29th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110178436 | MEDICAL GUIDEWIRE - There is provided a medical guidewire which reduces the resistance with a curved guiding catheter, and has improved durability that can keep the resistance reduced for a long time. A core shaft of the medical guidewire has a second cylindrical part, with a smaller diameter than that of a coiled body, on a proximal end side of the coiled body. This second cylindrical part is coated with a hydrophilic material. Further, the hydrophilic material coated on the second cylindrical part has a larger thickness than a hydrophilic material coated on the coiled body. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178437 | Hormonal quotient profile calculator - A hand held device ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178438 | IMPLANTABLE MICROPHONE DEVICE - An implantable microphone device is provided. The device comprises a hermetically sealed housing ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178439 | A PALATE RETAINER WITH ATTACHED NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY EXTENDER FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA - A medical appliance for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in a patient, the appliance comprising: a securing device configured to be removably affixed to the patient's jaw; and a biasing member which is insertable behind the soft palate and/or the base of the patient's tongue, thereby providing for the flow of air in the nasopharyngeal airway; wherein the securing device is connected to the biasing member to allow insertion and/or removal of the biasing member from the nasopharyngeal airway. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178440 | PALPATION METHOD OF THE PHYSIOREPRODUCTIVE STAGES OF THE UTERUS - A method to palpate cows or heifers which includes determining the natural state of consistency of the uterus to determine the size of the uterus to know the physio-reproductive status of the uterus, touching the uterus by sliding the hand on the uterus from the base of the horns towards the tip of the horns to determine the anatomically similarities or differences between the two horns to determine which of the horns is active; and feel the uterus to determine how the active horn reacts. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178441 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MODULATING CELLULAR ACTIVITY USING ULTRASOUND - The present invention comprises methods and devices for modulating the activity or activities of living cells, such as cells found in or derived from humans, animals, plants, insects, microorganisms and other organisms. Methods of the present invention comprise use of the application of ultrasound, such as low intensity, low frequency ultrasound, to living cells to affect the cells and modulate the cells' activities. Devices of the present invention comprise one or more components for generating ultrasound waves, such as ultrasonic emitters, transducers or piezoelectric transducers, composite transducers, CMUTs, and which may be provided as single or multiple transducers or in an array configurations. The ultrasound waves may be of any shape, and may be focused or unfocused. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178442 | PATIENT FEEDBACK FOR CONTROL OF ULTRASOUND DEEP-BRAIN NEUROMODULATION - Disclosed are methods and systems and methods for patient-feedback control of non-invasive deep brain or superficial neuromodulation using sound impacting one or multiple points in a neural circuit to produce acute effects and, with application in multiple sessions, Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) or Long-Term Depression (LTD) to treat indications such as neurologic and psychiatric conditions. One or more of sonic transducer positioning, intensity, frequency, dynamic sweeps, phase/intensity relationships, and firing patterns are changed through feedback from the patient to optimize patient experience through up-regulation or down regulation. Examples are decreases in acute pain or tremor due to more effective impact on the neural targets. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178443 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DESTROYING ADIPOSE TISSUE - Methods and systems for the destruction of adipose tissue are disclosed. A method is provided for creating a surface map corresponding to a volume of adipose tissue for noninvasive treatment, and additional methods are provided for the treatment of the adipose tissue. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178444 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING THERMAL BUBBLES FOR IMPROVED ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND THERAPY - A method and system uniquely capable of generating thermal bubbles for improved ultrasound imaging and therapy. Several embodiments of the method and system contemplates the use of unfocused, focused, or defocused acoustic energy at variable spatial and/or temporal energy settings, in the range of about 1 kHz-100 MHz, and at variable tissue depths. The unique ability to customize acoustic energy output and target a particular region of interest makes possible highly accurate and precise thermal bubble formation. In an embodiment, the energy is acoustic energy. In other embodiments, the energy is photon based energy (e.g., IPL, LED, laser, white light, etc.), or other energy forms, such radio frequency electric currents (including monopolar and bipolar radio-frequency current). In an embodiment, the energy is various combinations of acoustic energy, electromagnetic energy and other energy forms or energy absorbers such as cooling. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178445 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO TARGET VASCULAR TARGETS WITH HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND - An ultrasonic applicator unit ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178446 | AMBULATORY DEVICE - An ambulatory device adapted for attachment to the thigh and shin of a human leg. The ambulatory device includes a leg splint having an elongated thigh support and an elongated shin support extending outwardly from the thigh support at an obtuse angle. The thigh support is constructed of a rigid material and includes a front section adapted to flatly abut against the front of the thigh and spaced apart side sections adapted to abut against opposite sides of the human thigh. A fastener secures the thigh support to the thigh against movement while, similarly, a second fastener secures the shin support to the shin of the leg. An elongated leg has one end attached to and extending perpendicularly outwardly from the shin support while a foot plate is attached to the other end of the leg. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178447 | STIMULATION BRACE - A device for the treatment of the body of a wearer comprising an orthopedic brace combined with at least one electrically active zone to stimulate the body of the wearer of the brace. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178448 | ORTHOPEDIC OR PROSTHETIC SUPPORT DEVICE - An orthopedic or prosthetic support device is arranged to conform and secure to a limb of a wearer. The device includes a resilient support member adapted to extend about a limb, and a tensioning element associated with the support member. An adjustment system is connected to the support member and engages the tensioning element. The adjustment system is arranged to incrementally adjust and retain the tensioning element relative to the support member. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178449 | TRACTION DEVICE - Disclosed is a traction device for applying a tensile force to a first part of a patient's body, the device comprising: an engagement device for securely trapping the first part of a patient's body; and a resilient member arranged to receive the engagement device and to co-operate with a second part of the patient's body to apply the tensile force. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178450 | Manual Spinal Traction Device - A manual traction device is disclosed comprising a head-strap configured to wrap around a circumference of a patient's head. A fastener is affixed to the head-strap, configured such that the head-strap may be fastened to itself. The fastener may be a hook-and-loop type fastener. One or more handle-straps are provided, which are slidably attached to the head-strap. In this manner, the position of the handle-strap(s) may be adjusted relative to the length of the head-strap. Using the disclosed manual traction device situated on a patient as more fully described herein, a therapist may apply a pulling force to the handle-strap(s) in a cephalad direction, thereby causing a traction force to be transmitted to the patient's spine. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178451 | Foam Wound Inserts With Regions of Higher and Lower Densities, Wound Dressings, and Methods - Foam wound inserts with high-density and low-density regions, methods for making wound inserts, wound-treatment methods, and wound-treatment systems. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178452 | DEVICE FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT IN SINGLE-NEEDLE OPERATION MODE - A device for the extracorporal blood treatment in a single-needle operating mode includes means for delivering blood into, and means for delivering blood out of means for collecting blood, and a controller for setting the respective delivery rates of the means for the delivery of blood. The operating mode of the means for delivering blood is continually switched between an arterial and a venous phase by the controller, wherein during the arterial phase the delivery rate Q | 2011-07-21 |
