Quotables
"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."
Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office ; 1878
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187201 | System and method for applying continuous positive airway pressure The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for titration of airway pressure in the treatment of hypoventilation. An exemplary method comprises examining both a signal indicative of ventilation of a patient and a signal indicative of oxygen saturation of... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8157743 | Device and method for evaluating a signal indicative of the respiration of a person A device and a method for evaluating a signal that can indicate the respiration of a person, particularly suitable for examining a patient with respect to the occurrence of sleep-related breathing disturbances. In one example, a device for evaluating a signal indica... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147420 | Respiratory air temperature and pressure sensor An apparatus and method can be configured to detect respiratory air temperature information and respiratory air pressure information from a patient using a first piezoelectric film and a second piezoelectric film, wherein at least a portion of the second piezoelectr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8034002 | Apparatus and method for intelligent electronic peak flow meters An enhanced electronic peak flow meter is provided that combines some of the enhanced electronic features found in other electronic peak flow meters with software for executing a stochastic process control and evaluating the digital respiratory data collected by the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021309 | Algorithm for automatic positive air pressure titration An algorithm for measuring the breathing of a patient for diagnosing breathing disorders and for controlling a breathing aid device for treating a patient. Sensors record pressure and flow rates of air delivered to a patient. The data is statistically manipulated to... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021310 | Work of breathing display for a ventilation system A breathing support system is provided. The system may include a breathing support device configured to deliver gas to a patient and a display device associated with the breathing support device. The display device may be configured to display a work of breathing gr... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8012099 | Process and device for operating a respiration system A process for operating a respiration system (3) makes it possible, rapidly and with simple means, to operate the respiration system (3). The system and method use respiratory flow sensor-specific, patient- and/or treatment-related operating data and a... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998085 | Incentive spirometry devices by the employment of verbal simulated humanlike voices and using a capacitive sensing component for determining patient use and measurement obtained from such use An apparatus used in the medical industry, in order to increase transpulmonary pressure and respiratory volumes, to improve inspiratory muscle performance and re-establish the normal pulmonary hyperinflation, through the employment of electronic technology, providin... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7942823 | Methods and apparatus for stroke patient treatment Methods and apparatus for assessing the condition of and treating patients for stroke during the delivery of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) are disclosed. By determining central and obstructive apnea occurrences or the percentile of pressure delivered to... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942824 | Integrated sleep diagnostic and therapeutic system and method The present invention relates to an integrated sleep diagnosis and treatment device, and more particularly to an integrated apnea diagnosis and treatment device. The present invention additionally relates to methods of sleep diagnosis and treatment. The sleep disord... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7867172 | Combination toothbrush and peak flow meter system A combination toothbrush and peak flow meter system for increasing the compliance of peak flow measurements in children and adults with asthma. The combination toothbrush and peak flow meter system includes a peak flow meter and a toothbrush head connected to an end... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7850619 | Apparatus and method for breathing pattern determination using a non-contact microphone A method is provided for analyzing respiration of a subject. Using a non-contact microphone, a raw signal indicative of air-flow sounds of the respiration is generated. The raw signal is analyzed to determine a first set of one or more parameters of the respiration.... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7789837 | System and method for treating obstructive sleep apnea A system and method for treating obstructive sleep apnea by terminating an obstructive sleep apnea event before the cessation of breathing occurs. The system has one or more microphones capable of detecting breathing sounds within an airway of a person and that gene... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785265 | Monitoring device and method The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing information relating to disturbances and/or disease pattern based on a patient's breathing parameters. Preferably, the apparatus has multiple functionalities and provides information relating t... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7766842 | Detection of disordered breathing Devices and methods for detecting disordered breathing involve determining that the patient is asleep and sensing one or more signals associated with disordered breathing indicative of sleep-disordered breathing while the patient is asleep. Sleep-disordered breathin... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7727161 | Systems and methods for monitoring cough The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring subjects, especially during sleep. Respiratory and sound data are recorded and coughs arousal are recognized as joint events in both of these signals having selected characteristics. Further, cough-ar... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722546 | Method and device for carrying out a signal-processing viewing of a measurement signal that is correlated to the respiratory activity of an individual The invention relates to a method and device for carrying out a signal-processing viewing of a measurement signal that is correlated with the respiratory activity of an individual, for example, of a measurement signal that is correlated with the respiratory gas. The... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7704215 | Daytime/nighttime respiration rate monitoring A device and method can monitor or trend a patient's respiration rate measurements according to the time of day. The device, which may be implantable or external, collects and classifies respiration rate measurements over time. The trended information about particul... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699789 | Method for monitoring lung collapse A method for measuring lung collapse and for providing information regarding recruitment and successfulness of actions taken to recruit the lung is provided. Alveolar- and proximal pressures are determined at different lung pressures or volumes. Patient airway resis... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7625345 | Motivational spirometry system and method A method is disclosed for motivating a user of a spirometry system 20 having a display screen 12, an air-tube 22, a flow measurement sensor 24 operatively associated with the air-tube 22, a display screen 26, and an associat... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7618378 | Breath biofeedback system and method A breath biofeedback method and system for encouraging a subject to modify respiration. The system includes a thoracic volume input module measuring thoracic volume data of the subject and a pattern module providing target breathing patterns in communication with a ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7611472 | Apnea monitor The present invention is an apnea monitor giving alarm when apnea occurs. It uses new designed gas flow sensor and gas differential flow sensor to detect actual airflow from patients nose and mouth. The gas flow sensor and gas differential flow sensor are evolved fr... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7591789 | Talking incentive spirometry devices An apparatus used in the medical industry, in order to increase transpulmonary pressure and respiratory volumes, to improve inspiratory muscle performance and re-establish the normal pulmonary hyperinflation, through the employment of electronic technology, providin... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7575555 | Docking station for retrieving data in conjunction with improved incentive spirometry devices An apparatus used in the medical industry, in order to increase transpulmonary pressure and respiratory volumes, to improve inspiratory muscle performance and re-establish the normal pulmonary hyperinflation, through the employment of electronic technology, providin... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7566310 | System for diagnosing and treating sleep apnea Two programs measure upper airway resistance using Resistance=Pressure/Flow. Raw flow and pressure data is divided into breaths and time adjusted so each breath starts with the value zero. Each breath is graphed as flow in the y-axis and time in the x-axis. The slop... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7559903 | Breathing sound analysis for detection of sleep apnea/popnea events Apparatus for use detection of apnea includes a microphone mounted in the ear of the patient for detecting breathing sounds and a second external microphone together with an oximetric sensor. A transmitter at the patient compresses and transmits the signals to a rem... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7540843 | Diagnostics and treatment of sleep apnea Methods of diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea by taking measurements from a subject suffering from sleep apnea are disclosed. The methods include modelling the air flow through the upper airway of a subject suffering from sleep apnea. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530956 | Daytime/nighttime respiration rate monitoring A device and method can monitor or trend a patient's respiration rate measurements according to the time of day. The device, which may be implantable or external, collects and classifies respiration rate measurements over time. The trended information about particul... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7513875 | Method and system for managing mechanical respiratory ventilation A system and computer implemented method for operating a respiratory ventilator ventilating a subject. One or more body signals obtained from the subject indicative of the subject's ventilation are analyzed so as to perform a spirometric assessment of the ventilatio... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7438690 | Peak expiratory flow meter capable of measuring continuous expiratory flow signal Disclosed herein is a peak expiratory flow meter capable of measuring continuous expiratory flow. The peak expiratory flow meter includes a lower casing unit (110), an air expansion unit (130) and an upper casing unit (150). The lower casing uni... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7425201 | Method and apparatus for predicting work of breathing A method of creating a non-invasive predictor of both physiologic and imposed patient effort from airway pressure and flow sensors attached to the patient using an adaptive mathematical model. The patient effort is commonly measured via work of breathing, power of b... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418859 | Device for measuring a volume flow with inductive coupling A device for measuring a volume flow, especially a tidal volume flow sensor, with a flow channel (1) and with a sensor element (6) arranged within the flow channel (1), is shown and described. The task of providing such a device, in which the se... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413549 | Detecting and quantifying apnea using ventilatory cycle histograms Subject matter includes methods and devices for detecting and quantifying apnea. One exemplary implementation includes deriving a ventilation related parameter in real-time from a patient, deriving apneic intervals based on the parameter, distributing the apneic int... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7390305 | Peak flow meter A peak flow meter is described with a body having a sample channel and at least one bypass channel. One of at least two flow range scales may be selected using a flow range selector to adjust the sensitivity of the peak flow meter. A flow range selection indicator p... | 06/24/2008 |
| RE40402 | Non-invasive method for optimizing the respiration of atelectatic lungs The invention relates to a method and an apparatus to identify alveolar opening and collapse of a lung. To automatically generate the settings of ventilator parameters in a simple and gentle way, the hemoglobin oxygen saturation and/or the endtidal CO2 co... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387610 | Thoracic impedance detection with blood resistivity compensation This document discusses, among other things, a cardiac rhythm management device or other implantable medical device that uses thoracic impedance to determine how much fluid is present in the thorax, such as for detecting or predicting congestive heart failure, pulmo... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381189 | Temperature and respiration acquisition apparatus and method A device and method for simultaneously acquiring a temperature and a respiration rate of a patient. In some embodiments of the invention, the device can include a probe, a temperature sensing element coupled to the probe, a disposable cover that can be positioned ov... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371247 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of penetrating members each having a tip. A penetrating member driver is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. Each tip of a penetrating member is uncovered during launch of the penetrating member by the pe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371220 | System and method for real-time apnea/hypopnea detection using an implantable medical system Techniques are provided for detecting the onset of an episode of apnea/hypopnea substantially in real-time. A moving threshold is generated based on recent respiration cycles and differences are accumulated between amplitudes of new respiration cycles and the moving... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367954 | Method and apparatus for determining cardiac output A method and apparatus for use in determining the cardiac output. The method includes measuring a first parameter indicative of a patient's oxygen uptake and a second parameter indicative of the patient's fractional arterial oxygen concentration. The method also inc... | 05/06/2008 |
