Patents by Inventor Robert Earl Hieber, IV

Robert Earl Hieber, IV 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: 9821132
    Abstract: A patient interface device (10) includes a patient sealing assembly (60) including a cushion (70), and a frame member (80) coupled to the cushion, and an adjustable forehead support assembly (200) provided at the distal end (120) of the frame member. The adjustable forehead support assembly includes an adjustment mechanism (202) coupled to a forehead cushion (204), wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a forehead cushion support member (212) having a base portion (216) coupled to the forehead cushion and an vertical/upright rotatable wheel member (214). Rotation of the wheel member causes movement of the frame member and the cushion relative to the forehead cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Justin Edward Rothermel, Chad Zediker, Robert Earl Hieber, IV, Richard Thomas Haibach, Steven Charles Stegman, Karl Herbert Beitzel, Jason Anthony Belton
  • Patent number: 9744326
    Abstract: A patient interface device (8) includes a patient sealing assembly (12) including a cushion (14) and a frame member (16), and an adjustable forehead support assembly (26) provided at the distal end (24) of the frame member. The assembly includes an adjustment mechanism (28) coupled to a forehead cushion (30), the adjustment mechanism including a housing (32), a forehead cushion support member (52) having a base portion (58) and an elongated post member (60) extending from the base portion and received within the housing, and a locking member (54, 56) structured to be selectively coupled to the elongated post member. In the locked condition, the locking member engages the elongated post member and prevents the elongated post member from moving relative to the housing, and in the unlocked condition the locking member does not engage the elongated post member such that the elongated post member and the housing are freely linearly movable with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Justin Edward Rothermel, Justin Eric Angert, Robert Earl Hieber, IV, Richard Thomas Haibach, Chad Zediker
  • Patent number: 9610418
    Abstract: A patient interface device (8) includes a patient sealing assembly (12) adapted to communicate a flow of breathing gas within an airway of a patient, the patient sealing assembly including a cushion (14), a frame member (16) coupled to the cushion, and an adjustable forehead support assembly (26) coupled to the frame member. The adjustable forehead support assembly includes a forehead cushion (30) and an inflatable and deflatable bladder (48) coupled to the forehead cushion, wherein inflation and deflation of the bladder causes the distal end (24) of the frame member to move relative to the forehead cushion in a manner wherein a pressure applied to a bridge of a nose of the patient by the cushion is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Justin Edward Rothermel, Chad Zediker, Robert Earl Hieber, IV, Christopher James Kadamus, Richard Thomas Haibach, Keith Aaron Grider, Arvin Abadilla
  • Publication number: 20140230820
    Abstract: A patient interface device (8) includes a patient sealing assembly (12) including a cushion (14) and a frame member (16), and an adjustable forehead support assembly (26) provided at the distal end (24) of the frame member. The assembly includes an adjustment mechanism (28) coupled to a forehead cushion (30), the adjustment mechanism including a housing (32), a forehead cushion support member (52) having a base portion (58) and an elongated post member (60) extending from the base portion and received within the housing, and a locking member (54, 56) structured to be selectively coupled to the elongated post member. In the locked condition, the locking member engages the elongated post member and prevents the elongated post member from moving relative to the housing, and in the unlocked condition the locking member does not engage the elongated post member such that the elongated post member and the housing are freely linearly movable with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Justin Edward Rothermel, Justin Eric Angert, Robert Earl Hieber, IV, Richard Thomas Haibach, Chad Zediker
  • Publication number: 20140096775
    Abstract: A patient interface device (10) includes a patient sealing assembly (60) including a cushion (70), and a frame member (80) coupled to the cushion, and an adjustable forehead support assembly (200) provided at the distal end (120) of the frame member. The adjustable forehead support assembly includes an adjustment mechanism (202) coupled to a forehead cushion (204), wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a forehead cushion support member (212) having a base portion (216) coupled to the forehead cushion and an vertical/upright rotatable wheel member (214). Rotation of the wheel member causes movement of the frame member and the cushion relative to the forehead cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Justin Edward Rothermel, Chad Zediker, Robert Earl Hieber, IV, Richard Thomas Haibach, Steven Charles Stegman, Karl Herbert Beitzel, Jason Anthony Belton
  • Publication number: 20140076323
    Abstract: A patient interface device (8) includes a patient sealing assembly (12) adapted to communicate a flow of breathing gas within an airway of a patient, the patient sealing assembly including a cushion (14), a frame member (16) coupled to the cushion, and an adjustable forehead support assembly (26) coupled to the frame member. The adjustable forehead support assembly includes a forehead cushion (30) and an inflatable and deflatable bladder (48) coupled to the forehead cushion, wherein inflation and deflation of the bladder causes the distal end (24) of the frame member to move relative to the forehead cushion in a manner wherein a pressure applied to a bridge of a nose of the patient by the cushion is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Justin Edward Rothermel, Chad Zediker, Robert Earl Hieber, IV, Christopher James Kadamus, Richard Thomas Haibach, Keith Aaron Grider, Arvin Abadilla