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20120118098 | INSTRUMENT POSITIONING/HOLDING DEVICES - Systems are provided that control the positioning of various instruments (e.g., endoscopes or tissue retractors) used during surgical procedures. A positioning mechanism holding the instrument is coupled to a control mechanism such that mechanical manipulation of the control mechanism results in movement of the positioning mechanism relative to a patient's body, thereby eliminating the need to manually hold and position the instruments. | 05-17-2012 |
20120145585 | PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus is provided for delivering single-dose packages sequentially from a substantially continuous strip having a first dispensing end and a second end. The strip includes a cover layer attached to a base layer to define a plurality of blisters therebetween that have one or more medications therein. The blisters are aligned in single file generally along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends and/or otherwise arranged in single-dose packages adjacent one another, e.g., at least some of the single-dose packages including a plurality of blisters having different types of medications therein. A first single-dose package at the first dispensing end may be separable from a second adjacent single-dose package such that individual single-dose packages may be removed successively from the first dispensing end. | 06-14-2012 |
20120145586 | PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus is provided for delivering single-dose packages sequentially from a substantially continuous strip having a first dispensing end and a second end. The strip includes a cover layer attached to a base layer to define a plurality of blisters therebetween that have one or more medications therein. The blisters are aligned in single file generally along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends and/or otherwise arranged in single-dose packages adjacent one another, e.g., at least some of the single-dose packages including a plurality of blisters having different types of medications therein. A first single-dose package at the first dispensing end may be separable from a second adjacent single-dose package such that individual single-dose packages may be removed successively from the first dispensing end. | 06-14-2012 |
20120145739 | PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus is provided for delivering single-dose packages sequentially from a substantially continuous strip having a first dispensing end and a second end. The strip includes a cover layer attached to a base layer to define a plurality of blisters therebetween that have one or more medications therein. The blisters are aligned in single file generally along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends and/or otherwise arranged in single-dose packages adjacent one another, e.g., at least some of the single-dose packages including a plurality of blisters having different types of medications therein. A first single-dose package at the first dispensing end may be separable from a second adjacent single-dose package such that individual single-dose packages may be removed successively from the first dispensing end. | 06-14-2012 |
20120184880 | ADAPTIVE ARM SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE - A system is provided for supporting an arm of a user that includes a harness configured to be worn by the user, and an arm support coupled to the harness and including an arm rest to support an arm of the user. The arm support is configured to accommodate and follow movement of the arm without substantially interfering in such movement. The arm support may at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the arm as the user moves and the arm support follows the movement of the user's arm. For example, the arm support may transfer at least a portion of the weight of the user's arm to the torso or other region of the user's body and/or may apply an opposing force to at least partially offset the gravitational force acting on the arm. | 07-19-2012 |
20130066463 | PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods are provided for delivering single-dose packages sequentially from a substantially continuous strip having a first dispensing end and a second end, e.g., contained within a cassette or other dispenser. The strip includes a cover layer attached to a base layer to define a plurality of blisters therebetween that have one or more medications therein. The blisters are aligned in single file generally along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends and/or otherwise arranged in single-dose packages adjacent one another, e.g., at least some of the single-dose packages including a plurality of blisters having different types of medications therein. A first single-dose package at the first dispensing end may be separable from a second adjacent single-dose package such that individual single-dose packages may be removed successively from the first dispensing end. | 03-14-2013 |
20140033391 | ADAPTIVE ARM SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE - Systems and methods are provided for supporting an arm of a user that includes a harness configured to be worn by the user, and an arm support coupled to the harness and including an arm rest to support an arm of the user. The arm support is configured to accommodate and follow movement of the arm without substantially interfering in such movement. The arm support may at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the arm as the user moves and the arm support follows the movement of the user's arm. For example, the arm support may transfer at least a portion of the weight of the user's arm to the torso or other region of the user's body and/or may apply an opposing force to at least partially offset the gravitational force acting on the arm. | 02-06-2014 |
20140158839 | ADAPTIVE ARM SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE - Systems and methods are provided for supporting an arm of a user using a harness configured to be worn on a body of a user; and an arm support coupled to the harness configured to support an arm of the user, the arm support configured to accommodate movement of the arm while following the movement without substantially interfering with the movement of the user's arm. One or more compensation elements may be coupled to the arm support to apply an offset force to at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the arm as the user moves and the arm support follows the movement of the user's arm, the one or more compensation elements providing a force profile that varies the offset force based on an orientation of the arm support. | 06-12-2014 |
20150306762 | LEG AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE - Systems and methods are provided for supporting one or both legs of a user using a harness configured to be worn on a body of a user; and a leg support coupled to the harness configured to support a leg of the user, the leg support configured to accommodate movement of the leg while following the movement without substantially interfering with the movement of the user's arm. One or more compensation elements may be coupled to the leg support to apply an offset force to at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the leg as the user moves and the leg support follows the movement of the user's leg, the one or more compensation elements providing a force profile that varies the offset force based on an orientation of the leg support. | 10-29-2015 |
20150316204 | HEAVY CAPACITY ARM SUPPORT SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for supporting an arm of a user while using a tool that include a harness configured to be worn on a body of a user; an arm support pivotally coupled to the harness for supporting a user's arm; and a tool mount on a free end of the arm support for receiving a tool such that the tool is manipulatable by a hand of user's arm supported by the arm support. One or more compensation elements may be coupled to the arm support and/or the tool mount for at least partially offsetting a gravitational force acting on the user's arm and/or the tool received on the tool mount. | 11-05-2015 |
20160081871 | ADAPTIVE ARM SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE - A system is provided for supporting an arm of a user that includes a harness configured to be worn by the user, and an arm support coupled to the harness and including an arm rest to support an arm of the user. The arm support is configured to accommodate and follow movement of the arm without substantially interfering in such movement. The arm support may at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the arm as the user moves and the arm support follows the movement of the user's arm. For example, the arm support may transfer at least a portion of the weight of the user's arm to the torso or other region of the user's body and/or may apply an opposing force to at least partially offset the gravitational force acting on the arm. | 03-24-2016 |
