Patents by Inventor Sebastiaan Overeem

Sebastiaan Overeem 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: 20230320656
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus (100) for assessing sleep of a subject, the apparatus comprising a processor (102) configured to: receive data indicative of one or more physiological parameters associated with a subject; determine, based on the data, two or more sleep parameters relating to sleep of the subject; and determine, based on the sleep parameters, whether the subject is suffering from (a) obstructive sleep apnoea, (b) insomnia, (c) comorbid insomnia and obstructive sleep apnoea, or (d) neither obstructive sleep apnoea nor insomnia, wherein a first sleep parameter of the two or more sleep parameters comprises Wakefulness After Sleep Onset for at least X Minutes, WASOXmin, wherein WASOXmin comprises the sum of awakenings with a duration of X minutes or longer during a sleep session, wherein X is equal to, or greater than, 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: BERNICE MARIELOUISE WULTERKENS, PEDRO MIGUEL FERREIRA DOS SANTOS DA FONSECA, LIEKE WILHELMINA ALEXANDRA HERMANS, MEREL MARIETJE VAN GILST, SEBASTIAAN OVEREEM
  • Publication number: 20230233093
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for determining a heart rate of a subject, the method comprising: receiving data representing a signal generated by a pressure sensor configured to be placed on a suprasternal notch of a subject, the data representing a first component of the signal comprising respiratory information associated with the subject and/or a second component of the signal comprising cardiac information associated with the subject; determining, by applying a first algorithm to the data, a respiration parameter of the subject; applying at least one filter to the data to obtain first filtered data, the at least one filter comprising a first filter to attenuate the first component of the signal in the data based on the determined respiration parameter; and determining a heart rate of the subject by applying a second algorithm to the first filtered data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Luca Cerina, Pedro Miguel Ferreira dos Santos da Fonseca, Rik Vullings, Sebastiaan Overeem