Patents Examined by Ariana Zimbouski
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Patent number: 11542136Abstract: A dispenser actuator assembly (100) for actuating a dispenser (10) is disclosed. The dispenser (10) is in the form of a glass ampoule assembly (10) having a rupturable glass ampoule (12) containing a flowable material (M). The glass ampoule (12) is contained within an outer container (14) wherein the outer container (14) has a first open end (22) and a second closed end (24). The glass ampoule assembly (10) has an applicator (16) positioned in the first open end (22). The dispenser actuator assembly (100) has a base member (102) configured to mount on the outer container (14). The dispenser actuator assembly (100) also has an actuator assembly (104) operably connected to the base member (102) wherein the actuator assembly (104) has a first actuator arm (132a) and a second actuator arm (132b) each pivotally connected to the base member (102).Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: James Alexander CorporationInventors: Richard James May, David Robinson, Jeffrey Rendano
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Patent number: 11540977Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and kit for preparing a reconstitutable cytotoxic pharmaceutical formulation within a closed system to prevent unintended contact with or release of the cytotoxic pharmaceutical formulation. A safety connector and a vial adapter are provided, which include check valves that prevent the unintended release of the cytotoxic pharmaceutical formulation. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the system and kit.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Mobius Therapeutics, LLCInventor: Edward J. Timm
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Patent number: 11541161Abstract: A method for continuously washing packed red blood cells includes (1) transferring, at a first flow rate, packed red blood cells from a container to a separation device and (2) transferring, at the same time as the packed red blood cells, wash solution from a container to the separation device. The wash solution may be transferred at a second flow rate that is greater than the first flow rate. The wash solution mixes with the packed red blood cells within the inlet line of the separation device and dilutes/washes the packed red blood cells. The separation device separates the red blood cells from the wash solution and a supernatant. The method may then monitor the volume of washed red blood cells within the separation device and begin to extract the washed red blood cells into a red blood cell product container when a target volume is collected within the separation device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Haemonetics CorporationInventor: Dominique Uhlmann
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Patent number: 11541213Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an implant to a first space within a body of a patient including an elongate delivery member having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen and a receiving area, the receiving area dimensioned for receipt of the implant. A deforming member is movable with respect to the delivery member from a first position to a second position to apply a force to the implant to deform the implant positioned in the receiving area of the delivery member.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: TVA Medical, Inc.Inventors: Michael Paris, Adam Dakin, Todd Polk, Mahesh Krishnamoorthy, Stephen Paris
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Patent number: 11534336Abstract: An apparatus and method use a catheter for specific and discriminate treatment of central nervous system disease. With the catheter, selective hypothermia to the brain and/or the spinal cord for injury protection can be achieved without the need for systemic cooling. The catheter is also capable of draining excess cerebrospinal fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventor: Rohit Khanna
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Patent number: 11534542Abstract: A fill adapter system for an infusion pump assembly. The system includes a reusable fill adapter base, the base including a volume control mechanism to adjust an available fill volume of a reservoir of the infusion pump assembly and a pump mechanism configured to pump air into a fluid vial.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Richard J. Lanigan, Bright C. K. Foo, Dean Kamen
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Patent number: 11529286Abstract: An apparatus for storing blood plasma separated after fractionation from whole blood within a wrapped hematocrit (capillary) tube. The apparatus is large enough to receive and display a standard laboratory identification label. The apparatus stores plasma from a hematocrit tube that does not include thixotropic gel. The apparatus housing has an intended upright orientation, a central axis, a top end, a bottom end, and side walls defining an internal cavity. A wall with an upper surface and a lower surface divides the internal cavity into an upper cavity and a lower cavity. A reservoir is formed in the upper cavity. A removable cap seals the reservoir. The cap is movable between open and closed positions. A channel within the lower cavity extends axially from the bottom of the housing to the wall. The channel receives and supports the wrapped hematocrit tube while plasma is expelled therefrom and into the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Drummond Scientific CompanyInventors: James Kenney, Russ Dettmann
