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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Robert Romano, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Richard James Mckenzie, Jr., Butler, PA (US);

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/087 (2006.01); A61B 5/085 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/024 (2017.08); A61B 5/085 (2013.01); A61B 5/087 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 2016/003 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0018 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0036 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01);
Abstract

In certain embodiments, a ventilator may provide interactive guidance for obtaining a subject's expiratory flow limitation results. In some embodiments, the ventilator may cause a progressive color component to be presented, where the progressive color component indicates a progression from one color proximate one side of the progressive color component to another color proximate another side of the progressive color component. The ventilator may cause a forced oscillation to be continuously applied to an airway of the subject for a time period. The ventilator may monitor the subject's degree of expiratory flow limitation based on output signals generated by one or more sensors as the forced oscillation is continuously applied for the time period. The ventilator may cause, based on the monitoring, a movable component's position on the progressive color component to be continuously updated during the time period to indicate the degree of expiratory flow limitation.


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