Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080228038 | Illumination Assembly For Use With Vaginal Speculum Apparatus - An illumination assembly for use with a vaginal speculum includes an assembly housing containing a light source, such as at least one LED or incandescent lamp. The illumination assembly, which can be battery powered or powered by means of a dedicated power supply, such as an AC power supply, is configured to be fitted within a receiving cavity of a handle portion of a vaginal speculum. | 09-18-2008 |
20080269565 | Vaginal Speculum Apparatus - A vaginal speculum apparatus includes a disposable speculum and a releasably attachable illumination assembly. A handle portion of the disposable speculum includes a receiving cavity that is adapted to interchangeably receive either a first or a second illumination assembly. | 10-30-2008 |
20090216088 | VAGINAL SPECULUM - A vaginal speculum includes an upper blade member and a lower blade member that is movably connected with respect to the upper blade. The lower blade member includes an integrated handle portion having a receiving cavity configured for interchangeably receiving one of a first illumination assembly and a substantially different second illumination assembly. The first illumination assembly differs from the second illumination assembly by at least one structural and/or functional aspect, such as the form of power supply, the type of light source and physical size of the assembly housing. | 08-27-2009 |
20090275803 | ARTICULATION MECHANISM FOR A VAGINAL SPECULUM - An articulation mechanism for a vaginal speculum enables selective relative movement between an upper blade member and a lower blade member to affect vertical and angular spacing. The mechanism selectively enables quiet or clicking articulation according to at least one version. | 11-05-2009 |
20090287192 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT HAVING PORTABLE ILLUMINATOR - A portable medical diagnostic instrument includes an instrument head and a handle portion having an open-ended receiving cavity. A compact illuminator defined by a housing retaining a miniature light source and a power supply is releasably fitted within the open-ended receiving cavity of the handle portion wherein the light source of the illuminator is optically coupled with the instrument on assembly therewith. The handle portion can be integral with the instrument or releasably attached. The handle portion according to at least one version is made from a plastic or other suitable material, permitting disposability and/or single patient use. In one version, the handle portion is flexibly deformable, at least partially, to facilitate release of the portable illuminator. | 11-19-2009 |
20100298724 | RECYCLABLE OR BIODEGRADABLE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF - A blood pressure cuff is defined by a sleeve member, a portion of which is inflatable and made from a fluid impermeable material. An exterior port of the sleeve directly and fluidly interconnects with the interior of said inflatable portion, wherein a slotted portion is aligned with the port to receive the port when the cuff is wrapped about the limb of a patient. The slotted portion is sized to provide a range of cuff sizes wherein the cuff can be entirely made from a biodegradable or recyclable material. A plurality of cuffs can be packaged for sequential dispensing thereof. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298725 | RECYCLABLE OR BIODEGRADABLE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF - A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet, having an opening, and a second sheet. The second sheet is attached to a bottom of the first sheet to form an interior inflatable portion between the first sheet and the second sheet, with the opening of the first sheet fluidly interconnecting the interior inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. The blood pressure cuff is made from a single type of material and can be recycled, biodegradable, or composted. | 11-25-2010 |
20100324380 | MOBILE MEDICAL WORKSTATION - A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable. | 12-23-2010 |
20110022748 | CONFIGURABLE HEALTH-CARE EQUIPMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health care, including the measurement of physiological parameters. Various types of configurations include those adapted to be mounted upon a desk top or a wall surface, or adapted for wheel mounting or hand-carriable mobile configurations. | 01-27-2011 |
20110275945 | MEDICAL DEVICE ADAPTOR - A medical device adaptor includes a housing defining a mounting port and a circumscribing outer wall, a fluid passage extending substantially through the adaptor to the mounting port, and a pair of mounting shoulders spaced circumferentially along the outer wall. The pair of mounting shoulders extend transverse from the outer wall. The medical device adaptor also includes an insert disposed within the mounting port. The insert defines a thru hole at least partially aligned with the fluid passage. | 11-10-2011 |
