Patents by Inventor Stefano Nava

Stefano Nava 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 detecting ineffective inspiratory efforts and improving patient-ventilator interaction
    Patent number: 9597013
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting an ineffective effort of a patient being mechanically ventilated by a ventilator comprises (i) monitoring a respiratory flow of air of the patient after said ventilator has cycled; (ii) creating a signal indicative of said flow; (iii) removing artifact from said signal; (iv) monitoring said signal for perturbations; and (v) determining that an ineffective effort has occurred when said perturbation is significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: RESMED LIMITED
    Inventors: Qestra Camille Mulqueeny, Stefano Nava
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INEFFECTIVE INSPIRATORY EFFORTS AND IMPROVING PATIENT-VENTILATOR INTERACTION
    Publication number: 20140066725
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting an ineffective effort of a patient being mechanically ventilated by a ventilator comprises (i) monitoring a respiratory flow of air of the patient after said ventilator has cycled; (ii) creating a signal indicative of said flow; (iii) removing artefact from said signal; (iv) monitoring said signal for perturbations; and (v) determining that an ineffective effort has occurred when said perturbation is significant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Qestra Camille MULQUEENY, Stefano Nava
  • Method and apparatus for detecting ineffective inspiratory efforts and improving patient-ventilator interaction
    Patent number: 8603006
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting an ineffective effort of a patient being mechanically ventilated by a ventilator comprises (i) monitoring a respiratory flow of air of the patient after said ventilator has cycled; (ii) creating a signal indicative of said flow; (iii) removing artefact from said signal; (iv) monitoring said signal for perturbations; and (v) determining that an ineffective effort has occurred when said perturbation is significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Qestra Camille Mulqueeny, Stefano Nava
  • Method and Apparatus For Detecting Ineffective Inspiratory Efforts and Improving Patient-Ventilator Interaction
    Publication number: 20080110461
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting an ineffective effort of a patient being mechanically ventilated by a ventilator comprises (i) monitoring a respiratory flow of air of the patient after said ventilator has cycled; (ii) creating a signal indicative of said flow; (iii) removing artefact from said signal; (iv) monitoring said signal for perturbations; and (v) determining that an ineffective effort has occurred when said perturbation is significant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Qestra Camille Mulqueeny, Stefano Nava
  • Face or nose mask for non-invasive ventilation of patients in general
    Patent number: 7278428
    Abstract: The face or nose mask (1) includes a mask body (2) with an inlet (3). The mask body (2) includes a sealing element with a first chamber (10), and a second chamber (11) which can be connected by connectors (12, 13) to a source of pressurized air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt, Inc.
    Inventors: Massimo Fini, Paolo Bergamaschi, Stefano Nava
  • Face or nose mask for non-invasive ventilation of patients in general
    Publication number: 20050092327
    Abstract: The face or nose mask (1) includes a mask body (2) with an inlet (3). The mask body (2) includes a sealing element with a first chamber (10), and a second chamber (11) which can be connected by connectors (12, 13) to a source of pressurized air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Massimo Fini, Paolo Bergamaschi, Stefano Nava
  • Face or nose mask for non-invasive ventilation of patients in general
    Patent number: 6834650
    Abstract: The face or nose mask (1) includes a mask body (2) with an inlet (3). The mask body (2) includes a sealing element with a first chamber (10), and a second chamber (11) which can be connected by connectors (12, 13) to a source of pressurized air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt, Inc.
    Inventors: Massimo Fini, Paolo Bergamaschi, Stefano Nava