Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100170513 | Self-contained, intermittent positive airway pressure systems and methods for treating sleep apnea, snoring, and other respiratory disorders - Systems and methods provide a self-contained, intermittent positive airway pressure system for treating sleep apnea, snoring, and other respiratory disorders. The systems and methods provide an air flow director that can be worn in or over the nose of the individual in communication with an upper airway. The systems and methods provide an airflow regulation assembly that can also be worn in its entirety by the individual in communication with the air flow director. The airflow regulation assembly includes a source of positive pressure. The airflow regulation assembly intermittently operates the source of positive pressure to increase positive air pressure in the air flow director sufficient to resist tissue collapse in the upper airway during only a portion of the respiratory cycle less than the entire respiratory cycle. | 07-08-2010 |
20110009818 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY AND TRANSFER OF TEMPORARY RADIOPAQUE ELEMENT - A device for the transfer of radiopaque material within the body comprises a valvuloplasty or other balloon coated with the radiopaque material. The balloon is inflated in the aortic valve for marking the site of an aortic annulus to enable accurate placement of prosthetic valves under fluoroscopic imaging. | 01-13-2011 |
20120199124 | Positive Airway Pressure System With Head Position Control - The invention is directed to a positive airway pressure (PAP) system with a head mounted harness assembly with a housing and a head position sensor located within or secured to the housing that detects the position of a patient's head, and communicates this head position information to a controller of the system which may be disposed within the housing having the position sensor or a second housing. The controller varies the output pressure of the pressure source, e.g. a rotary compressor, based, at least in part, on the head position information provided by the head position sensor. In a preferred embodiment, the position sensor is an accelerometer. | 08-09-2012 |
20120199125 | Positive Airway Pressure System With Head Control - The invention is directed to a positive airway pressure (PAP) system with a head mounted harness assembly with a housing and a head position sensor located within or secured to the housing that detects the position of a patient's head, and communicates this head position information to a controller of the system which may be disposed within the housing having the position sensor or a second housing. The controller varies the output pressure of the pressure source, e.g. a rotary compressor, based, at least in part, on the head position information provided by the head position sensor. In a preferred embodiment, the position sensor is an accelerometer. | 08-09-2012 |
20130056004 | POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH HEAD POSITION CONTROL - The invention is directed to a positive airway pressure (PAP) system with a head mounted harness assembly with a housing and a head position sensor located within or secured to the housing that detects the position of a patient's head, and communicates this head position information to a controller of the system which may be disposed within the housing having the position sensor or a second housing. The controller varies the output pressure of the pressure source e.g. a rotary compressor, based, at least in part, on the head position information provided by the head position sensor. In a preferred embodiment, the position sensor is an accelerometer. | 03-07-2013 |
20130116714 | SHOCK WAVE VALVULOPLASTY DEVICE WITH MOVEABLE SHOCK WAVE GENERATOR - A valvuloplasty system comprises a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent leaflets of a valve. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The system further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the valve. The shock wave generator is moveable within the balloon to vary shock wave impingement on the valve. | 05-09-2013 |
20130306074 | SELF-CONTAINED, INTERMITTENT POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA, SNORING, AND OTHER RESPIRATORY DISORDERS - Systems and methods provide a self-contained, intermittent positive airway pressure system for treating sleep apnea, snoring, and other respiratory disorders. The systems and methods provide an air flow director that can be worn in or over the nose of the individual in communication with an upper airway. The systems and methods provide an airflow regulation assembly that can also be worn in its entirety by the individual in communication with the air flow director. The airflow regulation assembly includes a source of positive pressure. The airflow regulation assembly intermittently operates the source of positive pressure to increase positive air pressure in the air flow director sufficient to resist tissue collapse in the upper airway during only a portion of the respiratory cycle less than the entire respiratory cycle. | 11-21-2013 |
20140005576 | SHOCK WAVE BALLOON CATHETER WITH MULTIPLE SHOCK WAVE SOURCES | 01-02-2014 |
20140039514 | SHOCK WAVE VALVULOPLASTY DEVICE WITH MOVEABLE SHOCK WAVE GENERATOR - A valvuloplasty system comprises a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent leaflets of a valve. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The system further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the valve. The shock wave generator is moveable within the balloon to vary shock wave impingement on the valve. | 02-06-2014 |
20140076319 | POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH HEAD POSITION CONTROL - The invention is directed to a positive airway pressure (PAP) system with a head mounted harness assembly with a housing and a head position sensor located within or secured to the housing that detects the position of a patient's head, and communicates this head position information to a controller of the system which may be disposed within the housing having the position sensor or a second housing. The controller varies the output pressure of the pressure source, e.g. a rotary compressor, based, at least in part, on the head position information provided by the head position sensor. In a preferred embodiment, the position sensor is an accelerometer. | 03-20-2014 |
20140144445 | Substantially Constant Positive Airway Pressure Systems and Methods for Treating Sleep Apnea, Snoring, and Other Respiratory Disorders - Substantially constant positive airway pressure systems and methods mediate the variations in pressures that occur within a conventional CPAP mask during inhalation and exhalation cycles, and thereby reduce discomfort. | 05-29-2014 |
20140214061 | SHOCK WAVE VALVULOPLASTY DEVICE WITH MOVEABLE SHOCK WAVE GENERATOR - A valvuloplasty system comprises a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent leaflets of a valve. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The system further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the valve. The shock wave generator is moveable within the balloon to vary shock wave impingement on the valve. | 07-31-2014 |
20140243820 | SHOCK WAVE BALLOON CATHETER WITH MULTIPLE SHOCK WAVE SOURCES - An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon. | 08-28-2014 |
20140336506 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY AND TRANSFER OF TEMPORARY RADIOPAQUE ELEMENT - A device for the transfer of radiopaque material within the body comprises a valvuloplasty or other balloon coated with the radiopaque material. The balloon is inflated in the aortic valve for marking the site of an aortic annulus to enable accurate placement of prosthetic valves under fluoroscopic imaging. | 11-13-2014 |
20150040908 | DEVICES FOR PORTABLE AIRWAY PRESSURE SYSTEMS - Devices and components related to positive air pressure (PAP) systems, including portable PAP systems, are provided. A portable hose for a PAP system can comprise a flexible conduit at least partially surrounded by a fluid expandable support member. | 02-12-2015 |