09th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130053693 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTION OF CATHETER AIR INTAKE - A system for preventing air from entering a first catheter of a multi-catheter system. Air is prevented from entering the proximal end of the first catheter by an axially elongate chamber having an impeller, the chamber being affixed to the proximal end of the first catheter. The air is removed through a port near the centerline of the chamber. Liquid removed with the air is returned to the chamber to minimize liquid loss during the procedure. A second catheter inserted through the chamber and into the first catheter is unable to entrain gas into the first catheter because any gas that enters the chamber is routed to the centerline of the chamber where it is removed. Inflow of fluid from an external pump scrubs the second catheter shaft of air bubbles attached by surface tension. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053694 | BLOOD VESSEL SENSING CATHETER HAVING WORKING LUMEN FOR MEDICAL APPLIANCES - Devices and methods are disclosed for providing a sensing element to scan tissue and detect the presence of structures within the tissue to avoid the structures when performing a procedure on the tissue. A catheter includes a blood vessel sensing assembly and a working lumen adapted to receive a medical appliance or instrument for performing various medical procedures. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053695 | ENERGY-DELIVERY DEVICE INCLUDING ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAY AND PHASED ANTENNA ARRAY, AND METHODS OF ADJUSTING AN ABLATION FIELD RADIATING INTO TISSUE USING SAME - A method of adjusting an ablation field radiating into tissue includes the initial step of providing a handheld device including a phased antenna array and an ultrasound transducer array. The method includes the steps of positioning a tissue-contact surface of the handheld device adjacent to tissue, activating the phased antenna array to deliver energy through the tissue-contact surface to generate an ablation field in targeted tissue, activating the ultrasound transducer array to acquire ultrasound image data representative of the targeted tissue during energy delivery into the targeted tissue by the phased antenna array, and selectively steering the focal point of energy delivery in tissue to adjust the ablation field radiating into tissue. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053696 | PROBABILISTIC SEGMENTAL MODEL FOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND HEART RATE MONITORING - A heart rate of a subject is determined using a probabilistic segmental model. Reflections of ultrasound signals from the subject, for instance, are down modulated to an audio band and velocity samples are obtained. For a signal analysis window of the samples, e.g., 25 msec. of samples, features of the samples are obtained. Based on the features, a first set of probabilities is obtained for different candidate current heartbeat periods. A second set of probabilities is determined based on combinations of different previous heartbeat periods. One of the candidate current heartbeat periods is determined to be most probable, based on the first and second sets of probabilities. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053697 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND METHOD OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION - An ultrasound imaging system, an ultrasound probe, and a method for detecting motion of an ultrasound probe with a motion sensor attached to the probe. The ultrasound system, ultrasound probe, and method also include reducing a power consumption of the ultrasound probe in response to detecting no motion for a period of time with the motion sensor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053698 | DETECTION OF LIPID CORE PLAQUE CAP THICKNESS - Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for examining a blood vessel wall. The blood vessel wall is illuminated with near-infrared light. Reflected near-infrared light from the blood vessel wall is received. A reflectance spectrum based on the reflected near-infrared light from the blood vessel wall is determined. Whether the reflectance spectrum is indicative of a presence of a lipid core plaque (LCP) by applying an LCP classifier to the reflectance spectrum is determined. A thickness of an LCP cap is determined by applying an LCP cap thickness classifier to the reflectance spectrum if the reflectance spectrum is indicative of the presence of the LCP. Indicia of the thickness of the LCP cap are displayed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053699 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING PHOTODYNAMIC DIAGNOSIS AND PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY - An apparatus for performing photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy on a target region that is pre-given with a photosensitizer precursor includes a display unit, an excitation light source operable to irradiate the target region with exciting light so as to excite emission of fluorescence from the target region as a result of fluorescence response of the photosensitizer precursor, an image capturing unit operable to capture a white light image and a fluorescent image of the target region, an image processing unit operable to superimpose the white light image and the fluorescent image into a synthesized image and to provide at least one of the white light image, the fluorescent image and the synthesized image thereto for display on the display unit, and a curing light source operable to irradiate a specified portion of the target region with curing light for treating the specified portion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053700 | ALGORITHM FOR DETECTION OF DIABETES - Methods for spectroscopic analysis of biological tissues to classify an individual as diabetic or non-diabetic, or to determine the probability, progression or level of a disease or medical condition in an individual. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053701 | DERMATOSCOPE AND ELEVATION MEASURING TOOL - A dermatoscope is in the form of a handheld device is provided. The dermatoscope comprising a display which is arranged in or on a housing, for an image of the skin surface and/or of a structure of the skin surface which is recorded by a surface sensor of the dermatoscope, and a storing means for storing the images recorded by the dermatoscope. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053702 | CALIBRATION-FREE AND PRECISE OPTICAL DETECTION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE - A support plate with a horizontal flat standing surface carries two posts, and is rotated about a vertical axis. A stationary triangulation measuring head having a camera and a light line projector, projects light lines, which are perpendicular to the plane of the support plate, onto a person who stands upright on the standing surface of the plate. Encoded, photogrammetrically evaluatable marks are arranged on the plate around the standing surface and on the post. Images taken by the camera during rotation of the plate are transferred to a computer to determine a three-dimensional shape of the person or of part of the person. Marking-free fields are arranged on the support plate and on the post. The computer determines the parameters of the triangulation measuring head to performs a self-calibration of the detection process based on positions of the photogrammetric marks and shapes of light traces on the marking-free fields. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053703 | ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - An endoscopic diagnosis system includes a light source unit for emitting green and red light, blue and green light, or white light and excitation light having different central wavelengths for causing an autofluorescent substance to emit autofluorescence, an imaging unit for receiving reflected light from the observation region to acquire a reflected light image when the observation region is illuminated with the illumination light emitted, and receiving autofluorescence that is emitted from the autofluorescent substance, absorbed by blood, and decreases according to the amount of the blood to acquire an autofluorescence image when the observation region is irradiated with the excitation light emitted, and an image correction unit for correcting the autofluorescence image based on the reflected light image. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053704 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR USE IN ASSESSING THE STATE OF A PERSON'S ENDOTHELIUM - Disclosed is a device for use in assessing the state of a person's endothelium, comprising first and second probes for attachment to the person's body, said first probe ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053705 | CARDIAC CYCLE SYNCHRONIZED SAMPLING OF IMPEDANCE SIGNAL - A system comprising implantable device, the implantable medical device including an intrinsic cardiac signal sensor, an impedance measurement circuit configured to apply a specified current to a transthoracic region of a subject and to sample a transthoracic voltage resulting from the specified current, and a processor coupled to the intrinsic cardiac signal sensor and the impedance measurement circuit. The processor is configured to initiate sampling of a transthoracic voltage signal in a specified time relation to a fiducial marker in a sensed intrinsic cardiac signal, wherein the sampling attenuates or removes variation with cardiac stroke volume from the transthoracic voltage signal, and determine lung respiration using the sampled transthoracic voltage signal. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053706 | ADVANCED PATIENT MANAGEMENT WITH COMPOSITE PARAMETER INDICES - Systems, devices and methods for defining, identifying and utilizing composite parameter indices from health-related parameters are disclosed. One aspect is a programmable device having machine executable instructions for performing a method to assist with managing a patient's health. In various embodiments, a first set of at least two health-related parameters is acquired. A first composite parameter is generated using the first set of at least two health-related parameters. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053707 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNASSISTED BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT - A blood pressure cuff includes a substantially cylindrical sleeve configured to accept an arm of a patient. The sleeve includes an inflatable bladder having a first end, and a second end disposed opposite the first end. The sleeve also includes an elastic panel connected intermediate the first and second ends of the bladder. The blood pressure cuff also includes a tail connected to the second end of the bladder. The tail includes a longitudinal axis disposed transverse to a central axis of the sleeve. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053708 | BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF - A blood pressure cuff includes a first bladder having a width, and a length transverse to the width. The blood pressure cuff also includes a second bladder connected to the first bladder and a port fluidly connected to at least one of the first and second bladders. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053709 | ARM ROLLING STRIP FOR SPHYGMOMANOMETERS - An arm rolling strip for sphygmomanometers includes an elastic first rolling strip and an elastic second rolling strip wrapping partially on the first rolling strip. The first rolling strip has an aperture holding an air nozzle communicating therewith. The second rolling strip has a guide track formed on the arched surface thereof relative to the air nozzle to restrict sliding of the second rolling strip on the arched surface of the first rolling strip. The arm rolling strip thus formed can be extended to fit an adult's thicker arm or shortened to fit a child's thinner arm to provide much comfort and fitness to users when in use. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053710 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING CUFF - A blood pressure measuring cuff | 2013-02-28 |
20130053711 | Implantable Device for Detecting Variation in Fluid Flow Rate - According to embodiments of the present invention, an implantable device for detecting variation in fluid flow rate is provided. The implantable device includes: a substrate having an active element arrangement; a sensor arrangement having a first portion that is mechanically secured and a second portion that is freely deflectable, the sensor arrangement in electrical communication with the active element arrangement, wherein the active element arrangement is configured to detect changes in deformation of the sensor arrangement and produce an output in response to the detected changes; and at least one inductive element mechanically coupled to the substrate and in electrical communication with the active element arrangement, wherein the inductive element is adapted to power the active element arrangement through inductive coupling to an excitation source, and wherein the inductive element is adapted to transmit the output associated with the detected changes in the sensor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053712 | ELECTRONIC VITAL-SIGN MONITORING SYSTEM - A electronic vital-sign monitoring system is provided here, which uses an external electronic device to compute a physiological value detected by an electronic vital-sign monitoring device and obtain a heart frequency spectrum; and provide power to the electronic vital-sign monitoring system; and further transfer the computed physiological value and the heart frequency spectrum to a database for data integration and incident reporting. In addition to the original function of detecting physiological values, the electronic vital-sign monitoring system further can detect heart frequency spectrum and offers telecare service to help patients, elders and general users according to different requirements. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053713 | Convertible Monopole And Inverted-F Antenna Assembly For Use In A Medical Telemetry System - An antenna assembly is configured for use with an external device that is configured to wirelessly communicate with an implantable medical device (IMD). The antenna assembly may include an antenna member pivotally secured to a structure through a feed post, and a fixed tail fixed to the structure. The antenna member may be pivotal between a first orientation in which the antenna member electrically connects to the fixed tail, and a second orientation in which the antenna member is disconnected from the fixed tail. The antenna member and the fixed tail cooperatively operate in a first antenna mode when the antenna member is in the first orientation. The antenna member is configured to operate in a second antenna mode when the antenna member is in the second orientation. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053714 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING ATRIAL UNDERSENSING - A method for operating an implantable medical device includes delivering a plurality of pacing pulses to an atria of a patient's heart and monitoring intrinsic atrial activity to detect intrinsic atrial contractions between one or more of the plurality of pacing pulses. The method further includes detecting atrial undersensing as a function of the detection of intrinsic atrial contractions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053715 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING THE CARDIAC ACTIVITY OF A PATIENT AND USES THEREOF - This method for analyzing the cardiac activity of a patient are comprises the steps for acquiring ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053716 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFILING A PATIENTS HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE BASED ON HEART SOUNDS - A medical device system includes electrodes for delivering cardiac pacing pulses to a patient's heart, a cardiac sensing module coupled to the electrodes and a cardiac pacing module coupled to the electrodes for generating cardiac pacing pulses. An acoustical sensor is used for obtaining heart sound signals. The system includes a processor that is configured to establish multiple conditions during which heart sound signals are received. The processor derives heart sound signal parameters from the heart sound signals and determines a heart sound profile comprising a trend of each of the heart sound signal parameters with respect to the multiple established conditions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053717 | AUTOMATIC VENTILATOR CHALLENGE TO INDUCE SPONTANEOUS BREATHING EFFORTS - This disclosure describes systems and methods for configuring a ventilator for providing automatic, periodic ventilator adjustments to stimulate non-triggering patients to begin initiating spontaneous breathing efforts. Based on studies of respiration, a neural signal stimulating spontaneous breathing efforts is initiated when a patient's arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO | 2013-02-28 |
