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MECHANICAL VENTILATOR CONFIGURATION FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION OF A PATIENT WITH LIMITED OR NO IMAGING DATA OF THE PATIENT

Publication No. EP4537353

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App No. EP23729749

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Filed by Koninklijke Philips N.V.

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Filed on 2023-05-31

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Issued/Published on 2025-12-17

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP4537353 A1

Application No. EP23729749 Filed: 2023-05-31

Grant Date 2025-12-17 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

G16H20/40, A61B34/10, G16H30/20, A61B17/00, A61M16/04, A61M16/00 G16H20/40, A61B34/10, A61M16/00, G16H30/20

Priority Claims

US 202263350435P Date: 2022-06-09

Designated Contracting States (39 EPC States)

Albania (AL)

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San Marino (SM)

Turkey (TR)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Koninklijke Philips N.V.

High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven

Inventors (7)

HENDRIKS, Cornelis Petrus

5656 AG Eindhoven

BUIZZA, Roberto

5656 AG Eindhoven

POLKEY, Michael

5656 AG Eindhoven

SABCZYNSKI, Jörg

5656 AG Eindhoven

WIEMKER, Rafael

5656 AG Eindhoven

HAARTSEN, Jacob Roger

5656 AG Eindhoven

KOEHLER, Thomas

5656 AG Eindhoven

Representatives / Agents

Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven

Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB

Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15, 80539 München

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2025-01-09

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-12-17

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-07-16

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP4537353 under EPC Article 99.

1 ACTIVE OPPONENT

Opponent Company

Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB

Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15, DE

Representative

Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB

Filing Date

2026-09-17

Opposition in Progress

Patent & Non-Patent Citations

Cited documents and prior art referenced in search and examination reports.

18 Citations

Cited Patent Documents

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

WONG JIN WAI ET AL: "Model-based patient matching for in-parallel pressure-controlled ventilation", BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ONLINE, vol. 21, no. 1, 9 February 2022 (2022-02-09), GB, XP093293108, ISSN: 1475-925X, DOI: 10.1186/s12938-022-00983-y

CHRISTIAN J. ROTH; MAHMOUD ISMAIL; LENA YOSHIHARA; WOLFGANG A. WALL: "A comprehensive computational human lung model incorporating interacinar dependencies: Application to spontaneous breathing and mechanical ventilation", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., HOBOKEN, USA, vol. 33, no. 1, 22 June 2016 (2016-06-22), Hoboken, USA, pages n/a - n/a, XP072455195, ISSN: 2040-7939, DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2787

ROTH CHRISTIAN J., BECHER TOBIAS, FRERICHS INZ, WEILER NORBERT, WALL WOLFGANG A.: "Coupling of EIT with computational lung modeling for predicting patient-specific ventilatory responses", JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY, AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, US, vol. 122, no. 4, 1 April 2017 (2017-04-01), US , pages 855 - 867, XP093012546, ISSN: 8750-7587, DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00236.2016

SEIFNARAGHI NIMA; DE GELIDI SERENA; NORDEBO SVEN; KALLIO MERJA; FRERICHS INEZ; TIZZARD ANDREW; SUO-PALOSAARI MARIA; SOPHOCLEOUS LO: "Model Selection Based Algorithm in Neonatal Chest EIT", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, IEEE, USA, vol. 68, no. 9, 21 January 2021 (2021-01-21), USA, pages 2752 - 2763, XP011873047, ISSN: 0018-9294, DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2021.3053463

SUO DANIEL, ZHANG CYRIL, GRADU PAULA, GHAI UDAYA, CHEN XINYI, MINASYAN EDGAR, AGARWAL NAMAN, SINGH KARAN, LACHANCE JULIENNE, ZAJDE: "Machine Learning for Mechanical Ventilation Control", MEDRXIV, OPENRXIV, 1 March 2021 (2021-03-01), pages 1 - 15, XP093439328, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.26.21252524v1> DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.26.21252524

PEINE ARNE, HALLAWA AHMED, BICKENBACH JOHANNES, DARTMANN GUIDO, FAZLIC LEJLA BEGIC, SCHMEINK ANKE, ASCHEID GERD, THIEMERMANN CHRIS: "Development and validation of a reinforcement learning algorithm to dynamically optimize mechanical ventilation in critical care", NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP UK, vol. 4, no. 1, 19 February 2021 (2021-02-19), XP093143125, ISSN: 2398-6352, DOI: 10.1038/s41746-021-00388-6

WONG JIN WAI, CHIEW YEONG SHIONG, DESAIVE THOMAS, CHASE J. GEOFFREY: "Model-based patient matching for in-parallel pressure-controlled ventilation", BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ONLINE, BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, LONDON, GB, vol. 21, no. 1, 1 December 2022 (2022-12-01), GB , pages 11 - 14, XP093293108, ISSN: 1475-925X, DOI: 10.1186/s12938-022-00983-y

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Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

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