11th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120065557 | Massage roller - A massage roller includes a generally resilient roller body and a plurality of massage zones having various densities provided on the roller body. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065558 | Lower Back Alignment And Decompression Machine - A lower back alignment and decompression exercise machine having: an elongated base member, a padded seat having a front end and a rear end and at least one spring loaded pedestal having an adjustable length is located between and connected to the elongated base member and the padded seat. A roller having a semi rigid surface and a length of between four and ten inches is located behind the rear end of the seat where the bottom of the roller is substantially level with the top of the seat. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065559 | Massage Device for Massage Chair - A massage device for a massage chair includes a frame on which first, second, and third actuation mechanisms are mounted. A tappet is connected to each of two first swaying mechanisms connected to an actuation portion of the first actuation mechanism. Two second swaying mechanisms are connected to an actuation portion of the second actuation mechanism and each includes a bracket. Each of two rocker arm mechanisms has a connecting portion fixed to one of the tappets and a rocker arm with rollers. A push portion is provided at each rocker arm. A pressure device is mounted between each push portion and one of the brackets. The pressure devices transmit movement from the second swaying mechanisms to the rocker arm mechanisms to proceed with massage movement. A pressure of each pressure device can be increased or released to increase massaging pressure of the rocker arms and to absorb shock. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065560 | SUPPORT SURFACE SYSTEM PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS ALTERNATING PRESSURE AND LOW AIR LOSS THERAPIES - A support surface system provides alternating pressure therapy and low air loss therapy simultaneously using a single pump. The system includes a plurality of cells. Each cell has a foam-filled lower chamber and an upper chamber. Fluid communication between the lower and upper chambers is controlled by a normally closed valve that opens if the pressure within the lower chamber exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure. Pressurized air is alternatingly supplied to the lower chambers of a first subset of cells and the lower chambers of a second subset of cells, thereby providing alternating pressure therapy. When the pressure in the lower chamber exceeds the threshold, the valve opens to allow air from the lower chamber to flow into the upper chamber. Air is expelled from the upper chamber through perforations therein, to remove moisture and humidity and possibly reducing the temperature of the micro-climate beneath a patient. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065561 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY, DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, LYMPHEDEMA AND OTHER CIRCULATORY CONDITIONS - A compression device for applying compression to an extremity of a mammal includes a cuff adapted to be placed around and secured to the extremity. A control and tensioning unit is attached to the cuff and is operable to control a tension of the cuff to thereby control the compression applied to the extremity. The cuff may further include a bladder system, in which case the compression device further includes a hydraulic pump that is operable to transfer fluid within the bladder system to control the compression applied to the extremity. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065562 | ORTHOTIC WITH LIMITED MIGRATION - The invention relates to the technical field of orthotic appliances for the modification or stabilization of musculoligamentous and/or skeletal structures of the human or animal body, especially for stabilizing joints. The invention provides means for preventing the migration of the orthotic appliance applied to the body using a rigid frame element. The approach according to the present invention provides for the orthotic appliance to be secured on at least one anatomical protrusion on the body using a rigid frame element in a force-locking and form-fitting manner. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065563 | Hand Held Orthosis Having A Flexible Enclosure And Method Of Utilization - A hand orthosis supporting a patient's thumb and fingers spaced apart and separated from contact with the palm of the hand, including an elongated body having a palm surface, a thumb portion, and a finger support portion. The elongated body includes a plurality of unequal cross-sectional areas spaced along the axial length between a distal end and a base end. A plurality of finger concavities are angled in helical orientation along the orthosis, including spaced apart concavities for each finger and the patient's thumb. Each finger and thumb concavity is angled non-perpendicular relative to the orthosis axial length to retain the fingers and thumb spaced apart, curved in a relaxed orientation, and apart from the palm of the hand during extended periods of time without impeding hand or wrist motion. A method of extended use for the hand orthosis is also disclosed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065564 | ADJUSTABLE DORSAL NIGHT SPLINT - A dorsal night splint has dynamic adjustable features that allow the patient to adjust the splint while in use to control the stretching of the plantar fascia and Achilles. A semi-rigid flexible frame is included along with a tightening strap that is anchored to the frame and by which the patient can tension the strap and adjust the structure of the frame to fit the patient's desired therapeutic or prophylactic needs. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065565 | Tender Skin Bandage - A disposable wrap for treating a wound without tearing tender skin. The wrap is designed with an opening so that a band aid can be placed on top of it the opening so that the adhesive will not touch the skin. The soft wrap is fastened to fit with Velcro. When bandage needs changing, this complete wrap can be thrown away. This will keep the elderly patients skin from being torn with the removal of the band aid as the adhesive will never touch the skin. The wrap and band aid will be packaged together for convenience. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065566 | METHOD AND APPRATUS FOR RELEASABLY RETAINING BANDAGES - There is provided herein a bandage folded upon itself to have a plurality of panels or rolled and a device having an elongated body portion and end elements at its two opposite ends sized and shaped to extend through several panels of the folded bandage, and retain the bandage in a folded configuration, while allowing a user to unfold the bandage without removing the device. The bandage may be unfolded, panel-by-panel, by pulling on an end panel of the bandage, causing it to be released from the device, and pulling on released panels or topmost retained panels to free the topmost retained panels, each in turn. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065567 | HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - Hemodialysis systems and methods with streamlined blood flow paths are provided. Such streamlined blood flow paths facilitate flow without undue damage to circulating cells. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065568 | Off-Axis Blood Chamber - An extracorporeal blood chamber for an optical blood monitoring system has a mixing area and viewing area that are offset from the axis of the blood flow path into and out of the blood chamber. The off-axis design provides more leverage for threading the blood chamber onto a dialysis filter. It also eliminates the need for turbulence posts. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065569 | DOUBLE LUMEN CATHETER - The present invention concerns a double-lumen catheter and a method for delivering or withdrawing fluids to/from a patient, in particular for use in hemodialysis. The double-lumen catheter comprises an elongated tubular body having a proximal end and distal end, with the distal end being positionable within a vessel of a patient, a divider wall extending along an interior of said tubular body and separating said interior into an intake lumen and a return lumen. The intake lumen and said return lumen each comprise an opening sloping toward the divider wall and toward the distal end of the tubular body, respectively, the openings. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065570 | Disc shunt delivery with stepped needle - A solid stepped needle delivers a disc shunt bridging between muscle and a degenerated disc, drawing blood plasma from muscle into the degenerated disc to alleviate back pain and regenerate the disc. The device further includes pull lines attached to the ends of the disc shunt for withdrawing and repositioning the stepped needle during shunt delivery. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065571 | EXPANDABLE PYLORIC ANCHORS AND METHODS FOR SECURING INTESTINAL BYPASS SLEEVES - A gastrointestinal device for implanting within a patient's gastrointestinal tract includes first and second expandable anchoring rings configured to be disposed on either side of a patient's pylorus. The first expandable anchoring ring has a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein in the expanded configuration the first expandable anchoring ring has a diameter larger than a maximum opening diameter of the pylorus. The second expandable anchoring ring also has a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein in the expanded configuration the second expandable anchoring ring has a diameter larger than a maximum opening diameter of the pylorus. An intestinal bypass sleeve couples the first expandable anchoring ring and the second expandable anchoring ring, so as to allow a distance between the anchoring rings to exceed a width of the pylorus. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065572 | Corneal crosslinking methodology using custom etched contact lenses - An improved methodology for the treatment of corneal abnormalities involving the application of a crosslinking solution, such as riboflavin, to the surface of the cornea followed by exposure to UV light such that the rigidity of the cornea is increased and stabilized, the method improved by providing a transparent contact lens that is selectively etched to create areas on the lens that either preclude or reduce penetration of UV light, thereby eliminating or reducing crosslinking for areas of the cornea that do not require stabilization while allowing penetration of UV light to areas of the cornea that do require stabilization. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065573 | Methods of Treating Vascular Lesions - Described are methods of treating virus-associated lesions using administration of an anti-angiogenic compound, or a combination of angiolytic or ablative therapy and administration of an anti-angiogenic compound. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065574 | ISOFORM NELL-1 PEPTIDE - This application generally relates to an isoform Nell-1 peptide, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065575 | METHOD AND APPLIANCE FOR COSMETIC SKINCARE - The invention relates to the field of cosmetology. The invention relates to cosmetic or aesthetic skin treatment using an appliance, in particular for dermatological care, which combines applying pulsed electrical currents to the skin for treating the skin by electroporation in a first step, constant currents for electrophoretically treating the skin in a second step, with the simultaneous exposure of the skin under treatment to chromotherapeutic light emissions in which the colour changes from one step to the next. The colour red is preferred for electroporation; orange is preferred during the electrophoretic treatment. The appliance is programmed for automatic is programmed for automatic operation. The method advantageously comprises a third chromotheraphy step under blue light combined with the application of an electrophoretic current. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065576 | DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM - A drug delivery system including a chamber, which is configured for enclosing or covering at least a surface of a patient, a source of a drug and a pressure source, which selectively pressurizes the chamber. In addition, the system includes a controller for controlling the transfer of the drug to the chamber wherein the drug is administered to the surface of the patient under pressure. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065577 | Device and Methods for Enhanced Multi-Delivery of Biologically Active Substances into an Organism and to Prevent Local Irritation - Transnasal delivery of medication directly to a patient's brain is achieved using an iontophoresis wire cooperable with a medication administration device. A controller regulates an electric charge to the iontophoresis wire. The iontophoresis wire is insertable into each nasal cavity. This wire is preferably encased in a tube, through which the medication will be transnasally delivered. A cleaning solution may also be delivered to the nasal cavity after treatment to reduce irritation from the iontophoresis. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065578 | Phacoemulsification Hand Piece with Two Independent Transducers - An ophthalmic surgical hand piece has a horn and two transducers. The horn has a central axis. A flange having a generally flat surface is coupled to the horn. The flange extends radially from the horn and generally perpendicular to the central axis. A first ear having a generally flat surface is coupled to the horn. The first ear extends from the horn such that the generally flat surface of the first ear is generally perpendicular to the generally flat surface of the flange. A first transducer is held against the flange, and a second transducer held against the ear. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065579 | INDWELLING LUMINAL DEVICES - The invention comprises an indwelling medical device which is capable of delivering a therapeutic agent evenly along the length of the indwelling portion, including the outer wall, of the device. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER AND FLOW RATE CONTROL - Systems and methods for fluid control during aspiration. In an embodiment, an aspiration system includes an aspiration line having distal and proximal ends and an aspiration port defined in the distal end; a fluid transport device operatively coupled to the proximal end of the aspiration line; and a flow restrictor operatively coupled to the aspiration line in between the fluid transport device and the aspiration port. To measure occlusion within the line, first and second pressure sensors are utilized, the first sensor being operatively coupled to the aspiration line between the port and the restrictor and the second sensor being operatively coupled to the aspiration line between the restrictor and the fluid transport device. The pressure differential between the two sensors can provide an indication of the onset, presence, and/or elimination of an occlusion. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065581 | DIALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING CASSETTE WITH AIR REMOVAL - In an embodiment, a dialysis fluid cassette is disclosed. The cassette includes a plurality of walls defining at least one valve chamber, a dialysis fluid inlet, a dialysis fluid outlet and a dialysis fluid pathway. The cassette further includes a baffle extending from a first one of the walls to an opposing second one of the walls. The baffle includes an end fixed to a third one of the plurality of walls and a free end. The fixed end separates the dialysis fluid inlet from the dialysis fluid outlet and the baffle and the plurality of walls are constructed and arranged such that the flow of dialysis fluid along the pathway defined in part by the baffle slows as the flow approaches the free end of the baffle. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065582 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SECURING TISSUE - A compression ring to grip and compress body structure such as diverticulum, hemorrhoids, and tissue adjacent a hole. A resilient ring-shaped body defines a compression channel, and one or more axially rigid elongated spikes extend from the body into the channel. The body defines a first axial segment surrounding the compression channel and a second axial segment surrounding the compression channel, with the spike being engaged only with the second axial segment. The first axial segment more tightly compresses the body structure than the second axial segment. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065583 | Process For Folding Of Drug Coated Balloon - Method of coating an expandable member is provided. The method comprises providing an expandable member with a plurality of folds defined therein, the expandable member having a folded configuration and a fully expanded configuration at a rated nominal pressure. The expandable member is inflated to an initial pressure of from 10% to about 300% of nominal pressure. A therapeutic agent is disposed on at least a portion of the expandable member. The expandable member is partially deflated to an intermediate pressure by withdrawing an amount of inflation medium from the expandable member, and by applying an external force to the expandable member. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065584 | REJUVENATING CORONARY ARTERY BY IMPROVING BLOOD FLOW WITH THE HELP OF INSERTION OF NANO-BALLS (ENCAPSULATED NANOPARTICLES) CONTAINING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS BY NON IMPLANTABLE DEVICE FOR TISSUES AND THEREBY PROVIDING IN TISSUE RELEASE TO ADDRESS THE REQUIRED CELL CYCLE - A drug-delivering medical device for delivering a drug to a target site in a body lumen is disclosed. The drug-delivering medical device includes a balloon catheter and an inflatable balloon positioned on the balloon catheter. The inflatable balloon has a hydrophilic surface. One or more portions of the hydrophilic surface are coated with two or more nano-carriers. A nano-carrier of the two or more nano-carriers includes a drug surrounded by an encapsulating medium. As the drug is surrounded by the encapsulating medium, the surface of the nano-carrier is devoid of the drug. When the inflatable balloon is inflated upon coming in proximity to a target site in the body lumen, about 30% to 80% of the two or more nano-carriers are released from the hydrophilic surface within 15-90 seconds. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065585 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PROTECTING A CATHETER, AND A METHOD FOR LOCATING A CATHETER IN A REMOTE LOCATION IN A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY | 2012-03-15 |
20120065586 | ROBUST MULTI-LAYER BALLOON - A multilayer balloon catheter is formed to have an inner layer and an outer layer, where the outer layer is adapted to resist shredding and premature rupture. The outer layer is formed of a material having a glass transition temperature that is lower than the transition or melting temperature of the inner layer. By forming the balloon on a mold at a temperature between the glass transition temperature of the outer layer and the glass transition or melting temperature of the inner layer, the outer layer will undergo a thermal relaxation that will alleviate some of the axial orientation of the polymer chains that develop during the formation of the multilayer balloon. This relaxation leads to a resistance to shredding when the balloon is expanded during operation. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065587 | SYSTEMS FOR ISOLATION OF A NEEDLE-BASED INFUSION SET - A safety needle assembly of an infusion set for infusing fluids into a subcutaneously implanted access port is disclosed. The needle assembly is configured to prevent fluid/vapor escape therefrom so as to reduce or prevent fluid exposure to a clinician using the needle assembly. In one embodiment, the needle assembly comprises a handle portion including a needle extending therefrom, the needle defining a lumen for passage of a fluid therethrough. The needle assembly also includes a safety assembly defining a needle hole through which the needle initially extends. The safety assembly is selectively and axially slidable along the needle in order to shield a distal tip of the needle and prevent user contact therewith. A fluid isolation component is included in the safety assembly for isolating fluid escape from the needle to prevent exposure to a clinician. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065588 | MEDICATION INJECTION SUPERVISOR DEVICE - A medication injection supervisor device, in one example embodiment, comprises a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design, a universal header designed slide onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen, an electronics assembly housed by the universal header, a sensor to detect an injection automatically, the sensor being communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly, a display to display injection data, and a button to allow manipulation and display of the injection data, including resetting of the time. The medication injection supervisor device can infer the completion of the injection from a plunger of the injection pen being depressed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065589 | Retractable Cannula for Surgical Procedures - A cannula assembly having a plurality of outwardly-biased flexible fins capable of inward movement such that the fins converge upon insertion of a trocar device. The fins include a slot formed therein, with a corresponding raised feature on the trocar shaft capable of engaging the slots. Inward movement of the trocar within the cannula lumen causes the fins to converge. An additional embodiment utilizes outwardly-biased flexible fins that lock together in a closed position, with corrugated features in the fin inner surface that contact the trocar shaft such that, upon insertion of the trocar, the fins unlock and splay outward. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065590 | ACCESS DEVICE WITH VALVE - A sheath can include a sheath body and a sheath hub. The sheath body can have a generally flexible tubular structure, a proximal end, and a distal end. The sheath body can further define a longitudinal axis. The sheath hub can attach to the proximal end of the sheath body and define a longitudinal axis generally aligned with the axis of the sheath body. The sheath body and sheath hub can also form a central cavity along their respective axes. The sheath hub can include two plates: a flexible plate and a rigid plate. The rigid plate can have a relief generally centered on the sheath body's axis. Advantageously, the flexible plate and rigid plate can overlap to substantially seal the central cavity. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065591 | Facilitation Of Antegrade Insertion Of A Guidewire Into The Superficial Femoral Artery - A guidewire for antegrade guidance of vascular interventions of a lower limb artery via a common femoral artery into a superficial femoral artery of a human patient. When in unloaded condition, the guidewire has, at its distal end, a rounded or floppy tip ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120065592 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING MICROLITER QUANTITIES OF A MATERIAL INTO A PUNCTURE WOUND SITE - A seal-less, hand-held dispensing device for dispensing microliter quantities of a material at a site of a puncture wound having a predetermined dimension of not less than 0.8 mm comprises: a support platform; first and second hollow members on the platform; and a compatibly sized plunger disposed in each hollow member. The hollow members are positioned on the platform such that a circumscribing circle centered on a point between the hollow members has a diameter that is not greater than about 0.8 mm such that both of the hollow members are insertable into a site of a puncture wound without undue disruption of any tissue matter surrounding the site. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065593 | Injection Device - An injection device | 2012-03-15 |
20120065594 | SPINAL FLUID INTRODUCTION - A fluid introduction system includes an introducer configured to create a pressure of at least 69 kPa within a spine, and an operator configured to actuate the introducer to introduce fluid into the spine according to a predetermined fluid introduction profile. The system can include a computer readable medium having code for receiving fluid introduction data indicative of a fluid introduction parameter, and for receiving response data indicative of a response of the patient at a time related to a time of the fluid introduction data. A method for introducing fluid includes positioning a first introducer in a first portion of a spine, positioning a second introducer in a second, different portion of the spine and, without removing the first and second introducers, introducing fluid into the first portion of the spine with the first introducer and introducing fluid into the second portion of the spine with the second introducer. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065595 | SELF-LUBRICATING PHARMACEUTICAL SYRINGE STOPPERS - In one aspect, a self-lubricating component is provided for a pharmaceutical packaging assembly. The self-lubricating component comprises a polymer composition and an effective amount of a lubricating additive such as, for example, boron nitride. In another aspect, a pharmaceutical packaging assembly may be provided having a surface thereof coated with a lubricating composition comprising boron nitride. The pharmaceutical packaging composition may be, for example, a pre-filled syringe comprising a body (barrel) and a plunger assembly. