| 24th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
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| 20130150723 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe including a transducer array, and a back unit connected to the ultrasound probe by wireless communication and generating an ultrasound image based on reception signals outputted from the transducer array, the ultrasound probe including a middle unit connected to the back unit by wireless communication and a front unit detachably connected to the middle unit and including the transducer array, and the front unit having a transmission driver that supplies drive signals to the transducer array and causes the transducer array to transmit an ultrasonic beam and a preamplifier that amplifies reception signals outputted from the transducer array. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150724 | BLOOD VESSEL ACCESS DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A device having a needle injector pivotally attached to an ultrasound transceiver is operated to place a sterilizable needle or needle/cannula unit within a blood vessel by a single user-device operator in which the blood vessel is made visible in a monitor image by ultrasound insonification. A guidance template is overlapped on at least one of a transverse, longitudinal, or three-dimensionally imaged blood vessel that illustrates a predicted path of the needle when it undergoes movement implemented by a controller. In alternate embodiments the needle injector, ultrasound transceiver, and needle or needle/cannula unit may be contained within a flexible sheath that is capable of being sterilized. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150725 | PROBE FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A probe for an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which is used for performing a test upon a subject is provided. The probe includes a case which forms an exterior of the probe, a piezoelectric object which is provided on an inside of the case and which generates an ultrasonic wave, a sound absorbing layer which is provided at a rear surface of the piezoelectric object and which prevents the ultrasonic wave from being delivered to a rear portion of the piezoelectric object, an acoustic matching layer which delivers the generated ultrasonic wave to a subject by matching a sound impedance of the piezoelectric object with a sound impedance of the subject, and a sound lens which concentrates the generated ultrasonic wave and radiates the concentrated ultrasonic wave toward the subject. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150726 | METHOD FOR DETECTING HEMATOMA, PORTABLE DETECTION AND DISCRIMINATION DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES - Featured are methods, apparatus and devices for detecting a hematoma in tissue of a patient. In one aspect, such a method includes emitting near infrared light continuously into the tissue from a non-stationary near infrared light emitter and continuously monitoring the tissue using a non-stationary probe so as to continuously detect reflected light. The near infrared light is emitted at two distances from a brain of the patient, so the emitted light penetrates to two different depths. Such a method also includes applying a ratiometric analysis to the reflected light to distinguish a border between normal tissue and tissue exhibiting blood accumulation. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150727 | SYSTEM FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTITY CONFIRMATION - A portable testing unit for biometric identity confirmation includes a housing with an orifice to receive a breath sample from the test subject, a spirometric sensor, and a pulse sensor adjacent to the orifice. A processor analyzes spirometric data from the spirometric sensor and simultaneous pulse wave data from the pulse sensor during the breath sample, together with stored subject characterization data for a known subject to confirm whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject. A communications link enables the processor to communicate to the external station whether the identity of the test subject matches the known subject. For example, this portable testing unit can be used to control access to a secure facility or computer, authenticate the identity of a party in a financial transaction, or confirm the identity of the subject of an alcohol monitoring test. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150728 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A medical apparatus has a light source section capable of irradiating an excitation light and a reference light alternately, an image pickup section that picks up images of fluorescence by the excitation light, and reflected light of the reference light, a pixel addition processing section that performs pixel addition processing of making a plurality of pixels in a first image as a fluorescence image one pixel, and generates a second image, an adjusting section that makes adjustment so that a brightness ratio of the second image and a reference light image obtained by picking up of the image of the reflected light has a constant value, and thereby generates a third image signal and a fourth image, an interpolation processing section that applies interpolation processing to the third image, and generates a fifth image, and an image processing section that performs image synthesis of the fifth image and the fourth image. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150729 | Sanitary cover sleeve for medical device with electrical contact - A disposable cover sleeve serves is used to cover an electronic or optical medical device used for patient examination and/or treatment. The cover sleeve provides an environmental barrier for the medical device during patient examination to prevent environmental cross-contamination of different patients examined with the same medical device. The cover sleeve has an integrated device activation means such as a flexible contact bridge. The device activation means has an open and closed position. The open position is not in physical, electronic or magnetic contact with the control electronics of the medical device; whereas, the closed position closes a field or circuit between a first and second contact to selectively actuate or provide input to the control electronics that communicate with the radiation source. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150730 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A PHOTOCOSMETIC DEVICE - Photocosmetic device for use in medical or non-medical environments (e.g., a home, barbershop, or spa), which can be used for a variety of tissue treatments. Radiation is delivered to the tissue via optical systems designed to pattern the radiation and project the radiation to a particular depth. The device has a variety of cooling systems including phase change cooling solids and liquids to cool treated skin and the radiation sources. Contact sensors and motion sensor may be used to enhance treatment. The device may be modular to facilitate manufacture and replacement of parts. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150731 | OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY PROBE IMAGING SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH ENDOSCOPE - Provided is an imaging system which includes an optical fiber array probe unit integrated with an endoscope unit, thereby simultaneously measuring structural information and functional information of a sample. The optical fiber array probe unit includes an optical fiber array probe integrated with lenses including an optical fiber lens with a lens surface of a predetermined radius of curvature in which one ends of optical fibers are integrally connected with each other by heating a predetermined region including the one ends of two of the optical fibers using a heating means, as an optical fiber array probe integrated lens on which the light transmitted from the light source is incident and which guides light reflected from the sample, and a detector for selectively detecting the light transmitted from the optical fiber array probe integrated with lenses in a predetermined range of wavelength. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150732 | MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES - A system and method for mapping interluminal structures includes an elongated flexible instrument ( | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150733 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN EMBOLUS MOVING IN A BLOOD VESSEL - The invention provides a device for detecting a moving embolism in a blood vessel. One or more sources of electromagnetic radiation deliver electromagnetic radiation to the blood vessel. First and second optical detectors, positioned at a downstream and an upstream location, respectively, along the flow axis of the blood vessel, detect electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sources at the downstream and upstream locations, after having been reflected from, or transmitted through, the blood vessel. A processor monitors one or more parameters of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the downstream and upstream detectors. An embolus in the blood vessel is detected when a transient change in a monitored parameter is first detected by the downstream detector, and, after a time lag, is then detected by the upstream detector. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150734 | INTUITIVE PRESENTATION OF VENTILATION EFFECTIVENESS - Ventilation information may be presented. Output signals may be received that convey information related to one or more breathing parameters of a subject receiving assisted or controlled mechanical ventilation. Based at least in part on the received output signals, volumetric components of a tidal volume of the subject may be determined. The volumetric components may include an alveolar dead space, an effective alveolar tidal volume, and/or other volumetric components. The alveolar dead space is the volume of inspired gas that occupies alveoli but does not take part in oxygen exchange in the lungs of the subject. The effective alveolar tidal volume is the volume of inspired gas that takes part in oxygen exchange in the lungs of the subject. A visual representation that textually or graphically represents the tidal volume, and/or textually or graphically represents the volumetric components separately from each other may be presented via a user interface. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150735 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING PARAMETERS OF CARDIAC FUNCTION - A device for non-invasively measuring at least one parameter of a cardiac blood vessel in a patient is provided. The device comprises at least one light source that emits light in the 400 nm to 1000 nm wavelength range; at least one photodetector adapted to receive light emitted by the light source and generate an output based on the received light, wherein said light is reflected from or transmitted through tissue of the patient, the output of said photodetector being correlated with a parameter of the blood vessel; and at least one probe for facilitating delivery of light from the light source to an external tissue site on the patient in the proximity of the cardiac blood vessel and receipt of light by the photodetector. A system and methods of monitoring/measuring cardiac parameters utilizing the device and/or system are also provided. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150736 | AUTOMATIC METHOD FOR MEASURING AND PROCESSING BLOOD PRESSURE - The present invention concerns an automatic method, as well as the related system and the tools allowing the same to be executed, for measuring and processing blood pressure starting from a detected pressure signal, the method operating in the time domain for discriminating whether the detected signal is an adequate measurement or not and, where it is not, time domain analysis automatically selects a low-pass filter to, possibly iteratively, apply to the detected pressure signal for having correct values and wave form of the blood pressure. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150737 | MICROVASCULAR OBSTRUCTION DETECTION AND THERAPY - A method of detecting and treating a microvascular obstruction is provided. In one embodiment, a catheter is provided for both detecting the microvascular obstruction and treating or removing the obstruction. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150738 | HYPOTHENAR SENSOR - A device having an arterial pulse sensor that is adhered to the hypothenar region of a palm using an adhesive patch. The patch has an adhesive surface that is covered by a removable film with an outer portion and a central portion. Also disclosed is a method of detecting an arterial pulse by providing an arterial pulse sensor, placing the sensor on the hypothenar region of the palm of a hand, and receiving an arterial pulse signal from the sensor. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150739 | PREVENTION OF INCORRECT CATHETER ROTATION - A method includes providing an elongated probe having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, and capable of rotation of the distal end about the longitudinal axis in mutually opposite first and second directions. While an operator manipulates the probe within a body of a patient, the rotation that is applied to the distal end is sensed automatically. An alert is issued to the operator upon sensing that the rotation is in the second direction, but not when the sensed rotation is in the first direction. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150740 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING SOURCES FOR BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS - An example system and method of locating a source of a heart rhythm disorder are disclosed. In accordance with the method, a first pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a first coefficient associated with variability of the first pair of signals at a first region of the heart. Further, a second pair of cardiac signals is processed to define a second coefficient associated with variability of the second pair of signals at a second region of the heart. Thereafter, the first coefficient of variability is compared to the second coefficient of variability to determine a direction towards the source of the rhythm disorder. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150741 | BIO-SIGNAL TRANSFER DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THEREOF - Disclosed is a bio-signal transfer device which includes a bio-signal measuring unit which includes at least one sensor and measures a bio-signal of a driver through the sensor; a signal processing unit which removes noise from the bio-signal and converts the noise-removed bio-signal into a digital signal; and a transmission unit which transfers the digital signal by wireless. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150742 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING SOURCES FOR BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS - An example system and method of determining regularity associated with a rhythm disorder of a heart are disclosed. In accordance with the method, a derivative of a first cardiac signal at a plurality of first time points is processed against a derivative of a second cardiac signal at a plurality of second time points to define a plurality of coordinate pairs of the first cardiac signal against the second cardiac signal. Thereafter, an index of regularity that exceeds a threshold is determined. The index of regularity indicates an approximate congruence of the plurality of coordinate pairs among the first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signal. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150743 | HEARTBEAT SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND HEARTBEAT SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A heartbeat signal processor includes a first and second electrodes to obtain a first and second heartbeat signals, a DC voltage calculating unit and an AC amplitude calculating unit to calculate first and second average DC voltage values of direct-current components and first and second average AC amplitude values of alternate-current components in the first and second heartbeat signals, a correlation coefficient calculating unit to calculate a correlation coefficient between the alternate-current components in the first and second heartbeat signals, an amplification factor setting unit to set an amplification factor on the basis of the first and second average DC voltage values, the first and second average AC amplitude values, and the correlation coefficient, and a signal generating unit to generate a differential heartbeat signal by amplifying the first or second heartbeat signal on the basis of the amplification factor and calculating a difference between the first and second heartbeat signals. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ANTIBIOTIC EFFECTIVENESS IN RESPIRATORY DISEASED ANIMALS USING AUSCULATION ANALYSIS - A system and method are provided for diagnosis of animal respiratory diseases using auscultation techniques. Animal lung sounds are recorded and stored as digitized data. Algorithms are applied to the data producing an output indicative of the health of the animal. Another method determines effectiveness of antibiotics administered to animals based upon observed relationships between lung score categories obtained from auscultation. A comparison is made between sample populations of animals that receive different classifications of antibiotics, and this data is compared to lung score categories observed for each of the animals that received the antibiotics. A statistical analysis is conducted to confirm statistical differences in case fatality rates between lung score categories. Insignificant differences in mortality rates across a range of lung score categories indicates the particular antibiotic administered is not effective, whereas a reduced fatality rate associated with lower lung scores indicates a level of antibiotic effectiveness. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150745 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TREND PARAMETER BASED ON RESPIRATION RATE DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods provide for assessing the heart failure status of a patient and, more particularly, to generating a trend parameter based on a distribution of the patient's respiration rate. Systems and methods provide for detecting, using an implantable device or a patient-external device, patient respiration and computing a respiration rate based on the detected patient respiration. A distribution of the respiration rate is calculated, and a trend parameter based on the respiration rate distribution is generated. The trend parameter is indicative of a patient's heart failure status. An output signal indicative of the patient's heart failure status may be generated based on the trend parameter. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150746 | METABOLIC ANALYZER - A method for weight and/or fitness management using a metabolic analyzer that measures metabolic data including oxygen and carbon dioxide. The metabolic analyzer includes integrated collection-detection sensors with for high efficiency and collection, high specificity and simultaneous detection of at least two metabolic signatures, including at least oxygen and carbon dioxide, in breath via a porous membrane with high density of sensing binding sites, where the porous membrane includes sensing materials such that the sensing binding sites are specific to the metabolic signatures, and change colors upon interactions with the metabolic signatures. Weight of the subject is measured using a weight measurement device and a recommendation for food intake and/or physical activity is based on at least the readings of the metabolic analyzer and weight of the subject. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150747 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - A system for measuring the mechanical impedance of a patient's respiratory system during spontaneous respiratory activity, characterised by comprising a fan; a motor which operates said fan; said motor and said fan being positioned within a cavity; said cavity comprising an initial end and a final end, both providing access to the outside; said cavity presenting an impedance between said initial and said final end of less than 1 cm H | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150748 | APPARATUS FOR COMBINING DRUG EFFECT INTERACTION BETWEEN ANAESTHETICS AND ANALGESICS AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM FEATURES FOR PRECISE ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS DURING ANAESTHESIA - The present invention consists of an apparatus for the on-line identification of drug effect using drug interactions and physiologic signals, in particular the interaction between anaesthetics and analgesics combined with the electroencephalogram for precise assessment of the level of consciousness in awake, sedated and anaesthetised patients. In a preferred embodiment the apparatus comprises: two infusion devices, for example syring pumps, which are connected to the patient ( | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150749 | PROBE FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION DYSFUNCTION - A novel probe for recording EMG signals from muscles, in particular intravaginal signals from the pelvic floor muscles (PFM), is provided herein. The probe includes an insertion end having a suction head forming a vessel open at the top with attached electrodes and a distal end for attachment to a means of providing suction and an amplifier. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150750 | BIOPSY DEVICE WITH VACUUM ASSISTED BLEEDING CONTROL - A biopsy device includes an elongate needle, a proximal portion, a cutter, and a vacuum conduit. The elongate needle defines an internal passage and includes a distal end and a first plurality of openings along an exterior surface of the elongate needle in communication with the internal passage. The first plurality of openings are sized to admit fluid and to resist the prolapse of tissue. The proximal portion is attached to the elongate needle and is positionable to insert the elongate needle into tissue. The cutter is reciprocally received by the elongate needle to sever a tissue sample received in the elongate needle. The cutter includes a cutter tube with a second plurality of openings in communication with the internal passage of the elongate needle. The vacuum conduit is attached to the proximal portion in communication with the internal passage and is coupled to a vacuum source. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150751 | BIOPSY DEVICE WITH SLIDE-IN PROBE - An exemplary ultrasound biopsy device includes a probe and a holster. The probe is insertable into the holster to form a completed assembly. To assemble the probe to the holster, the probe is initially slid laterally onto the holster and then slid forward to latch the probe into engagement with the holster. The holster is coupled to a vacuum control module by one or more conduits and a power cable. The conduits and/or power cable may be retracted into the vacuum control module. The probe of the biopsy device includes a blade assembly at the distal end. The blade assembly comprises a blade that snaps onto a nosecone via a pair of resilient notched ends. A frictional fitting needle cover can be inserted over the needle and blade assembly to protect the user from the sharp blade. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150752 | Apparatus for Bone Aspiration - A bone marrow aspiration apparatus comprising a hollow; stylet removably positioned within said needle; a cylindrical threaded section; a depth gauge threadedly engagable with and movable longitudinally along the threaded section and having a proximal and distal ends, the proximal end being spaced a variable first distance from the end of the needle; a locking nut movable along the threaded section; a cap connection section having a fluid fitting therein; a cap engagable with the cap connection and engaged with the stylet; wherein the threaded section and the depth gauge define a stylet passage between the fluid fitting and the proximal end of the depth gauge; and wherein the variable first distance between the end of the hollow needle and the proximal end of the depth gauge corresponds to a position of the distal annular end of the depth gauge relative to the threaded section. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150753 | ANALYTIC TEST UNIT AND TEST SYSTEM - This disclosure relates to an analytic test unit for use in a test device for detecting an analyte in a bodily fluid, having at least one test element with a carrier film and a reagent layer, the latter being affixed on the carrier side of the carrier film and it being possible to apply bodily fluid on said reagent layer, wherein the light-transparent carrier film can be positioned in the beam path of a photometric measuring unit for optically scanning the reagent layer. According to this disclosure, it is proposed that the carrier film has a surface, modified by a raised surface structure, for reducing reflections in the beam path of the measuring unit. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150754 | ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPES WITH USER SELECTABLE DIGITAL FILTERS - In one aspect, an auscultation system utilizes a digital filter to obtain a sound profile similar to a sound profile of a mechanical stethoscope. In another aspect, an auscultation system utilizes a digital filter to provide diagnostic filtering. In yet another aspect, an auscultation system utilizes a digital filter to compensate for a characteristic frequency response of a headset. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150755 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FOOT LOADING FEEDBACK TO PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS DURING A PERIOD OF PARTIAL WEIGHT BEARING - Systems, devices, and methods for providing user feedback regarding compliance with a set of partial weight bearing (PWB) criteria are described. A computer system receives force data from a non-compressible force transmitter that is assigned to a user, and accesses the force data received from the non-compressible force transmitter to determine whether the user is within a predefined pressure compliance range. The pressure compliance range specifies a prescribed range of pressure that is to be applied during a PWB period. The computer system then receives a compliance data request from the user or the user's physician and communicates compliance data representing the user's compliance with the prescribed range of pressure during the PWB period to the user and/or the user's physician. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150756 | RIB IDENTIFICATION FOR TRANSCOSTAL FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY - A method for transcostal ultrasound treatment of tissues includes determining rib locations, e.g., based on ultrasound reflections off the ribs or acoustic radiation force signals, and transcostally focusing ultrasound into the tissue while minimizing damage to the ribs. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150757 | WATER TREATMENT DEVICE - A hand held movable water treatment device for tightening the facial and neck skin of an individual by directing multiple streams of pressurized hot and cold water onto selected parts of an individual's face and neck. The device includes a generally circular support member and two circular concentric circular tubular elements disposed on said support member and interconnected and wherein each of the tubular elements includes a plurality of outwardly directed fine openings for directing fine sprays of alternately heated and cooled pressurized streams of water onto selected parts of an individual's face and neck. In addition, the device includes a source of water under pressure, a water heater for heating a portion of the pressurized water and a flexible one-half inch hose connecting the pressurized heated water to each of the tubular elements and a valve. A valve is disposed between the source of pressurized heated water and the tubular elements for connecting and disconnecting said pressurized heated water to and from the tubular elements. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150758 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A SENSORY FOOT BAND TO IMPROVE BALANCE AND FUNCTION - A device for improving the balance and function of a human being wearing the device, said device comprising a pressure band adapted to apply force against the weight-bearing pressure of the foot in an outward direction against this device. The sensory response received through the neurological pathways to the brain and the improved neurological signals sent back to the foot could be mechanically and sensory measured for improved balance and bodily improvements. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150759 | AUTOMATIC CHEST COMPRESSION DEVICE - An automatic chest compression device includes: a pressure member that makes abutting contact with the chest of a body; a driving unit that makes the pressure member move to and fro; a pressure receiving unit that allows rescuer's hands to receive a reaction force which is generated on the side of the driving unit when the chest of the body is compressed by the pressure member; and a control unit that calculates a substantial amount of depression of the chest by the pressure member, and controls a stroke of the pressure member given by the driving unit. As a result, chest compression can be applied reliably while any complicate operation is not required. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150760 | METHODS OF ACHIEVING INCREASED FLUID DISTRIBUTION WITH AND PATIENT KITS FOR RESUSCITATION SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a method of rehabilitating a patient's cardiac/pulmonary activity and achieving increased fluid distribution, includes placing one inflatable/deflatable chest cuff over the patient's chest area and another inflatable/deflatable cuff over the patient's abdominal area, the chest cuff, when inflated, being arranged to depress the chest and force air out of the patient's lungs, the abdominal cuff being arranged, when inflated to apply pressure to the underlying vessels to direct blood into the patient's chest area; inflating and deflating the chest cuff and the abdominal cuff; connecting an intravenous (IV) line to one of the patient's blood vessels. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150761 | HINGE USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A device and method for using the device arranged to maintain anatomical alignment between a joint by creating a dynamic load around the joint to restore and maintain the anatomical alignment. The orthotic device uses a hinge to create a directed force on a tibia by maintaining misalignment of an instant center of rotation (ICoR) of the hinge at a position relative to an anatomical knee joint. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150762 | BRACE WITH ELONGATED FENESTRATIONS - A brace has a plurality of elongated beams that extend in parallel along the length of the brace. The adjacent beams are coupled to posts that extend around the circumference of the brace in a staggered pattern and hold the beams in place around the brace. The beams and posts define a plurality of elongated fenestrations. The configuration of the beams and fenestrations allow the brace to be strong in compression and bending and also provide elastic radial expansion. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150763 | ELECTRO SPUN NANOFIBROUS WOUND DRESSING AND A METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING THE SAME - The various embodiments herein provide an electro spun wound dressing comprising three nano fibrous layers and a method of synthesizing the same. The outer polymeric layer acts as a support layer for the other two layers and is hydrophilic in nature. The middle layer comprises a genipin cross linked reservoir layer loaded with a herbal extract of | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150764 | Non-Adherent Wound Dressings and Related Methods Therefor - A wound dressing is disclosed. The wound dressing includes an oil emulsion and a substrate including a plurality of first yarns and a plurality of second yarns, wherein the plurality of first yarns includes a plurality of first fibers comprising a cellulosic material and the plurality of second yarns includes a plurality of second fibers comprising a non-adherent polymeric material. In other cases, the substrate can be a woven substrate, a nonwoven substrate, or a knitted substrate of nonadherent polymeric fibers or yarns. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150765 | ANTIMICROBIAL NON-ADHERENT DRESSINGS AND RELATED METHODS THEREFOR - A wound dressing comprising a substrate comprising a plurality of fibers, at least one antimicrobial agent in the substrate, and an oil emulsion on at least a portion of the substrate is disclosed. The at least one antimicrobial agent can be polyhexamethylene biguanide, and the oil emulsion can consist essentially of a petrolatum in a range of from about 75 wt % to about 90 wt % of the oil emulsion, a mineral oil in a range of from about 10 wt % to about 20 wt % of the oil emulsion, water in a range of from about 0.1 wt % to about 1 wt % of the oil emulsion, and at least one surfactant in a range of from about 1 wt % to about 5 wt % of the oil emulsion. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150766 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A CONFIGURATION OF WITHDRAWAL AND RETURN DEVICES - A device is arranged to detect a configuration of withdrawal and return devices ( | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150767 | VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE FOR HEMODIALYSIS - Single needle vascular access systems, devices and methods for use in hemodialysis and apheresis procedures. A single needle vascular access device includes a body having an upper and lower passage with both in fluid communication with a vascular dilator. A cannulation needle is guided through the lower passage and vascular dilator to cannulate a graft or fistula. Following cannulation, the dilator is gently introduced into the vessel. The cannulation needle is removed, and a venous tube is introduced through the upper passageway through the vascular dilator and into the fistula or graft. Blood is then removed from the body through the vascular dilator side orifices and returned through the venous line. Depending on the clinical situation, the vascular dilator can be used with one or both needles of a conventional two needle system. In the later case, the vascular dilator may be connected to the dialysis tubes using conventional standard connectors. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150768 | Blood Purification Apparatus And Method For Inspecting Liquid Leakage Thereof - A blood purification apparatus has a blood circuit, a blood pump and a blood purification instrument. A dialysate is introduced into and exits the blood purifying instrument. The blood purification apparatus has a pressure varying mechanism to vary pressure in a closed circuit under a condition where the blood circuit is formed as a closed circuit in a sealed condition connecting the tip end of the arterial blood circuit and the tip end of the venous blood circuit. A liquid leakage detecting mechanism detects liquid leakage in the blood circuit in accordance with pressure variation generated by the pressure varying mechanism. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150769 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING MOISTURE, FOR USE WITH AN ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING AN ACCESS TO A PATIENT - The present invention relates to a moisture detection system which takes the form of a covering to be applied to the patient's skin, and to a monitoring system for monitoring a vascular access for a blood-treating apparatus. The covering of the moisture detection system has a flexible substrate material to which an electrically conductive structure having printed conductors is applied as a moisture sensor. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, because a terminating resistor is not part of a moisture detection system, the device can be inexpensively produced in large quantities. This is of advantage in that the moisture detection system is generally intended for once-only use. With the separate terminating resistor, there is no risk of the terminating resistor being damaged or its resistance changing due to movements on the part of the patient. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150770 | METHODS FOR PLACING A SHUNT INTO THE INTRA-SCLERAL SPACE - The present invention generally relates to intraocular shunts, and in particular, to intraocular shunts configured to form a drainage pathway between the anterior chamber and the intra-scleral space. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150771 | System and Method For Powering Ocular Implants - A system for treating an ocular condition of a patient includes an electrically powered ocular implant sized for placement within an eye and includes a transmitter sized to be carried on or adjacent the head of the patient for disposal adjacent the eye. The transmitter includes a transmission antenna that emits an electromagnetic flux field sufficient to energize the ocular implant and includes a flux shunt disposed within the electromagnetic flux field. The transmission antenna may be disposed between the flux shunt and the implant. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150772 | BY-PASS SHUNT TO REDUCE FLOW OUTPUT OF CIRCULATORY ASSIST DEVICE - A by-pass shunt for use with a bodily fluid pump. The by-pass shunt includes an inflow conduit, an outflow conduit, and an intermediate conduit fluidically coupling the inflow and outflow conduits. A flow restrictor is operably coupled to a portion of the intermediate conduit and is configured to reduce a fluid flow from the outflow conduit, through the intermediate conduit, and into the inflow conduit. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150773 | Glaucoma Active Pressure Regulation Shunt - In various embodiments, a glaucoma shunt may include a tube having an anterior portion (with an opening) and a posterior portion. The glaucoma shunt may include a valve, inside the tube, coupled to a drainage portion. The tube may be configured to couple to a first portion of an eye and the drainage portion may be configured to couple to a second portion of the eye. In some embodiments, the drainage portion may be configured to move the valve relative to the tube such that when the eye expands, the valve moves away from the opening in the anterior portion of the tube to increase fluid flow. The drainage portion may further be configured to move the valve relative to the tube such that when the eye contracts, the valve moves toward the opening in the anterior portion of the tube to decrease fluid flow. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150774 | Active Drainage Systems With Pressure-Driven Valves and Electronically-Driven Pump - An IOP control system for implantation in an eye of a patient is disclosed. The IOP control system includes a drainage tube configured to convey aqueous humor from an anterior chamber of an eye and includes a pressure-driven valve system in fluid communication with the drainage tube and configured to control flow rates of the aqueous humor. The valve system includes a plurality of pressure-driven valves arranged to operate in cooperation with each other. The IOP control system may include an electronic pump system to further regulate flow. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150775 | Multilayer Membrane Actuators - An IOP control device for implantation in an eye of a patient is disclosed. The device includes a housing and a multilayer membrane. The housing is sized for implantation into the eye and includes an entrance port and an exit port. The membrane is anchored within the housing to form a flow control chamber on a first side and a fluid flow passageway on a second opposing side of the membrane. The chamber is arranged to contain a gas creating a chamber pressure, and the membrane is configured to affect flow through the passageway from the entrance port to the exit port by deflecting in response to changes in the chamber pressure. The membrane comprises a first layer having a higher permeability and a higher flexibility than the second layer, which is disposed adjacent the first layer and restricts the diffusion of gas in the chamber through the membrane. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150776 | Glaucoma Drainage Devices Including Vario-Stable Valves and Associated Systems and Methods - Glaucoma drainage devices including vario-stable valves and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A glaucoma drainage device includes a drainage lumen and a valve system coupled to the drainage lumen to control the flow of fluid through the drainage lumen. The valve system includes an adjustable valve with a diaphragm that is in communication with the drainage lumen and is movable to occupy varying amounts of the drainage lumen. In some embodiments, the valve system is maintained in a desired position without the use of power such that power is only needed when changing a position of the adjustable valve. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150777 | Glaucoma Drainage Devices Including Vario-Stable Valves and Associated Systems and Methods - Glaucoma drainage devices including vario-stable valves and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A glaucoma drainage device includes a drainage lumen and a valve system coupled to the drainage lumen to control the flow of fluid through the drainage lumen. The valve system includes an adjustable valve with a diaphragm that is in communication with the drainage lumen and is movable to occupy varying amounts of the drainage lumen. In some embodiments, the valve system is maintained in a desired position without the use of power such that power is only needed when changing a position of the adjustable valve. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150778 | Separation of Gas and Liquid in Membrane Valves - A drainage device for implantation in an eye of a patient to treat an ocular condition is disclosed. The drainage device includes a housing, a multi-compartment flow control chamber, and a membrane. The housing includes an entrance port and an exit port connected by a fluid flow passageway. The membrane is disposed between the fluid flow passageway and the multi-compartment flow control chamber, which includes a first compartment and a second compartment in fluid communication with each other. The first and second compartments are structurally arranged to limit contact of gas with the membrane, which is disposed between the fluid flow passageway and first compartment. The membrane is configured to affect flow through the fluid flow passageway by deflecting in response to pressure in the flow control chamber. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150779 | Active Drainage Systems with Dual-Input Pressure-Driven Valves - A pressure-driven valve is disclosed. The valve includes a housing and a flow control portion disposed within the housing. The housing includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The flow control portion has a first side subject to fluid flow pressure in a fluid flow channel, and a second side subject to an outlet pressure representative of pressure at the fluid outlet. The flow control portion is deformable to increase and decrease flow through the fluid flow channel based on pressure differentials between the fluid flow pressure, a tube pressure, and the outlet pressure. In some instances, the flow control portion comprises a flow control membrane and a radially-fluctuating pressure tube attached to the periphery of the membrane. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150780 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS THERAPY - A method of performing peritoneal dialysis is provided. The method involves sensing a pressure in a fluid upstream or downstream of a pump chamber and adjusting a planned peritoneal dialysis treatment based on the sensed pressure to avoid an alarm condition. An intra-peritoneal pressure may be sensed and may be related to a head height of a peritoneal dialysis patient relative to a pump actuation. The fill volume to the peritoneal dialysis patient may also be limited due to the sensed pressure. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150781 | AUTOMATED DIALYSIS SYSTEM USING PISTON AND NEGATIVE PRESSURE - A peritoneal dialysis system is provided that includes a hardware unit, a disposable unit received by the hardware unit, and a controller. The hardware unit includes a recessed area, a piston having a contact surface, a pneumatic source for supplying a negative pressure, and an actuator configured to move the contact surface of the piston into and out of at least a portion of the recessed area. The disposable unit includes an outer member fitted at least partially within the recessed area of the hardware unit and a moveable membrane positioned between the contact surface of the piston and the outer member when the disposable unit is received by the hardware unit. The controller is configured to cause the pneumatic source to apply the negative pressure to the moveable membrane so as to conform the moveable membrane to a shape of the contact surface of the piston and follow the contact surface when the piston is moved towards and away from the outer member fitted at least partially within the recessed area. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150782 | Selectively Moveable Valve Elements for Aspiration and Irrigation Circuits - Various arrangements of fluidics systems are disclosed. In one arrangement, an aspiration circuit for a fluidics system is disclosed that selectively controls aspiration. The aspiration circuit comprises an aspiration line operatively connected to a surgical instrument, an aspiration exhaust line operatively connected to a waste receptacle; an aspiration vent line connected at a first end to the aspiration line; and a selectively variable vent valve operatively connected to the aspiration vent line. The variable vent valve may be selectively moved to vary aspiration pressure within the aspiration line. Other fluidics systems are disclosed that include a selectively positionable irrigation valve that may also be incorporated into a fluidics system that includes a variable vent valve. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150783 | CUP FOR DISPENSING MEDICINE - Methods, cups and other embodiments associated with consuming a beverage with a medicine are presented. A cup for consuming a liquid and a medicine comprises a main cup body, a cup base and a straw. The main cup body is adapted to receive a liquid beverage. The cup base is adapted for receiving a liquid medicine. The cup base is adapted to be removed from the cup main cup body for adding the liquid medicine to the cup base. The cup base is further adapted to be attached to the main cup body after the liquid medicine is added to the cup base. The straw has a beverage opening and a medicine opening. The medicine opening is adapted to be placed in the cup base for extracting the liquid medicine and the beverage opening is adapted to be placed in the main cup body for extracting the liquid beverage. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150784 | PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS SAFETY CATHETER WITH QUICK, PAINLESS PUNCTURE SYSTEM - A Peripheral Intravenous Safety Catheter with Quick, Painless Puncture System (PISCQPPS) and a cannula with a retractile needle mounted in a manually operated bellows mechanism to prevent re-use, avoid accidental perforation and ensure safe disposal. This PISCQPPS offers the advantages of reducing or eliminating pain; reducing the possibility of multiple perforation; reducing the need for experience and technical know-how in the matter of injection; being fitted with a safety system; and easy to use. The PISCQPPS consists of two sequential operating systems - namely, a painless insertion system that is located inside a case, consisting of a catheter, a catheter holder, a trigger guard, a trigger-guard holder, a catheter-holder tube, a cannula, a cannula holder, a spring, a filter holder, and a filter; along with a safety system inside whose case the cannula holder, the cannula and the bellows all operate at the same time. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150785 | Color Changeable Dyes for Indicating Exposure, Methods of Making and Using Such Dyes, and Apparatuses Incorporating Such Dyes - According to embodiments of the present application, a color changeable dye can comprise a redox indicator, a reduction reaction initiator, an electron donor, an oxygen scavenger, an indicator barrier agent, a thickening agent and an agent to facilitate mixing. The color changeable dye is a first color in the presence of oxygen, capable of changing to a second color upon reduction in a substantially oxygen free environment, and capable of changing back to the first color after exposure to oxygen for a period of time corresponding to the intended use time of a disposable or limited use product. Methods of making and using the color changeable dye and apparatuses incorporating such dye are also disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150786 | CODED KEYING INSERT FOR A MEDICAMENT CARTRIDGE - A keying insert for use with a cartridge assembly containing a fluid. The insert comprises a main body defining a bore that extends from a proximal end to a distal end of the main body and allows the fluid to dispense from the distal end of the cartridge through a septum. The main body includes a septum for sealing the fluid within the cartridge and a coding feature that is keyed to a cartridge holder or other dispense interface. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150787 | SETTING OF PIERCING DEPTH - The invention relates to an injection device ( | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150788 | Medicine Injection Apparatuses - Medicine injection apparatuses having multiple chambers. The chambers may be in lateral relationship. A torsional part is adapted to turn and be repositioned angularly relative to a main body to allow different chambers to be used to receive an injection assembly. The medicine injector can be constructed to administer multiple doses. The apparatuses may also have a storage chamber for storing the injection assembly after use. Plural drivers may be used to administer multiple doses, such as at the different angular positions of the torsional part. The apparatuses may allow multiple automatic injections from different angular positions and storage of an injector after use. Needle fright is reduced by minimizing exposure of an injection needle prior to injection. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150789 | IMMOBILIZING OBJECTS IN THE BODY - Stabilizing an object in the body of a patient involves the injection of a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) material or other flowable material into the body of the patient so that the material contacts the object. The LCST material or other flowable material then forms a gel in the body such that the object is contained at least partially within the gel and thereby stabilized by the gel such that the object can then be easily fragmented within the body and/or retrieved from the body. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150790 | PIEZOELECTRIC MICROFLUIDIC PUMPING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a microfluidic pumping device having a piezoelectric member positioned above a displaceable membrane. A voltage is applied across the piezoelectric member causing the piezoelectric member to displace the membrane. Displacement of the membrane increases and decreases pressure in a cavity that is below the membrane. The increases and decreases in pressure actuate cantilevered check valve members to facilitate unidirectional liquid flow through the pumping device. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150791 | ADHESIVE BACKED IV CATHETER WITH AUTO RELEASE LINER - Intravenous catheter devices are provided which may include one or more adhesive portions which are positioned and configured to temporarily maintain a position of a catheter assembly following catheterization. A release liner covering and protecting the adhesive portions may be automatically removed to reveal the adhesive upon withdrawal of an introducer needle of the catheter assembly. The adhesive may be configured such that a clinician may insert the catheter assembly into the patient, adjust the catheter adapter of the catheter assembly to a desired position, withdraw the introducer needle, thereby removing a protective, non-adhesive release liner from the adhesive of the positioned catheter assembly, thereby temporarily fixing the position of the catheter assembly at the desired position by contacting the exposed adhesive to the skin of the patient. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150792 | Sealing Means For The Sealing Of An Introduction Facility For A Medical Instrument - A sealing means for sealing an introduction facility for a medical instrument includes a first sealing membrane of an elastic material with a first slit and a second sealing membrane of an elastic material with a second slit. The first sealing membrane and the second sealing membrane abut laminarily on each other. The first sealing membrane and the second sealing membrane are arranged such that the first slit and the second slit are not parallel with each other. Each of the first slit and the second slit is unbranched. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150793 | NOVEL ENHANCED INTRODUCER ASSEMBLY - Provided is a sheath assembly comprising a dilator hub and sheath hub, configured for coupling by a first movement that combines simultaneous longitudinal and radial movements, followed by a second movement that is substantially radial, and what is also provided is a sheath assembly that comprising a hemostasis valve with a W-slit. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150794 | URETERAL ACCESS SYSTEM WITH ACCESS SHEATH - A ureteral access system includes a ureteral probe and a sheath. The ureteral probe has a proximal end, a tapered distal end portion, and an exterior wall with a longitudinal channel formed in the ureteral probe that communicates with a proximal port formed in the exterior wall and with a distal port formed in the exterior wall. The ureteral probe is provided with a split opening extending from the proximal port to the distal port. The longitudinal channel is sized to receive a guide wire that is insertable through a urethra and into a ureter. The sheath is sized for placement over the ureteral probe. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150795 | VALVED CONNECTOR - A valved connector configured to control the leakage of bodily fluid from within a patient. The valved connector including a seal positioned within a lumen of the body of the valved connector. The distal end of the valved connector is adapted to permit access to, or coupling of an apparatus. A proximal end is adapted to be threadably coupled to a secondary device. The needless connector valve being configured to be openable by a dilator or post of an apparatus which is connected to the proximal end of the needleless connector. In the event that a luer coupler or other secondary apparatus is not available, a needle, cannula, trocar, or other instrument can be threaded through the main lumen of the valved connector opening the valve and allowing the passage of fluid directly through the needle, trocar, cannula, or other instrument. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150796 | FOLDABLE IV CATHETER SECUREMENT DRESSING FOR PROTECTING AGAINST INADVERTENT CONTAMINATION - Sterile intravenous catheter securements and securement dressings that provide simpler, more effective, and lower risk intravenous catheter placement and securement in a patient are described. Catheter securement dressings may include one or more adhesive portions positioned and configured to maintain a position of a catheter assembly following catheterization. Catheter securement dressings may be secured to a patient with an adhesive portion, and the catheter assembly may then be placed into the patient through an access opening in the catheter securement dressing. Portions of catheter securement dressings may then by folded over and adhered to each other and portions of the catheter assembly to secure the catheter assembly to the patient. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150797 | PREFILLED SYRINGE JET INJECTOR - A jet injector that includes a prefilled syringe. The syringe includes a fluid chamber that contains a medicament. The syringe also has an injection-assisting needle, and a plunger is movable within the fluid chamber. A housing is configured for allowing insertion of the needle to a penetration depth. An energy source is configured for biasing the plunger to produce an injecting pressure in the medicament in the fluid chamber of between about 80 and 1000 p.s.i. to jet inject the medicament from the fluid chamber through the needle to an injection site. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150798 | AUTOINJECTOR WITH AUDIBLE INDICATION OF COMPLETED DELIVERY - The present invention relates to a device for automatic injection of a product into an injection site, the device comprising: a container having a displaceable piston; a tubular housing having at least a flexible part which, in a rest state, defines a first opening; a piston rod; and, an intermediate part fixed to the piston rod which defines a diameter larger than the first opening. With sufficient distal displacement of the piston rod, the intermediate part causes the at least a flexible part to deflect outwardly with further distal displacement of the piston rod causing the intermediate part to wholly pass through the first opening with the at least a flexible part returning towards the at rest state, engagement of the at least a flexible part with a surrounding element under force of movement towards the at rest state generating a sound. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150799 | Injection Device - The invention concerns an injection device for apportioning set doses of a drug from a reservoir to a subject. The injection device comprises a housing having an interior thread formed as an outwardly pointing thread carried on an upstanding tower centrally located in the pen shaped device. This outwardly pointing thread forms a first thread connection with the interior thread of the rotatable scale drum. The injection device further comprises a driver for moving the piston rod forward when moved axially. The driver operates the piston rod through a second thread connection having a pitch different than the first thread connection. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150800 | Auto-Injector - The invention relates to an auto-injector with an interlock mechanism for defining an operation sequence of the auto-injector ( | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150801 | Auto-Injector - The invention relates to an auto-injector ( | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150802 | CODED CAP FOR USE WITH A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - A cap-fit differentiation means for use with a medication or drug delivery device is described. The cap includes at least one first coding feature located on a surface of the cap, the at least one coding feature configured to interact with at least one second coding feature located on the drug delivery device. When the first and second coding features interact, feedback is provided to a user. The feedback may include tactile and/or audible feedback. The second coding feature may alternatively be located on the cartridge or cartridge holder. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150803 | ACCURATE DOSE CONTROL MECHANISMS AND DRUG DELIVERY SYRINGES - A dose control mechanism for a syringe includes a plunger having a coarse pitch screw on its exterior surface, a housing having a corresponding coarse pitch guide along the interior surface of the housing, a screw having a fine pitch screw which interfaces with a fine pitch nut of an adapter, wherein the plunger has an internal annular space within which screw at least partially resides. An accurate dose drug delivery syringe includes such a dose control mechanism, a barrel, a plunger seal, and a barrel adapter assembly having a barrel tip and a needle. The syringe may be a fill-at-time-of-use syringe, a pre-filled syringe, or a safety syringe having integrated needle retraction or needle sheathing safety features, or a combination thereof. Methods of assembly, manufacturing, and operation are similarly disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150804 | Apparatus for the Removal of Needles of Syringes - An apparatus for the removal of needles of syringes is provided with two gripping devices adapted to withhold a syringe and the respective needle, respectively, and an actuating device for moving the two gripping devices with respect to each other with a roto-translating motion about and along a longitudinal axis of the syringe in order to unscrew the needle from the syringe itself. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150805 | Irrigation Catheter Device and Ablation System - An irrigation catheter device, in particular an ablation catheter, including a catheter body in which a central lumen extends from a proximal region into a distal region, wherein a large number of irrigation channels extend away from the lumen, the outlet openings of which out of the catheter body are distributed across the distal end region thereof, wherein sensors are assigned to the central lumen and/or the individual irrigation channels for pressure measurement and/or to measure the flow velocity, to which evaluation means are connected, which are designed to determine the open or closed state of a portion of the irrigation channels on the basis of measured values registered by the sensors. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150806 | MEDICAL CONNECTOR WITH CLOSEABLE MALE LUER - A luer connector comprising a housing with a hollow bore having first and second ends, a male luer tip, and a tapering interior surface. The luer connector also comprises a rigid valve member having a first opened end and a second closed end, a passageway therein, and an outwardly extending flange near the second end adapted to seal the hollow bore at the second end of the housing when in contact with an interior surface of the housing. The valve member further comprises an opening near the closed end of the valve member extending outward from the passageway through the valve member and at least one strut attached to the valve member. The luer connector also comprises a retaining member configured to couple the valve member and the housing and a sealing element disposed within the housing to inhibit fluid communication through the hollow bore of the housing. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150807 | STRAIN RELIEF AND CATHETER WITH STRAIN RELIEF - Disclosed herein is a strain relief having a plurality of enclosing parts arranged in an axial direction and enclosing a longitudinal axis of the strain relief. A space portion can be formed between adjacent enclosing parts so that the strain relief is freely bendable. In the strain relief, the adjacent enclosing parts are interconnected, and one or both of opposed surfaces of the adjacent enclosing parts can be provided with a projection that projects in a direction substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150808 | CATHETER SHEATH AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - A catheter sheath comprises a tubular member connected to a catheter handle, the tubular sheath including one or more electrical conductors and one or more electrode rings attached to the tip of the tubular member. The tubular member further includes at least one opening that allows the one or more electrical conductor to be electrically connected to the one or more electrode rings. The electrode ring is slid over the tubular member so as to cover the opening. The tubular member and the electrode ring are subjected to heat treatment by induction heating so that the material of the tubular member melts locally around the electrode ring to form a seal between the tubular member and the electrode ring. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150809 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COATING A MEDICAL DEVICE - An antimicrobial coating system and method are described. In some embodiments, a system may include a composition. The composition may include one or more bridged polycyclic compounds. At least one of the bridged polycyclic compounds may include at least two cyclic groups, and at least two of the cyclic groups may include quaternary ammonium moieties. In some embodiments, a method may include applying an antimicrobial coating to an oral surface, a surface of a construction substrate, a surface of a marine substrate, a surface of a medical device, or a surface of a personal care device. The protective coating may be antimicrobial. A protective coating may include antimicrobial bridged polycyclic compounds. Bridged polycyclic compounds may include quaternary ammonium compounds. Bridged polycyclic compounds based coating systems may impart self-cleaning properties to a surface (e.g., a tooth surface). | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150810 | INTRAVAGINAL RING FOR THE DELIVERY OF UNIQUE COMBINATIONS OF ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed are compositions for inhibiting transmission of a sexually transmitted infection that contain one or more polyanionic microbicides, such as carrageenans, including lambda carrageenan, as well as water-soluble metal salts and specified antiretroviral agents comprising NNRTIs and NRTIs. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the compositions. Also disclosed are intravaginal rings for delivering water-soluble compounds, and preferably high molecular weight water-soluble polymers at essentially a zero order rate. The rings include an outer layer of non-water-swellable elastomer, and preferably high molecular weight water-soluble polymer and an inner layer of the water-soluble polymer, which is imbedded in the outer layer, and an aperture through the outer layer for release thereof only through that aperture. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150811 | High-Flow Port Stem - An implantable port with a high-flow stem for fluid access to a site within a human body is disclosed. The port has a reservoir and a needle-penetrable septum for access to the reservoir. The port also has a stem with multiple cylindrical lumens extending through the length of the stem, and each cylindrical lumen is in fluid communication with the reservoir. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150812 | HIGH MODULUS POLYMERIC EJECTOR MECHANISM, EJECTOR DEVICE, AND METHODS OF USE - An ejector device and method of delivering safe, suitable, and repeatable dosages to a subject for topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use is disclosed. The ejector device includes a housing, a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of fluid, and an ejector mechanism in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to eject a stream of droplets, the ejector mechanism comprising an ejector plate coupled to a generator plate and a piezoelectric actuator; the piezoelectric actuator being operable to oscillate the ejector plate, and thereby the generator plate, at a frequency and generate a directed stream of droplets. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150813 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY APPARATUS - Methods and apparatuses for detecting full waste canister and/or fluid flow path blockage conditions are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods and apparatuses for controlling a pump. In some embodiments, flow of fluid can be restricted in a portion of the fluid flow path. A controller can be configured to compare a difference in pressure values upstream and downstream of a fluid flow restrictor to a pressure difference threshold, and determine based on the comparison whether to activate an alarm indicating the full waste canister condition or the fluid flow path blockage condition. The controller can be additionally or alternatively configured to determine a fluid flow using a flow meter, open a selectable valve in response to a comparison of the fluid flow with a fluid flow threshold, determine fluid flow after opening the valve, and determine based on the fluid flow after opening the valve whether to activate the alarm. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150814 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DEVICE - A wound therapy device which may include a gasket distally spaced from an absorptive pad and an edge of a backing material. The device may also include an adaptor, a tube portion with a connector located distally from a port hole in the backing material, and at least one viewing portal disposed over the absorptive material allowing the absorptive material to be seen from the second side of the backing material. Also, a method of determining a saturation level of such a device. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150815 | SYNTHETIC GRANULATING GAUZE FOR USE WITH REDUCED-PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEMS - A manifold member for use in applying reduced pressure to a tissue site on a patient looks or feels like medical cotton gauze but has a plurality of plurality of interlocking synthetic fibers and a plurality of asperities that provide enhanced performance. Other manifold members, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150816 | Absorbent Article Having Dryness Indicating Graphic - An absorbent article including features facilitating toilet training of a wearer is provided. The article includes at least a first appearing graphic that changes from an initial, less visible state to a subsequent, more visible state in the absence of wetness, thereby to provide positive encouragement to a child during toilet training. The appearing graphic becomes less visible if subjected to liquid. A wetness sensation member may also be provided to give tactile, negative sensation to the child, thereby giving feedback received by at least two different senses. Additionally or alternatively, a second appearing graphic, different from the first appearing graphic, may be provided to increase a child's interest in the toilet training process. The first and second appearing graphics may become visible at different times, thereby providing a sequential or spaced reveal of the image. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150817 | Absorbent Composites Exhibiting Stepped Capacity Behavior - An absorbent article has an absorbent composite that includes a water-insoluble fibrous matrix, a superabsorbent polymer composition that has an initial absorbent capacity of at least about 5 grams of saline per gram of superabsorbent polymer composition; and a first triggering mechanism having a first release time of between about 5 and 60 minutes, and a second triggering mechanism. The superabsorbent polymer composition may have a second absorbent capacity that is at least about 25% greater than the first absorbent capacity as measured by the mCRC Test. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150818 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a first portion having at least two target strips located on opposite ends of the first portion, at least one visual sizing indicator positioned on the first portion of the article between the at least two target strips, the visual sizing indicator including indicia for indicating that the article is too large for a wearer, a middle portion contoured inwards such that an hourglass shape is formed, and a second portion having at least two fasteners located on opposite edges of the second portion. The absorbent article is formed of several layers including a moisture-impervious outer layer, an inner layer substantially co-extensive with the outer layer, and a filler interposed between the inner layer and the outer layer. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150819 | Sub-mucosal agent delivery apparatus,system and method - An agent delivery apparatus for administering a pharmacological agent formulation to a sub-mucosal compartment of a body organ, comprising injector means having an internal formulation chamber that is adapted to receive and contain the pharmacological agent formulation therein and an elongated agent delivery member having a first end that is in communication with the internal formulation chamber and a delivery nozzle end, the injector means including force generating means that is adapted to generate sufficient force to expel the pharmacological agent formulation from the injector means and into and through the agent delivery member, and out of the delivery nozzle end of the elongated agent delivery member with a delivery pressure in the range of approximately | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150820 | NEEDLE-FREE INTRADERMAL INJECTION DEVICE - A needle-free injection device suitable for delivering a therapeutic substance into the intradermal space of a patient. The needle-free injection device includes a main spring which can be compressed using one or more handles attached to the device to place the needle-free injection device into an armed configuration. Device embodiments may optionally include an injector tube and associated apparatus which may be moved relative to other device structures when the injector is pressed against the skin of a patient with sufficient force. The disclosed operational switches and release mechanisms cooperate to prevent injection unless the device is properly positioned for an injection. Needle-free injection systems and methods of operating a needle-free injection device are also disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150821 | MULTICHANNEL INFUSION SYSTEM FOR RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY - A multichannel infusion system for use with a hemofilter includes first and second measurement devices that measure the weight of a replacement fluid in a first receptacle and an ultrafiltrate in a second receptacle, a first pumping module configured to accept a first desired flow rate and deliver the replacement fluid from the first receptacle to the hemofilter at the accepted first desired flow rate, a second pumping module configured to accept a second desired flow rate and remove the ultrafiltrate from the hemofilter to the second receptacle at the accepted second desired flow rate, and a control system in communication with the first and second measurement units and the first and second pumping modules. The control system is configured to adjust the first and second desired flow rates based on the measurements made by the first and second measurement devices. | 2013-06-13 |
| 20130150822 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE PERMEABILITY OF AN EPITHELIAL BARRIER - Disclosed are nanotopography-based methods and devices for interacting with a component of epithelial tissue and increasing the permeability of the tissue. Devices include structures fabricated on a surface to form a nanotopography. A random or non-random pattern of structures may be fabricated such as a complex pattern including structures of differing sizes and/or shapes. Microneedles may be beneficially utilized for delivery of an agent to a cell or tissue. Devices may be utilized to directly or indirectly alter cell behavior through the interaction of a fabricated nanotopography with the components of epithelial tissue. | 2013-06-13 |
