39th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150265761 | Devices and Methods for Modulating Medium Delivery - Devices, systems and methods for controlling, regulating, altering, transforming or otherwise modulating the delivery of a substance to a delivery site. The devices, systems and methods optimize the delivery of the substance to an intended site, such as a vessel, vascular bed, organ and/or other corporeal structures, while reducing inadvertent introduction or reflux substance to other vessels, vascular beds, organs, and/or other structures, including systemic introduction. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265762 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING TIME BASED PHOTO ACTIVE AGENT DELIVERY OR PHOTO ACTIVE MARKER PRESENCE - Devices and approaches for monitoring time based photo active agent delivery or photo active marker presence in an eye. A monitoring system is provided for measuring the presence of a photo active marker by illuminating the eye so as to excite the photo-active marker and then observing characteristic emission from the photo active marker. Example systems incorporate Scheimpflug optical systems or slit lamp optical systems to observe cross sectional images of an eye to monitor instantaneous distribution, diffusion pattern, and rate of uptake of a photo active agent applied to an eye. Systems and methods further allow for utilizing the monitored distribution of photo active agent in the eye as feedback for a cross-linking system. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265763 | FLUIDIC PUMP - Provided is a liquid delivering pump which can determine whether the pump is suitable for use, while in a standby state, and thus, the pump can be efficiently managed and utilized. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265764 | CONTINUOUS INFUSION DEVICE - A continuous infusion device with a housing, in which an infusion device can be inserted. The infusion device includes at least one infusion liquid container which can be pressed out; an actuating device for pressing out the infusion device; a drive for moving the actuating device, the drive having a mechanical energy storage device; and a mechanical control arrangement, wherein a speed of the actuating device can be adjusted. The control arrangement has a brake device that provides at least one brake element, which can be braked and is motion-coupled to the drive, and a magnetic member wherein a magnetic field can be generated that applies a brake force to the brake element. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265765 | TRANSCUTANEOUS CONDUIT INSERTION MECHANISM WITH A LIVING HINGE FOR USE WITH A FLUID INFUSION PATCH PUMP DEVICE - A fluid infusion device and an insertion mechanism are disclosed. The insertion mechanism actuates an assembly having a fluid conduit and a needle. An embodiment of the insertion mechanism includes a first sliding block, a second sliding block, a torsion spring, and a living hinge. The first block is coupled to the conduit to move the conduit in an insertion direction. The second block is coupled to the needle to move the needle in the insertion direction and in a retraction direction, wherein movement of the second block in the insertion direction pushes the first block in the insertion direction. The living hinge is coupled between the torsion spring and the second block. Rotation of the torsion spring during an insertion action actuates the living hinge to move the second block in the insertion direction and, thereafter, in the retraction direction. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265766 | Rotor for medical flow-regulating devices - A rotor for medical flow-regulating devices is described. The rotor comprises a central body and a margin extending from the central body. The margin comprises at least one actionable section that is movable from a rest position to a stretched position with respect to the central body upon application of a force and is configured to resiliently return to the rest position upon removal of the force. A medical flow-regulating device comprising the rotor is also described. A system comprising the medical flow-regulating device and a hand-held activation device is also described. A method of manufacturing a rotor is also described. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265767 | FLUID INFUSION PATCH PUMP DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC STARTUP FEATURE - A fluid infusion device and related operating methods are disclosed. The fluid infusion device has a housing, a fluid pump mechanism, a transcutaneous conduit assembly having a fluid conduit coupled to the pump mechanism, and an insertion mechanism for inserting the conduit into the body. An exemplary method begins by detecting a first installation of a fluid cartridge module in the housing, wherein the detecting occurs after the housing has been affixed to the body. In response to the detecting, the operating method automatically activates the insertion mechanism to insert the fluid conduit into the body. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265768 | FLUID INFUSION PATCH PUMP DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC FLUID SYSTEM PRIMING FEATURE - A fluid infusion device and related operating methods are disclosed. The fluid infusion device has a housing, a fluid pump mechanism having an inlet and an outlet, a first flow path in fluid communication with the inlet and at least partially defined by structure compatible with fluid cartridge modules containing medication fluid, a second flow path in fluid communication with the outlet and terminating at a subcutaneous conduit for a body, and a drive motor that actuates the pump mechanism. An exemplary operating method detects a first installation of a fluid cartridge module in the housing. The detecting occurs after the housing has been affixed to the body and after the subcutaneous conduit has been inserted into the body. In response to the detecting, the operating method initiates an automatic priming operation to prepare the device for delivery of the medication fluid to the body. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265769 | INTERVENTION DEVICE - A device for interventions within the body, the device comprising: an end piece | 2015-09-24 |
20150265770 | MICROJET DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM USING ERBIUM YAG LASER - A microjet drug delivery system includes a pressure chamber which has a predetermined storing space and of which a closed inner portion is hermetically filled with water, a drug chamber which is disposed adjacent to the pressure chamber and is configured to store a drug solution in a predetermined storing space and where a micro nozzle ejecting the drug solution as a microjet to an outside is formed at one side thereof, an elastic membrane which is disposed between the pressure chamber and the micro drug chamber, and a laser unit which irradiates the pressure driving liquid stored in the pressure chamber with laser to generate bubble in the pressure driving liquid. The laser unit irradiates a laser beam having an oscillation wavelength range of 2.8 μm to 3.0 μm, and in particular, an Er:YAG laser having a wavelength of 2.94 μs (2940 nm) is used. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265771 | DOSE SETTING MECHANISM FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - The present invention is directed at a dose setting mechanism for a drug delivery device, comprising an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve located at least partially within the outer sleeve wherein the outer sleeve is connected to the inner sleeve. To reduce noise excitations of the dose setting mechanism, at least one intermediate element is at least partially located in a clearance between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve in such way that it reduces the relative movement of the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve along a play between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. The invention is further directed to a pen-type injector equipped with a respective dose setting mechanism. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265772 | Autoinjector with Audible Indication of Completed Delivery - The present invention relates to a device for automatic injection of a product into an injection site, the device comprising: a container having a displaceable piston; a tubular housing having at least a flexible part which, in a rest state, defines a first opening; a piston rod; and, an intermediate part fixed to the piston rod which defines a diameter larger than the first opening. With sufficient distal displacement of the piston rod, the intermediate part causes the at least a flexible part to deflect outwardly with further distal displacement of the piston rod causing the intermediate part to wholly pass through the first opening with the at least a flexible part returning towards the at rest state, engagement of the at least a flexible part with a surrounding element under force of movement towards the at rest state generating a sound. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265773 | Syringe Having Dual Pivoting Arm Plunger Rod - A syringe assembly includes a syringe barrel having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end. The syringe assembly further includes a stopper disposed within a chamber of the syringe barrel, a plunger adapter engaged with the stopper and defining a recessed portion therein, and first and second plunger arms each having a first end pivotally secured to the plunger adapter. The first and second plunger arms each have a pre-use position where the plunger arms are spaced from each other, and a use position where the plunger arms are positioned adjacent to each other and configured to displace the stopper relative to the syringe barrel. The recessed portion of the plunger adapter receives a portion of a first end of a plunger rod when the first and second plunger arms are in the pre-use position and the use position. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265774 | Syringe Having Pivoting Arm Plunger Rod - A syringe assembly includes a syringe barrel having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end. The syringe assembly further includes a stopper disposed within a chamber of the syringe barrel, a plunger adapter engaged with the stopper, and a plunger rod having first and second ends. The first end of the plunger rod is pivotally secured to the plunger adapter. The plunger rod has a pre-use position where the second end of the plunger rod is positioned adjacent to the syringe barrel, and a use position where the plunger rod is configured to displace the stopper relative to the syringe barrel. A recessed portion of the plunger adapter receives a portion of the first end of the plunger rod when the plunger rod is in the pre-use position and the use position. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265775 | PEN INJECTOR APPARATUS - A pen injector apparatus is disclosed for use with a cartridge to deliver a plurality of single metered doses therefrom. The injector apparatus includes a body arranged to provide a conduit which, in use, provides a fluid communication path between the cartridge and a delivery needle and a mechanism arranged to expel therapeutic material from the cartridge. The mechanism is arranged to draw therapeutic material from the cartridge into the conduit by negative pressure and discharge a metered dose from the conduit via the delivery needle. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265776 | Spring Driven Injection Device - The present invention relates to a torsion spring driven injection device for delivering multiple set doses of a liquid drug from a cartridge by moving a plunger forward inside the cartridge. The torsion spring ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150265777 | REGIONAL ANESTHESIA SAFETY NEEDLE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - A safety needle device includes a housing with a needle and stylet located therein. The needle includes an elongate needle portion with a distal tip. The stylet includes an elongate stylet portion with a distal tip. The safety needle device also includes a compression spring and a sliding member coupled to the needle. A method of navigating the safety needle device toward a point is also provided. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265778 | TARGETING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - Provided are devices, systems, and methods for targeted administration of therapeutic agents to a subject. For example, provided are devices, systems, and methods for targeting the administration of peri-urethral bulking agents. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265779 | Fluid Transfer Devices - A fluid transfer device such as a syringe may include a fluid chamber in communication with a male connector tip. The male connector tip is tapered to form a friction fit when inserted in a corresponding female hub. A disconnecting member, e.g., in the form of a lever member has a front surface moveable along the male connector tip between a first position proximal to the fluid chamber and a second position spaced from the first position towards a distal end of the male connector tip so as to release the friction fit. A catch is arranged to catch the female hub after it has been released from the friction fit by the lever member moving towards the second position. The catch may be released when the lever member pivots back towards the first position under the resilient bias of a spring tongue. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265780 | Device and Method for Drug Delivery - A therapeutic treatment device, system and method for improving administration of a temperature sensitive drug into a tissue on the body of a patient at a drug injection site are disclosed. The device includes a treatment element with a controllable heating element in temperature communicative contact with the tissue adjacent to the drug injection site. The controllable heating element is configured to heat the tissue adjacent to the drug injection site to a controllable temperature but does not heat the injected drug above a predetermined limiting temperature, above which degradation of the injected drug may occur. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265781 | COMPACT FLUID WARMER - A portable apparatus to warm a stream of biocompatible fluid prior to introduction into a patient comprises a heat exchanger base with a first side and a second side, a gas chamber cover coupled to the first side to form a gas chamber therebetween, a fluid warming chamber cover coupled to the second side to form a fluid warming chamber therebetween, an air-fuel mixing chamber with an outlet feeding an inlet to the gas chamber, a catalyst member disposed within a catalyst compartment of the gas chamber to receive an air-fuel mixture from the inlet to the gas chamber, a tortuous pathway between the catalyst compartment and an exhaust port of the gas chamber, an air mover to receive ambient air and discharge air into the air-fuel mixing chamber, and a fuel storage tank connected to feed a stream of fuel gas to the air-fuel mixing chamber. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265782 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE WITH USE INDICATOR - Described is a medicament delivery device ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150265783 | Self-Contained Heating Unit and Drug-Supply Unit Employing Same - Heating units, drug supply units and drug delivery articles capable of rapid heating are disclosed. Heating units comprising a substrate and a solid fuel capable of undergoing an exothermic metal oxidation reaction disposed within the substrate are disclosed. These heating units can be actuated by electrical resistance, by optical ignition or by percussion. Drug supply units and drug delivery articles wherein a solid fuel is configured to heat a substrate to a temperature sufficient to rapidly thermally vaporize a drug disposed thereon are also disclosed. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265784 | Insufflation System And Method For Operating The Insufflation System - An insufflation system has a medical instrument, which has a channel through which an insufflation gas can be passed from the proximal end to the distal end. A first valve in the instrument can be switched between a first switching state and a second switching state. It is proposed that a pressure sensor be provided which is connected to the channel and which can detect the two switching states of the first valve. A second switch-over valve can be switched by a control unit in accordance with the detected pressure values, such that the instrument can be connected by the second switch-over valve either to a source of insufflation gas or to a source of air. The second switch-over valve is designed such that only air is delivered in the first switching state of the first valve and only insufflation gas is delivered in the second switching state. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265785 | TROCAR SLEEVE - A trocar sleeve that isolates the surgical device or movement thereof to inhibit or prevent an established non-jet streaming condition from becoming a jet streaming condition and a method of inhibiting or preventing a jet streaming condition from occurring due to instrument obstruction. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265786 | DRUG SOLUTION TANK AND DRUG SOLUTION PACK FOR ULTRASONIC INHALER - A drug solution tank of the present invention is a drug solution tank for an ultrasonic inhaler, including a drug solution reservoir portion having an upper edge that surrounds an opening and a bottom portion formed so as to protrude downward, a flange portion formed so as to extend outward from the upper edge of the drug solution reservoir portion, and a leg portion that is continuous with the outer perimeter or lower surface of the flange portion, is formed so as to surround the drug solution reservoir portion, and extends downward past the bottom portion of the drug solution reservoir portion. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265787 | Adaptive Patient Circuit Compensation With Pressure Sensor at Mask Apparatus - Systems and methods for providing respiratory therapy overcome various effects of transport delay within tubing of a respiratory therapy device by virtue of estimating and compensating for, e.g., a pressure drop in such tubing. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265788 | MEANS AND METHOD FOR FLUID PULSES - A pulsating therapeutic inhaler generating pneumatic pulses for treating respiratory disorders. The inhaler includes: a linear passage that has an elongate axis and and is configured to conduct a fluid flow in a laminar manner; a patient interface fluidly connectable to the patient's respiratory tract having an aperture fluidly connectable to the passage; and a shutter disposed between the passage and the aperture configured to modulate a fluid pressure within the fluid flow. The shutter includes a disc having at least one cutout and rotating about an axis parallel to the passage axis. The cutout has four cornered perimeter thereof with two side portions and two circumferential arcs configured relative to the rotation axis. The side portions are circumferentially anti-symmetrical relative to the aperture. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265789 | PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR CPAP MACHINE - A positive airway pressure apparatus is automatically adjusting. Pressure increases in response to apnea events when the apparatus is in one or more responsive states. Pressure does not increase in response to apnea events when the apparatus is in a non-responsive state. The apparatus switches between responsive and nonresponsive states depending upon any of a number of different criteria that help differentiate between open airway apnea events and closed airway apnea events. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265790 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED ASSISTED VENTILATION - Devices and methods for allowing for improved assisted ventilation of a patient. The methods and devices provide a number of benefits over conventional approaches for assisted ventilation. For example, the methods and devices described herein permit blind insertion of a device that can allow ventilation regardless of whether the device is positioned within a trachea or an esophagus. In addition, the methods and device allow for timed delivery of ventilations based on a condition of a thoracic cavity to increase the amount and efficiency of blood flow during a resuscitation procedure. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265791 | TRACHEAL TUBE WITH FACILITY TO VIEW INNER CANNULA - A tracheal tube assembly includes an outer cannula configured to be positioned in a patient airway and an inner cannula configured to be disposed inside the outer cannula. The tracheal tube assembly further includes a flange member secured about the outer cannula, and a connector coupled to a proximal end of the outer cannula. The connector is configured to provide a view of the inner cannula, and the inner cannula and the connector form a contiguous passageway for exchanging fluid with the patient airway in operation. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265792 | VENTILATING BITE BLOCK FOR USE IN ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES - A bite block for facilitating upper GI endoscopy procedures includes a body member that defines a first passageway, channel or lumen and a second passageway, channel or lumen. The first passageway is provided with a diaphragm for forming an airtight seal with an endoscope. The second passageway is connectable to a breathing apparatus for ventilating a patient. The body member includes a flange with a seal about a periphery thereof for engaging the face of a patient in an airtight fit about the mouth of the patient. Such a device facilitates the performance of upper endoscopic procedures by maintaining the integrity of the airway. The airway is spaced from the endoscope deployment pathway and can be maintained despite the movement of the endoscope. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265793 | METHODS FOR USING HEAD POSITIONING PILLOWS TO OPTIMIZE RESPIRATORY TITRATION - Presented herein are various methods for using head positioning pillows to optimize respiratory titration. More specifically, the method includes a first step of determining an optimal relative angle between the patient's mouth and throat at which the patient's airway is optimally opened. The method also includes a second step of adjusting a head positioning pillow relative to the patient's head and neck to modify and transform the configuration of the pillow to achieve a pillow position that achieves the optimal relative angle. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265794 | Customized Breathing Mask - The present invention relates to a manufacturing method and a device for use in breathing assistance systems. The invention provides a cost efficient method for manufacturing a Positive Airway Pressure mask which has an improved fit factor and provides an improved comfort in wearing and a saver use. The mask is produced using 3D rapid prototyping technology using a 3D scan of a subject's face as input. A sealing edge is integrated in the one piece mask. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265795 | PATIENT INTERFACE DEVICES - A patient interface device uses a pressure flap which extends inwardly from an outer edge of a mask of the device. The pressure flap is for contacting the skin of the patient to provide a seal or partial seal between the mask volume and the ambient surroundings. The pressure flap comprises a cavity area which is exposed to a reduced pressure compared to the mask volume. This assists in keeping the pressure flap pressed against the patient's skin, and thereby maintain a large contact area. This in turn gives a reduction in local high pressure areas. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265796 | HEATING ARRANGEMENTS FOR HUMIDIFICATION SYSTEMS - An electrically conductive plastic (ECP) material can be used to heat water in a reservoir of a respiratory humidifier to encourage heating and/or humidification of gases passing through the respiratory humidifier. The electrically conductive plastic material can at least in part overmould the base and/or walls of the chamber and/or the reservoir of the respiratory humidifier. The reservoir can also partially or fully be formed from the electrically conductive plastic material. Furthermore, the humidification system can be configured to create substantially equal or differential heating of water in the reservoir. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265797 | Field-effect Harmonizer for biosystems and substances - A field-effect harmonizer for biosystems and substances with a wide application range in a plurality of shapes and sizes from packaging for perfumery products, water, foodstuffs, alcoholic products, and medications to chambers and facilities for healthcare and biotechnology problem solving. The invention generates fields with a positive impact on living organisms including human bodies and on substances, comprising a disc with 23.5 or more GB of G. Vorsunov's biologically active films (BAF) or a disc with film plates affixed thereof, obtained from the discs that had been recorded with BAF, or from several such plates compiled in stacks, or from other data carriers storing information in a quality fashion and in an amount sufficient for launching positive changes in biosystems, located on any surface covered with a light-reflecting material made of aluminum foil, mirror, or polished metal, etc., to reflect the field to the biosystem. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265798 | CATHETER - A catheter includes a catheter shaft having a body portion and a bend that extends distally from a distal end of the body portion. In the catheter, a braid is embedded in the catheter shaft. The braid has a first wire and a second wire woven together. The first wire has a high tensile strength and the second wire has a low tensile strength that is lower than the high tensile strength of the first wire. When viewed from a proximal end of the catheter shaft, the bend forms an arc that extends in a winding direction of the first wire. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265799 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING A LUNG - Methods and devices for treating a lung are disclosed. The method may include deploying a catheter into an airway of the lung, and discharging a media into the airway through the catheter. The media may be configured to increase elasticity of lung tissue in the vicinity of the airway or occlude the airway. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265800 | Clamping Device For Clamping A Workpiece, And Installation Comprising Such A Clamping Device - A clamping device for clamping a workpiece having a constant section includes a base; a head; jaws including a jaw fixed to the base and a jaw facing the other jaw and fixed to the head to clamp the workpiece; a guide to link the head to the base and to allow the displacement of the head in an action direction between a clamping position and an opening position. The guide includes at least two plates parallel one with the other with each plate being linked at a first end to a heel of the base and to the head at a second end opposed to the first end, the first ends and second ends being flexible to allow the plates to pivot in relation to the heel and the head, respectively; the clamping device being in one block of monolithic material such as metal. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265801 | VAPOR HYDRATED MEDICAL DEVICE WITH LOW SURFACE ENERGY SLEEVE - A medical device such as a catheter in a liquid and vapor impermeable package, the device being contained in a low surface energy sleeve or compartment that is liquid impermeable and vapor permeable. Water vapor molecules from a liquid provided within the package exteriorly of the sleeve or compartment migrate across the sleeve or compartment to an interior thereof, thereby creating and maintaining a moist environment for the device, which may include activating a hydrophilic coating of the catheter. Water molecules are transported through the sleeve from an exterior of the sleeve or compartment to the interior of the sleeve compartment. Upon removal of the device from the package, the exterior of the sleeve or compartment is drier to the touch. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265802 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY - A catheter assembly includes an outer catheter and an inner catheter. The inner catheter has an accommodation unit which can be positioned on a farther distal side than an outer catheter body in a state where an inner catheter body is inserted into the outer catheter body, extends in a proximal direction from the inner catheter body, and can accommodate an outer catheter distal portion so as to surround an outer circumference thereof in a state where the outer catheter distal portion formed at a distal end of the outer catheter body is reduced in diameter. The outer catheter distal portion can be separated from the accommodation unit and can expand in diameter by moving the inner catheter body in a distal end direction relatively with respect to the outer catheter body from a state of being accommodated in the accommodation unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265803 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING INTO A BODILY ORIFICE OR CAVITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL - A medical device for inserting into a bodily orifice or cavity of an individual, which includes a first longitudinal hollow body and a second longitudinal hollow body that receives the first hollow body. Between the one end thereof and the first hollow body, there is a stepped transition which extends in the radial direction and can pass into an at least substantially step-free transition by virtue of the fact that the first hollow body, in the region of the stepped transition, expands in the radial direction towards the second hollow body and/or that the second hollow body, in the region of the stepped transition, contracts in the radial direction towards the first hollow body. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265804 | VASCULAR DELIVERY METHODS - A vascular method is disclosed comprising introducing a first flexible wire into a blood vessel, wherein the blood vessel has a first vessel end and a second vessel end and wherein the first flexible wire has a first end and a second end, sliding an angiotip along the first flexible wire in a direction away from the first end of the wire and toward the second end of the wire, frictionally engaging the first flexible wire with the angiotip, and pulling the first flexible wire through the blood vessel in the direction of the second vessel end, wherein the pulling of the first flexible wire pulls the angiotip through the blood vessel in the direction of the second vessel end. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265805 | Catheter with Gills - A guide catheter has an inlet orifice that allows blood to enter an interior passage of the catheter. A valve is positioned next to the inlet orifice that selectively opens and closes the inlet orifice. The catheter includes a dye passage that transports dye from a proximal end of the catheter to a dye outlet orifice. The dye passage may be formed in a unitary tubular member, a partitioned tubular member or in the clearances of a double-walled catheter. A valve may also be positioned next to the dye outlet orifices that selectively opens and closes the orifices. The valves are preferably kidney-shaped expandable bladders or pressure valves. A capillary tube connected to the expandable bladder functions to inflate and deflate the expandable bladder. The expandable bladders and capillary tubes are incorporated into the wall of the catheter. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265806 | CATHETER - A hub of a catheter has a first tapered portion in which an inner diameter is reduced toward a distal direction from a proximal opening portion, a second tapered portion in which an inner diameter is reduced at a ratio greater than that of the first tapered portion from a distal end of the first tapered portion toward the distal direction, and a third tapered portion in which an inner diameter is reduced at a ratio smaller than that of the second tapered portion from a distal end of the second tapered portion toward the distal direction. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265807 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR CATHETER DRIVING INSTINCTIVENESS - A robotic catheter system may include a flexible catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and an articulating portion at the distal end. It may further include a sensor coupled with the flexible catheter at or near the distal end, a visual display for displaying an image of at least part of the flexible catheter, a processor for generating a virtual indicator displayed on the image of the flexible catheter, where the virtual indicator indicates a direction of articulation and/or an amount of articulation of the articulating portion of the catheter, and a controller coupled with the proximal end of the flexible catheter to receive a user input and articulate the articulating portion of the catheter in response to the user input. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265808 | MEDICAL DEVICE SECUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medical device securement system is configured to secure medical devices such as catheters in place. The securement system includes an anchor pad that attaches to a patient's skin. A malleable support base is attached to an upper surface of the anchor pad. The support base has front and back inclined surfaces that are separated by an offset surface that extends generally normal to both of the inclined surfaces. A spot of adhesive is applied to one or more of the inclined surfaces. A catheter assembly includes a connector having a first connector portion with a diameter larger than an adjacent second structure. The catheter assembly is attached to the support base with the first connector portion engaged with and supported by the back inclined surface, and the second connector portion engaged with and supported by the front inclined surface. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265809 | GUIDE WIRE - A guide wire includes a coil body composed of a proximal-end coil and a distal-end coil connected to each other at a connecting portion in a manner that secures alignment of the two coils and sufficient penetration of a brazing metal into the connecting portion of the coils. The distal-end coil is formed of a first wire that is coiled, and the proximal-end coil is formed of a second wire that is coiled. The distal-end coil and the proximal-end coil are connected to each other with alternately disposed windings of the first wire and the second wire. Furthermore, the connecting portion of the coil body includes a gap. In this manner, the central axes of the two coils can be easily kept aligned with each other even before brazing, and a brazing metal or the like can easily penetrate into the connecting portion. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265810 | GUIDEWIRE - A guidewire includes a core shaft and a first coil body that is wound around a distal end portion of the core shaft. In the guidewire, a second coil body is joined to a proximal end portion of the core shaft by a joint, the second coil body including a stranded wire composed of a plurality of wires that are twisted together. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265811 | DEFLATION AND REMOVAL OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - A deflation catheter device, comprising: a catheter tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a stylet disposed within the catheter tube; a stylet handle attached to the stylet; and a y-connector disposed near a proximal end of the catheter tube, configured to provide fluid communication from the distal end of the catheter tube and a suction port, and configured to provide access for the stylet from the proximal end of the catheter tube to the distal end of the catheter tube. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265812 | BALLOON DESIGN TO REDUCE DISTAL LENGTH - A device and system for thermally affecting tissue that includes a balloon catheter with a reduced distal length for ease of navigation and that also includes a balloon that is more resistant to bursting and delamination. The balloon may include a proximal neck generally attached to an elongate body and a distal neck generally attached to a shaft disposed within the elongate body. The distal neck is turned inward to extend within the balloon chamber and the proximal neck may either extend within the chamber or extend proximally away from the balloon chamber. Alternatively, the device may include an inner balloon and an outer balloon, the distal necks of both being turned inward and extending within the inner balloon chamber. The proximal necks may both also be turned inward to extend within the chamber or the proximal neck of the outer balloon may extend away from the balloon chamber. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265813 | BALLOON SYSTEM FOR TREATING SINUSITIS OR ALLERGIC RHINITIS - A balloon system for treating sinusitis or allergic rhinitis includes a central inner tube, a balloon to be filled and a balloon catheter outer tube, all of which axially extend. The central inner tube includes a distal end part and a proximal end part detachably connected with each other by a connector in an axial direction. A first end of the balloon is connected to the distal end part, and a second end of the balloon and the balloon catheter outer tube are detachably connected with each other by the connector. The balloon catheter outer tube is radially outwardly spaced from the proximal end part, and the connector includes a first grommet and a second grommet rotating coaxially and relatively fixed with each other in axial direction. Each of the first grommet and second grommet has at least one gas port. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265814 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING DIETARY LIPID UPTAKE - Methods and devices for redirecting at least a portion of a fluid from the mesenteric lymphatic system for elimination from the body are disclosed. The fluid may be redirected for elimination through the urinary system, through the gastrointestinal system, or redirected outside the body. The device may include a valve to control a flow of the fluid. The methods and devices disclosed may prevent a portion of a patient's dietary lipids, including cholesterol, from being metabolized and absorbed, thereby reducing the total caloric load to assist in weight management and/or for prevention/treatment of atherosclerosis. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265815 | ADJUSTABLE RESISTANCE, GRAVITATIONALLY ACTIVATED, ANTI-SYPHON VALVE - An anti-siphon drainage device having a housing forming an internal chamber, an inlet and outlet ports part of the internal chamber and fluidly connected by a primary flow path. A valve seat is associated with the primary flow path, a sloped section extends from the valve seat, and a valve element disposed in the sloped section and can seat in the valve seat to restrict a fluid flow into the primary flow path from the inlet port. A secondary flow path can have an opening near the inlet port and an orifice near the outlet port. A regulator has an aperture to selectively open and close the opening of the secondary flow path. When the valve element is seated in the valve seat and restricting the fluid flow into the primary flow path, the fluid flows into the secondary flow path. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265816 | PRECISION BALLOON CATHETER - Intravascular balloon catheters having one or more sets of spatial radiopaque markers circumferentially disposed around an inflatable balloon member or shaft for precise positioning of a stent. The spatial radiopaque markers may be positioned at a place of interest on the inflatable balloon member, such as the edges(s) of the working area or the proximal edge of a stent on the inflatable balloon member. In some embodiments, the spatial radiopaque markers appear as a ring structure when viewed non-orthogonally and as a two-dimensional line structure when viewed orthogonally under fluoroscopy. In some embodiments, a pattern of maximum width and space between a pair of shaft spatial markers is observed when viewed orthogonally under fluoroscopy. These provide the cardiac interventionist great confidence in proper positioning of a stent at an ostial lesion without expensive ultrasound imaging or added techniques and devices. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the same. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265817 | Positioning Device For Ostial Lesions - A device for positioning a catheter at an ostium. The device includes an attachment mechanism for direct attachment to the catheter at a location proximal to a treatment device positioned on the catheter, the attachment mechanism having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The device also including a stopper element extending from the distal end of the attachment mechanism and projecting away from the longitudinal axis, the stopper element being bendable in a direction toward the proximal end of the attachment mechanism. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265818 | SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID AND STABLE ENDOLUMINAL SURGICAL SUITE FOR TREATING A GASTROINTESTINAL LESION - Exemplary embodiments of devices and method for affecting at least one anatomical tissue can be provided. A configuration can be provided that includes a structure which is expandable (i) having and/or (ii) forming at least one opening or a working space through which the anatomical tissue(s) is placed in the structure. For example, the structure, prior to being expanding, can have at least one partially rigid portion. In addition, or as an alternative, upon a partial or complete expansion thereof, the structure can be controllable to have a plurality of shapes. Further, the structure can be controllable to provide the working space with multiple shapes and/or multiple sizes. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265819 | Medical Devices, Methods, and Kits for Delivering Medication to a Bodily Passage - Medical devices, methods and kits are described. An exemplary medical device comprises a catheter that has a catheter wall and defines a catheter lumen, a bend, and a coil disposed distal to the bend. The catheter defines one or more apertures that extend through the catheter wall and are in communication with the catheter lumen. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265820 | Suppository Insertion Device, Suppository, And Method Of Manufacturing A Suppository - Today's suppositories are typically packaged individually for digital administration into the anal canal of a patient. A suppository applicator described herein, which works with individually packaged suppositories, can alternatively be shipped in a prepackaged operational arrangement with a suppository to enable the patient to administer the suppository through use of the applicator in a single operation after opening a hygienic wrapper containing the applicator-suppository combination. A method for manufacturing a suppository includes manufacturing the suppository in the presence of and in contact with an element configured to be used to insert the suppository into a body cavity. The method may include using the element to define a shape of the sup pository during the manufacturing. The resulting applicator-suppository combination is more hygienic and easier to handle than the separate applicator and suppository and provides more efficiency from time of opening the packaging to time of commencing administration of the suppository. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265821 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR FLUID DELIVERY - Assemblies and methods for fluid delivery (e.g., solutions, solutions comprising suspensions of cells, fibrinogen, thrombin, and the like), such as those, for example, configured to deliver a fluid to a body of a person. The assemblies comprise a first inlet channel ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150265822 | DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING SKIN SURFACES - A device for treating the skin comprises a handpiece assembly having a distal end and a proximal end, a cartridge comprising an interior cavity and a tip on the distal end of the handpiece assembly. The handpiece assembly includes a fluid delivery conduit and a waste conduit. In addition, the cartridge is coupled to the handpiece assembly with the interior cavity of the cartridge being in fluid communication with the fluid delivery conduit. Further, the tip is configured to contact the skin. The tip comprises a peripheral lip, a first opening in fluid communication with the fluid delivery conduit, a second opening in fluid communication with the waste conduit and an abrasive element. The first opening, the second opening and the abrasive element of the tip are generally positioned within the peripheral lip. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265823 | METHOD FOR TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY OF PERMEANT SUBSTANCES - A method for delivering permeant substances transdermally into a membrane of an animal includes forming at least one delivery opening in the skin tissue, with the at least one delivery opening having a mean opening depth of between about 40 and about 90 microns. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO LOCALLY DELIVER THERAPEUTIC AGENT TO INNER EAR - The disclosed subject matter relates to a system and method for delivery of therapeutic agent to the inner ear. The system includes a plurality of micro-needles which can be delivered to the round window membrane by a delivery device, e.g. catheter, and is capable of controlled penetration of the round window membrane to create temporary and self-closing perforations. In some embodiments the micro-needles are hollow with a lumen for local drug delivery into the perforations. In other embodiments the micro-needles are solid and include a coating of therapeutic agent on exterior surface for delivery into the perforations. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265825 | COMBINED SONIC AND IONTOPHORETIC SKIN CARE DEVICE - The present disclosure seeks to address the primary problem of long application durations to deliver an effective dose of an active ingredient. The devices combine mechanical motion with electrically induced flux (e.g., iontophoresis). The combination of techniques in a single device can reduce the treatment time required to deliver the active ingredient in an effective dose, or deliver a larger dose over the same duration of application. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265826 | CONNECTION FOR SYRINGE FOR IV BAG INJECTION - A connection between a guard tube and a needle holder for a syringe for injecting medication into an IV bag, the guard tube having a needle holder receiving end having an aperture for the needle holder to be inserted from the outside, the aperture terminating at an inner end face, the needle holder having an aperture-penetrating portion having a rim wider than the aperture, or than a step in the aperture, that can be pushed through the aperture to snap fit over the end face or over the step and resist retraction therefrom by a force F which is greater than forces normally experienced by the aperture penetrating portion after it has effected a snap fit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265827 | Intravenous Catheter with Pressure Activated Valve - The anti-back-flow devices and methods prevent fluid from leaking proximally from a catheter, but allow ready access to the catheter using any male luer device. The devices include proximal surfaces that urge open a valve in response to force from a male luer tip. The valves are associated a female luer hub and adapted to function with standard and typical non-standard male luer fittings. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265828 | ADAPTERS - The present disclosure provides adapters configured to interconnect a device connector of a medical device and a tube connector, the adapter having a first end with a female Luer connector and a second end having a primary Luer male connector, with a secondary female section. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265829 | NEEDLELESS ACCESS CONNECTORS AND VALVE ELEMENTS THEREFOR - A collapsible valve for use in a needleless access connector to reduce the priming volume of the needleless access connector. A needleless access connector with a small priming volume. A method of connecting a first medical device to a second medical device with a needleless access connector with a small priming volume. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265830 | ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC STIMULATORS USED TO TREAT MIGRAINE/SINUS HEADACHE, RHINITIS, SINUSITIS, RHINOSINUSITIS, AND COMORBID DISORDERS - Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation devices and magnetic stimulation devices are disclosed, along with methods of treating medical disorders using energy that is delivered noninvasively by such devices. The disorders comprise migraine and other primary headaches such as cluster headaches, including nasal or paranasal sinus symptoms that resemble an immune-mediated response (“sinus” headaches). The devices and methods may also be used to treat rhinitis, sinusitis, or rhinosinusitis, irrespective of whether those disorders are co-morbid with a headache. They may also be used to treat other disorders that may be co-morbid with migraine or cluster headaches, such as anxiety disorders. In preferred embodiments of the disclosed methods, one or both of the patient's vagus nerves are stimulated non-invasively. In other embodiments, parts of the sympathetic nervous system and/or the adrenal glands are stimulated. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265831 | Electrode Arrays and Their Lead for Use in Biomedical Implants - Electrode arrays for biological implants are disclosed. Electrodes are arranged in such a way so that electrical traces overlap other electrical traces in a separate layer without X shaped crossing, while overlapping to a degree sufficient to prevent dielectric breakdown of the insulating, separating layer. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265832 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A NERVE ELECTRODE PROVIDED WITH ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG - A method for manufacturing a nerve electrode that is inserted into a living body and that is configured to attach to nerves is provided. The nerve electrode includes: i) a flexible substrate; ii) a plurality of electrodes that are separately positioned on the flexible substrate; and iii) an insulating layer that is positioned at a separation space of the plurality of electrodes and that insulates the plurality of electrodes. The plurality of electrodes include i) at least one linear electrode, and ii) a planar electrode that is separated from the linear electrode. An anti-inflammatory drug transfer layer is positioned on the planar electrode. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265833 | TRANSVASCULAR DIAPHRAGM PACING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Transvascular diaphragm pacing systems (TDPS) and methods are disclosed for providing respiratory therapy to a patient. The TDPS can provide rapid insertion and deployment of endovascular pacing electrodes in critically ill patients who require intubation and invasive PPMV in order to support the physiological requirements of the human ventilatory system. The systems and methods make best use of the contractile properties of the diaphragm muscle and prevent muscle disuse and muscle atrophy. This can be carried out by engaging the phrenic nerves using patterned functional electrical stimulation applied to endovascular electrodes that are temporarily and reversibly inserted in central veins of the patient, such as the left subclavian vein and the superior vena cava. The TDPS can be designed to seamlessly interface with any commercially available positive-pressure ventilatory assistance/support equipment such as is commonly in use in hospital intensive care units (ICU) for treating critically ill patients with breathing insufficiencies, pain, trauma, sepsis or neurological diseases or deficits. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265834 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR GAIT MODULATION AND METHODS OF USE - An apparatus includes a frame, a sensor, and an electric stimulator. The frame is removably couplable to a portion of a limb. The sensor is configured to produce a first signal associated with a gait characteristic at a first time, and a second signal associated with the gait characteristic at a second time, after the first time. The electric stimulator is removably coupled to the frame and is in electrical communication with an electrode assembly and the sensor to receive the first signal substantially at the first time and the second signal substantially at the second time. Based in part on the gait characteristic at the first time, the electric stimulator sends a third signal to the electrode assembly to provide an electric stimulation to a portion of a neuromuscular system of the limb substantially during a time period defined between the first time and the second time. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265835 | PROBE, ESPECIALLY A PROBE FOR NEURAL APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to a probe comprising at least one lead and an Advanced Lead Connector (ALC) element, the lead comprising at least one thin film, whereby the thin film comprises a proximal end and a distal end, the lead further comprising a plurality of electrodes on the distal end of the thin film, the ALC element comprising electronic means to address the plurality of electrodes and at least one ALC connecting means, whereby the proximal end of the thin film and the ALC connecting means are connected by an interposing means so as to form at least an electric and/or electronic connection between the electrodes and the ALC element. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a neurostimulation and/or neurorecording system, an interposing means, an assembly comprising at least one thin film for a lead of a probe and an ALC element and a method of manufacturing a probe. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265836 | ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC STIMULATORS USED TO TREAT MIGRAINE/SINUS HEADACHE, RHINITIS, SINUSITIS, RHINOSINUSITIS, AND COMORBID DISORDERS - Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation devices and magnetic stimulation devices are disclosed, along with methods of treating medical disorders using energy that is delivered noninvasively by such devices. The disorders comprise migraine and other primary headaches such as cluster headaches, including nasal or paranasal sinus symptoms that resemble an immune-mediated response (“sinus” headaches). The devices and methods may also be used to treat rhinitis, sinusitis, or rhinosinusitis, irrespective of whether those disorders are co-morbid with a headache. They may also be used to treat other disorders that may be co-morbid with migraine or cluster headaches, such as anxiety disorders. In preferred embodiments of the disclosed methods, one or both of the patient's vagus nerves are stimulated non-invasively. In other embodiments, parts of the sympathetic nervous system and/or the adrenal glands are stimulated. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SOUND LOCALIZATION BY A BILATERAL COCHLEAR IMPLANT PATIENT - An exemplary system for facilitating sound localization by a bilateral cochlear implant patient includes 1) a processing facility configured to determine an interaural difference between a first audio signal detected by a first microphone associated with a first ear of a bilateral cochlear implant patient and a second audio signal detected by a second microphone associated with a second ear of the bilateral cochlear implant patient and generate, based on the determined interaural difference, an enhanced interaural level difference (ILD) associated with the low frequency acoustic content of the first and second audio signals and 2) a control facility configured to direct a first cochlear implant associated with the first ear and a second cochlear implant associated with the second ear to generate electrical stimulation representative of the low frequency acoustic content in accordance with the enhanced ILD. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265838 | Automatic Fitting-Mapping-Tracking based on Electrode Impedances in Cochlear Implants - A system, method, and computer product for adjusting dynamic range of electrical stimulation associated with a cochlear prosthesis system is provided. The cochlear prosthesis system includes an electrode array for stimulating the acoustic nerve. Present electrode impedance values are determined for an electrode in the array. At least one stimulation parameter for the electrode is adjusted based, at least in part, on the present electrode impedance values, such that hearing sensation is not influenced due to a change between the present electrode impedance values and previous electrode impedance values. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265839 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR A LEADLESS CARDIAC PACEMAKER - A leadless cardiac pacemaker comprises a hermetic housing, a power source disposed in the housing, at least two electrodes supported by the housing, a semiconductor temperature sensor disposed in the housing, and a controller disposed in the housing and configured to deliver energy from the power source to the electrodes to stimulate the heart based upon temperature information from the temperature sensor. In some embodiments, the sensor can be configured to sense temperature information within a predetermined range of less than 20 degrees C. The temperature sensor can be disposed in the housing but not bonded to the housing. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265840 | NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION - Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces are described herein for non-invasively detecting phrenic nerve stimulation during cardiac pacing therapy. Phrenic nerve stimulation information may be generated for one or more electrical pacing vectors at one or more power configurations. The phrenic nerve stimulation information may be displayed to a user for use in configuring and/or evaluating cardiac pacing therapy. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265841 | LEADLESS SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING SAME - A leadless neurostimulation (NS) device and method to manufacture the device is described. The leadless NS device has a first sub-unit (FU) and a second sub-unit (SU) separately and individually hermetically sealed. The FU and SU also include a flexible inter-connect that physically interconnects the FU and SU to one another. The leadless NS device also includes electrodes provided along the exterior surface of at least one of the first and second sub-units. The electrodes are configured to interface with nervous tissue in an epidural space of a patient and deliver stimulation pulses along the nervous tissue. At least partially housed within the FU includes a first subset of a power source, an energy management components, an electronics sub-system and telemetry component. Further, a second subset of the power source, energy management components, electronics sub-system and telemetry component are at least partially housed within the SU. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265842 | COIL FOR SIGNAL TRANSMISSION TO IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - A cochlear implant or other auditory prosthesis utilizes an external portion worn on a recipient's head and an internal portion implanted therein. Both portions include an associated coil that transmits a signal between the two portions. The external coil has a form factor substantially similar to the implantable coil. This form factor allows the external portion to be manufactured with a smaller footprint, since components that may otherwise interfere with signal transmission (e.g., batteries) may be installed closer to the external coil. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A method for operating an implantable medical device (IMD) implanted within a patient may include scanning for a wakeup request signal from an external programmer over a first frequency band at a first power level, switching to communication over a second frequency band at a second power level after the IMD detects the wakeup request signal, wherein the switching operation initiates an initial data exchange session during a common connected time period between the IMD and the external programmer, and cycling between the first and second power levels during the common connected time period based on whether data is being exchanged between the external programmer and the IMD. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265844 | ADAPTIVE SELF-TESTING AND STRESS ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL DEVICES - An improved self-testing method is described which is incorporated into a defibrillator ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150265845 | WEARABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR SYSTEM EMITTING CPR PROMPTS - A wearable cardiac defibrillator (“WCD”) system may include a support structure that a patient can wear, an energy storage module that can store an electrical charge, and a discharge circuit that can discharge the electrical charge through the patient so as to shock him or her, while the patient is wearing the support structure. Embodiments may actively take into account bystanders, both to protect them from an inadvertent shock, and also to enlist their help. In some embodiments the WCD system includes a speaker system that transmits a sound designed to assist a bystander to perform CPR. Optionally CPR chest compressions received by the patient can be further detected, and feedback can be given. In embodiments, a WCD system may include a user interface that can be controlled to output CPR prompts tailored to a skill level of the bystander. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265846 | LED PHOTOTHERAPY DEVIE FOR CELL REJUVENATION - A light therapy device including multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs) positioned in a handheld, portable device is disclosed. The device including the LEDs are configured to have direct or nearly direct contact with the skin or tissue of the user without any intermediary materials, and light the surface and underlying layers of tissue for photodynamic stimulation of the user's cells. Housings for the devices may contain an arrangement of 12-600 LEDs on one or more circuit boards in an arrangement to provide even lighting over the skin or tissue surface. A plurality of devices may be connected together for treating larger areas of tissue. A belt may be used for keeping in position a plurality of therapeutic devices. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265847 | MORE DERMAL RETRACTION WITH INTERSECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION PATHWAYS - A method and device for stimulating human dermal tissue retraction and collagen and elastin production is provided. One or more lasers or other electromagnetic radiation devices produce at least two output beams (split or independent beams) that can be directed to deliver electromagnetic energy to a desired subsurface depth of dermal tissue, thereby disrupting the same, without causing excessive damage to the adjacent epidermis, subcutaneous fatty tissue, or blood vessels of the skin. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265848 | CANCER STEM CELL VACCINATION AND TREATMENT - The present invention relates to methods, systems, and compositions for treating and preventing cancer in a subject with the combination of radiation therapy and antigen presenting cells that have been exposed cancer stem cells or a portion thereof. In certain embodiments, the antigen presenting cells are dendritic cells that have been pulsed with ALDH | 2015-09-24 |
