04th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090024022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LYMPH NODE IMAGING USING CO-REGISTRATION OF CT AND MR IMAGERY - A method for imaging lymph nodes includes acquiring first magnetic resonance (MR) image data pertaining to a subject prior to administration of lymphotropic nanoparticles. Second MR image data pertaining to the subject is acquired after administration of lymphotropic nanoparticles. The first and second MR image data are registered using non-rigid registration. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024023 | THERMAL SURGICAL MONITORING - An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring a thermal surgical procedure including a thermal camera for monitoring temperature at a plurality of locations within at least a portion of a surgical field undergoing thermal surgical treatment and generating a series of thermal images based on said monitoring, a processor for processing the thermal images, and a display for displaying, in real time, a series of display images indicative of temperature at the plurality of positions. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024024 | Venous Access Port Assembly with X-Ray Discernable Indicia - A venous access port assembly ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024025 | System and method for performing at least one of a vertebroplasty procedure, a kyphoplasty procedure, an electroencephalography (EEG) procedure and intraoperative electromyography (EMG) procedure using a robot-controlled imaging system - In at least one embodiment, the present application is directed to a method. The method includes performing at least one of a vertebroplasty procedure, a kyphoplasty procedure, an electroencephalography (EEG) procedure and intraoperative electromyography (EMG) on a patient, and using an imaging system including at least an x-ray source and detector to image at least a portion of the patient during performance of at least a portion of the at least one of a vertebroplasty procedure, a kyphoplasty procedure, an electroencephalography (EEG) procedure and intraoperative electromyography (EMG), the imaging system being arranged on a robot including at least four, preferably six axes of rotation. In at least one embodiment, a method includes imaging, using an imaging system including at least an x-ray source and detector, at least a portion of a patient during at least a portion of at least one of a vertebroplasty procedure, a kyphoplasty procedure, an electroencephalography (EEG) procedure and intraoperative electromyography (EMG). The imaging system is arranged on a robot including at least four, preferably six axes of rotation. In at least one further embodiment of the present application, an x-ray system is disclosed. The x-ray system includes an imaging system including an x-ray source and an x-ray detector; a table; and at least two robots. The table is movable by the at least one robot and the at least one other robot includes at least four, preferably six axes of rotation and controls movement of the imaging system. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024026 | Imaging system - An imaging system ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024027 | TUBING CONNECTOR, FRONT LOADABLE SYRINGE, AND INJECTOR - A syringe for an injector that has at its nozzle end a connection to the fluid delivery tubing that prevents, reduces, or eliminates fluid leaks, by virtue of a ridge on the external surfaces of the connector which engage to tubing. Furthermore, the syringe and injector are configured to permit the syringe to be oriented in more than one manner on the injector. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING IMAGES - A method and system for evaluating images is disclosed herein. A method for evaluating non-ultrasound images using an ultra-sound imaging system comprises: obtaining plurality of ultrasound images using the ultrasound imaging system and fetching a plurality of non-ultrasound DICOM images to the ultrasound imaging system. Once the images are obtained, ultrasound measurements are performed in the ultrasound and non-ultrasound images using the ultrasound imaging system to obtain at least one predefined parameter from the ultrasound and non-ultrasound images. Once the predefined parameters are obtained, they are compared to interpret the results. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024029 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which forms a three-dimensional bloodstream image by reference to volume data obtained from a three-dimensional space within a living organism. Binarization processing and three-dimensional labeling processing are applied to velocity volume data, to thereby generate three-dimensional mask data. At this time, because a bloodstream object has a larger volume size than a noise object, this difference in volume size is utilized to discriminate between a bloodstream portion and a noise portion. Bloodstream volume data are then generated from the velocity volume data and by reference to the three-dimensional mask data. Then, a three-dimensional bloodstream image is formed by reference to the bloodstream volume data. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024030 | Methods and systems for guiding the acquisition of ultrasound images - A method of presenting a suggested path for an ultrasound probe along a patient's surface includes obtaining a three-dimensional, non-ultrasound image of the patient and an ultrasound image of the patient. A treatment area is defined within the within the three-dimensional, non-ultrasound image, and using the images, defining a scanning site contour of an anatomical structure of interest within the patient and an external contour of the patient's surface. A preferred path of the ultrasound scan is projected onto the external contour such that an operator can reproduce the ultrasound scan without knowledge of the anatomical structure of interest. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024031 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic transmission/reception unit and an image generating unit. The ultrasonic transmission/reception unit transmits a first ultrasonic pulse having a maximum amplitude in a positive pressure, a second ultrasonic pulse having a maximum amplitude in a negative pressure and a third ultrasonic pulse derived by compounding the first ultrasonic pulse with the second ultrasonic pulse into an object in which a contrast medium is injected and obtains first, second and third reception echoes corresponding to the first, second and third ultrasonic pulses respectively. The image generating unit generates a compounded signal which is a nonlinear component from the contrast medium by a linear calculation of the first, second and third reception echoes and generates image data of the object by using the compounded signal. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024032 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a transmitting section for driving a probe transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a subject; a receiving section for amplifying a reflected echo, produced by getting the ultrasonic wave reflected by a tissue and received at the probe, to generate a received signal; an image processing section for generating a tomographic image of the subject based on the signal; a region setting section for setting an arbitrary range of the tomographic image as a region of interest; a motion information gathering section for getting the motion information of the subject at measuring points on the subject based on the signal; a property value calculating section for calculating the property values of target tissues of the subject, specified by the measuring points, by reference to the motion information; and a distribution plotting section, which gets the property measured values and plots a frequency distribution of the property values based on the property values of the target tissues located within the region of interest set by the setting section. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024033 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which forms a three-dimensional bloodstream image by reference to volume data obtained from a three-dimensional space within a living organism. A modified maximum value detection method is applied along each ray. Search of a maximum value is sequentially executed from a search start point, and at a time point when a predetermined termination condition is satisfied, a maximum value which is being detected at this time point is regarded as a specific maximum value. The specific maximum value is then converted into a pixel value. The specific maximum value is a first peak and is specified even if a higher peak exists after the first peak. A three-dimensional bloodstream image is formed by a plurality of pixel values. In a portion of the three-dimensional bloodstream image in which two bloodstreams cross each other, a bloodstream located on the front side is preferentially displayed. