Clancy, IE
Dermot Clancy, Manorhamilton IE
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20090235925 | AEROSOLISATION SYSTEM - The invention provides a combination of a micro pump | 09-24-2009 |
20100078013 | NEBULISER SYSTEM - A nebuliser | 04-01-2010 |
20120234321 | AEROSOLISATION SYSTEM - The invention provides a combination of a micro pump | 09-20-2012 |
Dermot Joseph Clancy, Manorhamilton IE
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20080236577 | Humidification in Breathing Circuits - A method for humidifying gas in a ventilator circuit | 10-02-2008 |
20090241948 | HUMIDIFICATION IN BREATHING CIRCUITS - A method for humidifying gas in a ventilator circuit | 10-01-2009 |
Dermot Joseph Clancy, Galway IE
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20120192863 | HUMIDIFICATION IN BREATHING CIRCUITS - A method for humidifying gas in a ventilator circuit | 08-02-2012 |
Maurice Joseph Anthony Clancy, Booterstown IE
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20080213371 | Rapidly disintegrating solid oral dosage form - Disclosed is a rapidly disintegrating solid oral dosage form of a poorly soluble active ingredient and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble or water dispersible excipient, wherein the poorly soluble active ingredient particles have an average diameter, prior to inclusion in the dosage form, of less than about 2000 nm. The dosage form of the invention has the advantage of combining rapid presentation and rapid dissolution of the active ingredient in the oral cavity. | 09-04-2008 |
20090130213 | Rapidly disintegrating solid oral dosage form - Disclosed is a rapidly disintegrating solid oral dosage form of a poorly soluble active ingredient and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble or water dispersible excipient, wherein the poorly soluble active ingredient particles have an average diameter, prior to inclusion in the dosage form, or less than about 2000 nm. The dosage form of the invention has the advantage of combining rapid presentation and rapid dissolution of the active ingredient in the oral cavity. | 05-21-2009 |
Maurice Joseph Anthony Clancy, Dublin IE
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20080248123 | Nanoparticulate anticonvulsant and immunosuppressive compositions - Described are controlled release nanoparticulate formulations comprising a nanoparticulate agent to be administered and a rate-controlling polymer which functions to prolong the release of the agent following administration. The novel compositions release the agent following administration for a time period ranging from about 2 to about 24 hours or longer. | 10-09-2008 |
20090297619 | NANOPARTICULATE ANTICONVULSANT AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE COMPOSITIONS - Described are controlled release nanoparticulate formulations comprising a nanoparticulate agent to be administered and a rate-controlling polymer which functions to prolong the release of the agent following administration. The novel compositions release the agent following administration for a time period ranging from about 2 to about 24 hours or longer. | 12-03-2009 |
20130011447 | CONTROLLED RELEASE NANOPARTICULATE COMPOSITIONS - Described are controlled release nanoparticulate formulations comprising a nanoparticulate agent to be administered and a rate-controlling polymer which functions to prolong the release of the agent following administration. The novel compositions release the agent following administration for a time period ranging from about 2 to about 24 hours or longer. | 01-10-2013 |
Maurice Joseph Anthony Clancy, Cellbridge IE
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20100119611 | Delivery of a Bioactive Material - A solid pharmaceutical composition comprising a water-soluble bioactive material and an encapsulating material which is present in the composition in the form of continuous solid phase, and in which solid particles of the bioactive material are dispersed and encapsulated in the continuous solid phase of the encapsulating material, wherein each of the bioactive material and the encapsulating material is normally a solid at room temperature and the melting point of the encapsulating material is lower than the melting point of the bioactive material, the bioactive material being preferably a bisphosphonate, most preferably alendronate, and the encapsulating material includes an enhancer, preferably a mono- or di-glyceride, or an encapsulating surfactant, preferably a polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymer having surface active properties, and a process for preparing the composition in which solid particles of the bioactive material are mixed with and dispersed in the encapsulating material which is in molten (liquid) form; and cooling the molten form of the encapsulating material to form a solid pharmaceutical composition having the solid particles of the bioactive material dispersed and encapsulated in a continuous solid phase of the encapsulating material. | 05-13-2010 |
Maurice Joseph Anthony Clancy, Celbridge IE
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20110300210 | CONTROLLED RELEASE NANOPARTICULATE CLOZAPINE COMPOSITIONS - Described are controlled release nanoparticulate formulations comprising a nanoparticulate agent to be administered and a rate-controlling polymer which functions to prolong the release of the agent following administration. The novel compositions release the agent following administration for a time period ranging from about 2 to about 24 hours or longer. | 12-08-2011 |
