07th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100041969 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION OF BLOOD SUGAR AND/OR LACTATE IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a measuring device for optically determining the concentration of blood sugar and/or lactate in biological systems, comprising at least one IR radiation source, that radiates IR light on a volume that is to examined, and at least one measuring detector that detects light coming from the volume that is to be examined in order to determine the concentration of blood sugar and/or lactate, also by laymen in a simple manner and anywhere. According to the invention, the IR light radiated on the volume that is to be examined is supplied, prior to entry into the volume, to a reference detector. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041970 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An implantable medical device has an oxygen sensor adapted to measure the level of oxygen in oxygenized blood, and to generate an oxygen measurement signal in dependence of the level of oxygen. The oxygen sensor is adapted to perform measurements inside the heart, of blood entering the left atrium of a patient's heart. The obtained oxygen measurement signal is compared to a predetermined threshold level and an indication signal is generated in dependence of the comparison. The, indication signal is indicative of the lung functionality of the patient. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041971 | IMPLANTABLE ANALYTE SENSOR - An implantable analyte sensor including a sensing region for measuring the analyte and a non-sensing region for immobilizing the sensor body in the host. The sensor is implanted in a precisely dimensioned pocket to stabilize the analyte sensor in vivo and enable measurement of the concentration of the analyte in the host before and after formation of a foreign body capsule around the sensor. The sensor further provides a transmitter for RF transmission through the sensor body, electronic circuitry, and a power source optimized for long-term use in the miniaturized sensor body. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041972 | APPARATUS AND METHODS - The invention relates to a multi-electrode array comprising a plurality of electrodes, the electrodes being spaced apart from each other by spacer means, the electrodes being secured to the spacer means, the spacer means being encapsulated within a housing. The invention also relates to an implantable device comprising a multi-electrode array of the invention, a method of manufacturing electrodes for use in an array of the invention and a method for manufacturing a multi-electrode array of the invention. The invention also relates to a method for monitoring the effect of a test substance on a biological tissue using a multi-electrode array of the invention. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041973 | CATHETER RADIO FREQUENCY ADAPTER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A catheter system for wireless communication with an electrophysiological (EP) mapping system. The catheter system comprises a catheter, a catheter adapter, and a radio frequency receiver module. The catheter includes a plurality of mapping electrodes including a tip electrode disposed on a distal portion of the elongated body, the mapping electrodes detecting electrocardiograph (ECG) signals; and a reference electrode being disposed on the elongated body at a distance from the plurality of mapping electrodes such that the reference electrode substantially does not detect electrocardiograph signals. The catheter includes a handle. The catheter adapter is attached to the handle. The catheter adapter includes an RF transmitter module for receiving, processing, and transmitting the detected ECG signals. The reference electrode provides a reference signal to the radio frequency (RF) transmitter module. The RF receiver module receives the transmitted ECG signals. The RF receiver module is coupled to the EP mapping system. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041974 | Physiological monitoring garment - A physiological monitoring garment includes a fabric portion. At least one elongate stretchable textile data/power bus is disposed the fabric portion. The elongate stretchable textile data/power bus includes a plurality of integral conductors, woven, knitted, or braided along the length thereof. One or more sensors are connected to the elongate stretchable textile data/power bus. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041975 | PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various systems and methods are provided for monitoring patient physiological data without the need for adhesives or wires to be connected to a patient. The system is also fully functional without the need for manipulation or intervention by a care provider or medical personnel. In particular, the system can include a pad having a plurality of electrical contacts or electrodes formed thereon in a predetermined pattern. The electrodes can be configured to sense electrical signals produced by a patient's body. A controller in communication with the electrodes can be configured to select and process signals from the electrodes and send the information derived from the electrical signals to an output device for displaying resulting physiological data so that the patient can be monitored. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041976 | CRYOSTAT FOR REDUCED CRYOGEN CONSUMPTION - A cryostat has a cryogen vessel retained within an outer vacuum container, a thermally insulating jacket surrounding the outer vacuum container and insulating it from ambient temperature. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041977 | CATHETER AND MEDICAL ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a catheter ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041978 | CONTROLLING TELEMETRY DURING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - The invention is directed techniques for coordinating telemetry of medical devices with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. By coordinating telemetry of a medical device with the performance of MRI techniques with, the use of telemetry during MRI may be facilitated. In one example, information indicative of electromagnetic radiation bursts in MRI techniques can be communicated to the medical device prior to execution. In another example, the medical device may identify the electromagnetic radiation bursts, e.g., by measuring for the presence of such bursts. In either case, the medical device can adjust its telemetry to improve communication during MRI. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041979 | INTERVENTIONAL IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE - Interventional immobilization devices used to immobilize a body part and then, during a medical procedure, orient a medical device to treat located tissue within the body part are provided. The devices are designed to immobilize body tissue while preserving, or substantially preserving, the three-dimensional or volumetric integrity of the immobilized tissue. The device enables real time (RT) imaging-guided interventional (IGI) capabilities when the devices are coupled with medical imaging systems, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041980 | MRI Method - A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging scanner for imaging the heart of a patient comprising inducing apnoea in the patient; sensing an electrical heart waveform; in response thereto moving the chest wall of the patient to a desired location; and triggering the scanner to image. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041981 | APPLICATIONS OF SCALING LAWS OF TREE STRUCTURES - In at least one embodiment, a method for diagnosing vascular disease is provided, the method comprising the steps of obtaining a vessel image showing a vasculature of a vessel, identifying at least two measurements from the vasculature of the vessel, the measurements relating to at least two parameters, calculating a relationship between the at least two parameters from the at least two measurements to generate one or more vasculature data points, and comparing the one or more vasculature data points to data relative to a model vasculature to determine the extent of vascular disease. In an another embodiment, a method for diagnosing vascular disease in a patient's vascular tree is provided, the method comprising the steps of generating a model vascular tree from a minimum energy hypothesis calculation, and comparing the patient's vascular tree with the model vascular tree to determine the extent of vascular disease. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041982 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a trigger generating unit, a blood flow image generating unit and a control unit. The trigger generating unit acquires blood flow information of an object and generates a trigger based on the blood flow information. The blood flow image generating unit acquires imaging data with using the trigger and generates blood flow image data. The control unit controls so as to repeatedly perform a probe sequence for acquiring the blood flow information and an imaging sequence for acquiring the imaging data alternately. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041983 | Device and method for pathology detection - A method and system may provide detection of pathologies, for example, the detection of cancer in, for example, the gastrointestinal tract utilizing for example magnetically susceptible nano-particles. Ultrasound imaging, MRI technology or other suitable techniques may be used in conjunction to localize detected pathologies. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041984 | Impedance sensing device and catheter system - A sensing system including a collection catheter and a sensing device. The sensing system can be used in determining an optimal location of a collection catheter for the removal of a medium from coronary circulation. The sensing system can also be used in determining the optimal time for the collection of blood containing a medium. The sensing system can further be used to maintain a baseline flow rate through at least a portion of the coronary circulation system during a medical procedure. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041985 | Navigational Guidance Via Computer-Assisted Fluoroscopic Imaging - Digital x-ray images taken before a surgical procedure by a fluoroscopic C-arm imager are displayed by a computer and overlaid with graphical representations of instruments being used in the operating room. The graphical representations are updated in real-time to correspond to movement of the instruments in the operating room. A number of different techniques are described that aid the physician in planning and carrying out the surgical procedure. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041986 | ABLATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM INCLUDING A FIBER OPTIC IMAGING CATHETER AND AN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - An ablation and monitoring system comprises a catheter, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, and an ablation generator. The catheter comprises one or more optical fibers to transmit a light beam to a tissue material and collect a reflected light from the tissue material. The OCT system is in optical communication with the catheter via the one or more optical fibers, providing the light beam to the one or more optical fibers and receiving the reflected light from the one or more optical fibers. The ablation generator is in electrical communication with the OCT system and with the catheter. The ablation generator provides radio frequency energy to the catheter for ablating the tissue material, monitors and assesses the ablation based on an information signal received from the OCT system. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041987 | Imaging Apparatus And Method - A thermoacoustic imaging apparatus comprises an electromagnetic radiation source configured to irradiate a sample area and an acoustic signal detection probe arrangement for detecting acoustic signals. A radiation responsive acoustic signal generator is added outside the sample area. The detection probe arrangement detects both signals generated in a sample area in response to the irradiation and an acoustic signal from the radiation responsive acoustic signal generator that has traveled through the sample area. A computing system distinguishes first acoustic signal detections attributed to the acoustic signal generated by the radiation responsive acoustic signal generator and second acoustic signal detections attributed to the acoustic signals generated by the sample area. The computing system performs a tomographic computation of an acoustic transmission parameter as a function of a position in the sample area from the first acoustic signal detections. The acoustic transmission parameter may be a speed of sound or absorption. The acoustic transmission parameter may be used to correct the computation of a thermoacoustic image. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041988 | FEEDBACK LOOP FOR FOCUSED ULTRASOUND APPLICATION - A method is disclosed using a feedback loop for focused ultrasound application. The method includes the steps of determining a location of a target side within a body using ultrasound waves, applying focused ultrasound waves to the target site, determining a new location of the target site using further ultrasound waves, and adjusting the focused ultrasound waves in response to the new location of the target site. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041989 | USE OF ULTRASOUND AS AN ANTIVASCULAR AGENT - A method for detecting and disrupting fragile blood vessels formed as a result of tumor angiogenesis by manipulating an extent of tissue vascularity in vivo, the method includes targeting a region in need of manipulating the extent of vascularity of the tissue by a diagnostic imaging; visualizing said fragile blood vessels in the tissue; obtaining a characteristic of the tissue; and contacting the tissue with a therapeutic ultrasound producing an unfocused or mildly focused ultrasound beam having an intensity below 2.6 W/cm2, wherein the therapeutic ultrasound is emitted from an ultrasound unit in accordance with the characteristic of the tissue and thereby reducing the extent of vascularity of the tissue and disrupting said fragile blood vessels formed to support the tumor in the region of interest. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041990 | Needle Guides for Catheter Delivery - Provided are needle locks and methods of using the same for ultrasound guided catheter insertion. The needle locks hereof substantially immobilizes a needle relative to an ultrasound probe to permit manipulation of a catheter or other device through the needle. The needle locks of the present invention may be used in nerve block, venous catheter insertion procedures or other invasive procedures. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041991 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK MEDICAL SCANNING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Devices for use in medical imaging can include a robotic arm ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041992 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - When displaying a plurality of images in different conformations in relation to information of a tissue motion typified by a heart wall motion, support information which is used to rapidly and easily visually confirm a relative positional correspondence relationship between an MPR image, a polar mapping image, and a three-dimensional image is generated and displayed. A marker indicative of a desired local position is set and displayed as required. Further, a position corresponding to the set or changed marker may not be present on the MPR image. In such a case, the MPR image always including a position corresponding to the set or changed marker is generated and displayed by automatically adjusting a position of an MPR cross section. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041993 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A speckle pattern is removed from each image in such a manner that each image obtained by a multi-resolution decomposition is decomposed into a low-band signal component, a high-band signal horizontal component, a high-band signal vertical component, and a high-band signal diagonal component, the decomposed signal components are subjected to a morphological reconstruction process, and then a multi-resolution reconstruction is performed. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041994 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - The average velocity of a tissue is calculated for each frame in accordance with compression/release, and a reference waveform is generated by using the calculated velocity. A time phase in which the average velocity becomes 0 is specified by the reference waveform. In strain computation, time integration is performed for strain computation in a compression period or a release period with reference to the specified stationary time phase. This can properly and automatically visualize how the contraction of the tissue is accumulated from the start of compression or the contraction of the tissue becomes maximum in a compression end time phase in a compression period and how the tissue expands from the start of release or the expansion of the tissue becomes maximum in a release end time phase in a release time phase. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041995 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can scan a region of interest at high speed and other regions at low speed. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041996 | Ultrasound Probe - An ultrasound probe for cavity scanning of a body, comprising: an elongated rod-like member ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041997 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a pulsar including an output line coupled to a piezoelectric transducer and a plurality of first push-pull circuits whose output units are coupled to the output line, and a power source unit which supplies a plurality of power source voltages with different levels to the first push-pull circuits. At least one of the first push-pull circuits includes first rectification elements which prevent reverse current from flowing into first complementary transistors configuring the first push-pull circuit. The pulsar includes a second push-pull circuit whose output unit is coupled to the output line, the same power source voltage as in the first push-pull circuit with the first rectification elements is applied to the second push-pull circuit, and current in the direction opposite to that in the first push-pull circuit flows in the second push-pull circuit by turning on second complementary transistors configuring the second push-pull circuit. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041998 | Method for Detecting and/or Monitoring a Wound Using Infrared Thermal Imaging - A system for diagnosing damaged tissue includes a thermal imaging device, a data processing device including a digital media generic to or associated there with connected to the thermal imaging device, an image display device connected to or integrated with the data processing device and a graphics user interface resident on the digital media of the data processing device and executable to display on the image display device, the interface enabling user configuration of various aspects of thermal imaging and data analysis functions. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041999 | Process for quantitative display of blood flow - A method for the quantitative representation of the blood flow in a tissue or vascular region based on the signal of a contrast agent injected into the blood. In the process, several individual images of the signal emitted by the tissue or vascular region are recorded at successive points in time and are stored. For image areas of stored individual images the respective point in time is determined at which the signal has exceeded a certain threshold value and this point in time is represented for each of the image areas. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042000 | Method for correcting the image data that represent the blood flow - A method for correcting the image data representing the blood flow for the evaluation and quantitative representation of the blood flow in a tissue or vascular region is based on the signal of a contrast agent injected into the blood. Several individual images of the signal emitted by the tissue or vascular region are recorded and stored at successive points in time. At least two individual images are correlated and a shift vector is generated based on the correlation. Thereafter, the image data of the individual images are shifted in relation to each other according to the shift vector. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042001 | Raman Instrument for Measuring Weak Signals in the Presence of Strong Background Fluorescence - A method for measuring a chemical concentration in tissue has two measurement steps. A portion of tissue is illuminated with a first generated light and a second generated light. A first Raman scattered light, corresponding to the first generated light, and a second Raman scattered light, corresponding to the second generated light, are directed to a plurality of light sensors, each light sensor measuring light at a different wavelength, that wavelength being proximate to a wavelength of an expected Raman shift wavelength for the chemical in the tissue. A measurement is obtained from each light sensor, each measurement being specific to the first scattered light and/or the second reflected light to that light sensor. The measurements of the first scattered light and the measurements of the second scattered light are used to calculate a concentration of the chemical in the tissue. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042002 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING USING AN INFLATABLE MEMBRANE - The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture these thickness measurements and obtain three-dimensional images of the target surface in a variety of imaging contexts. This includes general techniques for imaging interior/concave surfaces as well as exterior/convex surfaces, as well as specific adaptations of these techniques to imaging ear canals, human dentition, and so forth. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042003 | SMALL-SCALE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A small-scale diagnostic system and a display control method are provided. In the diagnostic system while image data on a patient is displayed on a screen of a medical image control device, when image data on another patient is received from an image generating device, and the medical doctor wants to display the received image data on the another patient on the screen for examining the image and diagnosing the another patient, the displayed image on the screen can be switched to that of the image data on the another patient by a simple operation of depressing a patient selection button. This enables the medical doctor to perform image diagnosis efficiently in a small-scale facility such as a clinic. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042004 | Method and Apparatus for Multi-spectral Imaging and Analysis of Skin Lesions and Biological Tissues - A multispectral nevoscope that uses specific wavelengths in the visible and infrared spectrum of electromagnetic radiation to transilluminate a skin-lesion or a biological tissue or specimen for imaging and maps multispectral 2-dimensional images into 3-dimensional virtual space for providing 3-D distributions of pre-defined parameters representing the characteristic properties (such as melanin, hemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin, etc.) of a skin lesion. Methods are disclosed for analyzing and using the characteristic distributions of specific parameters for detection and management of skin-cancers, or characterization of a biological tissue or specimen. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042005 | DETECTING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A TURBID MEDIUM - A device for measuring light scattering and absorption properties of a tissue, the device comprising: a probe comprising first and second optical fibers for irradiation and detection. The optical fibers are substantially parallel to each other at the distal end, and are separated by a distance of less than 2 mm, wherein said first and second optical fibers are arranged in said probe at an angle, 6=10 deg. to 45 deg., to the plane perpendicular to the distal end of said probe and wherein the tips of the optical fibers at the distal end are polished parallel to the plane perpendicular to the distal end of said probe. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042006 | Packages Of Apparatus For Non-Invasive Detection Of Pulse Rate And Blood Flow Anomalies - The present invention provides a package for an apparatus for non-invasively monitoring of blood flow of an object, a magnetic field sensing device, and a magnetic source positioning device. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042007 | SYSTEM FOR REPETITIVE MEASUREMENTS OF CARDIAC OUTPUT IN FREELY MOVING INDIVIDUALS - A system for evaluating the cardiovascular system parameters using indicator dilution and non-invasive or minimally invasive detection and calibration methods are disclosed. Intravascular indicators are stimulated, and emissions patterns detected for computation of cardiac output, cardiac index, blood volume and other indicators of cardiovascular health. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042008 | ECG Data Acquisition Device - An apparatus for generating ECG recordings and a method for using the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a handheld device and a controller. The handheld device has first, second, third, and fourth electrodes on an outer surface of the handheld device. The controller records signals from the first, second, third, and fourth electrodes and generates an ECG recording from the signals. The controller also provides placement information regarding locations on a user's body that are to be brought into contact with the first, second, third, and fourth electrodes while the controller records the signals. The handheld device can include a cellular telephone or a PDA. The controller stores an exemplary normal ECG recording, and compares a newly generated ECG recording with the stored ECG recording and generates an indication that indicates whether the newly generated ECG recording is consistent with the stored ECG recording. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042009 | DEVICE FOR USING SAVED FREQUENCY INFORMATION - The invention relates to a device for applying saved frequency information in the form of modulated magnetic fields and/or modulated light to the body, wherein the device comprises at least one display, one memory, one control electronic, one D/A-converter, and a coil ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100042010 | ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED CATHETER WITH WIRELESS SENSORS - A local power-delivery/data-reception unit is installed within an insertion end of a sealed catheter. The local power-delivery/data-reception unit wirelessly powers a separately sealed sensor that is attached to the insertion end and configured for wirelessly sending a data signal to the local power-delivery/data-reception unit. The catheter may further feature a remote power-delivery/data-reception unit disposed within the handle and configured for wirelessly communicating with the local power-delivery/data-reception unit and a controller for controlling the sensor. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042011 | Three-dimensional localization, display, recording, and analysis of electrical activity in the cerebral cortex - The present invention describes a method and apparatus to localize the electrical signals measured from a subject's scalp surface, preferably in near-real time, and to generate dynamic three-dimensional information of the electrical activity occurring within the cerebral cortex of the brain. In the preferred embodiment, it can produce images that can be immediately inspected and analyzed by an operator in near-real time, resulting in a powerful new cortical imaging modality, which we denote as Dynamic Electrocortical Imaging (DECI). The present invention involves the use of a computer, an electroencephalographic (EEG) amplifier, EEG electrodes, and custom software. It can measure healthy and diseased cortical events and states in both conscious and unconscious subjects. This is useful, as it allows for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of cortical disorders, while also furthering the understanding of the human brain and lending use to additional non-medical applications such as in entertainment, education, lie-detection and industry. The invention in one embodiment is implemented using software in conjunction with readily available EEG hardware. Furthermore, this same method can be applied to pre-existing data and when doing so, EEG hardware is not required. Having a practical near-real time 3D imaging system brings a far more accessible technology to doctors, researchers, individuals, and private clinics to better diagnose, monitor, treat and understand many of the conditions and abnormalities of the brain. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042012 | Diagnostic device for remote sensing and transmitting biophysiological signals - A diatrophic, bio-physiological interface is self-contained with onboard intensification, filtering, and signal processing and is wirelessly enabled (idio-electrode), with multiple sensory system for bio-physiological measurements, described herein utilizes spatially resolved potential profiles from a cluster of mini electrodes to form constituent sets comprising mini sensorial electrodes. The sets of sub electrodes containing the clusters are jointly optimized to attain measurable gradient of some diagnostic value. The present invention provides a distinct lead-free single electrode that is rotationally invariant with onboard Digital Signal Processor for arrhythmia detection, source encoding, and passive and active wireless transmission. Additionally, in one aspect of the present invention the lead-free idio-electrode bio-physiological adapter allows for utmost clinical operational freedom and dramatically obviates the needs for leads of any length that invariably encumber the acquisition and performance of electrocardiogram recordings of any sort. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042013 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS HIGH-FREQUENCY TEMPERATURE ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS - We disclose a system, an apparatus, and a method for high frequency temperature monitoring and analysis. According to a disclosed embodiment the system comprises: (a) a wireless temperature acquisition and logging device especially designed for multi-day, high-frequency, and high-resolution temperature sampling; and (b) an analysis system implemented in a digital computer with one or more processors in order to analyze and characterize said temperature using a plurality of methods including complexity analysis techniques such as Lempel-Ziv complexity, Approximate Entropy, Sample Entropy, Multiscale Entropy, and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis; and other statistical time-series analysis techniques. According to one embodiment the temperature monitoring system is designed to capture the dynamic aspects of temperature in order to enable researchers and clinicians to study temperature regulation, thermal physiology, and clinical thermometry. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042014 | Safety Biopsy Instrument - A safety biopsy instrument having a body, a tubular blade with a sharp edge and a protection member engaged with the body such that the protection member and/or body are axially displaceable relative to each other from a position with the protection member concealing the blade edge to a position with the blade edge exposed, and then to a position with the blade edge concealed and the protection member and blade edge axially locked relative to each other. Also, a safety biopsy instrument with a handle, body and removable blade cartridge with a distal opening, a tubular blade having a sharp edge, and a resistance member disposed between a front shoulder and rear wall to bias the blade edge away from the distal opening. Forward movement of the body relative to the handle causes the resistance member to compress between the rear wall and front shoulder and the blade edge to travel distally. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042015 | Whole blood capillary collection system - A whole blood capillary collection system is described and includes an enclosure located remotely from a blood collection apparatus. A DC motor-driven vacuum pump is located within the enclosure and is operatively connected to one end of the flexible tube so as to create suction therein. The enclosure includes a switch for controlling the operation of the vacuum pump and also includes a low battery light indicator. By locating the enclosure remote from the collection apparatus, the noise level at the puncture site is reduced. The enclosure may be conveniently placed in the user's pocket or placed on a supporting surface. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042016 | BLOOD SENSOR AND BLOOD INSPECTION DEVICE USING IT - A blood sensor usable both for a blood inspection device that performs puncture with a puncturing needle and for a blood inspection device that performs puncture with laser. In concrete, this invention comprises a sensor unit having a holder and a blood sensor mounted to the holder and a needle unit having a slidable puncturing needle. The needle unit provides a blood sensor block detachably fitted to the inside of the holder of the sensor unit. The blood sensor block is applied to a needle-puncturing type blood inspection device. The sensor unit from which the needle unit is removed is applied to a laser-puncturing type blood inspection device. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042017 | DUAL BLADE LANCING TEST STRIP - An integrated lancing test strip includes a pair of blade members that each have a lancing tip that are configured to lance skin. A pair of spacer members connect the blade members together such that the blade members define an internal capillary. A test strip is positioned along the internal capillary, and the test strip is configured to test analyte levels in the bodily fluid. During use, the lancing tips form one or more incisions in the skin. The fluid from the incisions is drawn via capillary action through the internal capillary and onto the test strip. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042018 | DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLULITE AND FATTY MASSES | 2010-02-18 |
20100042019 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ADIPOSE TISSUE - Methods and apparatus are described for modifying unwanted tissue for cosmetic reasons. The methods provide a non-invasive manner to perform body contouring by destroying adipose tissue while simultaneously causing collagen contraction in a single procedure so that as destroyed tissue is removed from a treatment volume, the volume shrinks gradually to maintain the skin tone of the treatment area. The procedure may involve multiple treatments to the same treatment area or location. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042020 | Focused energy delivery apparatus method and system - There is provided herein a system, method and an apparatus for delivering focused therapeutic energy, such as ultrasonic energy, the apparatus includes a transducer adapted to transmit focused energy to a target area tissue of a subject body and a positioning element adapted to shift the transducer while transmitting the focused energy to the target area tissue, wherein the positioning element is further adapted to substantially maintain a focal point of the transducer within the target area tissue of the subject body. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042021 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DAMAGED TISSUE - Methods and devices for treatment of damaged tissue are disclosed, including treatment of wounds by employing non-electrically powered, reduced pressure therapy devices. Maintenance and control of the sub atmospheric pressure exerted may be provided by such devices while minimizing discomfort to the user. The devices may be configured to be worn inconspicuously underneath clothing. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042022 | EARLY REHABILITATION TRAINING SYSTEM - Provided is an early rehabilitation training system that increase the intensity of patient rehabilitation training to shorten the time it takes for patients to progress to a secondary rehabilitation training stage by allowing patients incapable of self-ambulation to be artificially rehabilitated in a prone, bed-ridden position. The system includes a treatment bed ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100042023 | CONTINUOUS PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MOTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HAND REHABILITATION - A hand rehabilitation device includes a hand support assembly and a drive mechanism. The hand support assembly being movable to flex and extend the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of a user's hand independently. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042024 | TINNITUS TREATMENT - A method of treatment of the symptoms of tinnitus is disclosed in which a non-sinusoidal pulsating electric waveform having a pulse repetition rate (frequency) less than 100 Hz is applied to a headphone or an earphone or a like acoustic transducer worn by a tinnitus sufferer. Square, sawtooth and triangular waveforms are suitable. Preferably a sequence of square, triangular, square and square waveforms each of duration of 3 minutes, and separated by a silent pause of 10-15 seconds, is applied. Various devices for applying such waveform(s) to such transducers are disclosed including a clinical oscillator, an internet distribution system, a playback device, electronic or magnetic storage devices, and a cochlear implant. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042025 | Abdomen Massaging Apparatus - An abdomen massaging apparatus includes a gear unit, a drive motor unit, a toothed rack unit, and a sliding track unit. The toothed rack unit includes a plurality of elongated toothed racks which are arranged in a radiating manner, a plurality of roller gears each meshing with a respective one of the toothed racks and each having a central mandrel, and a plurality of rolls each mounted on the central mandrel of a respective one of the roller gears. The sliding track unit includes a successive channel to allow passage of the central mandrel of each of the roller gears. Thus, the rolls are movable along the toothed racks of the toothed rack unit reciprocally and simultaneously so as to provide a massaging effect to a user. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042026 | Segmented pneumatic pad regulating pressure upon parts of the body during usage - A compression garment or pad for selective application for treatment of lymphedema evidenced at various locations of the body. The pad includes a pair or series of layers of hermetically sealed material, that can capture pressurized air, when applied therein, and is formed through the patterned sealing of the layers of the pad together, at select locations, to form air pockets that can selectively apply isolated points of pressure to the patient's affected area, without disrupting normal vascular and lymphatic functioning. The pad is design cut, for either use in that matter, or for application as a garment to various segments of the body and can apply pressure over the entire affected area. The pad includes valves that allows for injection of measurable air, to the desired pressure points, or its deflation, after treatment. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042027 | POSITIVE PRESSURE CHAMBER FOR EXTREMITIES - The present invention provides a positive pressure chamber for treating extremities, which is used for treating extremity swelling or edema, rehabilitation, prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis, relieving extremity pain, improvement of extremity skin, and the like. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042028 | FOOT WRAP WITH INFLATABLE BLADDER - A foot wrap ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100042029 | OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE ORTHOSIS - A polycentric hinge is positioned on one side of the patient's knee and a unicentric hinge is positioned on a second side of the knee. A lower portion of the polycentric and unicentric hinge is attached to a knee cuff about a lower leg of the patient. An upper arm of the polycentric and unicentric hinge is attached to a thigh cuff, the upper arm of the unicentric hinge being longer than the upper arm of the polycentric hinge. The upper arm of the unicentric hinge has a 15° to 20° set back angle when the patient's leg is straight. The polycentric hinge has a slotted central plate with star gears engaging a back portion and multiple movable blocks mounted in screw holes on a front edge of the slotted plate supporting an elastic band having a fulcrum point on the polycentric hinge at a lower and upper end. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042030 | Dual-bracket cervical brace - A dual-bracket cervical brace provides frontal support between the chin and sternum with a hinged chin support. This brace allows lateral movements of the wearer's head and neck as well as vertical movements of the head and jaw. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042031 | DEVICE FOR GRIPPING THE FOREARM OF A USER SUFFERING FROM MUSCULAR PROBLEMS IN THE ELBOW - A device is provided for gripping the forearm of a user suffering from muscular problems in the elbow. The device defines a rigid but elastically deformable U-shaped body, and has a bottom. The device includes a first limb and a second limb, and two supporting elements which are mounted on the body such that each one is essentially located on a free end part of a limb of the body. One of the limbs of the body defines a first curved part which is adjacent to the bottom wherein the concave region of the curved part is oriented towards the inside of the body, and a second curved part which extends from the first part towards the free end of the limb. The concave region of the second part is oriented towards the outside of the body such that the limb of the U has a transversal flexion line. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042032 | TENDON STRETCHER - A tendon stretcher is disclosed. The tendon stretcher includes a compression stocking and at least one band coupled to a distal end of the compression stocking and extending upwardly to the proximal end of the compression stocking to provide a tension and stretch one or more of the Achilles, posterior tibial, and peroneal tendons. In one embodiment, an open toed compression stocking is disclosed having a compression stocking, a lateral band coupled to a distal end of the compression stocking on a lateral plantar surface and extending upwardly and crossed over and operatively coupled to a medial surface at the proximal end of the compression stocking, and a medial band coupled to a distal end of the compression stocking on a medial plantar surface and extending upwardly and crossed over and operatively coupled to a lateral surface at the proximal end of the compression stocking. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042033 | TISSUE SPACER FOR WOUND TREATMENT EMPLOYING REDUCED PRESSURE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING SAME - A tissue spacer shaped to a general configuration of a projected tissue growth site of a patient for use in conjunction with vacuum suction for medical purposes and reduced pressure device and method employing the same. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042034 | WOUND CARE PRODUCT, COMPRISING TEXTILE RIBBONS WITH FIBRES HAVING GEL-FORMING PROPERTIES, AND FIBRES NOT HAVING GEL-FORMING PROPERTIES - The subject matter of the invention is a wound care article, exhibiting fibers with gel-forming properties containing at least one planar structure, as well as fibers with non-gel-forming properties, characterized in that the fibers are arranged in the form of planar fabric bands. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042035 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DIALYSIS FLUID FLOW RATE FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - The present invention relates to a device and to a method for determining the dialysis fluid flow rate for an extracorporeal blood treatment device. The dialysis fluid flow rate Q | 2010-02-18 |
20100042036 | Automatic priming method - The present invention provides an automatic priming method by which priming is conducted while keeping, in the automatic priming, an arterial-side chamber in a normal position as in a case of dialysis treatment, and in which forward and backward rotations of a blood pump are employed, and a speed of rotation, in particular, backward rotation is adjusted to be low so that air or the like is reliably prevented from entering a dialyzer. The priming method is characterized by including, in a blood purification circuit in which priming is conducted by supplying physiological saline into a circulation circuit formed by connecting an arterial blood circuit (L | 2010-02-18 |
20100042037 | System and Method for Collecting Plasma Protein Fractions from Separated Blood Components - Method and apparatus for separating plasma from blood in a separation vessel and further separator the separated plasma into desired plasma proteins in a plasma separator fluidly connected to the separation vessel to receive the separated plasma. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042038 | System and Method for Collecting Plasma Protein Fractions from Separated Blood Components - Method and apparatus for separating plasma from blood in a membrane separator and further separator the separated plasma into desired plasma proteins in a plasma separator fluidly connected to the membrane separator to receive the separated plasma. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042039 | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNT HAVING LONG TERM ANTI-OCCLUSION AGENT DELIVERY - A shunt for at least partial implantation into a patient that includes an elongated conduit having at least one lumen therethrough and a second lumen concentric about the first lumen along at least part of the first lumen, that includes a proximal end for receipt of bodily fluids for flow through the shunt and a distal end for discharge of the bodily fluids from the shunt, and a long term source of at least one occlusion resistant agent, wherein said at least a portion of the at least one occlusion resistant agent can permeate through at least a portion of the elongated conduit. The invention also includes kits and systems. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042040 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE ANTIBACTERIAL AND FUNGICIDE TREATMENT OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY - The invention relates to a system, a device, and a method for the antibacterial treatment of a patient, using a combination of light and dye. The invention is characterised in that the maximum intensity of the light is at a wavelength which is different to the wavelength of a maximum absorption of the dye. Such a device can be used to obtain especially good bactericide and/or fungicide results. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042041 | IMPLANTATION DEVICE FOR SOFT TISSUE MARKERS AND OTHER IMPLANTS - A device for inserting into body tissue an implant with a medical function, with a channel passing at least partly through the implant, the device comprising:
