| 36th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
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| 20150246158 | BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEIN BINDING PEPTIDE - A cyclized peptide designated BMP Binding Peptide (BBP) is a synthetic peptide that avidly binds rhBMP-2, as do endogenous forms of BBP, and sequence conservation between species results in a variety of useful BBP compositions. BBP increases the over-all osteogenic activity of rhBMP-2, increases the rate at which rhBMP-2 induces bone formation, and BBP induces calcification alone. Compositions and substrates including BBP, and methods of using BBP are useful in therapeutic, diagnostic and clinical applications requiring calcification and osteogenesis. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246159 | Compositions for Regenerating Defective or Absent Myocardium - Compositions of the invention for regenerating defective or absent myocardium comprise an emulsified or injectable extracellular matrix composition. The composition may also include an extracellular matrix scaffold component of any formulation, and further include added cells, proteins, or other components to optimize the regenerative process and restore cardiac function. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246160 | Compositions for Regenerating Defective or Absent Myocardium - Compositions of the invention for regenerating defective or absent myocardium comprise an emulsified or injectable extracellular matrix composition. The composition may also include an extracellular matrix scaffold component of any formulation, and further include added cells, proteins, or other components to optimize the regenerative process and restore cardiac function. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246161 | Compositions for Regenerating Defective or Absent Myocardium - Compositions of the invention for regenerating defective or absent myocardium comprise an emulsified or injectable extracellular matrix composition. The composition may also include an extracellular matrix scaffold component of any formulation, and further include added cells, proteins, or other components to optimize the regenerative process and restore cardiac function. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246162 | Biocompatible Implant - A biocompatible implant is disclosed for use in a patient, comprising a biological material having an open microporous structure; and a biologically active compound. The biologically active compound is impregnated within the open microporous structure of the biological material. The biologically active compound enhances cellular growth within the implant once inserted in the patient. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246163 | Method for Preparing Porous Scaffold for Tissue Engineering - The present invention relates to a method for preparing a porous scaffold for tissue engineering. It is another object of the present invention to provide a porous scaffold obtainable by the method as above described, and its use for tissue engineering, cell culture and cell delivery. The method of the invention comprise the steps consisting of a) preparing an alkaline aqueous solution comprising an amount of at least one polysaccharide and one cross-linking agent b) freezing the aqueous solution of step a) c) sublimating the frozen solution of step b) characterized in that step b) is performed before the cross-linking of the polysaccharide occurs in the solution of step a). | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246164 | Portable Medical Device System - The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a wound dressing ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246165 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PORTABLE SUCTION DEVICE HAVING A CATHETER REEL - Disclosed is a suction device. The suction device includes a sensor unit which measures a breathing condition of a patient, a tube unit which is inserted into a bronchus of the patient in order to suck foreign material generated in the bronchus of the patient, when the values measured by the sensor unit exceeds a predetermined reference value, and a control unit which controls to drive the tube unit based on the measured value received from the sensor unit. According to the present invention, there is provided the suction device which is automatically operated by directly determining whether foreign material is generated in the bronchus of the patient. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246166 | VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - The invention relates to a method of controlling the speed of a ventricular assist device, in particular the rotational speed of a rotary blood pump, wherein at least temporarily the speed of the device is modulated around a mean speed and a response of the native heart to this modulation is measured to determine the ventricular function/contractile state of the heart, in particular to determine whether the aortic valve opens and closes at the instant mean speed, and the mean speed is set, in particular a new mean speed is set in dependence of the measured response. The invention furthermore relates to a device performing the method. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246167 | BUFFERED COMPOSITIONS FOR DIALYSIS - Acid concentrates, and dialysate compositions prepared therefrom, contain citric acid and an effective amount of a buffering agent selected from acetate and/or lactate. The buffering agent allows a physiologically acceptable amount of citrate to maintain the desired pH of the dialysate. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246168 | BUFFERED COMPOSITIONS FOR DIALYSIS - Acid concentrates, and dialysate compositions prepared therefrom, contain citric acid and an effective amount of a buffering agent selected from acetate and/or lactate. The buffering agent allows a physiologically acceptable amount of citrate to maintain the desired pH of the dialysate. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246169 | CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a cytopheretic cartridge for use in treating and/or preventing inflammatory conditions that affect myocardial function and to related methods. The cartridge can be used in treating a subject with myocardial dysfunction, such as a subject with chronic heart failure and/or acute decompensated heart failure. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246170 | TARGET-DIRECTED, MAGNETICALLY ENHANCED SYSTEM FOR DETOXIFICATION OF PATIENTS - A target-directed, magnetically enhanced system and method for detoxification of patients. The system comprises a first fluid circuit for circulation of biological fluid and a second fluid circuit for co-circulation of biological fluid. The first fluid circuit comprises, in the following order: a first fluid circuit inlet ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246171 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VENOUS NEEDLE DISLODGEMENT - Apparatus that detect an interruption of the connection between a blood treatment apparatus and a patient blood circulation which can be connected to the blood treatment apparatus via a connection means is described. The connection means can be attached to a fluid line. The apparatus includes a line shut-off and a pressure sensor which is configured to measure the fluid pressure prevailing in the fluid line at a position located between the line shut-off and the connection means. A control and evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the pressure or pressure curve occurring after blocking the line so as to detect an interruption or disturbance of the connection between the connection means and the patient blood circulation. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246172 | INDWELLING NEEDLE FOR EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION - A seal member and outer cylinder needle (OCN) tip part for blocking, in a fluid-tight state, both external peripheral space (EPS) end parts formed between the external-peripheral-surface of an inner needle (IN) and internal peripheral surface of an OCN, for slidably holding the IN in close contact; an opening part formed on the OCN external-peripheral-surface and for intravascular communication with the EPS; an OCN connection part for communicating between the EPS and blood circuit end; an IN connection part for communicating between the IN internal space and other blood circuit end. The movable IN positioned between the projecting position where the tip part protrudes from the OCN tip and the housed position housing the tip inside the OCN. The IN punctures the blood vessel interior while holding the projecting position, and moved to the housed position after puncture allowing blood to extracorporeally circulate via the OCN and IN connection part. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VENOUS NEEDLE DISLODGEMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting an interruption of connection between a blood treatment apparatus and a patient blood circulation. The system includes a line shut-off for blocking the venous fluid line arranged between the blood treatment apparatus and a connector, an arterial fluid line arranged between the blood treatment apparatus and the patient blood circulation, a pressure sensor arranged in the venous fluid line or the arterial fluid line for measuring pressure, and a control and evaluation unit for evaluating a pressure curve in time of the pressure measured by the pressure sensor during blocking of the venous fluid line to detect an interruption or disturbance of the connection between the first connection means and the patient blood circulation. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246174 | NANOCHANNELED DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS - A capsule configured for in vivo refilling of a therapeutic agent. In certain embodiments, the capsule may contain methotrexate. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246175 | INFUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD WHICH UTILIZES DUAL WAVELENGTH OPTICAL AIR-IN-LINE DETECTION - Infusion fluid is flowed through a fluid delivery line of an infusion system. Optical signals having different wavelengths are transmitted through the fluid delivery line. The transmitted optical signals having the different wavelengths are received. At least one processor determines whether air or infusion fluid is disposed in the fluid delivery line based on the received optical signals having the different wavelengths. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246176 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS - A fluid delivery device for delivering small quantities of fluid such as insulin to a patient, including a disposable unit having a disposable housing that has one lower part and one upper part, which together form a shell that defines an internal partial toroidal arcuate cavity. The housing fits together with a drive unit. The housing contains an arcuate cylinder for containing fluid to be delivered, a piston movably mounted in the cylinder for driving out fluid to be delivered, an adhesive support for attaching the housing and a cannula that when the housing is attached to a patient is insertable in the patient's skin for delivering fluid. The drive unit is preferably removably mounted on a front of the housing opposite the adhesive support, the removable drive unit having a shape that when fitted complements the shape of the front face of the housing to form with the housing. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246177 | Patch-Sized Fluid Delivery Systems and Methods - A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246178 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF FLUID TO TISSUE - Described are devices useful to inject fluid to tissue without the use of a needle, and related methods; the devices include one or a combination of features such as ejection orifices, distal end control features, or combinations of these; the systems can include a fluid delivery system having an injector source and an access device; the access device can comprise a minimally invasive, tubular delivery lumen such as a catheter or endoscope; the tube-like device further includes one or more apposing jets that are selectively fired to force the injection orifice of the tube-like device against the target tissue; selective firing can include a continuous firing during the injection to improve the efficiency of the treatment. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246179 | Device and method for drug dosing with administration monitoring, in particular for insulin pen integrated with smart phone apps. - A hand held drug administration unit that may include a controller, sensors, a wireless transceiver, a memory unit, and a mechanical dosage and injection control unit that is controlled by a user; wherein the sensors are configured to generate detection signals indicative of a progress of a drug provision process; wherein the controller is configured to process the detection signals and to determine the progress of the injection process and to provide a notification regarding the progress of the injection process | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246180 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE WITH TRIGGER BUTTON - Described is a medicament delivery device ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246181 | AUTOMATIC INJECTION DEVICE WITH TRIGGER ASSEMBLY - Automatic injection device with trigger assembly. The trigger assembly includes a button ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246182 | LOW RADIAL PROFILE NEEDLE SAFETY DEVICE - A needle safety device has an outer tube within which a syringe barrel from which a cannula extends is slideably receivable. A collar in the outer tube is moveable relative thereto and rotatably attachable to the distal end of the barrel. A force member biases the outer tube in a distal direction. A cannula shield able to receive the cannula therein is in the outer tube. The cannula shield is fixedly attached to a cap removably attached to the outer tube. A track is formed in the inner surface of the outer tube. A pin extending radially outwardly from the collar slidingly engages the track. In a pre-injection position, the cannula is entirely within the outer tube. In a full-insertion position, the cannula extends beyond the outer tube. In a locked position, the cannula is irreversibly retained entirely within the outer tube. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246183 | NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An improved needle-free device for injecting or aspirating fluids using manually or mechanically generated injection is disclosed. Also disclosed are systems and methods for using the device, including systems having fluid reservoirs and simple negative pressure mechanisms as well as methods for using them. The devices, systems and methods disclosed herein are easy to fabricate and can deliver variable doses in a simple, effective, patient-friendly, cost-effective and disposable manner. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246184 | Attachment for a Syringe or Carpule - An attachment for a syringe, carpule, or the like, includes a distal end and a terminal extension with an outer surface, a free end, and a depression introduced at a spacing into the outer surface. The attachment includes an annular base body and is placeable onto the extension. The base body encloses a free space into which the extension is introducible. The base body contains two materials a first material which is dimensionally stable and a second material which is softer than the first material and deformable. The base body has an engagement region, which engages into the depression. The extension is thus characterized in that the base body has, along an imaginary circumferential line, a first region with the first material and a second region containing the second material. The second material deforms into the depression in a placed-onto-the-extension state. The second material is embedded into the first material. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246185 | PREFILLED SYRINGE - A prefilled syringe includes a syringe cylinder ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246186 | UPPER EXTREMITY SUPPORT DEVICE FOR VASCULAR IMAGING - The present invention is an operation device that can be used for angiographic operations applied on the upper extremity, comprising a hand-finger fixing apparatus ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246187 | DISPENSING ASSEMBLY - A dispensing assembly for a container filled with a medicinal substance or formulation, the container being suitable for administering the medicinal substance or formulation via inhalation, buccal or sublingual delivery. The dispensing assembly includes a housing ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246188 | UNIT DOSE CAPSULES AND DRY POWDER INHALER - Described is a dry powder inhaler comprising an intake section; a mixing section, and a mouthpiece. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246189 | POWDER DISPERSION DEVICES AND METHODS - A dry powder inhaler may include a powder storage, an inlet channel, a dispersion chamber, and an outlet channel. A geometry of the inhaler may be such that a flow profile is generated within the dispersion chamber that causes an actuator to oscillate, enabling the actuator when oscillating to deaggregate powdered medicament within the dispersion chamber to be aerosolized and entrained by the air and delivered to a patient through the outlet channel. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246190 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - An inhaler for inhaling medicaments has a body for retaining a medicament store; the body including a dose counter, the dose counter having a moveable actuator and a return spring for the actuator, the return spring having a generally cylindrical and annular end; the body having a support formation therein for supporting the end of the return spring, the support formation comprising a shelf onto which the end of the return spring is engageable and a recess below the shelf. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246191 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - An inhaler for inhaling medicament and having a body, the body have a main part thereof for retaining a medicament store; and a dose counter, the dose counter being located in a dose counter chamber of the body which is separated from the main part of the body, the dose counter chamber of the body having a dosage display and a perforation so as to permit the evaporation of water or aqueous matter in the dose counter chamber into the atmosphere. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246192 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a series of incremental dose counters for inhalers, which includes manufacturing the dose counters with nominal canister fire and dose count positions of a dose counter actuator relative to a dose counter chassis or inhaler main body, and which includes building the dose counters with an average dose count position in the series being, in canister fire process, at or after an average canister fire position in the series. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246193 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A method of assembling an inhaler for inhaling medicament, the inhaler having a body for retaining a medicament store and a dose counter having a moveable actuator and a chassis mounted on the body, the method including heat staking the chassis of the dose counter onto the body. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246194 | NASAL DELIVERY DEVICES - A nasal delivery device comprising: a housing ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246195 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFICATION OF PHOTO-PLETHYSMOGRAPHICALLY DETECTED RESPIRATORY EFFORT - Embodiments disclosed herein may include systems and methods for determining a patient's respiratory effort and blood oxygen saturation based on data acquired from a pulse oximetry sensor and analyzing the parameters in conjunction with each other. For example, the respiratory effort may be determined based on a photo-plethysmographic waveform generated from light attenuation detected by the sensor, and the blood oxygen saturation may be a pulse-based estimate of arterial blood oxygen saturation determined from the detected attenuation. Analysis of the parameters may enable detection and classification of apnea (e.g., obstructive or central) or another underlying cause for respiratory instability. Furthermore, the measured respiratory effort may be compared to respiratory effort supplied by a ventilator to ensure proper sensor placement before enabling automatic adjustment of ventilator settings. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246196 | LARYNGEAL MASK - A laryngeal mask for use in a patient comprises an airway tube having an inner lumen and a distal end; and a mask portion connected at a proximal end thereof to the distal end of the airway tube and having a distal tip opposite the proximal end. The mask portion comprises an inflatable cuff including an anterior cuff surface configured to contact the patient's tissue when the inflatable cuff is inflated; and a wedge portion including a stabilization surface and two walls connected to the inflatable cuff and extending therefrom toward from the stabilization surface, the stabilization surface extending from the distal tip of the mask portion toward the distal end of the airway tube at a wedge angle of between about 12 and 30 degrees, the wedge angle formed between the stabilization surface and the anterior cuff surface when the inflatable mask is inflated, whereby the stabilization surface is transversely and longitudinally substantially flat to stabilize the laryngeal mask in use. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246197 | FACE MASK ARRANGEMENT, SYSTEM CONTAINING IT AND USE THEREOF FOR ADMINISTRATION - The invention relates to a face mask arrangement for alternately administering a gas I containing nitrous oxide and a gas II devoid of nitrous oxide to a patient, comprising a face mask, two inlet flow lines I and II for gas I and a gas II, respectively, which flow lines end in a breathing interface, and an outlet flow line for evacuation of exhaled gas. The two inlet flow lines merge into a common inlet part. Each of the inlet flow lines I and II comprises an inlet valve I and II, each of which is capable of opening in response to inhalation and of closing in response to exhalation. The arrangement comprises a switching means enabling switching between inhalation through inlet flow line I and inlet flow line II depending on the patient's immediate need of gas I or gas II. The invention relates also to a system comprises the face mask arrangement and an apparatus for collecting inhalation air from patients inhaling gas containing nitrous oxide and to the use of the face mask arrangement for administration of nitrous oxide to a patient via inhalation and collecting nitrous oxide from exhaled air of a patient during the administration. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246198 | INTERFACE COMPRISING A NASAL SEALING PORTION AND A ROLLING HINGE - An interface for positive pressure therapy includes a mask assembly. The mask assembly comprises a mask seal that is adapted to underlie the nose. The mask seal extends up the lateral sides of the nose. The mask seal has a primary seal below the nose and a secondary seal alongside the nose. The mask seal comprises a rolling hinge that permits one portion of the mask seal to deform relative to another portion of the mask seal. In one configuration, the portion of the mask seal that underlies the nose is configured to deform relative to a lower portion of the mask seal. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246199 | ARTICULATING FULL FACE MASK - A cushion for use in a patient interface device includes a first portion adapted to sealingly engage about the nares of a patient, a second portion adapted to sealingly engage about the mouth of the patient, and a third portion configured to allow for the relative positioning of the first portion and the second portion to be selectively adjusted. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246200 | PATIENT INTERFACE DEVICE WITH FRAME AND CLIPS - A patient interface includes a cushion having a body with a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion has a lower opening structured to receive a flow of a treatment gas and a coupling mechanism. The rear portion is structured to engage a user's face and provide a generally continuous seal therewith. The patient interface further includes a frame having a torus shaped portion defining an opening. The opening has at least a portion of the coupling mechanism disposed therein. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246201 | BRIDLE SYSTEM FOR PLACING AND SECURING A NASAL TUBE IN A PATIENT - A bridle system for placing and securing a medical tube in a patient includes a flexible member having a magnet attached to a first end for insertion into a patient's nose, and a magnetic probe for insertion into a second nare of the nose. The magnetic probe attracts the flexible member magnet to assist in retrieving the first end of the flexible member through the second nare of the nose. The system further includes a receiver for securing the medical tube and the flexible member externally, adjacent the nose to prevent dislodgement by the patient or otherwise. The receiver includes a main body and a cantilever arm extending from the main body, forming an arcuate recess for receiving the tube. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246202 | TUBING PACKAGE FOR AN ELONGATE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The invention provides for a package device for an elongate medical device. The device includes a conduit or tube arranged in a coiled configuration. At least one over-molded tubing connector is structured and arranged to maintain the coiled configuration. At least portions of adjacent curved sections of the coiled configuration not covered by the at least one over-molded tubing connector contains substantially no gap or spacing. A method making the device includes arranging a conduit or tube into a coiled configuration inside or within a mold and over-molding plural tubing connectors onto the coiled configuration. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246203 | PROTECTIVE SHEATHS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - A process for making a sheath used to protect a medical device. The medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath is removed by a health professional either by removing the sheath directly or using a tube containing the catheter. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246204 | REDUCING INCREMENTAL MEASUREMENT SENSOR ERROR - For position sensors, e.g., a fiber-based system, that build a shape of an elongated member, such as a catheter, using a sequence of small orientation measurements, a small error in orientation at the proximal end of the sensor will cause large error in position at distal points on the fiber. Exemplary methods and systems are disclosed, which may provide full or partial registration along the length of the sensor to reduce the influence of the measurement error. Additional examples are directed to applying selective filtering at a proximal end of the elongated member to provide a more stable base for distal measurements and thereby reducing the influence of measurement errors. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246205 | Deflectable Catheters, Systems, and Methods for the Visualization and Treatment of Bodily Passages - Deflectable catheters, systems, and methods of using deflectable catheters are described herein. An embodiment of a deflectable catheter comprises an elongate member, a handle, and a wire member. The elongate member has a shaft and a flexible member. The shaft defines a first lumen and a second lumen and the flexible member defines a passageway. The flexible member is attached to the shaft such that the passageway defined by the flexible member is in communication with each of the first lumen and second lumen defined by the shaft. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246206 | CATHETER WITH MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CONTROL HANDLE HAVING ROTATIONAL MECHANISM - A catheter for use in a patient's heart, especially for mapping a tubular region of the heart, has a catheter body, a deflectable intermediate section and a distal mapping assembly that has a generally circular portion adapted to sit on or in a tubular region of the heart. A control handle of the catheter allows for single-handed manipulation of various control mechanisms that can deflect the intermediate section and contract the mapping assembly by means of a deflection control assembly and a rotational control assembly. The deflection control assembly has a deflection arm and a rocker member. The rotational control assembly has an outer rotational member, an inner rotational member and a cam. A pair of puller members are responsive to the deflection control assembly to bi-directionally deflect the intermediate section. A third puller member is responsive to the rotational control assembly to contract the generally circular portion of the mapping assembly. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246207 | Catheter Strain Relief Clip - A catheter strain relief clip includes a body having an upper surface, and a plurality of arm members extending upwardly from the upper surface. Each of the arm members defines an undercut region for receipt of a catheter. The arm members are disposed so as to define a bent path for a catheter threaded under each of the arm members from a first side to an opposite side of the body. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246208 | Anchor Systems and Methods - Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor device that receives a medical instrument (such as a catheter or the like) and secures the instrument in place relative to a skin penetration point. In some circumstances, the anchor device may allow the anchor device to be used after medical instrument is already in place without the need for a second penetration point for the anchor device. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246209 | Guide for intravascular device - A device guide ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246210 | DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE FOR DEPLOYMENT OF SELF-EXPANDABLE VASCULAR DEVICE - A delivery system for a self-expandable prosthesis includes a catheter having a distal portion and a proximal portion, a balloon portion positioned on the distal portion, and a self expanding medical device positioned about the balloon portion. The medical device has a compressed state and an expanded state. A sheath couples the medical device in its compressed state about the balloon portion and has only a single opening in a wall of the sheath. When the balloon is expanded, the sheath is configured to (i) first rupture at the single opening, thereby allowing the medical device to self-expand and engage an inner wall of a vessel, and (ii) controllably continue the rupturing from the single opening to the proximal end of sheath, thereby allowing the medical device to expand to its expanded state and a portion of the medical device to engage an inner wall of the vessel. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246211 | MECHANICAL DILATOR - A dilator may include a leading portion that includes a leading end coupled to a leading stem. The dilator may further include a trailing portion that includes a trailing end coupled to a trailing shaft. The dilator may also include a segmented body disposed between the leading end and the trailing end. The segmented body may include a plurality of segments disposed circumferentially around the leading stem. The leading stem may extend through a passageway of the segmented body, an opening of the trailing end and a channel of the trailing shaft. The leading stem and the trailing shaft may be configured to move longitudinally relative to one another to radially outwardly expand the segmented body. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246212 | MEDICAL APPLICATOR - The present invention provides an applicator for administration of a medicament, comprising a container being in fluid communication with a dispenser having a plurality of non-deformable structures configured for retaining a predetermined volume of a liquid medicament delivered from said container, said dispenser being capable of delivering at least a part of said predetermined volume of said liquid medicament to a surface upon contact therewith. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246213 | Apparatus For Applying Topical Substance - An applicator apparatus for supporting a pad to be applied to a body is described. The apparatus includes a handle, an apparatus head attached to an end of the handle, the apparatus head including a front face and a rear face, the front face being configured to receive a disposable pad for application to the body, the disposable pad extending over substantially all of the front face and the rear face including at least one mounting hook configured to receive a portion of the disposable pad extending from the portion proximate to the front face to the rear face. The apparatus further includes the disposable pad configured for use with the apparatus head having at least one mounting hook receiving opening for receiving the at least one mounting hook on the rear face of the apparatus head. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246214 | FORCE-CONTROLLED APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING A MICRONEEDLE DEVICE TO SKIN - An applicator ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246215 | IONTOPHORESIS PATCH - An iontophoresis patch which outputs an electric current from an energizing device to an external conductor comprises: a donor portion that has a first contact member; a reference portion that has a second contact member and is located on the external conductor away from the donor portion; and an electrode body that has a first electrode and a second electrode and that extends across the donor portion and the reference portion. The electrode body has a single-sided wiring structure in which the first electrode and the second electrode are formed by a conductive ink being printed on one side of a film, the printing pattern of the first electrode has a gap area in which the conductive ink is not printed, and the film and the first contact member are transparent. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246216 | SIDE LOADING LEAD ANCHOR AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF - An implantable lead anchor includes a first anchor housing, a second anchor housing, an armature, a spindle, and a locking arrangement. The first and second anchor housing each includes at least one channel to hold a portion of a lead. The armature is coupled to the first and the second anchor housings and holds the first and second anchor housings in a spaced-apart arrangement. A spindle is rotatably disposed on the armature and between the first and second anchor housing. In addition, the spindle includes a third channel to receive and hold a portion of a lead. The locking arrangement is formed on the spindle and at least one of the first or second anchor housing. The locking arrangement maintains the spindle in a rotated position relative to the first and second anchor housing when the locking arrangement is activated. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246217 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION LEADS WITH MULTIPLE ANCHORING UNITS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING - An electrical stimulation lead includes a lead body; electrodes disposed along a distal end portion of the lead body; terminals disposed along a proximal end portion of the lead body; conductors electrically coupling the terminals to the electrodes; and anchoring units disposed along the distal end portion of the lead body. First and second anchoring units each have a wide end portion and a narrow end portion. The first anchoring unit is disposed closer to the proximal end portion of the lead body than any of the other anchoring units. The wide end portion of the first anchoring unit is disposed closer to the proximal end portion of the lead body than the narrow end portion. The narrow end portion of the second anchoring unit is disposed closer to the proximal end portion of the lead body than the wide end portion. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246218 | LEAD FOR BRAIN APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to a lead for brain applications, comprising at least one distal section and at least one electrode, whereby the at least one electrode is arranged in the distal section and whereby the at least one electrode is connected directly and/or indirectly with at least one first connecting trace and at least one second connecting trace. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a deep brain stimulation (DBS) system. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246219 | NEURAL INTERFACE SYSTEM WITH EDGE ARRAY - The neural interface system of one embodiment includes a cylindrical shaft, a lateral extension longitudinally coupled to at least a portion of the shaft and having a thickness less than a diameter of the shaft, and an electrode array arranged on the lateral extension and radially offset from the shaft, including electrode sites that electrically interface with their surroundings. The method of one embodiment for making the neural interface system includes forming a planar polymer substrate with at least one metallization layer, patterning on at least one metallization layer an electrode array on a first end of the substrate, patterning conductive traces on at least one metallization layer, rolling a portion of the substrate toward the first end of the substrate, and securing the rolled substrate into a shaft having the first end of the substrate laterally extending from the shaft and the electrode array radially offset from the shaft. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246220 | Structure of Artificial Electronic Retina - A structure of an artificial electronic retina is disclosed, which includes an array of a plurality of photoelectric units, and each photoelectric unit includes one electronic photosensitive element, one microelectrode, one electronic circuit, and sidewalls surrounding the photoelectric unit, wherein the microelectrode is disposed on and electrically connected to the electronic photosensitive element, and the electronic circuit is disposed on the electronic photosensitive element adjacent to the sidewalls near the circumference of the electronic photosensitive element. A layer of a light-permeable conductive material is disposed on the electronic photosensitive element between the microelectrode and the electronic circuit, wherein the layer of the light-permeable conductive material is electrically connected to both the electronic photosensitive element and the microelectrode. Therefore, the input and output power of the electronic photosensitive element can be increased without reducing the photosensitive area of the electronic photosensitive element. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246221 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING PADDLE LEAD ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS - A paddle lead assembly for providing electrical stimulation of patient tissue includes a paddle body. The paddle body includes four columns of electrodes, each column including at least one electrode. The columns include two outer columns flanking two inner columns. The paddle lead assembly further includes a plurality of lead bodies coupled to the paddle body. At least one terminal is disposed on each of the plurality of lead bodies. A plurality of conductive wires couple each of the electrodes to at least one of the plurality of terminals. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246222 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE LEAD SHIELDING - An implantable medical device (IMD) can include a cardiac pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Various portions of the IMD, such as a device body, a lead body, or a lead tip, can be provided to reduce or dissipate a current and heat induced by various external environmental factors. According to various embodiments, features can be incorporated into the lead body, the lead tip, or the IMD body to reduce the creation of an induced current, or dissipate the induced current and heat created due to an induced current in the lead. For example, an IMD can include at least one outer conductive member and a first electrode. The first electrode can be in electrical communication with the at least one outer conductive member. The first electrode can dissipate a current induced in the at least one outer conductive member via a first portion of the anatomical structure. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246223 | RETRACTABLE SCREW INTRACARDIAC LEAD FOR CARDIAC STIMULATION AND/OR DEFIBRILLATION - A retractable screw-type stimulation or defibrillation intracardiac lead is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the lead comprises a flexible hollow sheath ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246224 | CABLE CONDUCTOR FITTING - Various embodiments concern a lead comprising a cable conductor and a coil electrode having one or more filars, the one or more filars wound in a helical pattern. The lead can further include an inner fitting axially aligned with the coil electrode. The inner fitting can comprise external threading and a slot extending along the inner fitting. The slot can receive a portion of the cable conductor. The lead can include an outer tubular fitting having a lumen with internal threading. Each of the coil electrode and the inner fitting can be partially received within the lumen, both of the external threading and the one or more filars threadedly engaged with the internal threading. The cable conductor can be pinched in the slot to mechanically connect the cable conductor to the inner fitting. The pinching can be supported by the outer tubular fitting. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY MIGRATING CELLS USING ELECTRIC FIELDS - Systems and methods are provided for migrating cells implanted or endogenous in tissue. The system may include first and second delivery electrodes configured for insertion in tissue and a direct current (DC) power source operatively coupled to the first and second delivery electrodes. The system further may include a programmable controller operatively coupled to the DC power source, wherein the programmable controller is programmed to direct the DC power source to deliver an electric field between the first delivery electrode and the second delivery electrode at a stimulation to nonstimulation ratio sufficient to cause the cells to migrate within tissue selectively. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BIPHASIC TRANSDERMAL IONTOPHORETIC DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF ADDICTIVE CRAVINGS - Embodiments of the invention provide methods for the transdermal delivery of therapeutic agents for the treatment of addictive cravings e.g., nicotine compounds for the treatment of nicotine cravings from tobacco use. An embodiment of a method for such delivery comprises positioning at least one electrode assembly in electrical communication with a patient's skin. The assembly includes a solution comprising a therapeutic agent which passively diffuses into the skin. A dose of agent is delivered from the assembly into the skin during a first period using a first current having a characteristic e.g., polarity and magnitude, to repel the agent out of the assembly. During a second period, a second current having a characteristic to attract the agent is used to retain the agent in the assembly such that delivery of agent into skin is minimized. A dose of agent may be delivered on demand by an input from the patient. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246227 | COSMETIC DEVICE, METHOD OF APPLYING CURRENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cosmetic device | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246228 | PACEMAKER FOR SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA - A stimulation system and method for treating to a human subject having spasmodic dysphonia includes a sensing electrode configured to detect voice activity of a vocalizing muscle of the subject and to generate a first signal, and a processor configured to receive the first signal from the sensing electrode and to generate at least one stimulation parameter based on the first signal. The system further includes a mechanical actuator configured to receive the stimulation parameter from the processor and to activate a glottic closure reflex of the subject in response to the stimulation parameter and a stimulating electrode configured to receive the stimulation parameter from the processor and stimulate the recurrent laryngeal nerve or the vagus nerve of the subject based on the stimulation parameter. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246229 | Treatment of various ailments - A method of treating a wide variety of heretofore considered unrelated ailments comprises delivering electricity through a circuit in the body. The circuit includes at least four nerves leading from at least two of the patient's extremities to various nerve roots adjacent the spinal column. Electrical energy from an electrical interferential therapy device is delivered though electrodes on the extremities adjacent the nerve endings until symptoms of the diagnosed ailment ameliorate. Sending impulses from the periphery to the central nervous system, appears to help the body manufacture various neuropeptides and other chemicals, which control the essential basics of the body's health and well being. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246230 | Systems and Methods for Optimizing a Compliance Voltage of an Auditory Prosthesis - An exemplary system includes a sound processor that 1) determines a relative importance of performance versus power conservation for an auditory prosthesis, 2) determines, in accordance with the determined relative importance of performance versus power conservation, a current steering range for a stimulation channel defined by first and second physical electrodes communicatively coupled to the auditory prosthesis, the current steering range centered about a midpoint of the stimulation channel; and 3) directs the auditory prosthesis to apply electrical stimulation representative of audio content having a frequency included in a frequency band associated with the stimulation channel in accordance with the determined current steering range. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246231 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING AND/OR TUNING A NEUROMODULATION THERAPY - The invention relates to a system for planning and/or tuning a neuromodulation therapy, comprising:
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| 20150246232 | STIMULUS GENERATOR, A NEUROPROSTHETIC APPARATUS AND A STIMULATION METHOD - A stimulus generator arranged to generate an electrical stimulus to be applied by one or more electrodes to stimulate one or more neurons, wherein in order to generate the stimulus, the stimulus generator: implements one or more neural models defining estimated dynamic behaviour of the one or more neurons; and employs a feedback signal indicative of at least one modelled response of the one or more neurons to at least one previously applied stimulus. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246233 | THERAPEUTIC WINDOW DETERMINATION - A therapeutic window for at least one electrode of a medical system may be determined based on a volume of tissue expected to be activated (“VTA”) by electrical stimulation delivered by the at least one electrode. In some examples, a processor determines the therapeutic window for a particular electrode by at least determining an efficacy threshold based on the VTA expected to result from the delivery of electrical stimulation according to a set of electrical stimulation parameter values including the stimulation parameter at the efficacy threshold, and determining an adverse-effects threshold based on the VTA expected to result from the delivery of electrical stimulation according to a set of electrical stimulation parameter values including the stimulation parameter at the adverse-effects threshold. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246234 | IMPLANT STABILIZATION - An implant system includes an implantable body ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246235 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING REASONS FOR INEFFECTIVE LEFT VENTRICULAR CAPTURE IN CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY BASED ON EGM MORPHOLOGY - The present disclosure pertains to cardiac pacing methods and systems, and, more particularly, to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). In particular, the present disclosure pertains to determining the efficacy of CRT through use of an effective capture test (ECT). One or more embodiments comprises sensing a signal in response to a ventricular pacing stimulus. Through signal processing, a number of features are parsed from the signal. Exemplary features parsed from the signal include a maximum amplitude, a maximum time associated with the maximum amplitude, a minimum amplitude, and a minimum time associated with the minimum amplitude. The data is evaluated through use of the ECT. By employing the ECT, efficacy of CRT is easily and automatically evaluated. In one or more other embodiments, the reason for ineffective capture is displayed to the user. Exemplary reasons for ineffective capture include pseudo-fusion pacing and lack of capture of the ventricle. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246236 | Power Architecture for an Implantable Medical Device Having a Non-Rechargeable Battery - An improved architecture for an implantable medical device using a primary battery is disclosed which reduces the need for boosting the voltage of the primary battery, and hence reduces the power draw in the implant. The architecture includes a boost converter for boosting the voltage of the primary battery and for supplying that boosted voltage to certain of the circuit blocks, which is particularly useful if the battery voltage is necessarily lower than the minimal input power supply voltage necessary for the circuit blocks to operate. However, circuitry capable of operation even at low battery voltages—including the telemetry tank circuitry and the compliance voltage generator—receives the battery voltage directly without boosting, thus saving power. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246237 | EXTERNAL UNIT FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COUPLED BY CORD - User interface for external power source, recharger, for an implantable medical device. At least some of patient controls and display icons of an energy transfer unit are common with at least some of the patient controls and the display icons of a patient control unit. An energy transfer unit is operable by the patient with less than three operative controls to control energy transfer from the external energy transfer unit to the implantable medical device. An external antenna having a primary coil can inductively transfer energy to a secondary coil of the implantable medical device when the external antenna is externally placed in proximity of the secondary coil. An energy transfer unit has an external telemetry coil allowing the energy transfer unit to communicate with the implantable medical device through the internal telemetry coil in order to at least partially control the therapeutic output of the implantable medical device. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246238 | MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION AND TIMING SCHEME FOR TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION - Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a remarkable tool for probing the brain. However, it is still unclear why specific regions in the cortex are excitable by TMS while others are not. This invention provides methods and tools for the design of efficient magnetic stimulators. Such stimulators can excite neuronal networks that were not sensitive to stimulation until now. Stimulation can be carried out both in-vitro and in-vivo. Novel systems and techniques of this invention will enable both treatment and diagnostics by stimulating regions of the brain or neuronal assemblies that were previously unaffected by TMS. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246239 | HEALTH CARE METHOD INCLUDING LIGHTING THERAPY, ART THERAPY, MUSIC THERAPY, AND COGNITIVE THERAPY - The present invention relates to a health care method using a light therapy device and an auxiliary therapy device, the health care method can relax the mind and body of a user by controlling the light therapy device and the auxiliary therapy device on the basis of a user's condition or changes in the user's condition, and accessorily, the mental state of the user. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246240 | LIGHT THERAPY TREATMENT - A light therapy method, comprising identifying a pathological condition in a patient, selecting at least one light wavelength based on the identified pathological condition, and applying one or a combination of the selected light wavelengths to the patient using a light source. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246241 | DEVICE FOR INCREASING ENERGY AT ACUPUNCTURE POINTS - A device for increasing energy at acupuncture points includes a housing, a light-emitting module, a base, a circuit device, a bending tube and a connection unit. The light-emitting module is disposed in the housing and has a plurality of light-emitting units. The base is a hollow casing. The circuit device includes a circuit board disposed in the base and electrically connected to a first connector. One end of the bending tube is connected to the housing. A transmission line is disposed in the bending tube. One end of the transmission line is electrically connected to the light-emitting module. The other end of the bending tube has a second connector electrically connected to the other end of the transmission line. The other end of the bending tube is removably connected to the base through the connection unit. The first connector and the second connector are selectively electrically connected. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTOGENETIC THERAPY - Configurations are described for utilizing light-activated proteins within cell membranes and subcellular regions to assist with medical treatment paradigms, such as hypertension treatment via anatomically specific and temporally precise modulation of renal plexus activity. The invention provides for proteins, nucleic acids, vectors and methods for genetically targeted expression of light-sensitive proteins to specific cells or defined cell populations. In particular the invention provides systems, devices, and methods for millisecond-timescale temporal control of certain cell activities using moderate light intensities, such as the generation or inhibition of electrical spikes in nerve cells and other excitable cells. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246243 | SMART LASER BIO-SENSOR AND BIO-THERAPEUTIC DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHODS - An apparatus includes a housing having a treatment surface, a light source disposed adjacent the treatment surface and configured to emit dynamic photonic energy, a thermal element disposed adjacent the treatment surface and configured to emit dynamic thermal kinetic energy, and a controller disposed in the housing, the controller in communication with the light source and the thermal element to vary a plurality of parameters of the light source and the thermal element to control the characteristics of the dynamic photonic energy and the dynamic thermal kinetic energy emitted thereby. The treatment surface can also house a variety of sensors that can capture a variety of physical and chemical data, which is integrated with a malleable energy composition and delivery system that co-ordinates with the treatment progress. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246244 | CHARGED PARTICLE TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER FOR REAL-TIME VOLUMETRIC RADIATION DOSE MONITORING AND CONTROL - In one aspect, a charged particle tomography and radiation therapy system includes a charged particle tomography scanner (CPTS) unit to detect at least some of the charged particles of an emitted charged particle beam delivered to a region of interest of a subject. A processing unit can determine energy loss of the charged particle beam based on the detected trajectory information. An incoming detector is positioned to detect trajectory information of the at least some of the charged particles entering the subject. An outgoing detector is positioned to detect trajectory information of the at least some of the charged particles passing through and exiting the subject. A motion control unit can control movement of the incoming and outgoing detectors. The incoming and outgoing detectors are sized to cover at least an area substantially equivalent to the beam's cross-section. The processing unit can map radiation dose of the region of interest. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246245 | HADRON THERAPY INSTALLATION COMPRISING AN IMAGING DEVICE - The invention relates to a hadron therapy installation that comprises an irradiation unit ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246246 | Image-Guided Radiotherapy For Internal Tumor Boost - An image-guided radiotherapy system for tumor treatment featuring obtaining a three-dimensional visualized tumor image, identifying the boundary of the tumor, and designating and applying a boosted radiation dose of treatment for a boost region within the tumor boundary. A predetermined safety region is between the boosted region and the tumor boundary with a predetermined minimum distance between the boosted region boundary and tumor boundary. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246247 | A TREATMENT DEVICE AND A TREATMENT SYSTEM - A treatment device ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246248 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING CELLULAR FUNCTION IN TISSUE - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for stimulating cellular function in biological tissue. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a method for stimulating cellular function within tissue that involves providing a first type of energy to a region of tissue, in which the first type is provided in an amount that inhibits cellular function within the region of tissue, and providing a second type of energy to the region of tissue, in which the second type is provided in an amount that facilitates cellular function within the region of tissue, wherein the combined effect stimulates cellular function within the tissue. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246249 | REDUCED HEATING IN OVERLAPPING NEAR FIELD REGIONS OF HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND - The invention provides for a medical apparatus ( | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246250 | FLUID CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING A FLUID - A nozzle for use in dispensing a fluid, such as water or a foaming agent to extinguish a fire, comprises a longitudinal body that comprises a plurality of helical shaped cam paths. The cam paths allow the operator of the nozzle to adjust a flow setting for the nozzle by moving a flow adjustment mechanism that is operatively associated with the cam paths. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246251 | DEVICE FOR USE IN FIRE-FIGHTING OPERATIONS - A fire-fighting device includes an extinguishing device arranged on an end region of a cantilever arm and is adjustable in at least one spatial direction. A penetration fixture is adjustable relative to the extinguishing device and has a double-acting pressure cylinder subjectable to pressure by a pressure medium from a hydraulic system via at least one control valve. The cylinder has a tubular continuous piston rod having a penetration tool on a protruding end having a through-hole and a nozzle head. At another end, the piston rod is connected in line with a supply mechanism for an extinguishing medium. Pressure accumulator elements are in fluid communication with a pressure chamber of the pressure cylinder for extending the penetration tool and with a return line for the pressure medium from another pressure chamber for retracting the penetration tool. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246252 | SPRINKLER ASSEMBLY - A sprinkler assembly that includes a frame having a body including an inlet, an outlet and an internal passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet to define a longitudinal sprinkler axis. Two frame arms extend distally from the body, and each arm has a portion defining a cross-sectional area with a lateral surface and a medial surface spaced about a first plane bisecting the body with the sprinkler axis disposed in the first plane. An axially aligned thermally responsive glass-bulb type trigger is disposed along the sprinkler axis. The cross-sectional areas of the frame arms are asymmetrical with respect to one another about the first plane and each cross-sectional area is asymmetric about a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The lateral surface of each arm includes an undulation to provide the sprinkler assembly with substantially consistent thermal sensitivity about the sprinkler axis. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246253 | SPRINKLER DEFLECTOR - A sprinkler assembly including a fluid deflecting structure including a plurality of spaced apart tines defining a plurality of slots. The tines include a first pair of symmetric tines and a second pair of symmetric tines disposed orthogonally to the first pair of symmetric tines. The plurality of slots includes a group of asymmetric slots each having a first portion with a constant width and a second portion with a variable width radially outward of the first portion of the asymmetric slot. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246254 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK FLOW INDICATOR - A new haptic flow indicator has a spinner that is mounted for rotation and provides a discernable haptic feedback to a firefighter when liquid flow through the indicator falls in a selected range. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246255 | PHOSPHATE FIRE-EXTINGUISHING COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a phosphate fire-extinguishing composition, the fire-extinguishing composition containing a phosphate compound, the phosphate compound being one or more of sodium hexametaphosphate, ammonium phosphate, diammonium hydrogen phosphate, trisodium phosphate, and ferric phosphate; the fire-extinguishing composition uses a pyrotechnic agent as a heat source and power source; the pyrotechnic agent is ignited to produce high temperature; the high temperature is utilized to heat and decompose the fire-extinguishing composition to generate a number of fire-extinguishable substances, these substances are sprayed out together with the pyrotechnic agent to extinguish the fire. The fire-extinguishing composition of the present invention has simple components, stable and excellent performance, can be easily stored for an extended period of time, and is non-toxic and environmentally friendly. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246256 | EXERCISE PEN - An exercise pen includes an elongated body having an elongated upper body and an elongated lower body where a lower end of the upper body and an upper end of the lower body can be releasably coupled together, and a resistance tube extending within lumens of said upper and lower bodies, the resistance tube having a first end coupled to a lower portion of the lower body and a second end, opposite the first end, coupled to an upper portion of the upper body. A method of exercising using the exercise pen includes decoupling the upper body from the lower body; and stretching the resistance tube by moving the upper body away from the lower body. Other embodiments, including an exercise kit having different resistance tubes of different moduli of elasticity are disclosed. | 2015-09-03 |
| 20150246257 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CERVICAL CURVATURE AND FOR MAINTAINING PROPER CURVATURE IN PERSONS PREDISPOSED TO DEVELOP IMPROPER CURVATURE - A core muscle exercising and resistance training device includes a weighted bar having opposed bar ends adapted to removably mount at least one weight or other force generating element. A pad element is removably and frictionally mounted on the bar, the pad element being constructed from a lightweight foam material having a density within a specific range. The pad has an outer surface with a radius of curvature substantially the same as a normal cervical curvature. In use, the outer pad surface is placed adjacent a user's cervical curve and the weighted bar, the additional isometric resistance generating elements and the pad element act in combination to apply a force upon the user's core cervical curve muscles for improving the user's cervical curve posture by gradually modifying the cervical curvature to conform with clinically desirable curvature. | 2015-09-03 |
