52nd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080319296 | HEALTH MONITOR - Methods and devices to detect analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include enhanced analyte monitoring devices and systems. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319297 | Electrode catheter positioning system - A system for determining a position of a catheter is provided. An electrode is on a catheter. A plurality of reference electrodes are provided. Each of the plurality of reference electrodes are configured to transmit or receive a signal to or from the electrode, respectively. A processor is operable to determine a position of the catheter as a function of an electrical characteristic based on the signals. The plurality of reference electrodes are not positioned on or in a body surface along three mutually orthogonal axes. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319298 | CMOS Compatible Microneedle Structures - The present invention provides an electronic device for sensing and/or actuating, the electronic device comprising at least one microneedle ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POSITIONING OF A NONINVASIVE ANALYZER SAMPLE PROBE - The invention relates generally to a probe interface method and apparatus for use in conjunction with an optical based noninvasive analyzer. More particularly, an algorithm controls a sample probe position and attitude relative to a skin sample site before and/or during sampling. For example, a sample probe head of a sample module is controlled by an algorithm along the normal-to-skin-axis. Preferably, the sample probe head is positioned in terms of 3-D location in the x-, y-, and z-axes and is attitude orientated in terms of pitch, yaw, and roll. Further, attitude of the probe head is preferably orientated prior to contact of the sample probe head with the tissue sample using indicators, such as non-contact distance feedback from capacitance sensor, contacting or non-contacting optical sensors, and/or contact electrical sensors. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319300 | Medical Imaging System - Medical imaging system, comprising a movable part ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A FLIP ANGLE SCHEDULE FOR A SPIN ECHO TRAIN PULSE SEQUENCE - A method for calculating a flip angle schedule for a train of refocusing radio frequency (RF) pulses with reduced flip angles allows control of RF power deposition and use of a longer echo train. A target signal is defined for each echo in the echo train, and flip angles are then calculated from the target signals. The target signal schedule includes two phases. In the first phase, the target signals drop asymptotically to efficiently establish a pseudo-steady state at a pre-defined minimum signal level, S | 2008-12-25 |
20080319302 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFUSION DETERMINATION - In a method and a device for automatic determination of perfusion by using a magnetic resonance system, multiple first MR data sets are thereby acquired from a volume element over time with a perfusion-sensitive imaging sequence, and multiple second MR data sets of the same volume element are acquired over time with a control imaging sequence, in particular a perfusion-insensitive imaging sequence. These first MR data sets and the second MR data sets are subjected to a statistical time series analysis in order to determine the perfusion in the volume element. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319303 | VARIABLE MAGNETIC MOMENT MR NAVIGATION - A method of navigating a medical device in an operating region in a subject. The method includes applying a magnetic field to the operating region and changing the magnetic moment of the medical device by selectively changing a physical condition of at least one magnet element in the medical device to change the orientation of the device with respect to the applied magnetic field. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319304 | Assessment of Vascular Compartment Volume for PET Modelling - A method is described for acquiring and analysing the data produced by Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which method provides for an accurate estimation of vascular compartment volume, V | 2008-12-25 |
20080319305 | Method for determining at least one pet parameter - A method is disclosed for determining at least one PET parameter for a PET examination in a combined magnetic resonance/PET scanner designed for isocentric measurement. In at least one embodiment, at least one acquisition time for the PET examination is determined as a PET parameter from magnetic resonance data, recorded for determining patient-specific examination parameters for a magnetic resonance examination, and/or from at least one patient-specific information value derived therefrom, and is displayed and/or used for controlling the scanner. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319306 | Capture of Mri Images - A method of producing an MRI image of an object in cyclic motion by acquiring data in k-space according to the measured position of the object, and an analysis of data previously acquired. The invention also provides a magnetic resonance imaging heart monitor configured to use the method. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319307 | Method for medical imaging using fluorescent nanoparticles - A first method for medically imaging a patient includes obtaining a carrier medium containing fluorescent nanoparticles. The carrier medium containing the fluorescent nanoparticles is disposed inside the patient at a site where the carrier medium will migrate to specific tissue of known shape. The nanoparticles are activated to fluoresce. Image data of the patient is obtained including the specific tissue after the specific tissue has picked-up the fluorescing fluorescent nanoparticles. The known shape of the specific tissue is identified in the image data. An image representation of the image data is created using the identified known shape as a fiducial. An image of the image representation of the image data is displayed. In a second method, the carrier medium is injected inside tissue of the patient at a site where the carrier medium will be localized in the injected tissue, and the injecting deposits the medium in a predetermined shape in the tissue. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319308 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC IMAGE-BASED COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND TECHNIQUES FOR HUMAN HEART SURGERY OPTIMIZATION - A method for determining cardiac status comprises for a given patient, constructing a patient-specific, three-dimensional, computational model of the patient's heart; and executing the constructed computational model, said executing generating a quantitative analysis of cardiac function. A method of performing cardiac surgeries comprises: a) assessing surgical options based on a patient-specific, three-dimensional, computational model of a patient's heart; and b) performing surgery based on one or more of the surgical options. A computer system comprises: a) a data source containing data of a patient's heart; b) a modeler coupled to receive data from the data source, the modeler generating a patient-specific, three-dimensional, computational model of the heart based on the heart data; and c) a processor routine for computationally providing information about a certain cardiac function using the three-dimensional heart model and for applying computational, quantitative analysis of the cardiac function, wherein the quantitative analysis of the cardiac function provides an assessment for surgical options, optimizing surgical techniques, or predicting outcomes. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319309 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Repreoducible and Comparable Flow Acquisitions - A system, apparatus and method are provided for measuring and removing the influence of pulsatility on contrast agent flow in a region of interest of a vascular system of a patient. Once the change of blood speed over the cardiac cycle is known (pulsatility), this influence is removed from acquired image sequence for outcome control such that “quasi-stationary”, regular flow acquisition is passed on to subsequent visualization and analysis processes. A contrast agent injector is also provided that simultaneously measures and uses ECG to inject a known contrast agent at a fixed point over the cardiac cycle or such that a known amount of contrast agent will arrive at a known time at a region of interest in the vasculature of a patient, thus controlling one of the main unwanted variables in an acquisition of blood flow sequences. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319310 | Imaging Agents For Monitoring Changes Of Dopamine Receptors And Methods Of Using Thereof - The present invention is related generally to a method for screening subjects to determine those subjects more likely to develop diabetes by quantization of insulin producing cells. The present invention is also related to the diagnosis of diabetes and related to monitor disease progression or treatment efficacy of candidate drugs. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319311 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCURACY VERIFICATION FOR IMAGE BASED SURGICAL NAVIGATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for assessing the accuracy of a surgical navigation system. The method may include acquiring an X-ray image that captures a surgical instrument. The method may also include segmenting the surgical instrument in the X-ray image. In an embodiment, the segmenting may be performed using edge detection or pattern recognition. The distance between the predicted location of the surgical instrument tip and the actual location of the surgical instrument tip may be computed. The distance between the predicted location of the surgical instrument tip and the actual location of the surgical instrument tip may be compared with a threshold value. If the distance between the predicted location of the surgical instrument tip and the actual location of the surgical instrument tip is greater than the threshold value, the user may be alerted. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319312 | Method and System Eliminating Electromagnetic Interference in a Medical Image, in Real-Time - In a medical apparatus including a medical imaging system and a medical position and navigation system (MPS), the medical imaging system including an imaging transmitter, periodically emitting imaging radiation and an imaging detector, the medical position and navigation system including at least one MPS transmitter periodically transmitting MPS radiation and at least one MPS detector, the MPS radiation electromagnetically interfering with at least one mode of operation of the imaging detector, a device for eliminating interference to the imaging detector caused by positioning radiation, the device comprising a synchronizer, coupled with the medical imaging system and with the medical position and navigation system, synchronizing the imaging detector and each the at least one MPS transmitter, so that neither of the at least one MPS transmitter transmits during the at least one mode of operation of the imaging detector. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319313 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACE - A method for establishing an interaction between an operator and a monitor of a computer-assisted surgery system comprises tracking a tool manipulated by the operator for providing surgical data calculated from the position/orientation of the tool. A desired interaction is identified from the operator by tracking the tool reaching a specific position and/or a specific orientation. An interactive action is activated on a monitor as a function of the desired interaction, the interactive action being unrelated to said surgical data. A motion of the tool is converted to additional interactions related to said interactive action. A computer-assisted surgery system is also provided. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319314 | INJECTION CATHETER - An injection catheter is provided. The catheter comprises a catheter body comprising a flexible tubing having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen therethrough. A tip section comprising a flexible tubing is mounted at the distal end of the catheter body. The tip section has a needle passage extending therethough. The needle passage has a proximal region having a proximal diameter and a distal region having a distal diameter less than the proximal diameter. A needle control handle is provided at the proximal end of the catheter body. An injection needle extends through the tip section, catheter body, and needle control handle and has a proximal end attached to the needle control handle and a distal end within the needle passage. The injection needle is longitudinally slidable so that its distal end can extend beyond the distal end of the tip section upon suitable manipulation of the needle control handle. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319315 | Method of reducing interferences in positron emission tomography - Methods and compositions are disclosed that lower the uptake of the radiopharmaceutical FDG, a glucose analog, by brown adipose tissue and the myocardium in FDG-PET/CT scans. The composition is substantially carbohydrate free and includes high levels of lipids. The method uses the composition and doses at particular times before the scan. The method has an advantage over fasting methods since it reduces the uptake by brown adipose tissue and/or myocardium that can be mistaken for cancer on FDG-PET or PET//CT scans or obscures sites of cancer adjacent to the heart. In addition, this permits the identification, monitoring and treatment of coronary artery disease on PET or PET/CT scans. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319316 | Combination Imaging and Therapy Transducer - A combined ultrasound imaging and therapy transducer includes a linear array of imaging transducer elements. First and second linear arrays of therapy transducer elements extend longitudinally along respective first and second sides of the imaging transducer elements and are canted inwardly toward each other. The imaging and therapy transducer is used with an ultrasound imaging system to locate clots in a region of interest. After the region of interest has been perfused with a microbubble contrast agent, the therapy transducer elements are driven by an amplifier located in the transducer to dissolve the clot. The use of the imaging transducer elements and the therapy transducer elements can be interleaved so that the therapy can be conditioned on an ultrasound image showing substantial destruction of the contrast agent microbubbles, re-perfusion of microbubbles in the region of interest, or the continued presence of the clot. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319317 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus removes a speckle pattern using information on a direction (depth direction) that is substantially orthogonal to a plurality of ultrasonic images included in three-dimensional image data. For example, three-dimensional CFAR processing, two-dimensional CFAR processing, and a depth-direction arithmetic process are performed to discriminate a continuous structure that is three-dimensionally arranged from a local microstructure, thereby generating a microstructure extracted image. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319318 | Breast scanning system - A breast scanning system configured to scan a breast of a patient includes a table configured to receive the patient thereon. The table has an aperture formed therein configured to receive the breast of the patient pendant therethrough and positionable over and into a bath configured to contain a medium. An armature is movably disposable in the bath. The armature carries transducer arrays that are disposable in the bath, and configured to transmit and receive acoustic and/or ultrasound signals. A manual control is operatively coupled to the armature to manually move the armature and thus the transducer arrays within the bath. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319319 | Intraocular Ultrasound Doppler Techniques - Systems and methods are disclosed providing for the use of ultrasound energy to measure blood flow within blood vessels by Doppler velocity measurement. Directional high-frequency pulsed-wave Doppler measurements can be made with a suitable ultrasonic needle transducers for in vivo measuring of blood flow. A needle probe can include a ultrasonic material such as PMN-PT. Such blood flow measurements can be made in any part of the body, e.g., in the central retinal vein and branch retinal veins. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319320 | METHOD OF IMAGING LYMPHATIC SYSTEM USING NANOCAPSULE COMPOSITIONS - A composition is provided accompanying nanoparticles having diameters in the range of about 100 to 800 nanometers with hollow cores and outer shells with mechanical properties such that they rupture on exposure to predetermined ultrasound energy. The composition is useful for identifying sentinel lymph nodes. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319321 | TERAHERTZ IMAGING - A body or body structure may be examined by detecting radiation emitted from and/or reflected by the body or body structure, said radiation being in the terahertz frequency range. The detected radiation then is evaluated to obtain information concerning the body or body structure. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319322 | Non-invasive in-vivo imaging of mechanoreceptors in skin using confocal microscopy - Meissner's Corpuscles (MCs) are touch-pressure sensation receptors in glabrous skin. They are imaged by reflectance confocal microscopy to provide a non-invasive, in vivo quantification of their density or size to allow screening for, diagnosis or monitoring of sensory neuropathy and other peripheral nervous system disorders related to diabetes, HIV, or other conditions. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319323 | Tear film measurement - The invention comprises a method for measuring the relative thickness of the lipid layer component of the precorneal tear film on the surface of an eye after distribution of the lipid layer subsequent to blinking. Light is directed to the lipid layer of a patient's eye with an illuminator. The illuminator is a broad spectrum light source covering the visible region and is a lambertion light emitter such that the light source is specularly reflected from the lipid layer and undergoes constructive and destructive interference in the lipid layer. The specularly reflected light is collected and focused using a collector such that the interference patterns on the tear film lipid layer are observable. The collector also produces an output signal representative of the specularly reflected light which is suitable for further analysis, such as projection on to a high resolution video monitor or analysis by or storage in a computer. In order to facilitate ease of measurement, the patient's head may be positioned on an observation platform when the illuminator directs light to the lipid layer of the patient's eye. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319324 | DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA AND INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMA USING RAMAN MOLECULAR IMAGING - A system and method to provide a diagnosis of the breast disease state of a test breast sample. A database containing a plurality of reference Raman data sets is provided where each reference Raman data set has an associated known breast sample and an associated known breast disease state. A test breast sample is irradiated with substantially monochromatic light to generate scattered photons resulting in a test Raman data set. The test Raman data set is compared to the plurality of reference Raman data sets using a chemometric technique. Based on the comparison, a diagnosis of a breast disease state of the test breast sample is provided. The breast disease state includes invasive ductal carcinoma or invasive lobular carcinoma disease state. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319325 | Biologic Information Detecting Apparatus - In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319326 | SYSTEM, SOFTWARE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING USING AN ELTROCARDIOGRAM - A system to form and store an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal derived from a cardiac electrical signal that includes an apparatus having a pair of the electrodes to connect to a patient to detect the cardiac electrical signal. A signal sampler samples the cardiac electrical signal to form the ECG signal. A data storage device stores the ECG signal. A computer communicates with the data storage device to retrieve the ECG signal for analysis by software stored in the memory of the computer. The software analyzes a morphology of the amplitude of a plurality of R-wave peaks contained within the ECG signal and/or analyzes a morphology of the area of a plurality of QRS complex pulses contained within the ECG signal. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319327 | BODY-WORN SENSOR FEATURING A LOW-POWER PROCESSOR AND MULTI-SENSOR ARRAY FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE - A system is described that continuously measures a patient's blood pressure over a length of time. The system features a sensor assembly featuring a flexible cable configured to wrap around a portion of a patient's arm. The flexible cable features a back surface that includes at least two electrodes that are positioned to contact the patient's skin to generate electrical signals. It additionally features an optical sensor that includes at least one light source and at least one photodetector. These components form an optical sensor that is configured to generate an optical signal by detecting optical radiation emitted by the at least one light source and reflected from a blood vessel underneath the patient's skin. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319328 | FEMORAL COMPRESSION DEVICE - A femoral compression device ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319329 | Manual-driven inflation-powered electronic blood pressure measuring apparatus - A manual-driven inflation-powered electronic blood pressure measuring apparatus includes an inflation unit to generate pressurized air by a user through hand squeezing, a power generation unit to receive the pressurized air to generate and output electric power, an electronic blood pressure measurement unit to receive the electric power output from the power generation unit and the pressurized air from the inflation unit to inflate an air pouch, and a sensor to detect a person's blood pressure signals in cooperation with the inflation pouch, and outputs a measurement result through an output unit. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319330 | TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FOR OBSERVING PERIODICAL EVENTS - A mobile transmitter for observing events and transmitting data on the observed events to a receiver and a device for receiving data messages from the mobile transmitter. The transmitter and receiver are designed so as to provide efficient and reliable transmission of data from the mobile transmitter to the receiver device. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319331 | Medical Data Signal Processing Systems - A medical signal processing system for processing medical signal data obtained from a human or animal heart, and displaying a graphical representation of the processed data for providing an alert, the system including: a medical signal data input for inputting one or more ECG signals; a graphical display; and a signal processor coupled to said data input and to said display; and wherein said signal processor is configured to: input medical signal data associated with a spatial position in or on said organ; perform at least one measurement relating to said organ using said medical signal data to provide measurement data; determine from said measurement data whether said measurement is normal or abnormal; and display, on a graphical representation of said heart, a graphical indication of an abnormality at said spatial position on a wall of said heart with which said signal data is associated responsive an abnormal to said determination. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319332 | Detection of Drastic Blood Pressure Changes - The invention relates to cardiac-activity based prediction of a rapid drop in a patient's blood pressure during extracorporeal blood treatment. A proposed alarm apparatus ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319333 | Apparatus and Method for Breathing Pattern Determination Using a Non-Contact Microphone - A method is provided for analyzing respiration of a subject ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319334 | NASAL MASK FOR CARBON DIOXIDE GAS MEASUREMENT - A nasal mask is adapted to attached on a face of a subject so as to cover a nose of the subject. A shell has a contact edge adapted to be brought into close contact with the face of the subject, thereby forming a sealed space therein. An attachment portion is disposed in the shell and has an inner space. The attachment portion is configured to detachably engage with a sensor disposed outside the shell and operable to measure concentration of carbon dioxide gas expired from the nostrils. A guide member is disposed inside the shell and forming a passage adapted to introduce expired gas from the nostrils into the inner space. The shell is formed with an inlet adapted to introduce external gas into the sealed space. The expired gas is guarded by the guide member from the external gas introduced through the inlet. The attachment portion is formed with an outlet adapted to discharge the expired gas from the inner space to the sealed space. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING DETECTION THRESHOLDS IN A FEEDBACK-CONTROLLED NEUROLOGICAL EVENT DETECTOR - Methods and systems for detecting neurological events and approximating a target detection rate are disclosed. A target detection rate may be identified for the neurological event. Electrographic signals incident on a neurological event detector may be monitored. Each signal may be compared to a threshold value for a parameter. As the threshold value varies, it has a predictable effect on a detection rate of the neurological event. A rate at which the electrographic signals exceed the threshold value may be measured and compared to the target detection rate. The threshold value may be adjusted to minimize the difference between the measured detection rate and the target detection rate. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319336 | Oedema Detection - A method of detecting tissue oedema in a subject. The method includes determining a measured impedance for first and second body segments. An index indicative of a ratio of the extra-cellular to intra-cellular fluid is then calculated for each body segment, with these being used to determine an index ratio based on the index for the first and second body segments. The index ratio can in turn be used to determine the presence, absence or degree of tissue oedema, for example by comparing the index ratio to a reference or previously determined index ratios. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319337 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring a Sedated Patient - A method and an apparatus for monitoring a sedated patient, the method comprising the steps of providing a skin conductance signal measured at an area of the patient's skin through a time interval, establishing the existence of at least two fluctuation peaks in the skin conductance signal through said time interval, considering if the amplitudes of fluctuation peaks in the skin conductance signal through said interval, the basal level of the skin conductance signal through said interval and the width of the fluctuation peaks in the skin conductance signal fulfils a predetermined criterion, activating a first output signal which indicates the state of awakening in the patient if said criterion is fulfilled, and activating a second output signal which indicates the state of pain in the patient if said criterion is not fulfilled. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319338 | Visceral Fat Determining Device - A visceral fat determining device is disclosed which can be used easily at home for example and can obtain information on visceral fat. The visceral fat determining device comprises input means for inputting personal data that represents vital characteristics of the patient; a data processing unit capable of performing various calculations; and a display device capable of displaying the personal data and results of the calculations. Upon inputting of a waist size which is a girth of the trunk of the patient, and a hip size which is a girth of the buttocks of the patient, quantitative information on abdominal visceral fat of the patient is given through a calculation based on WHR which is a ratio of the waist size to the hip size (waist size/hip size). | 2008-12-25 |
20080319339 | Measuring Member And Device For Determining The Blood Flow Of The Gastrointestinal Tract, As Well As For Registrating The Intestinal Peristalsis - The invention relates to a measuring member and a device to be used for determining the blood flow of the gastrointestinal tract, said measuring member comprising an intestinal probe, having its distal end provided with a flexible inflatable body and at least one pressure sensor mounted on this supporting body. After bringing the inflatable flexible body at the predetermined pressure, the pressure sensor will abut the intestinal wall and the measured pressure development, which represents a measure for the blood flow of the gastrointestinal tract, is transformed into a graphical image with the help of the device and/or is transformed into actual values for the blood flow of the gastrointestinal tract. Further, the measuring member measures the development of the pressure within the inflatable flexible body, which represents a measure for the intestinal peristalsis. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319340 | System for Monitoring Neural Shunt Function and Associated Methods - A system and method for evaluating neural shunt functionality is provided. Accordingly, in one aspect a method for monitoring neural shunt functionality may include measuring a first intracranial pressure pulse inside the shunt, measuring a second intracranial pressure pulse outside the shunt, and comparing pulsatile characteristics from the first measurement to the second measurement in order to determine shunt functionality. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319341 | Single-Insertion, Multiple Sample Biopsy Device with Integrated Markers - The present invention provides for exemplary embodiments of a single-insertion, multiple sample biopsy device. Exemplary embodiments of a single-insertion, multiple sampling device with integrated marker release. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319342 | Biopsy device with selectable tissue receiving aperture orientation and site illumination - The invention is directed to a system and device for separating and collecting a tissue specimen from a target site within a patient. The device includes a probe component with an elongated tubular section, a penetrating distal tip and a tissue receiving aperture in the distal end of the tubular section proximal to the distal tip, and a tissue cutting member which is slidably disposed within the probe member to cut a tissue specimen drawn into the interior of the device through the aperture by applying a vacuum to the inner lumen of the tissue cutting member. The device also has a driver component to which the probe component is releasably secured. The driver has a drive member for adjusting the orientation of the tubular section and thus the aperture therein and one or more drive members for moving the tissue cutting member within the tubular section to sever a tissue specimen from tissue extending into the interior of the tubular section through the aperture. The motion imparted to the tissue cutter is at least longitudinal and preferably is also oscillation and/or rotational to effectively separate a tissue specimen from tissue extending through the aperture in the tubular section. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319343 | Fetal blood sampling device - A fetal scalp attachable blood-sampling device, which includes an annular tube the outer wall and the axial opening of which generally taper from an enlarged proximal end to an opposed smaller distal end. An annular ring-like space is defined in the wall of the tube and surrounds the distal end of the tube and is also open at its distal end. The tube has a continuous outer wall which smoothly engages with the outside of the annular ring-like space without presenting any sharp corners. The device is insertable by the attending physician into the vaginal canal of a patient for engaging at the distal end of the device with the scalp of a fetus while the patient is in labor. An air suction tube extends within the tube wall from a point external to the device and connects to the interior of the annular sleeve. Accordingly, a vacuum applied to the suction tube causes the distal open end of the sleeve to securely engage the fetus scalp to enable blood sampling by the physician via the internal tube. A handle is secured to the tube at the physician accessible end of the device to facilitate emplacement of the device by the physician into the vaginal canal of the patient and its proper engagement with the fetal scalp. The handle is mounted at the outer surface of the tube as to be angled with respect to the axis of said device in the direction toward the rear of the device, to further facilitate use of the handle during manipulation of the device by the physician. Vacuum application means are connected to the air suction tube at a point within the convenient reach of the physician while the physician is emplacing the device in contact with the fetus scalp. This enables the physician to control application of suction at the distal end of the device as it is emplaced at the fetus scalp. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319344 | FLUID CONNECTION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY TAKING FLUID MICROSAMPLES USING THIS DEVICE - The invention relates to a fluid connection device and to a continuous automated system and method for taking fluid microsamples using this device. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319345 | Blood Collection Assembly - A blood collection assembly includes a hub with a distal end, a proximal end, a hub outer surface and an internal opening extending therethrough. The assembly also includes a holder housing defining a receiving chamber and having a rearward end adapted to receive a sample collection tube within the chamber and a forward end including a receiving port extending into the chamber, where the receiving port receives a portion of the proximal end of the hub therein. An internal opening of the hub accommodates a puncturing element at the proximal end thereof for providing passage of a fluid therethrough, and the puncturing element contacts the sample collection tube. The hub and the holder housing include an interengaging structure extending substantially perimetrically therearound for axially locking the hub with the holder housing. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319346 | Safety Blood Collection Assembly With Indicator - A needle assembly is disclosed. The needle assembly includes a housing having a flash chamber, and having a distal end and a proximal end engageable with a specimen collection container. The assembly includes a cannula having a patient end, a non-patient end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining a cannula interior. The patient end of the cannula projects at least partially from the distal end of the housing, and the cannula interior is in fluid communication with the flash chamber. The assembly further includes a shield restrainably engaged with a portion of the housing and axially transitionable over the patient cannula from a retracted position in which the patient end is exposed, to an extended position in which the patient end is shielded by at least a portion of the shield, wherein at least a portion of the flash chamber is visible in the retracted position. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319347 | DIAGNOSTIC THIMBLE - A diagnostic device for performing a diagnostic blood test of a subject comprising a thimble-like element adapted to be engaged with the subject's Finger, a puncturing unit for producing a blood sample from the subject's finger, and an at least one test element in flow communication with said blood sample. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319348 | DIAGNOSIS CATHETER FOR INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS - Provided is a diagnosis catheter | 2008-12-25 |
20080319349 | System and Related Method For Determining a Measurement Between Locations on a Body - A system and related method for characterizing an effect of a rehabilitation therapy on a body. The apparatus includes a first device, which is configured to be coupled to the body at a first location, and a second device, which is configured to be coupled to the body at a second location that is separated from the first location by a distance. The first device is configured to generate a wireless signal. The second device is configured to detect the wireless signal and to generate data based on the detected wireless signal that is configured to be used to calculate the distance. The distance is used to characterize the effect of the rehabilitation therapy on the body. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319350 | ELECTRICAL MEANS TO NORMALIZE ABLATIONAL ENERGY TRANSMISSION TO A LUMINAL TISSUE SURFACE OF VARYING SIZE - Methods and devices for measuring the size of a body lumen and a method for ablating tissue that uses the measurement to normalize delivery of ablational energy from an expandable operative element to a luminal target of varying circumference are provided. The method includes inserting into the lumen an expandable operative element having circuitry with resistivity or inductance that varies according to the circumference of the operative element, varying the expansion of the operative element with an expansion medium, measuring the resistivity of the circuitry, and relating the resistivity or inductance to a value for the circumference of the operative element. In some embodiments the sizing circuit includes a conductive elastomer wrapped around the operative element. Other embodiments of the method apply to operative elements that include an overlapping energy delivery element support in which the overlap varies inversely with respect to the state of expansion, and which is configured with sizing electrodes that sense the amount of the overlap. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319351 | Spine tilt monitor with biofeedback - The present invention relates to a system and method for continually monitoring the spine of a user via device containing electromechanical transducer, processor, delay, transmitter, and a feedback component. Through the device and method of employing, the user will be able to learn and sustain a proper posture, thereby avoiding future back pain. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319352 | SPINE TILT MONITOR WITH BIOFEEDBACK - The present invention relates to a system and method for continually monitoring the spine of a user via device containing electromechanical transducer, processor, delay, transmitter, and a feedback component. Through the device and method of employing, the user will be able to learn and sustain a proper posture, thereby avoiding future back pain. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319353 | Activity monitoring system for pregnant women - An activity feedback system for an individual is disclosed. The activity feedback system can be wearable by the individual and provide activity information and possibly other information to the individual. The individual can, for example, be a pregnant woman. The activity information can, for example, be used by a pregnant woman to monitor the amount of activity by the woman during as well as after her pregnancy. Besides activity information, the activity feedback system can also monitor, record or provide other information that is beneficial for individuals. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319354 | System and Method for Monitoring Information Related to Sleep - A system configured to monitor ambient illumination experienced by a subject. In one embodiment, the system comprises an illumination sensor, a timer, and a storage module. The illumination sensor is configured to monitor an intensity of ambient illumination within two or more wavelength ranges by generating one or more output signals that convey information related to the intensity of ambient illumination within the two or more wavelength ranges. The timer is configured to indicate the passage of periods of time. The storage module is configured to store information related to the intensity of ambient illumination within the two or more wavelength ranges, as conveyed by the one or more output signals, for individual periods of time. The system is portable to be carried by the subject. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319355 | Ischemic stroke therapy - A method for delivering ultrasound energy to a patient's intracranial space includes the steps of forming a hole in a patient's skull, locating an ultrasound transmitter near or into the hole, and transmitting ultrasound from the transmitter into the intracranial space, wherein the Mechanical Index of ultrasound energy traveling through cerebral tissue in the intracranial space is less than 1.0, the power intensity delivered to a target tissue in the intracranial space is greater than 50 mW/cm | 2008-12-25 |
20080319356 | PULSED CAVITATIONAL ULTRASOUND THERAPY - Therapy methods using pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy can include the subprocesses of initiation, maintenance, therapy, and feedback of the histotripsy process, which involves the creation and maintenance of ensembles of microbubbles and the use of feedback in order to optimize the process based on observed spatial-temporal bubble cloud dynamics. The methods provide for the subdivision or erosion of tissue, liquification of tissue, and/or the enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents. Various feedback mechanisms allow variation of ultrasound parameters and provide control over the pulsed cavitational process, permitting the process to be tuned for a number of applications. Such applications can include specific tissue erosion, bulk tissue homogenization, and delivery of therapeutic agents across barriers. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319357 | PINCH-RESISTANT MAGNETIC MASSAGE WANDS - The invention is for a pair of pinch-resistant magnetic massage wands that have handles with a magnet disposed in a central bore of each handle. The magnet is oriented along a centerline of the handle so that a first end of the magnet is contained within the handle and a second end of the magnet is protruding from a top ridge of the handle. Each end of the magnet corresponds to a pole of the magnet. The magnets are oriented in the handles so that the same poles of each magnet protrude from the handle top ridge. When the massage wands are brought in close proximity of one another, the magnets exert opposing forces on one another to prevent a massage therapist from inadvertently pinching a patient with the massage wands. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319358 | Massage Tool - A massage tool includes a handle, which has a cylinder provided for holding, a barrel hole going through the cylinder; a first barrel, which has a barrel body inserted into the barrel hole of the handle, a chamber formed concaved on the barrel body, a fitting hole opened downwards from the bottom of the chamber; a toe, which has a shoulder received in the chamber of the first barrel; a second barrel, which has a barrel body inserted into the barrel hole of the handle; the massage tool which assembled via above structure is convenient for use and holding; further, the massage tool can includes a skirt, which has a skirt body mounted on the handle, the second barrel and the skirt mounted at least two fingers or a palm; and a magnet group received in the chamber of the first barrel; thereby, the invention can assembled variety of massage tool, the magnet group generating magnetic field improve human body blood circulation, and the toe or the finger to proceed pressing. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319359 | PORTABLE COMPRESSION DEVICE - A portable compression device for compressing at least a portion of a mammal's limb is provided. The portable compression device can use mechanical compression to apply an external pressure to the portion of the limb to thereby propagate blood flow return in the direction of the mammal's heart. In at least one embodiment, the portable compression device can accomplish this mechanical compression through the use of at least one frame, actuator, drum, and flexible elongate member. The actuator can move the drum between a first position and a second position. The flexible elongate member can be engaged with at least a portion of the drum and can at least partially circumscribe a portion of the limb of the mammal, such that the movement of the drum between the first and second positions can apply tension to the flexible elongate member to thereby apply a compressive force to the limb. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319360 | Joint Device Enclosure - An enclosure of which is created to comprise the inner layer areas of a joint device. The enclosure is specifically created and formed to receive within its open area a tempered therapeutic temperature generating material and or a support cushion padding type of material. The enclosure of the present invention is created in a unique and functional manner due primarily to its characteristic implemental methods of versatility as will be clearly specified and illustrated within the specifications of this application. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319361 | CARBON FIBER ORTHOSIS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A method of making an orthoses, comprising the steps of preparing a plaster mold, upon which the layers of the orthosis will be placed and formed; and placing layers of material on the mold, then forming and removing the layers. An orthosis, comprising a footplate that is capable of receiving a human foot thereabove, a heel portion at the rear side of the footplate; a strut extending upwardly from the heel portion; a calf portion extending forwardly from the strut, the calf portion including a tibial shell; the tibial shell extends around the front of the user's tibia; a rear portion extends around the back of the user's calf a rear portion disposed rearwardly with respect to the calf portion; and sides such that the calf portion is completely circumferential without seams. Two foam layers line the orthoses for comfort and ease of use. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319362 | Orthopedic System for Immobilizing and Supporting Body Parts - A unitized cast system for immobilizing and supporting a body part. The unitized casting system includes a first inner layer for padding and dissipating heat against the patient's skin. A second layer is formed from a thermoformable structural material such as perforated plastic. A protective third outer layer is provided to provide insulation for the second layer. These three layers are formed together to form a unitized cast system that is easily formed and applied to the patient. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319363 | Multi-centric orthopedic hinge joint - A multi-centric orthopedic joint having inner and outer guide plates and upper and lower arms rotatably connected to the guide plates for pivotal movement therebetween. The plates each include upper and lower pairs of curved bean shaped slots, tilted relative to one another. The arms include a proximal end, the proximal end further including pins positioned and proportioned for complimental sliding movement within the upper and lower slots of the guide plates. Set screws are positioned between the inner and outer guide plate against a locking surface of the proximal end of each arm. When the set screws are loosened the upper and lower arms may be moved relative to one another, permitting the guide pins to slide within the slots but in opposite directions relative to one another. Flat-screws secure the inner and outer guide plates and co-act with the set screws as a locking mechanism of proximal ends of said arms at a desired angulation between them. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319364 | POSTURE TRAINING DEVICE - The invention resides in a posture training device comprising a signalling unit able to be worn longitudinally over a user's spine, the signalling unit having two ends that can be used to activate the signalling unit by tension being applied to either of the two ends; a waist strap able to be fitted around a waist of a user, the waist strap connected to one of the ends of the signalling unit; and a central strap able to extend adjacent the spine of a user, the central strap being connected to an opposing end of the signalling unit and to the waist strap. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319365 | Adhesive Posture Supports - A self adhesive support which conforms to the human back and spans a number of joints thereby maintaining body posture in the range of the neutral spine whether the wearer is sitting, standing or lying and which is made from a material which is flexible enough to adapt to the wearer's body shape but rigid enough to maintain correct body posture such as orthopedic foam, rubber or soft plastics and which is sufficiently inelastic to limit flexure from the neutral spinal position but is sufficiently elastic to assist movement back into the correct posture. The support may be in the shape of an X and applied to the wearer's back. In an alternative form, the support is in the form of the sides of a square and is applied to the base of the wearer's back. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319366 | ROMPER FOR USE OVER SPICA CAST - The present invention overcomes the lack of appropriate clothing for children being treated for hip dysplasia with a spica cast, Pavlic harness, or the like. A romper is disclosed that is sized to fit a child and sized to fit over a corrective device used to treat hip dysplasia. The romper of the present invention provides the convenience and neat appearance of infant clothing that is currently not available for children wearing a spica cast, Pavlic harness, or the like. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319367 | METHOD OF USING A HIGHLY POROUS SELF-COHERED WEB MATERIAL - The present invention is directed to methods of using implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having high degrees of porosity, particularly at anastomotic sites. The web materials can be formed into a variety of shapes and forms suitable for use as implantable medical devices or components thereof. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319368 | Skin Plate Adhesive Product and Method for Its Manufacture - Provide is a skin plate product, which can be better tailored with respect to controlling the properties of the first and second surfaces. This is obtained by cutting holes in an adhesive matrix with a laser and subsequently filling these holes with a second material. Being able to design the exact location, orientation, distribution and/or size of the second material opens the path for adhesive products where e.g. adhesion, absorption, and permeability are controlled and balanced. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319369 | Systems and Methods for Removing Fluid and Atherogenic, Thrombotic, and Inflammatory Markers From Blood - Systems and methods for removing fluid and atherogenic, thrombotic and inflammatory (ATI) markers from blood are disclosed. A system for removing fluid and atherogenic, thrombotic and inflammatory markers from blood includes an ultrafiltration module for removing fluid from blood drawn from a patient; and an apheresis module for removing atherogenic, thrombotic, and inflammatory markers from the blood, wherein the ultrafiltration module and the apheresis module form a continuous closed-loop extracorporeal blood circuit. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319370 | Method and System for Transdermal Drug Delivery - The present invention relates to a method and a system for transdermal delivery of a physiologically active agent. The invention further relates to a method of treatment using the transdermal delivery system and the use of medicaments ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319371 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING OF ONYCHOMYCOSIS WITH AN APPLICATOR HAVING A GEL MEDICAMENT LAYER - A method to electrokinetically deliver a medicament to a nail of a mammalian user including: forming a cast of the nail of the user wherein the cast is a reverse impression of the nail; applying a medicament matrix to the nail; sandwiching the medicament matrix between the cast and the nail; pressing the medicament matrix to the nail using the cast; applying electrical current to an electrical current path extending through the medicament matrix and the nail, and delivering medicament from the matrix into the nail by electrokinetic transporting the medicament along the current path. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319372 | TREATING BACTERIA WITH ELECTRIC FIELDS - Cells that are in the process division are vulnerable to damage by AC electric fields that have specific frequency and field strength characteristics. The selective destruction of rapidly dividing cells can therefore be accomplished by imposing an AC electric field in a target region for extended periods of time. Some of the cells that divide while the field is applied will be damaged, but the cells that do not divide will not be harmed. This selectively damages rapidly dividing cells like bacteria, but does not harm normal cells that are not dividing. Since the vulnerability of the dividing cells is strongly related to the alignment between the long axis of the dividing cells and the lines of force of the electric field, improved results can be obtained when the field is sequentially imposed in different directions. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319373 | Compound Delivery Tube - A tube for selective administration of a compound. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319374 | Post-occlusion chamber collapse canceling system for a surgical apparatus and method of use - A post-occlusion chamber collapse canceling system for a surgical apparatus that detects the breaking of occlusions by tissue fragments in the distal end of the aspiration path and produces a response consisting in a transitory blockage of the distal end the aspiration path to terminate the chamber collapse and a transitory venting of the aspiration line to relieve the vacuum, in a way that post-occlusion chamber collapses are cancelled. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319375 | Materials, Methods, and Systems for Cavitation-mediated Ultrasonic Drug Delivery in vivo - Materials, methods, and systems for targeted and non-targeted therapeutic delivery in vivo utilizing cavitation-mediated ultrasonic drug delivery are described. Noninvasive sonic energy being applied to the patient in a controlled fashion at the treatment area results in controlled acoustic cavitation at said region, and cell and tissue specific drug delivery. Microbubbles, both in the form of contrast agents, and/or other active agents infused into the patient, and/or bubbles formed from previous ultrasound exposure, allow for predictable cavitation thresholds, requiring much lower incident ultrasound intensities for permeating tissue. Further, methods and systems are provided that result in more spatially regular areas of controlled tissue permeability upon treatment, limiting cytotoxicity and sonolysis, and maximizing intracellular drug delivery. Moreover, by using pulsed cavitation-mediated ultrasonic drug delivery as described by the present teachings, a large number of parameters are created, which provided the appropriate monitoring and feedback mechanisms are present, allow the use of a diversity of parameter optimizations and control systems for customizing the methods and systems for a given application. Preferred therapeutics for use with the present invention include nucleic acids, proteins, peptides, and other therapeutic macromolecules. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES - An ultrasound catheter with fluid delivery lumens, fluid evacuation lumens and a light source is used for the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhages. After the catheter is inserted into a blood clot in the brain, a lytic drug can be delivered to the blood clot via the fluid delivery lumens while applying ultrasonic energy to the treatment site. As the blood clot is dissolved, the liquefied blood clot can be removed by evacuation through the fluid evacuation lumens. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319377 | Medical Device for Generating Transient Bubbles - A method and medical device for generating transient bubbles is provided. Fluid is delivered under pressure through bubble generating means and thereby transient bubbles are generated. The bubbles are micro or nano sized. An ultrasonic source may be used to further vibrate the bubble generating means so as to adjust the size and size consistency of the bubbles. Infusion means may also be provided for infusing the bubbles in a patient. A therapeutic agent, in the form of or delivered in combination with, bubbles may be injected at the point of interest. An ultrasound pulse may additionally be provided to activate bubbles to enhance drug transport through tissues and across cell membranes. The device provides a means to locally generate transient bubbles, to facilitate acoustical activation of therapeutic agents, and the acoustic activation of bubbles infused within therapeutic agents, in order to enhance treatment efficacy. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319378 | Covered Suction Device - A suction device which can protected before and after use. The suction device includes an elongated suction tube having a suction tip at one end. A retractable, protective sheath is connected to the tube and extends over the exposed length of the suction tube. A tip protector extends from the free end of the sheath, and includes an interference structure in the form of a plurality of spaced ribs protruding inwardly to engage and grip the suction tip. A hollow sheath housing is secured to the free end and a sheath inserter is secured to the suction tube proximate the connection end, with the sheath housing and the sheath inserter being shaped to insert the retractable sheath in the hollow sheath housing when the sheath is in a retracted position. The tip protector and the sheath housing can be portions of a unitary structure. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319379 | Surgical irrigator - A surgical irrigator for washing body regions subjected to a procedure, provided with a containment shell inside which there are elements for supplying a washing liquid that arrives from an associable reservoir, such containment shell being constituted substantially by two distinct portions, respectively a grip portion for the hand of the user and a portion for ejecting the washing liquid toward the region to be washed, wherein the irrigator is powered by a transformer connected to the mains. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319380 | Sterile Polymerizable Systems And Kits And Methods Of Their Manufacture And Use - The present invention overcomes the difficulties in the sterilization and delivery of viscous, multi-component compositions that require pre-mixing prior to usage by disclosing a sterile, multi-component, ready-to-use product wherein each component is sterilized independently and then assembled into a sterilized delivery kit. In certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, a sterile, polymerizable system is provided that comprises a plurality of sterile polymerizable monomers, said monomers having been sterilized by passing them through a filter; at least one sterile filler which has been exposed to conditions effective to render said filler sterile, and the sterile monomers and the sterile filler being blended together to form at least one substantially homogeneous blend contained within a sterile delivery vessel. Still other embodiments include a single-use kit that comprises a delivery gun, mix tips, and cartridges that comprise one or more pastes of the present invention that are housed within one or more pouches to ensure sterility of the internal contents. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319381 | Method System and Device for Assessing Insulin Sensitivity - A method and a system for determining insulin sensitivity (IS) is described. In one aspect the method and the system can be implemented by receiving a first parameter corresponding to an insulin dose in a subcutaneous tissue; applying a first kinetic model to obtain a plasma insulin concentration based on the first parameter; receiving a second parameter corresponding to a plasma glucose concentration; determining the insulin sensitivity (IS) based on the plasma insulin concentration and the second parameter. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319382 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A CHANNELED SAMPLE PROBE TO TISSUE - Sampling is controlled in order to enhance analyte concentration estimation derived from noninvasive sampling. More particularly, sampling is controlled using controlled fluid delivery to a region between a tip of a sample probe and a tissue measurement site. The controlled fluid delivery enhances coverage of a skin sample site with the thin layer of fluid. Delivery of contact fluid is controlled in terms of spatial delivery, volume, thickness, distribution, temperature, and/or pressure. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319383 | Needle-Free Injection Device - A fluid injecting device ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319384 | Tailored Basal Insulin Delivery System and Method - Disclosed is a system to deliver insulin to a user's body. The system includes a dispensing unit to deliver the insulin to the body, and a control mechanism to control delivery of basal insulin according to a predetermined basal infusion pattern, the basal infusion pattern selected from a plurality of predetermined basal infusion patterns. In some embodiments, selection of the basal infusion pattern may be based on one or more personal characteristics of the user. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319385 | Fluid dispenser with additive sub-system - A compact fluid dispenser for use in controllably dispensing fluid medicaments, such as, antibiotics, analgesics, and like medicinal agents from the device reservoir which is provided in the form of a novel bellows-type assembly. The fluid dispenser includes a unique stored energy mechanism which takes the form of a constant force spring member of novel design that provides the force necessary to continuously and substantially uniformly expel fluid from the device reservoir. The device also includes novel adjustable flow rate control assembly that is disposed intermediate the fluid reservoir outlet and the outlet port of the device for precisely controlling the rate of fluid flow from the outlet port toward the patient. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319386 | Forwardly directable fluid jet crossing catheter - A forwardly directable fluid jet crossing catheter having a positionable jet body which can be longitudinally and rotationally positioned in order to direct a fluid jet stream to impinge, break through, and cross a chronic total occlusion. The distal end of the catheter includes a tip of super-elastic material having a flexible bend aligned within the distal portion of a sheath which tip is directable in response to the longitudinal and rotational orientation of a positionable jet body, whereby a fluid jet stream can be controlled in angular and rotational directions. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319387 | Method and Apparatus for Inserting a Catheter Device - The present invention relates to systems and methods for inserting a catheter device into a subject, wherein the catheter insertion system generally comprises a flexible sleeve containing a catheter tube and advancing means for advancing the catheter contained within said system in a distal direction, wherein the flexible sleeve has a sealed proximal end and a distal end which may comprise a slender passage adapted to allow passage of said catheter tube therethrough while preventing backflow of fluid into the flexible sleeve. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319388 | DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH BALLOON-RELATIVE SHEATH POSITIONING - A medical device delivery system includes a self-expanding medical device mounted on a balloon portion of a catheter. A sheath is provided around the medical device to hold the device in place with the device staying in a compressed state. A series of perforations or an initial cut is provided in the sheath at a predetermined location, or within a predetermined range of locations, on the circumference of the sheath. The predetermined location or range of locations are determined with respect to the folds of the balloon portion. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319389 | Medical Devices with Rigid Rod Paraphenylene - The medical devices of the present invention include self-reinforcing polymer materials, based on the rigid-rod paraphenylene copolymer chemistry. Accordingly, the materials of the present invention provide a unique combination of physical properties that are advantageous for use in various medical devices. The medical devices may include those for maneuvering through the body passages of a patient, such as for example the circulatory system, to a desired site for treatment. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319390 | Self-Destructed Disposable Syringe - A self-destructed disposable injection syringe, consists of barrel( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319391 | Self powered enteral tube feeding device - A self-powered, enteral tube feeding device. The device includes a fluid container and a removable lid for pressure sealing the container. The device also includes a fluid exit port and a flexible tube providing fluid communication from the exit port of the device to a through-the-abdominal-wall port of a patient. Fluid is forced out of the container and into the patient's stomach or small intestine with air pressure provided by a finger-operated flexible bulb-type pressurizer unit having two air check valves. The device is preferably operated by the user without assistance. In preferred embodiments the device also includes alarm features that provide a warning when the fluid level is approaching the exit port so that no air is pumped into the user's abdominal cavity. In one preferred embodiment these alarm features include a magnetic switch located below the fluid container and a magnet floating within the container vertically over the switch and on or near the surface of the fluid. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319392 | MICRONEEDLE TRANSPORT DEVICE - A transdermal transport device includes a reservoir for holding a formulation of an active principle, and an array of needles which have bores in fluid communication with the reservoir to facilitate transporting the formulation to and from the reservoir through the needles. The device also includes a first actuator which drives the array of needles into the body, and a second actuator which pumps the formulation between the reservoir and the body through the needles. The first actuator is reversible to withdraw the needles from the body. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319393 | Self-Powered Portable Syringe Pump - A disposable self-powered portable syringe pump ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080319394 | Portable infusion device with reduced level of operational noise - An infusion system, method and device for infusing therapeutic fluid into the body of a patient are provided. The device includes a driving mechanism including a plurality of gears, wherein at least one gear is adjacent to another gear. The device includes a gear in the plurality of gears having plurality of teeth and at least another gear in the plurality of gears having a plurality of teeth. The plurality of teeth of another gear interact with the plurality of teeth of the gear. At least one tooth in the plurality of teeth of the gear is elastically deformable for causing at least one tooth to elastically deform upon meshing with a tooth in the plurality of teeth of another gear and further for causing reduction of noise associated with operation of the driving mechanism. | 2008-12-25 |
20080319395 | VALVE OPENER - A medical introducer apparatus for use in inserting an interventional device into a body vessel of a patient. The apparatus includes a housing having a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a chamber positioned between the openings. A hemostatic valve system is provided in the housing chamber. The valve system includes a plurality of generally elastomeric valve members axially arranged in the chamber. The valve members each have a generally circular hole extending therethrough, which hole is sized for substantially leak-free passage of the interventional device. The valve members are aligned in the chamber to be sequentially penetrable by the interventional device, such that a hole in one valve member is covered by an adjoining valve member. A valve opener having a tubular body with a curved portion penetrates the hemostatic valve system to aid in the positioning of the interventional device. The curved portion maintains the valve opener stationary within the valve system. | 2008-12-25 |