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20110120468 | AIRWAY DEVICES WITH INTEGRAL HUMIDIFICATION - According to various embodiments, a tracheal tube may include an integral humidification system. The tracheal tube may be formed at least partially from a material that is permeable to water vapor but substantially impermeable to respiratory gases. The water vapor may be actively provided to the tracheal tube or may be passively transferred from a patient's surrounding airway space. | 05-26-2011 |
20110213215 | Spontaneous Breathing Trial Manager - This disclosure describes systems and methods for conducting and terminating spontaneous breathing trials on patients receiving mechanical ventilation. The disclosure describes a novel spontaneous breathing trial manager for a medical ventilator with rapid initiation and continuous monitoring of a patient's tolerance of the spontaneous breathing trial and displaying of that tolerance as a function of time, which provides for bedside adjustment of the spontaneous breathing trial parameters and automatic termination of a spontaneous breathing trial based on a time interval expiration or poor patient tolerance of the SBT. | 09-01-2011 |
20110265024 | Ventilation System With A Two-Point Perspective View - The disclosure describes a novel approach for displaying information on a ventilator system. The disclosure describes a novel respiratory system including a primary display and system status display. Further, the disclosure describes a novel method for displaying ventilator information. | 10-27-2011 |
20110295093 | Retinopathy Of Prematurity Determination And Alarm System - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to determining a likelihood of possible retinopathy of prematurity and alerting a caregiver of such likelihood. According to certain embodiments, an apparatus for determining a risk of retinopathy of prematurity in a patient may include a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to determine whether an oxygen saturation level of the patient extends beyond an oxygen saturation threshold, determine an extent that the oxygen saturation level of the patient extends beyond the oxygen saturation threshold, and trigger an alarm when the extent that the oxygen saturation level of the patient extends beyond the oxygen saturation threshold exceeds a threshold at which the patient may be at risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity. The apparatus may also include a display unit configured to present the alarm in response to the trigger from the processing unit. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295094 | Retinopathy Of Prematurity Determination And Alarm System - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to determining a likelihood of possible retinopathy of prematurity and alerting a caregiver of such likelihood. According to certain embodiments, an apparatus for displaying an indication of a risk of retinopathy of prematurity in a patient may include a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to determine whether an oxygen saturation history of the patient places the patient at risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity. The apparatus may also include a display unit configured to present an indication of a risk of prematurity in the patient when the processing unit determines that the oxygen saturation history of the patient places the patient at risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity, the indication comprising at least one of a number associated with the risk, an audible alarm, or a visual alarm. | 12-01-2011 |
20120029317 | Methods For Validating Patient Identity - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring a patient on a ventilator-oximeter system. The disclosure describes a novel approach determining if the oximeter and the ventilator are attached to the same patient and if not providing a warning. | 02-02-2012 |
20120071729 | Medical Ventilator With Integrated Oximeter Data - This disclosure describes systems and methods for managing the ventilation of a patient being ventilated by a medical ventilator. The disclosure describes a novel approach of displaying ventilator information integrated with oximeter information. The disclosure further describes a novel approach of alarming based on the integration of ventilator information with oximeter information. | 03-22-2012 |
20120090611 | Systems And Methods For Controlling An Amount Of Oxygen In Blood Of A Ventilator Patient - This disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling blood oxygen saturation (SpO | 04-19-2012 |
20120136222 | Methods And Systems For Monitoring A Ventilator Patient With A Capnograph - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring the ventilation of a patient being ventilated by a medical ventilator. The disclosure describes a novel approach of displaying integrated ventilator information with capnography data. The disclosure further describes a novel approach for removing cardiogenic artifacts. | 05-31-2012 |
20120167885 | Systems And Methods For Ventilation To Obtain A Predetermined Patient Effort - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a ventilation system is disclosed that includes a computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to receive a measured pressure value and a net flow value. A patient effort value is calculated based on a relationship between patient effort, the measured pressure value and the net flow value. The instructions are further executable to calculate a gas delivery metric based on the computed patient effort to obtain a predetermined patient effort. Gas is then caused to be delivered consistent with the gas delivery metric. | 07-05-2012 |
20120216811 | Use of Multiple Spontaneous Breath Types To Promote Patient Ventilator Synchrony - The present disclosure combines the advantages of a hybrid mode of ventilation with an automatic determination of an appropriate spontaneous breath type in response to one or more patient based criteria. Specifically, when the ventilator is delivering a spontaneous breath type, a determination may be made as to whether predetermined ventilatory criteria have been met. Based on the determination the ventilator may deliver one of any number of spontaneous breath types. | 08-30-2012 |
20120247471 | Systems And Methods For Automatic Adjustment Of Ventilator Settings - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a ventilation system is disclosed that includes a computer readable medium including instructions for operating in a hybrid mode. These instructions include measuring patient effort during a spontaneous breath type and deriving a neural inspiratory time from the measurements of patient effort. This neural inspiratory time is then set as the inspiratory for a breath of a mandatory breath type. If new patient effort measurements are received by the ventilator, the neural inspiratory time may be adjusted. | 10-04-2012 |
20120272961 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXHALATION CONTROL AND TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling pressure and/or flow during exhalation. The disclosure describes novel exhalation modes for ventilating a patient. | 11-01-2012 |
20120272962 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING A VENTILATOR PATIENT WITH A CAPNOMETER - This disclosure describes systems and methods for managing the ventilation of a patient being ventilated by a medical ventilator. The disclosure describes a novel approach of displaying integrated ventilator information with capnometer data. The disclosure further describes a novel approach for determining if the ventilator breathing circuit is occluded or disconnected. | 11-01-2012 |
20130025597 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING A VENTILATED PATIENT WITH AN OXIMETER - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring the ventilation of a patient being ventilated by a medical ventilator. The disclosure describes a novel approach for triggering the delivery of a breath to account for cardiogenic artifacts. The disclosure further describes a novel approach for calculating exhaled spirometry to eliminate the effect of cardiogenic artifacts. | 01-31-2013 |
