17th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160113587 | ARTIFACT REMOVAL TECHNIQUES WITH SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for removing non-stationary and/or non-stereotypical artifact components from multi-channel signals. In one aspect, a method for processing a signal includes obtaining a first signal decomposition of a multi-channel baseline signal in a first matrix including nominal non-artifact signal components and a second signal decomposition of a multi-channel data signal in a second matrix including artifact components, in which the first and second matrices are complimentary matrices, forming a linear transform by non-linearly combining the complementary matrices, and producing an output signal corresponding to the multi-channel data signal by applying the formed linear transform to one or more samples of the multi-channel data signal to remove artifacts and retain non-artifact signal content in the output signal. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113588 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION DEVICE - A biological information detection device or the like which can determine a mounted state or an unmounted state with high accuracy, or can appropriately present information on the basis of a determination result is to be provided. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113589 | BIOSIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Biosignal processing method and apparatus are provided. The biosignal processing method includes: detecting a biosignal, which is generated by a movement of a heart existing in a second area of a subject, from a first area of the subject; generating of a biosignal waveform from the biosignal; determining a relative position of the first area with respect to the second area based on at least one of the biosignal waveform and a direction of the first area; and converting the biosignal waveform to a reference biosignal waveform based on the relative position. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113590 | Hand-held medical-data capture-device having optical detection of a vital sign from multiple filters and interoperation with electronic medical record systems to transmit the vital sign and device information - In one implementation, an apparatus estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point is described, estimates temperature from a digital infrared sensor and determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer, or determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer and estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point; after which the estimated and/or determined information is transmitted to an external database. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113591 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF A PATIENT LEAVING A SAFE AREA - Physiologic monitor and monitoring method for calculating the risk that a dementia-affected patient wanders away from a predefined safe area. Skin conductivity or heart rate are used to predict the user's emotional state which could lead to a wandering event. If the risk level is high, an alarm is sent to the caretaker. False alarms are reduced by considering additional input information such as activity level of the person, location of the person, time of day. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113592 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUISITION SETUP AND ANATOMY LANDMARKING OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEMS - A system and method for acquisition setup and anatomy landmarking for MRI systems are described. A gesture sensing input device generates user motion data. A gesture application identifies a gesture based on the user motion data. A display device displays patient setup information in response to the gesture. An acquisition application generates a setup for an MRI system for a patient based on the gesture and the user motion data. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113593 | VITAL SIGNS MEASURING APPARATUS, VITAL SIGNS DISPLAYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A vital signs measuring apparatus includes: a measuring section which is configured to measure vital signs of a subject; a receiving section which is configured to receive vital signs of the subject transmitted from a source measuring apparatus; a displaying section which is configured to display at least one of the vital signs measured by the measuring section, and the vital signs received by the receiving section; and a controlling section which is configured to produce a display screen that is to be displayed on the displaying section, the controlling section which is configured to change a display effect of vital signs on the display screen, based on whether the vital signs are received by the receiving section or not. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113594 | USER INTERFACES FOR CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for presenting glucose level data. Glucose data for a patient may be received. A current glucose level and a rate of change of the current glucose level may be determined based on the received glucose data. A first interface may be displayed on a screen of a device. The first interface may include a unitary icon. The unitary icon may display the current glucose level and a visualization of the rate of change. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113595 | PROCESSING STATUS INFORMATION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE | 2016-04-28 |
20160113596 | USER INTERFACES FOR CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for presenting glucose level data. Glucose data for a patient may be received. A current glucose level and a rate of change of the current glucose level may be determined based on the received glucose data. A first interface may be displayed on a screen of a device. The first interface may include a unitary icon. The unitary icon may display the current glucose level and a visualization of the rate of change. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113597 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The invention relates to an X-ray imaging apparatus and a method, particularly to a CT scanner ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160113598 | IMAGING SYSTEM SUBJECT SUPPORT TABLETOP DEFLECTION DELTA CORRECTION - An imaging system ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160113599 | APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A BIOPSY ON A PATIENT'S BREAST AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DEFINING A ROUTE FOR A BIOPSY NEEDLE THROUGH A PATIENT'S BREAST - An apparatus for biopsy examination on the breast of a patient, includes: an analysis head including a radiation detection device for detecting X-rays on a detection plane, and source of X-rays to emit X-rays towards the detector, the source and the detection device being mobile with respect to each other so that they can be placed in a plurality of different working acquisition positions. A biopsy probe can be fixed to a support base includes a needle for extracting a sample of breast tissue and a housing for the needle. The housing is rotatably mounted on the support base to allow modification of the angle of the needle with respect to the breast support surface. A computerized unit is, connected to the detector and configured to produce at least one reconstructed image of a cross-section of the breast. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113600 | METHOD, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS USEFUL IN CONDUCTING IMAGE GUIDED INTERVENTIONS - Methods, apparatuses, and systems relating to image guided interventions on dynamic tissue. One embodiment is a method that includes creating a dataset that includes images, one of the images depicting a non-tissue internal reference marker, being linked to non-tissue internal reference marker positional information, and being at least 2-dimensional. Another embodiment is a method that includes receiving a position of an instrument reference marker coupled to an instrument; transforming the position into image space using a position of a non-tissue internal reference marker implanted in a patient; and superimposing a representation of the instrument on an image in which the non-tissue internal reference marker appears. Computer readable media that include machine readable instructions for carrying out the steps of the disclosed methods. Apparatuses, such as integrated circuits, configured to carry out the steps of the disclosed methods. Systems that include devices configured to carry out steps of the disclosed methods. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113601 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A radiographic apparatus and method of obtaining images using a radiographic apparatus are disclosed. The radiographic apparatus and method use a filter having different regions for different radiation states. The filter is configured to be moved during different irradiating radiation steps. The radiation from the different steps is detected and may be used to generate an image. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113602 | DYNAMIC BOWTIE FILTER FOR CONE-BEAM/MULTI-SLICE CT - Dynamic bowties, imaging systems including a bowtie, and methods of imaging including such bowties or systems are provided. A bowtie can be a three-dimensional (3-D) dynamic bowtie and can include a highly-attenuating bowtie (HB) and a weakly-attenuating bowtie (WB). The HB can be filled with a liquid, and the WB can be immersed in the liquid of the HB. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113603 | PHOTON-COUNTING DETECTOR CALIBRATION - A method includes determining calibration factors for calibrating photon-counting detectors of a spectral imaging system by combining a heuristic calibration of the photon-counting detectors and an analytical calibration of the photon-counting detectors and generating a set of photon-counting calibration factors based on the combining of the a heuristic calibration and the analytical calibration. The photon-counting calibration factors, when applied to measured energy-resolved data from the photon-counting detectors of a spectral CT scan of a subject or object, mitigate spectral distortion caused by a radiation intensity profile shaper that filters a radiation beam of the spectral CT scan. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113604 | NUCLEAR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a nuclear medical diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires gamma-ray emission data based on gamma rays emitted from radio isotopes administered to an object. The processing circuitry further executes scattered-ray correction on the gamma-ray emission data based on a second X-ray CT image obtained by replacing pixel values of a non-object region included in a first X-ray CT image with a predetermined pixel value. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113605 | MOBILE BASE AND X-RAY MACHINE MOUNTED ON SUCH A MOBILE BASE - A mobile base designed to receive an X-ray machine is provided. An X-ray machine capable of being mounted on the mobile base is also provided. The X-ray machine of the invention is configured to move using a motor-driven system associated with a navigation system. The navigation system of the invention enables the X-ray machine to be moved automatically and with precision from one position to another within an examination, hybrid or operation room. The X-ray machine is also configured for the automatic positioning of the moving parts around the patient, while at the same time keeping the region to be subjected to radiography within an X-ray beam. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113606 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY MODIFYING ACQUISITION PARAMETER DURING IMAGE ACQUISITION - Systems and methods for automatically and dynamically modifying an image acquisition parameter for use in tomosynthesis breast imaging. A selected image acquisition parameter is modified in response to a measured characteristic of an imaged object such as a breast, and thus tailored to provide the highest quality image for the particular object. For example, image quality in a breast tomosynthesis system can be improved by dynamically varying motion and other acquisition parameters of the tomosynthesis system in response to physical characteristics of the breast to be imaged (determined during image acquisition), such as the breast thickness, density or composition. Dynamically varying acquisition or processing methods helps to customize the system for each particular patient, thereby improving image quality and identification and assessment of potential pathologies and abnormalities, and lower radiation dose, and thus a reduced the risk of long-term adverse health effects due to lifetime accumulated radiation dose. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113607 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGE ACQUISITION - A method for image acquisition includes selectively concealing and exposing an x-ray source to a target object while the x-ray source travels along a first path and moving an x-ray detector along a second path in a first direction while the x-ray source is exposed to the target object. The method further includes moving the x-ray detector along the second path in a second direction generally opposite the first direction while the x-ray source is concealed from the target object. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113608 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray diagnostic imaging apparatus according to this embodiment includes a display for displaying an image and a processing circuitry which calculates an incident dose on a body surface of an object, superposes information based on the calculated incident dose on a three-dimensional image which is a three-dimensional image relating to the object and is capable of rotating display at a corresponding position on the body surface of the object and causes the three-dimensional image on which the information is superposed to be displayed on the display. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113609 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS, X-RAY CT SYSTEM, AND INJECTOR - According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes a calculator, a transmitter, a data acquisition unit, and a processor. The calculator calculates a difference between imaging time phases of a first contrast agent and a second contrast agent. The transmitter sends information on the difference between the imaging time phases to an injector. The injector injects the first contrast agent and the second contrast agent into the subject at different timings based on the information. The data acquisition unit scans a subject with X-rays at a predetermined imaging timing to acquire detection data corresponding to different X-ray energies. The processor analyzes the detection data acquired at the predetermined imaging timing to generate a plurality of images corresponding to the imaging time phases. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113610 | Device and method for x-ray phase contrast imaging - A device for slot scanning phase contrast x-ray imaging, includes an x-ray emitter, a plurality of x-ray gratings, a patient couch, and an x-ray detector. Position marker elements are arranged and configured in the beam path of the x-ray emitter such that the position marker elements are visible in an x-ray image. In the x-ray image, a relative position of an object on the patient couch in relation to an x-ray beam fan of the x-ray emitter may be established from a location and a distance of the position marker elements from one another. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113611 | QUANTITATIVE X-RAY RADIOLOGY USING THE ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING INFORMATION - A quantitative radiographic method uses X-ray imaging. The method uses a ratio of the absorption signal and the (small-angle) scattering signal (or vice-versa) of the object as a signature for the materials. The ratio image (dubbed R image) is independent from the thickness of the object in a wide sense, and therefore can be used to discriminate materials in a radiographic approach. This can be applied to imaging systems, which can record these two signals from the underlying object (for instance, an X-ray grating interferometer). Possible applications could be in material science, non-destructive testing and medical imaging. Specifically, the method can be used to estimate a volumetric breast density. The use of the R image and the corresponding algorithm are also presented hereafter. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113612 | METHOD FOR THE FULLY AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGED VERTEBRAE - A method is disclosed for the automatic determination of the bone density and a method is disclosed for the automatic detection and characterization of spinal column fractures. Both methods enable the fully automatic detection and assessment of damaged vertebrae and reliably enable an analysis of the state of the vertebrae with a high accuracy rate. A computed tomography system to carry out either of the methods is further disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113613 | METHOD FOR SPECTRAL CT LOCAL TOMOGRAPHY - A method for performing reconstruction for a region of interest (ROI) of an object is provided. The method includes designating the ROI within the object, the ROI being located within a scan field of view (FOV) of a combined third- and fourth-generation CT scanner, the CT scanner including fixed photon-counting detectors (PCDs), and an X-ray source that rotates about the object in synchronization with a rotating detector. Further, the method includes determining, for each PCD, as a function of view angle, an on/off timing schedule, based on a size and location of the designated ROI, and performing a scan to obtain a first data set from the rotating detector and a second data set from the plurality of PCDs, while turning each PCD on and off according to the determined schedule. Finally, the method includes performing reconstruction using the first and second data sets to obtain ROI spectral images. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113614 | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA-BASED CYCLE ESTIMATION AND FOUR-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION - Methods for computed tomography data-based cycle estimation and four-dimensional reconstruction are provided. A gated reconstruction is derived from CT data acquired without gating using an added artificial trigger. The resulting images for different slices are used to determine local or slice variations over time. The local variations over time for the various slices are combined to create a respiratory cycle signal. This respiratory cycle signal is used to bin the images for different phases, allowing four-dimensional CT reconstruction. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113615 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a radiation irradiator configured to irradiate radiation to an object; a radiation detector configured to detect an intensity of the radiation passing through the object; and a loader configured to load the object, and at least one of a movement speed of the loader and a range of radiation irradiation of the radiation irradiator is changed according to a change in the intensity of the radiation, when the change in the intensity of the radiation is greater than or equal to a threshold value. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113616 | RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DRIVE CONTROL PROGRAM AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - It is possible to reliably avoid a problem that radiation irradiation does not stop even when an accumulated radiation dose reaches a target radiation dose. An AEC unit starts monitoring an integrated value of a radiation dose detection signal from a detection pixel and an output of an irradiation continuation signal at the same time, and continuously transmits the irradiation continuation signal in a predetermined period while the integrated value does not reach a threshold value. When the integrated value reaches the threshold value, the output of the irradiation continuation signal is stopped. The irradiation continuation signal is transmitted to an irradiation signal I/F of a radiation source control device through an irradiation signal I/F by wireless. The radiation source control device stops X-ray irradiation by an X-ray source when the irradiation signal I/F does not receive the irradiation continuation signal. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113617 | CALIBRATION OF IMAGERS WITH DYNAMIC BEAM SHAPERS - Calibration methods and related calibration controllers (CC) for calibrating imaging apparatuses ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160113618 | ACOUSTIC MONITORING TO DETECT MEDICAL CONDITION - Acoustic signals may be used to monitor one or more symptoms of a patient disease. A patient prescription may indicate one or more acoustic sensing programs that may be used to monitor at least on characteristic of an acoustic signal indicative of a patient symptom or disease. The patient prescription may also include a patient specific threshold. When the at least one characteristic of the acoustic signal is compared to the patient specific threshold an indication or warning signal may be generated. The warning signal may indicate a change in patient disease state. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113619 | STETHOSCOPE EARPIECE - Conically-shaped earpieces with flexible covers for a stethoscope are described, which sit on the outside of the user's ears and are particularly useful for users with hearing aids. A stethoscope structure with conically-shaped earpieces is also disclosed. The stethoscope structure has a branched elongated tube, ear tubes, a connector, a chest piece, at least one conically-shaped earpiece, and flexible cover for each earpiece. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113620 | Method for Monitoring of Medical Treatment Using Pulse-Echo Ultrasound - A method for ultrasound imaging of anatomical tissue. A first signal is received from a first imaging ultrasound wave which has been reflected from a location in the anatomical tissue during a first time period. A second signal is received from a second imaging ultrasound wave which has been reflected from the location in the anatomical tissue during a later second time period, following a discrete medical treatment. The second signal is subtracted from the first signal to form a difference signal. The difference signal may be scaled, spatially filtered, then used to generate an indication, the indication showing the effect of the medical treatment in the location in the anatomical tissue. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113621 | ABLATION DEVICE WITH ARTICULATED IMAGING TRANSDUCER - A system for imaging and treating tissue comprises a probe having a deflectable distal tip for carrying an imaging array and a delivery needle for advancement within a field of view of the imaging array. Optionally, the needle will carry a plurality of tines which may be selectively radially deployed from the needle. The imaging array will preferably be provided in a separate, removable component. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113622 | CATHETER FOR DETECTION OF ULTRASOUND AND PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNALS AND ULTRASOUND/PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided are a catheter for detection of ultrasound and photoacoustic signals and an image acquisition system using the catheter. The catheter for detection of ultrasound and photoacoustic signals includes a lens optical fiber where a lens is attached to an end of an optical fiber, an ultrasound transducer, a catheter main body where the lens optical fiber and the cable are disposed to pass through an inner portion thereof, a catheter head which is connected to an end of the catheter main body, and a membrane which surrounds a surface of the catheter head. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113623 | TENSION TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MECHANICAL PROBE USING SAME - A tension transmission device as a control system for a probing portion of a three-dimensional mechanical probe is fitted to a support portion. The tension transmission device includes a driving shaft, a first tension member, and a second tension member. The driving shaft defines first and second fastening points. The first fastening point and the second fastening point are located at axially-distanced points of the driving shaft which are not diametrically opposite. The first and second tension members wind around a circumference of the driving shaft guided by a first pulley and a second pulley, to rotate and manipulate the driven shaft of the probing portion. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113624 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM - An ultrasound diagnostic device includes: a probe including plural elements that generate and transmit ultrasound waves and receive ultrasound waves reflected from an inspection target; a transmission unit that transmits ultrasound waves from the plural elements so as to transmit an ultrasound beam by forming a transmission focus in a first direction set in advance; and a second reception focusing unit that performs reception focusing for each reception signal received by each element of the probe according to reflection on a path in a second direction other than the first direction, among transmission wave paths of the ultrasound beam transmitted into the inspection target by the transmission unit. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113625 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and an ultrasonic diagnostic method are provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a transducer for performing interconversion between an acoustic wave and an electric signal; and a transmitter for controlling the transducer so as to allow a plurality of plane waves to be transmitted through a plurality of sub-apertures. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113626 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and a method of operating the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus that are capable of efficiently controlling screens of a plurality of displays. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a first display configured to display first images in a first image layout; a second display configured to display second images in a second image layout; a user input unit configured to receive an input for selecting at least one from among the first images; and a controller configured to control displaying of at least one selected from the second images and the at least one selected image on the second display in a third image layout. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113627 | ULTRASOUND APPARATUS AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an ultrasound apparatus. The ultrasound apparatus includes a user input unit that receives a user input which selects a menu for setting an annotation in a first ultrasound image displayed on a screen of the ultrasound apparatus, a control unit that determines a photographing part of an object in the first ultrasound image, and a display unit that displays a setting window including at least one recommendation annotation among a plurality of annotations corresponding to the determined photographing part of the object. The user input unit receives a user input which selects one from the at least one recommendation annotation, and the display unit displays an image, representing the selected recommendation annotation, on the first ultrasound image. The at least one recommendation annotation is an annotation which is previously input by the user and is generated in the ultrasound apparatus in correspondence with a second ultrasound image including the photographing part. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113628 | FLOW SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR USING A FLOW SENSOR ARRANGEMENT - A flow sensor arrangement (S | 2016-04-28 |
20160113629 | ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION SYSTEM, AND ACTUATION METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION APPARATUS - An ultrasound observation apparatus including a displacement calculating section that measures displacement of a subject based on an ultrasound signal, an elastic-image generating section that generates an elastic image based on the measured displacement, a memory section that stores generated one or more elastic images, a determination-region setting section that sets a proper-image determination region for proper image determination in the elastic image according to a size of an ROI, a characteristic calculating section that calculates a region characteristic of the proper-image determination region, and a proper-image determining section that determines based on the region characteristic whether the elastic image is a proper image. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113630 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an image generator configured to scan an object to obtain an ultrasound image; a neural network configured to generate a virtual ultrasound image based on matching medical images of different modalities; an image converting part configured to convert a medical image of a different modality, previously obtained by scanning the object, into the virtual ultrasound image by using the neural network; and a matching part configured to determine a position of a virtual probe based on the ultrasound image and the virtual ultrasound image, and configured to match the ultrasound image with the medical image that corresponds to the determined position of the virtual probe. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113631 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - The invention provides an ultrasound image pickup apparatus and an ultrasound image pickup method which can evaluate the stability of Doppler information acquired by Doppler ultrasonography and can observe a moving state of biological tissues (heart or a blood vessel) of an object based on the stabilized Doppler information. The ultrasound image pickup apparatus of the invention includes: a probe which transmits and receives an ultrasound signal to and from an object; a Doppler information generation unit which generates Doppler information from the ultrasound signal; a degree of approximation calculation unit which calculates a degree of approximation of the plurality of Doppler information items; and an approximate Doppler information acquisition unit which acquires the Doppler information having a predetermined degree of approximation as approximate Doppler information. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113632 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 3D ACQUISITION OF ULTRASOUND IMAGES - The invention relates to a Method for 3D ultrasound image acquisition as well as to a system for conducting the method. The proposed method checks whether the current ultrasound image ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160113633 | DEVICE FOR ABLATING ARTERIAL PLAQUE - A catheter assembly is described for providing image-guided therapy in a patient's vasculature. The distal end of an elongated catheter body, having a tubular lumen wall, is adapted for insertion into and operation within a patient's vasculature while a proximal portion remains outside said patient. An outwardly-facing set of RF electrodes and a distal-facing array of ultrasound imaging transducers are contained within the distal end of the catheter, proximal to one another. The RF electrodes are configured to transmit and receive ultrasound pulses through the ultrasound transducers, providing real-time imaging information of plaque which may be ablated by said electrodes. The RF conductive lines connected to the RF electrodes extend longitudinally through the lumen wall of the catheter body, while coaxial conductive lines, operatively connected to the ultrasound imaging transducers, extend longitudinally through the lumen of the catheter body. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113634 | Phantom for Measuring Thickness of Thin Layer Using Ultrasonic Imaging Device and Method of Using Thereof - A phantom for measuring thickness of a thin layer and a method of using thereof. The phantom may include a non-scattering muscle mimicking material having a flat top surface; a plurality of soft tissue mimicking thin layers placed in a first area, which is at least a part of a top surface of the non-scattering muscle mimicking material, and having thicknesses different from each other; and an anechoic blood mimicking liquid material placed in an area other than the first area among an entire area of the top surface of the non-scattering muscle mimicking material and on a top surface of the plurality of soft tissue mimicking thin layers. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113635 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SURGICAL PROCEDURES WITH A REUSABLE INSTRUMENT MODULE - A surgical instrument includes an outer housing shell defining a cavity, the outer housing shell defining an upper outer housing half and a lower outer housing half, wherein the upper outer housing half defines a longitudinal axis and an instrument module selectively insertable into the cavity of the outer housing shell. The instrument module includes an inner housing shell, at least one motor disposed within the inner housing shell, a control board being in electrical communication with the at least one motor and an energy source being in electrical communication with the at least one motor and the control board. The instrument module is inserted into the cavity of the outer housing shell in such a manner that the operative axis of the at least one motor is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the upper outer housing half. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113636 | VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE HAVING A FLOWABLE SEALING MATERIAL - Various embodiments of a device are shown and disclosed for closing a vascular access puncture site following percutaneous diagnostic or therapeutic interventional procedures. The vascular closure device is configured to safely and accurately deploy a sealing material that undergoes a phase change when deployed inside the tissue tract. The sealing material may be a solid at room temperature and a liquid or gel at body temperature. Also, the sealing material may change from a liquid or gel to a cubic phase when it comes into contact with bodily fluids. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113637 | Surgical Instrument With A Manual Control - Surgical instrument with a manual control device for actuation with a hand, wherein the control device can be displaced between a closed position and an opened position and the control device has: a finger lever with a first point of articulation and a second point of articulation, a central element with a third point of articulation and a fourth point of articulation, a connecting lever, which is pivotably arranged at the first point of articulation and at the third point of articulation, and a thumb lever, which is pivotably arranged at the second point of articulation and at the fourth point of articulation. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113638 | Triangulation Methods with Hollow Segments - A surgical apparatus providing access to an underlying body cavity through a tissue tract articulates a flexible surgical object inserted therein. The surgical apparatus includes a tube member defining a longitudinal axis and a lumen therethrough to receive the flexible surgical object. The tube member includes a proximal member, a middle member connected to the proximal member at a first joint, and a distal member connected to the middle member at a second joint. The surgical apparatus also includes articulation mechanisms to articulate the tube member. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113639 | SYRINGE ASSEMBLY - A syringe assembly includes a first syringe having a syringe outer cylinder filled with a first liquid, and a gasket; a second syringe having a syringe outer cylinder filled with a second liquid, and a gasket; and a pusher assembly which performs a pushing operation of collectively moving the gaskets and. The pusher assembly includes a first pusher having a distal portion connected to the gasket; a second pusher branching from the first pusher, extending distally, having a distal portion connected to the gasket; and an operation section which is provided on a proximal-side extension line of the first pusher and is operated for the pushing operation. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113640 | APPLICATOR - An applicator is disclosed, which includes a nozzle, the nozzle including a gas channel through which a gas G flows, a plurality of liquid channels which are provided inside the gas channel and through which each of a first liquid and a second liquid flows, and a confluence portion which is located on a downstream side of the liquid channels and in which the flows of the liquids join. Of the gas channel, a portion between the liquid channels and the confluence portion is configured from a single gas-permeable tube composed of a gas-permeable membrane permeable to the gas but impermeable to the liquids. The gas-permeable tube is independently connected to the liquid channels, and has a first independent channel and a second independent channel through which the first liquid and the second liquid flow toward the confluence portion together with the gas flowing in through the gas-permeable membrane. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113641 | Wound Protector - The wound protector has an annularly collapsible distal ring, an expansion member and a flexible sleeve extending between the distal ring and expansion member. After positioning of the distal ring in a wound, movement of the expansion member into an extended state expands the sleeve while drawing the sleeve tight against the wound and the expansion member against the patient. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113642 | SUTURE ANCHOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE - A method for securing a sleeve in a bore hole in bone. The method includes disposing at least a portion of a length of filament into the bore hole, and implanting the sleeve into the bore hole such that a first pathway extending through first and second ends of the sleeve opens in a direction toward the opening of the bore hole and in a direction toward the base of the bore hole. The method also includes pulling at least a portion of the length of filament through the first pathway of the sleeve, thereby forming a first loop configuration extending from the first end and at least one free end of the length of filament extending from the second end. Also included is passing the at least one free end through the first loop configuration to create a one-way cinch. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113643 | Biceps Tenodesis Implants and Delivery Tools - Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In one embodiment, a surgical implant is provided having a sheath and an expander that is received within the sheath. Various delivery tools, including a sheath inserter and a driver, are also provided. In use, the sheath inserter can be used to position a tendon within a prepared bone hole, and it can be used to deliver the sheath with a guidewire coupled thereto into the bone hole. The driver can be provided for delivering the expander into the sheath. A loader can optionally be used to load the driver and expander onto the guidewire coupled to the implanted sheath. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113644 | Biceps Tenodesis Delivery Tools - Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In particular, various delivery tools, including a variety of sheath inserter tools, are provided. The tools can be used to position a tendon within a prepared bone hole, and to deliver a sheath into the bone hole. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113645 | IMPLANT WITH SUTURE ANCHOR FIXATION CAPABILITY - An implantable device and various systems and methods related to the device are disclosed. The implantable device has a bone implant component configured to be secured to at least one bone of a patient with at least one recess therein. The bone implant component is configured to allow a suture anchor to be disposed within the recess and has a restriction therein that is engageable by the suture anchor to retain the suture anchor within the bone implant component. Methods for implanting a suture anchor in the implantable device are also disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113646 | Elongated Fixation Element - A fixation device, comprises an elongated element extending along a central axis, having a total length L and including a proximal section formed of a material that is substantially non-absorbent for electromagnetic radiation within a preselected wavelength range and a distal section formed of a material that is substantially non-absorbent for electromagnetic radiation within the preselected wavelength range in combination with a middle section axially arranged between the proximal and distal sections, the middle section formed of a material that is substantially absorbent for electromagnetic radiation in the preselected wavelength range. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113647 | BUTTRESS ATTACHMENT TO THE CARTRIDGE SURFACE - An end effector for use with a surgical apparatus. The end effector comprising a staple cartridge having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot and an anvil plate having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot. A surgical buttress releasably disposed on the tissue contacting surfaces of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate. An adhesive tape is disposed over the central longitudinal slot of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate and configured retain the respective surgical buttress atop the respective tissue contacting surface. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113648 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLIES FOR INTERCONNECTING SURGICAL LOADING UNITS AND HANDLE ASSEMBLIES - A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly, a surgical loading unit, and an adapter assembly coupled therebetween. The adapter assembly includes a housing, an elongated body, a switch assembly, and a switch actuator. The elongated body extends distally from the housing and is configured to be coupled to the surgical loading unit. The switch assembly is disposed within the housing and configured to communicate that the surgical loading unit is coupled to the elongated body. The switch assembly includes a substrate, a switch mounted on the substrate, and at least one wire coupled to the substrate. The switch actuator is movably disposed within the housing and configured to actuate the switch upon engagement of the surgical loading unit with the elongated body. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113649 | ADAPTER WITH FIRE ROD J-HOOK LOCKOUT - A receiving assembly for releasably coupling a loading unit to an adapter while preventing inadvertent actuation of the loading unit includes a load link, a tip housing, and a locking member. The load link includes a distal portion and the tip housing defines a longitudinal slot and a lock opening. The locking member includes a member body and a locking tab extending from a lower surface thereof. The member body is disposed within the longitudinal slot of the tip housing. The locking member is moveable between an unlocked position such that the locking tab is positioned within the lock opening and a locked position such that the locking tab extends from the lock opening. The distal portion of the load link engages the member body of the locking member to pivot the locking member from the unlocked position to the locked position. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113650 | Physiologic dresssing for closing wounds - Medical tape containing hooks or rings is applied to both sides of a wound and the application of medical lace or elastic bands having a physiologic pull are then applied for superior closure. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113651 | SURGICAL DEVICE - A medical instrument comprising: (A) a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in an X-Y plane; (B) a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a Y-Z plane perpendicular to the X-Y plane; and, (C) a controller operatively coupled to the first joint and the second joint, the controller including a first control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the first member and the second member, and a second control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the third member and the fourth member. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113652 | SURGICAL CLIP APPLICATOR - A surgical clip applicator includes a universal handgrip and an individual clip magazine having an integrated crimping head, which individual clip magazine can be detachably fastened to the universal handgrip. The universal handgrip and the individual clip magazine fastened thereto interact to form a feed path for the clip transport of individual clips from a clip receiving portion of the clip magazine toward the crimping head, which feed path is defined or individually available for actuation. The individual clip magazine can be selected from a plurality of clip magazines for different clip types as needed. The clip magazine can include an integrated coding mechanism designed depending on the clip type to be applied, which coding mechanism defines in interaction with the universal handgrip at least the feed path adapted to the respective clip type. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113653 | SURGICAL STAPLING HEAD ASSEMBLY WITH FIRING LOCKOUT FOR A SURGICAL STAPLER - In various embodiments, a surgical stapling head is provided that may comprise a staple cartridge for supporting one or more staples, a core movable relative to the staple cartridge, at least one staple driver extending from the core, and a casing configured to at least partially hold the staple cartridge and movably receive the core and the staple driver(s). The casing may further comprise at least one retention member that is configured to move from a first position to a second position when sufficient external force is applied to the retention member, such as that provided by a shaft of a surgical stapler during insertion of the stapling head assembly into the shaft. When the retention member(s) are at the second position, the staple driver(s) may be prevented from driving staples from the staple cartridge, thereby providing a firing lockout feature to the stapling head assembly during insertion into at least a portion of a surgical stapler. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113654 | Magnetically Actuated Gating Devices, Systems, Kits, and Methods - Magnetically actuated gating devices, magnetically actuated gating systems, magnetically actuated gating kits, and methods of treatment using a magnetically actuated gating device are described herein. An example embodiment of a magnetically actuated gating device comprises a housing, a rotatable member, a compression member, and a membrane. The rotatable member has a first magnetic field that is configured to interact with a second magnetic field produced by an external element to move the rotatable member between a first position and a second position. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113655 | REPOSABLE MULTIPLATFORM ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER - A handle assembly for a clip applier includes a housing having a stationary handle and a barrel supported on the stationary handle. The barrel defines a lumen having a proximal portion and a distal portion configured to releasably receive an adapter assembly. A is operably coupled to the housing and includes a gripping portion and a stem portion movable distally through the proximal portion of the lumen in response to movement of the gripping portion towards the stationary handle. A plunger assembly is removably positionable within the proximal portion of the lumen and configured to operably couple the stem portion with an adapter assembly such that distal movement of the stem portion actuates the adapter assembly. A plug is removably engagable within the proximal end of the barrel to retain the stem portion, the plunger assembly, and the adapter assembly in operable relation relative to one another. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113656 | SURGICAL DEVICE - A medical instrument comprising: (A) a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in an X-Y plane; (B) a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a Y-Z plane perpendicular to the X-Y plane; and, (C) a controller operatively coupled to the first joint and the second joint, the controller including a first control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the first member and the second member, and a second control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the third member and the fourth member. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113657 | Enhanced Efficacy Lung Volume Reduction Devices, Methods, and Systems - A lung volume reduction system is disclosed comprising an implantable device adapted to be delivered to a lung airway of a patient in a delivery configuration and to change to a deployed configuration to bend the lung airway. The invention also discloses a method of bending a lung airway of a patient comprising inserting a device into the airway in a delivery configuration and bending the device into a deployed configuration, thereby bending the airway. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113658 | EMBOLIZATION DEVICE AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Non-expandable space-occupying devices for treating voids within the body are disclosed. The devices can have multiple non-expandable space-occupying elements connected to a flexible leader. Methods of making and using the devices are also disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113659 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR ANEURYSMS - The present invention relates to devices and methods for the treatment of diseases in the vasculature, and more specifically, devices and methods for treatment of aneurysms found in blood vessels. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a two part prostheses. where one part is an expandable sponge structure and the other part is an expandable tubular mesh structure, is provided. In the first embodiment, the expandable sponge structure is intended to fill the aneurysm cavity to prevent further dilatation of the vessel wall by creating a buffer or barrier between the pressurized pulsating blood flow and the thinning vessel wall. In the first embodiment, the expandable tubular mesh structure is placed across the aneurysm, contacting the inner wall of healthy vessel proximal and distal to the aneurysm. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113660 | RELEASABLY LOCKING TIE - The present invention is an apparatus for releasably constricting one or more objects, and in particular to a restricting blood to an injured appendage comprising an elongate band and capture device that cooperate to form a releasable, adjustable loop. A release lever and a parallel thumb mount are compressed to release the elongate band from the capture device, where the thumb mount is configured to remain fixed while the release lever rotates about a fulcrum bar to disengage a projection that locks the size of the loop. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113661 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR KNEE REPLACEMENT - A device for use in joint replacement surgery is disclosed, the device may comprise a patient-specific jig having a body formed using three dimensional data corresponding to a first resection surface of a bone of a patient according to a preoperative plan. The body may also include a first bone facing surface configured to match the first resection surface of the bone of the patient according to the three dimensional data and an alignment perimeter sized and shaped to match a perimeter of the resection surface of the bone of the patient according to the three dimensional data. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113662 | COLLECTION METHOD - A medical device and collection method are disclosed which can effectively aspirate and remove substances collected inside a filter, and prevent the collected substances from dropping down from a filter portion. The collection method includes inserting a medical device having a filter portion in a contracted state into the living body lumen, installing the filter portion in the living body lumen by bringing the filter portion into the expanded state; collecting the substances inside the living body lumen using the filter portion; inserting an aspiration catheter which applies an aspiration force to a distal opening via a lumen formed inside the aspiration catheter, into the living body lumen along the shaft portion, and fitting the distal opening into the concave portion of the filter portion; aspirating the substances collected inside the concave portion using the aspiration catheter; and removing the filter portion from the inside of the living body lumen. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113663 | CLOT RETRIEVAL DEVICE FOR REMOVING CLOT FROM A BLOOD VESSEL - A clot retrieval device | 2016-04-28 |
