39th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170273731 | NOVEL TECHNIQUE FOR THERAPEUTIC CONTACT LENS SYSTEMS - The invention relates to electronic contact lens systems, methods for fabrication thereof, and uses thereof for treatment of ophthalmic diseases and conditions, for example, meibomian gland dysfunction. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273732 | REGIONAL FLOW SENSOR ON CARDIAC CATHETER - Catheters and methods are provided for determining a fluid flow rate of fluid located near a tip assembly of the catheter and providing an indication of the fluid flow condition and/or controlling one or more functions of the catheter based on the determined fluid rate. A method includes receiving a signal from a sensor located on a tip assembly of a catheter, the signal being indicative of a fluid flow condition of fluid located near the tip assembly. A processing device determines the fluid flow condition using the signal. Based on the determined fluid flow rate, the processor causes a device to output an indication of the determined fluid flow condition. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273733 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE DISSECTION OF TISSUES - Electrosurgical lysing devices and related systems and methods. In some embodiments, the lysing device may comprise a lysing tip comprising a plurality of beads and at least one lysing member, such as a lysing rod, defining at least one lysing segment extending between each pair of adjacent beads. The at least one lysing member may extend through a tunnel extending at least partially through each of the plurality of beads so as to define the at least one lysing segment between each pair of adjacent beads. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273734 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FACILITATING REPLACEMENT OF DISPOSABLE COMPONENTS AND/OR STERILIZATION OF REUSABLE COMPONENTS - A surgical end effector assembly includes a pair of jaw members, a knife defining a longitudinal slot, a pivot pin coupling the jaw members to one another, and a drive member including a drive pin that is engaged to the jaw members. The pivot pin and/or the drive pin extends through the longitudinal slot of the knife to couple the knife to the jaw members and/or the drive member. The end effector assembly is transitionable between a use position, wherein the knife and drive member are generally aligned with one another to facilitate releasable engagement of the end effector assembly with a surgical instrument, and a cleaning position, wherein the jaw members, knife, and drive member are fanned apart from one another to facilitate cleaning of the end effector assembly. Methods of disengaging and sterilizing end effector assemblies for reuse are also provided. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273735 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FACILITATING REPLACEMENT OF DISPOSABLE COMPONENTS AND/OR STERILIZATION OF REUSABLE COMPONENTS - An assembly tool for engaging an end effector assembly with a shaft of a surgical instrument includes first and second components configured to releasably engage one another to form a body having a lumen extending therethrough. One of the components configured for receipt of at least a portion of an end effector assembly of a surgical instrument. A block is operably coupled to the first or second component and is movable relative thereto between a blocking position, wherein the block inhibits engagement of a shaft of the surgical instrument with the end effector assembly, and an unblocking position, wherein the block is displaced to permit engagement of the shaft of the surgical instrument with the end effector assembly. The block is configured to move from the blocking position to the unblocking position upon insertion of the shaft of the surgical instrument into the body in proper orientation relative thereto. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273736 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device includes a heating element and at least one multifunctional wire coupled to the heating element. The multifunctional wire provides current for both heating the heating element and for determining the temperature of the medical device as a thermocouple. The heating element is further coupled to one or more additional wires for completing both a heating circuit and a thermocouple circuit in combination with the multifunctional wire. In one form, the multifunctional wire and a thermocouple return wire is coupled to a first end of the heating element and heating return wire is coupled to a second end of the heating element. In another form, a first multifunctional wire is coupled to the first end of the heating element, and a second multifunctional wire is coupled to the second end of the heating element. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273737 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND CONNECTION METHOD - Provided is a connection structure for connecting a treatment component to an operating wire using a coupling member. The treatment component has a rod-shaped proximal end. The coupling member includes a first hole portion into which the proximal end is configured to be inserted on one end, and a second hole portion into which the operating wire is configured to be inserted on the other end. With the proximal end inserted into the first hole portion, the proximal end and the coupling member are joined by swaging and plastically deforming part of the first hole portion. With the operating wire inserted into the second hole portion, the operating wire and the coupling member are joined by swaging and plastically deforming part of the second hole portion. Joint strength between the proximal end and the coupling member is higher than joint strength between the operating wire and the coupling member. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273738 | DISPERSED IRRIGATION CONFIGURATION FOR CATHETER TIP DESIGN - This disclosure is directed to a diagnostic catheter having an improved irrigation system for reducing thrombus formation. The catheter may have an irrigated electrode assembly with a plurality of spines, each with a plurality of irrigation ports to flush the device and reduce the risk of thrombus formation. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273739 | CONTROLLED IRRIGATED CATHETER ABLATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - The present invention relates to open irrigated catheter ablation systems and methods used in connection with open irrigated catheter systems. The systems and related methods can control irrigation fluid flow to obtain temperature responses indicative of temperatures associated with an ablation procedure. Embodiments of the present invention provide irrigated catheter ablation systems having controlled irrigation fluid flow that can be directed at target areas where coagulation is more likely to occur to help minimize blood coagulation and associated problems. The irrigated fluid flow may be regulated in connection with an established or predetermined temperature threshold to improve or better optimize cooling and ablation properties of the system. In embodiments, irrigation flow may be either delayed or intermitted. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273740 | IRRIGATED ABLATION CATHETER SYSTEM WITH PULSATILE FLOW TO PREVENT THROMBUS - The invention relates to an ablation catheter which controls the temperature and reduces the coagulation of biological fluids on an electrode of a catheter, prevents the impedance rise of tissue in contact with the electrode, and maximizes the potential energy transfer to the tissue, thereby allowing an increase in the lesion size produced by the ablation. The electrode includes passages positioned to allow saline flow out of an inner cavity of the electrode. This fluid flow is pulsatile to increase turbulence, reducing areas of stagnant flow, and produces a desired cooling effect. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273741 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE ACCESS FOR RENAL NERVE ABLATION - An elongated flexible medical device is inserted into a patient's body via a natural orifice, and advanced through the natural orifice to a location proximate innervated tissue that influences renal sympathetic nerve activity. The medical device can be advanced into a body organ and to a location within the organ proximate the innervated tissue. The organ may comprise an organ of the gastrointestinal tract or urinary tract. The medical device may be advanced through and beyond an access hole in a wall of the organ, and situated at a location proximate the innervated tissue. One or both of imaging and ablation energy is delivered from a distal end of the medical device to the innervated tissue. Innervated renal tissue can be ablated using various forms of energy, including RF energy, ultrasound energy, optical energy, and thermal energy. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273742 | MEDICAL LASER SYSTEM - A medical laser system includes a crystal-based laser, an electrosurgery or electrocautery device, a power supply for powering the crystal-based laser and the electrosurgery or electrocautery device, and a controller operably connected to the crystal-based laser, the electrosurgery or electrocautery device, and the power supply. The controller is programmed to: (a) activate the crystal-based laser by controlling power supplied by the power supply to the laser responsive to a laser activation input by a user; and (b) activate the electrosurgery or electrocautery device by controlling power supplied by the power supply to the electrosurgery or electrocautery device responsive to an electrosurgery or electrocautery device activation input by the user. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273743 | MEDICAL LASER SYSTEM - A medical laser system in accordance with one or more further embodiments includes a crystal-based laser, a power supply for powering the crystal-based laser, a controller operably connected to the crystal-based laser and the power supply, and a memory operably connected to the controller. The controller is programmed to: (a) activate the crystal-based laser to cause a laser light emission by controlling power supplied by the power supply to the laser responsive to a user activation input; and (b) record data in the memory identifying a power level, number of pulses, and duration of the laser light emission. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273744 | LASER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND COOLING DEVICE - A laser treatment apparatus includes a primary handset and an auxiliary handset; the primary handset is connectable to the auxiliary handset; the primary handset has a laser source with a primary heat exchanger, and a main cooling circuit to provide cooling fluid to the primary heat exchanger to cool the laser source; the cooling circuit has a circuit connection for engagement with the auxiliary handset. The circuit connection comprises one or more fluid connectors for connection to an auxiliary cooling circuit within the auxiliary handset and the cooling circuit within the auxiliary handset includes a secondary heat exchanger. An electro-mechanical mechanism within the primary handset switches from a first position so that cooling fluid flows in the main cooling circuit within the primary handset when no auxiliary handset is attached and in a second position diverts flow of the cooling fluid to the heat exchanger in the auxiliary handset when the auxiliary handset is connected to the primary handset. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273745 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A MODEL AND SIMULATING AN EFFECT ON A SURGICAL REPAIR SITE - A method of generating a computer-based observable model of an implantable repair material secured to a patient is provided. The method includes processing data corresponding to a patient using a computing device including a processor and a memory storing a software application executable by the processor. The method also includes indicating an implantable repair material and a fixation for securing the implantable repair material to the patient and indicating a distribution of the fixation about the implantable repair material. The method also includes generating an observable model of the implantable repair material secured to the patient on a display operably associated with the computing device. The observable model depicts the indicated distribution of the fixation about the implantable repair material. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273746 | OPTICAL SHAPE SENSING FOR SOFT TISSUE BALANCING IN ORTHOPEDICS - An optical shape sensing system includes an optical shape sensing fiber ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170273747 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF ETHMOID SINUSITIS - An apparatus may be used to form an opening in a sinus wall. The apparatus comprises a first cutting member and a second cutting member. The first cutting member comprises a helical blade. The second cutting member is slidably disposed about the first cutting member. The second cutting member comprises a sharp distal edge. An outer sheath is slidably disposed about the first and second cutting member. The sheath may be retracted to uncover the helical blade. The second cutting member may be advanced over the first cutting member to form a circular opening in the sinus wall. The sheath may include an obliquely angled distal edge. A cleaning instrument may be used to clean debris from the first cutting member. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273748 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING AUGMENTED JACOBIAN TO CONTROL MANIPULATOR JOINT MOVEMENT - Devices, systems, and methods for providing commanded movement of an end effector of a manipulator while providing a desired movement of one or more joints of the manipulator. Methods include augmenting a Jacobian so that joint movements calculated from the Jacobian perform one or more auxiliary tasks and/or desired joint movements concurrent with commanded end effector movement, the one or more auxiliary tasks and/or desired joint movements extending into a null-space. The auxiliary tasks and desired joint movements include inhibiting movement of one or more joints, inhibiting collisions between adjacent manipulators or between a manipulator and a patient surface, commanded reconfiguration of one or more joints, or various other tasks or combinations thereof. Such joint movements may be provided using joint velocities calculated from the pseudo-inverse solution of the augmented Jacobian. Various configurations for systems utilizing such methods are provided herein. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273749 | ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLING SURGICAL ASSEMBLIES - A surgical system for selective connection to a robotic arm includes an instrument drive unit, an instrument support platform coupled to the instrument drive unit, an instrument carriage coupled to the instrument support platform, and a surgical instrument releasably coupled to the instrument carriage. The surgical instrument includes an end effector controllable to perform surgery in response to telemanipulation of actuators in the instrument drive unit. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273750 | GLOVE DONNING SYSTEM - A glove donning system including glove assemblies is provided that maintains the cleanliness of a glove until the glove is utilized. In addition, the glove donning system assists a user during a donning process thereby preventing contamination of the glove during the donning process. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273751 | MEDICAL DRAPE - A medical drape is disclosed. The drape comprises a base drape portion and an insert drape portion removably attached to the base drape portion. A plurality of independently configured insert drape portions may be used, each insert being configured differently for a different procedure. The base drape portion may be made of environmentally friendly biodegradable material. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273752 | Detection Pins to Determine Presence of Surgical Instrument and Adapter on Manipulator - An instrument carriage provides control of a surgical instrument coupled to the instrument carriage. The instrument carriage includes a control surface that is coupled to the surgical instrument to provide the control. A detection pin having a first distal end that extends from the control surface is coupled to the instrument carriage. A magnet is fixed to a proximal end of the detection pin. A carriage controller provides an indication that the surgical instrument is present on the instrument carriage when movement of the detection pin causes an output signal from a Hall effect sensor to exceed a presence threshold value that is stored in the carriage controller as part of a calibration procedure during the assembly of the instrument carriage. Surgical instrument removal may be indicated when detection pin movement causes the output signal to be less than a removal threshold value of less than the presence threshold value. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273753 | CONTAINER WITH COVER - A container includes a base, and a jacket adjoining the base and having a peripheral flange which defines an opening cross section which can be closed by a cover. The cover includes first snap-fit hooks distributed about a periphery of the cover for engagement in complementing first latching openings in the peripheral flange to thereby establish a form fit that prevents a movement away from the base and parallel to a vertical axis of the container in perpendicular relation to the base. The peripheral flange has four corner regions, each provided with a second latching opening for engagement of a second snap-fit hook of the cover. The second latching opening has at least one portion configured curved or inclined in relation to both a transverse axis and a longitudinal axis of the container, or has at least two straight portions extending at an inclination in relation to one another. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273754 | APPARATUS FOR IMPLANTING A PRELOADED LOCALIZATION WIRE - An apparatus for percutaneously implanting a localization wire into a tissue mass comprises a cannula with a preloaded localization wire having a distal end and at least one anchor. An actuator is in operable communication with the cannula and is configured for operation between a charged condition and a discharged condition to retract the cannula toward a retracted position to expose the distal end and the at least one anchor of the localization wire to the tissue mass, without inducing movement of the localization wire, and with the cannula being removable from the localization wire in its entirety. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273755 | METHOD FOR SEALING OF A CANAL - The invention relates to a method for sealing of a circumferentially closed canal. A closure element is secured to one free end of a light guide conducting a laser beam. The light guide with the closure element is introduced into the canal. The closure element is positioned in the region of the canal to be sealed and after positioning of the closure element energy is introduced, so that the closure element melts or softens and remains in this position in the canal and seals it tightly. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273756 | DENTAL VALVE DEVICE HAVING A DISPOSABLE TURRET - A dental valve device having a disposable turret is disclosed having a valve body having a tip receiving end, a hose receiving end, a lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, an opening formed in the valve body, and a rotatable valve sealing body adapted to being inserted into the opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having a bore for alignment with the lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, the bore having a tip receiving end opening and a hose receiving end opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having an outer surface having an indentation formed in the outer surface adjacent to the tip receiving end opening with the indentation having an upper ramp portion, a lower ramp portion, and an end having a tab portion. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273757 | DRILL LIMIT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A drill limit system includes a holder having drill stops removably coupled thereto and configured to receive a drill bit therethrough, and a platform coupled to the holder and configured to engage a tip end of the drill bits when received through the drill stops, wherein the holder and platform are movable relative to each other so that the position of the drill stops relative to the drill bits may be selectively varied. A method for attaching drill stops to a drill bit includes providing a holder and a platform movable relative to each other, the holder having a plurality of drill stops removably coupled thereto, inserting a plurality of drill bits through respective drill stops, moving the holder and platform relative to each other to select a desired height of the drill stops on the bits, and engaging the drill stops to the drill bits at the selected height. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273758 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DENTAL TREATMENTS - Systems and methods for using a liquid jet apparatus for dental treatments are disclosed. In one implementation, the liquid jet apparatus may include a handpiece configured to deliver a high velocity liquid jet to a desired location in the mouth of a patient. The handpiece may include a positioning member having a channel through or along which the jet can propagate. The positioning member may have a distal end portion configured to be at least partially disposed in a pulp cavity, canal space, or opening in the tooth under treatment. During operation, the jet may impact an impingement surface of the distal end portion of the positioning member and be deflected as a spray through one or more openings in the distal end portion. The liquid jet apparatus may be used for root canal treatments. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273759 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FINAL POSITION OF TEETH - An apparatus and method define a fit of a set of upper and lower teeth of a patient by generating a computer representation of the teeth; and determining an occlusion from the computer representation of the teeth using one or more keys. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273760 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR PREDICTABLE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT - A system for generating a treatment plan for repositioning a plurality of teeth comprises instructions to receive a digital data set representing the plurality of teeth, and determine a movement trajectory for repositioning, each tooth from an initial position and orientation towards a target position and orientation. The movement trajectory of at least one tooth comprises movement along a plurality of different directions. A movement velocity is determined for repositioning each tooth along the corresponding movement trajectory. The movement velocity is determined independently for each tooth, and the movement velocity for the at least one tooth is determined independently for each direction. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273761 | SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - According to one aspect of the present invention, a soft tissue preservation arrangement includes a hollow shell defining an interior volume extending from a proximal opening to a distal opening. The proximal opening is defined by a first perimeter that is smaller than a second perimeter defining the distal opening such that the shell tapers outwardly from the first perimeter to the second perimeter. The second perimeter is asymmetrically scalloped. The hollow shell either (1) is transparent or semi-transparent or (2) has a color configured to correspond to a color of a gingival tissue or a tooth. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273762 | FACEBOW AND METHOD OF USING A FACEBOW - Disclosed is a method for determining the geometrical relationship between a patient's dental structure and a reference feature on the head of the patient, the method including obtaining a first digital representation of a facebow including a fiducial marker, an adjustable pin member attached to the facebow and an attachment section of the facebow for placing the facebow in relation to the reference feature, the attachment section having a geometrical relationship with the fiducial marker; obtaining a second digital representation comprising a part of the patient's dental structure, a part of the pin member, and part of the facebow including the fiducial marker; obtaining information about the placement of the attachment section relative to the reference feature; and determining the geometrical relationship between the patient's dental structure and the reference feature based on the first and second digital representations and the placement of the attachment section. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273763 | CREATING A DIGITAL RESTORATION DESIGN - A method, a system and a user interface for creating a digital restoration design for the manufacture of a dental restoration for one or more of a patient's teeth where minimal manual interaction is required when setting the restoration margin line includes obtaining a digital 3D representation of the patient's unprepared teeth; obtaining a set of one or more digital teeth anatomies; arranging the digital teeth anatomies and the digital 3D representation according to a preferred relative arrangement and creating a digital restoration design including a restoration margin line, where the restoration margin line is derived at least partly from an intersection of the digital 3D representation and the digital teeth anatomies. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273764 | METHOD TO MANUFACTURE A COLORED BLANK, AND BLANK - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a colored blank, which contains zirconium dioxide and is intended for the manufacture of a dental restoration, whereby raw materials in powder form, at least some of which contain one coloring substance each, are mixed with, zirconium dioxide as the main ingredient, the resulting mixture is pressed and subsequently subjected to at least one thermal treatment. To generate the desired fluorescence, it is intended that in the raw materials in powder form one uses as coloring substances at least terbium, erbium, cobalt, as well as one substance that generates a fluorescence effect in the dental restoration, however not iron, aside from naturally occurring impurities. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273765 | Creating a Translucent Effect Within One Half of a Green Body Zirconia Blank - A dental block for producing a dental prosthesis comprises a green body including zirconia and having a chemical composition including increasing amounts of a chroma component, such as manganese, through a thickness of the green body. The green body is substantially white with a substantially consistent optical characteristic of chroma across the thickness, and is subsequently millable and sinterable to form the dental prosthesis with an optical characteristic of decreasing gray color through a thickness of the dental prosthesis. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273766 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DENTURE - There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a denture comprising an artificial gingiva surface, a seating surface facing at least a part of the gingiva surface when placed in the mouth of a patient, at least one tooth receiving hole provided in the artificial gingiva surface and extending through to the seating surface and an artificial tooth arranged in the tooth receiving hole, The method comprises printing an intermediate denture base comprising the artificial gingiva surface, the at least one tooth receiving hole for receiving the artificial tooth, arranging the artificial tooth in the at least one tooth receiving hole, fixing the intermediate denture base in a milling machine, and milling the denture comprising providing the seating surface by removing at least a part of the tooth extending through the tooth receiving hole. This provides an improved manufacturing process of denture. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273767 | DISPOSABLE DENTAL VALVE DEVICE HAVING A CHECK VALVE - A dental valve device is disclosed having a valve body having a tip receiving end, a hose receiving end, a lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, a partial opening formed in the valve body and a rotatable valve sealing body adapted to be inserted into the partial opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having a bore for alignment with the lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, the bore having a tip receiving opening and a hose receiving opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having a check valve positioned in the bore. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273768 | ATTACHMENT WITH IDENTIFICATION FOR PERSONAL CARE APPLIANCE AND METHOD - A personal care appliance ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170273769 | ATTACHMENT WITH RESONANT STRUCTURE FOR PERSONAL CARE APPLIANCE METHOD - A personal care appliance ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170273770 | Livestock Treatment Method and Apparatus - Provided is a method for treating animals, such as livestock, by exposing the animals to an airborne suspension of finely divided mineral salts. Treatment is effected upon inspiration of the mineral salts or skin contact with the mineral salts. The animals are accommodated in a treatment chamber with a substantially sealed limited confined volume and has a pressure difference airflow means, a dispensing means for the mineral salts and dessicant(s) in the walls and on the floor of the treatment chamber. The treatment chamber is a stationary installation or adapted as a trailer to treat animals during a journey or to transport the treatment chamber to the animals location, for example, a zoo or to apiaries. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273772 | Assemblies And Methodologies For The Repair Of Hernias - An assembly for the repair of a hernia. The assembly includes an elongated shaft having a first end; a first holding member at least mostly positionable in the elongated shaft and a second holding member positionable in the elongated shaft; a coupler assembly having (i) a coupler for coupling the first holding member to the second holding member and (ii) a locking arrangement; a deployment assembly for deploying at least one of the first and second holding members out of the elongated shaft; a restrainer for restraining a portion of the coupler prior to the deployment of the second holding member out of the first end of the elongated shaft; wherein the coupler can be tensioned so as to pull the first holding member and the second holding member towards each other and the locking arrangement is lockable about the coupler. Methods of repairing a hernia by closing a hole in the fascial layer of an abdominal wall are also disclosed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273773 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR HEART DISEASE - A medical device is disclosed, which is capable of treating cardiac insufficiency, on a causal therapy basis. The medical device is a heart harness composed of a porous hollow structure. A method of treating a heart disease includes applying the medical device as above to a heart of a subject in need thereof. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273774 | Autonomous Stimulus Control Prosthetic - This operative technique allows for an alternative treatment for patients with diagnoses of hernias or other symptoms in various regions within the body. The proposed approach has the benefit of providing the surgeon faced with the lack of long-term treatment solutions for conditions and symptoms including neuromuscular disorders. The proposed prosthetic device and method presents surgeons with a multi-functional device for stimulus control, operative procedure and surgical technique to achieve results to relieve a variety of patient symptoms. This system provides an accurate robotic surgical technique allowing a minimally invasive procedure. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273775 | COMPLEX BRAIDED SCAFFOLDS FOR IMPROVED TISSUE REGENERATION - Implantable medical devices and prosthesis for rapid regeneration and replacement of tissues, and methods of making and using the devices, are described. The medical devices include a complex three-dimensional braided scaffold with a polymer composition and structure tailored to desired degradation profiles and mechanical properties. The composite three-dimensional braided scaffolds are braided from yarn bundles of biodegradable and bioresorbable polymeric fibers and/or filaments. Monofilament fibers and/or multifilament fibers can be twisted/plied in different combinations to form multifilament yarns, composite multifilament yarns, or composite yarns. The medical devices are useful as both structural prosthetics taking on the function of the tissue as it regenerates and as in vivo scaffolds for cell attachment and ingrowth. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273776 | Suspensory Graft Fixation with Adjustable Loop Length - A suspensory fixation device has an elongated anchor member adapted to be transversely situated at the exit of a bone tunnel. A graft supporting loop member formed of a pair of parallel suture limbs extending from a bight portion is suspended transversely from the anchor member and has a loop length which is adjustable so the graft ligament can be supported in the bone tunnel at varying distances from the anchor member. When a graft ligament is attached to the saddle end of the loop member, the length of the loop member may be shortened by simply pulling distally on the pair of limbs at one end of the loop member to pull the graft ligament into the bone tunnel a predetermined distance or until it bottoms out at the floor of the bone tunnel. When tension is applied to the loop member by the graft pulling the loop proximally, the bight portion of the suture automatically locks the graft supporting loop member in place. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273777 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTER - An intraocular lens inserter can include an energy storage portion, an actuator portion, and a lens support portion. The energy storage portion can include a compressible energy storage device, such as a compressible fluid, springs, and other devices. The inserter can include an actuator portion operating with a substantially incompressible fluid, such as liquids or other noncompressible fluids. The actuator can be configured to provide an operator with control over the release of energy from the energy storage portion so as to move a plunger for the discharge of a lens from an intraocular lens cartridge. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273778 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS WITH CORRECTIVE MERIDIANS HAVING EXTENDED TOLERANCE BAND WITH FREEFORM REFRACTIVE SURFACES - The embodiments disclosed herein include improved toric lenses and other ophthalmic apparatuses (including, for example, contact lens, intraocular lenses (IOLs), and the like) that includes a freeform-polynomial surface area that establishes a band of operational meridian for the apparatus to an intended correction meridian. The freeform-polynomial surface area is defined by a mathematical expression comprising a combination of one or more polynomial expressions (e.g., Chebyshev-based polynomial expression, Zernike-based polynomial expression, etc.) each having a distinct complex orders. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273779 | POWER CALCULATOR FOR AN OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS WITH CORRECTIVE MERIDIANS HAVING EXTENDED TOLERANCE OR OPERATION BAND - An IOL calculator is disclosed to determine the spherical equivalent (SE) and cylinder power for toric lenses and ophthalmic apparatuses having the extended band of operational meridian, such as the rotational extended tolerant toric intraocular lens. The IOL calculator may also be used for an extended rotational tolerant toric intraocular lens, an extended depth of field intraocular lens, an extended depth of field toric intraocular lens, an extended range of vision intraocular lens, and an extended range of vision toric intraocular lens. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273780 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS WITH CORRECTIVE MERIDIANS HAVING EXTENDED TOLERANCE BAND BY MODIFYING REFRACTIVE POWERS IN UNIFORM MERIDIAN DISTRIBUTION - The embodiments disclosed herein include improved toric lenses and other ophthalmic apparatuses (including, for example, contact lens, intraocular lenses (IOLs), and the like) and associated method for their design and use. The apparatus includes one or more optical zones, including an optical zone defined by a polynomial-based surface coincident at a plurality of meridians having distinct cylinder powers, wherein light incident to a given region of each of the plurality of meridians, and respective regions nearby, is directed to a given point of focus such that the regions nearby to the given region direct light to the given point of focus when the given meridian is rotationally offset from the given region, thereby establishing an extended band of operation, and wherein each of the plurality of meridians is uniformly arranged on the optical zone for a same given added power (in diopters) up to 1.0 D (diopters). | 2017-09-28 |