20120150051 | BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF - A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet and a second sheet. The first sheet has a first interior-inflatable surface attached to a second interior-inflatable surface of the second sheet to form an interior-inflatable portion between the first sheet and second sheet. The interior-inflatable portion is in communication with an opening to fluidly interconnect the interior-inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. A textured surface is included on the second interior-inflatable surface. | 06-14-2012 |
20120209079 | VAGINAL SPECULUM APPARATUS - A vaginal speculum apparatus includes a portable illumination assembly that is releasably attached to one of the upper blade and lower blade of a disposable vaginal speculum. The portable illumination assembly is defined by a housing that retains at least one LED and a portable power supply. The portable illumination assembly can be energized by an externally accessible member after the illuminator has been attached to the speculum. | 08-16-2012 |
20120246375 | CONFIGURABLE HEALTH-CARE EQUIPMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health care, including the measurement of physiological parameters. Various types of configurations include those adapted to be mounted upon a desk top or a wall surface, or adapted for wheel mounting or hand-carriable mobile configurations. | 09-27-2012 |
20130002420 | MOBILE MEDICAL WORKSTATION - A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable. | 01-03-2013 |
20130053708 | BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF - A blood pressure cuff includes a first bladder having a width, and a length transverse to the width. The blood pressure cuff also includes a second bladder connected to the first bladder and a port fluidly connected to at least one of the first and second bladders. | 02-28-2013 |
20130128223 | DIGITAL-BASED MEDICAL DEVICES - A hand held ophthalmic examination instrument uses an illumination system that provides amber colored light from a first light source and white light from a second light source to illuminate a target of interest. An imaging system in cooperation with the illumination system captures digital images of the target of interest as illuminated by the light sources. | 05-23-2013 |
20130304950 | CONFIGURABLE HEALTH-CARE EQUIPMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health care, including the measurement of physiological parameters. Various types of configurations include those adapted to be mounted upon a desk top or a wall surface, or adapted for wheel mounting or hand-carriable mobile configurations. | 11-14-2013 |
20140094704 | RECYCLABLE OR BIODEGRADABLE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF - A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet, having an opening, and a second sheet. The second sheet is attached to a bottom of the first sheet to form an interior inflatable portion between the first sheet and the second sheet, with the opening of the first sheet fluidly interconnecting the interior inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. The blood pressure cuff is made from a single type of material and can be recycled, biodegradable, or composted. | 04-03-2014 |
20140142446 | BLOOD PRESSURE SLEEVE - A blood pressure sleeve includes a first sheet having a top side and a bottom side and a second sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface. The second sheet is attached to the first sheet and defines an inflatable portion, the first and second sheets each having a fluid impermeable surface. The inflatable portion includes an opening sized for receiving a port that interconnects the exterior of the sleeve with the interior of the inflatable portion and in which the first sheet includes a slotted portion opposite the port and aligned therewith to receive the port when the sleeve is wrapped about the limb of a patient, and in which at least a portion of the wrapped cuff is treated to reduce frictional effects. | 05-22-2014 |
20140148653 | VAGINAL SPECULUM APPARATUS - A vaginal speculum apparatus includes a portable illumination assembly that is releasably attached to one of the upper blade and lower blade of a disposable vaginal speculum. The portable illumination assembly is defined by a housing that retains at least one LED and a portable power supply. The portable illumination assembly can be energized by an externally accessible member after the illuminator has been attached to the speculum. | 05-29-2014 |
20140167506 | MOBILE CART WITH CAPACITIVE POWER SUPPLY - A mobile system includes a mobile cart and an electronic device supported by the mobile cart. The mobile cart includes integral power storage structures that store electrical energy. The mobile cart also includes power supply electronics configured to supply the electrical energy to the electronic device to power the electronic device. | 06-19-2014 |
20140235963 | Remote Health Care System - A health care medical device includes one or more medical sensor devices, an assembly that houses the one or more medical sensor devices and a mobile electronic computing device with a display. The mobile electronic computing device is secured to the assembly. Medical data from the one or more medical sensor devices is transmitted to the mobile electronic computing device. | 08-21-2014 |