Patents by Inventor Ulrich R. Herken
Ulrich R. Herken 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).
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Patent number: 11904095Abstract: A medical system for assisting with an intubation procedure for a patient. The system comprising airflow sensors configured to obtain data indicative of airflow in the patient's airway and physiological sensors configured to obtain information regarding airflow in the patient's lungs. The system further including a monitoring device communicatively coupled to the airflow sensors and the physiological sensors. The patient monitoring device comprising at least one processor coupled to memory and configured to: provide a user interface on a display and assist the rescuer in determining proper placement of an endotracheal tube, receive the data indicative of the airflow in the patient's airway, receive the physiological information regarding the airflow in the patient's lungs, and determine whether the tube is properly placed based on the received physiological information, and present an output of the determination of whether the ET tube was properly placed.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Annemarie E Silver, Gary A Freeman, George Beck, Guy R Johnson, Ulrich R Herken, Wayne F Stanley, Shin-Luen Chai
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Publication number: 20220361755Abstract: A medical system is provided. The medical system includes a medical device and a mobile computing device. The medical device includes at least one physiologic sensor configured to acquire physiological signals from a patient, at least one processor coupled to the at least one physiologic sensor, and at least one optical code encoded with encrypted data. The mobile computing device includes a camera and one or more processors coupled to the camera and configured to acquire one or more images of the at least one optical code, decode the one or more images of the at least one optical code to generate a copy of the encrypted data, decrypt the copy of the encrypted data to generate decrypted data, and process the decrypted data to establish an operable connection between the mobile computing device and the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Wayne F. Stanley, Guy R. Johnson, Binwei Weng, Gary A. Freeman, Ulrich R. Herken
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Patent number: 11357699Abstract: An exemplary method of identifying a source of chest compressions administered during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes receiving, at a processor, signals indicative of pressure exerted during the chest compressions from at least one sensor communicatively coupled to the processor and disposed at a location on the victim's chest away from an indicated compression point for manual chest compressions, generating a compression waveform based on the received signals, detecting compression waveform features representative of the chest compressions based on the compression waveform, comparing the detected compression waveform features to a pre-determined criterion to discriminate between chest compressions from an automated compression device and manual chest compressions, determining whether the chest compressions are from the automated compression device or the manual chest compressions based on the comparison, and generating an output based on whether the chest compressions are determined to be from tType: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Ulrich R. Herken, Gary A. Freeman
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Publication number: 20220105291Abstract: A medical system for assisting with an intubation procedure for a patient. The system comprising airflow sensors configured to obtain data indicative of airflow in the patient's airway and physiological sensors configured to obtain information regarding airflow in the patient's lungs. The system further including a monitoring device communicatively coupled to the airflow sensors and the physiological sensors. The patient monitoring device comprising at least one processor coupled to memory and configured to: provide a user interface on a display and assist the rescuer in determining proper placement of an endotracheal tube, receive the data indicative of the airflow in the patient's airway, receive the physiological information regarding the airflow in the patient's lungs, and determine whether the tube is properly placed based on the received physiological information, and present an output of the determination of whether the ET tube was properly placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Annemarie E. Silver, Gary A. Freeman, George Beck, Guy R. Johnson, Ulrich R. Herken, Wayne F. Stanley, Shin-Luen Chai
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Patent number: 11229760Abstract: A medical system for assisting with an intubation procedure for a patient. The system comprising airflow sensors configured to obtain data indicative of airflow in the patient's airway and physiological sensors configured to obtain information regarding airflow in the patient's lungs. The system further including a monitoring device communicatively coupled to the airflow sensors and the physiological sensors. The patient monitoring device comprising at least one processor coupled to memory and configured to: provide a user interface on a display and assist the rescuer in determining proper placement of an endotracheal tube, receive the data indicative of the airflow in the patient's airway, receive the physiological information regarding the airflow in the patient's lungs, and determine whether the tube is properly placed based on the received physiological information, and present an output of the determination of whether the ET tube was properly placed.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Annemarie E Silver, Gary A Freeman, George Beck, Guy R Johnson, Ulrich R Herken, Wayne F Stanley, Shin-Luen Chai
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Patent number: 11172883Abstract: A disposable patient interface includes a reusable sensor that removably mounts within a shoe of the disposable patient interface when at least one protrusion on opposite ends of the sensor removably lock with corresponding at least one aperture on opposite portions of the shoe. The patient interface includes a compliant structure which conforms to a patient's body upon placement thereon without causing wrinkles in the compliant structure so as to maximize adhesion of the compliant structure against skin on the patient's body when the compliant structure is conformed to muscle underlying skin on the patient's body.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Steven J. Weisner, Peter J. Scott, Gwenn Ellerby, John Cain, Sean M. Frick, Babs R. Soller, Ulrich R. Herken, Annemarie Silver, Gary A. Freeman
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Publication number: 20210338524Abstract: Devices and methods for CPR chest compression with active decompression.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Annemarie E Silver, Guy R Johnson, Gary A Freeman, Ulrich R Herken
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Publication number: 20210267842Abstract: An automated chest compression device for performing CPR, with distance sensors disposed on a compressing mechanism and on a structure fixed relative to the CPR patient, for determining inferior/superior movement of the compressing mechanism over the course of multiple compressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Ulrich R. Herken, Gary A. Freeman
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Patent number: 10973735Abstract: Devices and methods for CPR chest compression with active decompression.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Annemarie E. Silver, Guy R. Johnson, Gary A. Freeman, Ulrich R. Herken
