Electric Control Means Patents (Class 128/204.21)
  • Patent number: 12121654
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a device and corresponding method for determining information relating to the treatment of a patient, preferably relating to a patient having a respiratory disorder. The device comprises a fluid channel configured to be in fluid communication with a medical gas source at a first end and with a patient interface at a second end, a sensor arrangement having at least a first sensor for measuring a value of a first flow parameter in the channel and a second sensor for measuring a value of a second flow parameter in the channel, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal axis of the channel, and a control unit in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor. The control unit determines flow direction of a medical gas in the channel based on sensor measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LINDE GMBH
    Inventors: Mandip Thind, Brian Jacobsen, Dennis Reid
  • Patent number: 12125567
    Abstract: A system and method for patient data processing during diagnosis and therapy of a patient's sleep disorder breathing. The system and method includes providing diagnostic providers and therapy device providers with a simple and fast way to generate a clinical diagnosis from a diagnostic device and to transfer that patient's record and diagnostic data to the therapy provider responsible for the patient's ongoing care. The patient may be automatically assigned therapy devices having predetermined therapy settings that are based on the patient's record and diagnostic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Mark David Buckley, Linda Elizabeth Laidlaw
  • Patent number: 12119637
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring a supply voltage for an electronic component is described, comprising a voltage monitoring unit, which is configured to monitor a voltage level assigned to a supply voltage applied to the electronic component, and a switching unit which is configured to switch the electronic component on and/or off. The switching unit is coupled with the voltage monitoring unit. The switching unit is furthermore configured to switch off the electronic component if the voltage monitoring unit determines that the voltage level is below a predetermined threshold value. A mains monitoring circuit is furthermore described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TRUMA GERAETETECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Sebastian Uchman
  • Patent number: 12090278
    Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus user interface is described which presents animated information related to the management of the apparatus. The user interface is provided on a display screen of the apparatus. The animated illustrations can correspond to operational modes, warnings, user instructions, fault conditions, status, menu options, and the like. The animations can include a sequence of images shown in rapid succession which depict moving icons or objects, scrolling text, flashing colors, or any combination of these or the like. The user interface can combine static information along with animations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Malcolm Crone, Christopher Simon James Quill, Kevin Peter O′Donnell, Jack Che-Wei Hsu, Jae Chul Han
  • Patent number: 12064554
    Abstract: A system for providing continuous positive air pressure therapy is provided. The system includes a flow generator, a sensor, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to control operation of the flow generator based on sensor data. The computing device is further configured to display, on a display device, one or more questions relating to demographic and/or subjective feedback; responsive to displaying the one or more questions, receive one or more inputs indicating answers to the one or more questions; transmit the answers to a remote processing system; receive, from the remote processing system, settings determined based on the transmitted answers; and adjust control settings of the system based on the received settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty, Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory Robert Peake, Nathan Zersee Liu, Sakeena De Souza, Andrew Weale, Peter James Dassos
  • Patent number: 12059586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless rechargeable and portable anti-microbial respirator. The respirator includes a face-piece with an air inlet and an air outlet; a first belt and a second belt, the first belt is connected to ends of the face-piece, and the second belt is configured to wrap around the waist of a user; a flexible outlet tube, where the first end of the flexible outlet tube is connected to the air outlet of the face-piece; a flexible intake tube, where the first end of the flexible intake tube is connected to the air inlet of the face-piece; and a filtration system fixed onto the second belt. The key features of the respirator in the present invention include highly antibacterial and antiviral, long duration, reusable, self-cleaning and self-disinfecting, lightweight and portable, wireless power transfer, and great airflow and comfortable breathing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Steven Wang, Ruquan Ye, Wei Deng