20160113664 | CLOT RETRIEVAL DEVICE FOR REMOVING CLOT FROM A BLOOD VESSEL - A clot retrieval device | 2016-04-28 |
20160113665 | CLOT RETRIEVAL DEVICE FOR REMOVING CLOT FROM A BLOOD VESSEL - A clot retrieval device | 2016-04-28 |
20160113666 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING PULMONARY EMBOLISM - A device and method for intravascular treatment of an embolism, and particularly a pulmonary embolism, is disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward a clot treatment device that includes a support member configured to extend through a delivery catheter and a plurality of clot engagement members positioned about the circumference of a distal portion of the support member. The individual clot engagement members can have a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and the first portions can have a proximal region attached to the support member. In the deployed state, the individual second portions can extend from the distal region of one of the first portions and project radially outwardly relative to the support member in a curve that has a proximally extending section which defines a proximally facing concave portion. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113667 | ULTRASOUND BASED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STONE DETECTION AND TO FACILITATE CLEARANCE THEREOF - Described herein are methods and apparatus for detecting stones by ultrasound, in which the ultrasound reflections from a stone are preferentially selected and accentuated relative to the ultrasound reflections from blood or tissue. Also described herein are methods and apparatus for applying pushing ultrasound to in vivo stones or other objects, to facilitate the removal of such in vivo objects. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113668 | INSTRUMENT WITH RESILIENT JAWS - The teachings herein provide an instrument comprising a forceps. The forceps comprise a hand piece; a tubular member connected to the hand piece; and a jaw assembly connected to the hand piece. The jaw assembly includes a first jaw element and a second jaw element. The first jaw element includes a gripping section and a flexing section. The flexing section includes an arcuate section. The second jaw element opposes the first jaw element and includes a gripping section. The tubular member is moveable onto the arcuate section of the first jaw element so that the flexing section of the first jaw element is flexed and the as assembly is moved into a closed position. The first jaw element, the second jaw element, or both include a stiffening spine so that the as assembly is substantially rigid in the closed position. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113669 | BLADE RETENTION MECHANISM FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical apparatus which includes a handpiece having a passage. The retention assembly includes a pair of radially movable buttons, aligned in axially extending passages in communication with the passage and can engage with and cause rotational movement of a collet member assembly rotatably supported in the passage. The collet assembly includes rolling lock members which can be moved by the collet member from a lock position, in which the lock members are forced by the wall of the passage to extend inwardly of the collet member and an unlocked position, in which the lock members are aligned with a recess in the wall of the passage and are not forced to extend inwardly of the collet member. The surgical apparatus may find particular use with irrigation fluid, suction, and powering of a surgical tool. The passage may include a cutting blade retention assembly integrated in the passage. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113670 | REUSABLE BLADE HUB ASSEMBLY - A surgical instrument including a reusable and sterilizable hub assembly and a releasably connectable disposable blade assembly allows multiple reuse of the hub assembly in conjunction with single use disposable blade assemblies. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113671 | GROOVED DIRECTOR WITH INSTRUMENT GUIDE - A surgical grooved director including a fixed or removable handle with a tubular member having a lumen extending therethrough with an aperture at its proximal end and a blunt dissecting distal tip. An access window is formed through the wall of the tubular member in a distal portion of the instrument and is in communication with the lumen. An integral side rail is integrally mounted on the tubular member and defines a linear groove adapted to receive and allow slideable movement of a knife. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113672 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - An ultrasonic surgical instrument is provided which includes a handle assembly, a body extending distally from the handle assembly and an end effector configured to effect cutting, dissection, coagulation and/or ligation of tissue. The end effector includes an ultrasonic member. A transducer is supported adjacent, on or within the ultrasonic member and is connected to a power source. Upon actuation of the power source, the transducer effects vibration of the ultrasonic member. In one preferred embodiment, the end effector is mounted for articulation about the distal end of the instrument. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113673 | Medical Ultrasonic Cauterization and Cutting Device and Method - An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a shaft, a first jaw having a proximal end at the distal end of the shaft, a second jaw and an ultrasonic waveguide. The first jaw has an internal trough running through the proximal end of the first jaw and a surface on either side of the trough. The second jaw has a surface facing the surface of the first jaw. The waveguide extends beyond the shaft and slidably engages the trough and has a blade with a tissue compressing surface upwardly sloping proximally from a distal end thereof the blade and having an upper portion and a substantially horizontal top surface portion at the upper portion. The tissue compressing surface and/or the top surface portion forms a cutting surface. When the jaws compress tissue therebetween, the blade slides within the trough to further compress and cut the compressed tissue as the blade moves distally. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113674 | CUTTING BALLOON CATHETER AND METHOD FOR BLADE MOUNTING - A cutting balloon catheter and methods for making and using the same. The cutting balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft having a balloon coupled thereto. One or more cutting members or blades may be coupled to the balloon. Manufacturing the cutting balloon catheter may include partially submerging or embedding a cutting member within a joining member and attaching the joining member to a balloon. The cutting member may include one or more slots along its base that can interlock with the joining member. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113675 | INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER HAVING A CANTILEVERED EXPANDABLE INCISING PORTION - An intravascular device is provided having a catheter tube and an expandable portion including a plurality of struts supported in a cantilevered fashion so as to be splayed open when in an opened position. An incising element is provided on at least one of the struts and has a sharpened edge for creating an incision in atherosclerotic material located within a blood vessel when the expandable portion is in the opened position. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113676 | THROMBUS ASPIRATION CATHETER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A thrombus aspiration catheter is disclosed which can shear a thrombus and efficiently aspirate the thrombus. When the pressure of the inside of an inner tube is made negative, an outer tube is rotated around an axis relative to the inner tube, and an inner opening portion and an outer opening portion are positioned at an open position at which the inner opening portion and the outer opening portion overlap each other, a thrombus enters the inside of the inner tube through the inner opening portion and the outer opening portion. When the outer tube is further rotated up to a closed position at which the whole outer opening portion does not overlap the inner opening portion, the thrombus is sheared by an edge portion of the inner opening portion and an edge portion of the outer opening portion and into the inside of the inner tube. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113677 | HEMODIALYSIS DOUBLE LUMEN NEEDLE ANGIO CATHETER - An angio catheter for hemodialysis is disclosed. The angio catheter comprises a steel cylindrical element for introducing into a patient's blood vessel. The invention also includes a needle including a first lumen and a second lumen, each lumen hermetically separate from the other, wherein the needle is located within the cylindrical element. The invention further includes a first tube for supplying fluid to or from the first lumen and a second tube for supplying fluid to or from the second lumen, wherein fluid may flow within the first lumen independently from fluid flowing within the second lumen. The invention also includes a first flange extending perpendicularly from both sides of the cylindrical element and a second flange extending perpendicularly from both sides of an offset neck of the needle. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113678 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF MEDICAL DEVICES - A device that uses an anatomic landmark or fiduciary point to establish a point of origin for device orientation in space is provided. The device controls the direction and depth of delivery of a needle, wire, trocar or cannula utilized for diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. The device guides the percutaneous delivery of a needle, wire, trocar or cannula to a target spatial location on or within tissue. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113679 | METHOD OF AMPUTATING AND MORCELLATING A UTERUS - A method of amputating and morcellating a uterus ( | 2016-04-28 |
20160113680 | IVF EGG COLLECTION CHAMBER - The present invention relates to egg chambers for use in collection, inspection and selection of eggs for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures. The egg chamber, in use, provides an effectively closed and fluid filled system which minimises the environmental changes that a harvested egg is exposed to, thus maximising viability. The egg chamber comprises a vessel which can be made airtight, comprising at least one side wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, at least a portion of the upper wall being transparent and at least a portion of the lower wall being light permeable; a first inlet with a sealable port; a first outlet with a sealable port; a filter with a pore size appropriate for egg collection disposed within the vessel between the first inlet and the first outlet and configured to separate the vessel into a first internal chamber and a second internal chamber. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113681 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING AN EXTERNAL FIXATION FRAME - A tool for implementing a correction plan in an external fixation frame having a plurality of adjustment elements or screws, for example, generally includes a driver, a motor, a controller, and a processor. The driver is adapted to engage and rotate each of the screws. The motor is coupled the driver and adapted to rotate the driver. The controller is connected to the motor and configured to control operation of the motor. The controller may determine whether the tool is engaged with a strut and which strut is engaged, and may determine how much the strut has rotated, taking into account intentional or unintentional manual rotation of the tool. The tool may also include features to help ensure proper engagement between the drive and the strut. Variations may be provided in which similar functionality is provided with manual rotation of a motorless tool. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113682 | Bone fixation system - A bone fixation system is provided. The bone fixation system includes a receiver coupled to a bone fastener. The receiver includes an inner bore and channel that provides a seat for an elongate fixation rod. The inner surface of the receiver includes locations for an instrument to securely grasp the receiver from the inside of the receiver without obstructing the inner bore. The instrument is provided with hooks that uniquely grasp the receiver from the inside and outside of the receiver. The instrument also includes flexible prongs configured to engage recesses formed in the outer surface of the receiver. The prongs have prong extensions that conform in shape to the recesses. The prongs and recesses have three separated perimeter surfaces each having a component perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The bone fixation system provides a strong connection between the screw and the instrument for the demands unique to spinal surgery. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113683 | SYSTEM FOR INFORMATIONAL MAGNETIC FEEDBACK IN ADJUSTABLE IMPLANTS - According to some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for non-invasively detecting the force generated by a non-invasively adjustable implantable medical device and/or a change in dimension of a non-invasively adjustable implantable medical device. Some of the systems include a non-invasively adjustable implant, which includes a driven magnet, and an external adjustment device, which includes one or more driving magnets and one or more Hall effect sensors. The Hall effect sensors of the external adjustment device are configured to detect changes in the magnetic field between the driven magnet of the non-invasively adjustable implant and the driving magnet(s) of the external adjustment device. Changes in the magnetic fields may be used to calculate the force generated by and/or a change in dimension of the non-invasively adjustable implantable medical device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113684 | SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE - A spinal implant system comprises at least one first member including an inner surface defining an implant cavity. A second member is configured to penetrate tissue and includes an inner surface defining a cavity. A third member is engageable with the inner surfaces to resist and/or prevent movement of the second member relative to the first member. Fasteners, instruments and methods are disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113685 | SPINAL IMPLANT AND DEVICE FOR SPINAL FIXING - An extender is removed from a spinal implant without using a separate device, and the loss of materials to be discarded is reduced. A head part of a spinal implant includes a base part, which is provided as a portion on a screw part side, and a pair of tab parts, which extend from the base part to an opposite side to the screw part side. The pair of tab parts have a tab part-side engagement part to be engaged by an extender-side engagement part that is formed on the extender. A weak part is formed between the base part and the pair of tab parts, the weak part being configured to be broken by an external force from the extender engaged with the pair of tab parts and separate the pair of tab parts from the base part. | 2016-04-28 |
20160113686 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - An implantable device may be provided. The implantable device may comprise an upper assembly comprising a ramped base and a pair of opposing windows. The pair of opposing windows may extend upward from either lateral side of the ramped base. A gripping assembly may be disposed in each window. The implantable device may further comprise a lower assembly comprising a ramped base and a pair of opposing windows. The pair of opposing windows may extend down from either lateral side of the ramped base. A gripping assembly is disposed in each window. The implantable device may further comprise a ramped actuator assembly disposed between the upper assembly and the lower assembly. The ramped actuator may be configured to transition the implantable device from a collapsed form having a first height to an expanded form having a second height and wherein the second height is greater than the first height. | 2016-04-28 |