20130074844 | USE OF MULTIPLE BREATH TYPES - The present disclosure describes a mode of ventilation that makes an automatic determination of an appropriate mandatory breath type in response to one or more patient based criteria. Specifically, the ventilator during the delivery a mandatory breath type determines whether predetermined ventilatory criteria have been met. Based on the determination, the ventilator may deliver one of any number of mandatory breath types. Further, the present disclosure also combines the advantages of a hybrid mode of ventilation with this automatic determination of an appropriate mandatory breath type in response to one or more patient based criteria. | 03-28-2013 |
20130158370 | SPONTANEOUS BREATHING TRIAL MANAGER - This disclosure describes systems and methods for conducting and terminating spontaneous breathing trials on patients receiving mechanical ventilation. The disclosure describes a novel spontaneous breathing trial manager for a medical ventilator with rapid initiation and continuous monitoring of a patient's tolerance of the spontaneous breathing trial and displaying of that tolerance as a function of time, which provides for bedside adjustment of the spontaneous breathing trial parameters and automatic termination of a spontaneous breathing trial based on a time interval expiration or poor patient tolerance of the SBT. | 06-20-2013 |
20130167843 | PIEZOELECTRIC BLOWER PILOTED VALVE - This disclosure describes systems and methods for piloting a pneumatic valve using one or more piezoelectric blowers. According to embodiments, the one or more piezoelectric blowers may be coupled to the pneumatic valve to form a small, light-weight pneumatic valve that may be placed proximal to a ventilated patient, e.g., at the patient wye or the patient interface. Due to the close coupling of the one or more piezoelectric blowers, the pneumatic valve has a substantially shorter response time than traditional pneumatically piloted valves. Moreover, when piezoelectric blowers are coupled to the pneumatic valve in parallel, response time may be further decreased. Additionally or alternatively, when piezoelectric blowers are coupled to the pneumatic valve in series, pilot pressure may be increased as a function of the number of piezoelectric blowers in the series. | 07-04-2013 |
20130284172 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN OPTIMIZED PROPORTIONAL ASSIST VENTILATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing an optimized proportional assist breath type during ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes a novel breath type that delivers a target airway pressure calculated based on a desired patient effort range to a triggering patient. | 10-31-2013 |
20130345532 | MEDICAL VENTILATOR WITH INTEGRATED OXIMETER DATA - This disclosure describes systems and methods for managing the ventilation of a patient being ventilated by a medical ventilator. The disclosure describes a novel approach of displaying ventilator information integrated with oximeter information. The disclosure further describes a novel approach of alarming based on the integration of ventilator information with oximeter information. | 12-26-2013 |
20140034056 | VENTILATION SYSTEM WITH A TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE VIEW - The disclosure describes a novel approach for displaying information on a ventilator system. The disclosure describes a novel respiratory system including a primary display and system status display. Further, the disclosure describes a novel method for displaying ventilator information. | 02-06-2014 |
20140048072 | VENTILATOR-INITIATED PROMPT REGARDING DETECTION OF FLUCTUATIONS IN COMPLIANCE - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory data to provide useful notifications and/or recommendations. Indeed, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate adjustments that may address certain patient conditions or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the occurrence of fluctuations in compliance during various types of ventilation. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect an occurrence of and potential causes for fluctuations in compliance and may subsequently issue suitable notifications and/or recommendations. The suitable notifications and/or recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format such that the clinician may selectively access information regarding the fluctuation in compliance and/or potential causes for the fluctuation in compliance. | 02-20-2014 |
20140123979 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING, MANAGING, AND PREVENTING FATIGUE DURING VENTILATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for determining patient fatigue during ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes novel notification and/or management of patient fatigue during ventilation. Further, the disclosure describes system and methods for preventing diaphragm fatigue or weakness. | 05-08-2014 |
20140230818 | METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF VENTILATION TREATMENT INADEQUACY - Ventilatory systems and methods are disclosed including a ventilator and at least one sensor in communication with the ventilator. The sensor is configured to monitor a chest wall movement of a patient during ventilation. The ventilator is configured to provide an alarm to a clinician upon detection by the sensor of a threshold change in the chest wall movement of the patient, for example, a threshold change between the monitored chest wall movement and a previously monitored chest wall movement of the patient. The sensor may be located on an exterior surface of the patient's chest and may be, for example, an accelerometer, an optical imaging system, an audio sensor, an electrical impedance sensor or an ultrasound sensor. | 08-21-2014 |
20140235959 | METHODS AND ALGORITHMS FOR SUPERVISORY CLOSED-LOOP DETERMINATION OF OPTIMIZED SCHEDULING OF VENTILATOR WEANING TRIALS - Ventilatory systems and methods are disclosed for detecting weaning readiness of a patient. In one aspect the method includes the steps of collecting patient data; analyzing the collected patient data to generate at least one patient parameter; comparing the at least one patient parameter to predetermined weaning readiness threshold criteria; and providing an advisory proposition to a clinician indicating a readiness of the patient to start a weaning trial if the at least one patient parameter meets the weaning readiness threshold criteria. The weaning trial may additionally or alternatively be automatically executed if the at least one patient parameter meets the weaning readiness threshold criteria. | 08-21-2014 |
20140251328 | Methods and Systems for Managing a Patient Move - This disclosure describes systems and methods for managing a move of a patient being monitored or treated by a medical system, such as a medical ventilator. The disclosure describes a novel approach for preventing a patient from being moved from a first location to second different location that is connected to a monitoring and/or treatment system, before all of the necessary hoses have been disconnected from the patient. Further, the disclosure describes a novel approach of ensuring that all of the necessary hoses are reconnected to a patient being monitored or treated by a monitoring and/or treatment system after being moved from the first location to the second different location. | 09-11-2014 |
20140261424 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PHASE SHIFTED PRESSURE VENTILATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing pressure ventilation with a shifted pressure profile during ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes a novel breath type that phase shifts the rise time of the delivered pressure profile to improve patient comfort and patient-ventilator synchrony. | 09-18-2014 |
20140323874 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FLUID RESPONSIVENESS - Provided are systems and methods for processing a physiological signal in order to determine fluid responsiveness of a subject. In some embodiments, a respiration rate of the subject is received or determined, the signal is filtered based on the respiration rate to generate a filtered signal, and the filtered signal is processed to determine fluid responsiveness. In some embodiments, regular respiration is detected and fluid responsiveness is determined when regular respiration is detected. In some embodiments, the respiration of a subject is controlled, and fluid responsiveness is determined during controlled respiration. | 10-30-2014 |
20140366879 | USE OF MULTIPLE SPONTANEOUS BREATH TYPES TO PROMOTE PATIENT VENTILATOR SYNCHRONY - The present disclosure combines the advantages of a hybrid mode of ventilation with an automatic determination of an appropriate spontaneous breath type in response to one or more patient based criteria. Specifically, when the ventilator is delivering a spontaneous breath type, a determination may be made as to whether predetermined ventilatory criteria have been met. Based on the determination the ventilator may deliver one of any number of spontaneous breath types. | 12-18-2014 |