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065596 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A CHANGE IN PRESSURE IN THE LIQUID PATH OF A MICRODOSING DEVICE - An insulin pump and an infusion set adapter having a membrane which can be acted upon by a liquid flow path associated with the pump, wherein the pump comprises a sensor by which a change in shape or location of at least a portion of the membrane caused by a change in the liquid pressure in the flow path can be detected in a contact-free manner to identify an occlusion in the flow path. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065597 | APPARATUS FOR SAFE PERFORMANCE OF TRANSSEPTAL TECHNIQUE AND PLACEMENT AND POSITIONING OF AN ABLATION CATHETER - A steerable catheter system to perform a transseptal puncture procedure comprises a steerable catheter shaft with at least one inner lumen, and an inner element slidably positioned within a shaft lumen, wherein the distal tip of the shaft can be deflected, counter-deflected, rotated, and counter-rotated and wherein the inner element can be deployed or retracted. In one embodiment, a single steerable catheter is capable of performing an intended procedure and a transseptal procedure all in one, wherein the catheter comprises an outer steerable catheter and an inner element which can be deployed to perform a transseptal puncture, and wherein, once the inner element crosses the inter-atrial septum, the catheter itself can slide forward without advancement of the inner element. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065598 | TAMPON, A MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A TAMPON, AND A MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR A TAMPON - A tampon has an absorbent body that absorbs liquid. On an outer surface of the absorbent body, the absorbent body includes an applied portion to which an agent is applied and that includes at least two applied layer. The at least two applied layer includes a first applied layer formed by applying a first agent, and a second applied layer formed by applying a second agent over the first applied layer, the first agent including active pharmaceutical ingredient and a first water-soluble carrier that carries the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the second agent including active pharmaceutical ingredient and a second water-soluble carrier that carries the active pharmaceutical ingredient and has a melting point lower than that of the first water-soluble carrier. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065599 | Transdermal Therapeutic System Having Controlled Active Substance Flow Comprising a Basic Reacting Oxide - The present invention relates to transdermal therapeutic systems that include an occlusive back layer impervious to an active substance, a single or multilayer matrix, and a peelable protective film. The matrix or at least one of the matrix layers includes a pharmaceutical active substance or a plurality of pharmaceutical active substances in the form of at least one pharmaceutically consumable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically consumable, alkaline reacting oxide. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065600 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING MICROLITER QUANTITIES OF A MATERIAL INTO A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING WOUND SITE - A seal-less, hand-held dispensing device for dispensing microliter quantities of a material at a site of a slice wound the edges of which are spaced apart a distance in the range from at least about 0.4 mm to about 0.5 mm comprises: a support platform; first and second hollow members on the platform; and a compatibly sized plunger disposed in each hollow member. Each hollow member has a predetermined maximum outside dimension that is not greater than about 0.4 mm such that both of the hollow members are insertable into a space between the edges of a slice wound without undue disruption of any tissue matter surrounding the site. The largest outside dimension of each compatibly sized plunger being in a range from about eighty percent (80%) to about ninety-five percent (95%) of the largest inside diameter of a hollow member in which it is disposed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065601 | Lacrimal Punctum Measurement and Occlusion - Methods and apparatus for treatment of dry eyes by providing a single apparatus for measuring the diameter of the lacrimal punctum and, based on the measured punctal diameter, inserting therein an appropriately sized punctum plug. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065602 | VACUUM WOUND DRESSING - Provided, in one embodiment, is a vacuum wound dressing for covering a wound bed comprising: a wound contact layer comprising a fibrous blend or fibrous material that forms a cohesive gel when wetted by wound exudate; a source of vacuum situated to be separated from the wound bed by the wound contact layer; and a vacuum sealing layer covering the wound contact layer and adapted to retain relative vacuum in the wound contact layer, wherein (i) the dressing is essentially missing a non-gelling, foam layer in which the source of vacuum is situated or (ii) the vacuum sealing layer comprises as an outer layer a foam layer. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065603 | Absorbent Article and Method for Maintaining or Improving Skin Health - Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet, an absorbent core located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent article also includes skin care compositions thereon for maintaining and/or improving skin health. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065604 | DEGRADABLE HEMOSTATIC SPONGE AND EXTRUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A degradable hemostatic sponge that can be self-degraded and absorbed by a human body has poly lactic acid as its main material and mixed with a moisture-absorbent material, such as collagen, chitosan, starch and the like, at a specific ratio. Given grinding, mixing and melting steps, the materials using a supercritical fluid as a foaming agent can be used to manufacture the degradable hemostatic sponge having an open-cell microcellular form by a continuous extrusion foaming process. In addition, the present invention also includes a system and a method for manufacturing the degradable hemostatic sponge. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065605 | PANTS-TYPE DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A pant-type disposable diaper comprises: a pants-shaped outer member having a front part, a back part, and a crotch part positioned between the front part and the back part, and having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings formed by joining the front part and the back part; and an absorbent main body disposed on an inner surface of the pants-shaped outer member at the crotch part, and comprising a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet; wherein the pants-shaped outer member comprises a first sheet made of a spunbonded nonwoven fabric produced by melting a polymer composition containing polyolefin and/or polyester and a surfactant. According to the pants-type disposable diaper on the above, the pants-shaped outer member is excellent in water resistance and softness. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065606 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A sanitary napkin comprises an absorbing body. The absorbing body includes a fluid-permeable top sheet, a fluid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorber arranged between the top sheet and the back sheet. The napkin comprises a cover sheet for covering the surface of the top sheet. A circumferential edge region of the cover sheet is joined to the absorbing body. A plurality of flaps for fixing the absorbing body to underwear are sectionalized by a sectionalizing line in the central region of the cover sheet. At the time of use, the flaps are folded in the folding regions and are expanded so as to be fixed to the underwear. The flaps include a front flap, a rear flap, a left flap and a right flap. A leakage-preventing region is formed on the cover sheet between the folding regions and the circumferential edge region. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065607 | Folded incontinence article - The invention relates to an absorbent incontinence article ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120065608 | FLUID CONTAINMENT AND DISPENSING SYSTEM - A fluid containment and dispensing system includes a sealed, variable-volume containment device having a movable plunger slidably mounted within a barrel, and a sealing head having a seal insert retained thereon. A seal arrangement includes a self-resealing cross-slit opening, an internal sealing ring for engaging a corresponding coupling of a compatible device, and a raised peripheral seal ring for sealing engagement with a closure lid. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065609 | VIAL ADAPTORS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING PRESSURE - In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065610 | PRESSURE-REGULATING VIAL ADAPTORS AND METHODS - In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065611 | DISPOSABLE VIAL HOLDER AND METHOD TO PREVENT NEEDLE STICK INJURIES - A vial holder is provided to protect a user's hand from needle sticks. The holder includes a handle and a shield attached to a distal end of the handle. An opening is formed in the distal end of the handle to receive a vial. The vial is placed through the opening and into a passageway of the handle with the upper end of the vial exposed. A user grasps the handle which holds the vial in a stabilized manner. A needle may then safely approach the vial in which inadvertent slippage or movement of the needle results in contact with the needle against the shield and not contact with the user's hand. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065612 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY - A catheter assembly is disclosed having a catheter adapter and a needle hub. The catheter adapter has an inner lumen with a septum located within the inner lumen. An introducer needle is inserted through the inner lumen. A septum activator also located within the inner lumen, such that a distal end of the septum activator contacts the septum. The septum activator has an internal cavity and a cavity seal forming a surface of the internal cavity. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065613 | Methods and Systems for Interbody Implant and Bone Graft Delivery - A bone graft system for providing bone graft material to a site of interest includes a multiple unit bone graft material loading device and a conduit. The multiple unit bone graft material loading device is configured to accept a plurality of pre-formed bone graft material units and includes a plurality chambers configured to accept a pre-formed bone graft unit. The conduit includes a first opening and second opening. The first opening is operably connected with the multiple unit bone graft material loading device to accept bone graft material from the multiple unit bone graft material loading device. The second opening is configured to deliver bone graft material to a site of interest. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065614 | POLYIONIC TRANSITIONAL METAL PHOSPHORESCENT COMPLEX/POLYMER HYBRID SYSTEMS FOR BIOIMAGING AND SENSING APPLICATIONS - A new technique to stabilize transition metal phosphors in a wide variety of stimuli-sensitive polymers and gels is disclosed herein. Other than stabilization in stimuli sensitive/biocompatible matrix some of these transition metal based phosphors are also shown to act as phosphorescent crosslinkers that physically or chemically crosslink polymeric chains to form micro/nanoparticles. The microspheres/nanospheres of the present invention show decreased size and photoluminescence enhancement with particularly high sensitization at physiological pH and temperature. The so formed phosphorescent micro/nanospheres are useful for biological or environmental applications including biological labeling, imaging, and optical sensing. The techniques in the present invention enable usage of imaging agents and sensors at very low concentrations and also minimize or eliminate the usage of toxic chemical crosslinkers typically used to synthesize polymeric micro/nanoparticles. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065615 | NEEDLE-FREE INJECTORS AND DESIGN PARAMETERS THEREOF THAT OPTIMIZE INJECTION PERFORMANCE - A needle free injector system and a method for delivering a formulation using this system are disclosed. The method comprises actuating a needle free injector to pressurize a liquid formulation and force the formulation through an orifice in a skin puncture phase followed by injection of the formulation during a delivery phase. The skin puncture phase is defined by a pressure profile vs. time curve after actuation which has a main pressure peak with a maximum pressure. The delivery phase occurs at a lower pressure than the maximum pressure of the main peak pressure. The device may have one or more orifices and pressurizing the formulation during the puncture phase and delivery phase to extrude the formulation through each orifice is structured so as to improve characteristics of needle free delivery. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065616 | Ultrathin Multilayered Films for Controlled Release of Anionic Reagents - Multilayered films, particularly ultrathin multilayered films comprising cationic polymers which are useful for controlled release of anionic species, particularly for controlled release of nucleic acids. The multilayer films herein are useful for temporal controlled released of anionic species, particularly one or more anionic peptides, proteins, nucleic acids or other anionic biological agents. In one aspect, the invention relates to multilayer films which release anionic species (anions) with separate and/or distinct release profiles, particularly wherein the anions are one or more anionic peptides, proteins or nucleic acids or other anionic biological agents. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065617 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAVENOUS DRUG MANAGEMENT USING IMMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPY - Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for determining the composition of liquids, including the identity of one or more drugs in the liquid, the concentration of the drug, and the type of diluent using immittance spectroscopy. These devices, systems and methods are particularly useful for describing the identity and, in some variations, concentration of one or more components of a medical liquid such as intravenous fluid. In particular, described herein are devices, systems and methods that may operate in low ionic strength diluents. Also described are methods of recognizing complex immittance spectrograph patterns to determine the composition of a liquid by pattern recognition. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065618 | Delivery system for injection through zone of body - A dispensing device which disperses medicate through a needle across a zone within a body with zero pressure differential. The device includes a needle which is, during use, becomes encapsulated within a tubular needle-receiving member, a therapeutic agent reservoir in fluid communication with the needle, positioned within said housing, and in communication with the needle, a second reservoir, a reservoir-connecting conduit in communication with the therapeutic agent reservoir, a fluid drive in communication with the fluid in the second reservoir and in communication with said reservoir-connecting conduit, and a linear drive attached to said needle or to said needle-receiving member. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065619 | METHOD FOR LABIAL, VAGINAL, TRANSMUCOSAL AND TRANSDERMAL METERED DOSE DISPENSING - A method for using a dispensing apparatus having a fluid insert with an airless channel configured for labial, vaginal, transmucosal, and transdermal delivery of a therapeutic substance is disclosed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065620 | BONE MARROW EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX EXTRACT AND THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF - There is provided a method and use of hematopoietic stem cells for the treatment of various diseases. The differentiation of autologueous hematopoietic stem cells into myeloid lineages is used for reintroduction into a patient in addition to undifferentiated stem cells for the purpose of reconstituting both the defence and long-term engraftment. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065621 | DOUBLE LUMEN TUBING WITH IMPROVED KINKING RESISTANCE - The present invention relates to a double lumen catheter tube having a substantially circular cross-section and comprising a catheter tube body having a longitudinal axis, and further comprising an outer tubular and an inner divider wall inside the catheter tube body dividing said catheter tube body into a first and a second lumen. The first and the second lumen each comprise a cross section having the shape of an isosceles triangle with three rounded vertices. The tubular wall comprises wall sections that have a smaller wall thickness. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065622 | COLOR CODED GUIDE WIRE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A color coding is applied to medical guide wires by coloring portions of the guide wire to distinguish similar guide wires and guide wire portions from a particular manufacturer. The metallic elongate core can be colored using various methods such as electrochemical processes, sputtering, electroplating, and laser inducing microstructures to alter the surface characteristics of the elongate metallic core. Alternatively, the outer layer of the guide wire can be color coded by using non-standard colors or by introducing a colored band on the guide wire. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065623 | GUIDE WIRE WITH SOLDERED MULTILAYER COIL MEMBER - A guide wire includes an elongate core section and a flexible member disposed on the distal end, the flexible member including a first wire wound into an inner helical coil in a first direction and a second wire wound into an outer helical coil wrapped about the first helical coil in the opposite direction. The two combined helical coils add stiffness and torque transmission to the guide wire without sacrificing tactile feedback. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065624 | GUIDEWIRE AND ABLATION CATHETER SYSTEM WITH BALLOON - Provided is a guide wire, wherein a deformed portion formed by bending and/or curving the guide wire is located in the region of 20-100 mm from the tip in the longitudinal direction of the guide wire, and in the deformed portion, the shortest distance between the central axis in the longitudinal direction of the guide wire and a point that is the farthest in the direction perpendicular to the central axis is longer than or equal to the minimum inside diameter of a lumen of a catheter shaft of an ablation catheter with a balloon used in combination with the guide wire, and shorter than or equal to 40 mm. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065625 | CATHETER/PUMP CONNECTOR WITH GUIDE SURFACE AND SYSTEM/METHOD FOR USING SAME - Connectors and methods for connecting medical tubing (e.g., catheters) to an implantable infusion pump are described herein. In some embodiments, the connectors may include a housing having an internal guide surface that assists in guiding the connector onto a stem port received by the connector when the connector is misaligned with the stem port. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065626 | CLOSED MALE LUER CONNECTOR - A fluid flow connector including a housing assembly, having a first end and a second end arranged along a common longitudinal axis, and a resilient fluid flow conduit member having a forward end, disposed alongside the first end of the housing assembly, formed with a selectably closable slit and with at least one side opening. The resilient fluid flow conduit member is positionable in a closed position wherein the slit is closed but the at least one side opening is open and in an open position, allowing the slit to open and leaving the at least one side opening open, whereby when the resilient fluid flow conduit member is in the open position, the selectably closable slit and the at least one side opening each provide a fluid flow pathway between an interior of the resilient fluid flow conduit member and the first end of the housing assembly. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065627 | Non-Clumping Unit For Use With A Magnetic Surgical System - A surgical device comprises an ex vivo magnet and an in vivo sled magnetically attracted to the ex vivo magnet. The sled can be positioned and anchored within a patient by moving the ex vivo magnet. The sled defines a longitudinal axis. An arm extends from the sled. The arm is moveable relative the sled between a retracted position and an extended position. The arm comprises an end effector. A locking mechanism operatively connected to the arm to lock the arm in the retracted and extended positions. The mechanism may include a rack that both rotates about a pinion and translates tangentially about the pinion. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065628 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A medical apparatus includes a distal end portion provided at a distal end of an insertion portion that has functions of performing inspection, treatment or observation, a bending portion provided with first and second ends and configured so as to bend in two or more directions by connecting the first end to the distal end portion and connecting a plurality of bending pieces, a bending portion operation unit provided in an operation section connected to a proximal end of the insertion portion that causes the bending portion to perform bending operation and a neutral position restoring elastic member fixed to the first end side and the second end side that generates elasticity for causing the bending portion to restore to a neutral position. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065629 | SUBDERMAL CRYOGENIC REMODELING OF MUSCLES, NERVES, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, AND/OR ADIPOSE TISSUE (FAT) - Devices, systems, and methods treat cosmetic defects, and often apply cooling with at least one tissue-penetrating probe inserted through of the skin of a patient. The cooling may remodel one or more target tissue so as to effect a desired change in a composition of the target tissue and/or a change in its behavior. Exemplary embodiments of the cooling treatments will interfere with the nerve/muscle contractile function chain so as to mitigate wrinkles of the skin. Related treatments may be used therapeutically for treatment of back and other muscle spasms, chronic pain, and the like. Some embodiments may remodel subcutaneous adipose tissue so as to alter a shape or appearance of the skin surface. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065630 | CRYOSURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR TREATING LARGE VOLUME OF TISSUE - A cryosurgical instrument that is selectively positioned in a patient tissue by rotation. The instrument includes: a manipulation section that permits a user to rotate the instrument; a cryogen supply portion; and a positioning section having a sharp tip at an end and a helical configuration, the positioning section configured to receive cryogen and to permit the received cryogen to cool the positioning section. The positioning section urges the cryosurgical instrument deeper into the patient when the instrument is rotated in a first direction, via the manipulation section, and urges the cryosurgical instrument outward when the instrument is rotated in a second direction that is opposite the first, via the manipulation section. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065631 | CATHETER WITH CRYOGENIC AND ELECTRICAL HEATING ABLATION - A catheter includes a cryoablation tip with an electrically-driven ablation assembly for heating tissue. The cryoablation tip may be implemented with a cooling chamber through which a controllably injected coolant circulates to lower the tip temperature, and having an RF electrode at its distal end. The RF electrode may be operated to warm cryogenically-cooled tissue, or the coolant may be controlled to conductively cool the tissue in coordination with an RF treatment regimen. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065632 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF USE - This invention relates to surgical instruments for applying energy to tissue using a vapor-to-liquid phase transition which delivers large amount of energy to the targeted tissue. In one embodiment, the system is configured for volumetric removal of tissue by means of high velocity ejection of a vapor media from a first vapor port proximate to soft tissue wherein the vapor-to-liquid phase change of the media applies energy to the tissue. The system provides a second port coupled to a suction source that cooperates with the first vapor port to suction tissue debris from the targeted site. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065633 | SHAFT FOR ABLATION CATHETER WITH BALLOON - The stirring efficiency of a heating liquid which is supplied to the balloon of a balloon-equipped ablation catheter is increased to quickly uniformize the surface temperature of the balloon, and air is prevented from remaining in the balloon-equipped ablation catheter to enhance the safety of treatment which uses the balloon-equipped ablation catheter. A shaft for a balloon-equipped ablation catheter, consisting of a single pipe, wherein the shaft has two lumens which communicate from the distal end to the proximal end of the shaft, a first lumen being a guide wire passage lumen which is provided in order to allow a guide wire to pass therethrough, the second lumen being a liquid supply lumen which is provided in order to supply liquid to the inside of the balloon of the balloon-equipped ablation catheter. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065634 | METHOD OF TREATING AN INTER-VERTEBRAL DISC - The present invention relates to treating an inter-vertebral disc, in particular, to a method of treating an inter-vertebral disc by effectively ablating a tissue within a disc, in which herniation of nucleus pulposus occurs. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065635 | ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE TO GENERATE A PLASMA STREAM - An electrosurgical device to generate a plasma stream and method to perform endoscopic or laparoscopic surgery within a patient's body. The electrosurgical device includes an electrode operatively coupled to an electrosurgical generator to receive electrical energy therefrom, the electrode being concentrically disposed within an inner noble gas conduit to form a plasma channel. An outer electronegative gas conduit is disposed in surrounding coaxial relation relative to the inner noble gas conduit to cooperatively form an electronegative gas channel therebetween such that the electrode heats the noble gas to at least partially ionize the noble gas to generate the plasma stream to be directed to the surgical site to perform the surgical procedure while the electronegative gas sustains the plasma stream at the surgical site and dilutes the noble gas adjacent the surgical site. An outer aspiration conduit may be provided to remove fluid and solid debris from the surgical site. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE - A catheter includes multiple primary leads to deliver energy for ligating a hollow anatomical structure. Each of the primary leads includes a resistive element located at the working end of the catheter. Separation is maintained between the leads such that each lead can individually receive power. The catheter can include a lumen to accommodate a guide wire or to allow fluid delivery. Energy is applied until the diameter of the hollow anatomical structure is reduced to the point where occlusion is achieved. In one embodiment, a balloon is inflated to place the resistive elements into apposition with a hollow anatomical structure and to occlude the structure before the application of energy. The inflated balloon impairs blood flow and facilitates the infusion of saline, or medication, to the hollow anatomical structure in order to reduce the occurrence of coagulation and to improve the heating of the structure by the catheter. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065637 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HEMOSTASIS FOLLOWING ARTERIAL CATHETERIZATION - A method for producing hemostasis of an artery of a patient having a puncture following arterial catheterization including introducing a hemostasis device including at least one electrode into the vicinity of the puncture, supplying an electric current to the at least one electrode, thereby heating blood in the vicinity of the puncture and causing coagulation of the blood and subsequently removing the hemostasis device from the patient. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065638 | SNAP AND TWIST SEGMENTED INTRAMEDULLARY SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A modular implantable segmented intramedullary structure adapted to be received in the intramedullary canal of a bone configurable between a relatively flexible, bent configuration for implantation or extraction and a relatively rigid, straightened compressed configuration for bone treatment. The segmented intramedullary structure comprises a plurality of interconnected segments with a first interface and a complementarily-shaped second interface such that the first interface of a segment cooperatively engages the second interface of an adjacent segment. The segments define a channel for a tensioning elongate member to lock the structure in a compressed configuration. Methods of manufacturing, assembling, and/or treating a patient with the segmented intramedullary structure include options for real time customizable construction of the segmented intramedullary structure. In one embodiment the segments include a snap feature. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065639 | TISSUE MODIFICATION DEVICES - Described herein are elongate devices for modifying tissue having a plurality of flexibly connected rungs or links, and methods of using them, including methods of using them to decompress stenotic spinal tissue. These devices may be included as part of a system for modifying tissue. In general, these devices include a plurality of blades positioned on (or formed from) rungs that are flexibly connected. The rungs are typically rigid, somewhat flat and wider than they are long (e.g., rectangular). The rungs may be arranged, ladder like, and may be connected by a flexible connector substrate or between two or more cables. Different sized rungs may be used. The blades (on the rungs) may be arranged in a staggered arrangement. A tissue-collection or tissue capture element may be used to collect the cut or modified tissue. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065640 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC KNEE ALIGNMENT GUIDE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An orthopedic device for preparing a knee joint for a prosthesis in a patient includes a femoral alignment guide. The femoral alignment guide has a patient-specific three-dimensional curved inner surface preoperatively configured from medical image scans of the knee joint of the patient to nestingly conform and mate and match only in one position to a corresponding three-dimensional femoral surface of a joint surface of the patient. The femoral alignment guide has a first guiding aperture corresponding to a distal portion of the femoral surface and a second guiding aperture corresponding to an anterior portion of the femoral surface. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065641 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIRING BONE DEFECTS - A bone repair apparatus includes a partially polymerized biocompatible adhesive provided in a state wherein polymerization of the biocompatible adhesive is substantially suspended. A method for repairing a bone defect includes preparing the biocompatible adhesive, suspending polymerization of the biocompatible adhesive prior to full cure, delivering the biocompatible adhesive to the bone defect while polymerization is substantially suspended and accelerating polymerization of the biocompatible adhesive to achieve full cure. The method provides an implanted biocompatible adhesive with a malleable osteoconductive structure without compromising the physical characteristics of the biocompatible adhesive, thereby improving handling and delivery of the bone adhesive. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065642 | VACUUM MIXING DEVICE FOR BONE CEMENT AND METHOD FOR MIXING BONE CEMENT IN SAID DEVICE - The application relates to a vacuum mixing device ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120065643 | Internal Bone Fixation With Integrated Mixer - Systems and methods for repairing a weakened or fractured bone are disclosed herein. A system for repairing a fractured bone includes a delivery catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of bone cement components and an inner lumen for passage of a mixing element; an internal bone fixation device releasably engaging the distal end of the delivery catheter, wherein the internal bone fixation device moves from a first compact state to a second expanded state when the bone cement components are delivered to the internal bone fixation device and mixed within the internal bone fixation device; and a spinning mechanism engaged to a rotatable shaft, wherein the spinning mechanism is inserted into the internal bone fixation device. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065644 | STENT DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM WITH RETRACTABLE SHEALTH - A stent deployment system is disclosed. The system has a stent positioned on the distal end of a delivery catheter and a retractable sheath covering the stent. The retractable sheath has one or more wires connected thereto to facilitate retraction of the sheath from off of the stent. The one or more wires extend from the sheath along a portion of the outer surface of the delivery catheter and then enter one or more lumens within the delivery catheter through which the one or more wires extend toward a retraction mechanism. The application of a proximally directed force upon the one or more wires causes the one or more wires and the sheath to move proximally relative to the delivery catheter and the stent, thereby uncovering the stent. Once uncovered, the stent can be expanded to provide scaffolding support a patient's luminal wall. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065645 | PROTECTIVE SHEATH - A protective sheath including a first portion configured to receive a medical instrument. The protective sheath also includes a second portion configured to accommodate movement of a distal end of the medical instrument within the second portion. The second portion is moveably coupled to the first portion. The protective sheath is configured to control contamination of the medical instrument when the medical instrument and the protective sheath are placed within a patient. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065646 | RELEASE MECHANISM FOR HEMOSTASIS CLIP - Release mechanism for medical device includes a bushing having a proximal end, a distal end and a channel extending therethrough. Plurality of extend proximally from the distal end are biased toward a release configuration in which engagement surfaces at distal ends thereof retract radially into the channel. A core pin insertable through the channel applies a radially expansive pressure to move the arms radially outward to a locking configuration. Engagement surfaces of the first and second arms connect to a retaining surface of a tissue treatment device containing capsule, which extends at an angle relative to the engagement surfaces selected so that a first portion of a force transmitted along an axis of the bushing moves the arms radially inward toward the release configuration before a second portion of the force exceeds a threshold level associated with the removal of a tissue treatment device from gripped tissue. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065647 | Endoscopic Hemostatic Clipping Apparatus - An apparatus for applying clips to tissue, comprises a plurality of clips, each of the clips including a proximal end having a pair of opposed jaws and a distal end including a linking feature, where the clips are linked to one another to form a clip chain with a linking feature of a distal-most one of the clips being gripped between the jaws of an immediately proximal one of the clips and a control linkage coupled to a proximal-most one of the clips for applying tension and compression to the clip chain in combination with a magazine containing the clip chain, the magazine including an abutment surface sized to prevent passage distally therebeyond of a clip having received between its jaws a linking feature of an immediately distal clip and an opening location within which the jaws of a clip are permitted to open to release a linking feature therefrom. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065648 | SUTURE CLOSURE DEVICE - A closure device is provided for clamping sutures when closing an opening in tissue. The closure device includes an inner part and an outer part. Sutures drawn through the inner part and the outer part are clamped and held in place when the inner part is pressed together with the outer part. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065649 | Surgical Mesh - An extremely thin surgical mesh with the requisite strength for soft tissue repair deliverable to a surgical site through minimally invasive techniques is provided. Pre-packaged forms of the surgical mesh as well as methods of production and use are also provided. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065650 | REPAIR OF DEFECT IN INGUINAL CANAL AND OTHER MUSCULAR STRUCTURES - A space in a muscle wall such as the inguinal canal is dilated to break up fibrotic bands by divulsion. While the space is dilated a dynamic plug is advanced into it, with the plug expanding and contracting with the space. Shields may be placed against opposite sides of the wall surrounding the space. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065651 | GASTRO-INTESTINLAL COMPRESSION DEVICE - Devices, methods, and systems for treating Type-2 Diabetes and/or obesity by facilitating the delivery of under-digested nutrients within the gastro-intestinal tract without substantial tissue removal are disclosed. In one aspect, the gastro-intestinal tract of a patient is modified by a gastro-intestinal treatment device comprising an elongate element configured to extend within the gastro-intestinal tract, a first attachment element and a second attachment element disposed on the elongate element, wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element are configured to attach to the gastro-intestinal tract such that a portion of the gastro-intestinal tract is compressed between the first and the second attachment elements. The length of the gastro-intestinal tract modified by the device is effectively shortened, and its surface area is reduced. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065652 | ANASTOMOTIC DEVICES AND METHODS - Exemplary embodiments comprise AV fistulas and other anastomotic devices for creating new or reinforcing existing side-branch vessels, and/or bridging neighboring vessels together. An exemplary embodiment may comprise a sidewall port, such as a flanged sidewall port, and/or flow frame design, such as a partially bare, flexible stent or a whisk, for purposes of creating a transmural flow. Another exemplary embodiment may comprise a compliant vessel support to aid in the transition from device to vessel and/or vessel to device, and to promote vessel dilation. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065653 | INTRA-GASTRIC FASTENING DEVICES - Intra-gastric fastening devices are disclosed herein. Expandable devices that are inserted into the stomach of the patient are maintained within by anchoring or otherwise fixing the expandable devices to the stomach walls. Such expandable devices, like inflatable balloons, have tethering regions for attachment to the one or more fasteners which can be configured to extend at least partially through one or several folds of the patient's stomach wall. The fasteners are thus affixed to the stomach walls by deploying the fasteners and manipulating the tissue walls entirely from the inside of the organ. Such fasteners can be formed in a variety of configurations, e.g., helical, elongate, ring, clamp, and they can be configured to be non-piercing. Alternatively, sutures can be used to wrap around or through a tissue fold for tethering the expandable devices. Non-piercing biased clamps can also be used to tether the device within the stomach. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065654 | LIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A device and method for ligating diseased tissue. The device includes a flexible, substantially tubular sleeve adapted to be positioned around tissue to be ligated and having first and second ends, and at least one anchoring member coupled to the tubular sleeve having an anchoring element positioned substantially adjacent to the first end. The anchoring member has at least one projecting element extending therefrom and adapted to engage healthy tissue when the ligation device is positioned around the tissue to be ligated. The device further includes an elastic element positioned around the periphery of the sleeve and adapted to apply a constrictive force around the periphery of the sleeve. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065655 | ARTIFICIAL ANTERIOR CHAMBER SYSTEM - A microkeratome cutting head includes a head structure, an applanation plate, and a stromal plate. The head structure may include a blade cavity for receiving a blade and a blade opening through which the blade extends. The blade is configured for creating a corneal flap at a corneal flap thickness. The applanation plate is disposed at an elevation above the stromal plate plane. The elevation difference is approximately equal to the corneal flap thickness. An artificial anterior chamber (AAC) system is used to hold the donor eye for interfacing with the microkeratome. The AAC system includes an optional pressure valve and pressure gauge in a closed loop system for the user or surgeon to control line pressure applied to the donor eye during the procedure. | 2012-03-15 |
20120065656 | WATER JET SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - Water jet surgical instruments comprising a feed line for supplying fluid in one flow direction and one exit nozzle for ejecting the fluid in the form of a fine jet displaying a defined geometric opening configuration are known. In order to be able to widen the jet it is a fluid chamber is provided—viewed in the direction of flow—upstream of the exit nozzle. A disturbance device is provided in or on the fluid chamber, said disturbance device being able to generate a turbulent flow inside the fluid chamber. | 2012-03-15 |