  • Patent number: 12048816
    Abstract: An anesthesia machine exhaust emission control system detects a gas flow in a connection pipeline by an electronic flow detector and displays same by a display, and a controller controls, according to an operating state of the anesthesia machine, a switch so same turns on or turns off the connection pipeline. The method for controlling the connection exhaust emission control system comprises, directly displaying a gas flow value in the connection pipeline by the electronic flow detector, the controller and the display, so that the user can conveniently and accurately read the gas flow value in the connection pipeline. The connection pipeline is turned off when an anesthesia machine is in a standby status, thereby greatly saving exhaust gas recovery resources of a hospital.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SHENZHEN MINDRAY SCIENTIFIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Wang, Dongsheng Liang, Caijin Luo
  • Patent number: 12017097
    Abstract: A blower device for a respiratory protection system comprises a fan for a generation of an airflow and comprises one or more filter element that is flowed through by the airflow. The fan is arranged at least partly beside the one or more filter element. The airflow is deflected between the fan and the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Optrel Holding AG
    Inventors: Jonathan Heusser, Robert Buechel, Daniel Bloechlinger, Jasper Brouwer
  • Patent number: 12012140
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile cart including a base for accommodating one or more gas cylinders, castors, a main column extending upwards from the base, a stowage cabinet arranged along the main column, an anchoring structure arranged at an upper end of the main column, a support post carried by the anchoring structure and equipped with fixing unit for a gas delivery apparatus, and a manual gripping handle allowing a user to manipulate the cart. Use of such a mobile cart to transport one or more cylinders of gas, in particular a NO/N2 mixture and/or oxygen, and a gas delivery apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: INOSYSTEMS
    Inventors: Frédéric Marchal, Nicolas Tirilly
  • Patent number: 12001341
    Abstract: A system and method for failsafe storage of real-time data, for example, relating to a hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis treatment, includes: temporarily storing the real-time data in a ring buffer memory; pre-allocating a set of storage units of a storage medium, which is supplied with an operating voltage, for storing the real-time data in a file system; and based on the operating voltage of the storage medium being within a predefined reference range, transferring the real-time data from the ring buffer memory to the storage medium and storing the real-time data on a storage unit of the storage medium. In case of error, the integrity, authenticity, and availability of the stored real-time data are ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Tellert
  • Patent number: 11975237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a respiratory therapy system having two respiratory therapy devices operable separately and independently of one another. The respiratory therapy devices each have a control unit and each have a device component controllable by means of the control unit for providing a device function. In this case, a coupling unit is provided for establishing an operational connection between the respiratory therapy devices. The coupling unit is designed for the purpose of controlling the control units of the respiratory therapy devices when the operational connection is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Bjoern Tiemann, Christof Goebel, Anne Wonsyld, Thomas Ress, Benjamin Adametz, Jan Schattner
  • Patent number: 11972843
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for quantitatively identifying a patient's sedation level and predicting adverse events, based on one or more capnograms or outputs from a pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, or ventilatory model. A sensor measures a carbon dioxide concentration of air exhaled by a patient into a breath receiver. A processor processes the sensor data to generate a capnogram including one or more respiratory cycles, computes the outputs of pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, or ventilatory models, and extracts one or more of the resulting features from the capnogram and pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, or ventilatory model outputs. A multi-parameter metric is computed based on the one or more extracted features and estimates the current or predicted sedation level of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: George Cheeran Verghese, Margaret Gan Guo, Rebecca Mieloszyk, Thomas Heldt, Baruch Shlomo Krauss
  • Patent number: 11963757