20110178453 | System and Method for Optimized Apheresis Draw and Return - A blood processing device includes a venous-access device, a blood component separation device, a return line, a draw line, a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor, and a first pump. The first pressure sensor is located on the return line between the blood component separation device and the venous-access device, and determines a first pressure. The second pressure sensor is located on the draw line between the blood component separation device and the venous-access device, and determines a second pressure. The first pump is connected to at least one of the return line and the draw line and controls a flow rate within the connected line based on a subject access pressure determined based upon the first and second pressures. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178454 | Methods And Devices For Performing Gastroplasty - A gastroplasty method involves a staple line that terminates prior to reaching the gastroesophageal junction such that the bypassed portion of the stomach does not require resection. Additionally, bougies are taught that assist a physician in following the improved staple line of the present invention. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178455 | IMPLANTABLE FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE REMOVAL OF EXCESS FLUID - An implantable fluid management device, designed to drain excess fluid from a variety of locations in a living host into a second location within the host, such as the bladder of that host. The device may be used to treat ascites, chronic pericardial effusions, normopressure hydrocephalus, hydrocephalus, pulmonary edema, or any fluid collection within the body of a human, or a non-human mammal. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178456 | ASSISTING TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY BY MEANS OF TISSUE FREEZING, VACUUM PRESSURE AND PHOTOHEATING PROCEDURES - This disclosure relates generally to methods for increasing the permeability of tissue. More particularly, it relates to increasing the permeability of a skin tissue or other epidermal tissue to promote delivery of active substances locally and systemically, and to control the delivery of active substances topically. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178457 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING PRESSURE VARIATIONS IN AN ASPIRATION BRANCH, AND SURGICAL SYSTEM - The invention relates to a device for reducing pressure variations in a fluid flowing in an aspiration branch of a surgical system, which pressure variations are generated by a pump that delivers in a non-continuous manner in the active operating state, with a diffuser arrangement which is arranged, in the aspiration branch, upstream of the pump in the direction of flow of the fluid. The invention also relates to a surgical system, in particular an ophthalmic microsurgical system for lens surgery. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178458 | INSUFFLATION OF BODY CAVITIES - Apparatus used in insufflation comprises an insufflator | 2011-07-21 |
20110178459 | Multi-Chamber Mixture Dispensing System - Disclosed is a dispensing system a dispenser having a first chamber containing a first material and a second chamber containing a second material. The dispenser is configured to selectively retract one of the chambers at least partially within the other to transition the dispenser between an extended position and a compact position. The first chamber includes an open top end that is, before use, covered with a first breakable membrane. A breaker ring, at least initially covered with a second breakable membrane, is configured to break the breakable membranes when the dispenser is transitioned between an extended position and a compact position. In the compact position, with the membranes broken, the first material and second material are free to form a mixture that can be dispensed via an opening in the dispenser's openable tip. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178460 | DEVICE FOR INJECTING A LIQUID INTO A BODY OF A PATIENT - The invention relates to a device ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178461 | INSERTION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An insertion device may include a device housing configured to be operatively engaged with and disengaged from a base, and engageable with an actuation device, the device housing having a carrier body supporting a piercing member. The carrier body moveable by a carrier body of the actuation device at least between a retracted position and an advanced position. The device housing having a section for supporting a portion of the carrier body of the device housing, the section moveable relative to the carrier body of the device housing to provide sufficient clearance to allow the carrier body of the device housing to be moved by the carrier body of the actuation device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178462 | REMOTE MONITORING FOR NETWORKED FLUID INFUSION SYSTEMS - A fluid infusion system as described herein includes a number of local “body network” devices, such as an infusion pump, a handheld monitor or controller, a physiological sensor, and a bedside or hospital monitor. The body network devices can be configured to support communication of status data, physiological information, alerts, control signals, and other information between one another. In addition, the body network devices can be configured to support networked communication of status data, physiological information, alerts, control signals, and other information between the body network devices and “external” devices, systems, or communication networks. Such external communication allows the infusion system to be extended beyond the traditional short-range user environment. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178463 | CARTRIDGE INTERFACE ASSEMBLY WITH DRIVING PLUNGER - A cartridge interface assembly including a driving plunger including an outer shaft, and a driver including an inner shaft, the inner shaft mating with an intermediate shaft, the intermediate shaft mating with the outer shaft, so that the shafts are movable telescopically with respect to one another, wherein rotation of the driver causes the driving plunger to advance in a direction away from the driver. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178464 | Low-profile intravenous catheter device - An intravenous catheter device and system includes: (a) a medical tubing connector at a first end of the intravenous catheter device; (b) a length of flexible, non-kinking, supported medical tubing, a first end of the non-kinking tubing being connected to a first end of the medical tubing connector; (c) an intravenous catheter portion having a first end attached to a second end of the non-kinking tubing, the non-kinking tubing extending between the intravenous catheter portion and the tubing connector; and (d) a cylindrical-shaped cuff attached to a first outside end portion of the intravenous catheter portion, and a second outside end portion of the non-kinking tubing; wherein a central channel of the intravenous catheter portion is in fluid communication with a channel of the non-kinking, flexible tubing when the intravenous catheter device is in use. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178465 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS VIA INTERNAL IMPLANTS - A device is provided for use with a medical implant for delivering an agent to a designated site of action in a body of a patient. The agent-delivery device comprises a body member having an inner surface and a projection on the inner surface of the body member. An agent-delivery medium is associated with the body member. The agent-delivery medium includes a therapeutic agent for treating the body of the patient. The body member is adapted to be secured to the medical implant such that the projection operatively engages the medical implant for spacing the inner surface of the body member from the implant, and the agent-delivery medium is configured to release the therapeutic agent after implantation in the body of the patient. In alternative embodiments, the agent-delivery device comprises a first body member having an inner surface and a second body member having an inner surface. When connected, the inner surfaces of the first body member and the second body member define a cavity adapted to receive the medical implant. The body member may also define an opening therethrough, the opening configured to receive an anchor member for fixing the body member in a body of a patient. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178466 | MEDICAL ATTACHMENT DEVICE - The present invention provides a medical attachment device for securing a catheter or drain to a patient comprising at least one medical staple capable of being anchored to the patient's skin tissue; and the medical staple is adapted to be coupled to a connector, wherein the connector attaches to the catheter or drain to secure the catheter or drain in a fixed position. In another embodiment the invention provides a medical attachment device for securing a catheter or drain to a patient comprising a base comprising a layer of adhesive, suitably made of hypoallergenic material, capable of being anchored to the patient's skin tissue through an adhesive mechanism and/or at least one medical staple through a plurality of openings provided in said base; and said base comprises an embedded connector for attaching to the catheter or drain and securing the catheter or drain in a fixed position. The invention provides provide a very effective safe and simple catheter securement device for attaching to patients. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178467 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR LUER LOCK CONNECTOR - An anchoring system includes a simply-structured device which permits a portion of a catheter or similar medical article to be easily anchored to a patient, desirably without the use of tape or needles and suture. An anchoring system for an elongated medical article comprises an anchor pad and a retainer mounted upon the anchor pad. The retainer includes a channel into which the medical article to be retained is placed. The retainer is attached to an anchor pad including an adhesive bottom surface, which can be attached to the patient's skin. A medical article is secured within a channel by retaining at least one axially extending member on the medical article. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178468 | MEDICINAL FLUID INJECTOR WITH BACKFLOW PREVENTION FUNCTION - A medicinal fluid injector having branch lines to inject a ringer solution together with a treatment solution is provided. If the vein of the patient is clogged, the treatment solution is not injected into the patient, but flows back into the ringer solution, which is injected into the patient through a free fall scheme. If the vein is open, the medicinal fluid is excessively injected at a time, causing fatal accident to the patient. To solve this problem, a check valve is installed in an injection tube to prevent the medicinal fluid or the blood from flowing back into the ringer solution even if pressure difference occurs in the medicinal fluid injector. If the medicinal fluid stagnates, an alarm is generated to notify medical staffs of the emergency, so that medicinal fluid injector is safely used. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178469 | INJECTION DEVICE - The present invention concerns an injection device with a housing adapted to receive a syringe having a discharge nozzle, the housing having an indicator opening. There is a trigger and a forward drive arranged to act upon the syringe on actuation of the trigger to advance the syringe from a retracted position to an extended position thereby discharging the contents of the syringe through the discharge nozzle. A support member is in contacting juxtaposition with the housing and a return drive is supported by the support member and arranged to act upon the syringe after the contents of the syringe has been discharged so that the syringe can be withdrawn from the extended position to the retracted position. Advantageously, the support member is arranged in the housing so that the second drive does not obscure an inspection of the contents of the syringe through the indicator opening. Hence, it can be clearly determined whether the contents of the syringe have been expelled from the syringe. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178470 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BORONIC ACID COMPOUNDS - Pharmaceutical compositions comprising bortezomib for oral or parenteral administration. Specific aspects relate to stable, sugar free pharmaceutical compositions of bortezomib, including its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates, in the form of ready-to-use solutions, lyophilized forms, or physical admixtures, and the preparation thereof. Other aspects include processes for preparing compositions and methods of using compositions for treating various types of cancers in mammals. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178471 | Kits Comprising Syringe Assemblies - The present invention is directed to kits comprising syringe assemblies having detachable needle assemblies, as well as shield apparatuses to protect the needle assemblies. The syringe assemblies are configured to minimize the dead space after deployment of the syringe and injection of the material in the syringe into a patient's body, as well as to include detachable needle assemblies, such that different needle assemblies can be interchanged on a single syringe barrel. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178472 | AUTOMATIC NEEDLE FOR DRUG PUMP - A needle assembly adapted for fluid communication with a vial containing a substance to be delivered to a subject, the needle assembly including a needle held in a needle holder, the needle holder confined to move in a housing, and an activation mechanism for activating delivery of the substance through the needle, the activation mechanism including a safety latch that initially impedes movement of the needle holder, wherein when the safety latch is placed on the subject, the safety latch moves to a position that permits moving the needle holder to cause the needle to protrude outwards of the housing to pierce the subject to allow administration of the substance to the subject, characterized by a biasing device arranged to apply a biasing force on the needle to cause the needle to protrude outwards of the housing to pierce the subject, and needle release apparatus including a needle arrestor that initially blocks movement of the biasing device and which releases the biasing device when the safety latch moves to the position that permits moving the needle holder to cause the needle to protrude outwards of the housing. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178473 | Safety Pen Needle Assembly - A safety pen needle assembly is provided herein which includes a tubular carrier ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178474 | DRIVE MECHANISMS SUITABLE FOR USE IN DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES - A drive mechanism suitable for use in drug delivery devices is disclosed. The drive mechanism may be used with injector-type drug delivery devices, such as those permitting a user to set the delivery dose. The drive mechanism may include a housing, a dose dial sleeve, and a drive sleeve. A clutch is configured to permit rotation of the drive sleeve and the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are coupled through the clutch. Conversely, when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are in a de-coupled state, rotation of the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing is permitted and rotation of the drive sleeve with respect to the housing is prevented. In the de-coupled state, axial movement of the drive sleeve transfers force in a longitudinal direction for actuation of a drug delivery device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178475 | PLUNGER FOR INJECTOR, AND SYRINGE AND PREFILLED SYRINGE THAT USES THE SAME - A plunger for a syringe, in which a plunger rod can be prevented by a simple structure from unavoidably falling out of place. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178476 | DRIP DETECTOR WITH MULTIPLE SYMMETRIC SENSORS AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION BY ZIGBEE NETWORK - A drip detector for a tube with multiple symmetric sensors and signal transmission utilizes a ZigBee network and includes a monitoring display host, a drip detector, a stopper and a base. The detector generates signals and alarms through the ZigBee network when it detects changes in drip speed or drip quantity. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178477 | TROCAR DEVICE FOR PASSING A SURGICAL TOOL - This invention relates to a trocar device ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178478 | SYSTEM FOR INJECTING A LIQUID INTO A BODY, SUCH AS THAT OF A PATIENT - The invention relates to a system for injecting a liquid into a body, comprising an implantable chamber disposed under the skin and an injection device including: a base bearing an injection needle having a free end that is intended to be inserted into the chamber; an injection conduit connected to the needle; means for extracting the needle; means that can be actuated to generate excess pressure in the injection conduit; synchronization means between the extraction means and the generation means for actuating the generation means during a needle extraction phase. The synchronization means can essentially only actuate the generation means when the free end of the needle is located in the chamber during the needle extraction phase. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178479 | LEAK-RESISTANT BANDAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH HYDROPHILIC FOAM WOUND INSERT FOR FLUID-INSTILLATION AND/OR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPIES - Wound treatment systems and methods (e.g., having hydrophilic wound inserts), such as for negative-pressure and/or fluid-installation wound therapies. Some embodiments include a check-valve assembly between a wound dressing and a vacuum source. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178480 | Shunt Apparatus For Treating Obesity By Extracting Food - To treat obesity, a tube is positioned so that it passes through a patient's abdominal wall into the upper digestive system of the patient. The patient is allowed to carry out his/her everyday affairs including ingesting food. After ingestion, food is extracted by pumping it out of the upper digestive system through the tube. The embodiments described herein take advantage of some properties of ePTFE to provide a number of significant advantages. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178481 | Wound-Connection Pads For Fluid Instillation and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, and Systems and Methods - Connection pads for coupling fluid-instillation and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) apparatuses to wound dressing, and methods and wound dressings for breaching a drape after coupling a wound dressing to a fluid-instillation and/or NPWT apparatus. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178482 | FLUID COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A fluid collection system includes a disposable collection container configured to receive a disposable collection container. The fluid collection container may include a flexible liner configured to collapse during evacuation of the fluid from the liner. The system may include a receiving housing sized to receive the disposable collection container, the receiving housing including a cavity and a piston assembly positioned within the cavity, the piston including a piston check valve. The system includes a suction source connectable to the disposable collection container and a filter positioned between the suction source and the cavity. A first connecting line extends between a suction source opening, configured to communicate the suction source to the disposable collection container, and the filter. A first check valve connects to the first connecting line between the suction source opening and the filter. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178483 | OSTOMY APPLIANCE - An ostomy coupling is disclosed comprising a floatable coupling part. The coupling part is supported with respect to an adhesive wafer by means of a flexible support collar that permits displacement of the coupling part in a floatable manner. The flexible collar comprises plastics film and has bistable shapes. The collar is configured to hold the coupling part stably in (i) an extended position spaced from the adhesive wafer, to facilitate an ostomate to manually brace the coupling part in order to relieve the attachment force when an ostomy appliance is press fitted to the coupling part, and (ii) in a retracted position close to the adhesive wafer. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178484 | Apparatus for collection of urine - An apparatus for collection of urine from a male wearer comprises a housing having an outlet and having an opening for insertion of the distal end of a wearer's penis therein. An elastic membrane within the housing is inflatable to establish a substantially annular seal around the wearer's penis, such that urine from the wearer is directed out the outlet of the collection apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus is comprised of off-the shelf PVC components with the elastic membrane being formed from a portion of a conventional condom or the like. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178485 | Refastenable Absorbent Article - An absorbent article is provided that comprises a front waist region, a back waist region, a crotch region disposed between the front waist region and the back waist region, a front waist end edge, a back waist end edge, a longitudinal axis extending from a mid-point of the front waist end edge to a mid-point of the back waist end edge, a first longitudinally extending side edge, a second longitudinally extending side edge, an exterior surface, an interior surface, a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet. A portion of the front waist region and a portion of the back waist region are joined in a surface to surface relationship to form a pant comprising a first permanent side edge seam and a laterally opposed second permanent side edge seam. The first and second permanent side edge seams define an initial waist opening circumference and a pair of leg openings. The absorbent article comprises a first fastening component comprising a first fastening surface and a first attachment surface. The first attachment surface is disposed on the interior surface or the exterior surface of the absorbent article in the front waist region. The absorbent article comprises a second fastening component comprising a second fastening surface. The second fastening component is disposed on or forms a portion of the same surface of the absorbent article on which the first attachment surface is disposed. The initial waist opening circumference formed by the first and second permanent side edge seams is configured to be opened. The first fastening surface and the second fastening surface are configured to be refastenably engaged and separated with each other. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178486 | Refastenable Absorbent Article - An absorbent article is provided that comprises a front waist region, a back waist region, a crotch region disposed between the front waist region and the back waist region, a front waist end edge, a back waist end edge, a longitudinal axis extending from a mid-point of the front waist end edge to a mid-point of the back waist end edge, a first longitudinally extending side edge, a second longitudinally extending side edge, an exterior surface, an interior surface, a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet. A portion of the front waist region and a portion of the back waist region are joined in a surface to surface relationship to form a pant comprising a first permanent side edge seam and a laterally opposed second permanent side edge seam. The first and second permanent side edge seams define an initial waist opening circumference and a pair of leg openings. The absorbent article comprises a first fastening component comprising a first fastening surface and a first attachment surface. The first attachment surface is disposed on the interior surface or the exterior surface of the absorbent article in the front waist region. The absorbent article comprises a second fastening component comprising a second fastening surface. The second fastening component is disposed on or forms a portion of the same surface of the absorbent article on which the first attachment surface is disposed. The initial waist opening circumference formed by the first and second permanent side edge seams is configured to be opened. The first fastening surface and the second fastening surface are configured to be refastenably engaged and separated with each other. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178487 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND SANITARY NAPKIN - An absorbent article comprises a liquid-permeable front sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorber mounted between the top sheet and the back sheet. The absorbent article also comprises a front region, a central region, and a rear region which are continuously arranged in the longitudinal direction of the absorber. An endothermic material is mounted inside the absorber, in a mounting region at least including the central region of the absorbent article. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178489 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper having a tensile stress well compatible with a wearer's average body contour including convex and concave and thereby to reduce creating an uncomfortable feeling of tightness against the wearer. The disposable diaper including a front waist region that is divided into a first elastic zone extending in the transverse direction along a peripheral edge of the waist-opening, a second elastic zone lying next to the first elastic zone and extending in the transverse direction and a third elastic zone lying next to the second elastic zone extending in the transverse direction between the second elastic zone and the crotch region and the rear waist region is divided into a fourth elastic zone extending in the transverse direction along the peripheral edges of the waist-opening, a fifth elastic zone lying next to the fourth elastic zone and extending in the transverse direction and a sixth elastic zone lying next to the fifth elastic zone and extending in the transverse direction between the fifth elastic zone and the crotch region. The correlation among values of the tensile stress in the elastic zones can be represented by the sixth elastic zone>the second elastic zone>the third elastic zone≧the fifth elastic zone>the first elastic zone and the fourth elastic zone. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178490 | Refastenable Absorbent Article - Absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders, training pants and the like, having elastomeric side panels and a fastening system that provides the user with different options as to how the absorbent article may be fitted to and removed from the wearer. The absorbent articles allow the wearer to choose between conventional and pull-on diaper configurations, or combinations thereof, and properly and comfortably fit a large range of wearer sizes. Further, the absorbent articles can be pulled on and/or off as a pant. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178491 | Absorbent Article - An absorbent article, especially an incontinence pad, having a length and a width extension, the length being greater than the width, and having absorbent core material, wherein the outer longitudinal edges of the absorbent material form three convex lobes ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178492 | PROTECTIVE UNDERGARMENT INCLUDING A SLING WITH A POCKET-END CUFF - A protective undergarment, such as a diaper, includes a sling that is suspended from an outer shell. The sling forms a pocket in which a reusable or disposable absorbent pad can be positioned. The sling has an S-pocket or overlapping pocket at the front end and a cuff at the rear end. The cuff forms a slimmer outer profile than the S-pocket or overlapping pocket and is used only in the rear where leakage is not as significant as at the front. The S-pocket or overlapping pocket and the cuff are both suspended from bumper strips that extend from the waistband. Rectangular hook and loop fasteners and extension members allow a diaper to fit wearers of different waist size. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178493 | CONNECTOR - One end of a tubular portion ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178494 | TWISTABLE MEDICATION DISPENSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a dispenser having a first chamber containing a first fluid and a second chamber containing a second material. Each chamber has screw threads that are selectively joinable so that the first and second chambers are twistable relative to one another. The first chamber includes an open top end that is, before use, covered with a breakable membrane. A breaker ring is located within the second chamber and is configured to break the breakable membrane when the dispenser is transitioned between an extended position and a compact position. In the compact position with the breakable membrane broken, the first fluid and second material form a mixture that can be dispensed via an opening in an openable tip. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178495 | Internal dry powder delivery system and method thereof - An internal dry powder delivery system through a working channel of an endoscopic cannula for directly applying the powder form medication to an internal tissue/organ site, includes an elongated tubular delivery channel and a powder supply device for producing pressurized gas mixing with the dry powder for feeding to form a mixture of dry powder and pressurized gas delivering to an internal tissue/organ site through the delivery channel via endoscopic cannula. It ensures a smooth powder release by preventing liquid from accumulation at the tip of the delivery channel and offers physicians a new powder form drug delivery method via endoscope. Also, it offers new minimal invasive application by directly and precisely applying the powder format drug to the internal sites of human gastrointestinal organ via endoscope to achieve hemostasis, anti-inflammation, anti-ulcer and anti-tumor treatment, etc. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178496 | METHOD OF PREVENTING INADVERTENT INTERCONNECTION IN MEDICAL SYSTEMS USING ADAPTER - A method of preventing inadvertent interconnection between a first medical system and a second medical system utilizes a luer fitting connector/adapter that acts as a modified-to-standard size converter piece. The adapter may complete a fluid tight medical system. The adapter may have one end having at least one non-standard sized luer fitting dimension. The non-standard end of the adapter may sealingly interconnect with a luer fitting member having a corresponding non-standard sized dimension. As a result, the adapter and luer fitting member may be directly interconnected with one another while remaining incompatible with standard sized luer fittings. Using the adapter may facilitate preventing the inadvertent direct interconnection of standard sized luer fitting members intended for different purposes, such as the delivery of a feed paste or a medication to a desired location within a patient. The adapter may be directly or indirectly interconnected with a syringe nozzle to facilitate flushing the medical system or a portion thereof. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178497 | Focused dosimetry device and methods associated therewith | 2011-07-21 |
20110178498 | Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of a portable infusion pump system can be configured to can be configured to adjust the sensitivity of particular detectors or alert systems based (at least in part) on information received from a monitoring device. For example, a glucose monitoring device can communication with an infusion pump assembly used to supply insulin or another medication to a user. In such circumstances, the data received from the monitoring device can be used to adjust the sensitivity of an occlusion detection system. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178499 | METHODS TO PAIR A MEDICAL DEVICE AND AT LEAST A REMOTE CONTROLLER FOR SUCH MEDICAL DEVICE - A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In a further embodiment, a method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is provided. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178500 | FIRING BUTTON FOR AUTOMATIC INJECTION DEVICE - Exemplary embodiments provide firing mechanism assemblies that minimize or eliminate a misfire of an automatic injection device that causes a delay in the delivery of an injection. Exemplary embodiments provide automatic injection devices including firing mechanism assemblies that minimize or eliminate a misfire that causes a delay in the delivery of an injection. Exemplary embodiments provide methods for minimizing or eliminating misfire that causes a delay in delivery of an injection in automatic injection devices. Exemplary embodiments provide methods for using automatic injection devices that are free of a misfire that causes delay in delivery of a therapeutic substance into a patient's body. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178501 | AUTOINJECTOR - An autoinjector including a housing, in which can be mounted a syringe having a plunger, a barrel and needle at one end thereof through which medicament can be delivered to an injection site; a syringe support means capable of causing said syringe to move therewith along an axial path with respect to said housing; biasing means capable of biasing said syringe support means so that said needle is normally inside said housing, blocking means selectively moveable by a user from a first position in which rearward movement of the syringe along said axial path is substantially prevented, to a second position in which rearward movement of the syringe along said axial path relative to said housing is possible and said biasing means causes said needle to retract inside said housing. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178502 | CELL THERAPY FOR LIMITING OVERZEALOUS INFLAMMATORY REACTIONS IN TISSUE HEALING - Cells of the B cell lineage including pre-pro-B cells, pro-B cells, pre-B cells, immature B cells, and some mature B cells, and/or cells of the T cell lineage, especially those with helper or regulatory function, most preferably autologous to the recipient, can be transplanted into damaged tissue to enhance recovery following injury. In a preferred embodiment, the cells are selected based on those cells which appear at the site of injury a few days after injury, such as macrophages, lymphocytes, which accelerate clean up and repair of the injured site and to mitigate the overzealous inflammatory response, presumably by inhibiting the inflammatory cells such as neutrophils and signals released thereby immediately following injury. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178503 | BALLOON CATHETERS WITH THERAPEUTIC AGENT IN BALLOON FOLDS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Catheter devices for delivering therapeutic agent and methods of making the same. A method comprises applying, when the balloon is unexpanded and folded, a first coating to a first surface area of the balloon that is substantially exposed when the balloon is unexpanded and folded, the first coating being a coating to which the therapeutic agent coating material is substantially non-adherent; applying a therapeutic agent coating material to the balloon such that the therapeutic agent coating material adheres to a second surface area not coated with the first coating. Upon completion of the coating method, the therapeutic agent coating is substantially disposed within one or more folds of the balloon. A catheter device comprises therapeutic agent coating that is substantially covered when the balloon is unexpanded and folded. Expanding the balloon opens the one or more folds and substantially exposes the therapeutic agent. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178504 | MEDICAL GUIDEWIRE - There is provided a medical guidewire, which is capable of reducing the sliding resistance generated in the case of pulling the medical guidewire inside a catheter, a tubular organ or an intracorporeal tissue, and thus has favorable manipulability for a physician who performs an operation. An area between a proximal end portion of a coiled body and a core shaft is formed in streamlined shape. It is thus possible to reduce the sliding resistance generated in the case of pulling the medical guidewire inside the catheter, the tubular organ or the intracorporeal tissue. Hence it is possible to provide the medical guidewire with favorable manipulability for the physician who performs the operation. It is to be noted that the streamlined shape is preferably formed by use of a brazing material that joins the proximal end portion of the coiled body with the core shaft. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178505 | FLEXIBLE CATHETER - A catheter ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178506 | PROTECTOR - A protector which is used to cover a distal portion of a guide wire protruding from a distal opening of a tube body includes a first half body and a second half body which are movable between an open state and a closed state. Each of the first half body and the second half body includes a guide wire sandwiching and holding portion which mutually sandwich and hold the distal portion of the guide wire cooperatively in the closed state of the protector. Each of the first half body and the second half body also includes a tube body sandwiching and holding portion which mutually sandwich and hold the tube body cooperatively in the closed state of the protector. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178507 | POLYURETHANE/POLYISOPRENE BLEND CATHETER - A medical article, such as a catheter, is formed from a blend of polyurethane and synthetic polyisoprene (SPIR). The blended medical article is preferably selected and prepared to be relatively rigid at room temperature and relatively flexible at body temperature. An intermittent catheter made from the blend provides a degree of stiffness for its insertion into the patient at room temperature. The catheter becomes softer, and therefore more comfortable, at warmer temperatures (e.g., body temperature) which reduce discomfort after insertion. Optionally, the catheter or a portion thereof can have a hydrophilic coating as to avoid the need for external lubricants. Advantageously, the blended catheter can meet the stiffness, tensile strength, and coefficient of friction requirements of intermittent catheterization applications while avoiding the risk of toxic or allergic reactions in sensitive users. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178508 | Systems and Methods for Minimally Invasive Surgical Tools with Haptic Feedback - Systems and methods for minimally invasive surgical tools with haptic feedback are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment of a system includes an insertion sheath configured to be partially inserted within a patient's body, the insertion sheath configured to receive a surgical tool; a roller disposed at least partially within the insertion sheath, the roller configured to contact a surgical tool inserted within the insertion sheath; and an actuator coupled to the roller, the actuator configured to receive an actuator signal and to output a haptic effect based on the actuator signal. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178509 | METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO A DISTAL END PORTION OF AN OPTICAL FIBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL SHAPE - An apparatus includes an optical fiber extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The optical fiber may include a cladding layer circumferentially disposed about a core layer and a substantially spherically shaped portion at the distal end. The apparatus may also include a first coating circumferentially disposed on a first length of the cladding layer, and a second coating circumferentially disposed on a second length of the cladding layer. The second length may extend distally from a region proximate the distal end of the first coating. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178510 | Method and Device to Inactivate and Kill Cells and Organisms that are Undesirable - A method, means, and apparatus to prevent and treat infections and disorders using germicidal light to inactivate and/or kill the organisms or cells that cause infections and other disorders. The method of treatment comprises irradiating the area to be treated using electromagnetic radiation of a germicidal nature. The method utilizes a previously unrecognized ability of germicidal light to penetrate the skin, nails, and other membranes sufficiently to successfully treat and prevent disorders. The electromagnetic radiation damages the organisms and cells that cause disorders such as skin and nail infections and renders them substantially incapable of reproducing. Without the ability to replicate the organism cannot continue to infest the skin and nails. The damage inflicted can also be sufficient to kill the organism outright. An infection is thereby prevented (if organisms are present, but infection has not yet begun), and the infection is cured if the infection already exists. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATTERNED PLASMA-MEDIATED LASER TREPHINATION OF THE LENS CAPSULE AND THREE DIMENSIONAL PHACO-SEGMENTATION - System and method for making incisions in eye tissue at different depths. The system and method focuses light, possibly in a pattern, at various focal points which are at various depths within the eye tissue. A segmented lens can be used to create multiple focal points simultaneously. Optimal incisions can be achieved by sequentially or simultaneously focusing lights at different depths, creating an expanded column of plasma, and creating a beam with an elongated waist. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178512 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATTERNED PLASMA-MEDIATED LASER TREPHINATION OF THE LENS CAPSULE AND THREE DIMENSIONAL PHACO-SEGMENTATION - System and method for making incisions in eye tissue at different depths. The system and method focuses light, possibly in a pattern, at various focal points which are at various depths within the eye tissue. A segmented lens can be used to create multiple focal points simultaneously. Optimal incisions can be achieved by sequentially or simultaneously focusing lights at different depths, creating an expanded column of plasma, and creating a beam with an elongated waist. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178513 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERNAL TISSUE REMOVAL - Methods and devices for internal tissue removal by means of laser energy are provided. In a preferred embodiment, a method for internal tissue removal in which tissue is removed in the form of fluid (liquid, vapor), solid debris and/or a combination of these is provided. Other embodiments disclose a method and a photodynamic method for the treatment of urological disorders such as benign prostatic hyperplasia. In another embodiment, a treatment system comprises infusion and vacuum hoses, a laser energy source with a wavelength or wavelength combinations for higher tissue ablation rates as well as reduced bleeding. As an advantageous feature, this invention can be applied to any kind of soft tissue which needs to be removed from the body. In addition, as it is not limited to hollow organs, it can be performed with or without using an endoscope. The method of internal tissue removal disclosed is safe, efficient, with enhanced outcomes and can be performed with less patient and surgeon stress. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178514 | Cryosurgical Instrument Insulating System - A device, system and method for controlling the temperature differential between the material within the cryosurgical instrument and the external temperature of the shaft, apart from at the cryotip itself. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178515 | Electrosurgical Devices, Electrosurgical Unit and Methods of Use Thereof - A cartridge assembly to couple an electrosurgical device to treat tissue with an electrosurgical unit includes a cartridge member to operate with a power delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical unit includes a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus arranged to operate with a cartridge member to be located in a cartridge receptacle of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside the second electrode, with each electrode having a blade shaped member. Each blade shaped member has opposing sides bounded by edges, with the edges having a medial edge and a lateral edge. At least one fluid outlet is adjacent each blade shaped member, and each fluid outlet is in fluid communication with a fluid passage. The device can be operated as either a bipolar device or a monopolar device and includes a switch to inhibit capacitive coupling to one of the electrodes when the other electrode is used in monopolar fashion. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178516 | System and Method for Closed Loop Monitoring of Monopolar Electrosurgical Apparatus - An electrosurgical system is disclosed comprising a generator configured to electrosurgical coagulation waveforms. The generator includes a closed loop control system for controlling the electrosurgical coagulation waveforms. The closed loop control system includes a sensor configured to sense a tissue property and/or an energy property and to transmit the tissue property and/or the energy property as one or more sensor signals having an amplitude. The control system also includes a gain controller configured to process the at least one sensor signal to reduce the amplitude of the sensor signals and to obtain a signal to noise ratio of the at sensor signals within a predetermine range. A microprocessor coupled to the generator and is configured to adjust the electrosurgical coagulation waveforms as a function of the sensor signals. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178517 | ELECTROSURGICAL HF GENERATOR - An electrosurgical high frequency (HF) generator comprising a generator circuit that produces an HF current between an active electrode and at least one neutral electrode. During the cutting or coagulating of biological tissue, unwanted tissue heating due to the HF current can be reduced because the electrosurgical HF generator comprises at least one further auxiliary neutral electrode connected in parallel to the neutral electrode. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178518 | HANDHELD TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY AND ANALYTE EXTRACTION - Apparatus ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178519 | Vessel Sealing Instrument with Electrical Cutting Mechanism - An end effector assembly for use with an instrument for sealing vessels and cutting vessels includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members which are movable relative to one another from a first spaced apart position to a second position for grasping tissue therebetween. Each jaw member includes an electrically conductive tissue contacting surface connected to an electrosurgical energy source. At least one of the jaw members includes an electrically conductive cutting element disposed within an insulator defined in the jaw member. At least one channel is included in the insulator which is configured to deliver fluid between the jaw members. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178520 | ROTARY-RIGID ORTHOPAEDIC ROD - Apparatus and method for repairing a fractured bone. The apparatus and methods may involve an intramedullary rod. The rod may include a first elongated member and a second elongated member. Each of the first and second elongated members may be configured to bend in a first direction and to resist bending in a second direction. The first and second elongated members may be arranged such that: (1) the rod is bendable when the first direction of the first elongated member is aligned with the first direction of the second elongated member; and (2) the rod is rigid when the first direction of the first elongated member is aligned with the second direction of the second elongated member. Some embodiments may include rods that have sections that may be configured to be curved and rigid. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178521 | Locking System for Orthopedic Implants - A locking tack for attaching a bone fixation device to a bone includes (a) an elongated body including a distal portion formed of a weldable material and sized to be received within a bore through a portion of a target bone and a proximal portion which, when the distal portion is in a desired position within a target bone, extends out of the bone; (b) a channel extending longitudinally through the elongated body from a proximal end thereof to a channel distal end within the distal portion of the elongated body; and (c) an engaging feature at a distal end of the channel configured to engage an extraction mechanism so that forces applied to the extraction mechanism are transmitted to the distal end of the elongated body. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178522 | Bone Plate Shaping System - Removable guide tips are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a fracture fixation plate. The guide tips may be used with or without drill guides to guide a drill along the axes of threaded holes defined in the plate. In addition, the tips may be used with bending tools to contour the plate laterally, longitudinally and with twist. More particularly, such plate contouring can be performed while the plate is located on the bone. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178523 | TOOL AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF MATERIAL FROM WITHIN A BODY - A device for removing material from within the body, includes an elongated element formed from hollow segments sequentially interconnected at effective hinges. The device assumes an insertion configuration for insertion of the segments sequentially through an opening of a first dimension into the body. A portion of the elongated element inserted into the body progressively assumes a material removing configuration in which a relative position of each segment relative to an adjacent segment is delineated by the effective hinge together with additional abutment surfaces defining a fully deflected state of the effective hinge. The material removing configuration has at least two dimensions exceeding the first dimension. At least two of the segments are formed with at least one opening, typically provided with a cutting configuration, deployed so as to receive material into a hollow volume of the segment during progressive formation of the material removing configuration as the elongated element is advanced. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178524 | METATARSAL BONE IMPLANT CUTTING GUIDE - A cutting guide ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110178525 | BIOMATERIALS CONTAINING CALCIUM PHOSPHATE - The invention relates to a biomaterial containing calcium phosphate, in particular hydroxyapatite or a material containing hydroxyapatite, such as biphasic calcium phosphates and calcium phosphate cements, and to the use thereof for the production of an implant or for fitting a prosthesis for the purpose of bone tissue regeneration. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178526 | CANNULA HAVING ASYMMETRICALLY-SHAPED THREADS - Methods and apparatus for performing a medical procedure which involves penetrating a bone structure are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for performing a surgical procedure includes introducing an assembly that includes a threaded cannula and a stylet into a bone structure. The threads have a shape that allows the cannula tip to be pushed into the bone body yet prevent the tip from being pulled out of the bone body. In one embodiment, the threads have a buttress shape. The method may also include applying a rotational motion, as for example a torque, to the threaded cannula to adjust the depth of insertion with respect to the implantation site when it is determined that the depth of insertion is to be adjusted. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178527 | Opthalmic Lens Capsule Support - A lens support system for use during extracapsular cataract surgery. The lens support system may be used to support a lens or lens fragment in the event of a posterior capsule tear or zonular dialysis. The lens support system comprises a cannula in which a piston attached to a lens support is slidably disposed. By means of the piston, the lens support is movable between collapsed and expanded configurations. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178529 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Facilitating Interface with Laryngeal Structures - A minimally invasive method of introducing an interface element to interface with laryngeal structures of a subject includes forming a subperichondral tunnel on an outside of a cricoid cartilage arch and through the cricoid cartilage arch towards a cricothyroid joint to form an insertion route. The method also includes inserting a hollow needle into the insertion route to a posterior space of a cricoid cartilage plate of the subject, positioning at least one interface element along the insertion route for interfacing with the laryngeal structures of the subject, and retracting the hollow needle back along the insertion route. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178530 | DIRECT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR TRANSVASCULAR LEAD - A lead delivery system for delivering a neurostimulation lead to a patient's internal jugular vein using a percutaneous stick. The system comprises a neurostimulation lead adapted to stimulate a vagus nerve from the internal jugular vein. The lead includes a proximal end, a distal end, a generally spiral shaped retaining structure interposed between the proximal and distal ends and configured to retain the lead in the internal jugular vein, an electrode coupled to the retaining structure, and a side port interposed between the retaining structure and the proximal end. The side port provides access to a lumen extending from the distal end to the side port. A guidewire is sized to fit within the side port and lumen and reduce a force exerted by the retaining structure against the internal jugular vein, thereby allowing rotation of the lead and orientation of the electrode by applying a torque to the lead. A catheter has a lumen sized to slideably receive the medical electrical lead and configured to provide access to the internal jugular vein from the percutaneous stick site. A method of delivering a medical electrical lead to a patient's internal jugular vein. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178531 | Control portion of and device for remotely controlling an articulating surgical instrument - A control portion of a remotely controlled surgical device comprises a first set of controls, a second set of controls, and a function control mechanism. The first set of controls is configured for receiving motion from a human shoulder, arm, and hand and translating one or more of its received motion inputs into one or more macro motion control signals for controlling one or more macro motions associated with an articulating surgical instrument. The second set of controls is configured for receiving motion from the human shoulder, arm, and hand and translating one or more of its received motion inputs into one or more micro motion control signals for controlling one or more micro motions of the articulating surgical instrument. The function control mechanism is configured for receiving a function control input from a user of the control portion. The function control input is for controlling a function associated with the remotely controlled surgical device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178532 | System and method of automatic detection of obstructions for a robotic catheter system - An obstruction detection system for a robotic catheter system including a robotic catheter manipulator assembly including one or more catheter manipulation bases and one or more sheath manipulation bases. Each manipulation base may be generally linearly movable on one or more tracks relative to the robotic catheter manipulator assembly. The obstruction detection system may include one or more obstruction detection sensors disposed on the track or on the manipulation bases to detect an obstruction along a path of motion of one or more manipulation bases. A software system may be provided for monitoring movement of the catheter and sheath manipulation bases, and/or a status of the obstruction detection sensors. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178533 | Tensioning Device and Method for Hair Transplantation - A device and method for applying tension to an area of skin, in particular for follicular unit removal and/or implantation in a hair transplantation procedure, is provided. The tensioning device comprises at least one body surface grabber capable of engaging the body surface, and the tensioning device is configured to be able to create tension on a body or skin surface by simply displacing the tensioning device as a whole in one general direction. The tensioning device may be secured, for example, to a patient chair. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178534 | TISSUE REPAIR IMPLANT AND DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD - A device for the repair of tissue and methods of use and manufacturing thereof are described herein. Applications for the use of the device include, e.g., repair of atrial septal defects (ASD), patent foramen ovale (PFO), left atrial appendage closure and stent graft fixation among other applications throughout the anatomy. The implant portion of the device is available in a variety of sizes and configurations to accommodate the vast complexity of the target anatomy. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178535 | TISSUE REPAIR IMPLANT AND DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD - A device having a temporary frame configured to carry an implant, the temporary frame being selectably movable between a retracted position and a deployed position, the implant being in a relaxed state when carried by the frame in the retracted position, the implant being in a taut state when carried by the frame in the deployed position. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178536 | SUTURE AND RETAINER ASSEMBLY AND SULU - A suturing system for receiving and retaining a suture is disclosed and includes a suture, at least one retainer, and at least one needle. Each needle is able to receive and removably retain the suture within a groove located in a tapered end. The retainer has a body that defines an aperture therethrough. The shape of the aperture is formed by a central passageway, and a pair of diametrically opposed slots extending radially outward from the central passageway. The central passageway is sized to allow passage of the needle therethrough. Each slot defines a tortured path section that permits passage of the suture in a first direction and inhibits passage of the suture in a second direction. | 2011-07-21 |
20110178537 | TISSUE REPAIR IMPLANT AND DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD - A device having an implant driver configured to anchor a first implant to a first portion of tissue and to anchor a second implant to a second portion of tissue, the first and second anchors being coupled to respective first and second sutures, and a winder configured to twist the first and second sutures together as the sutures are refracted, thereby bringing the first portion of tissue into approximation with the second portion of tissue. | 2011-07-21 |