20150013674 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING STATUS OF A VENTILATED PATIENT - The present disclosure provides a method of issuing an alert for optimizing interaction between a patient and a ventilatory system. The method includes ventilating a patient using a ventilatory system and retrieving one or more of current ventilatory settings, collected ventilatory data, and patient data. The method also includes detecting corruption of interaction between a patient and the ventilatory system, determining one or more root causes of the corruption, and determining and displaying a recommendation for resolving the corruption based on the one or more root causes. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019237 | HOLISTIC PATIENT ADVISORY SYSTEM, METHOD, AND SOFTWARE - A method for computer assisted holistic patient monitoring includes receiving patient parameters from at least one medical device monitoring a patient, receiving historical patient data from a database, receiving clinician-generated data from a remote device, generating advisory feedback based on the received patient parameters, the received historical data, and the received clinician-generated data, and outputting the advisory feedback for review by a clinician. The method may further include the step of receiving a clinician response to the advisory feedback and storing the clinician response in the database. Additionally, the advisory feedback may be delivered to a second remote device operated by a supervising clinician. In embodiments, the advisory feedback may include a differential analysis and modeling of a patient state, a request for additional examination, a status report on disease progress or disease improvements, and/or a status report indicating treatment incompatibilities and patient deteriorating conditions. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019256 | PATIENT STATUS UPDATE PORTAL - A patient communication system includes a patient communication device, a facility update device, a server, and a portal. The patient communication device is in the bedside environment of a patient within the medical facility. The patient uses the patient communication device to post statuses and send messages to individuals outside of the medical facility to the server. The facility update device provides updates to the server from clinicians and medical devices in the bedside environment of the patient. The server compiles the information from the patient communication device and from the facility update device and automatically posts the status updates to a portal associated with the patient. The portal is accessed by the individuals associated with the patient to receive updates concerning the status of the patient. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE CARE MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for notifying clinicians of potential patient care risk scenarios and identifying remedial protocols to mitigate the risk. Patient data is downloaded from medical devices associated with the patient, such as, without limitation, a ventilator, bedside monitor, infusion pump, and/or dialysis machine. In addition physician medical orders and treatment notes are received. The patient data, medical orders, and treatment notes are analyzed by a state machine programmed to identify patient risk scenarios based upon known risk factors. Alerts and recommended courses of treatment are generated to enable caregivers to recognize high risk scenarios and to take preventative steps to reduce or avoid suboptimal outcomes. A plurality of state machines may be instantiated, enabling the system to monitor an arbitrary number of patients and treatment protocols. | 01-15-2015 |
20150205933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CLINICAL PROCEDURES USING REGIONAL BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION - Methods and systems are presented for monitoring a clinical procedure using regional blood oxygen saturation (rSO | 07-23-2015 |
20150343160 | VENTILATION VITALITY RING - A system and method for displaying the status of a patient on ventilation is disclosed including a ventilator system configured to provide mechanical ventilation to a patient and a display device operatively associated with the ventilator system. The display device is configured to display a user interface including a pictogram having patient status information related to the ventilator system. The pictogram includes a central section configured to display patient status information relating to an overall status of the patient and at least one group section configured to display patient status information relating to a particular category of ventilatory status parameters. | 12-03-2015 |
20160073965 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING FLUID RESPONSIVENESS - Methods and systems are provided for determining fluid responsiveness based on a physiological signal. The system may determine fluid responsiveness based on the physiological signal and receive or determine respiration information of the subject. The system may correct the fluid responsiveness based on the respiration information. In some embodiments, the system may determine a correction factor to correct the fluid responsiveness values based on a relationship between fluid responsiveness and the respiration information. In some embodiments, the system may correct the measured fluid responsiveness based on an error between the fluid responsiveness measure and another measure such as pulse pressure variation, where there is a relationship between the error and the respiration information. | 03-17-2016 |
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20140085302 | TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENT GPU TRIANGLE LIST ADJACENCY DETECTION AND HANDLING - An apparatus may include a memory to store a set of triangle vertices in a triangle, a processor circuit coupled to the memory and a cache to cache a set of triangle vertex indices corresponding to triangle vertices most recently transmitted through a graphics pipeline. The apparatus may also include an autostrip vertex processing component operative on the processor circuit to receive from the memory the set of triangle vertices, compare an index for each vertex of the set of triangle vertices to determine matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices, and shift a single vertex index into the cache, the single vertex index corresponding to a vertex miss in which a given vertex of the set of triangle vertices does not match any vertex index of the set of cached triangle vertex indices when exactly two matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices are found. | 03-27-2014 |
20140139512 | Recording the Results of Visibility Tests at the Input Geometry Object Granularity - According to some embodiments of the present invention, pixel throughput may be improved by performing depth tests and recording the results on the granularity of an input geometry object. An input geometry object is any object within the depiction represented by a primitive, such as a triangle within an input triangle list or a patch within an input patch list. | 05-22-2014 |
20140300614 | PROGRAMMABLE PREDICTION LOGIC IN COMMAND STREAMER INSTRUCTION EXECUTION - Programmable predication logic in command streamer instruction execution is described. In one example, the invention includes a method that includes receiving batch buffer execution start command at a command streamer, the batch buffer containing executable instructions, determining whether predication has been enabled for the instructions using the start command, if predication has been enabled, then comparing a predication condition to values stored in a predication register, and if the condition is satisfied by the predication register values, then executing the batch buffer. | 10-09-2014 |
20140306949 | SCALABLE GEOMETRY PROCESSING WITHIN A CHECKERBOARD MULTI-GPU CONFIGURATION - Systems, apparatus and methods are described including distributing batches of geometric objects to a multi-core system, at each processor core, performing vertex processing and geometry setup processing on the corresponding batch of geometric objects, storing the vertex processing results shared memory accessible to all of the cores, and storing the geometry setup processing results in local storage. Each particular core may then perform rasterization using geometry setup results obtained from local storage within the particular core and from local storage of at least one of the other processor cores. | 10-16-2014 |