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Patent number: 11523972Abstract: A filling aid device for filling a reservoir. The device includes a cover portion comprising a septum window; a slider beam comprising a septum cover; and a first filling aid tab attached to the slider beam, the first filling aid tab in slidable relation to the cover from a first position to a second position, wherein when the filling aid device is in an unlocked position, the septum cover is located below the septum window, wherein when the first filling aid tab is moved from the first position to the second position, the septum cover is moved from below the septum window, and the filling aid device is in the locked position.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Kevin L. Grant, Richard J. Lanigan, Cory L. Adams
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Patent number: 11523944Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANYInventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Kelyn Anne Arora, Timothy Ian Mullane, John Lee Hammons, Dean Larry DuVal
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Patent number: 11524151Abstract: A filling aid. The filling aid includes a needle housing portion including at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position, and a filling needle cradle including a filling needle, the filling needle cradle slidable connected to the needle housing portion and having a starting position and a filling position, wherein when the at least one tab on the needle housing moves from a starting position to a filling position, the filling needle cradle slides from a starting position to a filling position, and wherein when the at least one tab on the needle housing moves from a filling position to a starting position, the filling needle cradle slides from a filling position to a starting position.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Richard J. Lanigan, Gregory R. Lanier, Jr., Dean Kamen, Bright C. K. Foo, Kevin L. Grant, Lisa A. Panneton
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Patent number: 11517461Abstract: A gastric diverter and a digestive tract support and a release method thereof. The digestive tract support has undeployed shape and deployed shape, and includes upper support, lower support and connecting member. In the deployed shape, a first opening is provided at top of the upper support, a second opening is provided at bottom thereof, and the lower support is disposed below the upper support; a third opening is provided at top of the lower support, a fourth opening is provided at bottom thereof, and the upper support and the lower support are connected by a plurality of connecting members; the fourth opening of the lower support is connected to a membrane tube, the deployed upper support and lower support both cannot pass through an open gastric pyloric orifice, and the connecting members can pass through the gastric pyloric orifice or be placed at the gastric pyloric orifice.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: HANGZHOU TANGJI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO. LTDInventors: Yuxing Zuo, Yan Lu
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Patent number: 11504301Abstract: A balloon type liquid medicine injector for continuously injecting a small amount of liquid medicine into a body of a patient is disclosed as to be easily assembled and to prevent unnecessary dead space while being inflated after a liquid medicine is injected, so as to be miniaturized. When a tube body is provided outside a fixed pipe, both ends of the tube body are folded and inserted into both ends of the fixed tube, to remove the dead space while being inserted inside the case. In addition, in a state where the both ends of the tube body are folded and inserted into the both ends of the fixed tube, an injection mechanism for injecting the liquid medicine or a stopper mechanism are coupled while pressing the tube body folded inward, so that a separate packing is unnecessary and the airtightness is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Inventor: Jeehee Lee
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Patent number: 11497887Abstract: An intermittent urinary catheter assembly (20) comprises a catheter tube (22) having a proximal insertion end (24) and a distal end (26) remote from the proximal insertion end and a lumen (28) which extends from at or near the proximal insertion end to the distal end for draining urine from a human bladder. The intermittent urinary catheter assembly includes a urine discharge sleeve (34) associated with the discharge opening (30) of the catheter tube, and the urine discharge sleeve has a compact stowed configuration and is extendable into a deployed configuration for directing urine flow. Alternatively, an adapter assembly (50?) comprises a fitting or nipple (52?) having a urine passageway for insertion into a funnel (40?) associated with a urine discharge end of an intermittent urinary catheter, and a discharge funnel (42?) associated with the fitting or nipple, and an extendable urine discharge sleeve (34?) within the discharge funnel.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Brendan J. Heneghan, David Hannon, Jerome A. Henry, Michael G. Murray, Adam J. Foley
