US Patent Issued to Koninklijke Philips on Aug. 5 for "Accurate diaphragm thickness and function evaluation using ultrasound and mechanical ventilator signals" (Dutch, German, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,584, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Accurate diaphragm thickness and function evaluation using ultrasound and mechanical ventilator signals" was invented by Cornelis Petrus Hendriks (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Roberto Buizza (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Michael Polkey (London), Jaap Roger Haartsen (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Joerg Sabczynski (Hamburg, Germany), Rafael Wiemker (Hamburg, Germany) and Thomas Koehler (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm measurement device includes at least one electronic processor programmed to perform a diaphragm measurement method i...