    Abstract: A side-stream respiration monitoring system that is configured to generate an alignment57, 59 signal and assess information that is derived in part from the alignment signal to align in a time domain the respiration flow and composition information. The system includes an analyzer that is fluidly connected to a flow sensor that is disposed in a respiration flow path. The system includes a controller that is configured to initiate delivery of the alignment signal to the flow sensor during a portion of at least one breath cycle. The controller is configured to determine a flow rate of respiration flow and at least a portion of a composition of the respiration flow on a breath-by-breath basis and temporally associate the respiration flow value and the determined portion(s) of the composition of the respiration flow as a function of information associated with the alignment signal generated by the analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Treymed, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Ricciardelli, Michael J. Marking
  • Patent number: 11957838
    Abstract: There is described a ventilator for ventilating an airway of a patient. The ventilator is generally configured to perform a series of respiration cycles, wherein each respiration cycle includes the delivery of a main volume of fresh respiratory gas into the patient's airway, followed by the evacuation of a corresponding volume of used respiratory gas, and to further perform a series of subcycles during a corresponding one of the respiration cycles, wherein each subcycle includes the delivery of an auxiliary volume of fresh respiratory gas into the patient's airway, followed by the evacuation of a corresponding volume of used respiratory gas, the auxiliary volume being smaller than, and distinct from, the main volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Jean Thomassin, Jean-Gabriel Gauvreau
  • Patent number: 11918744
    Abstract: A system 10 for delivering respiratory therapy to a patient includes a patient interface device 20 for delivering pressurized gas to a patient, a connector system 60 for connection to a source of pressurized gas and a conduit system 40 fluidly connecting the connector system 60 to the patient interface device 20. The connector system 60 includes a plurality of closable ports 68, 32 that allow a plurality of different modes of respiratory therapy to be provided. The conduit system 40 may include a first gas line 42, a second gas line 46 and a third gas line 46. The second gas line 46 and third gas line 44 may be contained within the first gas line 42 along at least part of their length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VIOMEDEX LIMITED
    Inventor: Stephen Howard
  • Patent number: 11911567
    Abstract: An airflow switching valve allowing a single ventilator to sequentially ventilate multiple patients, each patient being ventilated through a respiratory cycle. The airflow switching valve includes an outer housing, an inner housing, and a spring. Each of the outer and inner housings have a plurality of apertures that, when aligned in different positions, direct airflow to different patients. The inner housing rotates within the outer housing into different positions. The rotational movement is guided by a track of the outer housing. Extensions on the inner housing engage the track of the outer housing and translate along the track, thereby directing the movement of the inner housing between varying positions. Movement of the inner housing is initiated by either a spring force caused by the spring of the airflow switching valve or by air pressure caused by an inspiratory breath flowing into the airflow switching valve from the ventilator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Jacoby
  • Patent number: 11890257
    Abstract: A device for assisting a caregiver in delivering cardiac resuscitation to a patient, the device comprising a user interface configured to deliver prompts to a caregiver to assist the caregiver in delivering cardiac resuscitation to a patient; at least one sensor configured to detect the caregiver's progress in delivering the cardiac resuscitation, wherein the sensor is configured to provide a signal containing information indicative of ventilation; a memory in which a plurality of different prompts are stored, including at least one ventilation progress prompt to guide the rescuer's performance of ventilation; a processor configured to process the output of the sensor to determine a parameter descriptive of ventilation progress and to determine whether the ventilation progress prompt should be selected for delivery. Possible parameters descriptive of ventilation progress include ventilation rate, delivered tidal volume, and flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Gary A Freeman
  • Patent number: 11872350
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for providing a personalized humidification level. A control system receives, from a first sensor, one or more environmental parameters regarding conditions of the environment. The control system receives, from a second sensor, one or more physiological parameters associated with a user within the environment. The control system determines an action associated with a desired change in the humidity within the environment based, at least in part, on the one or more environmental parameters and the one or more physiological parameters. The control system causes, at least in part, a performance of the action associated with the change in the humidity in the environment based, at least in part, on moisture outputted by a humidifier module. The methods and devices perform the same functionality as the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Redmond Shouldice