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20100042042 | ENVIRONMENTAL STATE DETECTION WITH HYDROGEL BASED FULLY INTEGRATED TRANSDUCER DEVICE - It is described a hydrogel based transducer device for detecting an environmental state, in particular for detecting an environmental state within a biological material. The transducer device ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100042043 | AUTOMATIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION WITH REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION - It is described a drug delivery system ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100042044 | Systems and Methods for Mixing Fluids - Improvements are provided for a syringe-to-syringe mixing system to improve the mixing characteristics of the system. In one embodiment, a mixing apparatus includes opposite fittings for mounting to a pair of syringes. The mixing apparatus defines a fluid passageway therethrough and includes a flow modifying element disposed within the passageway. The flow modifying element is configured to increase the flow velocity, disrupt the fluid flow or introduce turbulence into the fluid flow between the two syringes. In another embodiment, a nozzle element is disposed within the tip of the syringe, the element configured to increase the fluid flow therethrough. The nozzle element can be a nozzle insert removably mounted within the tip, or an integrally formed nozzle within the tip. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042045 | STERILE APPLIANCE DELIVERY DEVICE FOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES - A surgical device comprising a container and a tether used for delivering a sterile appliance into a body cavity during endoscopic procedures. Once positioned in the body cavity, a force is applied to the container through the tether. The force opens the container and releases the sterile appliance into the body cavity. In various embodiments, gas or liquid may be used to open the container. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042046 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS USEABLE FOR TREATING SINUSITIS - Sinusitis and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches with flexible or rigid instruments. Various methods and devices are used for remodeling or changing the shape, size or configuration of a sinus ostium or duct or other anatomical structure in the ear, nose or throat; implanting a device, cells or tissues; removing matter from the ear, nose or throat; delivering diagnostic or therapeutic substances or performing other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Introducing devices (e.g., guide catheters, tubes, guidewires, elongate probes, other elongate members) may be used to facilitate insertion of working devices (e.g. catheters e.g. balloon catheters, guidewires, tissue cutting or remodeling devices, devices for implanting elements like stents, electrosurgical devices, energy emitting devices, devices for delivering diagnostic or therapeutic agents, substance delivery implants, scopes etc.) into the paranasal sinuses or other structures in the ear, nose or throat. Specific devices (e.g., tubular guides, guidewires, balloon catheters, tubular sheaths) are provided as are methods for manufacturing and using such devices to treat disorders of the ear, nose or throat. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042047 | INJECTION NEEDLE CARTRIDGE AND INJECTOR - The invention provides a cartridge-type injection needle and injector. The injection needle cartridge has a substantially columnar retaining member for retaining the injection needle penetrating therethrough and a pair of holder members forming a containing space for containing the retaining member. The paired holding members are formed by a first holder member having a first bottom plate and a first slider section and a second holder member having a second bottom plate facing to the first bottom plate and a second slider section. The containing space is axially extendable and retractable in the state in which the slider sections are alternately displaced along the outer periphery of the retaining member and is not axially retractable in the state in which the extreme end faces of the slider sections face to each other. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042048 | Luer Integrated Air Venting System - A vascular access device incorporating a luer integrated air venting system, including a female luer fitting having a venting mechanism located within the female luer fitting and a fluid diverter located within the vent mechanism. The venting mechanism providing communication between said vascular access device and ambient surroundings until contact with a fluid. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042049 | SLITTABLE OR REMOVABLE VALVES AND APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - A system and/or apparatus for delivering a medical device into a body includes an elongate tubular member and a valve fitted within a proximal end thereof. The valve preferably includes a tubular body and a flap, wherein the tubular body is engaged within the proximal end of the tubular member and has an open end approximately aligned with a proximal termination of the proximal end of the tubular member. The flap of the valve preferably extends over a hole formed in an end wall of the tubular body opposite a side of the end wall that faces a passage of the tubular body, which passage extends between the open end and the end wall. The hole communicates with the passage and with the lumen of the tubular member, and the flap is movable away from the hole when the device is introduced through the passage and the hole. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042050 | Microneedle Transdermal Delivery Device - A drug delivery device that delivers pharmacologically active substances transdermally using microneedles arranged on a belt mounted rotatably about a plurality of rollers, the microneedles having an associated drug reservoir mounted on the belt which is compressed when the needles and belt are brought into contact with the skin. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042051 | System and Method for Holding a Catheter Near a Patient's Body - The disclosure describes a system and method for use by a catheterized patient. A catheter having a first end inside a body of the patient passes through a stoma and terminates outside the patient. The disclosure also depicts a shirt having a pocket and an aperture positioned at a location between an area of a stoma (when the shirt is in the worn position) and the pocket cooperate to retain the terminus of the catheter. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042052 | METHODS OF OPERATING AN IMPLANTABLE INJECTION PORT SYSTEM - A surgical fastening system for implantable devices such as injection port systems. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042053 | SAFETY SYRINGE - An improved safety hypodermic syringe includes a reciprocal tubular needle sheath disposed on the exterior of the syringe body, a latch mechanism engaging the syringe body and the sheath to latch the sheath in a needle-covering position after delivering contents from the syringe body, and a spring engaging the syringe body and the sheath and expandable to move the sheath to cover the needle point, where the spring is a non-uniform helical spring having multiple 360° turns each turn uniformly spaced from adjacent turns, each 360° turn comprising first and second alternating angled portions, the first of the alternating angled portions being at a first angle to a plane perpendicular to an axis through the center of the helical spring and the second angled portions being at a second lesser angle to the plane perpendicular to the axis. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042054 | Medical Delivery System Comprising a Coding Mechanism Between Dosing Assembly and Medicament Container - A medical delivery system comprising a container for accommodation of a medicament and a dosing assembly adapted to be fastened to the container. The medical delivery system comprises a coding mechanism ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100042055 | Syringe Piston - A rubber syringe piston in a generally cylindrical shape slidably mounted in a syringe barrel. The piston has a circular depression at an intermediate part thereof. R | 2010-02-18 |