20150277981 | PRIORITY BASED CONTEXT PREEMPTION - Methods and apparatuses may prioritize the processing of high priority and low priority contexts submitted to a processing unit through separate high priority and low priority context submission ports. According to one embodiment, submission of a context to the low priority port causes contexts in progress to be preempted, whereas submission of a context to the high priority port causes contexts in progress to be paused. | 10-01-2015 |
20150287234 | TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENT GPU TRIANGLE LIST ADJACENCY DETECTION AND HANDLING - An apparatus may include a memory to store a set of triangle vertices in a triangle, a processor circuit coupled to the memory and a cache to cache a set of triangle vertex indices corresponding to triangle vertices most recently transmitted through a graphics pipeline. The apparatus may also include an autostrip vertex processing component operative on the processor circuit to receive from the memory the set of triangle vertices, compare an index for each vertex of the set of triangle vertices to determine matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices, and shift a single vertex index into the cache, the single vertex index corresponding to a vertex miss in which a given vertex of the set of triangle vertices does not match any vertex index of the set of cached triangle vertex indices when exactly two matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices are found. | 10-08-2015 |
20150379664 | ACCELERATED SINGLE PLANE CLIPPING OF POLYGONS IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING - Methods and hardware may process single plane clipping operations using a pipeline specialized for single plane clipping. A second pipeline may be provided to handle clipping in multi-clipping plane cases. By optimizing the hardware and methods around single plane clipping, polygon throughput may be enhanced. | 12-31-2015 |
20160086299 | Position-Only Shading Pipeline - In position-only shading, two geometry pipes exist, a trimmed down version called the Cull Pipe and a full version called the Replay Pipe. Thus, the Cull Pipe executes the position shaders in parallel with the main application, but typically generates the critical results much faster as it fetches and shades only the position attribute of the vertices and avoids the rasterization as well as the rendering of pixels for the frame buffer. Furthermore, the Cull Pipe uses these critical results to compute visibility information for all the triangles whether they are culled or not. On the other hand, the Replay Pipe consumes the visibility information to skip the culled triangles and shades only the visible triangles that are finally passed to the rasterization phase. Together the two pipes can hide the long cull runs of discarded triangles and can complete the work faster in some embodiments. | 03-24-2016 |
20160093102 | EFFICIENT TESSELLATION CACHE - Systems and methods may provide for conducting a region determination of whether one or more domain points associated with a tessellated patch are shared between multiple region sets of the tessellated patch. If the one or more domain points are not shared between multiple region sets of the tessellated patch, an intra-region cache may be automatically interrogated for non-shared shading data. If the one or more domain points are shared between multiple region sets of the tessellated patch, an inter-region cache may be automatically interrogated for shared shading data. In one example, one or more references to the shared shading data is generated and associated with the one or more domain points when cache hits occur in the inter-region cache. | 03-31-2016 |
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20110138315 | Quick Initiation Of Respiratory Support Via A Ventilator User Interface - This disclosure describes improved systems and methods for efficiently configuring respiratory settings and/or parameters in a ventilatory system. Specifically, the present methods and user interface provide an efficient and consistent means for configuring ventilatory settings for a new patient. Specifically, the ventilator may be preconfigured with appropriate parameter settings based on an institution-specific protocol, a physician-specific protocol, or other suitable protocol or specification. Indeed, the present disclosure provides an institution and/or physician with increased control over routine ventilatory settings by pre-configuring the ventilator with these routine settings. Further, the present disclosure provides increased assurance as to the consistency of the routine ventilatory settings by eliminating repeated data entry by clinicians, decreasing the chances of error. | 06-09-2011 |
20110230780 | 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 graphic indicating one or more measures regarding the patient's work of breathing. | 09-22-2011 |
20110271960 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Auto-PEEP Detection During Volume Ventilation Of Triggering Patient - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent a myriad of ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of Auto-PEEP during volume ventilation of a triggering patient. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect Auto-PEEP and may issue suitable notifications and recommendations to the clinician when Auto-PEEP is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 11-10-2011 |
20110273299 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Auto-PEEP Detection During Volume Ventilation Of Non-Triggering Patient - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent a myriad of ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of Auto-PEEP during volume ventilation of a non-triggering patient. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect Auto-PEEP and may issue suitable notifications and recommendations to the clinician when Auto-PEEP is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 11-10-2011 |
20120000467 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Auto-PEEP Detection During Volume Ventilation Of Triggering Patient Exhibiting Obstructive Component - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent multiple ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of Auto-PEEP during volume ventilation of a triggering patient exhibiting an obstructive component. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect Auto-PEEP and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a triggering patient to the clinician when Auto-PEEP is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 01-05-2012 |
20120000468 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Auto-PEEP Detection During Volume Ventilation Of Non-Triggering Patient Exhibiting Obstructive Component - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent multiple ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of Auto-PEEP during volume ventilation of a non-triggering patient exhibiting an obstructive component. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect Auto-PEEP and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a non-triggering patient to the clinician when Auto-PEEP is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 01-05-2012 |
20120000469 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Auto-PEEP Detection During Pressure Ventilation Of Patient Exhibiting Obstructive Component - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing ventilatory data associated with those parameters, and providing useful notifications and/or recommendations to clinicians. Modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent a myriad of ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of Auto-PEEP during various types of pressure ventilation of a patient exhibiting an obstructive component. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect Auto-PEEP and may issue suitable notifications and recommendations to the clinician when Auto-PEEP is implicated. | 01-05-2012 |
20120000470 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Auto-PEEP Detection During Pressure Ventilation - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing ventilatory data associated with those parameters, and providing useful notifications and/or recommendations to clinicians. Modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent a myriad of ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of Auto-PEEP during various types of pressure ventilation. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect Auto-PEEP and may issue suitable notifications and recommendations to the clinician when Auto-PEEP is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 01-05-2012 |