20120114754 | RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATING SOLID ORAL DOSAGE FORM - Disclosed is a rapidly disintegrating solid oral dosage form of a poorly soluble active ingredient and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble or water-dispersible excipient, wherein the poorly soluble active ingredient particles have an average diameter, prior to inclusion in the dosage form, of less than about 2000 nm. The dosage form of the invention has the advantage of combining rapid presentation and rapid dissolution of the active ingredient in the oral cavity. | 05-10-2012 |
Michael Clancy, Co. Limerick IE
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20130006101 | SYSTEM FOR FIDUCIAL DEPLOYMENT - Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system including a needle and at least one splayed-end fiducial retained within the needle by frictional engagement and/or by engagement of the splayed end with one or more distal detents in the needle's lumen. A fiducial may include one or more splayed portions configured to engage the wall of the needle lumen, which may include one or more detents. The needle, which may include echogenic enhancements, may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. A variety of splayed-portion fiducials are disclosed. | 01-03-2013 |
20140121677 | Clutched-Gear Handle and System for Fiducial Deployment - Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system with a handle configured for actuation of same. A fiducial may include one or more protuberances configured to engage one or more slots in a needle of the system. The needle may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. The handle includes a clutched-gear actuation mechanism configured for incrementally or otherwise controlled deploying one or more fiducials at a time by advancing a stylet through and/or retracting the body of a slotted needle in which fiducials are disposed with a fiducial protrusion extending into the needle slot, which also includes retaining structures that do not impede the needle lumen. | 05-01-2014 |
20140243844 | RATCHET-SLIDE HANDLE AND SYSTEM FOR FIDUCIAL DEPLOYMENT - Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system with a handle configured for actuation of same. A fiducial may include one or more protuberances configured to engage one or more slots in a needle of the system. The needle may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. The handle includes an actuation mechanism with a toothed rack and actuation member(s) configured for incrementally or otherwise controlledly deploying one or more fiducials at a time by advancing a stylet through and/or retracting the body of a slotted needle in which fiducials are disposed with a fiducial protrusion extending into the needle slot, which also includes retaining structures that do not impede the needle lumen. | 08-28-2014 |
Michael Clancy, Monaleen Limerick IE
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20130006144 | BIOPSY NEEDLE WITH FLEXIBLE LENGTH - An endoscopic tissue-sampling needle is provided including an elongate needle shaft having a proximal shaft portion and a distal shaft portion. The distal shaft portion extends into and is fixedly attached to an inner diameter of a proximal shaft portion lumen. The distal shaft portion lumen is configured for collection of patient tissue by including a distal penetrating tip and/or a side aperture with a cutting edge configured to excise tissue from a target site in a patient body. The proximal shaft portion includes a length of cable tube configured to provide enhanced flexibility in use via an endoscope. | 01-03-2013 |
Michael Clancy, Monaleen IE
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20130006286 | FIDUCIAL DEPLOYMENT NEEDLE SYSTEM - Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system. A fiducial may include dimples to enhance echogenicity and/or to provide for engagement with a delivery cannula or stylet. The needle system may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time, when the fiducials are coaxially disposed around a central deployment member that may be embodied as a delivery cannula or stylet. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. An elongate structure may be included that is configured to distally advance fiducials along the deployment member. | 01-03-2013 |
20140263032 | CELL COLLECTOR HAVING AN EXPANDABLE MESH - A cell collection device having an elongated member and a mesh disposed about the elongated member. The mesh has a low energy expanded state and a high energy compressed state. A sheath is disposed about a distal end of the elongated member and is slidable along the elongated member from a first position in which the sheath radially constrains the mesh to the high energy compressed state and a second position in which the sheath does not constrain the mesh. | 09-18-2014 |
20140350587 | FIDUCIAL DEPLOYMENT NEEDLE SYSTEM - Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system. A fiducial may include dimples to enhance echogenicity and/or to provide for engagement with a delivery cannula or stylet. The needle system may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time, when the fiducials are coaxially disposed around a central deployment member that may be embodied as a delivery cannula or stylet. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. An elongate structure may be included that is configured to distally advance fiducials along the deployment member. | 11-27-2014 |
Michael Clancy, Limerick IE