  • Patent number: 11844927
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system is provided of verifying the accuracy of a plurality of serially-connected drug modules of a combinatorial drug delivery device, each of the drug modules including a drug reservoir, the system including: a machine-readable code located on each of the drug modules; application software configured to generate an activation code based on the machine-readable codes and the sequence of the machine-readable codes; a flow controller on the drug delivery device which is selectively actuatable to a use state to permit flow of drug from the drug delivery device; and, a control unit on the drug delivery device having a computing processing unit configured to compare the activation code with an authentication code, and, wherein, if the authentication code matches the activation code, the computing processing unit causes actuation of the flow controller to permit flow of the drug from the drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Martin John McLoughlin
  • Patent number: 11839586
    Abstract: Apparatus for automatic delivery of chest compressions and ventilation to a patient. The apparatus includes a chest compressing device configured to deliver compression phases during which pressure is applied to compress the chest and decompression phases during which approximately zero pressure is applied to the chest a ventilator configured to deliver positive, negative, or approximately zero pressure to the airway; control circuitry and processor, wherein the circuitry and processor are configured to cause the chest compressing device to repeatedly deliver a set containing a plurality of systolic flow cycles, each systolic flow cycle including a systolic decompression phase and a systolic compression phase, and at least one diastolic flow cycle interspersed between sets of systolic flow cycles, each diastolic flow cycle including a diastolic decompression phase and a diastolic compression phase, wherein the diastolic decompression phase is substantially longer than the systolic decompression phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Gary A Freeman
  • Patent number: 11819624
    Abstract: Systems and methods of controlling fluid flow of an inhalant anesthetic to expedite patient recovery are provided such that nitrous oxide flow and oxygen flow over different durations are output to a patient mask. In one exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a controller in an inhalant anesthetic system that outputs a nitrous oxide flow and an oxygen flow over different durations for output to a patient mask comprises sending, to a nitrous oxide flow control mechanism, an indication to enable the nitrous oxide flow for a first predetermined duration that corresponds to a certain amount of nitrous oxide. Further, the method includes sending, by the controller, to the oxygen flow control mechanism, an indication to enable the oxygen flow for a second predetermined duration that corresponds to a certain amount of oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Noble Aesthetics, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Allen, Paul Robert Gardiner
  • Patent number: 11779714
    Abstract: A flavored attachment can adhere to the mouthpiece of an inhaler or the like, wherein the attachment is designed so that it lasts for a sufficient duration to ensure the person taking the medicine has taken the proper dosage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Moshe Shargian
  • Patent number: 11766531
    Abstract: The control-monitor, used in combination with a percussive ventilation breathing head and internal reciprocating injector shuttle, includes in a casing a generator, sensory pulse amplitude, frequency and MAP modules and a gas amplitude and pulsatile frequency control knobs. First and second AMP control indicia include a bent conical AMP indicia (a wide span indicating greater amplitude, a narrow span indicating lesser amplitude) and a single waveform with an adjacent double-headed arrow vertical line. First and second F control indicia include a bent conical F indicia (a wide span indicating greater F and a narrow span indicating lesser F) and multiple waveforms with an adjacent double-headed arrow horizontal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Percussionaire Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Baillie, Shawn Goughnour, Giles Wilson
  • Patent number: 11759589
    Abstract: Described herein is a respiratory therapy system comprising: a primary power supply, a secondary power supply, and a breathing apparatus configured to provide respiratory therapy. The breathing apparatus comprises a controller. There is a connection between the primary power supply and the breathing apparatus configured to facilitate transmission of power and data between the primary power supply and the breathing apparatus. The controller is configured to monitor a parameter of the primary power supply, and disengage the primary power supply if the parameter differs from a parameter threshold. The controller is configured to engage the secondary power supply on disconnection of the primary power supply such that the breathing apparatus can continue operation without interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventor: Alex Young
