38th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 165 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140275697 | TREATMENT COUCH FOR SMALL ISOCENTRIC ROTATIONS - A treatment system for a patient includes a treatment couch to position the patient. The treatment couch includes a couch top and one or more stages to pitch the couch top about a lateral axis and/or roll the couch top about a longitudinal axis, translate the couch top along lateral directions and/or longitudinal directions, rotate the couch top about a vertical axis, and translate the couch top along vertical directions. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275698 | INTRA-FRACTION MOTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to the field of radiation therapy. In particular, the invention concerns systems and methods for monitoring intra-fraction motions of patients in connection with treatment cancer in radiation therapy system. A patient marker is attached on the nose of the patient and images of the patient marker and reference markers of a reference tool is captured at predetermined time intervals, wherein the reference tool comprises reference markers and is arranged in a defined position relative to a patient fixation arrangement for fixation of the patient during treatment. A position of the patient marker relative the reference tool is determined based on images captured by an optical tracking system, wherein changes in the position provide information if the patient or a part of the patient has moved. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275699 | COMPACT PROTON THERAPY SYSTEM WITH ENERGY SELECTION ONBOARD A ROTATABLE GANTRY - Systems and apparatuses for providing particle beams for radiation therapy with a compact design and suitable to a single treatment room. The radiation system comprises a stationary cyclotron coupled to a rotating gantry assembly through a beam line assembly. The system is equipped with a single set of dipole magnets that are installed on the rotating gantry assembly and undertakes the dual functions of beam energy selection and beam deflection. The energy degrader may be exposed to the air pressure. The beam line assembly comprises a rotating segment and a stationary segment that are separated from each other through an intermediate segment that is exposed to an ambient pressure. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275700 | Method and Apparatus for Using Patient-Experience Outcomes When Developing Radiation-Therapy Treatment Plans - A control circuit has access to information that correlates a plurality of patient-experience outcomes with corresponding delivered-radiation metrics and uses that plurality of patient-experience outcomes in conjunction with developing a radiation-therapy treatment plan for a particular patient. Those patient-experience outcomes can comprise, for example, information regarding how various patients fared post-radiation treatment as regards such things as post-radiation treatment life expectancy, tumor eradication success, and one or more other quality-of-life metrics. These teachings will accommodate using a particular one of the patient-experience outcomes as an optimization goal when optimizing candidate radiation-therapy treatment plans to develop the radiation-therapy treatment plan. In such a case these teachings will further accommodate, if desired, permitting a user to modify one or more optimization objectives while displaying intermediate optimization results. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275701 | Method and Apparatus for Using Preferred Angles When Irradiating Patient Target Volumes - A control circuit identifies (prior to optimizing a radiation-treatment plan) at least one angle (such as one or more gantry angles as correspond to an arc-therapy treatment platform) to provide one or more identified angles. The control circuit then optimizes a radiation-treatment plan with respect to a particular patient target volume by using the identified angle(s) as preferred angles as regards irradiating the patient target volume. Being “preferred,” the radiation-treatment plan is thereby influenced (without being required) towards changing a rate of moving the gantry when traversing the preferred angle(s). For example, the plan can be biased towards slowing down movement of the gantry at such angles to thereby deliver a relatively greater amount of radiation to the patient target volume at the preferred angle. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275702 | Method and Apparatus for Using a Designated Patient Structure as an Area to be Masked From Radiation - A control circuit provides a user with an opportunity to designate one or more patient structures for a particular patient that are to be protected from radiation. When optimizing a radiation-treatment plan for that patient, then, the control circuit uses the designated patient structure(s) as an area to be masked from radiation during administration of the radiation-treatment plan. By one approach the aforementioned opportunity to designate patient structures as being designated patient structures comprises providing the user with an opportunity to so designate patient structures via a display. The aforementioned masking can be accomplished as desired including by appropriate use of a multi-leaf collimator. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275703 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOSE DETERMINATION OF RADIATION THERAPY - Methods for performing dose determination and cost function gradients in a radiation therapy are disclosed, which include: discretizing a volume-of-interest (VOI) into a set of voxels; identifying a set of beamlets which deposit dose contributions of radiation to the VOI, and each beamlet has a weight factor; transforming the dose contributions into a first domain, and transforming the weight factors into a second domain orthogonal to the first domain; calculate the local derivatives of a cost function of dose and cost function gradients with respect to the weights of the beamlets. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275704 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR BREATHING-SYNCHRONIZED, TARGET-TRACKING RADIATION THERAPY - Preparing a plan to synchronize radiation delivery to a target in a patient with patient breathing phase and amplitude as the independent variable comprising (a) obtaining simultaneous data on patient breathing and target shape and location, (b) correlating the data and optimizing the correlation, (c) establishing optimal parameters of radiation delivery for each breathing phase/amplitude or for each target shape/location; and (d) synchronizing radiation delivery to a target in a patient with patient breathing comprising (a) positioning the patient, (b) monitoring actual breathing or the shape/location of the target, and (c) while monitoring, delivering radiation to the target according to a plan; and a system for controlling radiation delivery by a device to a target in a patient comprising (i) a processor, which receives and processes data on breathing or the shape/location of the target, and (ii) a controller, which controls radiation delivery to the target according to a plan, which synchronizes radiation delivery to the target with breathing data or the shape/location of the target. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275705 | PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF TUMOR VISIBILITY FOR IGRT USING TEMPLATES GENERATED FROM PLANNING CT AND CONTOURS - The plan CT is described to generate dual energy (DRR) that stimulates the treatment time radiographs in order to prospectively evaluate the angles in which issues for the template matching algorithm are present, and thus the visibility of the tumor. The present invention uses template matching to quantify the “trackability” of the target from different angles or directions. The peak-to-side lobe ratio is used to measure trackability. The results of this process influence treatment planning. For example, based on the outcome, either less or no dose is planned for the angles in which the location of the templates cannot be verified and thus, the tumor. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275706 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND DELIVERING RADIATION TREATMENT PLANS - A computer-implemented method for generating and/or delivering a radiation treatment plan is provided. The method comprises reading a modular radiation dose kernel that defines a three dimensional radiation isocenter dose formed from a sum of a plurality of radiation beams, reading serial slice data that define three dimensional closed surfaces representing a lesion, critical structure, or organ and generating a radiation treatment plan based on the radiation kernel file and the data that defines the three dimensional closed surface. The treatment plan can be translated for use by virtually any automated radiation delivery device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275707 | INTRA-FRACTION MOTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to the field of radiation therapy. In particular, the invention concerns systems and methods for monitoring intra-fraction motions of patients in connection with treatment cancer in radiation therapy system. A patient marker is attached on the nose of the patient and images of the patient marker and reference markers is captured at predetermined time intervals. The reference markers are arranged in defined positions relative to a patient fixation arrangement for fixation of the patient during treatment. A position of the patient marker relative the reference markers is determined based on images captured by an optical tracking system, wherein changes in the position provide information if the patient or a part of the patient has moved. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275708 | OPTIONALLY TRANSPORTABLE MACHINE FOR USE IN INTRAOPERATIVE ELECTRON RADIATION THERAPY - An electron therapy unit for delivering therapeutic electrons to a patient during an operation that is made up of a movable and stowable beam head that may be connected permanently or temporarily to either a base cabinet or a fixed structure using one or more optionally pivotable arms is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the inventive electron therapy unit is a mobile unit suitable for in-hospital use or for shared use between hospitals or clinics. The unit is self-contained, small, light and easy to use. It has a very reliable, compact design, allowing for easy stowing to a small rugged configuration for transport. In another exemplary embodiment, the inventive electron therapy unit is a stationary unit. An ion chamber for use with such an optionally transportable electron therapy unit is also provided. The ion chamber employs two or more collector plates and associated bias plates, each having a centrally located hole that extends through the plate. Further provided is a method for reducing or eliminating the possibility of significantly higher current caused by electrical arcs and power excursions during operation of the inventive electron therapy unit. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275709 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING THE DISTRIBUTION OF RADIATION DOSE AND RESPONSE - A system, method and computer program product to determine radiation dose from radionuclides used to treat a patient in need thereof. The present invention allows users to visualize and understand the impact of radionuclide choice, distribution of activity in the cell, distribution of activity among the cells, cell dimensions, cell separation distance, cluster size, and radiobiological response parameters on the capacity to kill populations of cells. All of these parameters can play a substantial role in determining the surviving fraction of cells. Accordingly, this system, method and computer program product can assist in designing treatment plans for therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals suited to individual needs. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275710 | RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT PLAN IMPROVEMENT THROUGH USE OF KNOWLEDGE BASE - A method for determining a radiation therapy dose distribution starts with selecting and downloading a treatment type from a database. Then an organ at risk (OAR) distance to target map is determined, wherein the OAR distance to target map comprises distances to a target organ for respective portions of at least one OAR, and wherein the OAR distances are determined from at least one segmented patient organ image. Now a cohort average dose distance to target histogram is selected and downloaded from the database. After which, a dose value to the portions of the at least one OAR are assigned to form a first 3D dose distribution map, wherein the dose values are from the selected cohort average dose distance to target histogram. Now a second 3D dose distribution map is determined based on a field arrangement determined by the treatment type, and the first 3D dose distribution map. Finally, a dose distance to target histogram is calculated for the patient using the second 3D dose distribution map and the distance to target map. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275711 | 1-(Arylmethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinazolline-2,4-diones and Analogs and the Use Thereof - Disclosed are novel 1-(arylmethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinazoline-2,4-diones and analogs thereof, represented by the Formula I, wherein Ar, A, B, R | 2014-09-18 |
20140275712 | RADIATION TREATMENT SHEET DEVICES AND METHODS - Radiation therapy devices, systems and methods are in general sheet-like form, are characterized by flexibility, and include at least one spacer that can be a balloon or bubble that assists in placement of radio therapeutic members at desired treatment locations along or around a limb, within an existing body cavity, or at a site that was formed under a patient's skin for treatment purposes. Sarcoma treatment is particularly conducive to treatment by these devices, systems and methods. One or more detectors, such as microdiodes, are accommodated when desired on the device, and a hyperthermia tube or the like is also includable that delivers hyperthermia treatment for the target treatment site or sites. Data collected by the detector allows the medical professional to monitor radiation treatment and, when desired, interaction between hyperthermia treatment and radiation delivery by the radiation treatment member. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275713 | Apparatus and Method for Optimizing a Brachytherapy Radiation Treatment Plan - A control circuit optimizes a brachytherapy radiation treatment plan for a patient target volume by defining a radiation-control structure that conformally surrounds the patient target volume and then automatically removes part, but not all, of the radiation-control structure to control consideration of radiation sources that are not disposed within the patient target volume. By one approach the control circuit selectively removes parts of the radiation-control structure as a function of the geometry as corresponds to placement of one or more of the radiation sources. For many application settings it serves well for the radiation-control structure to represent a radiation-avoidance area. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275714 | MULTITUBE ESOPHAGEAL BRACHYTHERAPY CATHETER - A system for delivery of radiation to a target portion of a native tissue is provided. The system includes a catheter having a main catheter body. The main catheter body includes an outer catheter surface and an inner catheter surface that defines a longitudinally oriented lumen. The lumen extends between longitudinally spaced proximal and distal catheter face surfaces extending laterally between the inner and outer catheter surfaces. A sheath covers at least a portion of the outer catheter surface. The sheath includes a tapered portion protruding substantially longitudinally distally from a portion of the distal catheter face surface. A plurality of tubes extends through the lumen towards the distal catheter face surface. Each tube of the plurality of tubes is configured to selectively guide exposure of a radiation source to the target portion of the native tissue. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275715 | DOSIMETRICALLY CUSTOMIZABLE BRACHYTHERAPY CARRIERS AND METHODS THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS - Brachytherapy radioisotope carrier systems and methodology for providing real-time customized brachytherapy treatment to subjects with tumors difficult to control using conventional radiation therapy techniques. The invention generally relates to devices, methods and kits for providing customized radionuclide treatments, to help cure, slow progression or regrowth, or ameliorate the symptoms associated with tumors. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275716 | Dysgeusia-Inducing Neurostimulation for Modifying Consumption of a Selected Nutrient Type - This invention uses dysgeusia-inducing neurostimulation to selectively modify a person's consumption of a selected type of nutrient or food. This invention includes a nutrient-specific consumption sensor that detects when a person consumes a particular type of nutrient or food and a Dysgeusia-Inducing Neurostimulation Device (DIND) that temporarily modifies a person's sense of taste when the person consumes that nutrient or food. This invention can make unhealthy food taste less appealing and make healthy food taste more appealing. Such selective taste modification can improve a person's nutritional quality and help them to manage their weight. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275717 | THERAPEUTIC BIOELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS - Methods for treating pain, inflammation, and skin conditions comprise exposing at least a portion of the body of a subject having pain, inflammation, or a skin condition to a bioelectromagnetic field having low frequency and low viscosity for a period of time sufficient to treat the pain, inflammation, or skin condition. Bioelectromagnetic fields may be generated by the interaction of an electromagnetic field generated by a device or composition with the natural electromagnetic fields produced by the body. Such generated bioelectromagnetic fields treat the pain, inflammation, and skin conditions. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275718 | SPINAL NERVE STIMULATION RINGS FOR REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH SPINAL TRAUMA AND STROKE - A device circles the spinal segmental nerves like a ring and cause stimulation of the nerves. The present invention offers magnetic as well as electric stimulation properties in order to balance the two modes. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROMAGNETIC STIMULATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - One aspect of the present disclosure relates a system that can employ micromagnetic stimulation to activate or suppress one or more areas of the central nervous system. A portion of the central nervous system can be exposed. A probe can be configured to be located in proximity to the exposed portion of the nervous system. A microcoil (of a size less than or equal to 10 millimeters) can be coupled to the probe and configured to activate or suppress the portion of the central nervous system via electromagnetic induction. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275720 | MEDICAL PRODUCT COMPRISING A FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT FOR THE INVASIVE USE IN A PATIENT' - So as to be able to determine the position of a functional element as precisely as possible during the invasive use of a blood pump in a patient's body without the use of imaging methods, the blood pump is connected to a main sensor which records signals of the patient's heart, which are compared to other electrophysiological heart signals recorded by several sensors distributed on the body surface so as to allow the position of the blood pump to be determined by way of linking. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275721 | Centrifugal Blood Pump With Partitioned Implantable Device - A centrifugal blood pump system has a self-contained pumping unit and a self-contained motor unit. A pump outlet extends radially from a pump housing of the pumping unit. A percutaneous cable passes through a radial exit from a motor housing of the motor unit. The motor housing has a substantially planar face configured to mate with a substantially planar face of the pump housing. The pumping unit and the motor unit are configured to latch together in a plurality of orientations, each orientation having the substantially planar faces mated and the outlet and radial exit at a different respective angular separation. The pumping unit and the motor unit are configured such that after the pumping unit is implanted, the motor unit can be unlatched and a replacement motor unit latched with the pumping unit at the plurality of orientations. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275722 | BLOOD PUMP ROTOR BEARINGS - A bearing assembly for use in a blood pump includes a first component that has a convex bearing surface and a first outer surface proximate the convex bearing surface. The bearing assembly includes a second component that a concave bearing surface and a second outer surface proximate the concave bearing surface, the concave bearing surface being configured to receive the convex bearing surface. A plurality of grooves are defined through the convex bearing surface and first outer surface or through the concave bearing surface and the second outer surface. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275723 | MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED AND DRIVEN BLOOD PUMP AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A device for pumping blood, includes a housing having a distal end adapted to be coupled to a catheter, a proximal end having an outlet, and a tubular body extending between the distal and proximal ends along an axis. A rotor is rotatably disposed within the housing. A first magnetic bearing is operative to levitate the rotor along the axis within the housing. A second magnetic bearing controls a rotational frequency of the rotor. A third magnetic bearing controls a radial position of the rotor. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275724 | PERCUTANEOUS DUAL-LUMEN CANNULA FOR CAVOPULMONARY ASSIST DEVICE - A dual-lumen cannula for cavopulmonary assistance includes a body defining an infusing lumen and a draining lumen and a deployable barrier disposed on an exterior surface of the body. Deploying the barrier within a vascular lumen substantially occludes fluid flow therethrough other than in an intravascular zone defined by the deployed barrier. The deployable barrier includes a first deployable wall spaced apart from a second deployable wall. The infusing lumen includes outlets disposed such that on initiation of fluid flow through the infusing lumen, that fluid flow promotes deployment of the first and second deployable walls, which in embodiments are foldable membrane umbrellas or cones having at least one end thereof attached to the cannula body. Percutaneous dual-lumen cannula based cavopulmonary assist devices incorporating the dual lumen cannula and methods for using to support or remedy failing Fontan circulation are described. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275725 | FLUID HANDLING SYSTEM - Various embodiments of a fluid handling system are disclosed herein. For example, the fluid handling system can include a catheter assembly and a console configured to control the operation of the catheter assembly. A removable interface member can be configured to provide fluid and electrical communication between the catheter assembly and the console. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275726 | CATHETER PUMP ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A STATOR - A catheter pump assembly is provided that includes a proximal a distal portion, a catheter body, an impeller, and a flow modifying structure. The catheter body has a lumen that extends along a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal portions. The impeller is disposed at the distal portion. The impeller includes a blade with a trailing edge. The flow modifying structure is disposed downstream of the impeller. The flow modifying structure has a plurality of blades having a leading edge substantially parallel to and in close proximity to the trailing edge of the blade of the impeller and an expanse extending downstream from the leading edge. In some embodiments, the expanse has a first region with higher curvature and a second region with lower curvature. The first region is between the leading edge and the second region. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275727 | Implantable Heart Pump Controller - The present invention provides devices, systems, and methods for control of ventricular assist devices. The invention includes an implantable controller that is operatively programmed to direct physiological flow through a ventricular assist device that is substantially synchronized to the cardiac cycle of the subject. The implantable controller is also communicatively connected to an external control unit, such that the implantable controller can transmit data to the external control unit, and instructions can be sent from the external control unit to the implantable controller. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275728 | Wireless Microactuator - According to an exemplary embodiment the hearing of a patient may be improved by providing the patient with a wearable package having a microphone, a wireless transmitter circuit responsive to the microphone to transmit a wireless transducer signal, a power storage device configured to provide power to the transmitter circuit; and a wireless power transmission circuit configured to transmit a wireless power signal and implanting into the patient an electrically powered microactuator having: a wireless receiver circuit to receive the wireless transducer signal; a transducer drive circuit coupled to the wireless receiver circuit to convert the received transducer signal into a transducer drive signal; a transducer coupled to the transducer drive circuit to convert the transducer drive signal into motion; and a wireless power reception circuit configured to receive the wireless power signal to power the transducer drive circuit. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275729 | DATA TRANSMISSION THROUGH A RECIPIENT'S SKULL BONE - Systems and methods are disclosed for data transmission through a recipient's skull bone. In one aspect of the present technology there is provided a bilateral system, comprising a first mechanical stimulator configured to transmit first data through vibrations of a skull of a recipient, and a sensor device configured to receive the first transmitted data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275730 | Control for Hearing Prosthesis Fitting - A method for adjusting parameters of a hearing prosthesis system includes adjusting a control to shift an audiogram associated with a first stimulator, applying a prescription rule using the shifted audiogram to adjust a cross-over frequency that defines a first frequency range and a second frequency range. The first stimulator is configured to apply stimulation signals in the first frequency range and a second stimulator is configured to apply stimulation signals in the second frequency range. The method also includes applying the prescription rule using the shifted audiogram to determine gain and maximum power output (MPO) levels for the first frequency range associated with the first stimulator. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275731 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER WITH SPECIFIC INTERNAL GEOMETRY - A device, including an electromagnetic transducer including a bobbin having a space therein, a connection apparatus in fixed relationship to the bobbin configured to transfer vibrational energy directly or indirectly at least one of to or from the electromagnetic transducer, and a passage from the space to the connection apparatus. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275732 | Hearing Prosthesis Fitting Incorporating Feedback Determination - The present application discloses systems and methods to analyze feedback path information during a fitting session. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided and includes during a fitting session, calculating a feedback gain margin of a hearing prosthesis by causing the hearing prosthesis to receive a test signal, output an output signal based on the test signal, and receive a feedback signal based on the output of the output signal, the test signal being configured to test a different parameter of the hearing prosthesis. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275733 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING VIBRATIONS - Methods and apparatus for transmitting vibrations via an electronic and/or transducer assembly through a dental implant are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon the implant to form a hearing assembly. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other hone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275734 | Optically Coupled Cochlear Actuator Systems and Methods - A transducer is configured to couple to the cochlear fluid so as to transmit sound with low amounts of energy, such that feed back to a microphone positioned in the ear canal is inhibited substantially. The cochlear fluid coupled hearing device can allow a user to determine from which side a sound originates with vibration of the cochlea and the user can also receive sound localization cues from the device, as feedback can be substantially inhibited. The transducer may be coupled to the cochlear fluid with a thin membrane disposed between the transducer and the cochlear fluid, for example with a fenestration in the cochlea. In some embodiments, a support coupled to the transducer directly contacts the fluid of the cochlea so as to couple the transducer to the cochlear fluid. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275735 | Implantable Sound Transmission Device for Magnetic Hearing Aid, And Corresponding Systems, Devices and Components - Various embodiments of systems, devices, components, and methods are disclosed for a magnetic hearing aid system comprising an implantable sound transmission device configured for implantation in a patient's skull. The sound transmission device is configured to receive acoustic signals generated by an EM transducer in a magnetic hearing aid that are transmitted through the patient's skin, and to transmit the received acoustic signals to the patient's cochlea via one or more sound-transmitting metal members. According to some embodiments, the sound transmission device is curved to permit optimal placement of the hearing aid and corresponding magnetic implant behind a patient's ear. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275736 | Sound Acquisition and Analysis Systems, Devices and Components for Magnetic Hearing Aids - Disclosed are various embodiments of components and devices in a sound acquisition system for a magnetic hearing aid that include a sound acquisition device. In one embodiment, the sound acquisition device is configured to be positioned between a magnetic spacer and a magnetic implant, and to be magnetically coupled to the magnetic spacer and the magnetic implant, such that sound signals generated by an EM transducer in the hearing aid may be acquired by a sound sensor forming a portion of the sound acquisition device as the sound signals pass through the sound acquisition device into the patient's skull or a test fixture. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275737 | PERSONALIZED AUDITORY-SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION TO TREAT TINNITUS - Timed stimulation of both somatosensory system and auditory system is controlled, in such a manner, that an individual's brain activity is altered through spike-timing dependent plasticity, thereby reducing or removing tinnitus. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275738 | COMBINATION OF TONIC AND BURST STIMULATIONS TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS - The present application relates to a new stimulation design which can be utilized to treat neurological conditions. The stimulation system produces a combination of burst and tonic stimulation which alters the neuronal activity of the predetermined site, thereby treating the neurological condition or disorder. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275739 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING A COMBINATION TREATMENT - Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting an indication of a schedule for administration of a bioactive agent to an individual and presenting an indication of an artificial sensory experience at least partly based on the accepting an indication of the schedule for administration of the bioactive agent to the individual. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275740 | SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING A USER'S NEUROLOGICAL STRUCTURE OR NEUROCHEMISTRY BY IMPROVING MOOD, POSITIVITY LEVEL, OR RESILIENCE LEVEL, INCORPORATING A SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a software-based system, which may include a social networking website, implemented on a stand-alone computing device or over a network using computing devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to modifying the neurological structure or neurochemistry of a user of the system by improving mood, positivity level, or resilience level either over the Internet or on a stand-alone computing device so as to provide cognitive benefits to the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING ALL-NIGHT SLEEP MANAGEMENT - System and method of all-night sleep management integrates the sleep cycle into the wake cycle with the result that the individual's sense of wholeness and overall well-being is promoted and improved day-in-day-out. In different embodiments, the system and method of all-night sleep management provides audio that a media player plays without potentially disruptive transitions to help people to manage tinittus or help babies or others to fall and stay asleep or to prevent failing to fall asleep or to prevent waking up of otherwise sensitive sleepers and provides an audio, video or other signal that an audio, video or other media player plays incorporating pacing, binaural beats, waveform manipulation, brainwave entrainment, light frequency, amplitude and color modulation or other techniques to draw people from the awake state, through one or more initial, staged intermediate sleep stages and back into the awake state. The media may be prerecorded media or may be provided by a programmed controller in response to user input selection. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275742 | Infant Blanket with Insertable and Programmable Devices to Provide Stimulation and Soothing to an Infant - A stimulation and soothing device for an infant is disclosed. The device includes a pouch large enough to accommodate the lower torso of an infant when the infant is placed in a reposed position therein. A backing piece includes first and second wings that wrap over the infant's shoulder and arms and secure to the pouch front panel. Each wing includes a pocket in which an insertable and programmable device may be housed. The insertable and programmable devices are provided for infant stimulation and soothing and may include a sound transducer and/or a portable digital media player. Additional pockets are provided for a temperature probe and for a phototherapy blanket. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275743 | INTRA-VAGINAL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING FECAL INCONTINENCE - Disclosed herein are devices and methods for intra-vaginal bowel control. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275744 | INTRA-VAGINAL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING FECAL INCONTINENCE - Disclosed herein are devices and methods for intra-vaginal bowel control. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275745 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHODS OF DELIVERING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - In some implementations, a medical device includes a clamp component and a strap. The clamp component has a portion configured to be placed around a urethra of a patient. The clamp component includes a first end portion configured to be lockably coupled to a second end portion of the clamp component. The strap has a portion extending between a first portion of the portion of the clamp component and a second portion of the portion of the clamp component. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275746 | Intra-Vaginal Devices And Methods For Treating Fecal Incontinence - Devices and methods for intra-vaginal bowel control. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275747 | Adjustable Gastrointestinal Bifurcation (AGB) for Reduced Absorption of Unhealthy Food - This invention is a device and method for adjustably and reversibly reducing nutrient absorption from food passing through a person's gastrointestinal tract using an Adjustable Gastrointestinal Bifurcation (AGB) and a flow-control member. The Adjustable Gastrointestinal Bifurcation (AGB) includes: a first food-flow route (comprising a first branch of the AGB) through the person's gastrointestinal tract wherein there is normal absorption of nutrients from food; and a second food-flow route (comprising a second branch of the AGB) through the person's gastrointestinal tract wherein there is reduced absorption of nutrients from food. The flow-control member adjusts the types and/or amounts of food which are diverted through the second food-flow route versus the first food-flow route. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275748 | MEAL DETECTION DEVICES AND METHODS - Devices and methods for detecting meal intake are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, one or more sensors can be used to detect or monitor physiological parameters of a user (e.g., heart rate, body movements, temperature, pH, impedance, gastric stretch, sound emissions, and the like). The outputs of the sensors can be received by a computer system configured to analyze the sensor data and make a determination as to whether meal intake has occurred or is presently occurring. The computer system's determination can be used to trigger, modulate, or otherwise control one or more therapeutic devices. Other types of devices can also be controlled using this determination, such as monitoring or logging devices. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275749 | RECTOCELE DEVICE - A stool evacuate assist device to address rectocele disorder is described. The device generally comprises a handle and a paddle wherein the handle and the paddle are delineated by a bend in the device. The stool evacuation device further has an expandable sheath located on the paddle that after being inserted in a vagina of a woman and after being expanded in the vagina, the expandable sheath is in contact with a rectovaginal wall of the vagina. The handle is adapted to translate directional pressure on the rectovaginal wall via the expandable sheath when manipulated by the woman. The bend between the handle and the paddle essentially remains outside of the vagina when the expandable sheath is expanded in the vagina. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275750 | Structural support incorporating multiple strands - A fabricated component for providing desired structural support has plural strands of material extending between opposing gathering points, and free ends extending from the gathering points. The component is preferably fabricated from a single strand of material using an appropriate folding procedure which includes the formation of plural loops of the strand, one upon the other, and development of the gathering points in opposing regions of the looped strand by passing opposing ends of the strand around the loops of the strand, and then through the resulting throws, or using a separate knotting arrangement. The fabricated component can be used in medical procedures, such as the support of subcutaneous tissue, muscle and organs, and other non-medical applications. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275751 | COLLAGEN-BASED OPHTHALMIC INTERFACE FOR LASER OPHTHALMIC SURGERY - Embodiments of a collagen-based ophthalmic interface for reducing patient eye movement are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ophthalmic interface serving as a partial barrier between a patient's eye and a surgical laser system includes an annular-shaped collagen-based shield configured to overlay the anterior surface of the eye. The shield is applied directly to the eye with an eyelid speculum, and reduces eye movement by adding friction to the surface of the eye. In another embodiment, a collagen-based material coats an attachment ring of a conical interface for coupling a patient's eye to a surgical laser system. The collagen-based coat glues the surface of the eye to the conical interface, reducing eye movement, and simultaneously eliminating the need for vacuum suction to hold the device in place. The gap in the middle of the annular-shaped collagen-coated attachment ring is filled with a liquid whose refractive index matches that of the cornea. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275752 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING AN IMPLANT - The present invention discloses a medical device that includes an elongate member, needle, needle deployment mechanism, and a head portion. The elongate member has a proximal portion, distal portion and a lumen defined along the elongate member. The needle deployment mechanism is disposed at least partially within the lumen. The head portion includes a tip portion that includes a front throat region, an opening, and a needle receiving portion. The front throat region includes a front edge and a lateral edge. The opening is defined by the lateral edge of the front throat region. The needle moves in and out of the device through the opening in a direction along the front edge of the front throat region. The needle receiving portion can be configured to capture the needle. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275753 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR AND METHOD OF DELIVERING THE MEDICAL DEVICE - In an embodiment, the invention discloses a medical device configured to be delivered and placed within a patient's body. The medical device includes an implant and a cover member. The implant is configured to be disposed within the patient's body. The implant includes a support member, a first arm member and a second arm member, an elongated first sleeve, and an elongated second sleeve. The support member includes a crescent shaped opening. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275754 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF DELIVERING THE MEDICAL DEVICE - The invention discloses an implant. The implant may include a first flap and a second flap. The first flap may further include a first portion, a second portion and a transition region. The first portion may be configured to be attached proximate a sacrum. The second portion may be configured to be attached to an anterior vaginal wall. The transition region lies between the first portion and the second portion. The second flap may be fabricated such that a portion of the second flap is configured to be attached to a posterior vaginal wall. The implant may be configured such that a value corresponding to a biomechanical parameter defining a biomechanical attribute of the portion of the first flap attaching to the anterior wall is different from a value of the biomechanical parameter defining the biomechanical attribute of the portion of the second flap attaching to the posterior wall. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275755 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF DELIVERING THE MEDICAL DEVICE - The invention discloses an implant. The implant may include a first flap and a second flap. The first flap may further include a first portion, a second portion and a transition region. The first portion may be configured to be attached proximate a sacrum. The second portion may be configured to be attached to an anterior vaginal wall. The transition region lies between the first portion and the second portion. The second flap may be fabricated such that a portion of the second flap is configured to be attached to a posterior vaginal wall. The implant may be configured such that a value corresponding to a biomechanical parameter defining a biomechanical attribute of the portion of the first flap attaching to the anterior wall is different from a value of the biomechanical parameter defining the biomechanical attribute of the portion of the second flap attaching to the posterior wall. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275756 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Treating Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Other Conditions - Devices, systems and methods for compressing, cutting, incising, reconfiguring, remodeling, attaching, repositioning, supporting, dislocating or altering the composition of tissues or anatomical structures to alter their positional or force relationship to other tissues or anatomical structures. In some applications, the invention may be used to improve patency or fluid flow through a body lumen or cavity (e.g., to limit constriction of the urethra by an enlarged prostate gland). | 2014-09-18 |