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20130006145 | FLEXIBLE BIOPSY NEEDLE - An endoscopic tissue-sampling needle includes an elongate needle shaft having a proximal and a distal shaft portion. The proximal shaft portion includes an inner tubular core that may be constructed of a same material as the distal shaft potion, having a longer length and a smaller outer diameter than the distal shaft portion. The distal shaft portion extends into and is fixedly attached to an inner diameter of a distal shaft portion lumen. The distal shaft portion lumen is configured for collection of patient tissue, with a distal penetrating tip and/or a side aperture with a cutting edge configured to excise tissue from a target site in a patient body. The proximal shaft portion includes polymer coating around the inner tubular core, which is configured to provide an outer diameter for the proximal shaft portion that may be substantially the same as the outer diameter of the distal shaft portion. | 01-03-2013 |
20130096427 | Engaged Fiducials and System for Deployment - Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system including a needle and at least two adjacent and releasably-engaged fiducials retained within a lumen of the needle by engagement with each other and/or by engagement with a pusher element. A fiducial may include one or more mechanical engagement structures that interengage with and/or are rupturably attached to one or more adjacent fiducials. The needle, which may include echogenic enhancements, may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. A variety of releasably-engaged fiducials are disclosed, as are methods for use. | 04-18-2013 |
Michael S. Clancy, Co. Limerick IE
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20140257136 | ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY NEEDLE WITH COIL SHEATH - A notched tissue-collection needle configured similarly to a fine-needle-aspiration needle is provided with a cutting edge disposed in the notch and configured to excise tissue into the notch for collection. A stylet may be provided through a lumen of the needle during introduction into a patient body. The needle may be provided with echogenicity-enhancing features. A coated-wire sheath through which the needle is slidably disposed includes an overcoating that is thicker along a distal length and thinner along a proximal length. | 09-11-2014 |
Michael S. Clancy, Limerick IE
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20130035639 | METHOD FOR ACCESS NEEDLE WITH PRE-LOADED WIRE GUIDE AND DEVICE - A medical device is provided, configured to access a target site within a patient body. The device may be provided as a kit including pre-assembled components. Embodiments of the device include an elongate flexible access needle including a needle lumen disposed through at least a longitudinal length of the needle; an elongate wire guide pre-loaded into at least a lengthwise portion of the needle lumen and extending to at least near a distal end of the needle end; and a needle sheath including a longitudinal sheath lumen through which the access needle is disposed; where the distal needle end comprises a piercing tip configured for penetrating tissue to access a target site. A method of use is provided where the needle may be withdrawn over the pre-loaded wire guide after it has been directed to a target site and the sheath as been advanced over the needle's distal end, in a manner freeing the wire guide for further guidance or direction, and for introduction of another device along the wire guide. | 02-07-2013 |
20130090654 | COMBINATION CYSTOTOME AND ACCESS NEEDLE DEVICE AND METHOD - A system and method are provided for accessing and cannulating a target mass. The system includes a combined cystotome and access needle that provides for efficient operation. The access needle may be embodied as a polymeric sheath with a piercing stylet configured to extend beyond its distal end. The device embodiments allow a user to access and cannulate a target site such as, for example, a pancreatic pseudocyst with a single device. The device is also configured to allow introduction of a wire guide such that the cannulated target site can readily receive a wire-guided stent, or a stent delivered over the access needle. | 04-11-2013 |
20130197356 | FIDUCIAL PLACEMENT SYSTEM AND SPLAYED STYLET - A fiducial deployment system may include one or more of a needle including a dimpled retention structure configured to releasably retain a plurality of fiducials, each of which includes a central aperture (which may be embodied as a groove or similar opening); a retention/deployment stylet that traverses through each fiducial's central aperture and releasably engages a distalmost fiducial of the plurality of fiducials with a splayed distal stylet end; a pusher cannula member; and echogenic dimpling and/or other echogenic-enhancing features on at least a distal portion of the needle. | 08-01-2013 |
20140114254 | SELF-COILING STYLET NEEDLE DEVICE - A medical device includes an elongate single-wire memory-metal body with a complete length that includes a proximal stylet length, an intermediate self-coiling stylet length, and a distal stylet length that is generally straight and non-self-coiling. The moment of force of the self-coiling stylet length is less than the moment of force of the medical endoscopy needle that is resistant to the stylet's self-coiling force. The device may further include being incorporated into an endoscopy needle system where the single-wire stylet body is disposed through a lumen of a medical endoscopy needle. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114255 | SELF-COILING STYLET NEEDLE DEVICE - A medical device includes an elongate single-wire memory-metal body with a complete length that includes a proximal stylet length, an intermediate self-coiling stylet length, and a distal stylet length that is generally straight and non-self-coiling. The moment of force of the self-coiling stylet length is less than the moment of force of the medical endoscopy needle that is resistant to the stylet's self-coiling force. The device may further include being incorporated into an endoscopy needle system where the single-wire stylet body is disposed through a lumen of a medical endoscopy needle. | 04-24-2014 |