  • Patent number: 11738216
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, methods and systems for the control of the breathing gas supply from a pressure-leading supply conduit to one or more breathing masks of an oxygen emergency supply device in a passenger aircraft include an on/off valve arranged between the supply conduit and the one or more breathing masks. The valve can be blocked or released to control air supply based upon monitoring mass flow to the breathing masks. The valve, for example, is actuated to an open position until the error between the actual mass flow and a desired mass flow exceeds a maximal error value, whereupon the valve is actuated to a closed position until the error between the actual mass flow and the desired mass flow exceeds a minimal error value whereupon the valve is actuated to the open position and the mass flow monitoring cycle is repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Heiko Marz, Thomas Sauerbaum
  • Patent number: 11717626
    Abstract: A respiratory flow limitation detection device, which can include an airway pressure treatment generator, determines a flow limitation measure 506 based one or more shape indices for detecting partial obstruction and a measure of a patient's ventilation or respiratory duty cycle. The shape indices may be based on function(s) that ascertain the likelihood of the presence of M-shaped breathing patterns and/or chair-shaped breathing patterns. The measure of ventilation may be based on analysis of current and prior tidal volumes to detect a less than normal patient ventilation. The duty cycle measure may be a ratio of current and prior measures of inspiratory time to respiratory cycle time to detect an increase in the patient's inspiratory cycle time relative to the respiratory cycle time. A pressure setting based on the flow limitation may then be used to adjust the treatment pressure to ameliorate the patient's detected flow limitation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter Armitstead, Peter Edward Bateman, David John Bassin
  • Patent number: 11707227
    Abstract: Devices and methods for monitoring physiologic parameters are described where an airway device, in one embodiment, may comprise a mouthpiece section and an opening section defining one or more airway lumens therethrough with a first sensor in fluid communication with the one or more airway lumens and a second sensor positioned upon a hand-piece for contact against a portion of the user. The first sensor may be configured to detect an airway pressure when a user inhales or exhales through the one or more airway lumens, and the second sensor may be configured to detect a physiological signal from the user. Additionally, a controller may be in communication with the first and second sensors where the controller is programmed to correlate pressure oscillations in the airway pressure with heartbeats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Respirix, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan S. Luxon, Daniel R. Burnett, Alexander Vergara, Mark Ziegler, Nikhil Viswanathan, Michael Hemati
  • Patent number: 11684745
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ventilator that includes a first gas path, comprising a first pressurized gas source adaptor and a first flow adjustment device connected in sequence; a second gas path, comprising a second pressurized gas source adaptor and a second flow adjustment device connected in sequence; a third gas path, comprising a third pressurized gas source adaptor; a first inhalation branch for delivering inhalation gas to a patient; a second inhalation branch for delivering inhalation gas to the patient, including a gas compression device; a switching device, including a first mixing mode connecting the first gas path and the second gas path to the first inhalation branch, and a second mixing mode connecting the first gas path and the third gas path to the second inhalation branch; and an exhalation branch for managing exhaled air of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiming Ai, Gang Yao, Leping Wu, Peitao Chen, Xinsheng Li
  • Patent number: 11679216
    Abstract: A process for operating a ventilator (12) and a ventilator (12) operating according to the process are provided. A pressure target value (pz) is determined during a phase of exhalation (48) as a function of a compliance (C) determined in relation to the lungs (14) of a patient being ventilated by means of the ventilator (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hans-Ullrich Hansmann, Karsten Hiltawsky
  • Patent number: 11648360
    Abstract: Gas mixture used for ventilation of passengers and crew in emergency situations. Depending on the density altitude, it has 7±5% CO2 at 15,000 ft flying altitude increasing to 17±5% CO2 at 30,000 ft flying altitude. The carbon dioxide improves the bioavailability of oxygen in the body. The gas mixture is produced by additive dosage of CO2 to either pure O2 or to a gas mixture having a fraction of N2 and a fraction of O2. The method for ensuring good ventilation in case of loss of cabin pressure, or generally in case of hyperventilation, involves making the gas mixture above available via respiration masks. The use of such a gas mixture also for ensuring good ventilation of people with limited mobility, if such ventilation is required. The prescribed amount of onboard oxygen for aircraft can thus be reduced and flight routes leading directly over high-altitude terrain may be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CAELI NOVA AG
