Patents Examined by Phillip A Gray
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Patent number: 11486400Abstract: The invention relates to a pump device having a pump (8) and an energy supply device (5, 18), wherein the pump has a conveying element (9, 11) which conveys a fluid by means of supplied energy, wherein the pump has a transport state and an operating state, and wherein at least one first element (9, 9a, 10, 10?, 11) of the pump has a different shape and/or size in the transport state than in the operating slate. The operating safety of such a pump device is increased by a detection device (12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29) which detects whether at least the first element is in the operating state with respect to shape and/or size by means of a sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBHInventor: Joerg Schumacher
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Patent number: 11484650Abstract: The device comprises of a housing defining a channel there through, a torsion-spring based clamping mechanism, a drop sensor connected with circuitry, a manual infusion fluid regulation mechanism and a power source. An upper portion of the channel accommodates at least a part of a drip chamber and a lower portion of the channel accommodates at least a part of infusion tubing. The clamping mechanism comprises of one or more torsion springs and is configured for engaging and holding drip chamber and can be adjusted according to the drip chamber diameter. The drop sensor and the circuits coupled with it are configured for detecting real time drop rate of the infusion fluid. The regulation mechanism comprises of a drivable pinching element for sliding into the channel and compressing the infusion tubing thereby regulating the flow of the infusion fluid through the infusion tubing.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: EVELABS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITEDInventors: Vishnu Madhuri Sugathan, Sanjai Raj Rajendran
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Patent number: 11478578Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical fluid cassettes and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a medical fluid cassette includes a base having a first region and a second region, a first membrane overlying the first region of the base, and a second membrane overlying the second region of the base. The second membrane is configured to rebound away from the base when a force used to press the second membrane toward the base is released.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Sean Farrell, Joseph Michael Fallon, Kulwinder S. Plahey, Michael James Beiriger
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Patent number: 11471653Abstract: An inflatable balloon includes a base balloon having a cylindrical section and a conical section and at least one circumferential fiber extending circumferentially around the conical section. The inflatable balloon includes a plurality of reinforcing strips in the conical section over the at least one circumferential fiber. Each reinforcing strip includes a plurality of fibers extending at an angle relative to the at least one fiber. Each reinforcing strip is positioned a set circumferential distance away from a neighboring reinforcing strip.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: LOMA VISTA MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Alexander Quillin Tilson, Mark Christopher Scheeff
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Patent number: 11471587Abstract: An orifice irrigation device includes a tubular component having a distal end and a proximal end and at least one bore axially extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the bore terminating at a plurality of orifices which extend at an angle from the bore; one or more flared wings coaxially positioned with respect to the tubular component, the at least one flared wing having a rim at its distal end; and one or more open flushing channels defined by the one or more flared wings, the flushing channels being defined by the side edges of the one or more flared wings.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: Sigmund Ancerewicz
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Patent number: 11458291Abstract: A connector includes an elastic valve body that includes a top face on which a slit is formed and a bottom face opposite the top face; and a holding section that is in contact with the top face and the bottom face of the elastic valve body and holds the elastic valve body. The holding section surrounds the slit, and the elastic valve body includes a peripheral section that is positioned outward of a portion of the elastic valve body that is held by the holding section. The elastic valve body and the holding section are configured such that a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is held by the holding section is larger than a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is not held by the holding section.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Ueda, Toshihiko Kakinoki, Ryouhei Fujieda
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Patent number: 11452635Abstract: Systems, circuits, and methods to mitigate effects of short-term power losses in medical systems are provided. An exemplary surgical system includes a fluidics subsystem, a surgical instrument subsystem that couples to a surgical instrument and a power supply subsystem coupled to the surgical instrument subsystem. The power supply subsystem includes a main power supply connectable to AC mains to generate a voltage, a power bus connected to the main power supply, an alternate power supply, and a circuit that monitors the voltage on the power bus for powering the surgical instrument subsystem. The circuit automatically connects the power bus to the alternate power supply when the voltage drops below a reference voltage due to a power loss from the main power supply.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventor: Fred Mercado
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Patent number: 11452496Abstract: An imaging catheter assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the imaging catheter assembly includes a flexible elongate member including a distal portion and a proximal portion; a crown element coupled to the distal portion, wherein the crown element includes an annular ring, a first post and, a second post, and wherein the first post and the second post extend from the annular ring; a first pullwire anchored to the annular ring at the first post and extending along the flexible elongate member from the crown element to the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member; a second pullwire anchored to the annular ring at the first post and extending along the flexible elongate member from the crown element to the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member; and an imaging component coupled to the distal portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATIONInventors: Maritess Minas, Jeremy Stigall, Princeton Saroha
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Patent number: 11446428Abstract: Methods for clearing of fecal matter the wall of a colon or other body lumen for diagnostic inspection, the methods being adapted to clearing of fecal matter comprised of particles of various sizes and compositions. Methods are further adapted for application in patients who have undergone a restricted scope of preparation to reduce and/or remediate the particle structure of colon contents, or no preparation at all, before diagnostic inspection.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Motus GI Medical Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Noam Hassidov, Eyal Kochavi, Tzach Arnon, Koby Luleko