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Publication number: 20210045968Abstract: An exemplary method of identifying a source of chest compressions administered during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes receiving, at a processor, signals indicative of pressure exerted during the chest compressions from at least one sensor communicatively coupled to the processor and disposed at a location on the victim's chest away from an indicated compression point for manual chest compressions, generating a compression waveform based on the received signals, detecting compression waveform features representative of the chest compressions based on the compression waveform, comparing the detected compression waveform features to a pre-determined criterion to discriminate between chest compressions from an automated compression device and manual chest compressions, determining whether the chest compressions are from the automated compression device or the manual chest compressions based on the comparison, and generating an output based on whether the chest compressions are determined to be from tType: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Ulrich R. Herken, Gary A. Freeman
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Patent number: 10918566Abstract: An automated chest compression device for performing CPR, with distance sensors disposed on a compressing mechanism and on a structure fixed relative to the CPR patient, for determining inferior/superior movement of the compressing mechanism over the course of multiple compressions.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Ulrich R Herken, Gary A Freeman
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Patent number: 10842711Abstract: A system for use during administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) chest compressions on a victim is described. The system includes a chest compression monitor that includes a motion sensor configured to generate signals indicative of the victim's chest motion and a control system communicatively coupled to the chest compression monitor and configured to receive the generated signals, detect compression waveform features representative of the chest compressions based on the received signals, compare the features to a pre-determined criterion that distinguishes between a manual source of the chest compressions and a piston-based chest compression device source, determine whether the source of the chest compressions is the manual or the piston-based chest compression device source based on the comparison, and generate an output based on whether the source of the chest compressions is determined to be the manual or the piston-based chest compression device source.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Ulrich R Herken, Gary A Freeman
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Publication number: 20190261922Abstract: A disposable patient interface includes a reusable sensor that removably mounts within a shoe of the disposable patient interface when at least one protrusion on opposite ends of the sensor removably lock with corresponding at least one aperture on opposite portions of the shoe. The patient interface includes a compliant structure which conforms to a patient's body upon placement thereon without causing wrinkles in the compliant structure so as to maximize adhesion of the compliant structure against skin on the patient's body when the compliant structure is conformed to muscle underlying skin on the patient's body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Steven J. WEISNER, Peter J. SCOTT, Gwenn ELLERBY, John CAIN, Sean M. FRICK, Babs R. SOLLER, Ulrich R. HERKEN, Annemarie SILVER, Gary A. FREEMAN
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Publication number: 20190224434Abstract: A medical system for assisting with an intubation procedure for a patient. The system comprising airflow sensors configured to obtain data indicative of airflow in the patient's airway and physiological sensors configured to obtain information regarding airflow in the patient's lungs. The system further including a monitoring device communicatively coupled to the airflow sensors and the physiological sensors. The patient monitoring device comprising at least one processor coupled to memory and configured to: provide a user interface on a display and assist the rescuer in determining proper placement of an endotracheal tube, receive the data indicative of the airflow in the patient's airway, receive the physiological information regarding the airflow in the patient's lungs, and determine whether the tube is properly placed based on the received physiological information, and present an output of the determination of whether the ET tube was properly placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Annemarie E Silver, Gary A Freeman, George Beck, Guy R Johnson, Ulrich R Herken, Wayne F Stanley, Shin-Luen Chai
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Patent number: 10258281Abstract: A disposable patient interface includes a reusable sensor that removably mounts within a shoe of the disposable patient interface when at least one protrusion on opposite ends of the sensor removably lock with corresponding at least one aperture on opposite portions of the shoe. The patient interface includes a compliant structure which conforms to a patient's body upon placement thereon without causing wrinkles in the compliant structure so as to maximize adhesion of the compliant structure against skin on the patient's body when the compliant structure is conformed to muscle underlying skin on the patient's body.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Steven J. Weisner, Peter J. Scott, Gwenn Ellerby, John Cain, Sean M. Frick, Babs R. Soller, Ulrich R. Herken, Annemarie Elizabeth Silver, Gary A. Freeman
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Publication number: 20190099324Abstract: Methods and devices for chest compression depth measurement for CPR performed on infants.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Annemarie E. Silver, Ulrich R. Herken
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Patent number: 10143621Abstract: Methods and devices for chest compression depth measurement for CPR.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Annemarie E Silver, Ulrich R Herken
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Publication number: 20180228692Abstract: An automated chest compression device for performing CPR, with distance sensors disposed on a compressing mechanism and on a structure fixed relative to the CPR patient, for determining inferior/superior movement of the compressing mechanism over the course of multiple compressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Ulrich R. Herken, Gary A. Freeman
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Publication number: 20180161240Abstract: A system for use during administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) chest compressions on a victim is described. The system includes a chest compression monitor that includes a motion sensor configured to generate signals indicative of the victim's chest motion and a control system communicatively coupled to the chest compression monitor and configured to receive the generated signals, detect compression waveform features representative of the chest compressions based on the received signals, compare the features to a pre-determined criterion that distinguishes between a manual source of the chest compressions and a piston-based chest compression device source, determine whether the source of the chest compressions is the manual or the piston-based chest compression device source based on the comparison, and generate an output based on whether the source of the chest compressions is determined to be the manual or the piston-based chest compression device source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Ulrich R Herken, Gary A Freeman
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Publication number: 20180146924Abstract: A disposable patient interface includes a reusable sensor that removably mounts within a shoe of the disposable patient interface when at least one protrusion on opposite ends of the sensor removably lock with corresponding at least one aperture on opposite portions of the shoe. The patient interface includes a compliant structure which conforms to a patient's body upon placement thereon without causing wrinkles in the compliant structure so as to maximize adhesion of the compliant structure against skin on the patient's body when the compliant structure is conformed to muscle underlying skin on the patient's body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Steven J. WEISNER, Peter J. SCOTT, Gwenn ELLERBY, John CAIN, Sean M. FRICK, Babs R. SOLLER, Ulrich R. HERKEN, Annemarie Elizabeth SILVER, Gary A. FREEMAN