20120096381 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt In Response To Proposed Setting Adjustment - This disclosure describes systems and methods for issuing a prompt in response to one or more proposed settings adjustments. Specifically, the prompt may include a projected impact of the one or more proposed settings adjustments on patient condition and/or patient treatment. The prompt may further provide an impact level and/or an alert associated with the projected impact. According to embodiments, one or more recommendations for alternative settings adjustments may be provided on the prompt or on an extension of the prompt. According to embodiments, a clinician may scroll through a plurality of potential settings adjustments until a desired impact level is displayed on the prompt (e.g., a positive impact level). According to still other embodiments, a plurality of proposed settings adjustments may be received. In this case, the projected impact displayed on the prompt may represent a combined projected impact of the plurality of proposed settings adjustments received. | 04-19-2012 |
20120133519 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Detection Of Double Triggering During A Volume-Control Breath Type - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent multiple ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of double triggering during ventilation. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect double triggering and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a patient to the clinician when double triggering is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 05-31-2012 |
20120137249 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Detection Of Double Triggering During Ventilation - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent multiple ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of double triggering during ventilation. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect double triggering and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a patient to the clinician when double triggering is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 05-31-2012 |
20120137250 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Detection Of Fluctuations In Resistance - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring ventilatory parameters, analyzing ventilatory data associated with those parameters, and providing useful notifications and/or recommendations to clinicians. For example, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of a fluctuation in resistance during mechanical ventilation of a patient. Furthermore, clinicians may not easily determine potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance and/or steps for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect fluctuations in resistance and may issue suitable notifications and recommendations to the clinician based on potential causes of the fluctuation, ventilatory and/or patient data, etc. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format such that the clinician may selectively access information regarding the fluctuation in resistance. | 05-31-2012 |
20120185792 | Pictorial Representation Of Patient Condition Trending - The disclosure describes improved systems and methods for displaying a trend history of the patient condition using pictorial representations that dynamically change as the clinician advances and reverses through an independent parameter. The present application displays changes in patient condition as a pictorial instead of a number or waveform. By displaying changes in patient condition in a pictorial, a clinician may be able to quickly understand how the dependent parameters have changed as a function of an independent parameter. As the pictorial changes, it animates from one condition to the next to more effectively indicate changes in patient condition. A representation of the normal or desired condition for a parameter is shown as a static pictorial that is overlaid with the dynamically changing trend. In this manner the clinician can determine how the patient condition is changing relative to a desired state. | 07-19-2012 |
20120216809 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Detection Of Inadequate Flow During Ventilation - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent multiple ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of inadequate flow during ventilation. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect inadequate flow and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a patient to the clinician when inadequate flow is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 08-30-2012 |
20120216810 | Methods And Systems For Transitory Ventilation Support - This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing a transitory ventilation support breath type during ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes a novel breath type that provides for a beneficial transition between an assist breath type and an effort-based breath type and/or a breath type that is beneficial for weak patients. | 08-30-2012 |
20120226444 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding High Delivered Tidal Volume - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory data to provide useful notifications and/or recommendations. Indeed, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate adjustments that may address certain patient conditions or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the occurrence of high-delivered V | 09-06-2012 |
20120277616 | 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 he configured to display a work of breathing graphic indicating one or more work of breathing measures regarding the patient's breathing. | 11-01-2012 |
20130006133 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING VOLUMETRIC CARBON DIOXIDE - This disclosure describes novel systems and methods for monitoring volumetric CO | 01-03-2013 |
20130006134 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING VOLUMETRIC CARBON DIOXIDE - This disclosure describes novel systems and methods for monitoring volumetric CO | 01-03-2013 |
20130025596 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODEL-BASED TRANSFORMED PROPORTIONAL ASSIST VENTILATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing a model-based transformed proportional assist breath type during ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes a novel breath type that delivers a target pressure calculated based on a predetermined trajectory and a support setting to a triggering patient. | 01-31-2013 |
20130053717 | AUTOMATIC VENTILATOR CHALLENGE TO INDUCE SPONTANEOUS BREATHING EFFORTS - This disclosure describes systems and methods for configuring a ventilator for providing automatic, periodic ventilator adjustments to stimulate non-triggering patients to begin initiating spontaneous breathing efforts. Based on studies of respiration, a neural signal stimulating spontaneous breathing efforts is initiated when a patient's arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO | 02-28-2013 |
20140000606 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MIMICKING FLUCTUATIONS IN DELIVERED FLOW AND/OR PRESSURE DURING VENTILATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140034054 | VENTILATOR-INITIATED PROMPT OR SETTING REGARDING DETECTION OF ASYNCHRONY DURING VENTILATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent multiple ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of asynchrony during ventilation. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect asynchrony and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a patient to the clinician when asynchrony is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 02-06-2014 |
20140048071 | VENTILATOR-INITIATED PROMPT REGARDING DETECTION OF FLUCTUATIONS IN RESISTANCE - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring ventilatory parameters, analyzing ventilatory data associated with those parameters, and providing useful notifications and/or recommendations to clinicians. For example, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of a fluctuation in resistance during mechanical ventilation of a patient. Furthermore, clinicians may not easily determine potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance and/or steps for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect fluctuations in resistance and may issue suitable notifications and recommendations to the clinician based on potential causes of the fluctuation, ventilatory and/or patient data, etc. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format such that the clinician may selectively access information regarding the fluctuation in resistance. | 02-20-2014 |
