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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8439033 | Inhalation device A dry inhaler system includes a vibrating mechanism. A supply of a dry powder is operatively coupled to the vibrating mechanism. A power source communicates with the vibrating mechanism. A sensor communicates with the vibrating mechanism. A feedback control communic... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439031 | Patient treatment system with a patient interface mounted control A patient treatment system that comprises a gas delivery system, a patient interface, and a control interface to provide a pressurized flow of breathable gas. The patient interface is in communication with the gas delivery system, and is constructed to interface wit... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439032 | Wireless communications for a breathing assistance system A system for wireless data communication for use with a breathing assistance system configured to provide breathing assistance to a patient is provided. The system includes a wireless notification module, one or more wireless repeaters located remote from ventilatio... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8434482 | Closed loop control system for a high frequency oscillation ventilator A control system for a high frequency oscillating ventilator (HFOV) includes an oscillator controller and a mean airway pressure (MAP) controller. The HFOV includes a reciprocating piston which is adapted to generate positive and negative pressure waves for delivery... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434480 | Ventilator leak compensation A ventilator including a pneumatic system for providing and receiving breathing gas, and a controller operatively coupled with the pneumatic system. The controller is operable to control circulation by the pneumatic system of breathing gas to and from a patient, and... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434481 | Ventilator respiratory gas accumulator with dip tube This disclosure describes systems and methods for ventilating a patient with a system that includes an accumulator for storing a gas mixture. The disclosure describes systems and methods for ventilating a patient with a system that includes an accumulator located aw... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434479 | Flow rate compensation for transient thermal response of hot-wire anemometers Systems and methods are described for application of a transitory corrective modification to a hot-wire anemometer flow voltage and/or calculated flow rate to compensate for transient thermal response of the anemometer during a change in mixture of a mixed gas being... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8424520 | Safe standby mode for ventilator A ventilator with a safe standby mode is provided. The safe standby mode allows a user to disconnect a patient from the ventilator, without the ventilator generating alarms and while maintaining previously entered ventilation parameters. In addition, while in the sa... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8424521 | Leak-compensated respiratory mechanics estimation in medical ventilators This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for leakage when determining the respiratory mechanics of a patient during delivery of gas from a medical ventilator to a patient. The systems and methods include monitoring an instantaneous flow in the ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8418692 | Ventilation system with removable primary display The disclosure describes a novel approach for displaying information on a ventilator system. The disclosure describes a novel respiratory system including a removable primary display and system status display. Further, the disclosure describes a novel method for dis... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418691 | Leak-compensated pressure regulated volume control ventilation This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for leakage when during delivery of gas to a patient from a medical ventilator in a pressure regulated volume control (PRVC) ventilation mode. The technology described herein includes systems and methods... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8413653 | Safety system and method of a tunnel structure A safety system and method of an air distribution system of a tunnel structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, the air distribution includes a supply unit installed on a particular wall of the first set of walls to facilitate delivery of breathable air from a sourc... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8408205 | Method and apparatus for detecting the respiratory activity of a person A method and a device are provided for detecting the respiratory activity of a person and for controlling the time progression of breathing gas pressure, especially in accordance with physical parameters and considering parameters indicating the momentary physiologi... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8408206 | System and method of administering a pharmaceutical gas to a patient Described are methods and systems for delivering pharmaceutical gas to a patient. The methods and systems utilize a high flow valve and a low flow valve in parallel flow paths. The pharmaceutical gas may be provided as a pulse during the first half of the patient's ... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8408203 | System and methods for ventilating a patient System and methods for ventilating a patient are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises steps of placing a ventilator in a mode capable of delivering respiratory gas based on at least one fixed parameter and at least one variable parameter, the fixed para... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8408204 | Positive pressure systems and methods for increasing blood pressure and circulation In one embodiment, the invention provides a medical method for treating a person and comprises repeatedly compressing the person's chest. While repeatedly compressing the person's chest, the method further includes repeatedly delivering a positive pressure breath to... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8397720 | Respirator and a process for operating a respirator Operating a respirator with an inspiration pressure-vs.-time curve (1), which has an airway target pressure (paw—target) and a PEEP (3), in which the inspiration pressure-vs.-time curve (1) reaches... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8397721 | System and method of administering a pharmaceutical gas to a patient Methods and systems for delivering a total quantity of pharmaceutical gas to a patient. The methods and systems provide one of a low amount and high amount of pharmaceutical gas to a patient. The selection of the high amount or low amount may be determined by compar... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8393323 | Supplemental gas safety system for a breathing assistance system A system for managing a supplemental gas supply in a breathing assistance system configured to provide breathing assistance to a patient includes a temperature sensor and a control system. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature associated with... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8381725 | Breathing assistance device with several secure respirator modes and associated method A breathing assistance device, capable of operating according to several respiratory modes forming a list of possible modes. The device is equipped with a mechanism for selecting a desired mode from a group of modes that can be selected. The device also includes a m... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8381724 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling a medical device A medical device, such as pressure support system, and a method of communicating with such a device using an information storage device. The information storage device, in one embodiment, is adapted to be provided in a slot in the medical device so that information ... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8353291 | Systems and methods for compensating for pressure drop in a breathing assistance system A breathing assistance system configured to determine pressure drop may include a gas delivery system configured to deliver gas toward a patient, one or more sensors configured to measure one or more parameters of gas delivered by the gas delivery system, a calibrat... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8342178 | Device for taking and analyzing breathing gas samples A device provided for taking and continuously analyzing and monitoring breathing gas samples from defined, current phases of breathing of a patient is equipped with a breathing gas line (1) and with a sensor (2) for recognizing the current phases of br... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8316848 | CPAP systems A CPAP system includes a flow generator, a patient interface, an air delivery conduit that interconnects the flow generator and the patient interface, and a packaging arrangement including at least one storage facilitating member to allow storage of the air delivery... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8312877 | Modular medical care system A modular medical care system, housing a plurality of different modules providing different functions used in delivering healthcare to a patient, includes a plurality of different modules including: (a) a patient monitoring module for acquiring and processing signal... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8297279 | Portable ventilator system A portable ventilator uses a ROOTS-type blower as a compressor to reduce both the size and power consumption of the ventilator. Various functional aspects of the ventilator are delegated to multiple subassemblies having dedicated controllers and software that intera... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8272380 | Leak-compensated pressure triggering in medical ventilators This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for inelastic and elastic leaks in a ventilation system. The disclosure describes a model-based enhancement to conventional pressure triggering methodology that optimizes the timing and patient work of p... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8272379 | Leak-compensated flow triggering and cycling in medical ventilators This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for inelastic and elastic leaks in a ventilation system. The disclosure describes a model-based enhancement to conventional flow triggering and cycling methodologies that improves the timing and patient ... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8267084 | Recognition system for an apparatus that delivers breathable gas to a patient An adapter for use with a flow generator includes a conduit attachable to the outlet of the flow generator and an identifying element supported by the conduit and providing an identifying feature unique to a specific peripheral component attachable to the flow gener... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8267085 | Leak-compensated proportional assist ventilation This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for leakage when during delivery of gas from a medical ventilator in a proportional assist mode to a patient. The technology described herein includes systems and methods to compensate the delivery of PA... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8256418 | Determination of leak during CPAP treatment In a CPAP or positive pressure ventilation system, leak is determined at each instant by a lookback for a time as long as single breath to establish the start of an averaging window over which low-pass filtered values used in the determination of a parameter of a le... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8230857 | Expiratory pressure regulation in a ventilator The invention pertains to a ventilator that delivers a flow of gas to an airway of a user, and to communicate a flow of gas from the airway of the user in a controlled manner. The ventilator includes a conduit (1, 3) that carries a flow of gas from the airway... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8225789 | Pressure support ventilation of patients A methodology and apparatus for determining ventilator settings including an end expiratory pressure setting, pressure swing, resistive unloading and target ventilation for delivering ventilatory support based upon generalized patient ventilation characteristics and... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8225788 | Modular respiration system for the mechanical respiration of a patient A modular respiration system is provided for the mechanical respiration of a patient. The respirator system has a modular respiration module (1) for connection to the patient (20), wherein the respiration module (1) contains a respiration system... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8220456 | Method and apparatus for treating cheyne-stokes respiration A system and method for delivering a flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The system monitors a characteristic that varies based on variations of the flow of the breathing gas and determines a Target Flow for the gas to be delivered to the patient based ... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8210173 | Breathing assistance system having integrated electrical conductors communicating data A medical device may include a gas delivery apparatus, a patient interface, a connection system, and an electrical circuit. The gas delivery apparatus may be configured to deliver gas to a patient. The patient interface may be configured to interface with the patien... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8210174 | Systems and methods for providing noise leveling in a breathing assistance system A breathing assistance system having active noise control may include a gas delivery system, a patient interface, a connection system, and a noise control system. The gas delivery system may supply breathing gas to a patient via the connection system and the patient... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8161970 | Gas flow control in a ventilator A system that provides a flow of gas to an airway of a user that includes a source of gas, a conduit that carries the flow of gas to the airway of a patient, a first valve that controls a pressure, flow, or volume, of the flow of gas, a pressure sensor coupled to th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8136521 | Auto-titration bi-level pressure support system and method of using same A bi-level pressure support system and method of treating disordered breathing that optimizes the pressure delivered to the patient during inspiration and expiration to treat the disordered breathing while minimizing the delivered pressure for patient comfort. The p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8118024 | Mechanical ventilation system utilizing bias valve A portable mechanical ventilator having a ROOTS® blower is configured to provide a desired gas flow and pressure to a patient circuit. The mechanical ventilator includes a flow meter operative to measure gas flow produced by the ROOTS® blower and an exhalation con... | 02/21/2012 |