20130053718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NONCONTACT AND REGIONAL RESPIRATORY DETECTION USING A DEPTH CAMERA - A system for non-contact respiratory detection includes a non-contact respiratory detecting device and a processor. The non-contact respiratory detecting device detects respiratory data or a respiratory model of a user. The processor analyzes the respiratory data or the respiratory model to obtain a respiratory analysis result. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053719 | ASTHMA MONITORING DEVICE - A monitoring device to be used in conjunction with a patient's airway. Some embodiments of the monitoring device include at least one sensor assembly configured to detect inhaled and exhaled airflow and an optional communications subassembly configured to transmit measurements to at least one external computing device. Other embodiments include at least one sensor assembly configured to detect a measurement indicating airflow from the patient's lungs and at least one processor configured to detect whether the airflow is associated with medication administration or measurement of breathing characteristics. Some embodiments include a circuit that allows patient information to be analyzed by an external computing device and/or the monitoring device to determine whether the patient's breathing has declined indicating a medical problem. Optionally, the monitoring device may include a display for displaying whether the airflow measurement indicates a good outcome, a potential concern, or a serious condition | 2013-02-28 |
20130053720 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIA - An information processor includes a brain wave sensor adapted to output a brain wave signal by measuring brain waves of a subject, an external sensor adapted to sense the surrounding environment of the subject, an environmental change determination section adapted to determine, based on a sensor signal output from the external sensor, whether a stimulus resulting from a change in the surrounding environment of the subject beyond a steady state has been applied to the subject, an event-related potential detection section adapted to detect an event-related potential for the stimulus in the brain wave signal if it is determined that the stimulus has been applied to the subject, and a calculation section adapted to calculate, based on a feature quantity obtained from the detected event-related potential, a value representing the focus level of the subject on a target. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053721 | ASSESSMENT OF SUDOMOR FUNCTION FOR PERIPHERAL DIABETIC NEUROPATHY EVALUATION - A method for assessing sudomotor function of a patient for evaluating diabetic and autonomous neuropathy is disclosed. The method is performed in a system comprising electrodes intended to be placed on different regions of the patient body, and an adjustable DC source. The method includes applying on the electrodes DC voltage pulses of varying voltage values in order to stress sweat glands, the voltage pulses lasting given durations allowing the stabilization of electrochemical phenomena in the body, near the electrodes; collecting data representative of the current between the electrodes, and of the potential generated on the electrodes for the different DC voltages; from the data, computing results representative of the electrochemical skin conductance of the patient; reconciling the latter data with reference data obtained in the same conditions on patients identified as suffering or not from sudomotor, and identifying the patient as suffering or not from sudomotor dysfunction. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053722 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting a Biomarker in the Presence of Electrical Stimulation - Various embodiments concern identifying a biomarker in the presence of electrical stimulation. Various embodiments concern delivering electrical stimulation to a patient and sensing one or more signals while the electrical stimulation is being delivered, the one or more signals including data indicative of physiological activity. Various embodiments further include determining an intensity of the electrical stimulation and determining whether the data indicates the presence of a biomarker based on a variable threshold, the variable threshold being variable based on the intensity of the electrical stimulation. Various embodiments concern determining a relationship between stimulation intensity and a biomarker parameter to determine the variability of the variable threshold. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053723 | Pleural Pressure Indicator - The pleural pressure indicator is a diagnostic device for use in the field where more sophisticated electronics are not permissible, though early detection of pneumothoraces relative to penetrating chest trauma is paramount to survival. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053724 | BIOPSY DEVICE TISSUE SAMPLE HOLDER WITH BULK CHAMBER AND PATHOLOGY CHAMBER - A biopsy device includes a probe, a holster, and a tissue sample holder for collecting tissue samples. The probe includes a needle and a hollow cutter. The tissue sample holder includes a housing having one or more chambers that are configured to receive a removable tray including one or more prongs and a bulk chamber of a different volume than the one or more chambers. The housing is releasably engageable with the probe. Each tray prong is configured to receive a tissue sample communicated through the cutter lumen. The tray is removable from the housing, such as along an axial direction. The tissue sample holder is rotatable to successively index each chamber to the cutter lumen. The trays may be flexible, resilient, or rigid. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053725 | Full Core Biopsy Device - A biopsy device includes coaxially disposed inner and outer needles in which the outer needle tip is configured for obtaining a tissue sample. The inner surface of the outer needle includes a tissue retention feature which may include a countersink and/or a feature formed in the inner surface. The device may be introduced to a biopsy site through an introducer in which the introducer is vented and/or a certain ratio of introducer inner diameter and biopsy device outer diameter is maintained. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053726 | SURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A surgical system is disclosed. The surgical system comprises a housing, a surgical device and an adapter. The housing includes a distal end. The surgical device comprises, a cutting element extending from the housing at the distal end. The cutting element is selectively rotated and translated relative to a tissue biopsy area. The adapter is configured to selectively and detachably receive the surgical device. The adapter secures the surgical device thereto by at least one latching mechanism such that the surgical device is prevented from moving independently from the adapter. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053727 | Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Device - Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) device. In one embodiment, the device comprises a handle and a flexible catheter, the handle having a bore, the proximal end of the catheter being fixed within the handle bore. A protective tubular hub having a flared distal end is press-fit coaxially within the distal end of the catheter, the distal end of the catheter being sealed around the distal end of the hub so as to define a distal opening. A hollow needle having a sharp tip at its distal end is disposed within the catheter, the needle tip being sized for insertion through the distal opening of the catheter. The distal end of a flexible wire is coupled to the proximal end of the needle, the proximal end of the wire extending through the handle bore and coupled to a button slide accessible through a slot in the handle. The button slide is movable between a distal position in which the needle tip extends through the distal opening of the catheter and a proximal position in which the needle tip is disposed within the hub. When in either its distal position or its proximal position, a pawl on the button slide releasably engages a corresponding notch on the handle to lock the button slide in place. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053728 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO WASTE DISCHARGING FOR AIDING PATIENTS CONCERNING PROSTATE IRREGULARITIES - Systems and methods are provided concerning waste discharging for aiding patients concerning prostate irregularities. According to one embodiment, this invention includes a waste discharging system for aiding patients concerning prostate irregularities comprising a toilet shared by many persons, a detector detecting that urination occurs, a RFID reader attached to the toilet, a RFID tag associated with a person with prostate concerns, a urine collector attached to the toilet, a pressure sensor associated with the toilet, a timer associated with the toilet, an IR transceiver associated with the toilet, an IR transceiver associated with the door; and a camera outside a door of a room containing the toilet, wherein the camera is used to capture identities of persons detected with prostate irregularities but without associating with RFID tag. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053729 | Urine Diversion Device - Embodiments relate generally to urine diversion devices for positioning, in use, at least partly within a toilet bowl. The device in some embodiments comprises a body defining a basin and having a collection side and diverting means to divert urine received in the basin toward the collection side; foldable wings coupled to opposed sides of the body and positionable to overlie at least part of respective opposed sides of a toilet seat; and a cradle to hold a urine receptacle and extending from the collection side of the body, the cradle arranged to support the urine receptacle to receive urine diverted toward the collection side. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053730 | Miniature Sensor Tip for Medical Devices and Method of Forming the Same - According to embodiments of the present invention, a micro-sensory tip for use in blood vessels is provided. The micro-sensory tip includes: a force transmission element; at least three force detecting sensors coupled to the force transmission element, each of the at least three force detecting sensors responsive to force applied on the force transmission element, wherein each of the at least three force detecting sensors produces an output representing at least one force component of a three-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, of the force experienced by the force transmission element, such that the outputs of the at least three force detecting sensors can cover the space of the three-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system; and an active element arrangement coupled to the at least three force detecting sensors, the active element arrangement configured to process the output from the at least three force detecting sensors. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053731 | MUSCLE TONUS MEASURING APPARATUS - A detection unit ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053732 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING HYPERTENSION WITH ENERGY - Embodiments herein provide systems and methods for the treatment of hypertension. In various embodiments, methods and devices are provided that may be used to treat hypertension in a subject by applying energy, such as radio frequency (RF), microwave, ultrasound, or cryo energy, to one or more renal sympathetic and/or parasympathetic nerves, thereby selectively denervating the renal sympathetic and/or parasympathetic nerves. An exemplary system in accordance with the present disclosure may include a plurality of wires or one or more flexible mesh elements that are extendable from a catheter to expand and contact the inner wall of a conduit at a plurality of points. Additionally, in various embodiments the disclosed methods and devices may be used not only in the renal arteries, but also in the renal veins and/or in the renal pelvis and/or ureter. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053733 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION USING RADIO-FREQUENCY ENERGY - A method of treating meibomian gland dysfunction is disclosed. The method includes directing RF energy to an internal portion of a meibomian gland, selectively targeting an obstruction within a duct of the meibomian gland with the applied RF energy to melt, loosen, or soften the obstruction, and expressing the obstruction from the duct of the meibomian gland. An apparatus for treating meibomian gland dysfunction is also disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one RF electrode configured to direct RF energy to an internal portion of a meibomian gland located in an eyelid of an eye, the at least one RF electrode further configured to selectively target an obstruction within a duct of the meibomian gland with the applied RF energy to melt, loosen, or soften the obstruction. The apparatus also comprises at least one expressor configured to express the obstruction from the duct of the meibomian gland. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053734 | Motorized Functional Electrical Stimulation Step and Stand Trainer - A functional electrical stimulation step and stand system comprising two footplates (left and right) connected to a primary drive motor that cause the footplates to move in a reciprocal motion. The footplates are further connected to corresponding servos, which allow for control of the movement of the footplate with respect to an axis. system comprises an electrical stimulation control unit. The stimulation step and stand system further comprises a control unit that has electrical stimulation leads connected to electrodes that deliver an electrical impulse to a patient's muscles. In a further embodiment, the control unit has one or more wireless stimulators. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053735 | UNSTRUCTURED AND STRUCTURED LIMB MANIPULATION APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Various embodiments provide assemblies for manipulating a user's limb with at least one inflatable member. The assemblies comprise a first pliable planar member and a second pliable planar member overlaid atop at least a portion of the first pliable planar member, such that a two ply configuration is provided. The two ply configuration itself comprises at least a distal and a proximal portion and at least one opening configured to accept at least a portion of the user's limb. The first and second pliable planar members combine to define at least one inflatable member, the inflatable member being at least a portion of at least one of the distal and proximal portions, the inflatable member being configured to be selectively inflatable so as to provide at least one inflation force upon the user's limb, such that the joint in the user's limb is manipulated. Associated methods are also provided. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053736 | WALKING ASSIST DEVICE - Provided is a walking assist device capable of changing a battery to be used without decreasing a capability to assist walking A walking assist device comprises a leg attachment, a battery, and a controller. The leg attachment has an actuator for applying torque on a joint of one leg of a user. The battery supplies electric power to the actuator. The battery (a first battery) is configured by a plurality of battery cells being connected. A battery in which at least one battery cell is electrically separated from the first battery corresponds to a second battery. The controller changes a power source of the actuator from the first battery to the second battery while the other leg is making contact with ground. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053738 | SPLINT FOR IMMOBILIZING A JOINT - The invention relates to a splint ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053739 | INFLATABLE SPLINT - The inflatable splint is formed of an inner shell of thin, semi-rigid material and at least one pneumatically inflated ply surrounding the inner shell. A second pneumatically inflated ply may be placed around the first pneumatically inflated layer. The inner shell may be lined with a soft fabric material, or a soft fabric sock or sleeve may be applied over the injured limb for comfort. The innermost semi-rigid ply of the splint may be formed in two halves that attach removably to one another to allow the assembly to be removed from the wearer from time to time for hygiene, therapy, and/or other reasons as required. The pneumatically inflatable outer plies are each formed as a single wrap. An inflation device may be provided with the assembly, for the convenience of the wearer to adjust the inflation pressure of the outer pneumatic ply or plies. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053740 | INFLATABLE SPLINT - The inflatable splint is formed of an inner shell of thin, semi-rigid material and at least one pneumatically inflated ply surrounding the inner shell. A second pneumatically inflated ply may be placed around the first pneumatically inflated layer. The inner shell may be lined with a soft fabric material, or a soft fabric sock or sleeve may be applied over the injured limb for comfort. The innermost semi-rigid ply of the splint may be formed in two halves that attach removably to one another to allow the assembly to be removed from the wearer from time to time for hygiene, therapy, and/or other reasons as required. The pneumatically inflatable outer plies are each formed as a single wrap. An inflation device may be provided with the assembly, for the convenience of the wearer to adjust the inflation pressure of the outer pneumatic ply or plies. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053741 | JOINT FOR ARTICULATIONS WITH PSEUDO-ELASTIC ELEMENTS - A joint for articulations with pseudo-elastic elements comprising a pair of coupled box-shaped elements ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053742 | ORTHOSIS FOR CORRECTION OF A VARUS/VALGUS MALALIGNMENT - An orthosis for the correction of a varus/valgus malalignment of a person comprises a support device which in the frontal plane has an L shape and a support limb ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053743 | KNEE-JOINT BANDAGE MADE OF ELASTIC MATERIAL AND WITH APPLICATION AID - The invention relates to a knee-joint bandage ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053744 | TUBULAR COMPRESSIVE ORTHOSIS - The invention relates to a tubular compressive orthosis having an upper edge defining a first knitted compression zone, and comprising, close to said upper edge, at least one grip element facilitating the process of putting on the orthosis. Characteristically, the grip element is a second knitted gripping zone arranged beneath the upper edge and having a mesh density higher than the mesh density of the first compression zone. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053745 | POLYMER MOLDED BODY FOR PULLING BIOLOGICAL TISSUE, MEDICAL PULLING MEMBER USING SAME, AND MEDICAL PULLING TOOL - According to a medical traction device containing a polymer molded article having biocompatibility as a weight for traction of a living tissue to be resected under observation with an endoscope, and a medical traction equipment containing the medical traction device and a grasping member connected to each other, such a medical traction device or traction equipment is provided that in ESD in a digestive tract, a dissected living tissue is efficiently removed from the operative field also in a direction that is different from the moving direction of the endoscope, thereby maintaining the field of view, and the procedures are thus performed safely and rapidly. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053746 | CENTRAL-OPENING KNITTING - A composite material is provided that includes an open knitted textile support including at least one area free of stitches and/or in which the stitch density is at least five times less than in the rest of the support and a silicone impregnating the support. A method of fabrication of the composite material also is provided, and a medical device including the composite material. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053747 | HYDROGEL STRUCTURE - A hydrogel structure comprising: (a) a one way penetrating polyurethane film layer; (b) a hydrophobic pressure sensitive adhesive layer; (c) a multi-directional elastic meltblown nonwoven; (d) an interpenetrating polymer network; and (e) a hydrogel; wherein the meltblown nonwoven and the hydrogel are laminated by UV curing to form the interpenetrating polymer network, part of fibers of the meltblown nonwoven are exposed and fit stably with the pressure sensitive adhesive film. The hydrogel structure can make dressings multi-directional elastic for multiple traumas. The hydrogel structure can provide an environment suitable for wound healing, shorten the healing time, antiseptic and reduce the chances of being infected for the wound dressing. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053748 | NON-ADHERENT WOUND DRESSING - A non-adherent wound dressing ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053749 | ARTICLE ADHESIVE TO THE SKIN - The field of the invention is that of articles adhesive to the skin for medical or paramedical use. The invention relates to an article adhesive to the skin. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053750 | Elasticized Garment and Strapping System to aid in Body Mobility Support and Maintenance - A method for donning a therapeutic garment system on a mammalian body, whereby the garments are adapted for donning and releasably securing in a close-fitting fashion so that a plurality of elasticized pieces may be releasably applied, utilizing fasteners, against an outwardly facing surface of at least one—and more often two—of the garments in an operative therapeutic configuration. At least one elasticized garment is included for donning around an area of a torso such as the upper-torso, lower-torso, or full-torso area; a second elasticized garment is included for donning and releasably securing in a close-fitting fashion around a portion of the body, generally other than that around which the first garment will be (or has been) donned. In addition to an outwardly facing surface adapted for accepting releasable fasteners, each garment has an under-layer with an inwardly facing surface to resist slippage. A wide variety of operative therapeutic configurations are available to one donning garment system components, including those that address generally targeted objectives. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053751 | NEEDLE WITH AN ANTISEPTIC SWAB - A disposable pen needle assembly for affixing to a pen injector for injecting a medicament, such as insulin, into a user. The pen needle assembly includes a needle that is sealed within a hub such that a proximal end of the needle is retained within the hub and enclosed by a peel-off hub inner seal. The opposite end of the needle extends outwardly for injecting the medicament. There is a sealed chamber external of the peel-off hub inner seal that contains a swab soaked with an antiseptic material. An outer removable seal, that also can be a peel-off seal, covers the sealed chamber containing the swab so that the user can simply remove the outer seal to gain access to the swab for cleansing the potential injection site. After swabbing the injection site, the hub seal is then also peeled off to access the needle for use in conventional manner. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053752 | BUILT-IN NON-VERBAL INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICE INTEGRATABLE TO APPLICATORS - A built-in non-verbal compact instructional device integratable to an applicator having a microdevice for painlessly perforating skin and optionally an active agent for application to the perforated area. The microdevice can include microneedles, microneedle arrays, microblades, microblade arrays, microknives, microknife arrays, and Functional MicroArrays (FMAs). The active agent can be stored in a first chamber. The microdevice can perforate stratum corneum without significant pain or discomfort to a patient. The active agent is applied to the perforated area. The device verifies compliance with predetermined methods of use, such as a light to indicate application with the recommended amount of force for perforating skin. The applicator can provide enhanced delivery of an active agent, with minimal discomfort, for therapeutic or cosmetic treatment, such as topical treatment for acne, or other skin disorders, wrinkles, blemishes, etc. The applicator is also useful for providing improved systemic or localized delivery of an active agent. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053753 | CATHETER TIP - Catheters and their uses for vascular access to a patient are described. The catheter comprises an arterial lumen and a venous lumen which run along the shaft of the catheter for most of the length. Near the catheter tip, the two lumens can twist around the longitudinal axis of the catheter. The catheter shaft has two openings, one where the arterial lumen begins the twist and another about 180 degrees into the twist. The catheter shaft also contains an opening for the venous lumen near the nose of the catheter shaft. The orientation of the arterial lumen opening on opposite sides of the shaft eliminates the possibility of side port occlusions since the catheter can't be pressed against a vessel wall that blocks both suction openings simultaneously. And using these openings at each point reduces the chance of occlusion due to blood clots and fibrin sheaths. Other embodiments are described. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053754 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING MOISTURE FOR USE WITH A DEVICE FOR MONITORING AN ACCESS TO A PATIENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR MONITORING THE VASCULAR ACCESS IN AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT - A device for detecting moisture for use with a device for monitoring an access to a patient for an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus is described. The device for detecting moisture is constituted as a two-dimensionally extending fabric to be placed on the patient's skin, having an electrically conductive structure as a moisture sensor and constituted by non-conductive and conductive warp and weft threads configured to produce in the woven fabric a defined electrically conductive structure through spatial separation of the warp and weft threads. By the use of conductive warp and weft threads, an electrically conductive structure can be constituted having sections running in different directions, thereby creating a moisture sensor exhibiting a particularly high degree of sensitivity. The electrically conductive structure is preferably terminated with a terminating resistor, preferably not a component part but rather part of a connection part of the device, so that production is simplified. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053755 | BIO-COMPATIBLE CATHETER - A bio-compatible lumen bearing device such as a catheter formed of a polymeric material having a titanium surface bonded to the underlying exposed catheter surface. The titanium surface is employed in patients to improve bio-compatibility and enhance lubricity during insertion and removal. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053756 | Anti-Obesity Diverter Structure - The anti-obesity diverter structure includes a laminate structure having papilla-supplied and pylorus-supplied surfaces. The laminate structure is sized to fit longitudinally within a duodenum such that a transverse clearance is provided between the papilla-supplied surface and papilla of Vater. The laminate structure is secured within the duodenum to define papilla-supplied and pylorus-supplied lumens therein. The papilla-supplied lumen receives the digestive fluid from the papilla of Vater, and provides a conduit for the digestive fluid therein. The pylorus-supplied lumen receives the chyme from the pylorus and provides a conduit for the chyme therein. The laminate structure is impervious or semi-permeable to the chyme and digestive fluid. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053757 | Tattoo Removal System and Method - A treatment system and method includes use of a chemical facilitator to provide a result-effective event against one or more negative therapeutic effects related to exposing to a light output a skin portion including a condition treatable in whole or in part with light. In one exemplary embodiment for skin treatment including tattoo removal, perfluorodecalin is used to inhibit or resolve whitening, for example to speed a laser therapy session. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053758 | Triple Balloon Occlusion and Infusion Catheter - Disclosed are balloon catheters for forming liquid cast biodegradable arterial stents, typically, the balloon catheters include multiple balloons and multiple ports and include an element for promoting or initiating curing of a polymer solution via polymerization or cross-linking. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053759 | ENHANCED FLOW VITRECTOMY PROBE - An enhanced flow ophthalmic surgical probe for ophthalmic microsurgery, such as vitrectomy, in an eye of a patient is disclosed. The enhanced flow probe includes a body, a needle, a cutter, and an optional stiffening sleeve. The needle, the cutter, and the optional stiffening sleeve each possess a widened diameter at its proximal portion relative to the diameter at its distal portion, thereby providing an enhanced ophthalmic surgical probe that allows adequate stiffness, reduced flow resistance, and an increased flow rate while maintaining a less invasive, large gauge diameter needle and cutter. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053760 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE IN HOLLOW BODIES - A device and method for generating a physical plasma in hoses of long and simultaneously constricted lumen, flexible or rigid dielectric hoses, tubes or other hollow bodies in the low, normal or overpressure range, which are partially or completely filled or flushed by process medium of gas or gas mixtures, one or more liquids, liquids including gas bubbles, liquid-gas mixtures, aerosols and/or foam, for purposes of cleaning, activating, coating, modifying and biologically decontaminating, disinfecting, sterilizing the inner walls of the hoses or the process medium itself. The device includes a high voltage supply and a process medium supply, at least one electrically conductive grounded electrode and at least one electrically conductive high voltage electrode, both embedded in the wall of the hose. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053761 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TREATING AN OBJECT WITH A LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for treating an object ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLD PLASMA TREATMENT OF INTERNAL ORGANS - Chronic sinusitis is treated by the application of cold plasma or plasma-activated species to the infected mucosal surfaces through use of an endoscope having a steerable end which may be projected into the sinus cavities through the nasal cavity. The cold plasma is generated at either the distal end of the endoscope with a power source by application of a power, or at the distal end by gas and electrical connections extending through the endoscope. The cold plasma or plasma-activated species act to destroy bacterial cells but not eukaryotic cells. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053763 | DIALYSIS CATHETER - A dialysis catheter is disclosed which comprises a catheter main body and a closure member. The catheter main body includes a first lumen which communicates with a tip-end hole and a second lumen which communicates with a side hole. The closure member has a shape in which a tip-end side of the closure member is inclined with a reduced diameter for closing off a tip-end opening. The side hole is a long hole extending in the catheter long-axis direction. The major axis of the side hole is at least 1.5 times the outer diameter of the catheter, and the minor axis is between 0.5 and 0.9 times the outer diameter. A base-end side of the closure member extends to the position of the side hole and seals the tip-end region thereof. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053764 | ELECTRICAL PUMP FOR BREAST MILK - An electrical pump for breast milk, having an electric motor, a pump, at least one suction cup, a suction line connecting the suction cup to the pump, an outlet for breast milk connected to the suction cup, a venting line connected to the suction cup, an electrically activated venting valve in the venting line, an electronic control system which adjusts the speed of the electric motor and the electrically activated venting valve to switch the electric motor on and off to allow the electric motor to run at a desired speed and to operate the electric motor continuously and/or in cycles, in which the electric motor is alternately switched on and off, and the electronic control system opens the venting valve when the electric motor is switched off, and closes the venting valve when the electric motor is switched on. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053765 | Medical Device Films - Medical devices described herein include a melt-pressed film having first and second diffusion barrier layers disposed thereon. The melt-pressed film and the barrier layers comprise bioabsorbable copolymers. In a further aspect, a therapeutic agent, such as an analgesic is included in the medical device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053766 | Rotatable Tip for Endoscopic Medical Devices - Medical devices as well as methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongate catheter shaft having a distal end. A tip member may be rotatably coupled to the distal end of the catheter shaft. The tip member may have a groove formed therein. The groove may extend along a portion of the circumference of the tip member. A control member may be coupled to the catheter shaft. The control member may be configured to engage the helical groove and rotate the tip member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053767 | METHOD OF MAKING AND USING AN APPARATUS FOR A LOCOMOTIVE MICRO-IMPLANT USING ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION - Described is a locomotive implant for usage within a predetermined magnetic field. In one embodiment magnetohydrodynamics is used to generate thrust with a plurality of electrodes. In another embodiment, asymmetric drag forces are used to generate thrust. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053768 | BALLOON WITH INTEGRAL SEGMENTED DILATION ELEMENTS - A balloon and method of making a balloon catheter is provided. The balloon for the balloon catheter may be made by slicing through an integral dilation element on a parison ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053769 | BALLOON CATHETER FOR DELIVERING A THERAPEUTIC AGENT - Catheter balloon assemblies ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053770 | MEDICAL BALLOON AND BALLOON CATHETER ASSEMBLY - A medical balloon ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130053771 | Therapeutic Delivery Devices, Systems, and Methods - Devices, systems, and methods for delivery of therapeutics, in particular thrombolytic agents, in particular plasmin, are provided. The devices, systems, and methods also provide for occlusion of a vessel or graft distal and/or proximal to a treatment zone. Also provided are devices, systems, and methods that trap emboli. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053772 | ADJUSTABLE VARIABLE STIFFNESS TRANSLUMINAL DEVICE - A transluminal device may include an elongate section extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the device. The elongate section may be configured to be inserted into a body cavity. The device may include a balloon within the elongate section between the proximal end and the distal end. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053773 | Retractable Syringe with a Cutting Crown - A retractable syringe comprises a cutting head mounted on a plunger of the syringe. When the plunger is advanced to expel fluid from the syringe, the cutting crown cuts a retention mechanism which holds a needle unit of the syringe, allowing a drive mechanism to drive the needle unit into the syringe. The cutting crown is shaped to reduce the force which has to be applied to cut the retention mechanism. Furthermore, a disposable needle assembly for attachment to a syringe unit comprises a needle and connector element for connecting the needle to the syringe unit. The connector element encircles the needle and has a thread on its outer surface for mating with the syringe unit. When the needle assembly is mated with the syringe, a central bore of substantially constant bore extends from the tip of the needle into the interior chamber of the syringe. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAPPING AIR BUBBLES - An air trap is disclosed that includes a body having a sealed interior space with an inner wall, a center axis, and an inlet and an outlet on the center axis. The air trap also includes at least one projection disposed within the interior space and coupled to the inner wall. The at least one projection extends from the inner wall toward the center axis with an inner edge nearest to the center axis. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053775 | DUAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - A liquid delivery apparatus for the intrathecal delivery of one or more medications to a patient is disclosed. The liquid delivery apparatus generally includes a liquid reservoir, a liquid metering unit fluidly connected to the liquid reservoir, and a catheter delivery tube fluidly connected to the liquid metering unit. Preferably, the liquid delivery apparatus includes two or more liquid reservoirs. In various embodiments, the liquid reservoir includes a deformable balloon and a compressive sleeve spring as a pressure source, the liquid metering unit is a piezoelectrically actuated microvalve, and/or diagnostic sensors are included in the apparatus. The disclosed apparatus are compact, volume-efficient, energy-efficient, capable of delivering accurate fluid volumes, and address problems associated with multi-medication therapies. Methods of operating the liquid delivery apparatus are also disclosed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053776 | Surgical Access Device with Adjustable Cannula - A surgical access device is provided having a cannula and obturator. The cannula has a housing and tube section with an anchor located about the tube section. The obturator has a mechanism to deploy the anchor and adjust the cannula length. The anchor is moveable between a deployed and undeployed state where the undeployed state facilitates insertion and removal of the access device and the deployed state assists in fixation of the cannula in an anatomic structure. Anchor deployment is independent of cannula length adjustment. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053777 | Surgical Access Device with Adjustable Cannula - A surgical access device is provided having a cannula and obturator. The cannula has a housing and tube section with an anchor located about the tube section. The obturator has a mechanism to deploy the anchor and adjust the cannula length. The anchor is moveable between a deployed and undeployed state where the undeployed state facilitates insertion and removal of the access device and the deployed state assists in fixation of the cannula in an anatomic structure. Anchor deployment is independent of cannula length adjustment. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053778 | Surgical Access Device with Adjustable Cannula - A surgical access device is provided having a cannula and obturator. The cannula has a housing and tube section with an anchor located about the tube section. The obturator has a mechanism to deploy the anchor and adjust the cannula length. The anchor is moveable between a deployed and undeployed state where the undeployed state facilitates insertion and removal of the access device and the deployed state assists in fixation of the cannula in an anatomic structure. Anchor deployment is independent of cannula length adjustment. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053779 | Surgical Access Device with Adjustable Cannula - A surgical access device is provided having a cannula and obturator. The cannula has a housing and tube section with an anchor located about the tube section. The obturator has a mechanism to deploy the anchor and adjust the cannula length. The anchor is moveable between a deployed and undeployed state where the undeployed state facilitates insertion and removal of the access device and the deployed state assists in fixation of the cannula in an anatomic structure. Anchor deployment is independent of cannula length adjustment. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053780 | SPLITTABLE DILATOR DELIVERY SYSTEM - A delivery system for an implantable member includes an elongated dilator splittable at both the proximal and distal ends. The dilator has a tapered distal end and a pair of tabs at the proximal end. An introducer for the implantable member is received in a passageway of the dilator and extends along a length of the dilator to the tapered distal end. The introducer is arranged relative to the dilator such that upon a relative proximal movement of the dilator, the tapered distal tip of the dilator splits whereby the distal end of the introducer extends therethrough. A handle has a gripping mechanism for engagement with each tab for initiating proximal movement of the dilator relative to the introducer upon rotation of the gripping mechanism. The handle is structured for splitting the dilator proximal portion upon the relative proximal movement of the dilator. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053781 | SPRING CLIP SAFETY IV CATHETER - A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had previously prevented movement of the needle guard within the catheter hub. This in turn causes the needle guard to snap into a position in which it is clamped onto the needle shaft and in which its distal wall blocks access to the needle tip. In this condition, the spring needle guard and needle can be removed from the catheter hub. A slot or crimp may be formed in the needle shaft that engages with the needle guard after the protected needle and needle guard are removed from the catheter hub, thereby to prevent removal of the protected needle from the needle guard. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053782 | Surgical Access Device with Adjustable Cannula - A surgical access device is provided having a cannula and obturator. The cannula has a housing and tube section with an anchor located about the tube section. The obturator has a mechanism to deploy the anchor and adjust the cannula length. The anchor is moveable between a deployed and undeployed state where the undeployed state facilitates insertion and removal of the access device and the deployed state assists in fixation of the cannula in an anatomic structure. Anchor deployment is independent of cannula length adjustment. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053783 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL PORT WITH ALIGNMENT FEATURE - An apparatus comprises a port, a catheter, a sleeve in communication with the catheter, and an alignment feature. The port is configured to be in fluid communication with an implantable band. The port comprises a septum operable to be pierced by a needle. The catheter is configured to establish fluid communication between the port and the implantable band. The catheter is further configured to deliver fluid to the implantable band. The sleeve is configured to interface with the port. The alignment feature is responsive to the catheter being fully secured to the port. The alignment feature prevents the port from being fully sutured to tissue unless the catheter is fully secured to the port | 2013-02-28 |