20140121553 | VENTILATOR-INITIATED PROMPT REGARDING AUTO-PEEP DETECTION DURING VENTILATION OF NON-TRIGGERING PATIENT - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent a myriad of ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of Auto-PEEP during volume ventilation of a non-triggering patient. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect Auto-PEEP and may issue suitable notifications and recommendations to the clinician when Auto-PEEP is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 05-01-2014 |
20140130798 | VENTILATOR-INITIATED PROMPT REGARDING DETECTION OF DOUBLE TRIGGERING DURING VENTILATION - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent multiple ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of double triggering during ventilation. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect double triggering and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a patient to the clinician when double triggering is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 05-15-2014 |
20150090258 | VENTILATOR-INITIATED PROMPT OR SETTING REGARDING DETECTION OF ASYNCHRONY DURING VENTILATION - Systems and methods are provided for monitoring and evaluating diverse ventilatory parameters to detect an asynchrony and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a patient to the clinician when asynchrony, such as an ineffective effort and an auto-trigger, is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format such that the clinician may selectively access summarized and/or detailed information regarding the presence of asynchrony. In more automated systems, recommendations may be automatically implemented. | 04-02-2015 |
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20090017788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARABLE VOICE BILLING FOR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL AIRTIME USE - Separable billing of business and non-business calls to/from a remote station or wireless communications device is provided. Business calls may be billed to the business, or other entity that provides a telephone to a user, and non-business calls may be billed to a user personally. When a call is desired to be connected, it is determined if the number of the call is a business number. If the number is a business number, the call is placed and billed to the business. If the number is not a business number, the call is placed and billed to the user when the user approves personal billing for the call. If the user does not approve personal billing of a non-business call, the call may be denied. | 01-15-2009 |
20090276120 | VEHICLE SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for validating a vehicle operator. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an input device for allowing entry of vehicle operator identification information, a transceiver for transmitting a message and receiving a response to the message, an interface for allowing a processor to communication with a vehicle sub-system, and a processor connected to the input device, the transceiver, and the interface, the processor for receiving the vehicle operator identification information from the input device, for generating the message comprising the vehicle operation identification information and providing the message to the transceiver, for receiving the response from the transceiver and for controlling the vehicle sub-system, via the interface, based on the response. | 11-05-2009 |
20100156603 | ASSET APPARENCY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus making an asset apparent. The method and apparatus may be configured to obtain an asset apparency request to locate an asset, wherein the asset apparency request includes an identification code corresponding to the asset, to generate an asset apparency message, wherein the asset apparency message includes an identification code corresponding to the user, the identification code corresponding to the asset, and one or more instructions to trigger the asset to perform one or more functionalities to make the asset apparent, and to transmit, to a central processing facility wherein the asset apparency message is processed by the central processing facility by: determining a unique identifying value for the asset from the identification codes corresponding to the user and the asset, and transmitting the one or more instructions to trigger the asset to perform one or more functionalities to make the asset apparent. | 06-24-2010 |
20110010761 | CONNECTIVITY DEPENDENT APPLICATION SECURITY FOR REMOTE DEVICES - Conditional access to security-sensitive applications and/or content in a remote device may be granted based on a history of access to connectivity (e.g., access to a communication network) for the remote device. A remote device may monitor access to connectivity. If it is determined that the remote device has a first history to access to connectivity (e.g., a recent access to connectivity), a first security level is applied in providing access to the security-sensitive application. Otherwise, if a second history of access to connectivity is ascertained (e.g., no recent access to connectivity), a second security level is applied in providing access to the security-sensitive application, where the second security level is more stringent then the first security level. If the remote device is lost, a remote server may send a request to the remote device to restrict or disable access to the security-sensitive applications and/or content | 01-13-2011 |
20110014898 | WIRELESS PROVISIONING SOLUTION FOR TARGET DEVICES - Systems and methods to provision a non-handset target device with wide-area communication service, such as wireless wide area network (WWAN) technology. Identifying information of the target device can be provided to a provisioning service provider (PSP) via a mobile provisioning device over a communication network. The PSP can determine the service carrier associated with the mobile provisioning device and enable the provisioning of the target device with the wide-area communication service to the service carrier via the mobile provisioning device. A billing plan can be instituted for the service of the target non-handset device relating to a billing plan of the mobile provisioning device. | 01-20-2011 |
20110039525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO INDICATE COMMUNICATION IS WANTED OR WAITING - An integrated communication system comprises a first communication device connected to a second communication device using a data link. When the first communication device is out of network, a dispatch center can indicate to the use a communication is waiting or wanted by sending a communication request signal to the second communication device. The second communication device transmits the communication request signal to the first communication device over the data link alerting the user of the first communication device to the requested communication. | 02-17-2011 |
20110117927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERLOCKING COMMUNICATION AND TRACKING APPLICATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device transmits location information associated with a mobile worker, and provides an option to the mobile worker to disable such location transmissions. The use of the location transmission function is enhanced by interlocking the location tracking function with one or more other functions of the wireless communication device. When the tracking function is disabled, one or more other functions that the mobile worker finds valuable are also disabled, thus reducing the likelihood that the mobile worker will disable location tracking. Rules may be implemented to disable the other functions only in the event that disabling the tracking function violates a violated. Location monitoring for such workers is thereby enhanced. | 05-19-2011 |
20110234397 | WIRELESS TRACKING DEVICE - An apparatus and method for a tracking device to inconspicuously track a person to be monitored (such as a child or at-risk adult) are presented. Some embodiments of the present invention combine a positioning receiver (e.g., a GPS receiver) and a locking mechanism to act as a tracking device, which attaches to an article of clothing or fabric wearable by the person to be monitored. Some embodiments of the present invention keep a positioning receiver and a radio frequency identification tag (RFID tag) or other RF tag, which are physically separate but in RF proximity of each other. | 09-29-2011 |
20120036132 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CONTENT - Apparatus and methods for managing content, such as content captured by a mobile device, are provided. The apparatus and method include receiving a plurality of content, which includes tag information, e.g., date and location information and an identifier for the mobile device. In addition, the apparatus and methods may include automatically grouping the content based on the tag information, and automatically labeling the content based on the tag information. For example, determined groupings of the content may be placed into folders and labeled based upon the tag information. | 02-09-2012 |