Michael S. Clancy, Monaleen IE
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20100317963 | ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED STENT PLACEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A system and method for ultrasound-guided placement of a stent are provided. The system includes an echogenic cannula element that may include an echogenically-enhanced cannula that may be embodied as a piercing-tipped needle and/or an echogenically-enhanced stylet, where an echogenically-enhanced cannula element portion is near the distal cannula end. A stent is disposed about the echogenically-enhanced cannula element portion, such that the stent can be navigated to a target site using ultrasound imaging of the echogenically-enhanced cannula element portion. | 12-16-2010 |
20120253228 | ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED BIOPSY NEEDLE - A notched tissue-collection needle configured similarly to a fine-needle-aspiration needle is provided with a cutting edge disposed in the notch and configured to excise tissue into the notch for collection. A stylet may be provided through a lumen of the needle during introduction into a patient body. The needle may be provided with echogenicity-enhancing features. | 10-04-2012 |
Paul Clancy, Waterford City IE
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20110283997 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A manually operated metered dose inhaler includes a dose counter chamber including a dose display tape driven by a ratchet wheel which is driven in turn by an actuator pawl actuated by movement of a canister, the tape unwinding from a stock bobbin during use of the inhaler, a rotation regulator being provided for the stock bobbin and including a wavelike engagement surface with concavities which engage against control elements in the form of protrusions on resilient forks of a split pin thereby permitting incremental unwinding of the stock bobbin yet resisting excessive rotation if the inhaler is dropped onto a hard surface. | 11-24-2011 |
20140096349 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A manually operated metered dose inhaler includes a dose counter chamber including a dose display tape driven by a ratchet wheel which is driven in turn by an actuator pawl actuated by movement of a canister, the tape unwinding from a stock bobbin during use of the inhaler, a rotation regulator being provided for the stock bobbin and including a wavelike engagement surface with concavities which engage against control elements in the form of protrusions on resilient forks of a split pin thereby permitting incremental unwinding of the stock bobbin yet resisting excessive rotation if the inhaler is dropped onto a hard surface. | 04-10-2014 |
20140096356 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A manually operated metered dose inhaler includes a dose counter chamber including a dose display tape driven by a ratchet wheel which is driven in turn by an actuator pawl actuated by movement of a canister, the tape unwinding from a stock bobbin during use of the inhaler, a rotation regulator being provided for the stock bobbin and including a wavelike engagement surface with concavities which engage against control elements in the form of protrusions on resilient forks of a split pin thereby permitting incremental unwinding of the stock bobbin yet resisting excessive rotation if the inhaler is dropped onto a hard surface. | 04-10-2014 |
20140096711 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A manually operated metered dose inhaler includes a dose counter chamber including a dose display tape driven by a ratchet wheel which is driven in turn by an actuator pawl actuated by movement of a canister, the tape unwinding from a stock bobbin during use of the inhaler, a rotation regulator being provided for the stock bobbin and including a wavelike engagement surface with concavities which engage against control elements in the form of protrusions on resilient forks of a split pin thereby permitting incremental unwinding of the stock bobbin yet resisting excessive rotation if the inhaler is dropped onto a hard surface. | 04-10-2014 |
20140096769 | DOSE COUNTERS FOR INHALERS, INHALERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A manually operated metered dose inhaler includes a dose counter chamber including a dose display tape driven by a ratchet wheel which is driven in turn by an actuator pawl actuated by movement of a canister, the tape unwinding from a stock bobbin during use of the inhaler, a rotation regulator being provided for the stock bobbin and including a wavelike engagement surface with concavities which engage against control elements in the form of protrusions on resilient forks of a split pin thereby permitting incremental unwinding of the stock bobbin yet resisting excessive rotation if the inhaler is dropped onto a hard surface. | 04-10-2014 |