    Inventor: Marc Studer
  • Patent number: 11559642
    Abstract: An operating unit (2) sets ventilation parameters of a control unit (11) of a ventilator (1) that includes a gas dispensing device (10) for ventilation gases. The operating unit includes a display unit and an ventilation parameters input element (23, 24). Two or more of the parameters are linked via a relation condition stored in a relation storage module (40). A relation monitor (3) includes a deviation detector (31) detecting a transgression of the relation condition during parameter setting, and outputs warning information via a warning unit (32). This avoids a need for an operator to note the sometimes complicated connections and dependencies expressed in the relations during the parameter setting. The warning may be sent before the new setting value is sent from the operating unit to the control unit. Operating safety is increased and a risk of setting errors is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Thomas Krüger, Dinesh Singh, Michael Gömann, Simone Wortelen
  • Patent number: 11547322
    Abstract: A diagnostic device is disclosed for characterisation of particles from a patient's airways, such as a lung, when ventilated by a ventilator, and/or for control thereof, comprising a particle detecting unit configured to be connected to a conduit for passing expiration fluid from said patient, for obtaining data related to particles being exhaled from said patient's airways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Lundin, Anna-Carin Olin
  • Patent number: 11529481
    Abstract: A respiratory treatment device includes a blower for providing flow of breathable gas to a patient and one or more accessory devices. The respiratory treatment device includes active power management to distribute power from a power source that does not have sufficient power to simultaneously power the blower and the accessory devices. The active power management prioritizes power to the blower and limits, based on current measurements of the blower and the accessory devices, the power supplied to the accessory devices to keep the sum of the power drawn at or below the capacity of the power supply. When additional power is available, due reduced power consumption of the blower, the power to one or more accessory devices is raised beyond a target in order to compensate for when power was not supplied to the one or more accessory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Roderick Bath, Rudi Voon, David Creusot, Dmitri Anatolievich Doudkine, Mike Zhu, Adam Panarello
  • Patent number: 11497868
    Abstract: A display for outputting information contents of at least one parameter, adjustment value or measurement value of medical devices within at least one display region, wherein the at least one display region is in the form of a tachometer-like display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: WEINMANN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Neuhaus, Norman Scotti, Milos Dordevic
  • Patent number: 11497870
    Abstract: A system adapted to regulate pressure of a flow of breathable gas generated by a motorized blower fan. The system may include a flow estimation analyzer adapted to receive a speed signal representative of a speed of the fan and estimate a parameter representative of the flow of breathable gas (e.g., a flow rate of the breathable gas). The parameter may be determined by inputting the speed signal into a function (e.g., an equation, matrix, or lookup table), which may be selected from a plurality of predetermined functions. The predetermined function may be selected based upon a specific characteristic of the speed signal as identified at the time of estimation of the parameter representative of flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SOMNETICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Bowman, John R. Hanson
  • Patent number: 11491291
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus for oxygenation and/or CO2 clearance of a patient, comprising: a flow source or a connection for a flow source for providing a gas flow, a gas flow modulator, a controller to control the gas flow, wherein the controller is operable to: receive input relating to heart activity and/or trachea gas flow of the patient, and control the gas flow modulator to provide a varying gas flow with one or more oscillating components with a frequency or frequencies based on the heart activity and/or trachea flow of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Samantha Dale Oldfield, Milanjot Singh Assi, Geraldine Keogh, Callum James Thomas Spence, Michael Robert Barraclough, Matthew Jon Payton, Laith Adeeb Hermez, Thomas Heinrich Barnes, Craig Karl White, Alicia Jerram Hunter Evans
  • Patent number: 11471641
