04th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100022933 | ADHESIVE PATCH - An adhesive patch configured to attach an ostomy appliance to a patient includes a peripheral rim disposed around a central hole that is attachable to a stoma of the patient; and a band of adhesive extending from the peripheral rim to an inner border of the adhesive patch and having a pattern of curvilinear indentations extending to the peripheral rim of the patch. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022934 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ACCESS DISCONNECTION - A dialysis system includes: a blood filter; a dialysate pump connected to a dialysate portion of the blood filter; a blood pump connected to a blood portion of the blood filter, the blood pump including a diaphragm that is moved in cycles to pump the blood, the cycles having a flow period and a no-flow period; a patient access device in fluid communication with the blood portion of the blood filter, the no-flow period having a first characteristic of a property when the patient access device is lodged in a patient and a second characteristic of the property when the patient access device is dislodged from the patient; and a logic implementer configured to determine that the patient access device has been dislodged from the patient when the second characteristic of the parameter is detected. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022935 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION ACCESS DISCONNECT SENSOR - A connection of a patient's vascular system to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine is monitored to ensure the patient's safety during a procedure. The procedure may be hemodialysis, apheresis, plasmapheresis, a coronary by-pass operation, or other procedure. To ensure safe electrical connection, a contact and a return are connected via a conductive connection into the extracorporeal blood circuit. A current is then generated between the contact and the return and is monitored by a non-contact sensor near an access site of the patient. If the current or other quantity related to the current changes significantly, a signal is sent to the machine or a controller to notify a caregiver or a medical professional. The signal may also be sent to immediately stop a blood pump or other component of the machine. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022936 | WEARABLE ULTRAFILTRATION DEVICE - An ultrafiltration device adapted to be worn on a portion of the body of a patient includes a blood inlet tube leading from a first blood vessel, a blood pump, an anticoagulant reservoir for infusing anticoagulants into the blood, a blood filter including a substrate through which the blood is circulated and filtered, a fluid bag for storing the excess fluid and a blood outlet tube leading to a second blood vessel. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022937 | PORTABLE POWER DIALYSIS MACHINE - A fuel-cell powered medical fluid processing machine or dialysis machine is disclosed. The machine is intended for remote or rural areas where standard household or utility power is not available or is subject to interruption. The fuel cell is powered by hydrogen or other source of protons, or may instead be powered by methanol or ethanol, such as a direct methanol fuel cell. The fuel cell may be operated directly, as in powering a portable, wearable dialysis device, or may be operated indirectly, to generate and store power in an electric power storage device of the medical fluid or dialysis device. The medical fluid processing machine or dialysis machine may include circuitry allowing for use by household or utility power while also including a fuel cell for use when other power is not available. A catalytic heater may be used to warm the dialysis fluid. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING AIR AND/OR FLUSHING FLUIDS IN A FLUID CIRCUIT - Systems and methods handle air and rinsing fluid during fluid processing. The systems and methods eliminate air from a fluid processing system prior to, during, and after use. The systems and methods provide a connector assembly for establishing fluid flow from a fluid source. The connector assembly has discrete first and second passages that prevent communication between the fluid in first passage and the fluid in the second passage. Prior to system use, the connector assembly may be utilized in a priming function to remove residual air from a fluid circuit prior to use. The connector assembly may also be utilized after use to perform a rinse-back function. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022939 | Cannula tip for use with a vad - In one embodiment of the present invention, a cannula for use with a blood circulation device may include the cannula having a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal directions along the longitudinal axis. The cannula may also include a proximal portion having a wall extending around the longitudinal axis and having outer and inner faces, the inner face may define a bore, the proximal portion may have dimensions transverse to the longitudinal axis, and the dimensions may be constant in the proximal and distal directions. Also, the cannula may have a distal portion having an outer face, continuous with the outer face of the proximal portion. The outer face of the distal portion may extend around and along the longitudinal axis, and the outer face of the distal portion may taper distally toward the longitudinal axis. The distal portion may include at least two openings extending from the outer face of the distal portion, which may merge with one another within the distal portion. Then, the openings may communicate with the bore of the proximal portion. One type of blood circulation device may be a ventricular assist device. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022940 | Percutaneously Introduceable Shunt Devices and Methods - Catheters, implantable shunt devices and methods usable to establish passageways between blood vessels and/or other anatomical structures within the body of a human or animal subject. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022941 | WOUND TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A wound treatment system includes a vessel that is sized to receive a human limb. The vessel includes a chamber with an opening leading into the chamber A removable liner lines the chamber of the vessel and forms a treatment zone. A humidifier in fluid communication with the treatment zone humidifies a solution of water and antibacterial agent. An oxygen source is in fluid communication with the treatment zone. A speaker is coupled to the vessel and emits low frequency sound waves to the chamber. a first array of light emitting diodes that emits ultraviolet light is coupled to the vessel near the opening of the treatment chamber. A second array of light emitting diodes that emits pulsed light into the chamber is coupled to the chamber. The system also includes a control panel. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022942 | DEVICE FOR PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION PREPARATION - The invention provides a device for a percutaneous absorption preparation, provided with a solution storage container which can exhibit good solution migration independently of the level of force. The device for a percutaneous absorption preparation comprises an electrode film comprising a base member ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022943 | Hydrodynamic Thrombectomy Catheter - A catheter apparatus for removing an obstruction within a body lumen includes an elongate tubular shaft defining a lumen and a flexible membrane that fluidly seals the distal end of the tubular shaft. At least one cutter member is attached to and distally extends from the flexible membrane. An actuating mechanism is operatively connected to a proximal end of the tubular shaft. The actuating mechanism displaces a fluid disposed within the lumen of the tubular shaft in such a manner that the fluid oscillates the flexible membrane and the cutter member attached thereto. Accordingly, the catheter apparatus uses pulsatile fluid flow through the tubular shaft to transmit energy from the driving mechanical at the proximal end of the catheter apparatus to the flexible membrane at the distal end of the catheter apparatus. The transmitted energy causes the cutting member to oscillate and break up a target blood clot. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022944 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING AN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - A method and apparatus for treating an acute myocardial infarction is provided. The apparatus comprises an ultrasound catheter that can be inserted into the esophagus to deliver ultrasound energy to the heart and coronary vasculature. The ultrasound energy can enhance the effect of an intravenously administered thrombolytic drug on a blood clot within the coronary vasculature. The ultrasound catheter can have a means for promoting acoustic coupling with the esophagus and a means for preventing or reducing aspiration of fluids into the lungs. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022945 | IMPLANTABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM - An implantable medicament delivery device includes a core body which further includes a single basin or multiple smaller basins for containing a drug or a medicament. Each basin is covered by a screen. The implantable drug delivery device is placed within the body of an animal, and the drug is allowed to diffuse through the holes in the screen to provide treatment of a disease or condition. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022946 | ENDOVASCULAR PERIAORTIC MAGNETIC GLUE DELIVERY - The disclosure of the present application includes assemblies, systems, and methods for preventing endoleak and migration. In an embodiment of an assembly for delivering a magnetic glue-like substance, the assembly comprises a catheter defining a catheter, a needle positioned within the catheter, and a needle wire, whereby a magnetic glue-like substance may be injected through a needle wire to a target site. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022947 | INFLATABLE CHAMBER DEVICE FOR MOTION THROUGH A PASSAGE - A self-propelled device for locomotion through a lumen, comprising a set of serially arranged inflatable chambers, and incorporating a number of novel aspects. To enable easy insertion and use, the rigidity of the device is increased by means of rigid inserts in the balloons, or by use of stiff springs between segments. The working channel can be attached to the distal chamber of the device, such that it is pulled from the leading end of the device during inflation, rather than being pulled from the trailing end of the device during deflation. Lumen wall inspection or treatment facilities are enabled by means of a camera or treatment arm mounted between two distally positioned balloons, the device is able to provide observation capabilities to the lumen wall, yet without becoming excessively dirty by exposure to the front end of the device, as in prior art camera units. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022948 | Steerable Catheter and Dilator and System and Method for Implanting a Heart Implant - A catheter according to one embodiment may be configured to extend through a transseptal puncture site, a left atrium, and into a left ventricle. The catheter may comprise a shaft defining at least one lumen configured to receive at least one of an implant and/or a dilator, a first steerable actuator coupled to the shaft at a position on the shaft substantially corresponding to the annulus of the mitral valve when the distal end of the shaft is disposed within the left ventricle, and a handle assembly coupled to a proximal end of the shaft. The handle assembly may comprise a first actuator coupled to the first steerable actuator. The first actuator may be configured to apply a force to the first steerable actuator to deflect the shaft about a region proximate to the first steerable actuator. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022949 | BALLOON ASSEMBLY WITH A TORQUE - An expandable medical balloon for use in combination with a catheter assembly, the balloon having a torque in a first and second unexpanded state, and to methods of making and using the same. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022950 | CATHETER HAVING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PATHWAYS - Medical devices having electrically conductive pathways are disclosed. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to catheter shafts including an electrically conductive wire embedded in a polymeric tube. The disclosure is also directed to catheter shafts including an electrically conductive media coextruded in a polymeric tube. The disclosure is also directed to catheter shafts including electrically conductive pathways formed with electrically conductive ink, paste, adhesive and/or epoxy. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022951 | DETACHABLE HUB/LUER DEVICE AND PROCESSES - A hub system comprising, in combination: a luer further comprising a luer channel, configured to accommodate a selected device, said luer channel further comprising a segment extending through an extension of said luer; and a nose further comprising a nose channel configured to selectively couple with said extension, wherein the inner diameter of at least a portion of said nose channel is less than the outer diameter of the extension. A method of using the same to secure a device within said system. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022952 | Bioinjection device - The bioinjection device has a housing including a pistol grip and an elongated barrel. A trigger is pivotally mounted to the housing. A plunger and needle are slidable between a first position in which the plunger and needle are slidably disposed in the barrel and a second position in which the plunger and needle extend from an opening in the end of the barrel. A retaining member is disposed about the opening at the end of the barrel. A spring-biased actuation mechanism connects the trigger with the plunger and needle. A membranous cartridge containing bone morphogenic protein, antibiotics, and/or other medication is loaded into the retaining member. A surgeon can inject the cartridge into a bone fracture or degenerative bone tissue during surgery to deliver the medicament directly to the affected site. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022953 | MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICES HAVING PENETRABLE STERILITY BARRIERS AND ALIGNMENT FEATURES - A medication delivery cartridge is described that includes a casing having an internal cavity extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the casing, a plunger translatable within the internal cavity that includes a penetrable fluid outlet, a volume of medicine contained within the internal cavity disposed between the plunger and the proximal end of the casing, and a first penetrable sterility barrier spanning the internal cavity proximate the distal end of the casing. Related apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022954 | Analyte Meter Protectors and Methods - Analyte meter protectors, meters that include the same, and methods. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INJECTION USING A SYRINGE NEEDLE - An auto-injector for injecting a fluid medicament into a patient from a pre-filled syringe requires a disposable cassette that is selectively engageable with the reusable injector. The syringe is latched onto the cassette, and the cassette is then engaged with the injector. Activation of the injector causes a first motor to move the syringe so its needle is extended from a concealed position inside the cassette for injection of the medicament. A second motor on the injector is then activated to expel fluid medicament from the syringe. Then, the first motor is again activated to withdraw the syringe into the cassette for disposal of the cassette/syringe after an injection. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022956 | Infusion Set - The application relates to an infusion set comprising an infusion part ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022957 | Medical Instrument With laterally Displaceable Seal - A medical instrument has a cannula, a seal disposed in said cannula, said seal has an opening for guiding a shaft of another instrument through said seal in a sealed manner. An expansion device serves for expanding said opening in said seal. Said expansion device has an expansion cone comprising a plurality of slats mounted pivotably on an annular body at a first end, a second end of said slots opposite to said first end being connected to said seal in an area of said opening. A flexible casing structure is provided accommodating said seal and said expansion device. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022958 | SURGICAL ACCESS DEVICES WITH SORBENTS - The present invention generally provides methods and devices for removing fluid from a surgical instrument. Surgical access devices and seal systems are generally provided having one or more valves or seal assemblies to create a closed system between the outside environment and the environment in which the surgical access device is being inserted. The devices of systems can also include a fluid remover in the form of a sorbent element, a scraper element, a wicking element, or any combination thereof that is configured to remove fluid from a working channel of the device or system and/or from a surgical instrument inserted therethrough. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022959 | CANNULA SEALING APPARATUS - A cannula sealing apparatus includes a housing having a central axially facing aperture. A surgical instrument of 10.5 mm may seal with that aperture. Alternatively, a sealing member having an aperture that will seal with a 12 mm surgical instrument can be swung up to be aligned with the aperture. If a 10.5 mm instrument is required then a seal member can be swung up to have its seal aperture located over the central aperture. Each seal member is pivotal about a common axis. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022960 | Inserter for Infusion Part and Infusion Part Provided with Needle Protector - The invention relates to an infusion part ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022961 | SUPERTHIN WOUND DRESSING HAVING FOLDED RELEASE SHEET - A wound dressing, which is easy to apply in very few steps, the dressing having a thin film section surrounded by a thicker outside border section. The border section provides rigidity to the dressing by virtue of being thicker than the inner thin film portion of the dressing. The wound dressing has a film on one side of the dressing layer and a release sheet on a skin-contacting side of the dressing layer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022962 | SECUREMENT DEVICE - A securement device includes a filament which passes underneath at least a portion of the securement device and can be secured about a medical article to be retained. The filament may be secured about the medical article without the use of adhesive. At least a portion of the securement device underlying the medical article may comprise a compressible material which may be used to exert a restoring force upon the medical article to hold the medical article tightly in place. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022963 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PRODUCE AN AUDIBLE OUTPUT - Medicament delivery devices are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a medicament delivery device and an electronic circuit system. The medicament delivery device includes a housing, a medicament container, and a medicament delivery member. The electronic circuit system is coupled to the housing and includes an audible output device and a cover. The housing of the medicament delivery device and the cover of the electronic circuit system collectively define an acoustic enclosure. The audible output device is configured to be disposed within the acoustic enclosure. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022964 | Gearing Mechanism for an Injection Device - An injection device comprising: a base member ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022965 | Syringe-attached topical anesthetic dispenser - A topical anesthetic dispenser is releasably attachable to a pre-filled disposable syringe. A pair of clips receive the barrel of the syringe. The clips are on a housing receiving a pre-filled canister of a topical numbing agent and including a chamber. The canister includes an aerosol dispensing valve actuated by a button which when pressed moves the canister with respect to the actuator for the valve. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022966 | FLUID DELIVERY SERVICE - A fluid delivery device and system is operable to fluidly couple a pair of fluid delivery conduits. One embodiment includes a fluid delivery device sized to meet ANSI/AAMI ID54:1996(R) 2005 and not mate with ANSI/HIMA MD70.1 or ISO 594/1 and ISO 594/2 standards for intravenous ports and connectors to prevent accidental intravenous delivery of fluids intended for enteral delivery. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022967 | MANIFOLD HUB FOR PATIENT FLUID ADMINISTRATION - The present invention concerns a housing for supporting the proximal inlet ports of at least two isolated lumens, for use in a patient fluid administration system, wherein each of the lumens further comprises a distal outlet for connecting to at least one patient fluid administration member, and wherein the housing further comprises an integral unit wherein the unit comprises a distal frame layer, a female connector layer, for connecting to at least one of the fluid peripheral elements and at least one intermediate gasket layer for providing sealing between each of the isolated lumens. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022968 | MEDICAL STOPCOCK WITH A CAP - A medical stopcock with a cap is provided which includes a chamber part; an upstream branch pipe, a downstream branch pipe and a supplementary upstream branch pipe which are connected to the chamber part, respectively; a rotary valve which can link in communication and block the areas between the chamber part and the upstream branch pipe, downstream branch pipe and supplementary upstream branch pipe, respectively; and a cap which can be attached to and detached from the supplementary upstream branch pipe. The cap is provided with an insertion part to which a filter is fitted, and the movement of liquid between the chamber part and the supplementary upstream branch pipe can be prevented when the cap is fitted to the supplementary upstream branch pipe with the insertion part inserted into the supplementary upstream branch pipe. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022969 | PERCUTANEOUS GASTROSTOMY CATHETER WITH INFLATABLE BALLOON AND WITH BIODEGRADABLE ANCHORAGE MEANS - The invention relates to a percutaneous gastrostomy probe comprising a tube ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022970 | COLLECTING SHEATH AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to a device and method for safely removing matter collected by matter collecting catheter from a body organ or passage by means of a collecting sheath comprising an elongated tube having at its distal end an expandable container sleeve, and a lumen passing along said elongated tube and said expandable container sleeve, wherein said lumen is suitable for passage of the matter collecting catheter therethrough. The expandable container sleeve may be introduced into the body organ or passage in a folded state for reducing its cross-sectional area. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022971 | Precision lid retracting eyedropper device - Precision lid retracting eyedropper device with a hollow, rigid housing having an upper aperture that allows a push button topped piston to enter the housing where the piston can impinge on a resilient tubular member that is part of a pump assembly. The housing also includes a solution storing chamber that feeds solution to the pump assembly. A solution exit tube attached to the outgoing portion of the pump assembly emanates from the bottom part of the housing and can be directed towards the user's eye. Integral downwardly facing resilient legs are placed just above and below the user's orbital ridge so that when the legs are squeezed and released, the user's eye lids are forced open allowing the user to dispense a precise amount of solution into his or her eye. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022972 | REDUCED PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEM HAVING A DUAL POROSITY PAD - A wound closure system and method having a porous pad for providing a reduced pressure to a tissue site is disclosed. The porous pad comprises a porous material formed by spraying a chemical substance that cures to form the porous material which has a body and an outer surface. Both the body and the outer surface have pores wherein the average size of the pores in the outer surface is smaller than the average size of the pores in the body. The porous pad further comprises a pathway formed within the porous material that is adapted to fluidly communicate with a source of reduced pressure. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022973 | METHOD OF COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL EXCRETORY SUBSTANCE - [Problems] An object of the present invention is to develop a sheet-shaped base material or a container having a structure which is designed in such a manner that snot or phlegm is collected as a biological excretory substance and said biological excretory substance is able to be easily applied to a test in medical therapy and also to develop a system where the biological excretory substance is collected using the same. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022974 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING FLUIDS WITHIN A SURGICAL ENVIRONMENT - A method and device for transferring fluids from a non-sterile field to a sterile field within a surgical environment includes utilizing a device that includes a main body having a first inlet port that is in communication with a first outlet port. Fluid is taken from the patient, typically with a sterile syringe and transferred to the non-sterile field where the fluid is processed. The processed fluid is then drawn into another syringe in the non-sterile field and a distal end of the first syringe is place within the inlet port of the sterile main body. A distal end of a second sterile syringe is inserted into the outlet port, where the distal ends of the sterile syringe and the non-sterile syringe do not make contact. As a plunger is forced into a chamber of the first non-sterile syringe to force the fluid out of the first syringe, the plunger of the second sterile syringe is retracted such that a chamber in the second syringe has a sufficient volume to store the processed liquid. Since the first non-sterile syringe and the second sterile syringe do not make contact during the transfer of the processed fluid, the sterile field is maintained and the fluid can be utilized in the surgical procedure. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022975 | Ostomy appliance apparatus - An ostomy appliance apparatus comprising a integrally molded dome. The integrally molded dome assembly includes a dome, a drainage outlet in fluid communication with the dome, and a flange extending from the dome. An adhesive is coupled to the bottom surface of the flange. A safety disc may be supplied which extends about the outer perimeter of the flange with a portion thereof overhanging the flange. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022976 | SEAL FOR A RECTAL OR OSTOMY APPLIANCE - A rectal appliance with a tubular member defining a communication passage for body waste, and first and second inflatable chamber portions carried on the tubular member for forming internal and external seals with respect to the anus. One or both of the inflatable chamber portions have a partly flared shape. The second inflatable chamber portion has a low external profile, and a concave sealing surface. The inflatable chamber portions are defined at least partly by a common flexible membrane that is constrained near a middle region to define a narrow waist between the two inflatable chamber portions. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022977 | WEARABLE ARTICLE HAVING A TEMPERATURE CHANGE ELEMENT - A wearable article useful for facilitating toilet training. The wearable article includes a temperature change element providing a cool/wet signal when wetted which causes discomfort to the wearer. The temperature change element comprises a temperature change substance disposed on an impermeable material in order to maximize the thermal signal provided to the skin of the wearer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022978 | Absorbent Member and Method of Producing the Same - An absorbent member ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022979 | DIAPER WITH WASTE RECEPTACLE - The diaper with waste receptacle ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022980 | WRAPPER SEALING PROCESS AND ARTICLE - A process for overwrapping a catamenial device such as a tampon includes the steps of providing a substantially cylindrical overwrapper material, inserting a catamenial device into the overwrap material, and closing the open end of the overwrapper material. The overwrapper material has an open end, a closed end, and a first length. The catamenial device has a tapered insertion end, a longitudinal axis, and a length less than the first length, such that the open end of the overwrapper material extends beyond the insertion end of the inserted catamenial device. Concave clamping jaws are applied to the open end of the overwrapper material to urge it toward the longitudinal axis of the catamenial device; to conform portions of the overwrapper material to the insertion end of the catamenial device; and to fold overwrapper material between adjacent clamping jaws to form fins extending outwardly from the conformed portions. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022981 | SELF-CONTAINED DISPOSABLE CHANGING MAT - A self-contained disposable changing mat ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022982 | CLOSURE ELEMENT WITH ELASTIC SIDE PANELS FOR ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCTS, ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCT AND RESPECTIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A closure element ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022983 | Method for manufacturing a pants-type disposable absorbent hygience article - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pant-type disposable absorbent hygiene article ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100022984 | ENTERAL FEEDING SAFETY RESERVOIR AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a one-piece bottle containing enteral feeding material and having a top end with a threaded section and a bottom end comprising a funneled connector port; and a threaded cap dimensioned to mate with the threaded section of the one-piece bottle; wherein the funneled connector port connects to an enteral feeding assembly; wherein the threaded cap provides a leak proof seal when tightened on the threaded section of the one-piece bottle, and allows venting of the bottle when loosened. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022985 | Vial adaptor - A vial adapter suitable for use in transferring fluid from a vial to a needleless syringe, the vial having a top end sealed with a septum. According to one embodiment, the vial adapter comprises (a) a body, the body having a top end, a bottom end and an inner cavity, the inner cavity being dimensioned to receive the vial, with the bottom end of the body extending below the bottom end of the vial; (b) a needle-bearing member mounted within the body, the needle-bearing member comprising a hollow needle extending downwardly into the inner cavity of the body for puncturing the septum of a vial disposed in the inner cavity; (c) a luer-lock-bearing member mounted on the top end of the body, the luer-lock-bearing member comprising a top portion and a bottom portion separated by a radial wall, the top portion being a female luer-lock, the bottom portion including a tubular structure in fluid communication with the hollow needle; and (d) a valve disposed within the luer-lock-bearing member for controlling fluid flow from the bottom portion to the top portion, the valve being opened by attachment of the needleless syringe to the vial adapter. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022986 | MULTI-PURPOSE CONNECTOR FOR ENTERAL APPLICATION - The invention relates to a multipurpose container made in two pieces and having three distal and two proximal connectors arranged concentrically in one another and coaxially to one another and made differently and having a venting passage. The multipurpose container is used in gravity-assisted and pump-assisted enteral feeding and serves for the connection of transfer systems to storage containers, in particular to nutrient and balancing liquid containers having differently designed openings. The invention also relates to a set for enteral application comprising a transfer system and the multipurpose container in accordance with the invention and furthermore to the use of the multipurpose container or of the set. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022987 | MEDICATION DELIVERY SYSTEM - A medication delivery system includes an array of cartridge-receiving ports, a medication receiving fluid conduit, and a plurality of dispensing elements. Each port includes a fluid channel terminating at a fluid outlet and is configured to receive one of a plurality of cartridges that each contain a bolus volume of medication. The medication-receiving fluid conduit is fluidically coupled to the fluid outlet of each cartridge-receiving port at a first region and to a system outlet conduit at a second region (which in turn can be coupled to a patient catheter line). Each dispensing element corresponds to a single cartridge-receiving port so that, upon activation of the dispensing element, at least a portion of the bolus volume of medication flows through the fluid outlet of each cartridge-receiving port into the medication-receiving fluid conduit. Related apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022988 | INFUSION SET WITH A DATA STORAGE DEVICE - An infusion device, an infusion set and a system and method involving one or the other and/or both, wherein the infusion device interacts with the infusion set, and/or wherein the device, set, system and method ensure that deviations from the therapeutically suitable operating state of an infusion set attached to the infusion device can be detected and rectified in an automated manner or with the assistance of the person using the infusion device. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022989 | Steerable catheter and method of making the same - A steerable catheter including a helical coil of wire having a longitudinal axis, a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending longitudinally from the distal end to the proximal end, a ribbon having a distal end, and extending longitudinally, adjacent to the longitudinal axis, within the lumen, from the distal end of the helical coil to the proximal end of the helical coil, and a tip formed by a laser-welded fusion of the distal end of the helical coil and the distal end of the ribbon, the tip being arranged to close the distal end of the helical coil, and operatively arranged to move in a first direction away from the longitudinal axis when the ribbon is forced in a first longitudinal direction, and move in a second direction away from the longitudinal axis when the ribbon is forced in a second longitudinal direction. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022990 | PUMP SYSTEM FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON - A wound therapy system is provided which includes at least one sensor placed in a wound for sensing information regarding status of a body of a living being, and a communication link for electronically passing the information regarding the at least one sensor to a controller. A method for providing wound therapy is also provided which includes the steps of providing at least one sensor, each sensor placed in a wound, sensing information regarding status of a body of a living being utilizing the at least one sensor, and passing the information from the at least one sensor to a controller, via a communication link, between the at least one sensor and the controller. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022991 | System and device for maintaining physiological levels of steroid hormone in a subject - A system, device, or method is provided which maintains a substantially physiological level or a substantially physiological cyclic pre-menopausal level of one or more steroid hormones in a mammalian subject in need thereof. The system, device, or method includes providing to the subject at least one treatment regimen including replacement therapy for the one or more steroid hormones or metabolites or modulators thereof, wherein the at least one treatment regimen is determined based on pre-menopausal cyclic steroid hormone levels of the subject and on current cyclic steroid hormone levels of the subject, wherein the at least one treatment regimen is configured to maintain the subject's one or more steroid hormones or metabolites or modulators thereof at substantially physiological cyclic pre-menopausal levels. The system, device, or methods can be used for the treatment of a disease or condition in the mammalian subject. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022992 | Drug Delivery Device - The present application provides a drug-delivery device comprising a drug reservoir chamber | 2010-01-28 |
20100022993 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING BENEFICIAL LIQUIDS AT STEADY RATE - An apparatus for delivering a beneficial agent is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a water collection chamber. A water-transporting membrane is provided to communicate with the water collection chamber. An extraction chamber receives water through the water-transporting membrane, expanding the extraction chamber. A dispensing chamber, containing a beneficial agent, is configured to contract upon expanding the extraction chamber. This causes the dispensing chamber to expel the beneficial agent through a subterranean delivery channel, such as a rigid hollow spike. In certain embodiments, a rate adjustment mechanism may control the rate that water is received through the water-transporting membrane, thereby controlling the rate the beneficial agent is expelled. The water-transporting membrane has features that repel osmagent from passing through to the water collection chamber. The apparatus features steady rate performance without refreshing the water chamber and low temperature sensitivity. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022994 | LIQUID FILLED INDEX MATCHING DEVICE FOR OPHTHALMIC LASER PROCEDURES - There is provided a device for use as an interface between a laser surgery device and the eye of a patient. The device is filled with a liquid that matches the index of refraction of the eye. The device further has a curved lens that follows the curvature of the outer surface of the patient's eye. In this manner the interface device, through which the laser beam must travel, has essentially the same index of refraction as the eye. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022995 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF LENS MATERIAL FROM THE LENS OF AN EYE - There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for developing laser systems that can create a precise predetermined capsulotomy. The systems, apparatus and methods further provide laser systems that reduce the patient-to-patient variability and doctor-to-doctor variability associated with hand held apparatus for performing capsulorhexis and capsulotomies. There is further provided a precise predetermined shot pattern and shaped capsulotomy that is based at least in part on the shape of an IOL and in particular an accommodating IOL. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A BUBBLE SHIELD FOR LASER LENS PROCEDURES - There is provided a system and method for creating a layer of bubbles in the posterior portion of the lens of the eye. This layer of bubbles in the posterior portion of the lens functions as a shield protection structures of the eye that are located posteriorly from the lens from being damaged or injured by the use of the laser in subsequent activities upon the lens, such as the performance of a laser assisted capsulotomy. Thus, the bubble shield reduces the risk to posterior structures during laser procedures on the lens of the eye. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022997 | Method and process for producing youthful-appearing, small-pored, and smooth skin - The method and process for producing youthful appearing, small-pored, and smooth skin comprises pre-treating the skin topically with retinoic acid, applying a contaminant in oil to the skin, and removing the contaminate by exploding or rupturing it with laser light. When treating the face, removing the contaminant requires only about 4 minutes. The laser light itself does not injure the skin but the rupture of the contaminant produces thermal injury in the high dermis leaving the epidermis intact. Repeated intermittent laser treatments and applications of topical retinoic acid produces the desired results in the skin indefinitely as long as the treatment and applications are continued. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022998 | ABNORMAL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION BLOCKING APPARATUS USING PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (PDT) - There are provided an apparatus and a method for blocking abnormal conduction in the cardiac muscle using a photodynamic therapy or for treating arrhythmia. There is provided a catheter ablation apparatus for the treatment of arrhythmia using a photodynamic therapy, comprising a catheter leading a photoradiation unit to an abnormal electrical conduction site or a hyperexcitability occurring site in the cardiac muscle of a test subject in which a photosensitizer is present by administering the photosensitizer beforehand and which causes arrhythmia, means for generating a light ray with which the abnormal electrical conduction site or the hyperexcitability occurring site is irradiated, and means for transmitting the light ray to the abnormal electrical conduction site or the hyperexcitability occurring site, wherein the photosensitizer used is a water-soluble chlorine-based photosensitizer and the light ray used is a light ray having an excitation wavelength equal to that of the photosensitizer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100022999 | SYMMETRICAL RF ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS - Systems, apparatus, and methods for treating a patient's tissue via electric energy delivered concurrently from a first electrode of a first handpiece and a second electrode of a second handpiece. Each of the first and second handpieces may have the same or similar structure and may be separately manipulable to different locations on the patient's skin to allow the rapid treatment of target tissue(s) at various regions of the patient's body. The first and second handpieces may each be coupled to an electrosurgical generator configured for providing first and second AC voltages of equal magnitude and opposite polarity to the first and second electrodes, respectively. The first and second electrodes may each comprise a spiral inductor. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023000 | FREQUENCY SELECTIVE PASSIVE COMPONENT NETWORKS FOR IMPLANTABLE LEADS OF ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES UTILIZING AN ENERGY DISSIPATING SURFACE - Decoupling circuits are provided which transfer energy induced from an MRI pulsed RF field to an energy dissipating surface. This is accomplished through broadband filtering or by resonant filtering. In a passive component network for an implantable leadwire of an active implantable medical device, a frequency selective energy diversion circuit is provided for diverting high-frequency energy away from a leadwire electrode to a point or an area spaced from the electrode, for dissipation of high-frequency energy. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023001 | Microwave endoscope forceps - Provided is an operating tool for organism, in particular, a microwave endoscope forceps. In terms of the operating tool for organism, provided is a multifunctional operating tool which has holding and scissors functions simultaneously, and may further perform coagulation (tissue fixation) by microwaves. The operating tool has no definite fulcrum, and has both the holding and scissors functions with a simple structure by deforming a long-track rod called beam. Two blades are insulated from each other so as to allow microwave current supply. With this structure, an operating tool having three functions, i.e., “a holding function”, “a coagulating function”, and “a cutting function” with a single tool may be developed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023002 | METHOD FOR ABLATING TISSUE WITH MULTIPLE ABLATION PROBES - A tissue ablation system comprises an ablation source, such as an RF ablation source, configured for generating a common power signal, and a power multiplexor configured for splitting the power signal into first and second power signals, substantially attenuating the second power signal relative to the first power signal to create nominal and attenuated power signals, and sequentially delivering the nominal power signal to each tissue ablation probe, while delivering the attenuated power signal to the remaining ablation probes to which the nominal power signal is currently not delivered. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023003 | SKIN REJUVINATION RESURFACING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - A skin rejuvenation resurfacing apparatus comprising an oscillating, reciprocating high speed, needle-based device and its related procedure for inducing mechanical trauma to an area of the skin to be treated. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC TISSUE ELECTROPORATION ABLATION - Cardiac electroporation ablation systems and methods in which pulsed, high voltage energy is delivered to induce electroporation of cells of cardiac tissue followed by cell rupturing. In some embodiments, the delivered energy is biphasic, having a cycle time of not more than 500 microseconds. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023005 | HIGH-FREQUENCY TREATMENT INSTRUMENT - A high-frequency treatment instrument that is used with high-frequency electric current supplied from a power source, which includes: a pair of forceps members connected with each other by a rotational axis; and an operation wire having a distal end portion which is rotationally connected to proximal end portions of the forceps members and a proximal end portion which is electrically connected with the power source, in which at least one of the pair of forceps members has a conductive electrode portion, and an insulating portion disposed so as to cover at least part of the electrode portion, the operation wire is electrically connected with the electrode portions, and a conductive outer surface of the forceps members, which includes a portion where the operation wire and the electrode portion are electrically connected, located closer to the proximal end portions of the forceps members than the rotational axis of the forceps members is covered by the insulating portion so as not to be exposed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023006 | RF intervertebral disc surgical system - A spinal surgical system comprising a plurality of surgical components for cooperating with a electrosurgical handpiece comprising an elongated tubular member housing an electrode, with the tubular member configured to fit within and be extended down a standard sized cannula in a MIS procedure. The system components comprise one or more cannulas, straight or beveled; one or more guide wires, with and without pointed ends for piercing tissue; a tapered dilator; a trephine; and one or more depth control stops for mounting on the cannula for monitoring its depth. The system is especially useful for performing a discectomy. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023007 | Electrosurgical devices, systems and methods of using the same - According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a desiccation device for operation on a target tissue is provided. The device includes a handle; a shaft extending distally from the handle, wherein the shaft defines a lumen therethrough; and a head having a loop configuration supported on a distal end of the shaft, the head being hollow and defining a lumen therethrough, said lumen being in fluid communication with the lumen of the shaft. At least a portion of the cutting head is electrically connected to a source of electrosurgical energy. A fluid is circulatable through the lumen of the shaft and the head. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023008 | Suction Coagulator - An electrosurgical suction coagulator is disclosed having improved thermal insulation between the active electrode and adjacent tissue. In embodiments, passive insulation is used to control the transfer of thermal energy from an electrosurgical electrode into surrounding tissue. Braided, closed-sell foam material, and open cell foam materials may be used to thermally insulate the outer surface of a suction coagulator shaft from an inner electrode. In embodiments, a suction coagulator shaft includes an external covering formed from open-cell foam material, which may be saturated with a coolant, such as water or saline, to increase the thermal mass of the shaft. In other embodiments, active cooling delivers coolant to the operative site. In yet other embodiments, a suction coagulator shaft includes a cooling jacket through which coolant is passed to actively cool the instrument. The improved electrosurgical suction coagulator disclosed herein may have a reduced operating surface temperatures which may result in reduced risk of undesirable effects to adjacent tissue, and may result in reduced operative times and improved patient outcomes. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023009 | OPEN VESSEL SEALING INSTRUMENT WITH HOURGLASS CUTTING MECHANISM AND OVERRATCHET SAFETY - An open electrosurgical forceps includes a pair of first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at its distal end. The jaw members are movable from a first position in spaced relation relative to one another to a subsequent position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. Each of the jaw members includes an electrically conductive scaling plate for communicating electrosurgical energy through tissue. A curved knife channel is defined along the length of one of the jaw members and is dimensioned to reciprocate a cutting mechanism. An actuator selectively advances the cutting mechanism from a first position proximal to tissue held between the jaw members to a subsequent position distal to tissue held between the jaw members. The cutting mechanism includes a generally hourglass-shaped flexible blade having a mutually aggregating notch. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023010 | FRACTURE FIXATION DEVICE, TOOLS AND METHODS - A bone fixation device is provided with an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and having a first state in which at least a portion of the body is flexible and a second state in which the body is generally rigid, an actuateable gripper disposed at a distal location on the elongated body, a hub located on a proximal end of the elongated body, and an actuator operably connected to the gripper to deploy the gripper from a retracted configuration to an expanded configuration. Methods of repairing a fracture of a bone are also disclosed. One such method comprises inserting a bone fixation device into an intramedullary space of the bone to place at least a portion of an elongate body of the fixation device in a flexible state on one side of the fracture and at least a portion of a hub on another side of the fracture, and operating an actuator to deploy at least one gripper of the fixation device to engage an inner surface of the intramedullary space to anchor the fixation device to the bone. Various configurations are disclosed for allowing a device body to change shape as it moves from a flexible state to a rigid state. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023011 | Fracture fixator for femoral trochanteric fracture - In an internal fixator having a sliding mechanism for treating femoral trochanteric fracture, it is intended to firmly hold the femoral head by setting a sliding direction at a high angle. The fixator is constituted of a sliding nail, a femoral head nail, and a sleeve plate. The sliding nail is inserted at a high angle of about 160° in relation to a femoral axis. The femoral head nail is inserted at a low angle of about 95°. A tip of the femoral head nail is located within the femoral head. The femoral head nail is combined and joined with the sliding nail within the bone. A sliding nail passes and slides within the sleeve of the sleeve plate. A sliding direction is consistent with a tangential direction of an inner cortical bone at a fracture side. Thus, displacement between the fracture edges is less likely to occur and excessive shortening can be avoided. With the femoral head nail, the femoral head can be firmly held. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023012 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO PREVENT HIP FRACTURES - A device for preventing a hip fracture includes: a shaft having a first end and a second end and an expanding means for engaging the femoral head at the first end. The shaft is positioned in a hole of a predetermined depth in a femur. The hole extends from the greater trochanter to the femoral head of the femur, such that the first end is positioned in the femoral head and the second end is positioned in the greater trochanter. The device is oriented substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the femoral shaft. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023013 | Monorail System - Systems providing improved methods of performing a spinal fusion procedure and including a monorail instrument that protects the medial neural structures, includes a sliding platform for additional instrumentation and allows controlled delivery of various instruments for disc preparation and implant insertion. The monorail instrument engages other instruments, including various instruments utilized to prepare the disc space as well as spinal fusion implants, for guided and controlled insertion into the disc space. The monorail instrument may be a distractor, and may include flutes for preparation of the disc space. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023014 | GENDER SPECIFIC FEMORAL RASPS - Rasps for preparing bones of various patients to receive a prosthetic implant and a method for using the same. Multiple rasps may be provided as a set. Within the set, the rasps generally correspond to the size and shape of a single prosthetic implant, such as a prosthetic femoral hip stem, and have a range of bone removal and bone compression capabilities to account for unique bone characteristics of the various patients. A surgeon may select a desired rasp from the set provided depending on the patient's unique bone characteristics. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023015 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTHROPLASTY JIGS HAVING IMPROVED MATING ACCURACY - Disclosed herein is a method of defining a mating surface in a first side of an arthroplasty jig. The mating surface is configured to matingly receive and contact a corresponding patient surface including at least one of a bone surface and a cartilage surface. The first side is oriented towards the patient surface when the mating surface matingly receives and contacts the patient surface. The method may include: a) identifying a contour line associated with the patient surface as represented in a medical image; b) evaluating via an algorithm the adequacy of the contour line for defining a portion of the mating surface associated with the contour line; c) modifying the contour line if the contour line is deemed inadequate; and d) employing the modified contour line to define the portion of the mating surface associated with the contour line. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023016 | TOOLS AND METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - Tools may be used individually and/or in combination to allow minimally invasive and safer orthopedic surgery. A femur adjustment tool lifts and lateralizes the proximal end of the femur during hip replacement surgery by pivoting on a ball temporarily placed in the acetabulum. A tissue protection and broach (rasp, cutting, drilling) guide tool may retract tissue at the incision, protect tendons and soft tissue, and provides a curved, elongated surface that cradles and guides the broaching tool. A tip of the main body of the protection and guide tool, and a hook protruding from the main body, may extend along opposite surfaces of the femur to help “capture” a portion of the femur for tool stability and to effectively and positively protect the piriformus tendon that will reside in the “V” between the hook and tip. A bone clamp is used when a generally transverse cut is made across a bone, for example, a knee surgery proximal tibial cut, wherein the clamp improves control of the bone portion for safer freeing of the bone portion from soft tissue and extracting the bone portion from the incision. A broad, flat plate of the bone clamp may be slid between the bone and the bone portion into the narrow space that has been created by cutting the bone, and a relatively narrow gripping member may be slid along/across the opposing surface of the bone portion, which allows the narrow gripping member to fit into the intercondylar notch of the femur. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023017 | INSTRUMENTATION KIT FOR DELIVERING VISCOUS BONE FILLER MATERIAL - A bone filler material delivery system comprising a longitudinal channel, wherein said channel incorporates a perforated segment at least partially along, at or substantially near its distal end, and wherein said channel is sealed at its distal end so the filler material may be delivered only by the lumen and through the perforated segment peripheral wall/s. Optionally, said system comprising an expandable-collapsible permeable bag capable of being inserted into a bone while in collapsed configuration and then to expand within the bone when filled with bone voids filler. The mesh structure is designed to allow such permeable bag to expand to a predetermined size or shape under certain pressures, and further allows exudation of said bone void filler through its walls. One satisfactory result is achieved by extracting the permeable bag out of treated body, thus promoting a flow of the bone void filler through its pores into the cancellous bone and/or cavity in the bone. The procedure described promotes height restoration of the bone while leaving only filler material inside the body, while introducing it in an enhanced controlled manner. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023018 | Spinous process fixated bilateral drilling guide - The application describes a bilateral drilling and screw placement guide adapted for fixation to the spinous process of a vertebral body. The positioning and surgical guiding instrument is adapted for use during a spinal surgical procedure in conjunction with a drilling tool, fastening device, e.g. a pedicle screw, K-wire or the like. The guide includes an engagement device for attachment to a region of the spinous process, to which an adjustably attached support member is affixed. This allows for immobilizing the guide upon the spinous process anatomical landmark, in a specific orientation with respect thereto. The guide includes a bilaterally adjustable drill guide assembly for precise anatomical positioning of the drill and screw placement guides bilaterally about the sagittal, axial and coronal planes so as to enable the defining of a plurality of drilling axes extending toward the vertebral body. The device further provides for adjustment to account for anatomical variations in width along the axial plane, and includes pointing and angular positioning functionality to insure repeatable and reliable pilot hole and screw placement along a plurality of angles. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023019 | PROSTHESIS HOLDER AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Prosthesis holder ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100023020 | CAM LOCK BURR HOLE PLUG FOR SECURING RETAINER/PLUG BASE - A burr hole plug comprises a plug base configured for being mounted around a cranial burr hole. The plug base includes an aperture through which an elongated medical device exiting the burr hole may pass. The burr hole plug further comprises a retainer configured for being mounted within the aperture of the plug base. The retainer includes a retainer support, a slot formed in the retainer support for receiving the medical device, and a clamping mechanism having a movable clamping element and a cam configured for being rotated relative to the retainer support to linearly translate the movable clamping element into the slot, thereby securing the medical device. The retainer further comprises another clamping mechanism having another movable clamping element and another cam configured for being rotated relative to the retainer support to linearly translate the other movable clamping element, thereby laterally securing the retainer within the plug base. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023021 | Biological Interface and Insertion - Insertion systems and processes for inserting a medical implant are disclosed. An insertion system used to insert an implant into a patient's body may include a housing and a movable member configured to move relative to the housing. The system may further include an alignment detection mechanism disposed adjacent the housing and configured to detect an alignment information of the movable member with respect to at least one of the implant and a target site of the patient's body. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023022 | RELOADABLE LAPAROSCOPIC FASTENER DEPLOYING DEVICE WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE USE IN A GASTRIC VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURE - A cartridge containing a fastener. The cartridge has an elongated sheath containing at least one tissue penetrating member. The penetrating member at least partially houses a fastener. The fastener has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The cartridge further includes a means for deploying the anchors, wherein the means is movable within the sheath. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023023 | DEVICE, CLIP, ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR THE INTRALUMINAL TREATMENT OF TISSUE, E.G. HEMORRHOIDS - A device for the intraluminal treatment of tissue comprises a handle, a shaft which extends from the handle and a head arranged at the distal end of the shaft, wherein the head comprises at least one jaw, movable between an open position, wherein it defines a window for the insertion of the tissue and surrounding tissue, and a closed position, and wherein the shaft extends between the handle and head in a curvilinear longitudinal direction. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023024 | RELOADABLE LAPAROSCOPIC FASTENER DEPLOYING DEVICE WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A GASTRIC VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURE - A reloadable device for deploying fasteners. The device has a handle and at least one actuator. The handle is connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends. The device has a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to the handle. The fastener has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The device also includes a means, adjacent the handle, for facilitating removal of the first cartridge from the handle and replacing it with a second cartridge. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023025 | Reloadable laparoscopic fastener deploying device with disposable cartridge for use in a gastric volume reduction procedure - A method of deploying fasteners within a body by providing a device having a handle and at least one actuator. The handle is connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends, and a needle within the hollow housing. The device has a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to the distal end of the hollow housing. The fastener is at least partially housed within the needle and has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The method uses the steps of inserting the distal end of the hollow housing to a target site within a body, attaching tissue together within the body by deploying the fastener, and removing the first cartridge and replacing it with a second cartridge. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023026 | RELOADABLE LAPAROSCOPIC FASTENER DEPLOYING DEVICE WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A GASTRIC VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURE - A reloadable device for deploying fasteners. The device has a handle and at least one actuator. The handle is connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends. The device includes a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to the handle. The fastener has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The first cartridge is removable from the handle. The device includes a second cartridge having at least one fastener releasably connectable to the handle after removal of the first cartridge. The second cartridge being insertable into the device from a proximal end thereof. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023027 | Surgical suture passers and methods - A surgical instrument for suturing soft tissue is disclosed. The surgical instrument is capable of probing tissue, and preferably provides tactile feedback concerning the condition of the tissue. The instrument can then be used to pass and retrieve a suture without the need for an additional suture retrieval tool. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023028 | Tissue fixation assembly having prepositioned fasteners and method - A tissue fastener assembly delivers a fastener for deployment. The assembly includes a fastener including a first member, a second member, the first and second members having first and second ends, and a flexible connecting member fixed to each of the first and second members intermediate the first and second ends and extending between the first and second members. The first member has a longitudinal axis and a through channel along the axis. The assembly further includes a deployment wire slidingly received within the through channel of the first member that pierces into the tissue and guides the first member through the tissue, a guide structure defining a lumen that receives the fastener and deployment wire and guides the deployment wire and fastener to the tissue, and a fastener configuration structure that orientates the second member in a predetermined position relative to the first member within the lumen for dependable deployment. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023029 | Mesh Device for Immediate Breast Construction and Uses Thereof - An implantable fixation device for maintaining the pre-surgical position of the pectoralis major muscle in relation to the inframammary crease and the anterior axillary line following detachment of the pectoralis major muscle from its medial and inferior origin, such as may be done during immediate breast reconstruction, and methods of use thereof. The device comprises a sheet made of a biocompatible material, such as Vicryl®, that is also elastic and bioabsorbable. The sheet has a number of attachment regions for attaching the sheet to the patient's anatomy. The device may partially cover and constrain a tissue expander or implant, and it may be pre-shaped to further adapt its shape to these surgically implanted devices. The sheet's elasticity allows it to stretch along with the expansion of a tissue expander and yet continue to maintain the position of the pectoralis major muscle. Further, because it is bioabsorbable, the sheet holds the muscle in place just long enough to allow for its self re-attachment without long term concerns. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023030 | SURGICAL FASTENER DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE - The present invention is directed towards surgical fastener devices that combine a bioabsorbable component capable of being absorbed by recipient biological tissue such as bone over timer along with an integral biologically inert metallic threaded component that is intended to be permanently retained in recipient biological tissue such as bone. Surgical fasteners may also be provided in various embodiments according to the present invention in which bioabsorbable components of a desired length and/or width are fabricated may be attached at the time of deployment to biologically inert metallic components of a desired length and/or width. | 2010-01-28 |
20100023031 | NEURAL GUIDE - A neural guide ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100023032 | PROSTHESIS FOR ANASTOMOSIS - Prosthetic devices are provided that are used for anastomosis on end-to-side, end-to-end, and side-to-side without clamping and sutureless, or with quick clamping and sutureless. The prosthetic device can have an external flange, rigid or flexible, whether having elastic memory or not, and intraluminal parts having small or none rigid part, compact, and prolonged by metallic wire that makes possible anastomosis without clamping and sutureless. Prosthesis may also have several dimensions and formats in order to accommodate sizes, number and several types of implants in a simultaneous way. | 2010-01-28 |