Patents by Inventor Ulrich Rankers
Ulrich Rankers 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: 8663201Abstract: An infusion system that includes a controller device and a communication system to provide for two-way communication between the controller device and an infusion device that controls delivery of fluids to a user's body. Either the controller device or the infusion device may be integrated with a characteristic determining device in a single housing. The housing, in turn, may include a test-strip receptacle and an illuminator disposed so as to illuminate an area covering the receptacle and a test-strip inserted therein. The illuminator may be configured to be activated automatically when a test strip is inserted into the receptacle, selectively by the user via a button, key, or similar mechanism, and/or when the ambient light level, measured, e.g., with a light sensor, falls below a predetermined intensity. The illuminator may be a LED emitting white light, and may provide illumination at various levels of intensity.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Hill, Ulrich Rankers, Sheldon B. Moberg, Daniel Chan Chiu
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Publication number: 20120010562Abstract: An infusion system that includes a controller device and a communication system to provide for two-way communication between the controller device and an infusion device that controls delivery of fluids to a user's body. Either the controller device or the infusion device may be integrated with a characteristic determining device in a single housing. The housing, in turn, may include a test-strip receptacle and an illuminator disposed so as to illuminate an area covering the receptacle and a test-strip inserted therein. The illuminator may be configured to be activated automatically when a test strip is inserted into the receptacle, selectively by the user via a button, key, or similar mechanism, and/or when the ambient light level, measured, e.g., with a light sensor, falls below a predetermined intensity. The illuminator may be a LED emitting white light, and may provide illumination at various levels of intensity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: MICHAEL A. HILL, Ulrich Rankers, Sheldon B. Moberg, Daniel Chan Chiu
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Publication number: 20110009725Abstract: A medical device system includes a portable (patient-worn or patient-carried) medical device that can automatically initiate certain e-commerce and/or advertisement presentation features in response to the detection of one or more triggering events. A triggering even may, for example, be associated with the monitoring of the operation or status of the medical device, the operation or status of the medical device system, a medical condition of the patient, treatment of the patient, and/or the preferences of the patient or user. In one application, the medical device is an insulin infusion pump and the user is automatically prompted to purchase, order, or otherwise obtain replaceable or replenishable items associated with the operation of the insulin infusion pump, such as a continuous glucose sensor, an infusion set, or an insulin reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael A. HILL, Ulrich RANKERS
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Publication number: 20110009724Abstract: A medical device system includes a portable (patient-worn or patient-carried) medical device that can automatically initiate certain e-commerce and/or advertisement presentation features in response to the detection of one or more triggering events. A triggering even may, for example, be associated with the monitoring of the operation or status of the medical device, the operation or status of the medical device system, a medical condition of the patient, treatment of the patient, and/or the preferences of the patient or user. In one application, the medical device is an insulin infusion pump and the user is automatically prompted to purchase, order, or otherwise obtain replaceable or replenishable items associated with the operation of the insulin infusion pump, such as a continuous glucose sensor, an infusion set, or an insulin reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael A. HILL, Ulrich RANKERS
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Publication number: 20110010257Abstract: A medical device system includes a portable (patient-worn or patient-carried) medical device that can automatically initiate certain e-commerce and/or advertisement presentation features in response to the detection of one or more triggering events. A triggering even may, for example, be associated with the monitoring of the operation or status of the medical device, the operation or status of the medical device system, a medical condition of the patient, treatment of the patient, and/or the preferences of the patient or user. In one application, the medical device is an insulin infusion pump and the user is automatically prompted to purchase, order, or otherwise obtain replaceable or replenishable items associated with the operation of the insulin infusion pump, such as a continuous glucose sensor, an infusion set, or an insulin reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael A. HILL, Ulrich RANKERS
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Publication number: 20110009813Abstract: In a medical device having a display element, a method of providing an intuitive graphical display of patient data begins by obtaining measurement data corresponding to values of a physiological characteristic measured over a period of time. The method continues by rendering a graphical representation of a portion of the measurement data on the display element, resulting in a display of the values of the physiological characteristic measured during a first interval of the period of time. Thereafter, the method processes a user-initiated display panning command and, in response to the user-initiated display panning command, dynamically pans the graphical representation while updating the portion of the measurement data. Thereafter, the method renders a display of the values of the physiological characteristic measured during a second interval of the period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventor: Ulrich RANKERS
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Publication number: 20100249530Abstract: A method of providing bolus dosage recommendations for diabetics includes receiving an image of a meal to be consumed by a user. The image is analyzed to identify at least one food item in the image. A bolus dosage recommendation is calculated based on the identified at least one food item in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Ulrich Rankers, Andrew Michael Bryan, Eric S. Chen