20120041857 | Method and Apparatus For Providing Separable Billing Services - Methods and apparatus for providing separable billing services. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory for storing a data address associated with a first type of communication and a processor for receiving a data packet, the data packet comprising a destination data address. The processor compares the destination data address to the data address associated with the first type of communication, and routes the data packet to the destination data address if the destination data address matches the data address associated with the first type of communication and bills an account associated with the first type of communication. | 02-16-2012 |
20120150327 | SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, OR COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXERCISE AND PERSONAL SECURITY - A method and system for tracking exercise and personal security includes providing hardware for a portable computing device that allows the device to be worn on a person. The method includes receiving a selection of an exercise option with the portable computing device and receiving a selection of an automated alert option for personal security with the portable computing device while a person trains or competes. The portable computing device that is worn may display one or more biological outputs on a display and it may provide a user interface which has one or more selectable instant alert options. The user interface may also support two-way audio communications. | 06-14-2012 |
20130033375 | REDUCTION OF FALSE ALARMS IN ASSET TRACKING - An asset tracking device and methods prevent false alarms when a tracked asset is intentionally removed from a safe zone. A special mode is enabled on the tracking device or a server by a user. In response, the asset tracking device or server may start a first timer providing time for the asset to leave the safe zone. The asset tracking device or server monitors for the device leaving the safe zone. If the asset does not leave the safe zone within this predefined period of time, the tracking device or server resets to its normal operating mode. If the asset is removed within the first time period, a second timer may be set for a maximum duration that the asset will be outside the safe zone. If the asset is not returned to the safe zone within the second time period, the asset or server may send an alarm. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035093 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR POWER SAVINGS BY CONTROLLING A FIRST RADIO BASED ON A SECOND RADIO - The various embodiments provide methods, devices, and systems for conserving power by controlling a first radio based on a second radio. In various embodiments, the first radio may be generally on or periodically on, and in communication with or attempting to establish connections with a first radio network. The device may determine whether to energize or turn on a second radio to connect with a second radio network based on one or more connections or the absence of connections established by the primary radio. This determination may be further based on various factors, such as a beacon or identifier sent over a primary radio connection, information obtained from or regarding the first radio network, one or more data structures stored within the device, or previously recorded states of the device. | 02-07-2013 |
20130052988 | Separable Billing for Personal Data Services - A billing system and method for providing both business and personal data access to a user of a wireless communications device is provided. A user enters an access request, and it is determined if the access request is a personal type access request or a business type access request. Personal type access requests are processed in order to provide billing for the personal requests to the user of the wireless communications device, and business type access requests are processed to provide billing to the business. Such systems and methods provide enhanced convenience to mobile workers while avoiding additional costs associated with such services being incurred by the business. | 02-28-2013 |
20130065554 | WIRELESS PROVISIONING SOLUTION FOR TARGET DEVICES - Systems and methods to provision a non-handset target device with wide-area communication service, such as wireless wide area network (WWAN) technology. Identifying information of the target device can be provided to a provisioning service provider (PSP) via a mobile provisioning device over a communication network. The PSP can determine the service carrier associated with the mobile provisioning device and enable the provisioning of the target device with the wide-area communication service to the service carrier via the mobile provisioning device. A billing plan can be instituted for the service of the target non-handset device relating to a billing plan of the mobile provisioning device. | 03-14-2013 |
20140274225 | POWER OPTIMIZATIONS FOR CHALLENGING WAN SERVICE CONDITIONS - A method for a tracking device optimizing power to remain reachable for a desired period based on evaluated wide-area-network conditions. The tracking device may communicate via a power-intensive long-range transceiver and may continually measure service conditions related to network communications. The tracking device may periodically calculate statistical information describing the service conditions, such as a percentage of time in which the tracking device was out-of-network-service. Based on the statistics, the tracking device may operate in an optimization mode to conserve power when out-of-network-service. In an embodiment, the tracking device may calculate the statistics based on evaluation periods defined by predefined numbers of out-of-network-service occurrences, predefined time periods, and/or a hybrid of both. In an embodiment, the tracking device may conserve power in a power save state that alternates with another operating state in which the tracking device periodically evaluates criteria before either continuing to conserve power or utilize network resources. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080312941 | SEPARABLE BILLING FOR PERSONAL DATA SERVICES - A billing system and method for providing both business and personal data access to a user of a wireless communications device is provided. A user enters an access request, and it is determined if the access request is a personal type access request or a business type access request. Personal type access requests are processed in order to provide billing for the personal requests to the user of the wireless communications device, and business type access requests are processed to provide billing to the business. Such systems and methods provide enhanced convenience to mobile workers while avoiding additional costs associated with such services being incurred by the business. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313284 | WIRELESS DEVICE CACHING DATA PROXY - A wireless device is provided to act as a caching data proxy for a first device, which may or may not be wireless. In particular, a cellular telephone is associated as a caching data proxy for a wireless portable computing device. The cellular telephone caches data as a proxy for the portable computing device when the portable computing device is either out of network coverage, powered down, or the like. | 12-18-2008 |
20090082962 | Routing Drivers to Trailers Effectively - A method and apparatus for locating a specific asset using navigation technology or specific signaling capabilities. This system improves a driver's productivity by providing location information or signals to a driver to assist him in locating a specific trailer. An embodiment includes a system for navigating/routing drivers to their assigned trailer, using GPS, and Navigation technology. Another embodiment includes an audio and/or visual signal from a specific trailer activated by a driver seeking the location of the specific trailer. | 03-26-2009 |
20090219135 | DIGITAL OVER-THE-AIR KEYING SYSTEM - A system for providing operational access to equipment or vehicles is disclosed wherein digital access codes are assigned and transported over-the-air governing a vehicle's or equipment's use. The access codes can be generated in connection with comparison of entered and stored biometric data and/or entered code from a keypad. Various security protocols can be used to ensure the secure dispatch and delivery of code information. | 09-03-2009 |
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