20140275757 | Translation Catheters, Systems, and Methods of Use Thereof - The present teachings generally relate to translation catheter systems and method of using thereof in treating defective mitral valves. Specifically, a translation catheter system includes a catheter configured to move substantially laterally along the mitral annulus and the lateral movement of the catheter is substantially continuous and substantially adjustable. Accordingly, a method of using such a translation catheter includes advancing a first wire across the mitral annulus at a first treatment location, delivering a catheter at or near the first treatment location, moving the catheter substantially laterally to a second treatment location, and advancing a second wire across the mitral annulus, where the distance between the first and second treatment locations is substantially adjustable and optionally visualized. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275760 | AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SURGICAL ROBOT SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - An augmented reality image display system may be implemented together with a surgical robot system. The surgical robot system may include a slave system performing a surgical operation, a master system controlling the surgical operation of the slave system, an imaging system generating a virtual image of the inside of a patient's body, and an augmented reality image display system including a camera capturing a real image having a plurality of markers attached to the patient's body or a human body model. The augmented reality image system may include an augmented reality image generator which detects the plurality of markers in the real image, estimates the position and gaze direction of the camera using the detected markers, and generates an augmented reality image by overlaying a region of the virtual image over the real image, and a display which displays the augmented reality image. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275761 | APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES - A surgical device includes a jaw portion and a shaft portion that is pivotably coupled to the jaw portion. The shaft portion defines an interior space having first and second openings on respective radially-opposite sides of the shaft portion. A camera assembly is coupled to the shaft portion and is moveable between a first position, in which the camera assembly is positioned within the interior space of the shaft portion, and, for example, second and third positions, in which the camera assembly extends through a respective one of the first and second radially-opposite openings of the shaft portion. In this manner, the camera assembly may be positionable on, and may provide imaging data of, either side of the surgical device, irrespective of which lateral side the jaw portion is articulated relative to the shaft portion. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275763 | PARTIALLY DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - An endoscopic device having a one-handed, either-handed steering mechanism is presented. The endoscopic device includes some components that are sterile and used on only a single patient. The single-use components are medically disposed of after exposure to a non-sterile environment such as an internal body cavity of a patient. The endoscopic device also includes some reusable components that are not exposed to a non-sterile environment. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275764 | SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING CLEAR ENDOSCOPE IMAGES - An endoscopic system including an endoscope, a light source for the endoscope and at least one image sensor for capturing a plurality of images of a body cavity. The light source is configured to emit light from the endoscope and into the body cavity such that the light is reflected off of a plurality of locations in the body cavity. The system also includes a control system for controlling both the light source and the at least one image sensor to vary parameters of the light source and the at least one image sensor such that the plurality of images have underexposed and overexposed regions. The endoscopic system could alternatively include a variable-attenuator element device adjacent the image sensor and configured to be located between the body cavity and the image sensor for capturing a single clear image with the image sensor. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275765 | PROBE ASSEMBLY AND DISPOSABLE COVER PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN ENDOSCOPE APPLICATIONS OF LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY - A fiber optic probe assembly comprises an optical engine and a fiber optic probe. A proximal end connector comprises a self-aligning connector for connecting optical fibers of the fiber optic probe to the optical engine and an integrated fiber optic-based polarizer. A disposable cover is provided for enclosing at least a portion of a fiber optic probe assembly. The disposable cover comprises an elongated tubular housing and a sheath portion adapted to receive at least a portion of the fiber optic probe between ends of the housing. A handle is disposed on a proximal end of the housing, the handle comprising a self-tensioning device. An optical window is disposed on a distal end of the housing, the optical window adapted to provide for alignment with optical elements of the fiber optic probe. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275766 | ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION DEVICE - A detachable stylet assembly for endotracheal intubation of a patient is disclosed. The stylet comprises an elongated tube defining: a longitudinal axis, a proximal end for detachably mounting the stylet to a hand grip, and a distal end for entering the trachea of the patient. The tube comprises an articulation section adjacent the distal end adapted to curve into the trachea upon actuation. An actuator housing is mounted on and adjacent to the proximal end of the tube. An actuating assembly is constructed inside the actuator housing having connection means for engaging the hand grip. A control wire is mounted within the actuator housing and connected to the actuating assembly. The control wire extends through the tube to the distal end of the tube and is adapted to curve the articulation section upon actuation. The hand grip comprises a base handle and a trigger for manual actuation of the actuator assembly. The trigger comprises finger grooves for convenient gripping. The base handle comprises a hand stop to prevent slippage. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275767 | Endoscopic Cryoablation Catheter - An endoscopic cryoablation apparatus for the ablation of unwanted tissues is disclosed. A method of utilizing the apparatus for ablating pancreatic cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, or other undesired tissue is also incorporated. The apparatus provides a cryoprobe needle tip covered by an outer sheath at a distal end of a catheter shaft such that the distal end includes a defined ablation zone. As implemented, the cryocatheter can be utilized alone or in combination with and endoscopic ultrasound. A moveable handle attached to the outer sheath is configured such that the handle retracts and protracts the outer sheath to expose and cover, respectively, the cryoprobe needle tip. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275768 | Thoracic Scope With Skirt And Gap - A minimally invasive viewing instrument including a cannula configured and adapted to house a scope having a lens. An attachment member including a skirt member is configured and adapted to maintain the lens of the scope at a distance away from the distal end of the skirt member to minimize the potential of lens contamination. Moreover, the materials shape, and/or contours of the skirt member is configured and adapted to divert the flow of bodily fluid away from the lens, thereby reducing the potential of lens contamination. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275769 | APPARATUS FOR TISSUE DISSECTION WITH SUCTION RING - A medical device may include a housing. The housing may include an outer wall, an inner wall spaced from the outer wall, and a cavity defined by the outer wall and the inner wall. The distal end of the outer wall may be disposed proximally from the distal end of the inner wall. The housing may further define a passageway therethrough. The cavity may be in fluid communication with a port configured to adjust pressure within the cavity. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275770 | Handheld Resector Balloon System - A handheld resector balloon system includes a balloon catheter with a resecting surface and hub coupled to a handheld pump. The hub includes an inflation port that supplies fluid to a first lumen of the catheter to repeatedly inflate and deflate the balloon in pulsed fashion to resect biological material. The hub may also include a delivery port for delivering an agent, such as drugs, to a second lumen of the catheter for delivery to the distal end of the catheter. The hub may also include an aperture for inserting a device, such as an imaging device, into the second lumen of the catheter. In some embodiments, an imaging module is coupled to a handheld pump, which may include a light source for supplying light, and image circuitry for converting an optical signal from the imaging device to electrical data to be output to a computer. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275771 | VIEWING TROCAR WITH INTEGRATED PRISM FOR USE WITH ANGLED ENDOSCOPE - Endoscopic light refraction imaging techniques are described for configuring a viewing trocar and/or angled endoscope with a light refracting element, such as glass and/or plastic prism for instance. The light refracting element can be utilized in and/or with the viewing trocar to refract (i.e., bend) light passing into the trocar through the trocar's window. As a result, the angled endoscope's field of view can be substantially aligned with the field of view of the trocar's window, thus allowing the angled endoscope and viewing trocar to be used together to create ports in a patient, including initial ports of endoscopic surgical procedures. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275772 | INTUBATION DEVICE WITH VIDEO AND ANATOMIC STYLET STEERING - A one piece, one step, steerable video intubation device has an intubation device body having a downwardly extending stylet, a proximal handle, and a video display. The flexible stylet has firming and bending tendons controlled by a trigger for controlled anatomic shaping and anatomically accurate steerage of the stylet. The stylet is inserted into an endotracheal tube for an intubation procedure, or other tubes for insertion into various body orifices. The stylet and mounted endotracheal tube are guided by a video image from a camera and light on the distal tip end of the stylet. The intubation device is removed, with the endotracheal or other surgical tube remaining in proper place in the patient. Sterility is maintained via a disposible sheath or condom placed over the stylet during use. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275773 | Delivery Catheter for Injecting a Substrate into a Tissue - A catheter device is useful in a procedure in which an injectable material or device is injected into a tissue of a patent. In one implementation, for example, the catheter device is useful in injecting a compound into a tissue of the heart, such as the myocardium. The distal tip portion of the catheter may include an extensible and retractable needle in combination with a camera, a balloon, a vacuum port, or any combination thereof. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275774 | Delivery Catheter - A catheter device is useful in a procedure in which an injectable material or device is injected into a tissue of a patient. In one implementation, for example, the catheter device is useful in injecting a compound into a tissue of the heart, such as the myocardium. The distal tip of the catheter may include an extensible and retractable needle in combination with a camera, a balloon, a vacuum port, or any combination thereof. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275775 | Narrowband Illumination of Paranasal Cavities for Visual Localization of Target Tissue - An apparatus comprises a guidewire body and a light source. The guidewire body includes an optically transmissive element. The guidewire body is sized for insertion in a sinus ostium of a patient. The light source is in optical communication with the optically transmissive element of the guidewire body. The light source is operable to transmit infrared light or narrowband visible light through the optically transmissive element. A detector may be used to detect light transmitted by the optically transmissive element through the patient. The detector may include a camera or a photodetector. Glasses may be used to provide an overlay of a camera image or to filter out light to enable focusing on light of a specific wavelength. A beam processing element may be used to provide a beam waist with an average irradiance of more than 10 W/cm | 2014-09-18 |
20140275776 | IMAGE DETECTING CAPSULE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING THEREOF - This invention relates to a system their manufacturing technologies for enhanced endoscopic diagnosis. More particularly, this invention is related to endoscope capsule system, which may increase its operating time as high as 80 hours, and may reduce the size of the capsule system. Furthermore, the diagnosis procedure using the capsule system may be applicable to all patients with various age groups, where capsule size and large set of images for accuracy in diagnosis, are required. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275777 | Resector Balloon Catheter With Multi-Port Hub - A catheter assembly includes a resector balloon catheter and a hub coupled to the proximal portion of the catheter. The hub includes an inflation port that supplies fluid to a first lumen of the catheter to inflate a resector balloon. The hub further includes a delivery port for delivering an agent, such as drugs, to a second lumen of the catheter for delivery to the distal end of the catheter. The hub also includes an aperture for inserting a device, such as an imaging device, into the second lumen of the catheter. In some embodiments, the catheter includes a third lumen, and the hub includes an additional port in fluid communication with the third lumen. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275778 | Imaging Stylet for Intubation - An imaging stylet is provided, including a deformable outer housing having a proximal end and a distal end with a longitudinal axis, and an opening provided at the distal end, an imaging device disposed at the distal end of the outer housing, a deformable support member disposed in the outer housing, and an actuator disposed in the outer housing and coupled to the imaging device. The imaging device is movable by the actuator from an inactivated position, in which the imaging device is substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the distal end, to an activated position, in which the imaging device extends out of the opening at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the distal end. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275779 | Flexible Shaft with Multiple Flexible Portions - A surgical device is provided including a control unit having at plurality of steering members and a flexible elongated guide shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the shaft includes an image sensor and the proximal end of the shaft is in operable communication with the control unit, and at least one flexible portion. The shaft is partitioned into a first segment and a second segment, the first and second segments operably mated at a first mating point located substantially midway through the shaft. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275780 | POWER SUPPLY THROUGH A SINGLE TRACK OF DISCRETE ELECTRODES AND METHOD THEREFOR - At least two distinct electrical members each having electrical elements are provided. The electrical members are moveable with respect to each other and one or more sensors determine the relative position of the electrical members. The electrical members may be used in a medical device such as an endoscopic system. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275781 | TAMPER-EVIDENT CAMERA ENCLOSURE - A housing for an instrument such as an endoscopic camera head is provided. The housing includes at least two parts which are attachable to each other, creating a sealed and tamper-evident housing without the use of externally exposed fasteners. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275782 | ACTIVATION OF IMAGING CAPSULES WITH ALTERNATING CURRENT - An imaging capsule activating system includes a capsule containing a radiation source and an arrangement with the radiation source mounted thereon. The arrangement is configured to selectively allow emission of radiation from the radiation source. A blocking arrangement is configured to selectively block emission of radian from the radiation source. In a rest position, the emission of radiation from the arrangement is blocked. A movement arrangement configured to move the blocking arrangement relative to the arrangement. A controller operates the radiation source and the blocking arrangement. An activation coil is electrically coupled with the controller and has an initial configuration without current flow. An external activating coil receives the imaging capsule and is operable to inductively induce current flow in the activation coil within the capsule. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275783 | MINIMIZE IMAGE SENSOR I/O AND CONDUCTOR COUNTS IN ENDOSCOPE APPLICATIONS - The disclosure extends to systems and methods for reducing the area of an image sensor by employing bi-directional pads used for both image data issuance and configuration command reception and internal supply voltage generation, for reducing the number of conductors in an endoscope system. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275784 | CONSCIOUS SEDATION AIRWAY - A conscious sedation airway, CSA, useable during conscious or unconscious sedation. The CSA includes an elongate body with an anterior flange depending therefrom. The body includes a central portion with superior and inferior plates extending a distance beyond a distal end of the body in an inferiorly curved arrangement. A midline opening and two lateral openings extend through the length of the central portion and are configured to receive apparatus, like endoscopes, cannula, and catheters. The superior and inferior plates aid to maintain a position of the tongue and to guide apparatus inserted through the midline opening toward the posterior oropharynx. The anterior flange prevents swallowing the CSA. The body does not extend into the pharynx to enable use in conscious patients and/or those with intact gag reflexes. And a nasopharyngeal airway can be placed without removing the CSA to allow bag ventilation of the patient. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275785 | Device and Method to Display the Angle of View Endoscopically When Using a Multi-Angle Endoscope - An endoscope comprises an elongate shaft assembly, a window, a viewing angle adjustment assembly, and an indicator feature. The window is located at the distal end of the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly is configured to transmit a view acquired through the window. The viewing angle adjustment assembly is operable to selectively change a viewing angle associated with the window. The indicator feature is positioned to be visible within a view acquired through the window. The indicator feature is configured to indicate the viewing angle associated with the window. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275786 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes a lens, a lens frame that holds the lens, and a bonding member that water-tightly fixes the lens to the lens frame, the bonding member composed of Sn-alloy solder containing at least one of Zn, Sb, Al and In, having a melting point not higher than 200° C. and forming a chemical bond via oxygen, and the lens, the lens frame and the bonding member are provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275787 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SHEATH AND ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - An endoscope cleaning sheath includes a sheath main body, a distal-side fixing portion fixed to a distal portion of the sheath main body, and a proximal-side fixing portion fixed to a proximal portion of the sheath main body. The endoscope cleaning sheath includes a linear portion having a distal end fixed to the distal-side fixing portion at a distal-side connecting position and a proximal end fixed to the proximal-side fixing portion at a proximal-side connecting position, extended along a linear core axis between the distal-side connecting position and the proximal-side connecting position, and having a higher tensile strength in directions parallel to the longitudinal axis than the sheath main body. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275788 | ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE OUTER SURFACE - An electrosurgical system may include a medical delivery device and an electrosurgical device to perform an electrosurgical procedure. The electrosurgical device may have a monopolar configuration. An outer surface of the medical delivery device may include a conductive portion that is part of a return path for a bipolar configuration. Current may be supplied through an active member of the electrosurgical device to perform the procedure. After passing through tissue, the current may be drawn to the electrode portion of the medical delivery device to complete the circuit. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275789 | SURGICAL LIGHT - A surgical light that uses multiple LEDs to produce superior illumination. Heat sinks are used to help dissipate heat produced from the LEDs. The light from the LEDs is directed, using collimizers, into fiber optic cables. The fiber light from the optic cables, using an LED combiner, is then combined and focused on a working area. The LED combiner may include an adjustable lens so that the device's illumination may be focused at multiple focal distances and with varied areas of illumination. The LEDs may be powered by a battery and may comprise one or more red LEDs, one or more blue LEDs, and one or more green LEDs. The surgical light may be used configured for use with headlamps, surgical scopes and the like. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275790 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USE - An illumination device for a speculum may include a first housing part and a second housing part that define a cavity therein. The illumination device may further include a pull tab configured to move from a first position to a second position. When the pull tab moves from the first position to the second position, the pull tab may be disposed so as to allow an electric circuit to be complete so as to provide illumination from an illumination source. When the pull tab is disposed in the first position, the pull tab may be positioned to interrupt the electric circuit such that the illumination device is in an unilluminated state. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275791 | Sealing Multiple Surgical Instruments - In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a door mechanism is provided. A door mechanism according to some embodiments of the present invention includes a door that includes a sealing part, an arm connected to the sealing part, and a pivot part connected to the arm, the door rotating around a pivot axis at the pivot part; and a lever, the lever engaging the door at the pivot part such that the lever opens the door when engaged but is not affected when the door is opened without the lever. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275792 | SURGICAL RETRACTORS - The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for surgically manipulating tissue. In general, the methods and devices can include an elongate retractor shaft having a distal retractor tip that is configured to manipulate tissue, for example the tip can be configured to separate muscle and nerve fibers surrounding a vertebra. The elongate retractor shaft can include an illumination source such that at least a portion of the surgical field is illuminated by the device when the device is used in the body. A sensor can also or alternatively be included on the elongate retractor shaft, for example on the blunt retraction tip, such that the sensor can monitor physiological parameters of the tissue in or adjacent to the surgical field. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275793 | Minimally Invasive Retractor - A bone screw mounted retractor apparatus for use in minimally invasive surgery, preferably minimally invasive spine surgery, comprising a screw extension detachably attached to a bone screw, a mounting ring attached to the screw extension, a connection arm attached to the mounting dag, a retractor retaining ring attached to the connection arm, and a tubular retractor body retained by the retractor retaining ring, as well as methods of minimally invasive surgery using such an apparatus. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275794 | Mechanical Gel Surgical Access Device - A mechanical cap ring/gel pad assembly useful in surgical access devices and methods for making the same, wherein the cap ring and the gel pad are formed separately and then mechanically attached to form a strong seal without the need for heating, solvents or adhesives. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275795 | ACCESS DEVICE WITH VARIABLE LUMEN - A device allows access into a body has at least:
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20140275796 | ROTATING ASSISTANT PORT - Embodiments of a rotating assistant port device are presented. The assistant port device can be utilized to provide for additional assistant instruments in single port robotic surgery. In some embodiments, the assistant port device can be utilized for skin retraction during single port teleoperated robotic surgery. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275797 | Expandable Cannula with Distal Locking Mechanism - An expandable cannula includes a proximal end portion having a substantially constant diameter therethrough, and a distal end portion, coupled to the proximal end portion and having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end portion includes a plurality of panels hinged by “living hinges” to the proximal end portion, and a locking mechanism that stabilizes the distal end portion in one of a contracted position and an expanded position. The locking mechanism may be a strut pressed overcenter during expansion distal portion to expanded configuration, or may include a locking ring and a catch for stabilizing the ring in a configuration where it holds the panels in expanded configuration. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275798 | LAPAROSCOPIC SYSTEM - A laparoscopic surgical system configured for cooperation with a trocar is described. In one configuration, the system is configured to expand to accommodate trocars of varying dimensions. In another configuration, which is not necessarily exclusive of the first configuration, the system may function to provide an anchoring and closure system for use in laparoscopic surgery. | 2014-09-18 |
20140275799 | Flexible Arm and Method of Using - A flexible arm for use in a medical procedure includes a plurality of bushings and a plurality of double-ball members engaged with one another to thereby provide flexibility to the flexible arm. The double-ball members include a concave bore having a convex interior surface. The flexible arm further includes a wire extending through the concave bore of the double-ball members. An exterior diameter of the wire closely approximates or matches an interior diameter of the concave bore at its smallest point such that the curved members are operable to guide the wire as the flexible arm is flexed. The wire may be adjusted to thereby manipulate the amount of engagement between the bushings and the double-ball members to thereby manipulate the flexibility of the flexible arm. | 2014-09-18 |