Patents by Inventor Paul HAMELMANN

Paul HAMELMANN 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).

  • Positioning support and fetal heart rate registration support for CTG ultrasound transducers
    Patent number: 11432796
    Abstract: A method for monitoring fetal health. The method of the present disclosure comprises transmitting (100) an ultrasound signal from an at least one transducer element in an array towards a maternal abdomen. An at least one ultrasonic echo signal corresponding to an at least one depth of the maternal abdomen is then received (102) by the at least one transducer element. The at least one Doppler signal is determined after the echo is received by the at least one transducer element is then processed (104) in an at least one channel. A multidimensional map is then generated (106) from the processed Doppler signal. A feedback (114) to reposition the at least one transducer element is then provided when the fetal heart is determined to lie outside an ultrasound beam volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hamelmann, Lars Schmitt, Alexander Franciscus Kolen, Markus Wohlschlager
  • POSITIONING SUPPORT AND FETAL HEART RATE REGISTRATION SUPPORT FOR CTG ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS
    Publication number: 20190133549
    Abstract: A method for monitoring fetal health. The method of the present disclosure comprises transmitting (100) an ultrasound signal from an at least one transducer element in an array towards a maternal abdomen. An at least one ultrasonic echo signal corresponding to an at least one depth of the maternal abdomen is then received (102) by the at least one transducer element. The at least one Doppler signal is determined after the echo is received by the at least one transducer element is then processed (104) in an at least one channel. A multidimensional map is then generated (106) from the processed Doppler signal. A feedback (114) to reposition the at least one transducer element is then provided when the fetal heart is determined to lie outside an ultrasound beam volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Paul HAMELMANN, Lars SCHMITT, Alexander Franciscus KOLEN, MARKUS WOHLSCHLAGER