Brian R Gross

US Patent:

8613702, Dec 24, 2013

Filed:

Aug 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/057769

Inventors:

David L. Feer - Brookline MA, US
Robert A. Feuersanger - Westford MA, US
Brian D. Gross - North Andover MA, US
Suzanne Kavanagh - Andover MA, US
Eric D. Nelson - Hampton Falls NH, US
Daniel A. Silber - Lexington MA, US

Assignee:

Koniklijke Philips N.V. - Eindhoven

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61J 15/00
A61B 5/02
A61B 5/042
A61B 5/087
A61B 5/04
A61B 5/0402
A61B 5/0205
A61B 5/1459
G06F 19/00

US Classification:

600301, 600424, 600380, 600393, 600323, 600325, 600342, 600593, 600509, 600549, 600537, 604523, 604534, 604528, 604 28

Abstract:

A neonatal feeding tube () includes electronics and instrumentation for monitoring a neonate and for provides nourishment to the neonate. The tube () includes electrodes () for sensing ECG signals of the neonate. Thermistors () are placed at various points along the tube () to measure the neonate's temperature at those points. Breathing effort is measured by calculating a pressure differential at two pressure ports (). Pulse and SpOare measured at a fiber optic window (). The electrodes (), a distal electrode () and a light source () aid in helping a caregiver position the tip () of the tube () correctly in the stomach of the neonate.

US Patent:

20110002223, Jan 6, 2011

Filed:

Feb 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/918822

Inventors:

Brian Gross - North Andover MA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

H04L 12/56
G08B 23/00

US Classification:

370235, 3405731

Abstract:

When transmitting patient data over a hospital network, data types are prioritized into a data type hierarchy () that is employed to rank data types in order of criticality for transmission during periods of diminished signal quality. As signal quality decreases, less critical data types are omitted from transmission and stored to a gap data buffer for later transmission. As signal quality recovers, the less critical data types are restored to current data transmissions. Once all data types are restored during current transmission, previously omitted gap data is transmitted to fill in the gaps in a receiving device such as a network server to ensure that a complete data set is provided to the network and/or other devices coupled thereto.

US Patent:

20110029248, Feb 3, 2011

Filed:

Feb 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/866067

Inventors:

Mohammed Saeed - Cambridge MA, US
Kwok Pun Lee - Ossining NY, US
Colleen M. Ennett - White Plains NY, US
Larry Eshelman - Ossining NY, US
Larry Nielsen - Burlington MA, US
Brian Gross - North Andover MA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

702 19, 705 2

Abstract:

An apparatus () for predicting patient respiratory stability includes a patient data memory () which stores patient data for a patient () and an analyzer () in communication with the memory computes a measure of patient respiratory stability. The analyzer applies one or more rules to the patient data that are based on a plurality of parameters which in combination, have been identified as being predictive of patient respiratory instability, such as mean airway pressure (MAWP), plateau pressure (PP), arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2 or SpO2), and heart rate (HR). Based on the application of the rules, the analyzer determines the measure of patient respiratory stability.

US Patent:

20110125535, May 26, 2011

Filed:

Aug 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/055179

Inventors:

Brian Gross - North Andover MA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00
G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 3

Abstract:

A bracelet beacon device () includes a flexible material strap () which encases or is attached to a writable layer () carrying human readable patient identification information, a flexible power supply (), and a flexible circuit layer (). The flexible circuit layer includes a memory () for storing at least patient identification information and a body coupled communication transmitter () for transmitting the patient identification information via the patient using a body coupled communication protocol.

US Patent:

20110140912, Jun 16, 2011

Filed:

Aug 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/058266

Inventors:

Brian Gross - North Andover MA, US
Soren S. Johnson - Wakefield MA, US
Gregory H. Raber - Sterling MA, US
Erik E. Johnson - Bedford NH, US

International Classification:

G08C 19/16

US Classification:

34087002

Abstract:

Medical monitor readings () are displayed along with an indication of along with the age of the reading. The reading display is changed by altering the intensity of the reading value (-), color of the reading value (-), a subscript next to the reading (), a shape of the background (-), or icon (FIGS. -) to indicate the age of a presented reading.

US Patent:

20110316704, Dec 29, 2011

Filed:

Jan 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/147373

Inventors:

Larry Nielsen - Burlington MA, US
Gregory H. Raber - Sterling MA, US
Brian D. Gross - North Andover MA, US
Wei Zong - Belmont MA, US
Mohammed Saeed - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

G08B 23/00
G06F 17/40

US Classification:

3405731, 702187

Abstract:

Medical vital signs () are captured, recorded, processed, and a signal quality assessment () is computed based on signal waveform components such as slope, amplitude, time to rise, time at peak, and degree to which signal peaks () and valleys (). The signal assessment () may be used as a basis for rating the quality () of the underlying vital signal, to increase the quality of the signal by removing noisy segments and physiologically impossible peaks () and valleys (), to detect a parameter value (), to label a waveform (), or to prompt an alarm () to indicate the signal has reached a critical level and issue a warning to the user of the vital data. The signal and the assessment are stored in an indexed, searchable data storage memory () from which the signals may be retrieved and displayed ().

US Patent:

20120095778, Apr 19, 2012

Filed:

May 17, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/377833

Inventors:

Brian D. Gross - North Andover MA, US
Soren S. Johnson - Wakefield MA, US
W. Scott Reid - Derry NH, US
Elizabeth Zengo - Hudson NH, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

G06Q 50/22

US Classification:

705 2

Abstract:

A patient monitoring station includes a display that displays a plurality of sectors. A controller displays the patient data received from one or more remote medical devices in a corresponding sector of the display. The controller is programmed to collapse one or more sector in response to one of (1) not receiving patient data from the corresponding remote patient monitor or (2) receiving patient data not indicative of a pending patient event or alarm condition; and expand at least sectors that receive patient data indicative of a pending patient event or alarm condition.

US Patent:

20120116194, May 10, 2012

Filed:

Jun 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/383736

Inventors:

Brian D. Gross - North Andover MA, US
Jyh-Yun J. Wang - Newton MA, US
Marcus Holland-Moritz - Gartringen, DE
Bernd Wilm - Rohrdorf, DE
Axel Lange - Stuttgart, DE
Benedikt Latz - Stuttgart, DE
Volker Manfred Hubert - Gaertringen, DE
Gerhard Tivig - Nufringen, DE

International Classification:

G06Q 50/22
A61B 5/024
A61B 5/0205
A61B 5/08
A61B 5/145
A61B 5/021
A61B 5/1455

US Classification:

600324, 705 2, 600485, 600508, 600323, 600529, 600309, 600484

Abstract:

When monitoring physiological parameters (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, etc.) of a patient, a threshold limit () is set (e.g., automatically or manually) and the monitored parameter is continuously compared to the threshold limit, which may be constant or may vary with time. An alarm () is triggered if the monitored parameter exceeds the threshold limit at any time, or if the monitored parameter has not reached a target value by the end of a predefined time period by which an administered drug or therapy should have been effective.

Author:

Brian Gross

ISBN #:

0240806824

Author:

Brian Gross

ISBN #:

0240806905