Patents by Inventor Ronald Dean Dean Fligge

Ronald Dean Dean Fligge 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).

  • Method and apparatus for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea with an awake patient
    Patent number: 10165959
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in diagnosing the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a patient includes a sensing module structured to measure a parameter indicative of a tremor in the patient's neck, tongue and/or throat muscles while the patient is awake, the parameter not being airflow through the patient's airway. The sensing module generates one or more electrical signals based on the measured parameter. The apparatus also includes a processor operatively coupled to the sensing module, the processor being structured to receive the one or more electrical signals, perform an analysis of the one or more electrical signals, and based on the analysis determine whether the tremor has a frequency in at least one predetermined frequency range that is indicative of OSA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Colbaugh, Ronald Dean Dean Fligge, Vijay Kumar Iyer, Douglas Mechlenburg, Edmund Arnliot Shaw, Nathan Zimmerman
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA WITH AN AWAKE PATIENT
    Publication number: 20130289401
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in diagnosing the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a patient includes a sensing module structured to measure a parameter indicative of a tremor in the patient's neck, tongue and/or throat muscles while the patient is awake, the parameter not being airflow through the patient's airway. The sensing module generates one or more electrical signals based on the measured parameter. The apparatus also includes a processor operatively coupled to the sensing module, the processor being structured to receive the one or more electrical signals, perform an analysis of the one or more electrical signals, and based on the analysis determine whether the transducer tremor has a frequency in at least one predetermined frequency range that is indicative of OSA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Colbaugh, Ronald Dean Dean Fligge, Vijay Kumar Iyer, Douglas Mechlenburg, Edmund Arnliot Shaw, Nathan Zimmerman