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024034 | RELATIVE POSITION DETERMINATION MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SCANS - Using a conformal array or an ultrasound probe sequentially positioned at different locations, scans of overlapping regions are performed. A fiber optic sensor or light intensity based sensor determines the relative position of the probe or arrays for each of the scans. This relative position simplifies data correlation by limiting the search and/or is used to determine the relative position of the scans or data. The data may be aligned and combined. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024035 | MULTI STAGE BEAMFORMING - Beamforming for N elements in performed in log(N) steps of complexity O(N). The signals measured at each element are treated as a receive beam formed by that element with a beam width equal to the element pattern or the width of the transmit illumination. In each of multiple stages, the number of elements is halved by effectively doubling the pitch. The number of beams formed by each element is doubled by narrowing the beam width by a factor of 2 in sin(θ). Since steering and focusing are separated, a single set of delays are applied to each element signal individually prior to the multi-stage beam forming for each finite depth. The data is in a sector format, but by using two beamforming steps, data in a Vector® format is provided. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024036 | Method and apparatus for multiple transmit contrast imaging - A method for measuring a non-linear response from a target using an imaging apparatus includes transmitting a signal towards a region of interest from a transducer at a first amplitude and measuring a first response thereto, and transmitting, from the transducer towards the region of interest, at least one additional signal of the same phase as the first amplitude signal but at one or more different, lower amplitudes and measuring at least one additional response thereto. A difference of a function of the measured additional response or responses from the first response is determined, thereby obtaining a non-linear response of the object of interest, and a representation of the non-linear response is displayed. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024037 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF ACQUIRING ULTRASONIC IMAGES - Transmitting and receiving ultrasound with repetition frequency that corresponds to velocity range indicating the measurable velocity to and from a diagnostic site that contains moving fluid within a body to be examined. Generating Doppler spectrum image showing velocity of moving fluid based on signals obtained from transmission and reception of ultrasound. Storing modeled value based on model correlating standard blood velocity waveform with an ECG waveform. Calculating measured blood velocity waveform based on spectrum image of a specified patient. Acquiring ECG waveform at timing corresponding to measured blood velocity waveform. Estimating blood velocity waveform excluding effects of valve signals of patient based on measured blood velocity waveform, ECG waveform, and modeled value. Comparing measured blood velocity waveform with estimated blood velocity waveform, to exclude excess parts of the difference over a threshold from measured blood velocity waveform, and to interpolate excluded parts of measured blood velocity waveform. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024038 | Acoustic imaging probe incorporating photoacoustic excitation - Various embodiments of the present invention provide for a photoacoustic imaging probe for use in a photoacoustic imaging system, whereby the probe is comprised of a cohesive composite, acoustic lens incorporating aspheric geometry and exhibiting low or practically no measurable dispersion of acoustic waves constructed of at least one material with a low acoustic impedance and attenuation and a relatively low acoustic velocity and at least one other material with a low acoustic impedance and attenuation and a relatively high acoustic velocity. The probe is housed in a conduit filled with a low acoustic velocity and low acoustic impedance fluid such as water or mineral oil. The lens may be designed as a telecentric lens, an acoustic zoom lens, a catadioptric lens, or a reflective lens. The lens focuses acoustic waves on an acoustic imager which detects the image. The acoustic imager may be designed as a 2 dimensional array of transducers. Research to date indicates that within the range of acoustic frequencies of interest, 1 MHz-50 MHz and preferable 2 MHz-10 MHz, there exists little velocity variation within the materials of interest, and the lens design approach may currently be considered to be essentially monochromatic. The acoustic waves can be generated when an emitting light source illuminates a test subject comprising materials that generate acoustic waves at differing intensities and/or frequencies when illuminated with light, for example tissue containing blood vessels, wherein the blood vessels excite and generate an acoustic pulse. The probe has an acoustic window made of a material with low acoustic impedance which allows the acoustic pulse to enter the probe without distortion and then may be reflected by a mirror onto the acoustic lens. The probe may include the emitting light source and an optical window to allow light emitting from said light source to illuminate the test subject. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024039 | HANDHELD VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND SCANNING DEVICE - An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue volume are described, the apparatus being particularly advantageous in the context of freehand ultrasound assisted biopsy of the breast although readily applied to non-biopsy contexts and other body parts. The apparatus comprises a casing configured and dimensioned for single-handed manipulation relative to a surface of the tissue, and a texturably couplant-porous material sheet extending across an opening of the casing. The texturably couplant-porous material sheet has an outer side and an inner side relative to the casing, the outer side for compressively contacting the tissue surface. The apparatus further comprises an ultrasound transducer positioned against the inner side of the texturably couplant-porous material sheet and being mechanically translatable thereacross for volumetrically scanning the tissue volume therethrough. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024040 | Wall-Contacting Intravascular Ultrasound Probe Catheters - The present invention provides intravascular diagnostic catheters that include one or more wall-contacting/wall-approaching probes including IVUS probe elements and diagnostic systems including such catheters, for the evaluation and diagnosis of blood vessels. Also provided are intravascular catheters in which the wall-contacting/wall-approaching probes further include an optical probe element and systems including such catheters, for combined IVUS and optical analysis of a blood vessel wall. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024041 | Apparatus for measuring bio-information - Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring bio-information of a user. The apparatus includes an input device for receiving basic bio-information of the user, a first light source radiating a first light having a first wavelength on the surface of the skin, a second light source radiating a second light having a second wavelength on the surface of the skin, a third light source arranged so as to be placed in a more distant position from a photo detector than the first and the second light sources, said third light source radiating a third light having a third wavelength on the surface of the skin, the photo detector for detecting a first, second and third detection lights transmitted through the surface of the skin and converting said first, second and third detection light into electrical signals, said first, second and third detection light corresponding to said first, second and third wavelengths and a control unit for enabling the first, second and third light sources to be driven in a known order and for producing bio-information of the user on the basis of the inputted basic bio-information and intensities of the first, second and third detection lights. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING VENTRICULAR FUNCTION OF A HEART - A method for monitoring a right atrial pressure (RAP) and a left atrial pressure (LAP) for diagnosis of a heart condition includes positioning a transseptal device with respect to a pulmonary artery to monitor at least one flow characteristic of blood through the pulmonary artery. The transseptal device is configured to generate one or more signals representative of the at least one flow characteristic. A right ventricular end diastolic pressure (RVEDP) and a left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) are detected to facilitate monitoring the heart condition. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024043 | Methods, Devices and Systems for the Prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infants Predisposed to SIDS - Methods and systems for preventing the underlying anatomical cause that gives rise to a predisposition to SIDS are provided. Methods and systems are provided for the diagnosis of infants predisposed to SIDS. Methods and systems are provided for the therapeutic treatment of infants predisposed to SIDS. A treatment device includes an auditory stimulation system, a monitoring system, a warming system and a response system that can respond to and alleviate crisis situations. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024044 | DATA RECORDING FOR PATIENT STATUS ANALYSIS - A method and system for analyzing the status of a subject. A cordless recording device comprising a set of electrodes is attached on the forehead of the subject to collect brain wave signal data from the subject. Based on the brain wave signal data, status information indicative of the status of the subject during a measurement period is generated. A bioimpedance signal is further measured through two electrodes of the electrode set and heart rate data is derived from the bioimpedance signal. The heart rate data is utilized to enhance the quality of the status information, which is typically sleep state information. The invention also relates to a recording device attachable to the forehead of the subject. The recording may comprise a data memory for storing the data measured from the subject during the measurement period. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024045 | MECHANICAL FUNCTION MARKER CHANNEL FOR CARDIAC MONITORING AND THERAPY CONTROL - The implantable medical device (IMD) system disclosed here utilizes one or more cardiac sensors that measure mechanical characteristics of the heart, such as left ventricular acceleration or right ventricular pressure. The raw sensor data is collected and processed by the IMD, which derives one or more mechanical event marker signals from features, traits, and characteristics of the sensor data waveforms. The mechanical event marker signals are wirelessly transmitted to an external monitor device for display. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024046 | Apparatus and method for detection of one lung intubation by monitoring sounds - A method and a device for the acoustic detection of a one lung intubation situation in a human subject are disclosed. According to some embodiments, the disclosed method includes computing an autoregressive moving average (ARMA) or an autoregressive function of electrical signals received from acoustic detectors placed at different locations on the body of the subject. Appropriate locations for acoustic detectors include the back region and the chest region. The disclosed method and apparatus are insensitive to uncancelled, random background noise with a loudness associated with an operating room or intensive care ward. The disclosed device is configurable so that the relative occurrence rate of missed detections or false negatives and false positive alarms can be modified. In one exemplary embodiment, the device is adapted such that at most 9% of identifications are false positive identifications, and at most 2% of identifications are false negative identifications. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024047 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESPIRATION THERAPY - Embodiments of the invention are related to devices and methods for respiration therapy, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes a system for providing respiration therapy to a patient, including an implantable device comprising a chronically implanted respiration sensor, the respiration sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of respiration rate of the patient; and an external interface device in communication with the implantable device, the external interface device comprising an output device and configured to deliver respiration therapy to the patient, the respiration therapy comprising one or more breathing prompts generated by the output device. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for providing respiration therapy to a patient. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of monitoring a heart failure patient for decompensation events. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024048 | Respiration Detecting Means - The present application is directed to a detector to detect or generate measuring signals that are indicative of the respiration of a person, wherein said detector can be used advantageously in view of hygiene and stands out due to a simple and robust configuration. According to a first aspect, the detector detects a signal that is indicative of the activity of the respiratory muscles of a person to be examined, the detector comprising a band which, in the application position, is passed around a torso region which widens and narrows when the person to be examined breathes, as well as a structure that is included in the band and loaded in accordance with the narrowing or widening of the torso region. The structure is configured such that it causes a change in the volume of a measuring space device depending on a tensile force. It is thus advantageously possible to detect or measure the forces acting on the band in a non-electric manner and, on the basis of this detection or measurement, draw conclusions relating to the widening or narrowing of the torso. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024049 | CROSS-MODALITY SYNTHESIS OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND EFFECTOR DATA - An cross-modality response synthesizer analyzes and enhances central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data to a evaluate subject response to stimuli. A data collection mechanism obtains response data from a subject exposed to stimuli, such as marketing and entertainment stimuli. The cross-modality response synthesizer aligns and combines response data from multiple modalities to provide more accurate determinations of the effectiveness of stimuli. For example, facial emotion encoding measures are aligned and combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to enhance the valence of an EEG emotional engagement measure. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024050 | Computational user-health testing - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting user brain activity measurement data; selecting at least one user-health test function at least partly based on the user brain activity measurement data; and applying the at least one user-health test function to at least one interaction between at least one user and at least one device-implemented application. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024051 | Estimation of F-wave times of arrival (TOA) for use in the assessment of neuromuscular function - A method and apparatus for the assessment of neuromuscular function by estimating motor unit F-wave component time of arrival (TOA), comprising: (i) determining and comparing F-wave component features so as to accurately identify individual F-wave components; (ii) repeatedly searching the individual F-wave components and extracting additional individual F-wavelets where possible so as to build a complete F-wave TOA profile; and (iii) computing and reporting TOA results for the assessment of neuromuscular function. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024052 | METHOD AND PROBE FOR MEASURING THE IMPEDANCE OF HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY TISSUE - A method for determining whether a probe for measuring the impedance of human or animal body tissue has been placed over a boundary between different tissue types is described. The probe used in the method comprises at least a first ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024053 | BODY COMPOSITION MEASURING APPARATUS | 2009-01-22 |
