Device and method for determining a respiration rate

US8696588B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dräger Medical GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Ullrich HANSMANN · Klein Barnitz, DE
• Tilman von Blumenthal · Wulfen, DE
• Peter Tschuncky · Lübeck, DE
• Andreas Hengstenberg · Reinfeld, DE
• Frank Mett · Lübeck, DE
• Uwe Kuhn · Riederich, DE
• Frank FRANZ · Lübeck, DE
• Kai Kuck · Hamburg, DE
• Steffen Schmitt · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B7/003
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device (1) and a corresponding method are provided for determining and/or monitoring the respiration rate based on measurement with more than one sensor (5, 7, 9, 13, 15). The device may be part of a monitor for determining and/or monitoring the respiration rate. The second and/or additional sensors are different form the first sensor and have a different manor of operation from the first sensor.