20130053784 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SUTURELESS COUPLING OF A DEVICE INSERTABLE WITHIN A MAMMALIAN BODY, WITH ANCHORING, STABILIZATION AND INTEGRATED STRAIN RELIEF FEATURES - Methods and devices for a coupler adapted and configured for use with a device insertable within a mammalian body are disclosed. The coupler also can be used as a temporary holding device for indwelling catheters, cannula, introducers or other devices. The coupler may be used to hold a catheter or other, at a fixed or movable length from the outside of a patient. The catheter or other may be inserted through the center of the coupler, with the tissue contacting ridge attached to the skin using an adhesive, suture(s), combination or other. The inside of the coupler may have a valve, ring, gasket or other, that provides fluid sealing as well as mechanical interference fit between the inside of the coupler and the outside of the catheter or other device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053785 | MEDICAL ARTICLE SECUREMENT DEVICE - A securement device includes a retainer having at least one retention member extending into a channel of the retainer. The retention member is coupled to the retainer and includes a distal end. The distal end is movable relative to the retainer. The retention member can extend from the body and/or supports of the retainer on opposite sides of the channel axis. In some embodiments, a first set of retention members extends from a first support and a second set of retention members extends from the other support. The first set and the second set of retention members can be staggered laterally along the channel axis such that the lateral sides of the retainer are asymmetric which allow the same retainer to secure medical article having different shapes and sizes. The retainer may further include one or more abutment features or pills configured to contact the medical article. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053786 | MOLD FOR GASKET FOR PREFILLED SYRINGE - The present invention aims to provide a gasket for a pre-filled syringe which has excellent air-tightness and liquid-tightness and a mold for forming the gasket. The present invention relate to a mold for a gasket laminated with an inactive film for a pre-filled syringe, wherein at least a surface of the mold which forms a seal sliding surface of an annular protrusion of the gasket is mirror finished to have an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of less than 0.03 μm. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053787 | AUTOINJECTOR - The invention relates to an automatic injection device including a container provided with a needle; a housing receiving a container movable relative to the housing between an initial position to an insertion position; a needle shield for receiving the needle and in which the needle is embedded prior to use of the device; and a deshielder coupled to the needle shield by a first connecting arrangement and removably assembled to the distal part of the housing by a second connecting arrangement. The first and second connecting arrangements are designed so that a rotational movement of the deshielder about the device axis of the device with respect to the housing causes an axial displacement of the needle shield in the distal direction with substantially no rotational movement of the needle shield with respect to the needle. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053788 | Safety Device For A Pre-Filled Injection Syringe - The safety device for an injection syringe includes a syringe support, a protective sheath for protecting an injection needle carried by the syringe, the sheath being mounted to slide relative to the syringe support between an injection position in which the needle is uncovered, and a protection position in which the needle is covered, the sheath having a grip surface enabling the device to be gripped by a user and referred to as the initial grip surface, and a return spring for urging the sheath into the protection position. The sheath also includes an extender member for extending the initial grip surface and fitted on the sheath in such a manner as to present a larger grip surface, referred to as an enlarged grip surface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053789 | Medication Delivery Device - The present invention relates to a medication delivery device, to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having dose setting means and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge, to a use of such device, and to a method of manufacturing or assembling such device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053790 | Medicament Delivery Device - A medicament delivery device has a housing for a medicament container and a drive unit for a stopper in the container to expel a dose of medicament, the drive unit having a plunger rod and a dual back-to-back force spring assembly connected to the plunger rod; and a lock and release mechanism connected to the drive unit that has a hold member, and a tubular actuation member linearly slidable in relation to the housing and connected to the rotator member. The hold member is attached to the housing and has a generally tubular lock tube through which the plunger rod extends and two half-cylindrical seats for the dual back-to-back force spring assembly. The lock tube has a resilient lock and release device to interact with both the plunger rod and the rotator member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053791 | NEEDLE ASSEMBLY - A needle assembly has a needle hub that has a body to which are formed two plates at opposite sides thereof in a parallel relationship. The plates have respective upper edges and lower edges that lie substantially along respective planes, so that the needle hub may be stably placed onto a surface by means of the respective edges. The plates also prevent the rolling of the needle between the fingers of the clinician when the clinician holds the needle assembly by means of the plates. A partition is formed orthogonally proximate to the front ends of the parallel plates. The connector at the proximal portion of the needle hub is configured to have a non-conventional configuration that allows it to mate only with a counterpart connector that has a complementary non-conventional configuration. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053792 | EXPANDABLE CATHETER SYSTEM FOR VESSEL WALL INJECTION AND MUSCLE AND NERVE FIBER ABLATION - A catheter-based/intravascular ablation (denervation) system includes a multiplicity of needles which expand open around a central axis to engage the wall of a blood vessel, or the wall of the left atrium, allowing the injection of a cytotoxic or/or neurotoxic solution for ablating conducting tissue, or nerve fibers around the ostium of the pulmonary vein, or circumferentially in or just beyond the outer layer of the renal artery. The expandable needle delivery system is formed with self-expanding materials and include structures, near the end portion of the needles, or using separate guide tubes. The system also includes means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into the tissue of the wall of the targeted blood vessel. | 2013-02-28 |
20130053793 | REDUCED-PRESSURE TREATMENT AND DEBRIDEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A reduced-pressure treatment system for debriding a treatment area of a tissue site and applying reduced pressure is disclosed. The reduced-pressure treatment system includes a hydrogel having a blocked acid debriding agent. The hydrogel is adapted to cover the treatment area and enhance autolytic debridement at the treatment area. The reduced-pressure treatment system includes a manifold that is adapted to cover the hydrogel and distribute reduced pressure to the tissue site. The reduced-pressure treatment system also includes a sealing drape for forming a fluid seal over the tissue site and manifold. Other systems, methods, and dressings are presented. | 2013-02-28 |