| 14th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20190099529 | Systems and Methods for Measuring Fluid Flow in a Venturi Based System - Variables of a surgical system are detected or received via one or more sensors to predict an intraocular pressure (IOP) and/or determine an IOP in real time during a surgical procedure. A notification to a surgeon or a target IOP is set and maintained as determined by Static IOP, dynamic IOP, and/or a total IOP combining both static and dynamic IOP of the anterior chamber of a patient's eye. Information collected about various components of the system are displayed on a user interface. The system uses the collected information to calculate the static IOP and/or dynamic IOP of the system, and the total IOP may be function of the static IOP and/or dynamic IOP measurements. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099530 | Device for Storing Blood and Method for Use Thereof - A mass exchanger for use in storing blood or a blood product such as packed cells is described. The mass exchanger comprises an external casing, a cavity is provided within the casing having a region for storing blood and one or more channels extending within the casing for accommodating flow of a treatment fluid, the one or more channels each being at least partly bounded by a permeable membrane to allow transfer of chemical species between the channel and the cavity; wherein the casing comprises at least one flexible wall. The mass exchanger can include a region for storing blood comprising a bag. Here the bag or the casing comprise at least one flexible wall. A method of storing blood in the mass exchanger is also described. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099531 | Heart help device, system, and method - An implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle. The device comprises at least one pump device comprising a heart contacting organ, an operating device for operating the heart contacting organ, and an implantable pressurized fluid system. The fluid system comprises a first implantable chamber adapted to hold a pressurized fluid, wherein said first chamber is adapted to hold a fluid having a high pressure and a second implantable chamber adapted to hold a pressurized fluid, wherein said second chamber is adapted to hold a fluid having a lower pressure. The movement of the heart contacting organ assists the pump function of the heart. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099532 | CONVEYING BLADES FOR A COMPRESSIBLE ROTOR - To provide a simple embodiment of a rotor ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099533 | MAGNETICALLY SUSPENDED BLOOD DRIVING PISTON CIRCULATORY ASSIST DEVICE - A pulsatile blood pump including a chamber having an upstream portion, a downstream portion, and a wall coupling the upstream portion to the downstream portion, the upstream portion defining an inlet sized to fit within a ventricle of a heart, the downstream portion defining an outlet, and the wall defining a bore; a piston disposed within the bore of the wall, the piston including a first side in continuous fluid communication with the ventricle of the heart when the inlet is within the ventricle of the heart and defining a travel path within the bore including an upstream direction toward the inlet and a downstream direction toward the outlet; and a valve coupled to the piston and defining a one-way fluid flow path within the chamber through the first side of the piston in the downstream direction. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099534 | DISPOSABLE COMPONENTS FOR FLUID LINE AUTOCONNECT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Components for a medical infusion fluid handling system, such as an APD system, in which one or more lines (such as solution lines), spikes or other connection ports may be automatically capped and/or de-capped. This feature may provide advantages, such as a reduced likelihood of contamination since no human interaction is required to de-cap and connect the lines, spikes or other connections. For example, a fluid handling cassette may include one or more caps that cover a corresponding spike and include a raised and/or recessed feature to assist in removal of the cap from the cassette. A solution line cap may include a hole and recess, groove or other feature to engage with a spike cap and enable removal of the cap. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099535 | MODULAR MEDICAL FLUID MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED MACHINES AND METHODS - Medical fluid management assembly includes: a pneumatic manifold including multiple plates forming pneumatic passageways, a pneumatic valve chamber and a pneumatic pump chamber, the valve chamber in pneumatic communication with at least one passageway, the pump chamber in pneumatic communication with at least one passageway; and a fluid manifold including multiple fluid pathways, a fluid valve chamber in selective fluid communication with a fluid pump chamber and at least one fluid pathway, wherein (a) the pneumatic valve chamber and the fluid valve chamber are mated together to compress a membrane and (b) the pneumatic pump chamber and the fluid pump chamber are mated together to compress a membrane, wherein at least one of the pneumatic valve chamber or the pneumatic pump chamber extends from the at least one plate, or the fluid valve chamber or the fluid pump chamber extends from the fluid manifold to aid in compressing the membranes. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099536 | Wearable Filtrating Artificial Kidney Device - A wearable filtrating artificial kidney device, comprising a transfusion inlet ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIALYZER EVALUATION - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for evaluating dialyzers used in different medical applications (e.g., hemodialysis). Red blood cell volume lost in a dialyzer is monitored by obtaining blood flowrate measurements and hematocrit measurements at input ports and output ports of the dialyzer. The flowrate and hematocrit measurements are used to determine an accumulation of red cell blood volume in the dialyzer. The measurements may be obtained in a lab environment with an in-vitro blood source or may be obtained in a clinical setting with an in-vivo blood source from a patient. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099538 | MODULAR DIALYSATE REGENERATION ASSEMBLY - A customizable modular dialysate regeneration assembly with connectable sorbent packaging systems. The dialysate regeneration assembly can be customized based on patient parameters or dialysis session parameters. A processor can be included that can determine the correct amount of each sorbent material necessary for a given patient and a given dialysis session. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099539 | MODULAR MEDICAL FLUID MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLIES, MACHINES AND METHODS - A medical fluid management assembly includes: a pneumatic manifold including a plurality of pneumatic passageways and a plurality of pneumatic connectors; a pump and valve engine including a plurality of valve chambers and at least one pump chamber, the pump and valve engine including a plurality of pneumatic connectors mated sealingly and releaseably with the pneumatic connectors of the pneumatic manifold, the pump and valve engine further including a plurality of fluid connectors; and a fluid manifold including a plurality of fluid pathways and a plurality of fluid connectors mated sealingly and releaseably with the fluid connectors of the pump and valve engine. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099540 | A CLOSED SYSTEM FOR LABELLING AND SELECTING LIVE CELLS - The described invention provides an automated, closed system and method for separating/isolating a target cell type from a heterogeneous cell population. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099541 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING FLUID BALANCE DURING A BIOLOGICAL FLUID PROCEDURE - Described is a method for controlling fluid volume balance. A controller is configured with a first set of inputs comprising a hematocrit, a total blood volume, and an ACD ratio. A maximum extracorporeal RBC amount during the procedure is estimated based on the first set of inputs. A fluid circuit is primed with a priming fluid. Whole blood is drawn from a blood source and separated into a RBC component, a target cell component, and a plasma component. The target cell component is directed to a product container. The product container comprising the target cell component is treated. A treated target cell component, a portion of the RBC component remaining in the fluid circuit, and/or a portion of the plasma component remaining in the fluid circuit are returned to the blood source. A first response action is provided if the maximum extracorporeal RBC amount estimated is above a programmed limit. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099542 | ANESTHESIA SYSTEM FOR CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS MACHINE - Methods and systems are provided for anesthesia systems for heart-lung machines. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a cardiopulmonary bypass machine; and an anesthesia machine operably coupled to the cardiopulmonary bypass machine, the anesthesia machine adapted to control a flow of vapor through the cardiopulmonary bypass machine. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099543 | LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE - A light irradiation device includes: a flow channel through which blood or a blood component flows; and an LED lamp which irradiates the blood or the blood component flowing through the flow channel with light so as to inactivate a virus included in the blood or the blood component, in which a multilayer structure in which a plurality of the flow channels is arranged in parallel is formed. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099544 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETURNING TREATED MONONUCLEAR CELLS TO A BLOOD SOURCE - A method for treating mononuclear cells for an extracorporeal photopheresis procedure, driven and adjusted by a microprocessor-based controller, comprising the steps of priming a fluid circuit with priming fluid, directing whole blood derived from a blood source into the fluid circuit, separating the whole blood into a red blood cell component, a mononuclear cell component, and a plasma component, returning a first portion of the red blood cell component and a first portion of the plasma component to the whole blood, adding a photoactivation agent to the mononuclear cell component to create an agent-added mononuclear cell component, irradiating the agent-added mononuclear cell component to create a photoactivated mononuclear cell component, and incubating for a period of time a first portion of the photoactivated mononuclear cell component to create an incubated photoactivated mononuclear cell component. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099545 | Systems and Methods for Processing Large Volumes of Biological Fluid - Automated systems and methods for processing a biological cell suspension are disclosed. The systems and methods allow for the processing of large volumes of a biological cell suspension contained in or more source containers. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099546 | System and Method to Augment Irrigation Pressure and to Maintain IOP During Post Occlusion Surge - Variables of a surgical system are detected or received via one or more sensors to predict an intraocular pressure (IOP) and/or determine an IOP in real time during a surgical procedure. A notification to a surgeon or a target IOP is set and maintained as determined by Static IOP, dynamic IOP, and/or a total IOP combining both static and dynamic IOP of the anterior chamber of a patient's eye. Information collected about various components of the system are displayed on a user interface. The system uses the collected information to calculate the static IOP and/or dynamic IOP of the system, and the total IOP may be function of the static IOP and/or dynamic IOP measurements. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099547 | System, Apparatus and Method for Maintaining Anterior Chamber Intraoperative Intraocular Pressure - A system for detecting intraocular pressure events during phacoemulsification surgery having a surgical console, a handpiece having a proximal end being communicatively connected to an irrigation line and an aspiration line; a first sensor in communication with the aspiration line or the irrigation line for providing a first measurement value; and a second sensor in communication with the aspiration line for providing a second measurement value; and wherein at least one characteristic of the irrigation fluid or aspiration fluid in their respective lines is changed in accordance with the difference between the first measurement value and the second measurement value. A system for calibrating patient eye level and wound leakage; detecting occlusion or post occlusion surge; determining BSS usage or remaining in a container; and detecting a fluid line abnormality using a first sensor and a second sensor in different configurations and differences in first and second measurement values. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099548 | System, Apparatus and Method for Monitoring Anterior Chamber Intraoperative Intraocular Pressure - A method for maintaining anterior chamber intraoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) is provided by receiving and/or detecting variables of a surgical system and utilizing those variables to monitor intraoperative IOP. Determining an IOP in real time during a surgical procedure either provides a notification to an eye surgeon or allows a target IOP of the anterior chamber of a patient's eye to be set and maintained. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099549 | Infusion Pump Assembly - An infusion pump assembly is disclosed. The infusion pump assembly includes a locking tab and a pump barrel inside a pump barrel housing, where the pump barrel accommodates a reservoir assembly. The reservoir assembly includes a reservoir and a plunger rod. The infusion pump assembly also includes a locking disc at a terminus of the pump barrel. The locking disc includes a clearance hole for the plunger rod. The locking disc also includes at least one locking tab notch in close proximity with the locking tab. The locking tab is in moveable engagement with the locking tab notch, and the reservoir moves the locking tab from a locked position to an unlocked position when the plunger rod is inserted through clearance hole. The locking disc rotates upon torque being applied to the reservoir assembly, the locking disc rotating from a non-loaded position to a loaded position with respect to the plunger rod and a drive screw. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099550 | DEVICES FOR STABILIZING MEDICAL TUBES - A medical line stabilizer is provided and includes an elongate rigidifying body having an axis, and multiple open channels that extend parallel to the axis and are adapted to receive a medical line, such as intravenous tubing. The open channels have notches configured to allow controlled bending of the body, which helps to prevent medical lines from becoming entangled or bent. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099551 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FLUID INFUSION INTO A BODY - Embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward systems, devices and methods for diabetes management. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for dispensing insulin to a patient. A portable fluid infusion device, comprising a disposable part (DP) and a reusable part (RP) is disclosed. The DP comprises a first reservoir and a second reservoir, the second reservoir less than or equal to the first reservoir in length, while the RP comprises a first compartment configured to receive the first reservoir, a second compartment configured to receive the second reservoir and a gasket for sealing a junction between the second reservoir and the second compartment upon connection of the RP and the DP. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099552 | Low-Cost Ambulatory Medical Pump - A low-cost medical pump for ambulatory use provides reduced life components combined with a pump lockout enforcing a safe operating limit and preventing reuse after that limit is exceeded. An improved IV line clamp portion minimizes unsupported clamp structure length and provides a dual lock system preventing inadvertent clamp release. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099553 | CANNULA FOR THE PERFUSION OF A FLUID - Cannula for fluid perfusion comprising a tubular body extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion thereof, the tubular body being provided with an internal cavity defining a first opening in the distal portion allowing a fluid to exit the cavity in a first direction, the tubular body comprising a connection portion lying between the proximal and distal portions, the connection portion being designed to be inserted into a blood vessel by the distal portion. The cannula furthermore comprises a duct extending from a first end to a second end thereof, the second end being provided with an auxiliary opening placed at the connection portion so as to allow a fluid to exit the duct in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first end is placed in fluid communication with the cavity so that a fluid flowing in the cavity toward the first opening flows at least in part into the duct, said duct being provided with a valve device designed to shut off, or allow, the flow of a fluid flowing through the duct from one end to the other thereof, depending on whether the valve device is in a first configuration or a second configuration, respectively. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099554 | INJECTION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THEM - Systems and methods are provided for injecting one or more agents into tissue within a patient's body. In one embodiment, an injection device is provided that includes an outer tubular member comprising a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a patient's body, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends; a relatively small cross-section needle tip extending distally beyond the distal end,; and an internal pressure release member slidably disposed within the lumen between a distal position and a proximal position to prevent viscous injectate from expressing from the distal tip. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099555 | LQG ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS CONTROL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - The invention relates to a methods and systems for determining an insulin dosing recommendation. The invention employs Linear Quadratic methodology to determine the insulin dosing recommendation based on a patient's present physiological state, which is estimated by an adaptive filter methodology employing a dynamic model, which utilizes real-time measurements of blood glucose concentration. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099556 | AUTOMATIC APPLICATOR FOR LIQUID PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR INSULIN - An injection device includes a housing with an inspection window and at least two springs. One of the at least two springs is a driving helical spring. A spring block is connected to the housing and secured against rotation relative to the housing. A coupling tube extends above the spring block and above the housing. The injection device includes a plunger at least partially surrounded by the coupling tube. The driving helical spring is connected to the spring block. The coupling tube is at least partially surrounded by the driving helical spring. At least a portion of the proximal end of the plunger is narrower than a first internal diameter of the coupling tube and wider than a second internal diameter of the coupling tube. The rotatable dose knob, the spring block, the coupling tube, the plunger, and the driving helical spring are arranged coaxially. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099557 | SYRINGE TIP CAP ASSEMBLY, SYRINGE COMPRISING SUCH A SYRINGE TIP CAP AND METHOD OF SEALING A SYRINGE BARREL - A syringe tip cap is provided for retaining a resilient closure at a distal end of a syringe tip of a syringe barrel, comprising a distal cap and a proximal sleeve connected via a coupling strip. An annular first breaking line is formed between the distal cap and the proximal sleeve. Frangible portions are provided as tamper indicator means. The proximal sleeve comprises a second breaking line extending nearly perpendicular to the first breaking line. For opening the cap, first the annular first breaking line is broken so the distal cap and the proximal sleeve can be partially separated. Thereby, the coupling strip serves as a hinge for pivotally coupling the distal cap and the proximal sleeve. Afterwards, the user further pulls down the distal cap in axial direction for breaking the second breaking line. The user may tear-off the syringe tip cap to access to the resilient closure. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099558 | Intravenous dripping system - The present invention relates to a device for intravenous administration, and, more particularly, to an intravenous drip system capable of closing an outlet provided to a lower end of a drip vessel by lowering a floating valve in the drip vessel when a level of a medical solution filled in the drip vessel of the intravenous drip system falls down, thereby preventing air from flowing into a patent's vein. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099559 | PHARMACEUTICAL INJECTION DEVICE AND STORAGE CASE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical injection device, and it is an object thereof to prompt the user to replace the injection needle as needed. To achieve this object, the present invention is configured such that a needle detector switch | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099560 | Adhesive and Peripheral Systems and Methods for Medical Devices - A system is disclosed. The system includes a reservoir for containing a fluidic medium, the reservoir including a front surface, a resilient cylindrical flexure portion connected to the front surface, the resilient cylindrical flexure portion comprising an accordion-like structure that is able to expand and contract to change an interior volume within the resilient cylindrical flexure portion, a central passageway within the resilient cylindrical flexure, and a collection chamber connected to the central passageway. Also, a system including a reservoir, a plunger head located within the reservoir, a plunger arm connected to the plunger head, a driving shaft connected to the plunger arm, and a motor connected to the driving shaft, the motor controllable to move the drive shaft in a first motion and a second motion so as to move the advance plunger head and retract the plunger head within the reservoir. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099561 | ELECTRONIC VAPOR PROVISION SYSTEM - A vapor provision system includes a cartridge part (cartomizer) including a vaporizer for generating a vapor from a vapor precursor material for inhalation by a user; and a device part (control unit) comprising a power supply, such as a battery, for supplying power to the vaporizer across an electrical interface established between the cartridge part and the device part when the cartridge part is coupled to the device part for use. The electrical interface is provided by sprung pins in one of the cartridge part and the device part and a circuit board with contact pads in the other of the cartridge part and the device part. The sprung pins and contact pads are arranged in cooperative alignment so that respective ones of the sprung pins are in biased contact with corresponding ones of contact pads when the cartridge part is coupled to the device part for use. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099562 | VAPOUR PROVISION DEVICE - A mouthpiece for a vapor provision device having a length direction corresponding to the direction of insertion of the vapor provision device into the mouth of a user, a width direction corresponding to the direction along the lip-line of the user, and a depth direction corresponding to the opening direction of the lips of the user, the mouthpiece including first and second opposing faces and an exit hole located between the first and second opposing faces, wherein the opposing faces are approximately planar and lie within or slightly inclined to a plane defined by the longitudinal direction and the width direction, and each of the opposing faces has a width which is greater than its length. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099563 | Method and Kit for Treatment of Pulmonary Disease - The present embodiment relates to the use of liquid terbutaline sulfate from a nebulizer. Liquid terbutaline sulfate is not typically available in plastic dosage vials. Rather, liquid terbutaline sulphate is most commonly packaged in capped glass ampules such as those used for injectable drugs. In view of the effectiveness of liquid terbutaline sulphate in treating pulmonary and bronchial constriction diseases, a method and apparatus that can be employed by pharmacists and patients allowing for the increased ease of use of liquid terbutaline sulphate from capped glass ampules in nebulizers is disclosed. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099564 | NEBULIZER AND BREATH-ACTUATED NEBULIZATION METHOD - A nebulizer comprises a housing, a closed pressure system, at least one pressure relief mechanism and a nebulization mechanism. The housing comprises a nozzle, and the nozzle comprises an outlet portion and an inlet portion communicated with a pressurized gas source. The closed pressure system comprises at least one gas inlet and a gas outlet. The at least one pressure relief mechanism is disposed on the at least one gas inlet. The nebulization mechanism is capable of moving to a nebulization position. An interior pressure in the closed pressure system is changed by the at least one pressure relief mechanism to control the nebulization mechanism for nebulization. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099565 | DELIVERY DEVICES - A delivery device for delivering a metered amount of substance (L) in response to exhalation by a user, the delivery device comprising: a mouthpiece ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099566 | INHALATION DEVICE FOR GENERATING AEROSOL AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AEROSOL - Method of generating an aerosol by means of an inhalation device for inhalation by a human or animal body, the method comprising providing liquid in the inhalation device, chemically generating gas bubbles in the liquid, bursting of the gas bubbles at the surface of the liquid, thereby generating an aerosol. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099567 | ELECTRONIC VAPOR PROVISION SYSTEM - A vapor provision device including a vaporizer for generating a vapor from a vapor precursor material for inhalation by a user; wherein the device has a length L along a length direction, a thickness T along a thickness direction which is orthogonal to the length direction, and a width W along a width direction which is perpendicular to both the length direction and the thickness direction, wherein the width W and length L are both at least twice the thickness T, and wherein a minimum radius of curvature for a peripheral edge of the device in a plane perpendicular to the thickness direction is at least 0.1 W. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099568 | Vent Arrangement For Respiratory Mask - A control system provides automated control of gas washout of a patient interface, such as a mask or nasal prongs. A gas washout vent assembly of the system may include a variable exhaust area such as one defined by overlapping apertures of the assembly or a conduit having a variable gas passage channel. The vent assembly may be formed by nested structures, such as conic or cylindrical members, each having an opening of the overlapping apertures. The vent assembly may be attached substantially near or included with the patient interface. An actuator of the assembly, such as a solenoid or voice coil, manipulates an aperture of the vent assembly. The actuator may be configured for control by a controller to change the exhaust area of the vent assembly based on various methodologies including, for example, sleep detection, disordered breathing event detection, rebreathing volume calculation and/or leak detection. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099569 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING GASES - A system, apparatus and methods are provided for supplying gases to a user. The supply includes a sub-therapeutic mode and a pressure support mode for delivering therapy to a user. A flow diversion device or valve switches from a first mode corresponding with the sub-therapeutic mode of the system to a second mode corresponding with the pressure support mode of the system. In the first mode, the valve opens a larger flow path between the interior of the user interface and ambient air than in the second mode. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099570 | PATIENT INTERFACE WITH INTEGRATED JET PUMP - A patient circuit of a ventilation system, such as a non-invasive open ventilation system, wherein the patient circuit comprises a nasal pillows style patient interface that incorporates at least one “Venturi effect” jet pump proximal to the patient. The patient circuit further comprises a pair of uniquely configured 3-way connectors which, in cooperation with several uniquely configured tri-lumen tubing segments, facilitate the cooperative engagement of the patient interface to a ventilator of the ventilation system. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099571 | PRESSURE SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN ALERT FOR NON-EFFECTIVE PRESSURE COMPENSATION REGIMEN - A pressure support device ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099572 | Airway Device for Placement in Upper Respiratory Tract - An airway device for being inserted into an operative position in the upper respiratory tract extending from a patient's mouth to the patient's hypopharyngeal space is disclosed. The airway device forms a bore through which various medical and/or surgical implements may be inserted into the patient's airways. The airway device is contoured to approximately match the contour of the upper respiratory tract. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099573 | PROVIDING A MASK FOR A PATIENT BASED ON A TEMPORAL MODEL GENERATED FROM A PLURALITY OF FACIAL SCANS - A method for identifying a mask for a patient includes: receiving a plurality of images of a patient's face; analyzing the plurality of images to generate a temporal model of the patient's face, determining a mask for the patient using the temporal model of the patient's face, and identifying the mask to the patient. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099574 | CUSTOMIZABLE MASK AND METHOD OF SIZING - A mask for use in providing a flow of a treatment gas to the airway of a user. The mask includes a frame and a conformable seal which is structured to sealingly engage about at least one of at least a portion of nose or mouth of the user. The frame includes a front face and a concave shaped rear face which faces the user when the mask is disposed on the user's face. The rear face defines a cavity which is structured to receive at least one of a portion of a nose and/or mouth of the user therein. The frame also includes a number of deformable zones, each deformable zone being structured to receive a removable insert. Each deformable zone is structured to adapt to at least one of a size or shape of the removable insert received therein. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099575 | RESPIRATORY APPARATUS - A mask apparatus for a respiratory treatment can permit delivery of breathable gas to a user. In one example, the mask may employ a frame and cushion to form a seal for both mouth and nose. The frame may be adapted for coupling with a respiratory treatment apparatus so as to permit communication of a pressurized gas from the respiratory treatment apparatus. The cushion, which may be foam, may have a substantially under the nose configuration or over the nose configuration. The mask may have a common plenum chamber for both nose and mouth. The cushion may further define a centrally open lip superior region. The cushion may be adapted to couple with the frame directly or to the frame in conjunction with a cushion support clip. Various features of the cushion may further promote sealing and comfort for the under the nose design. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099576 | BREATHING TUBE ASSEMBLY FOR RESPIRATORY GAS MEASUREMENT FOR STEADY-STATE BREATHING - The present invention provides a breathing tube assembly for measuring respiratory gases from a patient. The breathing tube has been optimized for the side-sampling of respiratory gases from steady-state breathing. The breathing tube assembly comprises a breathing tube having three openings, breathing, atmospheric and sample openings. By using breathing and atmospheric openings, a patient can breathe normally to reach to steady state breathing. The sampling tube is coupled with a transport tube, allowing the breathed air traveling through the transport tube. An end of the transport tube away from the breathing tube is connected to a monitor to analyze patient's breathing air. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099577 | ADAPTER FOR DRUG DELIVERY - An improved adapter for use in a ventilator circuit is provided allowing to deliver a greater amount of a drug within the ventilator circuit. The improved adapter has a ventilator section, a transition section and medication section that are all interconnected to one another form an improved adapter. The transition section is further comprised of a smooth inner converging wall having an optimal angle of convergence. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099578 | Respiratory Adapter and Method of Use - The present invention provides a respiratory adapter for inhaled media deposition in the lungs and airways. The respiratory adapter provides an inspiratory arm and an expiratory arm, wherein the two arms are joined by a bypass flow bridge. A system of valves, such as one-way valves, directs the flow of gas and media through the respiratory adapter to improve media deposition efficiency and to prevent re-breathing of exhaled gas. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099579 | PRESSURE GENERATING DEVICE AND AIR FILTER HAVING A CORRELATED ARRANGEMENT OF MAGNETS - An air filtration assembly includes a filter portion formed from a suitable filtration media and a mounting portion disposed adjacent the filter portion. The mounting portion includes a series of first magnetic field emission structures positioned therein or thereon. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099580 | Humidifier for continuous positive airway pressure device - A humidifier is combined with a continuous positive airway pressure device. The continuous positive airway pressure is surrounded by a housing; the humidifier comprises a chamber defined by the continuous positive airway pressure device housing and a wall between the chamber and the continuous positive airway pressure device. The chamber includes a removable air-tight lid, wherein the chamber is filled with a mass transfer medium capable of reversibly absorbing water and wherein air can pass through the mass transfer medium and water is dissolved into the passing air. The chamber can be integrally connected within the continuous positive airway pressure device housing further including a first hose adapter to connect the chamber to an air outlet of a continuous positive airway pressure device whereby air passes from the continuous positive airway pressure device through the chamber and mass transfer medium, thereby humidifying the air, and wherein the humidified air passes through the second hose adapter towards a patient. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099581 | SYSTEMS FOR ANESTHETIC AGENT VAPORIZATION - Methods and systems are provided for delivering anesthetic agent to a patient. In one embodiment, a liquid anesthetic agent container includes a base region, an interior of the base region configured to hold liquid anesthetic agent, an adapter region, and a capillary force vaporizer (CFV) housed in the adapter region. The adapter region includes a coupling end configured to couple to a patient breathing circuit to supply anesthetic agent vaporized by the CFV to a patient. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099582 | SLEEP PERFORMANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - Sleep performance systems and methods of using the same are disclosed. The sleep performance systems can improve the quality of sleep by making one or more recommendations to the subject for increasing a sleep quality score. The sleep performance systems can have one or more electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes configured to measure a subject's brain activity during sleep. The sleep performance systems can have a processor configured to quantify the quality of the subject's slow-wave sleep by determining one or more sleep performance scores associated with the measured brain activity. The sleep performance systems can recommend and/or activate sleep improvement programs based on various threshold scores. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099583 | BIOFILM PREVENTION IN CATHETER SYSTEMS - Method for preventing biofilm formation on at least one luminal surface of a catheter system ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099584 | Ureteral Catheters, Bladder Catheters, Systems, Kits and Methods for Inducing Negative Pressure to Increase Renal Function - Ureteral or bladder catheters are provided, including (a) a proximal portion; and (b) a distal portion, the distal portion including a retention portion that includes one or more protected drainage holes, ports or perforations and is configured to establish an outer periphery or protective surface area that inhibits mucosal tissue from occluding the one or more protected drainage holes, ports or perforations upon application of negative pressure through the catheter. Systems, kits and methods for inducing negative pressure to increase renal function also are provided. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099585 | CATHETER HAVING FLEXIBLE TIP WITH MULTIPLE FLEXIBLE SEGMENTS - A catheter apparatus includes an elongated body having a distal portion including a distal end, a plurality of flexible segments, and at least one intermediate segment that is less flexible than the flexible segments. Adjacent flexible segments are spaced from each other longitudinally by the at least one intermediate segment. Each of the flexible segments include a sidewall having at least one elongated gap extending at least partially therethrough and forming interlocking members. The at least one intermediate segment is shorter than the flexible segments. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099586 | REINFORCED WINDOW DRESSING - A window dressing includes a primary layer having a window for viewing a catheter insertions site. The primary layer includes an adhesive layer on a lower, skin-contacting face of the primary layer. A transparent layer covers the window and adheres to the patients skin and to the top surface of the primary layer. A support structure has a stiffness that is greater than the primary layer and has an adhesive layer on the lower surface of a structural layer of the support structure. The support structure adhesive layer adheres to the support structure to the top surface of the primary layer. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099587 | VASCULAR ACCESS DISASSEMBLING NEEDLE DEVICE AND METHOD - A vascular access disassembling needle assembly | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099588 | NON-OCCLUDING BALLOON FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG DELIVERY - A non-occluding drug-coated balloon catheter device for use in a blood vessel transporting blood comprises a catheter shaft including a guidewire lumen, a fluid lumen and a connector port. A balloon is mounted on the catheter shaft and includes an outer envelope surrounding the guidewire lumen in fluid communication with the fluid lumen; a drug coating applied on the exterior surface of the outer envelope; and at least one bypass lumen forming a passage extending from the proximal end of the outer envelope to the distal end of the outer envelope. When the balloon is positioned in a blood vessel and inflated, the exterior surface of the outer envelope presses the drug coating against the blood vessel and the bypass lumen is open between the distal end of the outer envelope and the proximal end of the outer envelope such that blood transport continues through the bypass lumen. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099589 | FLOW CONTROL STENT - The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and establishing fluid communication between body lumens. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for establishing a controlled flow or access passage between body lumens. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099590 | MICRONEEDLE PATCH CASE - Providing a patch case that is easily attached to a microneedle applicator, easily separable from the microneedle patch upon insertion and disposable for use. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099591 | CATHETER SYSTEM - A catheter control system the system can include a control unit having a first connection port. The control unit can have a first visual indicator associated with the first connection port. The system can also include a first catheter interface connector connected to the first connection port of the control unit. The first catheter interface connector can have a first visual indicator corresponding to the first visual indicator on the control unit. The first visual indicator on the first catheter interface connector can be to be active to indicate that the first catheter interface connector is connected to the first connection port on the control unit. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099592 | DISINFECTING INTRAVENOUS CONNECTORS - Disinfecting nubs, disinfecting nub assemblies, and methods of use for disinfecting medical access ports, and maintaining such ports disinfected. In nub assemblies, nubs are mounted on substrates. Substrates can have substrate connectors, used to connect the nub assembly to an object. That object can be a user's body or on an IV tubing assembly. Mounting the nub assembly on the user's body means nubs are available wherever needed, at multiple user locations. Mounting substrate connectors to IV tubing connected to a patient, especially mounted adjacent a medical access port, such as a luer connector, on that tubing, makes the nubs immediately available when and where needed for disinfecting that port. The disinfecting nub can be squeezable. Dead fold properties of the nub hold the nub on the port after the port is inserted into the nub, the nub is squeezed, and the squeezing is released. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099593 | DISINFECTING CAP FOR VALVED CONNECTORS AND METHOD OF USE - Devices used to disinfect and maintain sterility of a medical valve connector are disclosed. The devices may comprise an insert that is configured to dispense disinfecting solution when the device is coupled to the medical valve connector. Insert grooves are configured to collapse sequentially as the insert is compressed by the medical valve connector. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099594 | ANTIMICROBIAL STOPCOCK MEDICAL CONNECTOR - Various embodiments of an antimicrobial stopcock medical connector is provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to a stopcock tap having fluid channels provided on portions of the outer surface of the stopcock tap, whereby fluid bypasses the stopcock through the fluid channels by flowing between the outer surface of the stopcock tap and the inner surface of the stopcock housing. Some embodiments further comprise an antimicrobial coating or insert that is provided in the one or more fluid channel, whereby fluid flowing through the fluid channels contacts the antimicrobial coating or an antimicrobial agent that is eluted from the antimicrobial coating. Further still, some embodiments of the present invention comprise an antimicrobial groove that is positioned opposite the fluid channel, whereby when the stopcock is in an “off” position, the antimicrobial groove contacts fluid within a blocked port thereby preventing microbial growth therein. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099595 | VALVE DEVICE FOR A MEDICAL FLUID LINE SYSTEM - A valve device for a medical fluid line system includes a main body, the main body having a first fluid passage and a second fluid passage, each fluid passage extending between an inlet side and an outlet side of the main body. The main body has a first wall portion and a second wall portion which are each elastically displaceable, under the effect of fluid pressure, relative to a substantially dimensionally stable web portion of the main body. Each wall portion is arranged on the web portion, forming one of the fluid passages, in such a way that the first fluid passage is substantially uninfluenced by a fluid-pressure-induced deformation of the second wall portion, and the second fluid passage is substantially uninfluenced by a fluid-pressure-induced deformation of the first wall portion. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099596 | LEAD FIXATION ACCESSORY, LEAD STABILIZATION TOOL, AND RELATED PROCEDURES - A lead fixation accessory configured to be positioned over a skull hole and to transition between an opened state and a closed state during a lead implant procedure protects against lead migration by providing a mechanism for securing the lead in place at the skull hole while a stylet is removed from the lead. The lead fixation accessory remains in place after the implant procedure to provide chronic lead stability. A lead stabilization tool configured to access and grip a lead through a slotted cannula during the lead implant procedure also protects against lead migration by providing a mechanism for securing the lead in place at a point where the lead exits the skull hole while the slotted cannula is removed from the skull hole and peeled away from the lead. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099597 | LEAD FIXATION ACCESSORY, LEAD STABILIZATION TOOL, AND RELATED PROCEDURES - A lead fixation accessory configured to be positioned over a skull hole and to transition between an opened state and a closed state during a lead implant procedure protects against lead migration by providing a mechanism for securing the lead in place at the skull hole while a style(is removed from the lead. The lead fixation accessory remains in place after the implant procedure to provide chronic lead stability. A lead stabilization tool configured to access and grip a lead through a slotted cannula during the lead implant procedure also protects against lead migration by providing a mechanism for securing the lead in place at a point where the lead exits the skull hole while the slotted cannula is removed from the skull hole and peeled away from the lead. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099598 | ORAL MUSCLE TRAINING - A trans mucosal neuromuscular electrical stimulation device including a mouthpiece, electrodes associated with the mouthpiece. The device and/or mouthpiece incorporates electrical circuitry operatively connecting to the electrodes to a power source and is configured to provide, in use, electrical stimulation to one or more palate and/or tongue muscles via the electrodes through the oral mucosa. The treatment regime, including the location of stimulation and the parameters used, is designed to increase resting muscle tone and/or muscle tone during sleep. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099599 | RF FRACTIONAL DEVICE WITH UNIFORM EFFECT AROUND THE CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS - A device for fractional RF treatment includes a return electrode providing equal thermal effect around each of conductive elements of an active electrode. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099600 | Multichannel Optogenetic Stimulation and Inhibition - Optogenetic signal processing is described for an auditory prosthesis with an intracochlear array of optical stimulation sources implanted in a patient having auditory neurons genetically modified with light sensitive ion channels. Stimulation timing signals are generated for the corresponding auditory neurons for each band pass signal based on characteristic temporal fine structure features of the band pass signals. The stimulation timing signals include: i. one or more channel opening signals adapted to open the ion channels of the corresponding auditory neurons, and ii. one or more channel closing signals adapted to close the ion channels of the corresponding ion channels. Optical stimulation signals are then produced for the optical stimulation sources based on the stimulation timing signals. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099601 | THERAPY PARAMETER SELECTION BASED ON ECAP FEEDBACK - Techniques for therapy delivery are described. A processing circuit may adjust a first therapy parameter from a first level to a second level, and responsive to the adjustment of the first therapy parameter, compare a level of an evoked compound action potential (ECAP) generated from therapy delivery based on the adjusted first therapy parameter to an ECAP threshold. The processing circuit may adjust a second therapy parameter from a third level to a fourth level based on the comparison. The second therapy parameter is different than the first therapy parameter. The processing circuit may cause therapy delivery with the first therapy parameter at the second level and the second therapy parameter at the fourth level. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099602 | Adjustment of Stimulation in a Stimulator Using Detected Evoked Compound Action Potentials - An Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) or External Trial Stimulator (ETS) system is disclosed that is capable of sensing an Evoked Compound Action Potential (ECAP), and (perhaps in conjunction with an external device) is capable of adjusting a stimulation program while keeping a location of a Central Point of Stimulation (CPS) constant. Specifically, one or more features of measured ECAP(s) indicative of its shape and size are determined, and compared to thresholds or ranges to modify the electrode configuration of the stimulation program. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099603 | OUTER CASING PART OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A metal outer casing part of an implantable medical electronic device contains at least one inner cavity and/or non-conductive inclusion or portion with multiple small cavities and/or non-conductive inclusions which is closed off in a hermetically sealed manner at least towards the housing outer side by a closed metal layer. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099604 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A HERMETIC AND ISOLATING FEEDTHROUGH FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASING, IN PARTICULAR MADE OF TITANIUM - A device casing includes a wall having a metallic substrate and electrical connection of a feedthrough that includes a metal through-element made at least in a zone of isolation of the area of the feedthrough from the substrate material, in the form of an islet of closed contour, physically and electrically isolated from the substrate. An interface for coupling the through-element to the substrate provides the mechanical securing of the through-element to the substrate and the electrical isolation thereof and includes a peripheral lateral layer made of an electrically isolating material that surrounds the through-element over the whole periphery thereof and extends transversally through the thickness of the thinned area of the substrate. The substrate, the through-element and the lateral layer form a monolithically integrated unit, and the lateral layer provides essentially and directly both the mechanical securing and the electrical isolation between through-element and substrate. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099605 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION - An implantable medical device (IMD) with a receiver having a higher power mode and a lower power mode. In the higher power mode, the receiver can receive a communication from an external device and pass the received communication to a controller, and in the lower power mode the receiver may not receive the communication from the external device and pass the received communication to the controller. In some cases, the IMD may include a physiological sensor providing an output to the controller, and the controller may control whether the receiver is in the higher power mode or the lower power mode based at least in part on the output of the physiological sensor. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099606 | System and Method for Ensuring a Consistent Connection of Electrodes to a Replacement Implantable Medical Device - Implantable medical devices (IMD) such as those used in Deep Brain Stimulation application are commonly replaced when the device's useful life expires. At the time of replacement, the electrodes that were connected to the initial IMD are typically reused with the replacement IMD. It is desirable for the replacement IMD to utilize the stimulation parameters that were being utilized to provide stimulation in the initial IMD, but it is important that the electrodes be connected to the replacement IMD in a similar manner as they were connected to the initial IMD if stimulation parameters are reused. A connected electrode profile that includes measurements of electrical parameters associated with the electrodes can be generated in the initial IMD and the replacement IMD, and the profiles can be compared to determine whether the electrodes are connected in a similar manner in the replacement IMD as they were in the initial IMD. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099607 | MITIGATING FALSE MESSAGING IN LEADLESS DUAL-CHAMBER PACING SYSTEMS AND OTHER IMD SYSTEMS - Implantable medical devices (IMDs), and methods for use therewith, reduce how often an IMD accepts false messages. Such a method can include receiving a message and performing error detection and correction on the message. Such a method can also include determining a quality measure indicative of a quality of the message and/or a quality of a channel over which the message was received, and determining whether to reject the message based on the quality measure. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099608 | MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MESSAGING - A medical device management system comprising a defibrillating apparatus, which comprises a plurality of electrodes configured to monitor ECG signals and deliver a defibrillation shock. The system including a communication unit configured to establish a secured wireless network, automatically generate a first text message upon receipt of a signal indicative of deployment of the defibrillating apparatus, associate the first text message with a unit identifier, automatically send the first text message, automatically generate a second text message comprising defibrillation shock status upon delivery of the defibrillation shock, associate the second text message with the unit identifier, automatically send the second text message; and a handheld device associated with a caregiver and configured to receive the first and second text messages and associate the first and second text messages with the specific defibrillating apparatus based on the unit identifier specific to the defibrillating apparatus. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099609 | SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF CORTEX USING BENT MICRO-WIRES TO MAGNETICALLY STIMULATE NEURONS - Disclosed are micro-wire stimulators that magnetically stimulate nearby cells and/or their processes (e.g., nerve fiber, axons, dendrites, etc.). The micro-wire includes one or more bends. The micro-wire stimulator can facilitate the creation of stronger field gradients in one direction with much smaller gradients in orthogonal directions, allowing for selective targeting, or avoiding, of specific cell types within a targeted region. The bent micro-wire stimulator may be implanted into the cortex of the brain to selectively stimulate nearby neural cells having a particular orientation relative to the stimulator. A tip portion of the micro-wire may be rounded, or it may have corners forming other suitable geometric shapes. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099610 | CANCER CELL TREATMENT - A method of killing cancer cells quickly without damaging cell structures and doing little or no damage to surrounding tissue. A high energy UV light with little to no heat is utilized. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTOGENETIC THERAPY - Configurations are described for utilizing light-activated proteins within cell membranes and subcellular regions to assist with medical treatment paradigms, such as hypertension treatment via anatomically specific and temporally precise modulation of renal plexus activity. The invention provides for proteins, nucleic acids, vectors and methods for genetically targeted expression of light-sensitive proteins to specific cells or defined cell populations. In particular the invention provides systems, devices, and methods for millisecond-timescale temporal control of certain cell activities using moderate light intensities, such as the generation or inhibition of electrical spikes in nerve cells and other excitable cells. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099612 | ENDOSCOPE - The present invention relates to an endoscope ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099613 | Wearable Ultraviolet Light Phototherapy Device - A wearable ultraviolet light phototherapy device is disclosed. The wearable ultraviolet light phototherapy device can have a substrate or a housing that is to be worn on a body part of a patient. At least one ultraviolet light emitting source located about the substrate or housing can deliver ultraviolet radiation into the body part of the patient. A control module can control operation of the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source. To this extent, the control module can direct the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source to deliver a predetermined amount of ultraviolet radiation at a peak wavelength into the body part of a patient. The control module can determine the predetermined amount of ultraviolet radiation as a function of the patient's susceptibility to ultraviolet radiation. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099614 | DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT KIT - A kit comprising a wearable lamp platform a frame for holding the wearable lamp platform in a fixed orientation spaced from the user's body, an adapter arranged and configured to couple a data acquisition device to the optical lens of the at least one port; and a power source controller electrically coupled to the wearable lamp platform provides a simple and elegant solution to providing economic, at-home skin condition analyses. The wearable lamp platform includes a plurality of treatment lamps arranged and configured to irradiate a portion of a wearer's body, and at least one port extending through the lamp platform from the outer surface to the inner surface. The at least one port has disposed therein an optical lens and a plurality of image-acquisition lamps disposed thereabout. The inner surface of the wearable lamp platform is reflective and is arranged and configured to reflect light scattered by the wearer's body back to the body, and the at least one port and the adapter are arranged and configured to couple in a single operative position. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099615 | METHOD OF EVALUATING SKIN CONDITIONS - A method for at-home skin condition analyses includes coupling an adapter to a port of a wearable lamp platform. placing the wearable lamp platform on a portion of a user's body, coupling a data acquisition device to the adapter and activating the data acquisition device to acquire data pertaining to the user's body through the optical lens, analyzing the data pertaining to the user's body, determining a light treatment regimen for the user's body, and applying light treatment to the user's body according to the determined light treatment regimen. The port has disposed therein an optical lens and having a plurality of image image-acquisition lamps disposed thereabout. The image-acquisition lamps are energized by a power source electrically coupled to the wearable lamp platform, and the wearable lamp platform comprises a plurality of treatment lamps arranged and configured to irradiate a portion of a wearer's body. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099616 | OMNIBLANKET FOR INFANT WARMING AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY PHOTOTHERAPY - A blanket for use in phototherapy treatment integrates a phototherapy element for delivering phototherapy to a patient placed on the blanket and a heating element for warming the patient. In one example, the phototherapy element includes a light emitting panel made from woven optical fibers and the heating element includes a heating wire secured to the light emitting panel. In another example, both phototherapy and warming are provided by a woven optical fiber panel. Blue light is emitted from the panel for phototherapy and infrared light is emitted from the panel for warming. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099617 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DELIVER THERAPEUTIC, NON-ULTRAVIOLET ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO INACTIVATE INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND/OR TO ENHANCE HEALTHY CELL GROWTH VIA A CATHETER RESIDING IN A BODY CAVITY - Methods and apparatus provide therapeutic electromagnetic radiation (EMR) for inactivating infectious agents in, on or around a catheter residing in a patient's body cavity and/or for enhancing healthy cell growth. The method comprises transmitting non-ultraviolet therapeutic EMR substantially axially along an optical element in a lumen of the catheter body and/or the catheter body. Through delivery of the therapeutic EMR to particular infected areas and/or areas requiring tissue healing., The methods and apparatus of the present disclosure inactivate the major sources of infection in, on, and around catheters and/or enhance healthy cell growth around catheters. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099618 | TUMOR BED IMPLANT FOR MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT OF AT RISK TISSUE SURROUNDING A RESECTION CAVITY - A device having a biocompatible polymer as a body and regularly spaced radiation seeds and regularly spaced magnetic materials disposed of within the body of the biocompatible polymer, or uniformly distributed liquid radiation and magnetic fluid materials within a polymer slab, hollow thick wall polymer shell, or thin wall polymer balloon, as suitable for surgical placement within a resection cavity for treatment of at-risk tissue in the tumor margin with local hyperthermia in combination with radiation and potentially also with chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy that is slowly released from the biocompatible polymer. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRETREATEMENT IMAGING IN ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY - A system and method for adapting treatment plan are provided. The method may include: obtaining a planning image of a region of interest relating to a first treatment fraction of a first treatment plan; obtaining a first image of the region of interest relating to a first scan of the region of interest with a first dose level; comparing the planning image with the first image to generate a first comparison result; determining whether the first comparison result satisfies a first replanning condition; causing, in response to a determination that the first comparison result satisfies the first replanning condition, one or more scanners to perform a second scan with a second dose level to provide a second image; and generating a second treatment plan according to the second image, wherein the second dose level is higher than the first dose level. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099620 | ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING - The invention relates to system and a method for adapting a radiotherapy treatment plan for treating a target structure within a target region of a patient body, where a planning unit ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099621 | RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM WITH FOLLOW-THE-LIGHTS USER INTERFACE - At each step of a workflow performed by an operator that involves a plurality of input mechanisms in a radiation therapy system, the operator is assisted in the process of selecting the next input mechanism in a way that greatly reduces the number of possible input mechanisms that can be chosen. A first subset of input mechanisms is made visually prominent via a first visual technique and a second subset of the input mechanisms is made visually prominent via a second visual technique. The first subset includes input mechanisms that are available for selection at that particular step in the workflow and the second subset includes recommended input mechanisms that are the most likely to be the next input mechanism that should be actuated by the operator at that particular step in the workflow. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099622 | X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM WITH A COMBINED FILTER AND COLLIMATOR POSITIONING MECHANISM - A radiation therapy system includes an X-ray imaging system that is configured with a combined and simplified filter and collimator positioning mechanism. In addition, an X-ray imager of the RT system is only positioned at a few discrete locations within a plane that is a fixed distance from the imaging X-ray source when generating X-ray images. As a result, for each of these discrete imaging positions, the simplified filter and collimator positioning mechanism positions a specific collimator-filter combination in a specific location between the X-ray source and the imager. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099623 | RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM WITH LINEAR MOTOR FOR TRANSVERSE ACTUATION OF BASE AND ROTATION OF GANTRY - A radiation therapy system includes a treatment couch positioning assembly that is directly coupled to a fixed structure supporting the linear accelerator of the radiation therapy system. The radiation therapy system can be installed in a radiation therapy facility without the floor of the facility being excavated and a sub-floor structure, such as a base frame, being installed. To laterally position a patient relative to the linear accelerator, the treatment couch positioning assembly of the radiation therapy system is laterally translated via a linear motor, and laterally translates with the treatment couch, rather than cantilevering the treatment couch to either side of the couch positioning assembly. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099624 | MULTI-CHANNEL REAL-TIME PHASE MODULATION FOR EMI REDUCTION IN AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE - Methods for reducing electromagnetic interference arising from use of multiple ultrasound transducers in an array, particularly inside a human body that is inside a magnetic resonance imaging device. Electrical signals driving the transducers are offset in phase with respect to one another so as to achieve maximum offset of electrical and magnetic fields arising from such signals and transducers. Phase offsets are dynamically adjusted to respond to changes in driving amplitudes and frequencies so as to maintain optimal reduction of electromagnetic interference. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099625 | Shuttle for a Climbing Protection System - A shuttle ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099626 | DESCENDER - A descender is for work at height, climbing, mountaineering, speleology or other practices using a rope. The descender device for a textile rope (F) includes a casing in which a cam mechanism ( | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099627 | Roses Iron Curtain Entry Tool - The iron entry tool is a multifunctional device for building and vehicle forced entry, flow path blocking, rescue tarp, patient carrier. The entry tool comprises a modular structure that can fit into a wide variety of building openings and vehicle doors that are cut out under traffic collision incidents. The power alarm system of the tool provides critical safety features for rapid egress of firefighters. The canvas of the entry tool can be conveniently rewound to provide a user an efficient means to store and carry the Roses iron entry toll. | 2019-04-04 |
| 20190099628 | Supply System And Method For Providing Electric Energy, Oxygen Depleted Air And Water As Well And Aircraft Having Such A Supply System - A supply system for providing at least oxygen depleted air and water in a vehicle includes a catalytic converter, at least one hydrogen supply means, at least one air supply means, at least one outlet for oxygen depleted air, and a control unit coupled with the catalytic converter. The catalytic converter is couplable with the hydrogen supply means and is adapted for producing water under consumption of hydrogen from the at least one hydrogen supply means and oxygen. The catalytic converter is further couplable with the at least one air supply means for additionally producing oxygen depleted air. Further, the control unit is adapted for selectively operating the catalytic converter based on a demand of water and oxygen depleted air. | 2019-04-04 |