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and method for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients in need thereof using enhanced breathing circuit gas (BCG) flow measurement. At least some of these enhanced BCG flow measurements can be used to address some surprising phenomena that may, at times, occur when wild stream blending therapeutic gas into breathing gas that a patient receives from a breathing circuit affiliated with a ventilator. Utilizing at least some of these enhanced BCG flow measurements the dose of therapeutic gas wild stream blended into breathing gas that the patient receives from a ventilator can at least be more accurate and/or over delivery of therapeutic gas into the breathing gas can be avoided and/or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Patent number: 11464929
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system for providing non-invasive, high frequency ventilation to a neonate or an infant in need thereof. The system can include a tubing array, a vibration device, and a bifurcated cannula. The tubing array can be adapted to receive a flow of pressurized gas therethrough. The vibration device can be fluidly coupled to the tubing array and configured to generate and apply a jet of air to the flow of pressurized gas. The bifurcated cannula can be fluidly coupled to the tubing array and have independently movable first and second prongs that are sized and dimensioned for insertion into first and second nostrils, respectively, of the neonate or the infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Morarji Peesay, Kabir Abubakar
  • Patent number: 11464934
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system for delivering CO2 into an inspiratory gas stream to formulate a blended respiratory gas in a manner that continuously maintains a target CO2 concentration in a volume of the inspired respiratory gas, for example, over the course of a breath or a volumetrically definable part thereof or a series of partial or full breaths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: THORNHILL SCIENTIFIC INC.
    Inventor: Michael Klein
  • Patent number: 11446455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory assistance apparatus (10) comprising a rigid internal casing (1) comprising a motor compartment (3) within which a motorized micro-blower (2) is arranged. The casing (1) is formed from a first and a second half-casing (1a, 1b) which are rigidly connected to each other in a leaktight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Air Liquide Medical Systems
    Inventor: Romain Davoine
  • Patent number: 11446463
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to ventilation devices, systems, and methods for applying positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) to the lungs of a patient. For example, applying above atmospheric pressure to the lungs of the patient may mitigate alveolar collapse in the lungs and/or may have other health benefits for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ONEBREATH, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew John Callaghan, Lawrence Edward Miller, Edward Ayrapetian
  • Patent number: 11445938
    Abstract: Automation for a system and/or method detects and/or controls treatment of inspiratory flow limitation. The system may include a flow rate sensor configured to generate a signal representing a respiratory flow rate of a patient. It may include a recording device configured to record the generated respiratory flow rate signal during a diagnosis session. It may include a computing device (7040) configured to detect a degree of inspiratory flow limitation of the patient on the recorded respiratory flow rate signal. The method may include extracting an inspiratory portion of each breath during a detection and/or monitoring session from a respiratory flow rate signal of the patient, calculating a feature vector from each inspiratory flow portion, labelling each feature vector as flow limited or not flow limited, and/or computing a metric based on the labels, the metric indicating the degree of inspiratory flow limitation of the patient during the session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Ce Zhan
  • Patent number: 11433198
    Abstract: A method of estimating respiratory demand of a patient being administered flow therapy can include: administering a gas flow rate to the patient through both nostrils using a flow therapy apparatus with a patient interface for each nostril, measuring a parameter associated with that nostril, the parameter being one or more of: respiratory demand of that nostril, indicative of respiratory demand of that nostril, or a parameter from which respiratory demand of that nostril can be derived, determining respiratory demand (or parameter indicative of respiratory demand) for the patient from the nostril parameter for each nostril.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Craig Karl White, Alicia Jerram Hunter Evans, Callum James Thomas Spence
  • Patent number: 11433209
    Abstract: An exhalation device for a non-invasive ventilator, configured to reversibly convert between a passive ventilation configuration and an active ventilation configuration, comprising: (i) a housing with a first end and a second end, the housing defining a gas flow path extending between the first end and the second end; (ii) an exhalation port configured to passively release gas to the environment; (iii) an internal diaphragm positioned at an interface between the exhalation port and the housing, configured to allow release of gas exhalation; and (iv) an adapter comprising an adapter exhalation port and configured to reversibly engage the exhalation port to define a controlled exhalation flow path from the exhalation port to the adapter exhalation port, and comprising an internal air flow control configured to actively control the flow of exhalant through the controlled exhalation flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Antonio George Geraci, Katelyn Jean Stavinga, Elizabeth Hurley, Kevin Shick