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Patent number: 11484470Abstract: A liquid transfer device includes a monolithic trifurcated connector body defining a barrel at a first end thereof, a single IV spike at a second end thereof and a vial adapter lumen at a third end thereof. An IV port is connected to the barrel. The single IV spike has a first IV spike lumen fluidly connected at a proximal end thereof with only the vial adapter lumen via the trifurcated connector body and a second IV spike lumen fluidly connected at a proximal end thereof with only the IV port via the trifurcated connector body, thereby separating fluid communication between the vial adapter and the single IV spike from fluid communication between the IV port and the single IV spike.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: West Pharma. Services IL, Ltd.Inventors: Yossi Bar-El, Elisheva Fabrikant, Niv Ben Shalom
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Patent number: 11478405Abstract: Provided is a cell preserving vessel which is protected against damage during storage. The cell preserving vessel 1 includes: a vessel body 10 which is made of a flexible resin member and has a cell accommodating part 11; a cell introducing tube 20 which is connected to the vessel body 10 and through which cells are introduced into the cell accommodating part 11; and a pair of tube protecting parts 40 which are arranged to hold the cell introducing tube 20 therebetween and which protect a vicinity of a joined portion of the cell introducing tube 20, the joined portion being joined to the vessel body 10. The tube protecting parts 40 are preferably constituted by sheet members 50 and 60 that form the vessel body 10.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tokiko Nagamura, Motoki Nakano
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Patent number: 11471332Abstract: A dressing for treating a tissue site with negative pressure includes a manifold having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The dressing also includes a first layer adjacent to the first surface and a second layer adjacent to the second surface. The first layer and the second layer each include a polymer film. The dressing also includes a plurality of fluid restrictions in the polymer film adjacent to at least the first surface, and a plurality of bonds between the first layer and the second layer. The plurality of bonds defines separable sections of the manifold.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, David George Whyte
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Patent number: 11471577Abstract: A blood processing apparatus includes an optional heat exchanger and a gas exchanger disposed within a housing. In some instances, the gas exchanger can include a screen filter spirally wound into the gas exchanger such that blood passing through the gas exchanger passes through the screen filter and is filtered by the spirally wound screen filter a plurality of times.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Sorin Group S.r.l.Inventor: Stefano Reggiano
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Patent number: 11464704Abstract: A device for aseptic delivery of biological material from a vial includes a tubular barrel, a filter assembly, and a dispersion funnel assembly. The tubular barrel includes a receiving end to accept at least a portion of the vial within the tubular barrel, and a dispensing end opposite the receiving end. The filter assembly is fluidly connected to the dispensing end of the tubular barrel. The dispersion funnel assembly is configured to connect to the vial, and to be disposed at least partially within the tubular barrel. The dispersion funnel assembly has an open configuration to disperse the biological material from the vial into the tubular barrel between the dispersion funnel assembly and the filter assembly, and a closed configuration to force the dispersed biological material through the filter assembly when the dispersion funnel assembly is moved toward the dispensing end of the tubular barrel.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Aideen B. Beatty, Martin L. Fawdry, Peter M. McKenna, Sophie A. Gannon, Sara J. Callagy
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Patent number: 11464707Abstract: The invention relates to a connector for a medical package containing a liquid. The connector comprises a lower section which has a connecting piece for a container of said medical package and a passageway which is closed by a septum, as well as an upper section which is provided with a cap that covers the septum and can be broken off, said septum having, on a top side, a plurality of connections in the form of elevations, for a spike and/or for a needle.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: FRESENIUS KABI DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Torsten Brandenburger, Stefan Schwerer
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Patent number: 11458233Abstract: A method of detecting intravascular volume depletion in a patient during a hemodialysis session includes measuring venous drip pressure for the patient. With a computer-driven analyzer, the method further includes analyzing the venous drip pressure and automatically and continuously determining a venous access pressure in proximity to a location of needle insertion into a vascular access site of the patient, wherein changes in venous access pressure are representative of changes in intravascular blood pressure. Using the analyzer, the method further includes comparing the venous access pressure to a standard and, if the venous access pressure is outside of a defined range of the standard, determining with the analyzer that the patient is experiencing intravascular volume depletion during the hemodialysis session.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Henry Ford Health SystemInventors: Gerard Zasuwa, Stanley Frinak, Jerry Yee, Anatole Besarab, John B. Kennedy, Jeffrey J. Sands