggers (RT) generated at regular intervals, the irregular triggers (IRT) and the quasi-regular triggers (QRT) requested externally at respective times are also evaluated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Otfried Roeher, Steffen Korth
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Patent number: 6579241Abstract: In a dialysis apparatus the blood pressure is normally monitored at intervals of 5 minutes. According to the invention the current blood pressure curve (33) is measured only during the first 45 minutes at intervals of 5 minutes and then compared with the stored blood pressure curves of previous treatments of the same patient. On the basis of statistical analyses that blood pressure curve is determined from a data storage, which shows the largest similarity to the current blood pressure curve and used as the basic curve (35) for blood pressure control during the current treatment. During further treatment the blood pressure measurement is carried out at intervals from 15 minutes to 30 minutes. This considerably reduces the number of blood pressure measurements and the resultant discomfort of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2002Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen Medizintechnologie GmbHInventor: Otfried Roeher
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Publication number: 20020107449Abstract: In a dialysis means the blood pressure is normally monitored at intervals of 5 minutes. According to the invention the current blood pressure curve (33) is measured only during the first 45 minutes at intervals of 5 minutes and then compared with the stored blood pressure curves of previous treatments of the same patient. On the basis of statistical analyses that blood pressure curve is determined from a data storage, which shows the largest similarity to the current blood pressure curve and used as the basic curve (35) for blood pressure control during the current treatment. During further treatment the blood pressure measurement is carried out at intervals from 15 minutes to 30 minutes. This considerably reduces the number of blood pressure measurements and the resultant discomfort of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2002Publication date: August 8, 2002Inventor: Otfried Roeher
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Patent number: 6423022Abstract: The ultrafiltration rate of a blood purification apparatus is controlled by a fuzzy control device in dependence on the patient's (16) blood pressure measured by a blood pressure monitor (24). For this purpose the blood pressure (P), a short-term blood pressure trend value (TRK) and a long-term blood pressure trend value (TRL) are fed as input variables for the fuzzy controller to the control device (23). The ultrafiltration rate (UFR) is determined by the volumetric ultrafiltration pump (36). According to the patient's (16) blood pressure situation a prestored profile of the ultrafiltration rate is modified. This avoids the necessity of an additional infusion to prevent too strong a blood pressure decrease.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1999Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: B.Braun Melsungen AGInventors: Otfried Roeher, Steffen Korth, Friedrich A. Mueller, Dieter Rath
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Patent number: 5503624Abstract: The infusion system is provided with a control device (10) wherein a plurality of influence factors with different physiological action mechanisms, i.e. a plurality of semantic domains, is considered as fuzzy information in the automatic dosing of drugs and the semantic significance of the individual domains is taken into account. The control device (10) for controlling at least one infusion apparatus (21) comprises a plurality of fuzzy control units (17,19) structured in a hierarchical system. On a first hierarchical levels, all linguistic variables, measurement values and derived values are examined by a semantic analyzer (16) with regard to the significance of their contents for the various semantic domains. In a unit (18) for evaluation of semantic domains, the results of the above examination are passed through a plurality of evaluation stages to draw conclusions on the operation on a second hierarchical level on which each semantic domain is represented by a fuzzy control unit (19) of its own.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1994Date of Patent: April 2, 1996Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AGInventors: Otfried Roeher, Roberto Belke, Steffen Korth