  • Patent number: 11425936
    Abstract: An electronic aerosol provision system includes a vaporizer for generating an aerosol using electrical power; a battery for supplying electrical power to the vaporizer and to other components of the electronic aerosol provision system; a flat, flexible cable having a laminated structure and incorporating multiple conductor lines for transmitting electrical power and/or signals; and a temperature sensor incorporated into the flat, flexible cable and located adjacent the battery for sensing the temperature of the battery. The electronic aerosol provision system is configured to detect an error condition if the sensed temperature of the battery goes outside a specified operating range; and in response to such detection, to reduce or cease the supply of electrical power from the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Kenny Otiaba, David Leadley
  • Patent number: 11419996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a breathing apparatus, which comprises a respiratory gas source, a control unit and a device for connection to a tube. The control unit of the apparatus is connected to at least one sensor for recording a measurement value, the control unit comprising a pressure generator for setting at least two pressure levels generated by the respiratory gas source and a memory for measurement values, and the sensor being configured for measuring a flow and being coupled to an analyzer which determines the volume. The apparatus operates as specified in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
    Inventors: Ralf Geske, Peter Kremeier
  • Patent number: 11413479
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a powered air purifying respirator blower system where volumetric airflow is stepped down into predetermined discrete ranges based on system loading and desired runtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Sean R. Kilmer, Douglas D. Jensen, Keith K. Mclaughlin, Andrew Murphy
  • Patent number: 11400247
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a flow of gas has a housing, a cover, and a magnetic coupling system arranged to magnetically couple the cover to the housing. Each of the housing and cover having complementary locating features, the locating features being adapted to locate and align the cover and the apparatus relative to each other to allow for the magnetic coupling. The apparatus also has a handle movably connected to the housing and is movable from a first position to a second position. The housing and the handle comprise complementary interlock features arranged to engage with each other when upward force is applied to the handle in the second position, and the interlock features are disengaged from each other when the handle is in the second position but upward force is not applied to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Rachel Adeline Miller, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Andre van Schalkwyk, Ella Marie Meisel
  • Patent number: 11389608
    Abstract: A method (800) for estimating patient airway flow in a non-invasive ventilator system includes: (i) determining (830) an estimated gas flow; (ii) determining (840) a proximal pressure error value; (iii) compensating (850) for the determined proximal pressure estimate error value; (iv) compensating (854) for an error in the estimated gas flow; (v) determining (856) an estimated gas flow leak; (vi) monitoring (860) on a breath to breath basis for a leak; (vii) determining (870) a gas flow leak factor; (viii) adjusting (880) the estimated gas flow leak; (ix) detecting (872) a bias on the airway flow estimate; (x) determining (874) that the system is within a quiescent state of a breath; (xi) de -biasing (976) the estimated gas flow to drive the bias to near zero; and (xii) suspending (878) breath to breath bias correction on an immediately subsequent breath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Borrello
  • Patent number: 11359492
    Abstract: Provided is a control method for preventing an accident in a tunnel. In this instance, the control method for preventing an accident in a tunnel includes estimating water amount information flowing into the tunnel based on at least one input information, determining whether it is an emergency situation based on the estimated water amount information, and when the emergency situation is determined, transmitting a warning message to an identification device, and controlling a device for opening and closing an entrance/exit of the tunnel. In this instance, the water amount information flowing into the tunnel is estimated through a deep learning based learning model, and the emergency situation is determined by comparing water level information of the tunnel with a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seong Sam Kim, Hyun Ju Nho, Je Sung Park, Hyun Ju Kim