Patents Examined by Joseph A Stoklosa
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Patent number: 11974943Abstract: Thermal therapy systems, devices, and methods of using the same disclosed. A localized hypothermia of the pancreas with a delivery and placement procedure in the stomach of a patient comprising a cooling balloon system is disclosed that can be used for the treatment of pancreatitis in a patient. The cooling balloon system can have mechanisms for affecting the pancreas without impacting or inducing hypothermia in the patient in a systemic fashion. The localized hypothermia system can have a simplified delivery system and can be intended to reduce patient discomfort while reducing the metabolic activity of the inflamed pancreas of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Arctx Medical, Inc.Inventors: Donnell W. Gurskis, Robert B. Peliks, Robert Rosenthal, Steven R. Bacich
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Patent number: 11969199Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for irrigated bipolar radiofrequency ablation. Some examples of the system include an elongate inner electrode assembly and an elongate outer electrode assembly. An irrigation path for irrigation fluid flow is defined between the outer surface of the inner electrode assembly and the outer surface of the outer electrode assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Hong Cao, Timothy A. Ostroot
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Patent number: 11969181Abstract: Medical devices include a ground link, a first actuator pivotably coupled to the ground link and a first movable element operatively coupled to the first actuator by a linkage. The linkage including: the ground link; a second link that is pivotable with respect to the ground link; a fourth link that is pivotable with respect to the ground link; and a third link having a main body extending from a first portion to a second portion and a blocking tab extending away from the main body. The medical device further including a second actuator operatively coupled to the ground link, the second actuator having a blocking surface including a blocking tab that is positioned to engage with at least a portion of the blocking surface of the second actuator to limit movement of the second actuator until the first actuator is at least partially actuated.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.Inventors: Zane R. Ward, Christian J. Fiksen
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Patent number: 11969378Abstract: A dry eye treatment device is provided having a mask defining a treatment cavity which is positionable on a face of a user over the eyes. A temperature altering pack such as a gel pack is positionable within the treatment cavity and a fabric cover may surround the gel pack and have medication absorbed or placed upon the fabric material.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: EYEECO HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Suzanne Paulson
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Patent number: 11963774Abstract: A high-density electrode array, a neural probe, and a method of control thereof, the high-density electrode array including a plurality of neural electrodes, a wordline, and a bitline where each neural electrode of the plurality of neural electrodes is individually controlled by the wordline and the bitline.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Kangguo Cheng
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Patent number: 11963716Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the treatment of dermatological conditions, including, for example, viral infections, microbial infections, cancers, dermatological conditions and particularly infections of the skin caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: EMBLATION LIMITEDInventors: Gary Beale, Eamon McErlean
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Patent number: 11957485Abstract: A hat (200) for a neonate (120) comprising: a central portion (201), a first side portion (202) and second side portion (203) attached to opposite sides of the central portion (201), a first fastener (208); a top flap (204) and a second fastener (211). The hat (200) has an unfolded configuration and a worn configuration. In the unfolded configuration the first and second portions (202, 203) extend away from each other from the central portion (201) in opposite directions. In the worn configuration the hat (200) wraps a neonate's head with the central portion (201) in contact with the back of the neonate's head, the first portion (202) wrapped around a first side of the neonate's head and the second portion (203) wrapped around a second side of the neonate's head.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: SUREPULSE MEDICAL LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMInventors: James Carpenter, Barrie Hayes-Gill, Caroline Henry, Don Sharkey, Lara Shipley
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Patent number: 11950843Abstract: An electrosurgical apparatus comprising an electrosurgical forceps instrument that combines la robust jaw opening mechanism with an a microwave energy delivery mechanism. The instrument includes a rigid bracket mounted at a distal end of a flexible shaft, wherein a pair of jaws are pivotably mounted on the rigid bracket. The instrument includes an energy delivery structure comprising a flexible dielectric substrate having a first electrode and an second electrode formed on one of the pair of jaws, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged to emit microwave energy. The electrosurgical apparatus may also comprise a handpiece that combines rotation control of an electrosurgical instrument with both power delivery and end effector actuation (e.g. jaw closure, blade retraction or the like).Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, George Christian Ullrich, David Edward Webb, Louis Turner, Simon Meadowcroft, Jessi Johnson, Miriam Taimisto
