Patents by Inventor Wim van Drongelen

Wim van Drongelen 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).

  • Patent number: 6560479
    Abstract: A system and method for easily and rapidly disconnecting electrode signals from and connecting electrode signals to amplifiers in, e.g., a medical signal monitoring system. A switching device is provided between an electrode and a corresponding electrophysiologic signal amplifier forming a signal channel. A channel disconnect selection user interface is provided for indicating selected channels. A channel disconnect user interface is provided, whereby an operator may indicate in a single action that electrode signals in the channels selected using the channel disconnect selection user interface are to be disconnected from, and reconnected to, their respective amplifiers. Electrode signals in the selected channels may be disconnected from and reconnected to their respective amplifiers automatically in timed relation to electrical stimulation provided to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Viasys Healthcare Inc.
    Inventor: Wim van Drongelen
  • Publication number: 20020095097
    Abstract: A system and method for easily and rapidly disconnecting electrode signals from and connecting electrode signals to amplifiers in, e.g., a medical signal monitoring system. A switching device is provided between an electrode and a corresponding electrophysiologic signal amplifier forming a signal channel. A channel disconnect selection user interface is provided for indicating selected channels. A channel disconnect user interface is provided, whereby an operator may indicate in a single action that electrode signals in the channels selected using the channel disconnect selection user interface are to be disconnected from, and reconnected to, their respective amplifiers. Electrode signals in the selected channels may be disconnected from and reconnected to their respective amplifiers automatically in timed relation to electrical stimulation provided to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Wim van Drongelen
  • Patent number: 6224549
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medical signal monitoring system and method for displaying physiological signals of different types and modalities in different formats on a single system. Physiological signals, e.g., electrical physiological signals from electrodes attached to a subject, are provided to the system. The raw wide band physiological signals may be recorded on disk, and may be processed multiple times to display desired signals of interest. The parameters used to process the signals to be displayed are selectable by an operator employing a user interface. The user interface allows an operator to define a set of panels in which one or more signals will be displayed. The type of panel selected to display the signal determines the basic format of the signal to be displayed, e.g., various types of waveforms. A signal to be displayed in a panel is defined by selecting, for example, the signals from two electrodes attached to a subject from which a montaged pair signal to be displayed is derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Nicolet Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventor: Wim van Drongelen