20150265849 | MEDICAL APPLICATOR AND METHODS OF MAKING - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to forming an applicator for insertion into an anatomical cavity of a patient for delivering a treatment to the patient The method may include receiving a three-dimensional image of the anatomical cavity, wherein the three-dimensional image is generated while the anatomical cavity contains an expandable container adjacent a tissue region of the patient The container may be expanded when contained in the anatomical cavity to substantially conform to the shape of at least a portion of the tissue region forming at least a portion of the anatomical cavity. The method may further include isolating, from the three-dimensional image, a first sub-image corresponding to an image of the filled expanded container and using the sub-image as a design template for forming the applicator for use with the patient. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265850 | LIGHT-GUIDED OPHTHALMIC RADIATION DEVICE - An ophthalmic radiation device having a substantially light-transparent wand configured to emit light propagating through the wand light from a series of illumination ports at least partially circumscribing a radioactive source disposed in the holder, thereby providing a visual reference for identifying a position of the radioactive source. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265851 | Including fiducial markers in radiation therapy planning to facilitate real-time position monitoring during treatment delivery - An inverse planning method that is capable of controlling the appearance of the implanted fiducial(s) in segmented IMRT fields for cine MV or combined MV/kV image-guided IMRT is provided. The method for radiation treatment includes computing a radiation treatment plan and delivering beams to a target in accordance with the radiation treatment plan, where computing the radiation treatment plan includes introducing a penalty in an inverse planning objective function optimization calculation to discourage or avoid blockage of one or more fiducials in optimized multi-leaf collimator (MLC) apertures. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265852 | PATIENT MONITOR - Images obtained by a camera system ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150265853 | Position Determination - An apparatus for position-detection of an object within a region is disclosed. The apparatus includes first and second target elements mounted on an object and having a known separation distance between the two. A scanning light source is configured to issue a beam of light along a substantially one-dimensional scanning path, which illuminates a point that moves over the first and second target elements. A detector is provided for detecting light reflected from, or received by, the first and second target elements. A processing system is configured to determine the position of the object within the region based on first and second points in the scanning path at which the detector detects light returned from, or received by, the first and second target elements and the known separation distance between the two reflective elements. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265854 | ION SOURCE METHOD AND APPARATUS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CHARGED PARTICLE CANCER THERAPY SYSTEM - As part of a charged particle cancer therapy system, a negative ion source is used to generate and accelerate an anion, such a C | 2015-09-24 |
20150265855 | CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY APPARATUS - A charged-particle beam therapy apparatus includes: an accelerator configured to accelerate a charged particle and emit a charged-particle beam; an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an irradiated body with the charged-particle beam using a scanning method; and a control unit. The control unit stores a control pattern of the apparatus during one treatment. An irradiation interruption time for which the irradiation of the irradiated body with the charged-particle beam by the irradiation unit is interrupted and an irradiation time for which the irradiation unit irradiates the irradiated body with the charged-particle beam are set in the control pattern. The sum of the irradiation interruption times during one treatment is set to be shorter than the sum of the irradiation times during one treatment. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265856 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PRECISION HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND - Methods, systems, and treatment probes for delivering heating energy such as acoustic waves to a target tissue volume inside of a patient for medically treating the target tissue volume are disclosed. A method includes inserting a treatment probe into the patient through an exposed skin of the patient, the treatment probe including heating energy dispensing element. The method further includes applying heating energy to the target tissue volume via the dispensing element, the heating energy being applied so as to medically treat the target tissue volume. The method also includes monitoring an amount of energy absorbed by the target tissue as a result of applying the energy, and adjusting the heating energy being applied to the target tissue based on the amount of energy absorbed by the target tissue. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265857 | Hybrid Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Device - In order to position and simultaneously operate both a magnetic resonance (MR) coil and an ultrasound transducer adjacent to a target volume while minimizing interference between the MR coil and the ultrasound transducer, hybrid ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices are provided. One of the hybrid ultrasound and MRI devices includes a transducer array, a communications interface connected with the transducer array, and a housing that electromagnetically shields and encloses the transducer array and the communications interface. An electrically conducting side of the housing receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from an MRI system and transmits the RF signal to an electrically conducting side of a housing of another of the hybrid ultrasound and MRI devices. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265858 | NASAL FILTER - A nasal filter ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150265859 | OXYGEN BELT BREATHING PACK - An oxygen belt breathing pack includes at least one flexible polymeric pressure vessel connected with sections of flexible conduit to either a sealing fitting, an inlet fitting, another section of flexible conduit attached to another pressure vessel or a manifold. The manifold provides connections for a high pressure regulator and oxygen fill source. The pressure vessel and sections of flexible conduit are encased in high strength fiber material. The pressure vessel is wrapped in high strength ballistic ribbon material. The high pressure regulator is connected to a low pressure hose connected to a nasal cannula. A flexible container is formed of resilient material, and is sized and shaped to accommodate the at least one pressure vessel, the sections of flexible conduit, the manifold and to provide storage for the nasal cannula. The container is formed as a belt or lightweight backpack. A pressure gauge monitors oxygen use by the patient. | 2015-09-24 |
20150265860 | SAFETY EQUIPMENT - A safety system includes a load detection sensor retrofitable on a safety hook, a transmitter arranged to convey a load status signal, processing means for analyzing the load status signal, a receiver for receiving the load status signal and being operably connected to the processing means, warning means arranged to generate notifications, and a power source for providing energy to the transmitter, the receiver, and the processing means. The load detection sensor is arranged to generate a load status signal which is sent by the transmitter to the receiver and then analyzed by the processing means so that when the load status signal indicates that a load is undetected or that the safety hook is connected, the warning means are either inactive or generate a first notification but when the pressure status signal indicates that a load is detected or that the safety hook is disconnected, the warning means generate a second notification. | 2015-09-24 |