20100042056 | ENEMA DEVICE - An enema device for use with a prepackaged enema containing medicated fluid is provided. The enema device includes a cap releasably securable to a prepackaged enema and a nozzle disposed on the cap. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the prepackaged enema when the cap is secured to the prepackaged enema. The enema device further includes an end cap having an end face and a discharge opening formed therein, wherein the cap and nozzle are received within the end cap such that the nozzle is disposed within the opening. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042057 | Multiple Cell Therapeutic Diffusion Device - A diffusing device for treating tissue has multiple cells arranged in a cell layer, the cells filled with or charged with a therapeutic agent, an occlusive layer in direct communication with the cell layer, and a diffusion layer in direct communication with the cell layer. In use the diffusing device is sealed peripherally about an area of tissue and therapeutic agent is released from the cells through the diffusion layer based on the diffusion properties of the diffusion layer. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042058 | System and Method for Draining Bodily Fluids from a Treatment Site - Disclosed is a drainage system that extracts fistula-produced discharge, or other bodily fluids, from an injury, such as a burn, laceration, or contusion. The system allows for the collection and convenient disposal of these fluids. The system components generally include an adhesive backed pad that is secured to a clear plastic bag and a length of perforated tubing that is slidably positioned within the bag. The tubing is connected to a suction pump and a collection reservoir. The pump generates a suction along a perforated extent of the tubing to thereby evacuate bodily fluids that collect within the bag. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042059 | REDUCED-PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEMS WITH RESERVOIR CONTROL - A reduced-pressure system for delivering reduced pressure for medical purposes to a desired site and to receive fluids in one instance includes a reservoir having an interior space operable to contain the fluids. A reduced-pressure delivery conduit is placed in fluid communication with the interior space for delivering the reduced pressure to the desired site. A source conduit and a pressure sensor conduit are placed in fluid communication with the interior space. A pressure sensor is placed in fluid communication with the pressure sensor conduit. A reduced-pressure source is placed in fluid communication with the source conduit. A reduced-pressure control unit is associated with the pressure sensor and the reduced-pressure source and is operable to receive pressure data from the pressure sensor and supply data from the reduced-pressure source and to determine when a reservoir-full/blockage condition exists. Other systems and methods are presented. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042060 | WATER-DISINTEGRABLE SHEET AND POUCH MADE OF THE SAME FOR EXCRETA-HOLDING WEAR - To provide a water-degradable sheet capable of preventing, through biodegradation, drainage apparatuses such as septic tanks from clogging and capable of achieving both water resistance and water solubility, and a pouch for an excretion receptacle including the same, there is provided a a water-degradable sheet capable of dissolving in water when dipped in water, where the water-degradable sheet contains an enzyme to decompose the water-degradable sheet thereinside and the substrate of the water-degradable sheet includes a water-degradable paper layer and a water-resistant layer. Preferably, the water-resistant layer includes a biodegradable substrate. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042061 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR SURGICAL STOMA - A control device for controlling drainage of waste from a surgical stoma of a human body. The control device comprises a first cylindrical hollow body member, a drain tube extending from the first cylindrical hollow body member, a second cylindrical hollow body member rotatably coupled to the first cylindrical hollow body member and a knob configured on the second cylindrical hollow body member. The first cylindrical hollow body member comprises a skirt portion extending radially outward for being removably attached to a surface surrounding the surgical stoma of the human body. The second cylindrical hollow body member comprises an aperture configured on the second sidewall. A rotation of the knob is capable of aligning the aperture of the second cylindrical hollow body member with the drain tube of the first cylindrical hollow body member thereby forming a passage for draining the waste. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042062 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE CONTAINING A BREATHABLE MATERIAL LAYER - An absorbent article includes a breathable backsheet material layer. At least a part of the layer includes a polymeric material exhibiting a discontinuous change in free volume in response to any of the following conditions or variables: liquid contact, the presence of certain ions, temperature and/or pH. One example of such polymeric materials is side chain liquid crystalline polymers which are able to undergo a phase transition between an isotropic phase and a nematic phase. The discontinuous change in free volume involves an abrupt change of the permeability of the breathable material layer. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042063 | ABSORBENT HYDROPHOBIC BORONATE GALACTOMANNAN COMPLEXES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Absorbent boronate-galactomannan complexes comprising a hydrophobic group are disclosed. The boronate-galactomannan complexes are solid materials capable of gel forming upon contacting with liquids. The boronate-galactomannan complexes are particularly suitable for absorbing liquids. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042064 | INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE OF TAMPON - An individual package of tampon that has a bag body capable of easily accommodating an applicator after use. The individual package of tampon comprises a vertically long, flat bag body ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100042065 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A disposable absorbent undergarment has a front portion, back portion, and a crotch portion. The crotch portion couples the front portion and back portion together. The front portion and back portion are further coupled together, thereby forming a waist opening and leg opening to each side of the crotch portion. Absorbent material is disposed across substantially an entire surface area of the front portion, an entire surface area of the back portion, and an entire surface area of the crotch portion. The front portion, back portion, and crotch portion with absorbent material disposed thereon include contours that substantially conform to an individual's body and include a configuration that reduces bulk under clothing. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042066 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A MEDICAL FLUID CONTAINER FROM FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL, FILM TUBING AS INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT FOR A FLUID CONTAINER OF THIS TYPE AND MEDICAL CONTAINER PRODUCED ACCORDING TO A METHOD OF THIS TYPE - A medical fluid container of a flexible plastic material is produced as follows: at first, a plastic compound is produced from a heterogeneous mixture of a first, lower-viscosity raw polymer component having a first melt viscosity and a second, higher-viscosity raw polymer component having a second melt viscosity which is greater than the first melt viscosity. Then the plastic compound is extruded. The extrudate is confectioned. Finally, the confectioned extrudate is sealed to form the finished fluid container. A film tubing may serve as intermediate product for the medical container. The medical container or the film tubing thus produced has surface structures with a typical average size of 15 to 200 μm. The production method requires little effort while fulfilling demanding requirements with respect to the stability of the produced fluid container. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042067 | EMBOLIZATION PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a method for making embolization particles for occluding fluid flow through a body vessel is provided. The method comprises positioning an elongated body of biocompatible material relative to a cutting device. The elongated body is defined by extrusion of a body cross-section along a longitudinal axis. The elongated body is cut with a cutting device at a plurality of locations along the longitudinal axis to form the embolization particles such that each of the embolization particles has a particle cross-section that corresponds to the body cross-section. | 2010-02-18 |
20100042068 | HYDRAULIC INJECTION SYSTEM AND INJECTION METHOD - Disclosed is an injection system ( | 2010-02-18 |