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Publication number: 20100010330Abstract: A monitor device for a fluid infusion system and its operating, display, and data processing characteristics are described herein. One embodiment of the monitor device is used in an insulin infusion system having an insulin infusion pump and a continuous glucose sensor transmitter. The monitor device is configured as a wireless bedside monitor that wirelessly receives status data from a device in the fluid infusion system, such as the infusion pump or the sensor transmitter. The monitor device supports a number of user interface features, alarm/alert features, and graphical display features, where such features enhance the overall operation and user-friendliness of the monitor device. For example, the monitor device can generate status icons that graphically indicate the time remaining for an exhaustible operating quantity of a device in the infusion system (e.g., a battery charge, a fluid reservoir volume, or a calibration or replacement period).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Ulrich Rankers, Bradley J. Enegren, Rebecca K. Gottlieb, Jino Han, Kris R. Holtzclaw, Peter I. Hong, Emilian Istoc, John J. Mastrototaro, Sheldon B. Moberg, Cary Talbot, Gary L. Williams, Arieh S. Halpern
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Publication number: 20090227873Abstract: A method for visualizing data in an ultrasound probe system in which a display is arranged in a housing of an ultrasound probe in a position in which it is visible and the display is controlled to display data relating to a transducer of the probe and/or the probe. By providing a display on connection with the housing of the ultrasound probe, the user can view functional parameters of the transducer or transducer settings and probe settings while maintaining the transducer in a common field of view with the patient or object being examined.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2005Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Robert Mesaros, Ulrich Rankers
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Publication number: 20090227855Abstract: An infusion system that includes a controller device and a communication system to provide for two-way communication between the controller device and an infusion device that controls delivery of fluids to a user's body. Either the controller device or the infusion device may be integrated with a characteristic determining device in a single housing. The housing, in turn, may include a test-strip receptacle and an illuminator disposed so as to illuminate an area covering the receptacle and a test-strip inserted therein. The illuminator may be configured to be activated automatically when a test strip is inserted into the receptacle, selectively by the user via a button, key, or similar mechanism, and/or when the ambient light level, measured, e.g., with a light sensor, falls below a predetermined intensity. The illuminator may be a LED emitting white light, and may provide illumination at various levels of intensity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael A. Hill, Ulrich Rankers, Sheldon B. Moberg, Daniel Chan Chiu
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Publication number: 20080300572Abstract: A monitor device for a fluid infusion system and its operating, display, and data processing characteristics are described herein. One embodiment of the monitor device is used in an insulin infusion system having an insulin infusion pump and a continuous glucose sensor transmitter. The monitor device is configured as a wireless bedside monitor that wirelessly receives status data from a device in the fluid infusion system, such as the infusion pump or the sensor transmitter. The monitor device supports a number of user interface features, alarm/alert features, and graphical display features, where such features enhance the overall operation and user-friendliness of the monitor device. For example, the monitor device can generate status icons that graphically indicate the time remaining for an exhaustible operating quantity of a device in the infusion system (e.g., a battery charge, a fluid reservoir volume, or a calibration or replacement period).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Ulrich Rankers, Bradley J. Enegren, Rebecca K. Gottlieb, Jino Han, Kris R. Holtzclaw, Peter I. Hong, Emilian Istoc, John J. Mastrototaro, Sheldon B. Moberg, Cary Talbot, Gary L. Williams, Arieh S. Halpern
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Publication number: 20040068185Abstract: A cart-borne ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system includes an image display which is mounted on an articulating mechanism on the cart. The articulating mechanism enables the image display to be moved relative to the cart from a nominal centered and forward-facing position to the side of the cart and to be rotated toward the side of the cart. The image display can also be articulated to face upward or downward from its nominal position. The image display includes a handle mounted on the front of the display which can be gripped by the user to move the display rotationally, forward and back, left and right, and to face upward or downward. Either a CRT display or a flat panel display can be articulated in this manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2002Publication date: April 8, 2004Inventors: Elizabeth A. Marshall, Daryl E. Schilke, Ulrich Rankers
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Patent number: 6663569Abstract: A cart-borne ultrasound system is described which includes a portable cart holding the electronic circuitry of the ultrasound system, a control panel for controlling the ultrasound system, and a display. The control panel is supported by an articulating mechanism which enables the control panel to be raised and lowered to accommodate operators of different height, and enables the control panel to move toward and away from the user to accommodate users in the sitting or standing positions. In a preferred embodiment the articulating mechanism comprises a parallelogram-shaped linkage which also maintains a constant angle of inclination of the control panel as it is raised and lowered.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Jay Wilkins, Robert Mesaros, Yas Matsui, Randall Dean Lord, John Russell Murkowski, William Hollman, Ulrich Rankers
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Publication number: 20030220564Abstract: A cart-borne ultrasound system is described which includes a portable cart holding the electronic circuitry of the ultrasound system, a control panel for controlling the ultrasound system, and a display. The control panel is supported by an articulating mechanism which enables the control panel to be raised and lowered to accommodate operators of different height, and enables the control panel to move toward and away from the user to accommodate users in the sitting or standing positions. In a preferred embodiment the articulating mechanism comprises a parallelogram-shaped linkage which also maintains a constant angle of inclination of the control panel as it is raised and lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2002Publication date: November 27, 2003Inventors: Jay Wilkins, Robert Mesaros, Yas Matsui, Randall Dean Lord, John Russell Murkowski, William Hollman, Ulrich Rankers
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Patent number: D444777Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Philips Electronics North America CorporationInventors: Roland Bird, Theo van het Hof, Wick Thijssen, Andrew Franklin Hartmann, Lisa Yong, Ulrich Rankers, Leo Pekelharing, Baltazar Franco, Fernando M. Serpa
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Patent number: D434747Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Philips Electronics North America CorporationInventors: Roland Bird, Theo van het Hof, Wick Thijssen, Andrew Hartmann, Lisa Yong, Ulrich Rankers, Leo Pekelharing, Baltazar Franco, Fernando Serpa