04th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140025059 | FINGER-MOUNTABLE ABLATION DEVICE - A surgical device is disclosed, and includes a pair of finger-mountable annular members, each having an electrode disposed thereon. An optical member is disposed on at least one of the pair of finger-mountable annular members and has a first set of light transmitting properties corresponding to a first set of physical parameters of at least one of the finger-mountable annular members. At least one finger-mountable annular member is configured to transition to a second set of physical parameters being different from the first set of physical parameters. The optical member is configured to transition from a first set of light transmitting properties to a second set of light transmitting properties, the second set of light transmitting properties corresponding to the second set of physical parameters, the second set of light transmitting properties being different from the first set of light transmitting properties. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025060 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE INCLUDING AN OPTICAL SENSOR - An electrosurgical device and system including a blade operatively coupled to an energy source is disclosed herein. The electrosurgical device includes an optical sensor to monitor physical characteristics of the blade such that the device may automatically regulate the energy supplied to the blade and/or the operator may adjust several parameters including how the blade is removed and how much energy is supplied to the blade. A method of using the device and system is also disclosed. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025061 | RF ENERGY CONSOLE INCLUDING METHOD FOR VESSEL SEALING - A RF energy console controls RF energy output from a RF generator for sealing blood vessels. The energy console includes a processor that executes routines and a controller feedback circuit that, in combination, control the RF generator. Operation includes a heating stage outputting a RF ramping voltage and determining a decrease in measured current to less than a predetermined o of a maximum measured and stored current value to advance to a sealing stage. Then, the voltage is controlled to maintain an increasing change in impedance until a change in current value approaches a flat curve indicating seal completion, which stops the RF generator output. To reseal or enhance a blood vessel seal, the energy console executes the same routines as in the initial sealing operation. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025062 | TREATMENT PROCESS INDICATOR - Described is an apparatus for fractional RF skin treatment that includes an RF generator and an applicator. The apparatus also includes a display facilitating display of RF skin treatment process results. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025063 | ENERGY DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS - This relates to methods and devices for achieving contact between the wall of a cavity or passageway and a medical device when used in tortuous anatomy. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025064 | REAL-TIME ARC CONTROL IN ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATORS - An electrosurgical generator is disclosed. The generator includes a radio frequency output stage configured to generate a radio frequency waveform and a sensor circuit configured to measure a property of the radio frequency waveform during a predetermined sampling period to determine whether an arc event has occurred. The generator also includes a controller configured to determine a total charge and/or total energy deposited by the radio frequency waveform during the predetermined sampling period associated with the arc event. The controller is further configured to adjust the output of the electrosurgical generator based on at least one parameter to limit arcing. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025065 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AN ELECTROSURGICAL CONTROLLER WITH OUTPUT RF ENERGY CONTROL - An electrosurgical controller with output RF energy control. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are electrosurgical controllers configured to change a first output voltage on the first active terminal relative to the first return terminal by selective control of a number of turns of the primary winding of a transformer used to create the output voltage. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025066 | ABLATION NEEDLE INCLUDING FIBER BRAGG GRATING - A surgical device is disclosed, and includes a probe having a handle assembly and an electrode assembly extending distally therefrom. An optical member is disposed on the probe and has a first set of light transmitting properties corresponding to a first set of physical parameters of the probe. The probe is configured to transition to a second set of physical parameters, the second set of physical parameters being different from the first set of physical parameters. The optical member is configured to transition from the first set of light transmitting properties to a second set of light transmitting properties, the second set of light transmitting properties corresponding to the second set of physical parameters, the second set of light transmitting properties being different from the first set of light transmitting properties. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025067 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH FIBER BRAGG GRATING - A surgical instrument includes an end effector including first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between a first, spaced-apart position and a second position proximate tissue. In the second position, the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. A first optical fiber is disposed within the first jaw member and is configured to provide a first signal, and a second optical fiber is disposed within the first jaw member and is configured to provide a second signal. A controller is coupled to the first and second fibers and is configured to determine the temperature and the strain of the first jaw member as a function of the first and second signals, respectively. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025068 | ABLATION CATHETER WITH FLEXIBLE TIP - A flexible tip electrode for an ablation catheter is disclosed. The catheter includes a catheter body and a hollow elongate tip electrode disposed at a distal end of the catheter body. The electrode includes a sidewall provided with one or more elongate gaps extending therethrough. The one or more elongate gaps providing flexibility in the sidewall for bending movement of the tip electrode relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter body. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025069 | RENAL NERVE MODULATION CATHETER DESIGN - Systems for nerve and tissue modulation are disclosed. An example system may an elongate shaft including an expandable frame coupled to the shaft adjacent to a distal end of the shaft. The frame may include a plurality of electrically conductive regions for emitting an electrical current comprising at least a first electrically conductive region and a second electrically conductive region. The system may further include a ground pad and a control unit electrically coupled to the plurality of electrically conductive regions and the ground pad. The control and power unit is configured to operate in unipolar mode and bipolar mode during the same procedure. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025070 | SURGICAL FORCEPS INCLUDING REPOSABLE END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLIES - A surgical forceps includes a housing having a movable handle coupled thereto and movable between an initial position and a compressed position. A drive bar is operably coupled to the movable handle such that movement of the movable handle between the initial and compressed positions effects longitudinal translation of the drive bar. The drive bar further includes a coupling member disposed at a distal end thereof. An end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members movable between spaced-apart and approximated positions. Each jaw member defines a cam slot. A cam pin is slidably disposed within the cam slot of each of the jaw members. The coupling member is configured to releasably engage the cam pin such that movement of the movable handle between the initial position and the compressed position effects movement of the jaw members between the spaced-apart position and the approximated position. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025071 | SIMPLIFIED SPRING LOAD MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING SHAFT FORCE OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A connection mechanism and manufacturing method for a surgical instrument includes an inner shaft member that extends at least partially through an elongated shaft member of the instrument and defines proximal and distal ends and is selectively movable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the elongated shaft member and includes at least one aperture that extends partially along the longitudinal direction and disposed distally from the proximal end. The inner shaft member enables a drive collar member to slide on the inner shaft member and reciprocate along the longitudinal direction. A drive collar stop member slides on the inner shaft member and moves along the longitudinal direction. The drive collar stop member then moves in a direction relative to the longitudinal axis to engage the aperture and limit further longitudinal motion of the drive collar member. An inner shaft stop member limits movement of the inner shaft. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025072 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COAGULATING AND/OR CONSTRICTING HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES - An energy delivering probe is used for thermally coagulating and/or constricting hollow anatomical structures (HAS) including, but not limited to, blood vessels such as perforator veins. The probe includes a shaft and at least two electrodes where at least one of the electrodes has a generally spherical or toroidal geometry. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025073 | GAP CONTROL VIA OVERMOLD TEETH AND HARD STOPS - A forceps includes an end effector assembly having a stop and a plurality of overmold teeth within at least one jaw member. One (or both) of the jaw members is moveable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween. One (or both) of the jaw members includes a stop molded within an insulative housing, and an insulator plate with the overmold teeth formed from plastic. The overmold teeth extend through openings within a sealing plate and protrude past the tissue sealing surface of the sealing plate. The stop primarily controls the gap distance between opposing jaw members by bearing most of an applied load and the overmold teeth assist in controlling the gap distance by bearing the remaining applied load. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025074 | AN END-EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE LAYER DISPOSED ON AN ELECTRODE - An end-effector assembly includes first and second jaw members disposed in opposing relation relative to one another, at least one of the jaw members moveable from an open position to a closed position for grasping tissue therebetween. First and second conductive plates are disposed on opposing surfaces of corresponding first and second jaw members. First and second compressible membranes are configured to electrically connect corresponding first and second conductive plates to a surgical field when subjected to a compression bias. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025075 | Bilateral Dynamic External Distractor for the Treatment of Complex Fracture Luxations of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint of the Hand - A bilateral dynamic external distractor is disclosed for the treatment of complex fracture luxations of the PIP of the hand. The distractor comprises two setscrews, one left proximal guide block, one right proximal guide block, two threaded rods, two distal guide blocks, and two optional alignment guide clips. The left and right distal guide blocks each comprise a threaded passage, and the first threaded rod extends between the right proximal guide block and the right distal guide block, and the second threaded rod extends between the left proximal guide block and the left distal guide block. Furthermore, rotation of the first and second threaded rods causes the left and right distal guide blocks to move relative to the left and right proximal guide blocks along an axis of the first and second threaded rods. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025076 | EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEM - An external fixation system having at least one ball collet pivotably mounted within a movable clamp and at least one ball collet pivotably mounted within a fixed clamp, wherein a surgical pin is mounted within each ball collet. In operation, the surgical pins are screwed into bone and passed through openings through the fixed clamp, movable clamp, and ball collets. A drive knob is operable to rotate a drive screw and thereby move the movable clamp either towards or away from the fixed clamp and concomitantly move the pins secured in the movable clamp either towards or away from the pins secured in the fixed clamp. A connecting rod prevents axial rotation of the movable clamp and fixed clamp relative to each other. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025077 | CLAMP FOR TEMPORARY OR DEFINITIVE EXTERNAL ORTHOPAEDIC FIXATION, AND EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SAID CLAMP - A clamp applicable to both temporary and definitive orthopaedic external fixation systems comprising a first coupling element having a pair of opposite jaws defining one or more seats to house a first component of the orthopaedic external fixation system. A second coupling element comprises a pair of opposite jaws defining one or more seats to house a second component of the orthopaedic external fixation system. An interconnection pin passes through and connects the first and second coupling elements along an axis of rotation. A fastening means is arranged to bring the clamp from a slack configuration. The first and second coupling elements are relatively rotatable along the axis of rotation to a locked configuration, and are relatively rotatable with each other. These fastening means include manually operable temporary fastening means to temporarily lock the clamp, and definitive fastening means operable with a fastening tool, to definitively lock the clamp. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025078 | Disposable Reamer Shaft For Modular Spherical Or Tapered Hollow Reamer Assembly For Medical Applications - A low cost disposable reamer shaft is made from a rod or tube stock of stainless steel, Nitinol or fiber reinforced polymer having a precise outer diameter in the range of 4 to 14 millimeter and is cut to a shaft length of 250 to 400 millimeters. An attachment piece with male or female thread matching a spherical hollow or tapered hollow reamer is machined and glued with epoxy on one end of the rod of tube stock using a precision centerline aligning jig. An attachment piece for connecting to a drive power unit is machined and glued with epoxy to the other end of the rod or tube stock thus forming a low cost disposable reamer shaft that aligns the centerline of the shaft with that of the reamer. The shaft contacts the reamer at two attachment locations that are displaced from each other, providing precise centerline alignment. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025079 | DRIVING ASSEMBLY FOR A CUTTING TOOL OF THE SHAVER TYPE - The nucleotomy device makes it possible to produce a nuclear space Es in an intervertebral disc Di using a transosseous approach previously pierced in the body of a vertebra Va. The device includes a tool holder ( | 2014-01-23 |
20140025080 | Devices for Delivering Bone Filler Material and Associated Methods of Use - Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, a device for delivering a bone filler material comprising: a housing having a throughbore; a plunger comprising a shaft having external threads, wherein the plunger is configured for advancement through the throughbore of the housing; and a threaded receiving member configured to releasably engage the plunger. Methods for removing an instrument from a vertebral body comprising applying ultrasonic energy to the instrument, wherein a distal end of the instrument is disposed in a cavity in the vertebral body, wherein the cavity contains a filler material; and removing the instrument from the vertebral body. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025081 | KNEE SIZING AND BALANCING INSTRUMENT - An orthopedic instrument for knee arthroplasty includes an anterior-posterior sizer assembly, a tensor assembly and a rotation mechanism. The sizer assembly includes a stylus, a sizer body including medial and lateral posterior feet extending substantially perpendicularly from the sizer body, and a sizer slider that can slide relative to the sizer body along a medial-lateral direction relative to a patient's knee. The tensor assembly includes a tensor frame having a central portion, medial and lateral wings extending at an angle from the central portion, and medial and lateral posterior feet extending substantially perpendicularly to the central portion. The rotation mechanism includes a portion coupled to the tensor frame of the tensor assembly and a portion coupled to the sizer body. The rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the medial and lateral posterior feet of the sizer body relative to the tensor frame toward a lateral side of the patient's knee. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025082 | Impact and Drive System for Prosthesis Deployment Device - A deployment device for a prosthesis includes a driving assembly, including a driving tube and a driving pin. The deployment device also includes a driven assembly, including a driven tube and a driven pin. The driven pin and the driven tube may be further associated with the prosthesis. The driving tube, the driving pin, the driven tube and the driven pin may all be located coaxially, with the driving pin configured to translate through a cavity in the driving tube and the driven pin configured to translate through a cavity in the driven tube. This configuration allows for a two-stage implantation process for the prosthesis, as the driving tube and driving pin may move together in one stage and may move relative to one another in a second stage. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025083 | DISTAL RELEASE RETRIEVAL ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - A device and related method of use is provided for the capture and removal of various unwanted objects present within the body's anatomical lumens. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the device includes an external elongate member; an internal elongate member disposed within the external elongate member; and a retrieval assembly connected to the internal elongate member and retractable within and extendable from a lumen of the external elongate member. The retrieval assembly includes an end configured to be selectively open or substantially closed. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025084 | VAGINAL MANIPULATOR HEAD AND HEAD EXTENDER - A vaginal manipulator includes a head with a door and a head extender attachable to the head. A shaft is connected between a handle of the manipulator and the head. The head includes a proximal end that is connected to the shaft and a distal end opposite the proximal end, an anterior side opposite a posterior side, and a recess formed in the posterior side of the head. The shaft is curved to locate the anterior side of the head closer to the handle than the posterior side of the head is to the handle. The door is disposed in the recess and has a pivot portion connected to the head and a free portion opposite the pivot portion that is movable into and out of the recess. The head extender is removably attached to the distal end of the head. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025085 | CATHETER HAVING RADIALLY EXPANDABLE SHAFT - A catheter is disclosed, which is capable of delivering embolization beads for treating uterine fibroids. The elongate catheter shaft includes a radially expandable portion at its distal end, which can expand radially locally when an embolization bead passes through it. In some cases, the catheter shaft includes a non-expandable portion, with an inner diameter comparable to the bead diameter, between the handle and the radially expandable portion. In some cases, the radially expandable portion is made from a tubular braid, stretched longitudinally over a mandrel, and encased in a lubricious soft polymer while still stretched. In other cases, the radially expandable portion is made from a slotted nitinol tube, encased in a lubricious soft polymer below the nitinol transition temperature. The polymer is thick enough to prevent the encased element from returning to its unstretched diameter or a larger size above the transition temperature. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025086 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING GUIDEWIRES - Device and method for capturing guidewires inside blood vessels. The disclosed device enables retrieval of guidewires that need to be pulled from the body at a different location than the guidewire entering location, such as guidewires that have entered in a retrograde direction. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025087 | INVAGINATING VALVULOPLASTY BALLOON CATHETER AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR - The disclosure pertains to an invaginating inflatable balloon catheter and methods of using the catheter. The catheter of the disclosure includes an outer tubular body, an inner tubular body, and an inflatable balloon attached to the tubular bodies such that the balloon is adapted to be inflated within a valve or other tissue to be dilated. During use, the dilating balloon is slowly deflated as aspiration is applied to the inner tubular body and the inflatable balloon is withdrawn into the outer tubular body by proximal motion of the inner tubular body. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025088 | ROBOT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE NEUROSURGERY - A robotic device for performing intracranial procedures, comprising a baseplate for mounting on the subject's skull and a rotatable base element rotating on the baseplate. The rotatable base element has a central opening through which a cannulated needle can protrude such that it can rotate around an axis perpendicular to the baseplate. This cannulated needle is robotically controlled to provide motion into and out of the subject's skull. A flexible needle is disposed coaxially within the cannulated needle, and it is controlled to move into and out of a non-axial aperture in the distal part of the cannulated needle. Coordinated control of the insertion motion of the cannulated and flexible needles, and rotation of the combined cannulated/flexible needle assembly enables access to be obtained to a volume of a region of the brain having lateral dimensions substantially larger than the width of the cannulated needle. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025089 | MOTORIZED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - A motorized surgical instrument that may be held by the surgeon or be attached to the surgeon's limb by means of a special adapter that includes an interface between the surgeon and the surgical tool. The motorized surgical instrument includes mechanism, motors, gears, interface and power source that enable the surgeon to easily control the motorized surgical tools in order perform the surgical procedure. The system differs from prior art systems in that the surgeon operates the tools by using the natural hand motions he would use if he were performing direct manual surgery on the subject. The described motorized surgical tool has a wider range of movement and reach than commonly used surgical tools. These new properties increase the possibilities of tool maneuvering by the surgeon, while allowing the surgeon to operate the motorized surgical tool segments easily while maintaining a comfortable posture. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025090 | Skin Treatment Apparatus - A skin treatment apparatus includes a handle body, a driving unit received in a receiving cavity of the handle body, a treatment head unit, and an inlet arrangement. The treatment head unit includes a supporting member provided at the front end portion of the handle body, a treatment cap detachably attached on the supporting member, a treatment shaft rotatably connected to the driving unit and extended from the driving unit into a treatment cavity, and an abrasion head integrally formed at a free end of the treatment shaft in such a manner that when the treatment shaft is driven to rotate, the abrasion head is also driven to rotate with respect to the handle body. The inlet arrangement is formed at the supporting member of the treatment head unit for providing a predetermined amount of skin treatment fluid in the treatment cavity. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025091 | HANDHELD EXFOLIATING DEVICE - A skin removal device includes a housing having a handle portion, a drum assembly coupled to the handle portion and including a drum, the drum having an abrasive outer surface configured to abrade skin of a user during rotation of the drum, and an electromechanical drive system disposed at least partially within the housing and configured to rotate the drum. The drum assembly is moveable in a lateral direction relative to the handle portion to enable insertion and removal of the drum assembly. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025092 | ENDOSCOPIC LIGATION - A ligature delivery device includes a control member, an elongated shaft, and an end effector attached to the distal end of the elongated shaft. An activation mechanism provides an user-operable connection between the control member and the end effector. In several embodiments, the end effector includes a reverse grasping mechanism. Several embodiments of ligature devices are adapted to be deployed endoscopically and/or translumenally using the reverse-grasping delivery device. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025093 | REMOVABLE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESES - A prosthesis includes an enclosure. A flexible support structure is situated at least partially within the enclosure and is removable therefrom. The flexible support structure occupies a total circumferential area and has a stiffness that is sufficient to allow the prosthesis to assume a deployed (e.g., generally planar) configuration. A tab is adjoined with the flexible support structure and extends external to the enclosure. Pulling the tab directionally away from the prosthesis causes a reconfiguration of the flexible support structure sufficient to enable the flexible support structure to pass through an opening in the prosthesis having a total circumferential area that is less than the total circumferential area occupied by the flexible support structure when the prosthesis is in the deployed (e.g., generally planar) configuration, enabling removal of the flexible support structure from the enclosure. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025094 | SUTURE LOADED UMBILICAL MESH - A surgical mesh includes a body portion configured to extend across a tissue defect and a plurality of fibers secured to the body portion. The plurality of fibers extends outwardly from the body portion and is gathered at a hub for handling by a clinician. In embodiments, the plurality of fibers may be coupled to the mesh via one of knitting, weaving, or interlacing each fiber through yarns forming the body portion. In other embodiments, the plurality of fibers is coupled to the mesh via one of knotting, tying, welding, adhering, and fusing each fiber to yarns forming the body portion. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025095 | DOUBLE SPIRAL PATENT FORAMEN OVALE CLOSURE CLAMP - The present invention provides a device which is adapted to press together the septum primum and the septum secundum between the atrial chambers to close any tunnel in the septum. The device in its preferred form has two clamping members, one on each side of the septum and a central connector which connects the two clamping members and passes through the tunnel. The device is configured to conform to the anatomy such that the tunnel is not substantially deformed by the device. The central connector, in its preferred form has two wires that are spaced apart so that the wires are proximate the lateral sides of the tunnel. The spacing allows the device to be centered at an appropriate location. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025096 | IMPLANTABLE MESH PROSTHESES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Implantable prostheses for reinforcing and repairing defects in a muscular or tissue wall and a method for fabricating the prostheses that minimizes wasted mesh material and reduces the labor and time required for fabrication. The prosthesis may include a plug body formed of surgical mesh material having a closed end, a larger open end, and a cavity extending therebetween, and a filler body formed of the surgical mesh material comprising a plurality of petals extending radially outwardly from and spaced laterally about a common base disposed in the plug body with the common base attached to the closed end of the plug body. The plug bodies are cut as circular pieces, and the filler bodies are cut as hour-glass shaped pieces from the same sheet of material so as to leave virtually no wasted mesh material. The filler pieces may be attached to the plug body piece by welding. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025097 | METHOD FOR DEBRIDING WOUNDS - A method enabling relatively pain-free wound debridement is provided. The method entails double-delivering ultrasound to the wound and dissecting material to be debrided with a cutting edge. Delivering ultrasound energy via a coupling medium to an area of the wound within the vicinity of the material to be debrided and exposing the material to be debrided to ultrasound vibrations as to induce vibrations about the point of dissection, the double-delivery of ultrasound elicits an effect allowing for relatively pain-free debridement. While the effect elicited by the double-delivery is in place, the material to be debrided is dissected with a cutting edge. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025098 | DEVICE FOR OCULAR ULTRASOUND THERAPY HAVING A REFLECTOR - The present invention relates to a device for treating an ocular pathology, including a ring ( | 2014-01-23 |
20140025099 | Adjustable Ergonomic Grip - The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a grip for a hand held instrument such as a tattoo tube designed to ergonomically enhance the finger and thumb placement, which grip is adjustable and therefore customizable by the user and characterized by a housing featuring a series of circumferential grooves spaced along the exterior of the housing and removable flexible o-rings adjustably situated within the grooves such that the user's fingers and thumb can comfortably and safely grip the tattoo tube with less pressure and reduce repetitive stress injuries. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025100 | RE-SHAPING INTRAGASTRIC IMPLANTS - The present application provides implantable intragastric devices for the treatment of obesity. The intragastric devices advantageously act as a volume-occupying device, and is able to survive implantation in a patient's stomach for a year or longer. In addition, the intragastric devices may be configured to stimulate an inner stomach wall and/or temporarily block the pylorus to slow gastric emptying and/or be rotationally variant, thereby encouraging different stimulation points on the inner wall of the stomach and limiting the stomach's ability to adapt over long term implantation. The intragastric devices may reshape the stomach cavity, such as by pushing on opposite sides so as to “planarize” the stomach. For instance, the device may be an inflated disk, or an implantable loop or a springy coil that may be straightened for delivery/extraction yet assume the loop or coil shape upon implant. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025101 | Tourniquet Cuff with Improved Pneumatic Passageway - A tourniquet cuff has minimal flow restrictions within its pneumatic passageway under normal operating conditions, has a substantially reduced likelihood of partial or complete obstructions or interruptions of the pneumatic passageway under foreseeable operating conditions, can indicate exposure of the cuff to external agents that are capable of affecting the integrity of the pneumatic passageway before use, and can be manufactured economically. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025102 | ADJUSTABLE NASAL PASSAGE EXPANDER - The product improves nasal passage air flow. The product may be a strip that comprises a flexible resilient material, with at least a portion of the bottom surface comprising an adhesive surface on each end. The strip may serve to dilate a user's nasal passage when the first end of the strip is secured using the first adhesive bottom surface to be proximate to an alar facial groove of the user's nose, with the second end of the strip being puled up at a slight angle and laterally to achieve desired nasal passage expansion and thereafter being secured to the user's face. The size of the strip may be larger for additional benefits and have anti-glare and/or anti-reflective features. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025103 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SEALING A VASCULAR PUNCTURE - An apparatus for sealing a puncture through a vessel wall including a positioning assembly, a sheath releasably engaged with the positioning assembly, and a support member axially advanceable through the sheath. The positioning assembly includes a positioning element positioned at a distal portion of the positioning assembly and a sealant disposed at a distal portion of the positioning assembly. The sheath guides the sealant and positioning assembly to the puncture in the vessel wall. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025104 | BIOLOGICAL ADHESIVE SHEET AND DEVICE FOR ATTACHING BIOLOGICAL ADHESIVE SHEET - A highly safe biological adhesive sheet capable of exerting a strong adhesive force almost without requiring a pressing force when the biological adhesive sheet is attached to living tissue. The biological adhesive sheet includes a substrate in which a plurality of through-holes are formed; and an adhesive section in which a plurality of protrusions that protrude on one surface side of the substrate are formed, wherein the protrusions make contact with living tissue and are made to adhere to the living tissue by a Van der Waals' forces by drawing the living tissue from the other surface side of the substrate through the through-holes. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025105 | SURGICAL DEVICE - A surgical device including a first jaw and a second jaw is presented. The surgical device also includes a biasing element that biases the distal end of the first jaw towards the distal end of the second jaw. The device also includes a first driver disposed in the second jaw and coupled to the first jaw. The first driver is configured to cause separation of the first jaw and the second jaw. The device further includes at least one of a cutting element and a stapling element disposed within the second jaw, preferably a blade rotatably mounted on a wedge. A second driver is configured to move the cutting element and/or the stapling element proximally from a distal end toward the proximal end of the second jaw to at least one of cut and staple a section of tissue disposed between the first and second jaws. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025106 | COLORED SUTURE CONSTRUCTION - A colored suture includes an elongate woven braid of filaments including one or more ends made of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The suture also includes second and third ends which can be colorable or dyeable before or after incorporation into the elongate woven braid. This invention provides surgeons with improved recognition of suture ends in surgery by construction of a hi-colored co-braid with at least two ends of different color schemes or patterns braided into a UHMWPE construction. One of the colored ends runs continuously from one end of the suture to the other end. The other colored end can be colored only on one half of the end. This provides a suture with two distinguishable ends, while still maintaining a continuous line of color along the length of the suture. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025107 | Detachable Front Delivery Assembly for a Tissue Repair System - A deployment device for a tissue repair system includes a front delivery assembly that is detachable from a base assembly of the deployment device. The front delivery assembly includes at least one prosthesis and at least one driven assembly that actuates the at least one prosthesis. The base assembly includes a driving assembly that may engage the at least one driven assembly of the at least one prosthesis. The front delivery assembly can be rotated so that the position of a prosthesis in the front delivery assembly is moved in and out of alignment with the driving assembly. A kit of parts may be provided that includes a base assembly as well as two or more detachable front delivery assemblies. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025108 | Method and System for Implanting Multiple Prostheses - A method and system of implanting multiple prostheses uses a deployment device including a front delivery assembly and a base assembly. The prostheses may be housed within the front delivery assembly and deployed using an impact force generated within the base assembly. The multiple prostheses can be implanted in quick succession. The deployment device uses power assistance generated from energy stored in an energy storage system. In one embodiment, a compression spring stores mechanical energy that can be transformed into an impacting force following a triggering event. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025109 | Multi-Impact System for Prosthesis Deployment Device - A deployment device for a prosthesis includes a driving assembly, including a driving tube and a driving pin. The driving assembly can impact a driven assembly, which is further connected to the prosthesis. The driving assembly can impact the driven assembly multiple times, thereby driving the prosthesis further into a tissue. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025110 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING A SUTURE - An improved method and apparatus to secure a suture relative to body tissue. The apparatus includes an at least in part tubular member that has a longitudinal passage that is configured to permit at least a portion of the suture to be received within and extend through the tubular member. The tubular member is formed of a deformable material to permit deformation from a first configuration to second configuration. The second configuration is effective to secure the suture relative to the body tissue. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025111 | ANCHOR FOR SECURING A SUTURE - An improved anchor to secure a suture relative to body tissue. The anchor including an a generally cylindrical body portion with an opening, that is at least in part threaded, extending from the trailing end toward the leading end, and a suture passage configured for passing at least a portion of the suture therethrough. The anchor also includes a trapping member that is configured to be threadably inserted into the opening to trap at least a portion of the suture between trapping member and the generally cylindrical body portion. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025112 | ANCHOR AND METHOD FOR SECURING A SUTURE - An improved anchor and device to secure a suture relative to bone. The anchor includes a generally cylindrical body portion with an opening extending from the leading end to the trailing end adapted to receive at least a portion of the suture and at least a portion of a tool therein. The anchor also includes at least two projections configured to extend from the anchor when the anchor is deployed in the bone. The anchor is configured to confine at least two suture portions between the body portion and the bone when the anchor is deployed in the bone. The anchor is also configured to have a first maximum dimension transverse to the central longitudinal axis of the body portion, and a greater second maximum dimension transverse to the central longitudinal axis when the anchor is deployed in the bone. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025113 | COMPOSITE SPINAL FACET IMPLANT WITH TEXTURED SURFACES - Implementations described and claimed herein provide a distal leading portion of a composite spinal implant for implantation in a spinal facet joint. In one implementation, the distal leading portion includes a distal leading end, a proximal trailing end, a first face, and a second face. The distal leading end has a distal surface generally opposite a proximal surface of the proximal trailing end. The first face has a first surface that is generally parallel with a second surface of the second face. The first and second faces extend between the distal leading end and the proximal trailing end, such that the first and second surfaces slope upwardly from the distal lead end to the proximal trailing end along a length of extending proximally. The first and second surfaces having one or more textured features adapted to provide friction with the spinal facet joint. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025114 | APPARATUS OF FIXING SPINOUS PROCESSES - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for curing spinal stenosis which is an abnormal narrowing of the spinal canal between spinous processes, more particularly, to an apparatus of fixing spinous processes which can prevent the narrowing or widening of the spinal canal between spinous processes along the motion of the spine so as to enhance spinal stabilization. The apparatus of fixing the spinous processes includes a spacer having at least predetermined portion inserted between spinous processes of two neighboring vertebrae to support the spinous processes so as to prevent narrowing of the spinous processes which is generated by spinal bending; and a clip provided to cover an outer surface of the spinous processes of the two neighboring vertebrae to prevent widening of a distance between the spinous processes generated by the spinal bending. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025115 | Clamping Device of a Flexible Rod for a Minimally Invasive Surgery - A clamping device of a flexible rod for a minimally invasive surgery contains a retaining set and a flexible rod. The retaining set includes a locking member and a clamping seat. The locking member has an inner hexagonal hole defined therein and outer threads formed on an outer rim thereof. The clamping seat has a concaved arcuate face defined on a bottom end thereof and axially connecting with the locking member. The flexible rod is circular and is retained with the concaved arcuate face of the clamping seat. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025116 | Fixing Structure of Bone Screws and a Connecting Rod for a Minimally Invasive Surgery - A fixing structure of bone screws and a connecting rod for a minimally invasive surgery contains: a rigid sleeve having a receiving space, two slots, and a through hole, the receiving space and the through hole being defined on two ends of the rigid sleeve, and the two slots being formed on two opposite sides of an outer wall of the rigid sleeve and communicate with the receiving space; a flexible column being circular and retained in the receiving space of the rigid sleeve. Thereby, a complete rigid limitation and partial flexible limitations generate between at least one bone screw, hence only a tiny opening is cut in the minimally invasive surgery to facilitate surgery recovery and to lower infection risk. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025117 | SPINAL IMPLANT - A spinal implant with associated surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set may comprise introducer tools and bone dilators for accessing and tapping into a targeted site, such as, for example, the anterior surface of the S1 vertebral body. The tool set may also comprise cutters and extractors for preparing the treatment site for subsequent treatment procedures. The tool set may additionally comprise a bone graft inserter, an exchange system, and/or a temporary distraction tool for further preparing the treatment site for subsequent treatment procedures. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025118 | ROD CONTOURING APPARATUS FOR PERCUTANEOUS PEDICLE SCREW EXTENSION - Anatomic points within the body are projected outside the body through the use of extenders ( | 2014-01-23 |
20140025119 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE - A polyaxial bone anchoring device is provided including
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20140025120 | MULTI-AXIAL BONE FASTENER AND SYSTEM - A bone fastener includes a receiver defining a longitudinal axis and an implant cavity. A base is connected to the receiver and includes a wall extending along the longitudinal axis and defining a lateral opening. The base further includes a bearing surface connected to the wall. The wall and the bearing surface define an interior cavity of the base, wherein the bearing surface has a first thickness adjacent the lateral opening and a second thickness adjacent a portion of the wall disposed opposite the lateral opening, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness. The bone fastener further includes a bone penetrating member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being disposable in the interior cavity of the base. Methods of use are disclosed. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDING ANCHORS FOR FACET FIXATION - Apparatus and methods for spinal surgery include a retractor with an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis between a distal end and an opposite proximal end. The retractor defines a passage between the distal and proximal ends and a window opening into the passage adjacent to the distal end. The apparatus also includes a guide member extending laterally from the proximal end of the retractor and the guide member includes a body extending along an arc. The body defines a number of trajectories each intersecting the window of the retractor. The apparatus further includes an instrument removably mounted to the guide member and the instrument is movable along the guide member and securable to the guide member in any one of the number of trajectories so that the instrument can be moved along the selected trajectory through the window. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025122 | MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED SPINOUS PROCESS IMPLANTS AND METHODS THEREOF - A device for treatment of the spine comprising one or more vertebral attachments, in which the vertebral attachments contain one or more magnets that provide physiologic attractive or repulsive forces to affect the interaction between adjacent vertebrae. The vertebral attachments may also comprise one or more connecting components that affix the magnets to the vertebrae. In addition, there are methods for treatment of the spine comprising implantation of the device. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025123 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING BONE DEFORMITIES - The present invention is a method and device for the correction and reduction of bone deformities, such as metatarsus primus adductus, using a plate body with winged buttresses and dorsal loop. The method and device can be affixed to a bone without any drilling or violating of the bone and can use a tethering technique which does not require drilling into the second metatarsal, nor does it require the placement of a prominent suture knot/button device medially along the first metatarsal. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025124 | METACARPAL BONE STABILIZATION DEVICE - A device and method for stabilizing a broken bone while it heals is disclosed. The device is preferably a metal rod that has a threaded portion. The device is positioned into a bone, such as a metacarpal bone, by forming an opening in the bone suitable for receiving the device, and inserting it into the opening wherein the threaded portion retains the device in position. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025125 | Expandable Prosthesis for a Tissue Repair System - A prosthesis for use with a tissue repair system is capable of expanding during implantation into the tissue. The prosthesis can include a driving portion and a base portion. The driving portion helps drive the prosthesis into a tissue during a first stage of implantation. The base portion is configured to expand or splay open during a second stage of implantation. The prosthesis may include a hole for receiving a portion of a suture thread. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025126 | Fixed Rod Clamping Structure for a Minimally Invasive Surgery - A fixed rod clamping structure for a minimally invasive surgery contains: a handle; a joint module including a first sprocket and a second sprocket engaging with the first sprocket, with the first sprocket connecting with the handle; a curved bar coupling with the second sprocket of the joint module; a fitting post connecting with the curved bar and having an orifice and a through hole, with the orifice being perpendicular to and communicating with the through hole and having inner threads formed on one end thereof adjacent to the curved bar; and a positioning column including a rotatable head, a pin, and outer threads formed on one end thereof adjacent to the rotatable head. The outer threads are screwed with the inner threads of the orifice. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025127 | Ankle Fusion Device, Instrumentation and Methods - An ankle fusion device has a proximal portion generally aligned with a first longitudinal axis. The proximal portion includes a proximal end and a first fastener hole. The proximal portion has an arcuate curve such that the proximal end is spaced a distance from the first longitudinal axis in a first direction. The first fastener hole is configured to receive a first fastener along a first fastener axis. A distal portion of the ankle fusion device extends to a distal end from the proximal portion along a second longitudinal axis. The second longitudinal axis is angled in second and third directions relative to the first longitudinal axis. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the third direction being opposite the first direction. The distal portion includes a second fastener hole configured to receive a second fastener along a second fastener axis. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025128 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH LANGUAGE LOCALIZATION - An external medical device can include a housing, an energy storage module within the housing for storing an electrical charge, and a defibrillation port for guiding via electrodes the stored electrical charge to a person. The device can also include a user interface to deliver prompts to a user during a defibrillation session and a language detector in the housing to determine a vicinity language. The prompts can be in a language that is selected based on the determined vicinity language. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025129 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH PROTOCOL LOCALIZATION - An external medical device can include a housing, an energy storage module within the housing for storing an electrical charge, and a defibrillation port for guiding via electrodes the stored electrical charge to a person. The device can also include a user interface to deliver prompts to a user during a defibrillation session and a locale detector in the housing to determine a present locale of the device. The prompts delivered by the user interface to the user during the defibrillation session can be in accordance with a protocol that is selected based on the present locale. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025130 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH USER ATTENTION DIRECTION - A medical device having a unit in communication with ancillary components wherein the unit and the ancillary components each have a sensory output through which communication with a user of the medical device may be accomplished and the user's attention directed. In one aspect, the medical device is an AED unit with associated pads, which are an ancillary component electrically connected to the AED unit. In this illustrative example, the unit has a unit sensory output (e.g., a speaker or a display), and the pads, and/or their associated packaging, have an ancillary sensory output (e.g. a speaker or display). Programming in the AED unit controls output to the sensory outputs such that the user's attention is directed between the unit and the ancillary components. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025131 | WEARABLE DEFIBRILLATOR WITH VOICE PROMPTS AND VOICE RECOGNITION - An external medical device such as a wearable defibrillator can include a housing, an energy storage module within the housing for storing an electrical charge, and a defibrillation port within the housing for guiding via electrodes the stored electrical charge to a person. The medical device can also include a processor within the housing configured to control a voice prompt customization module, in which the voice prompt customization module allows a programmer to customize voice prompts, and a user interface configured to deliver at least one voice prompt customized by the programmer | 2014-01-23 |
20140025132 | IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANAGING BRADYCARDIA THROUGH VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION - A method for managing bradycardia through vagus nerve stimulation is provided. An implantable neurostimulator configured to deliver electrical therapeutic stimulation in both afferent and efferent directions of a patient's cervical vagus nerve is provided. An operating mode is stored, which includes parametrically defining a maintenance dose of the electrical therapeutic stimulation tuned to restore cardiac autonomic balance through continuously-cycling, intermittent and periodic electrical pulses. The maintenance dose is delivered via a pulse generator through a pair of helical electrodes via an electrically coupled nerve stimulation therapy lead independent of cardiac cycle. The patient's physiology is monitored, and upon sensing a condition indicative of bradycardia, the delivery of the maintenance dose is suspended. A progressively increasing amount of time is spent waiting via a controller and, upon sensing a condition indicative of an absence or termination of the bradycardia, a progressively increasing partial maintenance dose is delivered via the pulse generator. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025133 | COGNITIVE FUNCTION WITHIN A HUMAN BRAIN - Methods and apparatus for improving cognitive function within a human. The invention utilizes an implanted device, such as an implantable signal generator or an implantable pump, to affect tissue elements within a Papez circuit of the human brain as well as tissue upstream or downstream from the Papez circuit. The implanted device delivers treatment therapy to thereby improve cognitive function by the human. A sensor may be used to detect various symptoms of the cognitive disorder. A microprocessor algorithm may then analyze the output from the sensor to regulate delivery of the stimulation and/or drug therapy. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025134 | SELECTIVE HIGH FREQUENCY SPINAL CORD MODULATION FOR INHIBITING PAIN WITH REDUCED SIDE EFFECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Selective high-frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal cord region to address low back pain without creating unwanted sensory and/or motor side effects. In other embodiments, modulation in accordance with similar parameters can be applied to other spinal or peripheral locations to address other indications. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025135 | Active Current Control Using the Enclosure of an Implanted Pulse Generator - An electrical stimulation apparatus including a medical device. The medical device includes: a housing component having at least one electrically conductive area. The medical device includes a plurality of conductors configured to be electrically coupled to a distal electrode array. The electrode array are implantable in a human body. The medical device includes a stimulation circuit positioned inside the housing component. The stimulation circuit includes a plurality of controllable stimulation channels. A first subset of the stimulation channels is electrically coupled to the conductors. A second subset of the stimulation channels is electrically coupled to the electrically conductive area of the housing component. The stimulation circuit is operable to simultaneously create a first stimulation path in the electrode array and a second stimulation path that extends from the electrode array to the housing component. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025136 | WIRELESS CARDIORESONANCE STIMULATION - An apparatus for the cardio-synchronised stimulation of skeletal or smooth muscle, but excluding the heart muscles, in a counterpulsation mode of a patient. The apparatus comprises an active and a passive electrode for attachment to said patient, a signal processor having a configuration input for varying a time delay associated with counterpulsation mode stimulation, and a sensing system for sensing information relating to the performance of the patient's heart and for transmission of information signals to said signal processor, said signal processor producing control signal information relating to stimulation signals to be applied to said active electrode in a counterpulsation mode, a stimulation signal generator Associated with said active electrode for generating stimulation signals, wireless transmission means for transmitting said control signal information from said signal processor to said stimulation signal generator whereby said stimulation signal generator applies stimulation signals to said active electrode in accordance with said signal information. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025137 | Electrical Isolation in an Implantable Device - A total implantable hearing aid system is described. The system includes a single transformer that acts as an insulator between simulation circuitry and associated electrodes, and other system elements residing in the tissue. These other system elements include an RF receiver coil, a microphone system, a battery, and a digital signal processor. The transformer also increases the battery output voltage to a level needed by the simulation circuitry with electrodes. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025138 | Hearing Prosthesis with a Standard Wire Interface - Methods, systems, and devices for receiving a data signal and a power signal by a hearing prosthesis are disclosed. An input signal is received at a first unit of a hearing prosthesis. The first unit receives the input signal at a wired interface module that conforms to a standardized interface. The first unit identifies a data signal and a power signal included in the input signal. The first unit transfers at least a portion of the power signal to a second unit of the hearing prosthesis. The second unit is implanted in a body and is configured to stimulate an auditory organ, allowing a user to perceive at least a portion of a sound. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025139 | Receiver With Dual Band Pass Filters and Demodulation Circuitry for an External Controller Useable in an Implantable Medical Device System - Receiver and demodulation circuitry for an external controller for an implantable medical device is disclosed. The circuitry comprises two high Quality-factor band pass filters (BFPs) connected in series. Each BFP is tuned to a different center frequency, such that these center frequencies are outside the band of frequencies transmitted form the IMD. The resulting frequency response is suitably wide to receive the band without attenuation, but sharply rejects noise outside of the band. The resulting filtered signal is input to a comparator to produce a square wave of the filtered signal, which maintains the frequencies of the received signal and is suitable for input to a digital input of a microcontroller in the external controller. Demodulation of the square wave occurs in the microcontroller, and involves assessing the time between transitions in the square wave. These transmission timings are compared to expected transition times for the logic states in the transmitted data. The results of these comparisons are stored and filtered to remove noise and to recover the transmitted data. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025140 | Self-Affixing External Charging System for an Implantable Medical Device - An external charging system for charging or powering an implantable medical device is disclosed which is self-affixing to the patient without the need for a holding device. The charging system can comprise two modules attached to opposite ends of a flexible member. The flexible member is bendable, and when bent will firmly hold its position on the patient. The two modules can comprise a coil module containing a charging coil, and an electronics module including a user interface and the necessary electronics for activating the charging coil to produce a magnetic charging field. Wires can couple the charging coil in the coil module to the electronics in the electronics modules. The entire assembly can be encased in a water proof sleeve having a high-friction surface, which protects the charging system and helps the charging system to adhere to the patient. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEURAL STIMULATION WITH RESPIRATORY FEEDBACK - A neural stimulation system controls the delivery of neural stimulation using a respiratory signal as a therapy feedback input. The respiratory signal is used to increase the effectiveness of the neural stimulation, such as vagal nerve stimulation, while decreasing potentially adverse side effects in respiratory functions. In one embodiment, the neural stimulation system synchronizes the delivery of the neural stimulation pulses to the respiratory cycles using a respiratory fiducial point in the respiratory signal and a delay interval. In another embodiment, the neural stimulation system detects a respiratory disorder and, in response, adjusts the delivery of the neural stimulation pulses and/or delivers a respiratory therapy treating the detected respiratory disorder. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025142 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUBCUTANEOUS TREATMENTS - Methods for focused remodeling and downsizing the volume of subcutaneous lipid-rich cells, body contouring, and tightening skin tissue, using controlled heating of the targeted areas on the body. The electromagnetic energy heats the subcutaneous tissues which provides the desired effect. The electromagnetic energy is applied via an applicator without touching the skin. A spacer of insulating or dielectric material may be provided between the applicator and the skin. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025143 | DEVICES AND METHODS TO REDUCE MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY - Devices and methods that mitigate reperfusion injury (RI) in a clinically practical manner so as to avoid significantly increasing time to reperfusion. In general, these systems and methods involve an antegrade approach to deliver a fluid to the myocardium at risk of RI before, during and after reperfusion is established by a percutaneous coronary intervention such as aspiration and stenting. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025144 | ICY EYEWEAR - An icy eyewear apparatus comprising: a front sinusoidal rim having a convex section in its center, and two concave sections, such that, when the icy eyewear apparatus is worn by the user, each concave section mirrors the shape of the bottom of the eye of the user from the respective side and each concave section lies proximate to the bottom of the respective eye, such that the user's vision is not obstructed; two temple pieces, one temple piece associated with each side, such that, when the icy eyewear apparatus is worn by the user, the two temple pieces hold the icy eyewear apparatus in place by securing it to the ears of the user; and, two icy packets, one icy packet attached to each concave section of the front sinusoidal rim, such that, the icy packets rest on the swollen areas below the eyes of the user. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025145 | SEGMENTED ICE WRAP - A device for transferring heat from a body part includes a segmented pouch formed from upper and lower layers of plastic that are heat bonded together at their peripheries. A fluid port is established for the pouch to allow a fluid such as water to be introduced into the pouch. Within the pouch, a plurality of substantially coplanar pockets for holding a respective plurality of frozen fluid lumps are formed by selectively heat bonding the layers together. With this arrangement, the pouch and frozen fluid lumps establish an ice wrap that is sufficiently flexible to conform to a surface of the body. An elongated strap made of nonwoven fabric is attached to the pouch and a piece of hook fastener is affixed to the strap for engagement with the nonwoven fabric to secure the device when the strap is wrapped around the pouch and body part. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025146 | SELECTIVE HIGH FREQUENCY SPINAL CORD MODULATION FOR INHIBITING PAIN WITH REDUCED SIDE EFFECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Selective high-frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal cord region to address low back pain without creating unwanted sensory and/or motor side effects. In other embodiments, modulation in accordance with similar parameters can be applied to other spinal or peripheral locations to address other indications. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025147 | ELECTRODE DEVICE WITH ELONGATED ELECTRODE - Apparatus is provided for applying current to a nerve. A cathode is adapted to be placed in a vicinity of a cathodic longitudinal site of the nerve and to apply a cathodic current to the nerve. A primary inhibiting anode is adapted to be placed in a vicinity of a primary anodal longitudinal site of the nerve and to apply a primary anodal current to the nerve. A secondary inhibiting anode is adapted to be placed in a vicinity of a secondary anodal longitudinal site of the nerve and to apply a secondary anodal current to the nerve, the secondary anodal longitudinal site being closer to the primary anodal longitudinal site than to the cathodic longitudinal site. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025148 | ARRANGEMENT FOR THE FIXATION OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical implant, such as a cochlear implant, comprising a fixating point which is located remotely from the medical implant. This arrangement can reduce the risk of post operative infection in a patient in which the medical implant is implanted. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025149 | METHOD OF PLACING MULTIPLE BILIARY STENTS WITHOUT RE-INTERVENTION, AND DEVICE FOR SAME - A dual lumen catheter may be provided with one or more stents in a stent-deployment lumen and a wire guide disposed through a wire guide lumen. The wire guide may be directed to a target site in a patient body such as a biliary stricture. The catheter may be directed along the wire guide until it is in or adjacent the target site. A distalmost stent may be advanced out a distal side-facing aperture of the stent-deployment lumen into the target site by a pusher member that advances the stent or that holds the stent in place while the catheter is proximally withdrawn from around the stent. With the wire guide remaining substantially in place, the stent-deployment lumen can be reoriented and the steps repeated to place a second (and, if desired, subsequent) stent(s) next to—and generally parallel with—the first stent. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025150 | RESHEATHABLE STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates generally to medical implant devices for use within a patient's body and, more particularly, relates to systems and methods for resheathing vascular devices. In some embodiments, a stent delivery system includes a stent expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration. The stent has a proximal end and a distal end and an anchoring element having a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the anchoring element engages the stent in the expanded configuration. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025151 | Retrievable stent for intracranial aneurysms - A retrievable stent is a self-expandable or balloon-expandable stent which is very useful for treating intracranial sidewall aneurysms and can be retrieved especially when the stent is not deployed appropriately. The stent comprises a proximal retrieving structure and a distal self-expandable or balloon-expandable stent or covered stent for the treatment of sidewall aneurysms of cerebral blood vessels. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025152 | MEDICAL DEVICE DELIVERY CATHETER AND MEDICAL DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM USING SAME - A medical device delivery catheter includes an elongate tubular body including proximal, intermediate, and distal longitudinal segments. The proximal segment extends between a proximal end of the body and a first transition between the proximal segment and the intermediate segment, has a first outer diameter, and includes at least one flexibility increasing cut through a wall of the body. The intermediate segment extends between the first transition and a second transition between the intermediate segment and the distal segment, has a second outer diameter that is less than the first outer diameter, and defines a medical device support region. The distal segment has an initial outer diameter that is greater than the second outer diameter and terminates in a distally tapered region. The body is free of joints and has a uniform tensile strength across the proximal, intermediate, and distal segments and the transitions. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025153 | STENT AND STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A stent includes a wavy-shaped member extending circumferentially, and expandable and contractable in the radial direction of the stent. The wavy-shaped member includes a pair of straight parts, an apex part and an opening. The ends of the apex part are connected to the straight parts. The opening is positioned at least in the apex part. The apex part has a link part at the outer circumference side of the opening, and a base part at the inner circumference side of the opening. The base part has a curved inner circumference and the link part lies across a vertex of the base part. The width of the link part in relation to the circumferential direction of the stent is smaller than the width of the base part in relation to the circumferential direction of the stent, at the vertex of the base part. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025154 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LUMINAL STENTING - A stent delivery device includes a first retaining polymer disposed about and retaining a self-expanding stent at a proximal end portion, a second retaining polymer disposed about and retaining the self-expanding stent at a distal end portion, a first resistance member in thermal communication with the first retaining polymer, and a second resistance member in thermal communication with the second retaining polymer. The second retaining polymer and second resistance member are configured to allow release and expansion of the distal end portion of the self-expanding stent without expansion of the proximal end portion of the self-expanding stent. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025155 | STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A stent delivery system wherein, in a gap between an inner tube body and an outer tube body, a sealing member is arranged on the proximal side relative to a distal opening of a lumen, which extends from the proximal end of the inner tube body, and a guide wire leading-out hole. The inner circumferential surface of the sealing member is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of a first proximal tube of the inner tube body, and the outer circumferential surface of the sealing member is in sliding contact with the inner circumferential surface of a second proximal tube of the outer tube body. When blood or the like enters into the stent delivery system via the distal ends of the inner tube body and the outer tube body, progress of the blood or the like toward an operating unit side is inhibited by the sealing member. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025156 | PREFORM PRODUCED BY ELECTROSPINNING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND USE OF SUCH A PREFORM - The invention relates to a method for producing a preform by means of an electrospinning process. The present invention also relates to the use of the present preform as a substrate for growing human or animal tissue thereon. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for growing human or animal tissue on a substrate, wherein the present preform is used as the substrate. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025157 | STENT WITH ACTIVELY VARYING RING DENSITY - A stent and method comprising inserting within a vessel an unexpanded stent that includes a first zone comprising a plurality of adjacent ring elements, not less than three in number, that are distributed along the stent with a first spacing, and a second zone comprising a plurality of adjacent ring elements that are distributed along the stent with a second spacing, and expanding the stent to cause the plurality of ring elements in the first zone to redistribute to a third spacing that is smaller than the first spacing and to cause ring elements in the second zone to distribute to a fourth spacing larger than the first spacing. | 2014-01-23 |
20140025158 | Implantable Medical Device Having a Sleeve - Implantable medical devices are described. For example, various implantable medical devices having a sleeve with differential wall thicknesses are described. An exemplary medical device comprises a frame and a sleeve that has a first configuration where the sleeve is in an extended position and a second configuration where the sleeve is in an inverted position. | 2014-01-23 |