20170273781 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS WITH CORRECTIVE MERIDIANS HAVING EXTENDED TOLERANCE BAND - The embodiments disclosed herein include improved toric lenses and other ophthalmic apparatuses (including, for example, contact lens, intraocular lenses (IOLs), and the like) and associated method for their design and use. In an embodiment, an ophthalmic apparatus (e.g., a toric lens) includes one or more angularly-varying phase members comprising a diffractive or refractive structure, each varying the depths of focus of the apparatus so as to provide an extended tolerance to misalignment of the apparatus when implanted in an eye. That is, the ophthalmic apparatus establishes an extended band of operational meridian over the intended correction meridian. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273782 | CARDIAC VALVE SUPPORT DEVICES HAVING IMPROVED COMPATIBILITY WITH TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC VALVES - The present invention is primarily directed to a valve support device suitable for endovascular and/or transapical implantation at or near to a cardiac valve annulus, comprising one or more support rings and one or more height-increasing elements attached to the inner circumference of said support rings. Preferred embodiments of height-increasing elements for use in the present invention include wire springs of various types, fabric sleeves and tab-like elements. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273783 | REDUCED PROFILE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE - A prosthetic heart valve may include a stent body with a plurality of cells arranged in circumferential rows and a cuff attached to the stent. A leaflet attachment panel may be attached to and span a portion of one of the cells. A prosthetic valve element, such as a leaflet having a belly, may be mounted to the leaflet attachment panel. The leaflet attachment panel may not be integral with the stent body. A reduced overlap area may be defined between a proximal end of the stent body and a proximalmost point of attachment of the leaflet belly to the cuff. The reduced overlap area may have a size dependent upon the circumferential row of cells the leaflet attachment panel is attached to and a position of the portion of the leaflet attachment panel to which the leaflet is mounted. Alternately, the leaflet may be attached directly to the stent. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273784 | STENTED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE HAVING WRAP AND METHODS OF DELIVERY AND DEPLOYMENT - Systems and methods of delivering and deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve having a wrap that is automatically deployed to prevent or mitigate paravalvular leakage. In various embodiments, during transcatheter delivery of the stented prosthetic heart valve, the wrap is extends beyond a stent frame of the stented prosthetic heart valve so that the profile of the stented prosthetic heart valve is not increased during delivery. The disclosed embodiments are arranged and configured so that upon expansion of a stent frame of the stented prosthetic heart valve, a plurality of elongated members automatically pull the wrap distally into a deployed arrangement. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273785 | Prosthetic Valve System and Methods for Transluminal Delivery - A prosthetic valve assembly for use in replacing a deficient native valve comprises a replacement valve supported on an expandable prosthesis frame. If desired, one or more expandable anchors may be used. The prosthesis frame, which entirely supports the valve annulus, valve leaflets, and valve commissure points, is configured to be collapsible for transluminal delivery and expandable to contact the anatomical annulus of the native valve when the assembly is properly positioned. Portions of the prosthesis frame may expand to a preset diameter to maintain coaptivity of the replacement valve and to prevent occlusion of the coronary ostia. The prosthesis frame is compressible about a catheter, and restrained from expanding by an outer sheath. The catheter may be inserted inside a lumen within the body, such as the femoral artery, and delivered to a desired location, such as the heart. When the outer sheath is retracted, the prosthesis frame expands to an expanded position such that the valve and prosthesis frame expand at the implantation site and the anchor engages the lumen wall. The prosthesis frame has a non-cylindrical configuration with a preset maximum expansion diameter region about the valve opening to maintain the preferred valve geometry. The prosthesis frame may also have other regions having a preset maximum expansion diameter to avoid blockage of adjacent structures such as the coronary ostia. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273786 | EXPANDABLE ANNULUS SEALING RING FOR STENTED MINIMALLY INVASIVE HEART VALVE PROSTHESES - The invention relates to a medical implant, comprising an expandable structure ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170273787 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE - A delivery apparatus for implanting a prosthetic implant in a native lumen of the body includes a handle portion, and a first shaft extending from and movable relative to the handle portion. The first shaft has a proximal end portion coupled to the handle portion and a distal end portion. The delivery apparatus further includes a second shaft extending from the handle portion and coaxially disposed within the first shaft. The second shaft has a proximal end portion coupled to the handle portion and a distal end portion configured to mount a prosthetic implant in a radially compressed state. The handle portion of the delivery apparatus also includes a steering assembly configured to move the first shaft longitudinally relative to the second shaft while concurrently flexing the second shaft. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273788 | Annuloplasty Implant - An annuloplasty implant comprising an inner core of a shape memory material, an outer covering arranged radially outside said inner core material to cover at least part of said inner core, wherein said outer covering is resilient to conform to said inner core during movement of said shape memory material, wherein said outer covering comprises a material having surface properties to promote endothelialization. Two portions of the implant may be joined by a recess to be flexible with respect to each other by a bending motion at the recess. The two portions may also have a predefined breaking point at the recess. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273789 | HEART VALVE REPAIR DEVICES FOR PLACEMENT IN VENTRICLE AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR IMPLANTING HEART VALVE REPAIR DEVICES - Devices and methods for the repair of the functioning of heart valves are provided. A device may comprise a ventricular winding having a generally spiral shape, wherein the device is free of any atrial stabilizing section. A method involves positioning the device such that chords associated with the heart valve are positioned within the path of the generally spiral shape of the ventricular winding and turning the ventricular winding such that the chords move closer to the center of the ventricular winding. The ventricular winding draws the chords closer together, thereby pulling the valve leaflets closer together in order to facilitate their coaptation and proper closing. A delivery system for maneuvering and releasing a heart valve repair device comprises an applicator tube and internal rod. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273790 | A Flow Regulating Device In The Heart - A blood flow regulator for creating a shunt in the heart, comprising; a proximal element having a general disc-shape, defined by a braid of one or more wires extending about a central aperture of the proximal element; a distal element having a general disc-shape, defined by a braid of one or more wires extending about a central aperture of the distal element; and a third element defining a neck section intermediate the proximal and distal elements and forming a cavity having a diameter no greater than a diameter of each of the distal and proximal elements, wherein said distal element comprises at least one loop of a wire extending radially outwardly from a center of the distal element and returning towards said center of said distal element. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273791 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BLOOD PERFUSION PRESSURE ALONG WITH REGIONAL MILD HYPOTHERMIA - Methods and devices for controlling blood perfusion pressure along with regional mild hypothermia. In at least one embodiment of a device for controlling blood perfusion pressure within a vessel of the present disclosure, the device comprises an elongated body having a lumen, a proximal end configured for placement in a first area having a first blood pressure, and a distal end configured for placement in a second area having a second blood pressure, a partial occluder positioned within the lumen of the elongated body between the proximal end and the distal end, the partial occluder configured so not to fully occlude a blood vessel and to equalize the first blood pressure at the first area with the second blood pressure at the second area, and a regional hypothermia system operably coupled thereto, the regional hypothermia system operable to reduce and/or regulate a temperature of a bodily fluid flowing therethrough. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273793 | ASSEMBLY OF LAYERED MONETITE-CHITOSAN NANOCOMPOSITE AND ITS TRANSITION TO ORGANIZED HYDROXYAPATITE - A multilayer structure that functions as a bone replacement material includes a plurality of organic matrix layers such that each organic matrix layer includes chitosan and a dicarboxylic acid. The multilayer structure also includes a plurality of calcium phosphate-containing layers wherein each calcium phosphate-containing layer is interposed between a pair of organic matrix layers. Characteristically, the chitosan is cross-linked by the dicarboxylic acid. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273794 | CRANIOPLASTY PLATE - A cranial plate is provided for use after a craniectomy. The plate is mounted to the skull and protects the brain exposed in the skull opening. A plate is initially spaced above the skull with gaskets or spacers so as to preclude pressure on the brain. The gaskets or spacers are resorptive, or otherwise dissolve or shrink over time, until the plate settles upon the skull. An elastic web extending over the plate provides a constant force to pull the plate towards the skull as the spacers shrink. The plate is secured to the skull using screws. The plate may include alignment posts residing adjacent the skull opening to maintain proper positioning of the plate as the spacers shrink. The plate eliminates the need for a second cranioplasty surgical procedure. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273795 | BONE GRAFT SHAPER & PATIENT SPECIFIC BONE GRAFT - Joint prosthesis methods and apparatuses are provided. A bone graft blank is placed in the chamber of the bone press facing a contoured surface. The contoured surface can be part of the bone press or can comprise a surface of a patient specific negative that can be inserted into the bone press. A bone contact surface of the bone graft blank is disposed in the chamber to face the contoured surface of the patient specific insert negative. The bone contact surface of the bone graft blank is compressed against the contoured surface. The bone contact surface can be reshaped to form a patient specific bone graft. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273796 | SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT TO PREVENT THE PROGRESSION OF OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE JOINT - Methods for the prevention, or delayed onset or progression of, bone marrow edema or bone marrow lesson, and subchondral treatment to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis of a joint are disclosed. The methods involve treating the subchondral bone, white preserving, as much as possible, the joint's articular and cartilage surface. The methods could be performed before, during, or after an initial arthroscopic surgery to repair the joint. Associated devices and instruments for treatment of the subchondral bone are also disclosed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273797 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED CRANIOPLASTY - Provided is a surgical method. The method includes detecting a location of a reference unit having a trackable element with a detector, the detector configured to provide at least one signal corresponding to a detected location of at least the reference unit's trackable element, wherein the reference unit is associated with a location of an anatomical feature of a being's anatomy; accessing a computer-readable reconstruction of the being's anatomy, the computer-readable reconstruction of the being's anatomy having a first updatable orientation, wherein the first updatable orientation is updated in response to the at least one signal; accessing a computer-readable reconstruction of an implant having a second updatable orientation; detecting a location of a pointer tool comprising a trackable element with the detector, the detector further configured to provide at least one other signal corresponding to a detected location of at least the pointer tool, wherein the pointer tool is associated with a location of an anatomical feature of interest; accessing at least one computer-readable reconstruction of a trace, the trace corresponding to a geometry of the anatomical feature of interest based on updated detected locations of the pointer tool; superimposing the at least one updatable, computer-readable trace on the second computer-readable reconstruction of the implant. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273798 | Post-Operative Bone Growth Stimulant Introduction Method - A method of revising a patient having a fusion cage implanted within a spinal column, involving percutaneously delivering a first end of a tube to the spinal column, fluidly connecting the first end of the tube to the fusion cage, and delivering a bone growth agent into the fusion cage through the tube. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273799 | Methods and Devices for Knee Joint Replacement with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Substitution - Methods and devices are provided for knee joint replacement with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) substitution. Generally, the methods and devices can allow a knee joint to be partially or totally replaced in conjunction with substitution of the knee joint's ACL. In one embodiment, a knee replacement prosthesis can include a medial or lateral femoral implant, a femoral intercondylar notch structure, a medial or lateral tibial insert, and an ACL-substitution member. The ACL-substitution member can be configured to engage with the femoral intercondylar notch structure during a full range of knee motion and/or during only early knee flexion. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273800 | STEMLESS SHOULDER IMPLANT WITH FIXATION COMPONENTS - A humeral anchor assembly is provided that includes a humeral anchor and at least one screw. The humeral anchor is configured to form a part of or support a part of a shoulder prosthesis. The humeral anchor has a distal portion configured to be anchored in a proximal region of a humerus and a proximal portion. The proximal portion includes a proximal face configured to engage an articular component within a periphery thereof. The proximal portion also includes at least one aperture disposed adjacent to the periphery. The at least one screw is disposed through the at least one aperture. The screw has a first end portion engaged with the proximal portion of the anchor and a second end portion disposed in or through cortical bone of the humerus. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273801 | Surgical instrumentation assembly, set and surgical shoulder repair method - This surgical instrumentation assembly is for positioning a shoulder prosthesis, the shoulder prosthesis comprising a patient-specific shoulder implant adapted to fit onto a glenoid cavity of the scapula of a patient. The assembly comprises a patient-specific impacting device having an underside surface congruent with the glenoid cavity of the scapula of the patient, said underside surface being provided with protrusions adapted to perforate the cortical bone of the scapula upon impact of the impacting device against the scapula by a one-sided translation movement. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273802 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT - An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273803 | MULTIPLE FACET JOINT REPLACEMENT - A prosthesis for the replacement of multiple diseased or traumatized spinal facets comprises a portion that replaces at least a bony portion of the facets to be replaced and where the prosthesis attaches to the vertebra in a manner that does not require attachment to, or abutment against, the lamina. Multiple configurations of the prosthesis provide for replacement of the two inferior facets, the two superior facets, a superior and inferior facet, or all four facets. A method of installing the prosthesis is provided that is comprised of the steps of resecting at least a portion of the facets that carry the diseased or traumatized spinal facets and attaching the prosthesis in a manner that does not require attachment or abutment against the lamina. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273804 | EXPANDABLE TISSUE SPACER IMPLANT AND METHOD OF USE - A horizontal and vertical expandable tissue spacer implants, insertion tools, assembly methods and surgical methods are disclosed. The horizontal expandable tissue spacer implant includes a first lateral member with a first side, a second lateral member with a first side, and an intermediate spacer member. The intermediate spacer member is adapted to cooperatively engage and hold the first side of the first lateral member and the first side of the second lateral member. A vertical expandable tissue spacer implant includes a top member with a bottom surface, a bottom member with a top surface, and an intermediate spacer member with a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism cooperatively engages the bottom surface of the top member to the intermediate spacer member and the top surface of the bottom member to the intermediate spacer member. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273805 | INTERVERTEBRAL SPACER DEVICE HAVING RECESSED NOTCH PAIRS FOR MANIPULATION USING A SURGICAL TOOL - Instrumentation for implanting an artificial intervertebral disc includes static trials and a dynamic trial for determining the appropriate size of disc to be implanted, static trial holders for manipulating the static trials, inserter/impactors for inserting and removing the static trials and for inserting the artificial intervertebral discs, repositioners/extractors for repositioning and extracting the static trials or the artificial intervertebral discs, and a leveler for setting the proper position of the artificial intervertebral disc. Methods for using the same are also disclosed. Features for artificial intervertebral discs and intervertebral spacer devices useful for manipulation by the instrumentation are also disclosed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273806 | Instrumentation and method for implanting a glenoidal prosthetic component on a glenoid - The instrumentation aims at improving the implantation of a glenoidal prosthetic component which is both provided with a convex articular surface defining a joint axis and intended to articulate with a humeral prosthetic component, and which is adapted so as to be fixedly assembled with a plate to be anchored to the glenoid, the assembly between the glenoidal prosthesis component and the plate being centered on an implantation axis which is both parallel and shifted relatively to the joint axis, the relative position of the glenoidal prosthesis component and of the plate being adjustable around the implantation axis before fixing the assembly. The instrumentation comprises a tool for positioning the glenoidal prosthetic component and the plate relatively to each other angularly around the implantation axis, this tool comprising a body, which, in use, extends transversely to the implantation axis and which is provided with localization elements for localizing an implantation angle centered on the implantation axis, so that the tool is able to intra-operatively protract the implantation angle with respect to the glenoid. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION BY ADJUSTABLE OVERSIZED STENT - A method for treating a patient diagnosed with a cardio-renal disease or disorder, the method comprising selecting a span of a renal artery having a first internal diameter, an artery wall; selecting a self-expanding stent having a cylindrical outer surface, the stent being configured to have a first external diameter in an unexpanded condition and being capable of expanding to have a second external diameter; implanting the stent in the span of the renal artery, and applying pressure to the at least one renal nerve with the stent, thereby at least partially modulating a function of the at least one renal nerve; then, reducing an elastic modulus of the stent when the stent has the second external diameter. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273808 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR MEDICAL IMPLANT - A method of manufacturing a tubular medical implant is provided. The method includes forming a hollow first tube with a first diameter and a first plurality of pores formed thereon and a hollow second tube with a second unstretched diameter and a second plurality of pores formed thereon. The second unstretched diameter is greater than the first diameter. At least a portion of the first tube slides within the second tube to create an overlapped area of the first tube and the second tube. The first tube and second tube are then bonded together in the overlapped area. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273809 | ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFT WITH FATIGUE-RESISTANT LATERAL TUBE - A stent-graft ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170273810 | VASCULAR FLOW DIVERSION - Devices that can be delivered into a vascular system to divert flow are disclosed herein. According to some embodiments, devices are provided for treating aneurysms by diverting flow. An expandable device can comprise, for example, a plurality of connector sections and a plurality of bridge sections. Each of the connector sections may extend circumferentially about the expandable device and include a plurality of connector struts. Each of the plurality of bridge sections may be attached to and extend between two of the connector sections and comprise a plurality of parallel, non-branching, helical bridge members. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273811 | STENT - A stent is configured so that the length during expansion is unlikely reduced and has satisfactory flexibility so as to be able to pass through a biological lumen. In the stent, the number of mountains in a first annular portion and the number of mountains in a second annular portion between the first link portions adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction differ from each other. The first link portions are positioned on a first line parallel to an axial direction and the second link portions are positioned on a second line parallel to the axial direction, in a state where a plurality of annular reference bodies are repeatedly arranged in the axial direction. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273812 | WIRE RETENTION AND RELEASE MECHANISMS - Devices for delivering and deploying a prosthesis are disclosed and comprise a sheath, a prosthesis disposed within a distal end portion of the sheath, and a wire having a first end coupled to the prosthesis and a second end coupled to the sheath. A body portion of the wire comprises a slack in the wire, and the sheath, prosthesis, and wire are configured so that a proximal movement of the sheath relative to the prosthesis reduces the slack in the wire, and a subsequent proximal movement of the sheath relative to the prosthesis decouples the wire from the prosthesis. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273813 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR OBESITY TREATMENT - In one aspect, a gastric balloon structure includes multiple isolated non-concentric inflatable chambers and a valve system for introducing fluid into each chamber, where the structure assumes, upon inflating, a curved shape conforming to a natural three-dimensional kidney shape of the gastric cavity. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273814 | Foot Support Article - An article of footwear includes a sole, an upper defining a foot cavity, and a brace member. The brace member is comprised of a non-elastic resilient material. The brace member is positioned within a pocket in the upper and extends from a heel portion to above an ankle portion of the upper. The brace member may be provided with a top plate member and a base plate member with a central shaft extending between the top plate member and the base plate member. The central shaft may have a C-shape that curves around an ankle of a human foot positioned within the foot cavity. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273815 | WAIST SUPPORTER STRUCTURE WITH AN AUXILIARY BELT - A waist supporter structure with an auxiliary belt includes a waist pad, two knee wraps installed to both sides of the waist pad respectively and including a first belt member and a second belt member fixed to the waist pad and extended from both sides of the waist pad respectively, and two auxiliary waist belt devices fixed to both sides of the waist pad and extended from the sides of the waist pad respectively and including a first waist belt member and a second waist belt member, and the waist belt members are wound around a user's waist and buckled in front of the user's abdomen, so that when the user leaves the seat, the user needs not to readjust the waist supporting structure for reusing the structure, so as to improve the convenience of use. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273816 | METHODS OF AND DEVICES FOR CHEMICAL AND THRESHOLD-GATED ELECTRICAL NEURO-IMMUNO-STIMULATION - A method of reducing pain and induce/enhance the stem cell growth/differentiation reaction includes identifying a pair of related Noxipoints on an identified muscle/organ and applying a chemical/electrical stimulation to the pair of Noxipoints. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273817 | Bishop Traction Splint Device (BTSD) - Usage of the Original Device Broken Down: The original device was created to stabilize a unilateral (one leg) closed mid shaft femur fracture by the use of held in place mechanical traction. The device has parallel telescoping rails, made from the frame itself, these rails allow the device to be adjusted and size appropriate for all heights of patients requiring this device. These rails lock in the position the medical provider deems correct. To start the application process, a medically trained individual must first apply an ankle brace (if no ankle fracture is present) to the injured leg, this brace has a loop attached to the bottom of it (this loop is used later), the provider will then pull manual traction using the ankle of the injured leg in a directional manner meant to realign the broken femur to its normal position prior to the break. The goal is to stretch the shortened injured leg until it meets the length of the non-injured leg. The force needed to reach this position is then matched by the devices mechanical ability to recreate the same amount of force the provider used to hold the leg in proper place. The original device then uses a strap that wraps around the whole upper portion of the injured leg (ischium/groin/thigh area), this strap secures the upper leg to the device and now becomes the anchor point the device will use to pull traction against. After this groin strap is secured, the device has a ratchet strap that can now be attached to the ankle brace loop mentioned above. Traction is now applied by pulling the leg taught until it matches the manual force applied by the provider; this is done by using a hand turned dial located on the device end. Once the desired outcome is reached, the device is then secured in place to inhibit any further movement until further medical care is required. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273819 | TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT CORRECTION APPARATUS WITH EXCHANGEABLE ADJUSTOR - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) correction apparatus comprises an upper guard including an upper coupler provided at an end of the upper guard, the upper coupler including a protrusion projecting laterally, a lower guard including a lower coupler provided at an end of the lower guard, and an adjustor detachably coupled with the tower coupler and supported by the protrusion. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273820 | IUD INSERTION DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS AND KITS THEREFOR - Disclosed are two-handed IUD insertion devices for positioning an intrauterine device (IUD) in the uterus which includes a plunger, a sheath, a grip and a handle where the axial movement of the plunger is controlled via features along the length of the plunger in communication with a grip feature. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273821 | Array Of Cutaneous Patches For Delivery And Heating Of Personal Care Products - An array of heating patches for placement on the skin, especially the skin of the face. Each patch has a heating circuit incorporated therein, and the patches are electrically connected to each other in series and/or parallel. Electrical energy, and optionally, digital information, may be supplied to the patches through one or more cables that originate in an appropriate electrical connector. Each patch has two layers; a disposable layer and a reusable layer. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273822 | HEAT AND LOW-FREQUENCY TREATMENT DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a heat and low-frequency treatment device, which includes a host, a control circuit and two cushions. The control circuit has an input interface, a processor, an amplifying circuit and a negative half-wave elimination circuit. When the two cushions receive the power controlled by the processor, according to control waveform and voltage the current is flowed through the treatment site where it is covered by the two cushions, and the heat energy generated by the electric heating layer is transmitted to the deep of the treatment site at the same time. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273823 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTERVAL THERMAL THERAPY - The disclosure concerns a computer-controlled system for interval thermal therapy; the system including a control unit console configured for placement on a bench-top or similar setup, the console is connected to a hand-held thermal therapy application assembly, either by way of a cable extending between the hand-held assembly and the console, or via a cordless coupling therebetween. The hand-held assembly generally comprises a removeably applicator with a thermally conductive contact surface configured to communicate hot or cold thermal energy, or a combination of hot and cold thermal therapy in various intervals, the contact surface of the hand held assembly is used to contact a patient's body at a desired treatment site for effectuating various physiological treatments or therapies. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273824 | Flexible Microwavable Heat Pack - The utility model relates to a flexible microwavable heat pack. At present, most physiotherapy products for treating cervical diseases are electronic physiotherapy products, all of which have the defects of poor curative effects and being easily influenced by such condition factors as time, site, or the like. The utility model consists of a rectangle pack and a plastic spine. The two ends of the rectangle pack are provided with pull-tabs, the interior of the rectangle pack is filled with composite materials, the plastic spine is arranged at a horizontal middle neutral axis part inside the rectangle pack, the two ends of the surface of the rectangle pack are provided with flanges, and the interior of the flange is filled with composite clay; the two sides of the surface of the rectangle pack are provided with a plurality of convex blocks, and the interior of the convex block is filled with composite clay; and the plastic spine is composed by the connection of a plurality of spine joints imitating the shape of a human spine. When in use, the rectangle pack is folded up and down, and placed in a cervical vertebra part of a human body for heat pack (or cold pack); moreover, the pull-tabs may also be pulled for massage. The flexible microwavable heat pack integrates the functions of health care, heat pack or cold pack and massage, s simple to operate, is convenient to use, has wide application scope, and is beneficial for generalizing. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273825 | Ophthalmic Delivery Device - Injection device comprising an elongated body ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170273826 | FLUID STORAGE CONTAINER DEGASSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A fluid delivery system includes a pressure source capable of producing both positive and negative fluid pressure, a fluid infusion line, and a first fluid storage container. The first fluid storage container includes a chamber, a fluid outflow port that is connectable to the fluid infusion line to provide fluid communication between the chamber and the fluid infusion line, a pressure inlet that is connectable to the pressure source, and a filter disposed between the pressure inlet and the chamber. The fluid delivery system further includes a control system configured to cause the fluid pressure source to apply both negative pressure and positive pressure. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273827 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DRUG DELIVERY USING MICRONEEDLES - A microneedle has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and defines a lumen. The proximal end portion is configured to be coupled to a cartridge to place the lumen in fluid communication with the cartridge. The proximal end portion includes a base surface that is configured to be placed in contact with a surface of a target tissue. The distal end portion of the microneedle includes a beveled surface. The beveled surface defines a tip angle of less than about 20 degrees and a ratio of a bevel height to a bevel width of less than about 2.5. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273828 | EYE PRESSURE SENSORS FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICES - This application is related to a head-mounted display system and related methods for entertainment, diagnostics, and treatment. The HMD includes various sensors and tools to take physical measurements, perform physical procedures, adjust physical conditions, or manipulate digital data. In some embodiments, the HMD produces different types of sensory stimuli, such as releasing or filtering certain compounds in liquid or aqueous forms in the space near the HMD, or adjusting different physical features of the space near the HMD, such as temperature and flow, to enhance the augmented or virtual reality environment being displayed. In some embodiments, the HMD performs regular monitoring, a specific examination, a surgical intervention, or other care procedures on the eyes automatically or in conjunction with a device of an eye care professional across a computer network to care for the user's eyes in real time or on an ongoing basis. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273829 | IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR TREATING OCULAR DISORDERS - Surgical methods and related medical devices for treating glaucoma are disclosed. The method comprises trabecular bypass surgery, which involves bypassing diseased trabecular meshwork with the use of a stent implant. The stent implant is inserted into an opening created in the trabecular meshwork by a piercing member that is slidably advanceable through the lumen of the stent implant for supporting the implant insertion. The stent implant is positioned through the trabecular meshwork so that an inlet end of the stent implant is exposed to the anterior chamber of the eye and an outlet end is positioned into fluid collection channels at about an exterior surface of the trabecular meshwork or up to the level of aqueous veins. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273830 | COMPRESSION DEVICE - A compression system for applying compression to a body part of a user comprising a sleeve for substantially covering a portion of the body part of a user. The sleeve has two lateral side edges. The sleeve comprises a first lateral side region, a central region and a second lateral side region in a transverse direction from the first lateral side edge to the second lateral side edge. At least the central region of the sleeve comprises a material having elasticity in the transverse direction and longitudinal direction of the sleeve, The compression system further comprises a releasable closure system. The closure system is configured and arranged relative to the sleeve, such that, in use, upon closure of the closure system the sleeve is restrained and tightened about the body part of the user. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273831 | Shape and Pressure Adjustable Dressing - A dressing for application to skin, the dressing including: a portion; an adhesive applied on a surface of the portion for adhering the portion to the skin; an elastic member associated with the portion and restrained into a first shape; and a restraining member connected to the elastic member to maintain the elastic member in the first shape; wherein when the restraining member is removed from restraining the elastic member, the elastic member moves towards an unrestrained second shape to one or more of elongate or reduce a dimension of the portion to apply a pressure to corresponding portions of the skin; and the elastic member has a circular shape. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273832 | Compression Stocking with an Adjustable Pressure Arrangement - A compression stocking with the ability to change the applied pressure contains a foot portion, a calf portion, and a slit. The slit functions as a size-adjustable opening so that the compression stocking can be worn and removed conveniently. The size of the slit is controlled by at least one cord which is tethered around a first set of pulleys and a second set of pulleys. When the pressure applied by the foot portion and the calf portion needs to varied, a user adjusts the cord around the first set of pulleys and the second set of pulleys so that the overall pressure is changed. By utilizing a pressure sensing device, the exact pressure can be measured. Moreover, by using a cord retention device the probability of the cord loosening around the leg can be eliminated. | 2017-09-28 |
20170273833 | UNDERPANTS-TYPE DISPOSABLE DIAPER - The present invention is intended to improve the dynamic fit of a crotch portion. The foregoing issue is solved in such a manner that a vertical stretchable part vertically extending and contracting in length is provided in a vertical intermediate portion of an absorber in a front body, an outer body of the front body has a portion overlapping at least the vertical stretchable part, width-direction both side sections of the portion, and a waist opening-side area of the portion and the sections, lifting elastic members having a contraction force of lifting a portion of the vertical stretchable part on a rear side of a front end toward width-direction both sides and an obliquely upward side at least when the diaper is worn are provided in the outer body of the front body on closer to lateral sides than to a width-direction intermediate portion of the absorber, and the vertical stretchable part vertically extends and contracts in length by elastic extension and contraction of the lifting elastic member. | 2017-09-28 |