20090024054 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - The invention relates to an implantable medical device which has sensors for recognizing the health status of the bodily tissue surrounding the implantable medical device in a sensor. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024055 | All-in-one biological specimen collecting, transporting and analyzing device - A device for collecting, shipping and analyzing a pathological specimen comprises a collector stick projecting from the inside of the stopper of a first tubular vessel containing a solution. The bottom of the vessel has a hole sealed by a frangible barrier. When the first vessel is inserted into a second vessel containing a signaling element and having a pintle projecting inwardly from its bottom, the frangible barrier is broken by the pintle and part of the solution flows into the second vessel where it contacts the signaling element. A pin projecting from the inside of a cover for the second vessel punctures the stopper of the first vessel facilitating the flow of solution from the first to the second vessel. The analytical process can be performed in the absence of any contacting or manipulating of the first vessel and specimen collector by simply screwing the cap to its farthest position. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024056 | Coaxial Needle Assembly - An adjustable coaxial needle assembly for placement into a tissue mass prior to a biopsy procedure comprises a guide cannula assembly, a stylet, and a throw calibrator. The stylet is selectively coaxially received by the guide cannula, which is in turn coaxially received by the throw calibrator. The effective length of the guide cannula can be selectively adjusted by moving the throw calibrator relative to the guide cannula to adjust the distance between an open distal end of the guide cannula and a the throw calibrator. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024057 | Catheter - A catheter for insertion into a blood vessel, the catheter having a sampling part arranged to capture a blood sample at a plurality of locations along a length of the blood vessel and an apparatus arranged to analyse blood taken from a plurality of locations along the length of the blood vessel and to provide a profile of concentration levels along the length of the blood vessel. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024058 | Device for Sampling Oral Fluid - A device for the collection of oral fluid from a subject's oral cavity may include a sample-collecting mouthpiece and a one-way valve. The mouthpiece may include a collecting chamber, introducible into the oral cavity of the subject for collecting oral fluid, and a resiliently deformable wall section defining at least part of the collecting chamber such that compression of the resiliently deformable wall forcibly expels a collected fluid from the collecting chamber via a collecting chamber outlet. The one-way valve may be in fluid communication with the collecting chamber outlet and may allow fluid to be displaced from the device following compression of the resiliently deformable wall but prevents ambient air flowing back through the valve into the device. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024059 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING BODY FLUID - A device is disclosed for obtaining body fluid, in particular blood, comprising a lancing element having a tip for puncturing the skin of a body part and an actuator coupled with the lancing element for a forward and backward movement of the lancing element, where the lancing element can be inserted into the skin up to an optionally adjustable puncture position. The actuator is adapted to drive the lancing element forwardly to a penetration speed of at most 0.7 m/s when the lancing element penetrates the skin. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024060 | SAMPLE COLLECTOR - A collector includes a collecting element that receives a sample of bodily fluid. The collecting element may be an absorbent pad that has been treated with a surfactant to optimize recovery of analytes from the sample and/or their absorbance onto the absorbent material. An extractor is operably connected to a container and receives the collector to provide fluid communication between the collector and the container. The collector, when received by the extractor, is operable to release a volume of the sample into the container. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024061 | Driving Force Calculating Device, Driving Force Calculating Method, Power Assisting Device, Program, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium - In one embodiment of the present invention, a driving force calculating device calculates a driving force so that a desired load is applied on a muscle while a power assisting device assists and/or resists a predetermined motion. A driving force calculating section of a driving force calculating device calculates a driving force of each driving section according to a joint torque table on joint torque necessary for a rotational motion and an assigned muscle force table on an assigned muscle force input to a muscle force input section. For the calculation is used a muscle/artificial muscle integrated model data integrally including musculoskeletal model data on a musculoskeletal model of a human and artificial muscle model data on an artificial muscle model of the power assisting device. The driving force is calculated through optimization using Crowninshield performance function under constraint conditions of the joint torque and the assigned muscle force. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024062 | WEARABLE DEVICE HAVING FEEDBACK CHARACTERISTICS - A wearable device having feedback characteristics including a compliant article that is arranged to extend over an anatomical portion of a wearer. Sensors provided with the wearable device detect the orientation of a joint and send signals to a processor for analysis. When the processor determines that the joint is in an unsafe or potentially injurious configuration, a feedback or response mechanism is activated to alert the user to such a condition and/or to provide substantially rigid structural support to the joint. The device may also be used to condition users to maintain the joint in proper orientations to avoid injuries, or to condition an amputee to use more effective motions to achieve a more natural gait. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024064 | Plasticized Article for Treating the Skin - The present invention refers to a plasticized article for treating the skin, particularly a massaging personal cleansing bar that provides users with practicality, durability and comfort, with its shape of specific dimensions and proportions capable of increasing the soap's useful life, prolonging the massaging effect consisting of projections. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024065 | WEARABLE DEVICE HAVING FEEDBACK CHARACTERISTICS - A wearable device having feedback characteristics including a compliant article arranged to extend over an anatomical portion of a wearer and for providing a user with information regarding range of motion parameters of a joint and/or to condition users to maintain proper joint orientations. Sensors provided with the wearable device detect the orientation of the joint and send signals to a processor for analysis. When the processor determines that the joint is outside of predefined range of motion parameters or in an unsafe or potentially injurious configuration, a feedback or response mechanism is activated to alert the user to such a condition or to provide substantially rigid structural support to the joint. The sensors, processor, and feedback mechanisms can be provided in a monitoring and control package along a side of the compliant article. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024066 | Device to alleviate the symptoms of restless leg syndrome, restless arms syndrome, and foot and leg cramps - A flexible foot relief pad that is wrapped about and secured to the individual's foot in order to relieve the symptoms of restless leg syndrome, restless arms, and foot and leg cramps includes a pliable cloth wrap having a foot engaging portion joined to a securing portion by a fold, with the foot engaging portion enclosing a cavity for holding therein a layered raised pressure application pad that applies pressure to select areas of the inner side and sole of the foot with the layered pad configured so that a portion of the pad extends transverse to the sole of the foot and a raised portion extends along the inner side of the foot for applying pressure to the specific muscle groups involved in restless leg syndrome. The flexible foot relief pad also includes adjustable securement members that wrap around and encompass both the foot and the relief pad for securing the pad to the foot, and the point of attachment for each securement member is adjustable thereby providing for the even application of pressure against the specific areas of the sole of the foot or for varying the amount of pressure applied to such areas on the sole of the foot. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024067 | WOUND DRESSING AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SAME - A multi-layered wound dressing includes a moisture-retaining portion for enhancing the healing of a wound. The wound dressing includes an intermediate layer that has both water soluble and water insoluble fibers. An apparatus that includes a cutting tool and a reservoir of liquid to pre-moisten a portion of the dressing may be used to manufacture the dressings. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024068 | Absorbable tissue dressing assemblies, systems, and methods formed from a Hydrophilic chitosan sponge structure and including a flexible absorbable backing layer of poly-4-hydroxy butyrate - Absorbable tissue dressing assemblies are formed from hydrophilic polymer sponge structures, such as chitosan. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024069 | COMPRESSION WRAP AND GARMENT - A compression garment for use following cosmetic surgery can include elastic compression regions shaped to selectively conform to a portion of a user's body subjected to cosmetic surgery and closures presented with the elastic compression regions. The closures can include a fastening mechanism for selectively closing the compression regions, such that the dimensions of the compression regions can be selectively varied by said selectively varying positioning of the fastening mechanism relative to the compression regions. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024070 | CONTROLLER FOR ULTRAFILTRATION BLOOD CIRCUIT WHICH PREVENTS HYPOTENSION BY MONITORING OSMOTIC PRESSURE IN BLOOD - A device for continuously measuring osmotic pressure of blood flowing through an extracorporeal blood circuit including: a blood passage further comprising a withdrawal blood passage connectable to a blood vessel in a patient and an infusion blood passage connectable to a blood vessel in a patient; a filter further comprising a filtrate chamber, a blood chamber and a permeable membrane separating the filtrate chamber and blood chamber, wherein the blood chamber is in fluid communication with the blood passage; a pressure sensor measuring a pressure difference between the filtrate chambers and the blood chamber, and a controller receiving a pressure signal from the pressure sensor, determining an osmotic pressure across the permeable membrane of the filter, and adjusting a rate of removal of fluid from blood in the filter if the determined osmotic pressure level varies from a predetermined osmotic pressure setting. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024071 | U-Shaped Disc Shunt and Delivery Device - The intervertebral disc contains no blood vessels. Nutrients and waste are diffused mainly through adjacent vertebral bodies. As we age, calcified layers form between the disc and vertebral bodies, blocking diffusion. The disc begins to starve and flatten. The weight shifts abnormally from disc to the facet joints causing strain and back pain. Under anaerobic conditions, lactic acid is produced causing acidic irritation and unspecific pain. A U-shaped disc shunt ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024072 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING RETROGRADE CAROTID ARTERIAL BLOOD FLOW - Interventional procedures on the carotid arteries are performed through a transcervical access while retrograde blood flow is established from the internal carotid artery to a venous or external location. A system for use in accessing and treating a carotid artery includes an arterial access device, a shunt fluidly connected to the arterial access device, and a flow control assembly coupled to the shunt and adapted to regulate blood flow through the shunt between at least a first blood flow state and at least a second blood flow state. The flow control assembly includes one or more components that interact with the blood flow through the shunt. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024073 | Device for Intracorporeal Application of Auxiliary Medical Material - The invention relates to a device for intracorporeal application of auxiliary medical material, in particular for bio-materials and wound applications, having a hollow application tube for inserting the auxiliary medical material into the surgical area. To create a device for intracorporeal application of auxiliary medical material that ensures simple handling and a secure application of the auxiliary medical material in the surgical area, the invention is characterized by a winding insert that can be inserted into the hollow application tube and can be slid in the longitudinal direction of the application tube and on which it is possible to wind the auxiliary medical material that is to be applied. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024074 | Electrochemically degradable polymers - The present invention discloses polymeric materials that incorporate a modified quinone moiety, either to cross-link the polymer or as a monomeric unit of the polymer These polymeric materials can be efficiently degraded through electrochemical reduction of the quinone leading to rapid hydrolysis of the pendant chemical groups and degradation of the polymer. Quinone-containing compositions and methods of producing electrochemically degradable polymers are disclosed. The methods and compositions of the present invention can be used in a wide variety of applications, including, but not limited to, drug delivery, tissue regeneration, biomedical implants, and electronic systems. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024075 | Method and Device for Treating Abnormal Tissue Growth With Electrical Therapy - This invention relates generally to the electrical treatment of malignant tumors and neoplasms by applying a voltage to affected tissue. Devices and various adaptations therein are described for use in electrical therapy. Additionally, various chemotherapeutic agent and radiation therapies are described which may be advantageously used in conjunction with electrical therapy to ameliorate cancer. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024076 | Nozzle for ultrasound wound treatment - A nozzle for ultrasound wound treatment comprising a main body with proximal and distal ends, a reservoir and valve. The proximal end of the nozzle being removably attached to an ultrasound transducer. The distal end of the nozzle being marginally close and coaxial to the free distal end of the ultrasound transducer. The body of the nozzle connected with liquid reservoir, which holds the wound treatment solution and delivers same to the free end of ultrasound tip directly or through a tube. The nozzle is provided with valve for controlling flow rate of wound treatment solution. The nozzle can mix different liquids or a liquid with a gas and deliver same to the wound surface. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024077 | METHOD OF INSUFFLATING THE INTERIOR OF A GASTRIC CAVITY OF A PATIENT. - A method of insufflating the interior of a gastric cavity of a patient by accessing the gastric cavity of a patient, sealing the pyloric sphincter so as to prevent passage of fluids therethrough, and introducing a fluid within said gastric cavity proximal to the pyloric sphincter. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024078 | Triple lumen catheter - A triple lumen catheter comprises a transfusion lumen ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024079 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSULIN PUMP USING BLUETOOTH PROTOCOL - A method for controlling an insulin pump using the Bluetooth protocol. The method comprises allocating IDs to insulin pumps and blood sugar level measuring devices, respectively; checking, in a corresponding insulin pump, whether or not blood sugar level data is inputted from a blood sugar level measuring device having a corresponding ID; cumulating inputted data and judging whether or not abnormality occurs; generating a command to allow the insulin pump to operate as it is, when abnormality did not occur; generating a command to change an insulin injection amount of the insulin pump when abnormality occurred, and then, returning to the third step; and determining a system to be out of order when data is not inputted in the checking step, and generating an alarm so that a qualified person can visit a corresponding patient to have a trouble to be directly addressed. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024080 | ATTACHMENT FOR A MILK PUMP - An attachment for a milk pump including a position section which tapers in a funnel-shaped manner from a joining opening to a securing section which connects to the milk pump. The attachment is essentially dimensionally stable and at least one massage area is provided in positioning section, and manual massage pressure can be applied to the breast when said attachment is placed on said breast. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024081 | Device for Expressing Milk - A device for expressing milk, with a vacuum-generating unit, which includes a drive motor and a vacuum-generating device, with a switching unit, which is linked to the vacuum-generating unit and determines the suction cycles via a rotatably driven switching member, and with at least one milk expression attachment, which is or can be brought into flow communication therewith and which includes a suction funnel that can be placed on the breast, and a milk collection receptacle. A compact design with reliable function is achieved by the switching member being coupled to the drive motor of the vacuum-generating unit via a transmission for the rotary drive. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024082 | Time-Indicating Syringe Mixing Devices And Related Methods For Storing and Dispensing Two-Part Dental Compositions - Time-indicating syringe mixing systems for mixing, storing, and dispensing a two-part dental composition that becomes less stable upon mixing including a first plunger comprising an elongate stem and a plug at a distal end of the elongate stem, a hollow first chamber configured to contain a first component, a hollow second chamber configured to contain a second component, and means for indicating a recorded date when a first component initially contained within the hollow first chamber is mixed with a second component initially contained within the hollow second chamber. The inventive syringe mixing systems may be configured as syringe-in-syringe systems and/or syringe-to-syringe systems. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024083 | Fluid dispenser with additive sub-system - A compact fluid dispenser for use in controllably dispensing fluid medicaments, such as, antibiotics, analgesics, and like medicinal agents from the device reservoir which is provided in the form of a novel collapsible bottle-like assembly. The fluid dispenser includes a unique stored energy mechanism which takes the form of a spring member of novel design that provides the force necessary to continuously and substantially uniformly expel fluid from the device reservoir. The device also includes novel adjustable flow rate control assembly that is disposed intermediate the fluid reservoir outlet and the outlet port of the device for precisely controlling the rate of fluid flow from the outlet port toward the patient. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024084 | MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RELATIVE MOTION THERETO - A handle for providing relative motion to a multi-lumen catheter assembly includes an elongated handle body having a longitudinal axis. The handle body has longitudinally spaced proximal and distal handle ends. An outer catheter chuck is connected to the distal handle end and is adapted to receive an outer catheter member. An inner catheter chuck is connected to the proximal handle end and is adapted to receive an inner catheter member. A handle actuator is movably connected to the handle body. The handle actuator is adapted to receive an intermediate catheter member and to move the intermediate catheter member relative to the inner and outer catheter members. The intermediate catheter is at least partially interposed between the inner and outer catheter. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024085 | Atherectomy devices, systems, and methods - The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024086 | Micro-steerable catheter - Micro-streerable catheters for use in delivering therapeutic treatment in the body, such as ablation and cauterization, and which exhibit precise movement are disclosed. Embodiments include electrical micro-catheters that comprise of electroactive polymers. A preferred embodiment includes a programmable catheter. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024087 | BALLOON FOLDING CONTROL MECHANISM - A balloon catheter including an inflatable balloon affixed to a catheter. The proximal end of the balloon is affixed to the distal end of the catheter so as to provide an air tight seal there between. A stiffening member extends distally of the distal end of the catheter and forms a slip joint connection with the distal end of the balloon to permit the distal end of the balloon to axially move or translate relative to the distal end of the catheter. The slip joint allows the axial length of balloon to change during inflation or deflation without transferring tensile or compressive forces between the balloon and the catheter. A balloon folding control mechanism is disposed about the portion of the stiffening member traversing the interior of the balloon, and is configured to promote refolding of the balloon into a predetermined and desired folding configuration upon deflation. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024088 | Bifurcated Balloon Folding Method and Apparatus - A balloon folding system specifically configured to reduce a side branch balloon of a bifurcated balloon catheter assembly includes a die that defines at least one chamber for receipt of the sidebranch balloon, and at least one pin sized to fit into the chamber and reduce the balloon to a substantially flattened state. The system also may include a housing for the reduction and folding of a primary branch balloon. The system is configurable to fold and reduce both branches simultaneously or separately. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024089 | LONG TAPERED DILATOR - A dilator assembly used for the dilatation of vessel, tracts, or cavities. The dilator assembly comprises a hub portion, a shaft portion, and a long tapered tip portion having a taper no greater than 4 Fr per 1 cm. In certain aspects, the taper of the tapered tip portion is between approximately 1 Fr per 1 cm to 1 Fr per 1.5 cm. The present invention obviates the need for pre-dilatation. The dilator shaft portion and/or the distal tapered tip portion are flexible, providing excellent tractability, being capable of bending along a guide wire with minimal physical force and without kinking, to tract the curvature of a vessel, tract, or cavity. Additionally, a section of the shaft portion can be is capable of similarly bending along a guide wire. The present invention functions as a dilator, and tracts like a catheter over a guide wire. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024090 | UNIVERSAL CATHETER SECUREMENT DEVICE - A universal securing device for holding catheters of various shapes and sizes and the like in place includes a base and cover. The cover may be connected to the base by a hinge which allows the cover to be lifted open or pushed down into a closed position, over a catheter fitting. The base may have locating elements configured and arranged to fit around catheter fittings of various sizes, and the locating elements prevent substantial movement of a catheter fitting and catheter in various dimensions. The cover may include capture elements which act to grip and compress the catheter fitting when the securing device is in a closed position, thus preventing substantial movement of a catheter fitting and catheter in various dimensions. The base may be attached to a patient with an adhesive pad attached to the bottom surface of the base. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024091 | Catheter assembly including coiled internal bolster - A catheter assembly including a medical catheter and an internal bolster. In a preferred embodiment, the catheter is an elongated, tubular structure preferably made of a flexible, biocompatible material. The catheter is shaped to include a generally cylindrical wall terminating in a first end and in a second end, the wall coaxially surrounding and defining a longitudinal bore preferably used to convey fluids, such as food and/or medications, to a patient in need thereof. The internal bolster is an elongated, semi-tubular structure preferably made of a flexible, biocompatible material. The bolster is resiliently and reversibly transformable between a generally planar shape, when at rest, and a straightened shape, when forcibly unfurled. The bolster has an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being generally centrally located. The inner end of the bolster is insert-molded around the first end of the catheter, with the catheter and the bolster being oriented relative to one another so that the longitudinal axis of the catheter extends generally perpendicularly to the plane of the bolster in its coiled state, with the open, semi-tubular structure of the bolster facing away from the catheter. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024092 | SAFETY SHIELD ASSEMBLY - The present invention is a safety shield assembly having a shield and a collar for connecting the shield to a fluid handling device whereby the shield may be pivoted with respect to the collar. Preferably, the safety shield assembly may be used with a needle assembly, an intravenous infusion set a syringe, a catheter or other fluid handling devices or assemblies that contain piercing elements. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024093 | PROTECTION DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AN INJECTION NEEDLE - The present invention relates to a protection device ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024094 | Device for injecting an injectable product - The invention relates to a device ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024095 | Syringe Designed to Be Pre-Filled Then Sterilized by Steam Autoclaving - The invention concerns a syringe comprising: a body including a cylindrical side wall having an open upstream end with an inner annular rim and a downstream end closed by a transverse wall provided with an orifice; a shaft equipped with a plunger having at least two annular sealing lips between which is defined at least one annular chamber. The shaft, which can slide inside the body, defines inside the body an inner chamber designed to be at least partly filled with a content. Delivery passages provided inside the body are configured to communication said annular chamber of the plunger with the outside of the body or with the inner chamber of the body, when the plunger is abutting against the annular rim. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024096 | IMMOBILIZATION OF DYES AND ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS ON A MEDICAL DEVICE - A method for immobilizing dyes and antimicrobial agents on a porous surface is disclosed and described. The surface may be that of a medical device, such as a catheter, a connector, a drug vial spike, a bag spike, a prosthetic device, an endoscope, and surfaces of an infusion pump. The surfaces may also be one or more of those associated with a dialysis treatment, such as peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis, where it is important that working surface for the dialysis fluid be sterile. These surfaces include connectors for peritoneal dialysis sets or for hemodialysis sets, bag spikes, dialysis catheters, and so forth. A method for determining whether a surface has been sterilized, and a dye useful in so indicating, is also disclosed. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024097 | LUBRICIOUS COATINGS - The present disclosure provides substrates having a lubricious coating thereon. The substrate may be flexible and include, in embodiments, a medical device. The lubricious coating, in embodiments, is applied in a pattern so that the coating avoids delamination and/or fracturing which might otherwise occur as the substrate flexes and/or stretches. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024098 | Venous Access Port Assembly with X-Ray Discernable Indicia - A venous access port assembly ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024099 | Methods of Using Fluid Collection System - According to one aspect, a fluid collection bag comprises an inlet opening adapted to receive an inlet tube located on a first side of the fluid collection bag. The first side of the fluid collection bag is generally parallel with a length of the fluid collection bag. The fluid collection bag further comprises an outlet opening located on the first side of the fluid collection bag. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024100 | STACK OF INTERFOLDED ABSORBENT SHEET PRODUCTS - A stack of interfolded absorbent sheet products comprises a plurality of absorbent sheets each of which is itself folded at least twice about axes that are perpendicular to one another. The absorbent sheets have an embossed surface relief of a predetermined pattern or design. Each of the absorbent sheets within the stack comprises at least one pair of panels sandwiched between a pair of adjacent panels of another of the absorbent sheets in the stack. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024101 | Disposable Absorbent Article Having Odor Control System - A disposable absorbent article comprises a topsheet; a backsheet combined with the topsheet; a fluid storage layer disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet and adjacent to the backsheet; an intermediate layer disposed between the fluid storage layer and the topsheet. The intermediate layer has a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface. The disposable absorbent article comprises an odor control system. The odor control system comprises an antimicrobial material disposed between the topsheet and the body-facing surface of the intermediate layer; an odor masking material disposed between the backsheet and the garment-facing surface of the intermediate layer; and an odor absorbing and/or adsorbing material disposed in the fluid storage layer. The antimicrobial material and the odor masking material are separated by the intermediate layer. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024102 | Article and method for absorbing bodily substance discharge from and delivering medicinal substance to mouth or nose - The present invention provides a wearing article for absorbing bodily substance discharge from mouth or nose. The article is formed from a material which is capable of receiving a holding bodily substance device and which is simply retained on the forearm or elbow of the user. The invention also provides a wearing article for delivering medicinal substance to mouth or nose. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024103 | TAMPON - A tampon suitable for feminine hygiene and/or medical purposes is disclosed having a longitudinal body provided with a dome-shaped insertion end and a withdrawal end, from which withdrawal end a withdrawal cord extends. The tampon has compressed absorbent fibrous material and has an outer circumferential surface which is at least partially provided with longitudinal grooves that are separated from each other by longitudinal ribs. The path of the grooves and ribs of the tampon in the longitudinal direction are inclined and correspond to a continuous curved line that has only one point of inflection defining one convex part and one concave part that preferably does not show a maximum or a minimum. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024104 | Device for Piercing Film Bags - The device for piercing film bags includes a piercing spike and means for preventing unintentional piercing by the piercing spike, the means for preventing unintentional piercing comprising a bag support plate that is connected to a baseplate by collapsible or tearable spacers. The device is preferably designed as a unit and insertable into a container of a dispensing assembly. This device provides a high safety against unintentional piercing due to shocks and transport vibrations and is inexpensive to manufacture and multifunctional. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024105 | Methods for the Treatment of Sepsis and Sepsis-Associated Cardiac Dysfunction - Methods for the treatment of sepsis related cardiac dysfunction are disclosed. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024106 | Method and apparatus for maintaining access - An apparatus and a method for sealing a puncture in a tubular tissue structure or the wall of a body cavity are provided. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024107 | Disc annulus closure - Disclosed herein are methods for treating a defect in a spinal disc nuclear space, comprising: (a) creating an opening by open, percutaneous or laparoscopic techniques to access the defect in the nuclear space; (b) removing a desired amount of tissue from the nuclear space; (c) positioning a delivery catheter through the opening; (d) fluidically isolating the nuclear space by blocking the opening with a blocking component of the catheter; (e) delivering an in-situ curable liquid material through a lumen of the catheter to the nuclear space; and (f) maintaining the isolating until the liquid material has cured. Also disclosed are treatment systems and materials for prostheses. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024108 | Methods and Devices for Delivery of Compositions to Conduits - The present invention comprises systems, methods and devices for the delivery of visualizable or treatment compositions or therapeutic agents comprising device elements for diagnosis and/or treatment of conduits. A delivery system comprising an introducer shaft having at least one exit port and at least one delivery catheter for placement of compositions into the conduit, such as a fallopian tube. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024109 | Catheter Having Denatured Part for Contact with Body - It is an object of the present invention to provide a catheter, whereby a tunnel infection route is closed such that infection can be prevented, by improving adhesiveness between a medical catheter and a biologically-derived adhesive (fibrin adhesive), cells, or biological tissue. The present invention provides a medical catheter which is composed of material selected from the group consisting of silicone, polyurethane, polypropylene and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), at least a portion of the surface of which is modified by plasma ion implantation. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024110 | CATHETER AND INTRODUCER CATHETER HAVING TORQUE TRANSFER LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The instant invention relates generally to catheters and to introducer catheters used to help deliver catheters or other medical devices to locations within the human body. In particular, the instant invention relates to large diameter catheters and introducer catheters having a torque transfer layer that includes at least two flat wires braided into a wire mesh. The flat wires have a width of at least about 0.007 inches and a depth of at least about 0.003 inches. The lumen diameter of the catheter is at least about 6 French. The torque transfer layer provides increased strength, flexibility, and kink resistance. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024111 | Urethral catheter assembly for combining catheterization with injection of therapeutic liquid into the urethral channel - A compact ready-to-use urethral catheter assembly suitable for intermittent self-catheterization that comprises a tubular body filled with a therapeutic liquid and having a urinary catheter with a piston portion slidingly installed into the tubular body so that catheterization is accompanied by automatic injection of the therapeutic liquid into the urethra by means of the piston through a gap formed during catheterization between the outer surface of the catheter and the inner walls of the antiseptic cap which is used as a sterile guide for insertion of the catheter without contact with the initial part of the urethra which may be a harbor of infection. The assembly is provided with built-in means for cleaning the urethral meatus before catheterization. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024112 | MEDICAL INJECTOR WITH COMPLIANCE TRACKING AND MONITORING - A system includes a medicament delivery device and a container configured to receive at least a portion of the medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device includes an actuator and a first electronic circuit system. The actuator is configured to initiate delivery of a medicament into a body when the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position. The first electronic circuit system is configured to output a first electronic signal when the actuator is moved from the first position to the second position. The container includes a second electronic circuit system configured to receive the first electronic signal. The second electronic circuit system is configured to output a second electronic signal associated with the first electronic signal. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024113 | MULTI-RESERVOIR MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING PROTECTED INTERIOR WALLS - An implantable medical device is provided for controlled delivery or exposure of reservoir contents. The device may include a substrate; a plurality of discrete reservoirs in the substrate, wherein the reservoirs have interior walls and at least one opening in the substrate; reservoir contents disposed in the reservoirs; a reservoir cap closing the at least one opening of each of the reservoirs to seal the reservoir contents in each of the reservoirs; and control circuitry for selectively disintegrating the reservoir caps to release or expose the reservoir contents in vivo, wherein the interior walls of the reservoirs comprise a material to protect the substrate in vivo. For example, to enhance the resistance of the substrate to etching in vivo, the interior sidewalls of the reservoirs may include a protective coating (such as gold, platinum, carbon, silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, or platinum silicide), or the sidewalls may include a doped silicon. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024114 | Method and system for control of osmotic pump device - Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or into an additional fluid handling structure within the osmotic pump device. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024115 | Process for producing surface-treated intraocular lens and intraocular lens capable of inhibiting secondary cataract - Provided are a process for producing an intraocular lens capable of inhibiting secondary cataract that may occur after the insertion of an intraocular lens and a secondary-cataract-inhibiting intraocular lens obtained by the above process, and the process is for producing a surface-treated intraocular lens, which comprises irradiating the surface of an intraocular lens with active light that works to decompose oxygen molecules to generate ozone and that also works to decompose the ozone to generate active oxygen, in the presence of oxygen, and the lens is a secondary-cataract-inhibiting intraocular lens obtained by the above process. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024116 | LASER HAIR AND SCALP TREATMENT DEVICE - A handled laser treatment device provides a plurality of branched light pipes or light distribution tips distributed so as to evenly deliver laser radiation to the surface of the scalp. To make efficient use of each laser diode, each laser can coupled to a branched light pipe with the branches arranged to distribute light directly to the surface of the scalp. Each laser source is connected to a three branch light pipe. Alternatively, each laser diode can be directly coupled to a light distribution tip arranged in a triad. Each light pipe or light distribution tip acts as a tine or tooth in a comb to bring laser radiation to the scalp free of obstruction by hair, etc., with a tripod configuration that allows each light pipe assembly to evenly contact the rounded surface of the scalp. The branched light pipes or the light distribution tips are preferentially coupled to a flexible membrane so as to be capable of independent orientation allowing improved contact of the distal ends of the tripods or triads to the scalp. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024117 | Eye therapy system - A system for applying therapy to an eye selectively applies coolant to the corneal surface to minimize heat-related damage to the corneal surface during thermokeratoplasty. Embodiments may include an energy source, a conducting element, a coolant supply, and at least one coolant delivery element. The conducting element is operably connected to the energy source and extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The conducting element directs energy from the energy source to the distal end, which is positionable at the eye. The coolant delivery elements are in communication with the coolant supply and are operable to deliver a micro-controlled pulse of coolant to the distal end. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024118 | Surgical Device For Bone Surgery - A surgical device ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090024119 | SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING RADIOFREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY - Ablation systems and methods for treating atrial fibrillation utilizing RF energy are provided. The system generally includes a first conductive member having a shape which defines a desired lesion pattern or a portion of a desired lesion pattern, and a second conductive member effective to transmit ablative radiation to the first conductive member. The first conductive member is adapted to be positioned on a first tissue surface, and the second conductive member is adapted to be positioned on a second, opposed tissue surface. In use, ablative radiation is transmitted from the second conductive member through the tissue to the first conductive member to form a lesion having the desired lesion pattern. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024120 | Connection cable and method for activating a voltage-controlled generator - A connection cable is disclosed for controlling a voltage-controlled generator such as an electrosurgery generator from a controlling device such as a robotic surgery system. The cable includes a first connector adapted to connect to a voltage-controlled generator and a second connector adapted to connect to a controlling device. Within the cable is a voltage divider interdisposed between the first connector and the second connector. The voltage divider is configured to divide a reference voltage provided by the voltage-controlled generator into at least one control voltage which is selectable by the controlling device. The cable additionally includes a plurality of electrical wires which operatively connect the first connector, the second connector and the voltage divider. During robotic electrosurgery, said operating parameters can be actuated by a surgeon operating at the robotic surgical system console, which causes a corresponding control voltage to be switched to a control voltage input on an electrosurgery generator, which, in turn, generates a corresponding electrosurgical signal in response thereto. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024121 | TREATMENT DEVICE FOR CUTTING LIVING TISSUE - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a treatment device for cutting a living tissue, comprising a main unit which is to be inserted into a body, a tip-end treatment portion which is disposed at a tip end of the main unit to cut the living tissue, a notch groove which is disposed at the tip-end treatment portion and which compresses the living tissue guided into the notch groove, and an electrode which is positioned in a part of the notch groove and which electrically cuts the living tissue compressed by the notch groove. | 2009-01-22 |
20090024122 | Endoscopic-surgery apparatus for argon-plasma coagulation (apc) - The invention relates to an endoscopic-surgery apparatus for argon-plasma coagulation (APC) to treat biological tissue. The surgery apparatus comprises a tube, a tubular probe or similar working device that can be inserted into an endoscope, with a first channel such that by way of the first channel, as a first working means, there can be guided to the tissue an electrode connected to an HF generator in order to generate a high-frequency current, as well as argon or a similar inert gas. This endoscopic-surgery apparatus is further developed in order to simplify endoscopic interventions employing argon-plasma coagulation, while simultaneously increasing the efficiency of a treatment. To this end, the working device comprises at least one second channel through which at least one second working means is guided to the tissue. | 2009-01-22 |