| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 604150000 | Material impelled by hydraulic or water hydrant pressure | 16 |
| 20080262428 | METHOD FOR VAP PREVENTATIVE VENTILATION OF INTUBATED CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS - An intermittent, large-volume lavage/suctioning scheme is provided. A lavage solution is first applied into the subglottic cavity, in sufficient volume to mechanically dislodge and wash-out pooled contaminated solid materials from the oro-pharyngeal spaces, the naso-pharyngeal spaces and the sinuses adjunct to the intra-nasal cavities. The dislodged contaminated solid materials are removed with large bore suctioning tools suited for atraumatic, deep naso-pharyngeal and oro-pharyngeal insertion. After the suctioning procedure has been performed, a space filling gel seal that is composed of a self-degrading physiologic substance can be installed within the subglottic space and subsequently washed out into the pharynx with the next lavage procedure. The lavage/suctioning scheme largely reduces or eliminates a bacteria colonization pattern where VAP causing pathogens have been. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090082729 | Personal cleaning device - A douche device which can be supported on a shower head. The device has a reservoir, a cross-support which can be removably connected to the reservoir, and a central semi-circular portion in the cross-support which can be clipped to the shower head pipe. The reservoir has a bottom outlet connected by a flexible hose to a douche wand. The reservoir also has an overflow outlet located on its rear wall above the bottom outlet, with an unobtrusive flexible overflow hose extending from the overflow outlet down to the floor. In use, the device can readily be connected to or disconnected from a shower head, and when in use, excess water from the shower head will not overfill the reservoir and fall onto the user from above. Instead, excess water will exit the reservoir via the overflow opening and will be conducted down to the floor and into a floor drain. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100152661 | MODULAR ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM - A modular administration appliance including a reusable base unit and a replaceable cartridge detachably connected to the base unit and including a container for a substance and a rotatable transmission element, the base unit including a drive device by which a rotary movement is transmitted between the base unit and the cartridge, and a driving element displaceable in a rotary movement about a rotational axis by the drive device, wherein a rotation of the transmission element causes the ejection of at least a portion of the substance from the container. In some embodiments, the transmission element at least partially surrounds the drive device, and/or the drive element and the transmission element are detachably connectable to each other for transmitting the rotational movement. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100298773 | Colonic cleaning device - The present invention provides devices suitable for insertion into a body passage, wherein said devices comprise a conduit and a distal head region located at the distal end of said conduit, and wherein a plurality of apertures on the surface of said head region and conduit may be used to direct a liquid spray outwards from said device. The apertures are designed and spatially arranged such that when the device is inserted into a body passage, the liquid spray emitted from said apertures is capable of both reducing the frictional contact between the device and the walls of said passage and of cleansing said passage of undesired solid and other particulate matter. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110230835 | Implantation Device For Metabolite Sensors - The invention relates to an implantation device for implanting a sensor element for detecting at least one analyte in a bodily fluid or body tissue. The implantation device comprises at least one cannula for piercing a skin surface of a patient. The cannula has at least one holding area for holding the sensor element. The implantation device furthermore has at least one hydraulic container, connected to the cannula, for holding a hydraulic fluid and at least one pressure generation device. The pressure generation device is designed to apply pressure to the hydraulic fluid, wherein the sensor element can be transferred from the cannula into the body tissue using the hydraulic fluid. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110306929 | Fluid Delivery Device Needle Retraction Mechanisms, Cartridges and Expandable Hydraulic Fluid Seals - A fluid delivery device includes an automatic needle retraction mechanism configured to automatically retract a delivery end of a needle into a housing. In one embodiment, the needle assembly is configured to automatically withdraw the delivery end of the needle into the housing upon an actuator moving from the first position to the second position. In one embodiment, the needle assembly is configured to automatically withdraw the delivery end of the needle into the housing upon decoupling a bottom surface of the housing from a skin surface. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120157917 | HIGH PRESSURE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING PELVIC DISORDER USING LARGE MOLECULE THERAPEUTICS - The invention relates generally to methods and systems for the treatment of pelvic tissues using a high pressure injection device to deliver a therapeutic composition that includes a large molecule therapeutic agent, such as a nucleic acid or a polypeptide, to a target tissue in the pelvic area. Methods of the invention can improve delivery of the therapeutic agent into the tissue, which can be beneficial for the treatment of a pelvic tissue disorder, such as bladder and prostate tumors. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120253284 | COLONIC CLEANSING DEVICE - The present invention may provide devices suitable for insertion into a body passage. The devices may include a conduit and a distal head region located at the distal end of said conduit. A plurality of apertures on the surface of said head region and conduit may be used to direct a liquid spray outwards from said device. The apertures may be designed and spatially arranged such that when the device is inserted into a body passage, the liquid spray emitted from said apertures may be capable of both reducing the frictional contact between the device and the walls of said passage and of cleansing said passage of undesired solid and other particulate matter. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20140081209 | Chondrocyte Container and Method of Use - Devices and methods for delivering a therapeutic agent produced via a genetically-altered chondrocyte are provided. More specifically, the device includes a housing which defines a cell chamber configured to retain a large volume of chondrocytes while selectively releasing therapeutic agents produced via these entrapped cells. In an exemplary embodiment, the cell chamber can be configured such that a portion of cells can be positioned at least about 1.5 mm from an external wall of the device (i.e., about 1.5 mm away from an external nutrient supply). For example, the cell chamber can have a tubular configuration having a length and a diameter wherein each of these dimensions is at least about 3 mm (thereby the central core to the chamber is at least about 1.5 mm from the outer wall of the device). | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140155830 | DIRECT STREAM HYDRODYNAMIC CATHETER SYSTEM - A direct stream hydrodynamic catheter system is provided for the removal of thrombus, lesions and the like including provisions for the infusion of drugs, lysing fluids and the like into a blood vessel. Physician controlled powered direct fluid jet streams emanate from a fluid jet emanatory in the form of robust radially directed fluid jet streams to impinge upon and ablate difficult and strong thrombus and lesions within a blood vessel. Effluent aspiration is controlled by an exhaust regulator in the form of a roller pump, but effluent removal can be assistingly influenced by the fluid pressure associated with the radially directed fluid jet streams. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140236086 | Fluid Delivery Device Needle Retraction Mechanisms, Cartridges and Expandable Hydraulic Fluid Seals - A fluid delivery device includes an automatic needle retraction mechanism configured to automatically retract a delivery end of a needle into a housing. In one embodiment, the needle assembly is configured to automatically withdraw the delivery end of the needle into the housing upon an actuator moving from the first position to the second position. In one embodiment, the needle assembly is configured to automatically withdraw the delivery end of the needle into the housing upon decoupling a bottom surface of the housing from a skin surface. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140276415 | INFUSION SYSTEM WITH DUAL-CHAMBERED RESERVOIR - Described herein are medical fluid infusion systems for pumping a fluid to a patient, such as in a hospital environment. In one aspect, disclosed is an infusion system including a drive assembly having a drive fluid reservoir and a drive mechanism configured to apply a force to drive fluid from the drive fluid reservoir through a length of tubing. The infusion system includes a hydraulic assembly having a first fluid chamber having an inlet port configured to be in fluid communication with the length of tubing and a second fluid chamber having an outlet port configured to be in fluid communication with a patient extension set and a flexible movable divider sealing the first fluid chamber from the second fluid chamber. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140378900 | Osmotic Delivery Systems and Piston Assemblies for Use Therein - An osmotic delivery system is disclosed for delivering an active agent formulation to a fluid environment. The osmotic delivery system typically comprises a reservoir having a lumen that contains the active agent formulation and an osmotic agent formulation and a piston assembly positioned in the lumen to isolate the active agent formulation from the osmotic agent formulation. The piston assembly typically comprises a body constructed and arranged for positioning in the lumen. The body is typically made of a polymeric material that is, for example, resistant to leaching in an organic solvent. In one embodiment, the body is a columnar body having a rim at a distal end thereof for engaging and sealing against a wall of the reservoir and the piston assembly further comprises a spring retained at the distal end of the columnar body for biasing the rim of the columnar body against the wall of the reservoir. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150094664 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - A drug delivery device includes a cylindrical casing which has two openings on opposite sides, a lid which has an air inflow hole and is joined at one end of the cylindrical casing so as to close one of the openings. An internal space, in which an inflating agent and a drug are sealed while being separated from each other, is formed by at least the cylindrical casing and the lid, the internal space communicates with the air inflow hole and a delivery hole through which the drug is delivered, the inflating agent is formed of a material which is mainly composed of iron, iron oxide is produced by at least oxygen in the inflow air, which causes the inflating agent to be inflated, and as the inflating agent is inflated, the drug is delivered through the delivery hole. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150126928 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - The invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a control unit, a drive unit, a pressurizing medium container arranged to contain a pressurizing liquid, a drug container arranged to contain a drug and a discharge nozzle, wherein the drive unit when controlled and energized by the control unit is arranged to generate a pressure gradient in the pressurizing liquid thereby propagating the pressure to the drug container and at least partially displacing the drug from the drug container through the discharge nozzle, wherein the drive unit is arranged as an electro-osmotic actor. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160082182 | A Fluid Delivery Device Having An Insertable Prefilled Cartridge - A fluid delivery device comprises a housing having a bottom surface configured to be coupled to the skin surface. The fluid delivery device includes a cartridge prefilled with a fluid and configured to be inserted into the housing. The cartridge has a septum configured to be generally perpendicular to the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted in the housing. The fluid delivery device includes a needle assembly that has a needle that includes a fluid coupling end and a delivery end. The fluid coupling end of the needle is fluidly disengaged from the cartridge in an initial position. The delivery end of the needle extends past the plane of the bottom surface and the fluid coupling end of the needle extends through the septum in a deployed position. | 03-24-2016 |
