Patents by Inventor Ottmar Penka

Ottmar Penka 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: 20230326430
    Abstract: Embodiments of the subject matter include a heart lung machine (HLM), including a plurality of actuators and a peripheral processing unit configured to receive a set of parameter data from the plurality of actuators. The HLM also may include a peripheral display device configured to present a subset of the set of parameter data and a control assembly comprising a control display device configured to present a user interface having a representation of a parameter value and an associated indication, where at least a portion of the associated indication overlaps at least a portion of the representation of the parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Ottmar Penka
  • Patent number: 11694657
    Abstract: Embodiments of the subject matter include a heart lung machine (HLM), including a plurality of actuators and a peripheral processing unit configured to receive a set of parameter data from the plurality of actuators. The HLM also may include a peripheral display device configured to present a subset of the set of parameter data and a control assembly comprising a control display device configured to present a user interface having a representation of a parameter value and an associated indication, where at least a portion of the associated indication overlaps at least a portion of the representation of the parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Ottmar Penka
  • Publication number: 20230023854
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling one or more pumps of a heart-lung-machine. An illustrative method may comprise receiving an actual flow rate of a pump, determining the actual flow rate is from a primary pump, determining an available amount of the actual flow rate of the primary pump that is available to one or more subordinate pumps, comparing the available amount of the actual flow rate of the primary pump to a sum of set flow rates of the one or more subordinate pumps, and operating the one or more subordinate pumps in a proactive control mode or a reactive control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ottmar Penka, Friedemann Schubert
  • Publication number: 20230001067
    Abstract: A system for regulating blood flow in extracorporeal circulation, and including a blood reservoir to receive blood from a patient, an oxygenator to condition the blood, a centrifugal pump to pump the blood from the blood reservoir to the oxygenator and back to the patient, an electronic remote clamp to regulate flow of the blood, and a controller to operate in a flow control mode and a speed control mode. The controller includes an operational element to set a blood flow value in the flow control mode and to set a speed of the centrifugal pump in the speed control mode. The controller to automatically switch between the flow control mode and the speed control mode in response to one or more trigger conditions and to automatically switch between the speed control mode and the flow control mode in response to opening the electronic remote clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ottmar Penka, Friedemann Schubert
  • Publication number: 20220168489
    Abstract: A heart lung machine (HLM) includes a control area net-work (CAN); a pump; a number of sensors; and a control assembly, all communicatively coupled to the CAN. The control assembly includes a control display device and a processing unit, which is configured to fa-cilitate a semi-automatic safety check. To do so, the processing unit is configured to provide an HLM system safety check user interface (UI) on a display device, the HLM system safety check UI including a rep-resentation of each sensor; activate a sensor; present, via the UI, an in-dication of the activation of the sensor; determine an alarm state of the sensor; present a representation of the alarm state of the sensor on the control display device; present a safety check result of the sensor via the UI; and save a safety check result corresponding to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Friedemann Schubert, Ottmar Penka
  • Publication number: 20220080094
    Abstract: A device for establishing venous inflow to a blood reservoir of an extracorporeal blood circulation system includes a restricting unit for restricting a venous inflow line and a vacuum unit for supplying vacuum to the blood reservoir. The device includes a control unit that, upon setting the desired venous flow rate, automatically supplies a first actuating signal to the restricting unit for restricting venous inflow to the blood reservoir and supplies a second actuating signal to the vacuum unit for establishing a degree of vacuum within the blood reservoir, so as to achieve the set venous flow rate. The device includes a venous flow sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Ottmar Penka
  • Publication number: 20210268260
    Abstract: A heart lung machine (HLM) with simplified setup based on role-profile mapping. The HLM includes a control assembly including a control display device and a processing unit configured to create a mapping profile by associating each of a plurality of HLM component names with one of a plurality of HLM component roles and assigning at least one dependency between a first one of the plurality of HLM components and a second one of the HLM components. Each of the plurality of HLM component roles is associated with an HLM component function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ottmar Penka, Friedemann Schubert, Christian Hofstetter
  • Publication number: 20210260268
    Abstract: A heart lung machine (HLM) includes a plurality of actuators and a peripheral processing unit configured to receive a set of parameter data from the plurality of actuators. The HLM includes a peripheral display device configured to present a subset of the set of parameter data. The HLM also includes a plurality of actuator control units (ACUs), where each of the plurality of ACUs is operably connected to one of the plurality of actuators; and a control assembly comprising a control display device and a plurality of input control devices, where each of the control input devices is operably connected to one of the plurality of actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ottmar Penka, Michele Claudio Laddaga, Friedemann Schubert
  • Publication number: 20210264880
    Abstract: Embodiments of the subject matter include a heart lung machine (HLM), including a plurality of actuators and a peripheral processing unit configured to receive a set of parameter data from the plurality of actuators. The HLM also may include a peripheral display device configured to present a subset of the set of parameter data and a control assembly comprising a control display device configured to present a user interface having a representation of a parameter value and an associated indication, where at least a portion of the associated indication overlaps at least a portion of the representation of the parameter value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Ottmar Penka
  • Patent number: 9452250
    Abstract: A device for pumping blood in an extracorporeal circuit includes a centrifugal pump that suctions the blood to be pumped via a venous hose line connected to a suction side of the pump and releases it via an arterial hose line connected to a release side of the pump. The device includes a flow sensor that detects a released quantity on the release side of the pump and emits a measurement signal corresponding to the released quantity, a pressure sensor that detects the pressure on the release side of the pump and emits a measurement signal corresponding to the pressure, and an evaluation unit to which the measurement signals of the sensors are fed and which determines a value corresponding to the pressure on the suction side of the pump, taking into consideration the two measurements signals and the rotational speed of the centrifugal pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ottmar Penka, Johann Schreyer, Erwin Knott
  • Patent number: 8952917
    Abstract: A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Knott, Ottmar Penka, Andreas Hahn
  • Publication number: 20140043271
    Abstract: A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Knott, Ottmar Penka, Andreas Hahn
  • Patent number: 8576191
    Abstract: A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Knott, Ottmar Penka, Andreas Hahn
  • Publication number: 20120150089
    Abstract: A device for pumping blood in an extracorporeal circuit includes a centrifugal pump that suctions the blood to be pumped via a venous hose line connected to a suction side of the pump and releases it via an arterial hose line connected to a release side of the pump. The device includes a flow sensor that detects a released quantity on the release side of the pump and emits a measurement signal corresponding to the released quantity, a pressure sensor that detects the pressure on the release side of the pump and emits a measurement signal corresponding to the pressure, and an evaluation unit to which the measurement signals of the sensors are fed and which determines a value corresponding to the pressure on the suction side of the pump, taking into consideration the two measurements signals and the rotational speed of the centrifugal pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ottmar Penka, Johann Schreyer, Erwin Knott
  • Publication number: 20110254794
    Abstract: A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Knott, Ottmar Penka, Andreas Hahn
  • Patent number: 7961156
    Abstract: A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Knott, Ottmar Penka, Andreas Hahn
  • Publication number: 20070052683
    Abstract: A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Erwin Knott, Ottmar Penka