ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,576, issued on July 14, was assigned to DRAGERWERK AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).
"Process and apparatus for monitoring a ventilator" was invented by Marcus Eger (Lubeck, Germany) and Thomas Handzsuj (Lubeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and apparatus monitor a ventilator (100). The ventilator (100) performs supportive artificial ventilation including a sequence of ventilation strokes, with the objective that each inspiration effort of the patient (Pt) triggers a ventilation stroke and the start and the end of the ventilation stroke coincide with the start and the end of the inspiratory effort, respectively. A m...