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Patent number: 11950830Abstract: An electrosurgical flux supply unit includes a first terminal configured to deliver a first electrical flux, the first terminal being configured to be electrically coupled with a first electrode of a first electrosurgical instrument, a second terminal configured to receive a second electrical flux; the second terminal being configured to be electrically coupled with a second electrode of the first electrosurgical instrument, and an electrical switching mechanism selectively configurable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the electrical switching mechanism electrically couples the first electrode with the first terminal and, in the second state, the electrical switching mechanism electrically isolates the first electrode from the first terminal. The electrosurgical flux supply unit is configured to maintain the electrical coupling of the second terminal with the second electrode in both the first state and the second state of the electrical switching mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Intutive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventor: Michael Orton
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Patent number: 11950839Abstract: The present invention includes devices and methods for pacing contact, lead, conduit or other medical fixture placement in tissues or organs. The invention features an articulating multiple suction foot device, comprising an inner vacuum conduit and foot slidingly contained within an outer vacuum conduit and foot, with the inner vacuum conduit and foot configured to extend beyond the outer vacuum suction foot, and to be further articulated once extended; as well as a separate tissue or waste removal vacuum assembly that extends within the inner vacuum conduit to the inner vacuum foot to remove cut tissue prior to its advancement beyond the outer vacuum suction foot.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SD Cardiothoracic Innovations, LLCInventors: Subhajit Datta, John Bockbrader, Corinne Macnichol
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Patent number: 11944366Abstract: An end-effector is disclosed including an ultrasonic blade configured to acoustically couple to an ultrasonic transducer and electrically couple to a pole of an electrical generator and a clamp arm including a clamp jaw and a cantilever electrode fixed to the clamp jaw. The cantilever electrode is configured to electrically couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator. The clamp arm may include an I-beam shaped clamp arm pad and the cantilever electrode is disposed between the I-beam. The clamp jaw, the cantilever electrode, and the clamp arm pad may define recesses along a length coinciding with the ultrasonic blade. The clamp arm pad may be fixed to the clamp jaw and disposed between the clamp jaw and the cantilever electrode and may extend beyond the surface of the cantilever electrode. The clamp arm may include a stationary gap setting pad and movable floating gap setting pads.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Craig N. Faller, Richard W. Flaker, Nina Mastroianni, John E. Brady, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jeffrey D. Messerly
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Patent number: 11944441Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an electro-mechanic assembly comprising a snap connector. In order to provide a connection interface for an electronic device having a housing with at least one protruding stud which detachably fits within a socket region of the snap connector, the electro-mechanic assembly comprises a snap and at least one material layer being in at least one portion electrically conductive to electrically connect least one electrode with the snap. At least one surface of said snap is metallic and deposited with a non-oxidizing conductive material layer which faces and is in contact with a conductive portion of the material layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Suunto OyInventors: Kimmo Pernu, Tuomo Nousiainen
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Patent number: 11944569Abstract: The utility model discloses a hand warmer with detachable battery, which relates to the hand warmer field, and comprises a shell, wherein the outer side of the shell is provided with a hardware piece, the inner side of the shell is fixedly provided with a PCB motherboard, and the inner side of the shell is also provided with a detachable battery compartment; the bottom of the shell is provided with an opening structure, and a battery cover is clamped at the opening, and the battery cover can be detached from the opening; the outer side of the shell is also provided with silica gel, which is formed by splicing two plastic shells, and the silica gel is arranged outside the connecting seam of the shell. By arranging the battery cover, which can be directly detached from the shell, the utility model is convenient to replace the battery, and can be used for hand warmers all day.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Guangdong Aoyun Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xueping Zhu
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Patent number: 11937933Abstract: An intravascular catheter for nerve activity ablation and/or sensing includes one or more needles advanced through supported guide tubes (needle guiding elements) which expand to contact the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the needles to be advanced though the vessel wall into the extra-luminal tissue including the media, adventitia and periadvential space. The catheter also includes structures which provide radial and lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes open uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall. Electrodes near the distal ends of the needles allow sensing of nerve activity before and after attempted renal denervation. In a combination embodiment ablative energy or fluid is delivered from the needles in or near the adventitia to ablate nerves outside of the media while sparing nerves within the media.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Ablative Solutions, Inc.Inventors: David R. Fischell, Tim A. Fischell, Vartan Ghazarossian, Steven Almany, Michael Sasha John
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Patent number: 11937864Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic-navigation joint type puncture needle which comprises a head section and needle sections, wherein, the head section is made of stainless steel material with high magnetic conductivity and is connected with the following needle sections coaxially mounted with the head section through a flexible joint; two needle sections are also coaxially connected with each other through a flexible joint; the needle sections are made of non-magnetic stainless steel material; the flexible joints adopts serpentine tubes formed by melting and engraving cobalt-chromium alloy through laser; and both the head section and the needle sections can be bent, but the flexibility of the head section and that of the needle sections are smaller than the flexibility of the flexible joints.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DFine, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Defosset, Nate Shirley, Eric Wong, Craig Purdy, Oleg Yurchak, Jimmy Chi-Yun Chan, Robert D. Poser
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Patent number: 11931160Abstract: A brain interaction apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of filaments; and a brain invasive launcher having a plurality of launching channels extending in a longitudinal direction between a proximal end and a distal end thereof. Each launching channel is configured for holding one of the plurality of filaments moveably arranged therein. At least one of the plurality of filaments is provided with a steering tip affixed to a distal end thereof. The steering tip comprises a portion tapering in a longitudinal direction of the at least one of the plurality of filaments thereby narrowing toward a distal end of the steering tip. The tapered portion is rotationally asymmetrical about a longitudinal axis of the at least one of the plurality of filaments.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: Imec vzw, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, VIBInventors: Sebastian Haesler, Luis Diego Leon Hoffman
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Patent number: 11931159Abstract: A textile-based hydrogel electrode comprises a textile-based backing layer, a conductive structure coupled to the textile-based backing layer, and a hydrogel body in contact with at least a first portion of the conductive structure, wherein the first portion of the conductive structure and the hydrogel body form an ionic interface configured to generate an electrical signal through the conductive structure corresponding to a biopotential change proximate to the textile-based hydrogel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: University of MassachusettsInventors: Seyedeh Zohreh Homayounfar, Ali Kiaghadi, Soha Rostaminia, Deepak Ganesan, Trisha L. Andrew
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Patent number: 11925774Abstract: A catheter comprises a flexible polymer catheter body including a proximal shaft section and a distal working section, a wire support structure embedded within the distal working section of the catheter body, a proximal adapter mounted to the proximal shaft section of the catheter body, and a wire disposed within the catheter body. The wire has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the wire being operably connected to the proximal adapter, and the distal end of the wire is anchored to the wire support structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventor: Joseph Bogusky
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Patent number: 11918377Abstract: A wearable garment and an arrangement of electrodes configured to measure bioelectrical signals from a patient. The dry electrodes are free from adhesives to hold the electrodes in place on the patient's skin. The arrangement of the electrodes may be configured to limit noise and facilitate accurate signal sensing from the patient even with some amount of relative movement between the electrodes and the patient's skin. The wearable garment may be controllable to change the amount of compression based on the sensed signals from the electrodes, and from other sensors. The garment may maintain a comfortable level of compression until processing circuitry detects a signal of interest, such as a cardiac arrhythmia, irregular respiration, or some other signal. The processing circuitry may cause the wearable garment to increase compression to improve the contact between the electrodes and the patient's skin and improve reception of the measured signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Jian Cao, Arthur K. Lai, Laura A. Chicos, Paul J. DeGroot
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Patent number: 11911575Abstract: A catheter for use in a patient's heart, especially for mapping a tubular region of the heart, has a catheter body, a deflectable intermediate section and a distal a mapping assembly that has a generally circular portion adapted to sit on or in a tubular region of the heart. A control handle of the catheter allows for single-handed manipulation of various control mechanisms that can deflect the intermediate section and contract the mapping assembly by means of a deflection control assembly and a linear control assembly. The deflection control assembly has a deflection arm and a rocker member. The linear control assembly has a linear control member, an inner rotational member and a cam. A pair of puller members are responsive to the deflection control assembly to bi-directionally deflect the intermediate section. A third puller member is responsive to the linear control assembly to contract the generally circular portion of the mapping assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.Inventor: Jeffrey William Schultz