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Patent number: 11446426Abstract: A collapsible liquid reservoir has a flexible side wall having a lower step, a middle step and an upper step. Each of the steps includes a riser segment and a tread segment. The riser and tread segments are pivotably connected to one another at an external hinge. When the step is collapsed its segments define an acute step angle between them of about 23°. When the step is expanded its segments define an obtuse step angle between them of about 115°. The tread of at least one step is pivotably connected to the riser of an adjacent step at an internal hinge. The step segments joined to the internal hinge are symmetrical about a bisector of that hinge. The reservoir has a truncated pyramid shape defined by a generally square base and four trapezoidal side panels joined to one another at corners.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Jerome Anthony Henry, William Kirwan Arnold, Denise Gamblin, Keith Hobert Gausmann, Maitreyee Mittal, Scott Eric Liddle, Anthony Scott Culbreth
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Patent number: 11433218Abstract: Catheter shafts and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein, A representative catheter in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure includes a generally tubular outer structure and an inner structure surrounded by the outer structure. The inner structure surrounds a catheter lumen. The inner structure includes over-lapping edges such that, when the catheter is bent along its longitudinal axis, the over-lapping edges move relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Inari Medical, Inc.Inventors: Richard Quick, Brian J. Cox
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Patent number: 11426516Abstract: A valve is disclosed that has a body with an inlet, an outlet, and a needleless access port coupled to the body. The access port has an interior space and is configured to be actuated by a needleless connector. The inlet is selectively coupled to the outlet through the interior space such that fluid entering the inlet entirely flows through the interior space to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventors: George M. Mansour, Christopher J. Zollinger
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Patent number: 11420029Abstract: An inflatable structure for use in biological lumens and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The structure can have an inflatable balloon encircled by a shell. The shell can have proximal and distal tapered necks, longitudinally-oriented flutes, and apertures at the proximal and distal ends of the shell. The apertures can be recessed in the flutes in the necks. The shell can also have fiber reinforced walls.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: LOMA VISTA MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson, Paul J. Dreyer, Mitchell C. Barham, Mark C. Scheeff, Charles S. Love, Garrett J. Gomes, Jonathan Kurniawan
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Patent number: 11420025Abstract: A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter. A body of the catheter adapter may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the distal end and the proximal end. A catheter may extend distally from the distal end of the body. The catheter adapter may include a side port, which may extend outwardly from the body. The catheter assembly may include a valve disposed within the lumen. The valve may include a channel extending through the valve. The catheter assembly may include a cannula fixed within the side port and disposed within the channel. The cannula may include an opening, and the valve may be configured to compress to expose the opening from within the valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Sankaranarayanan Thirumoorthy, Mukilan Balamurugan
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Patent number: 11420019Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a unibody intravascular catheter shaft with benefits which may include a reduced diameter, and independently tunable torquability, flexibility, and pushability characteristics. While various embodiments of the present disclosure may be directed to an entire catheter shaft, various specific embodiments of the present disclosure may be directed to a unibody shaft design, which may be implemented in a portion of a catheter shaft. For example, the unibody shaft design may be advantageously implemented in a proximal shaft portion. Moreover, various embodiments of the present disclosure utilize a modular unibody design, which may be utilized for various catheter shaft applications using an outer polymer layer with variable thickness and durometer to achieve application-specific performance characteristics (e.g., catheter shaft flex).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Troy T. Tegg, Gregory K. Olson
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Patent number: 11420023Abstract: A retainer includes a first arcuate wall and a second arcuate wall that together define a channel designed to receive a medical article. The retainer has an open configuration wherein a first end of the first arcuate wall is spaced away from a first end of the second arcuate wall, and a closed configuration wherein the first end of the first arcuate wall is adjacent the first end of the second arcuate wall. A second end of the first arcuate wall opposite the first end of the arcuate wall may be spaced away from the base in the open configuration and pressed against the base in the closed configuration. The retainer also may include a first support and a second support fixed to the base, and a first and second flexible coupling connecting the first and second supports to the first and second arcuate walls.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Venetec International, Inc.Inventors: Rafael V. Andino, Christopher J. Brooks
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Patent number: 11413432Abstract: A self-slitting open lumen cannula may be used with catheter adapters to reduce manufacturing complexity and costs, as well as improve the safety of the catheter adapters against fluid leakage. The open lumen cannula may also include one or more notches to facilitate flashback visualization. The catheter adapters may further include a catheter adapter body formed of a compliant material that houses one or more compression resistant septa with at least one lumen formed by the proximal end of the needle during a self-slitting process as the catheter adapter is assembled. The compression resistant septum may also be coupled to a compression cap that imparts a radial compression force on the one or more compression resistant septa such that the at least one lumen narrows and seals when the cannula is removed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Beeton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Daniel Kirk Hyer, Christopher Maul, Eric Davis, Bin Wang, Carl Ellis, Corey Christensen, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bart D. Peterson
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Patent number: 11389620Abstract: A catheter (100) includes a resin-made distal tip (80) linked to a distal end of a catheter body (10), and the distal tip (80) has a distal lumen (81) having an open distal end. The distal lumen (81) communicates with a lumen (31). The catheter (100) is an inactive type microcatheter in which an outer diameter of the distal end of the catheter body (10) is 0.6 mm or smaller and a maximum outer diameter of the distal tip (80) is 0.6 mm or smaller. A dimension of a marker (70) in an axial direction of the catheter body (10) is smaller than the maximum outer diameter of the distal tip (80), and the length of the distal tip (80) in the axial direction of the distal tip (80) is 3 times to 18 times the maximum outer diameter of the distal tip (80).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Fujita, Yasushi Matsumoto, Taichi Shimizu, Yusaku Sugihara
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Patent number: 11391273Abstract: A repeater system may control a pump by using a repeater and a user interface. An adhesive patch system may be used for affixing a pump or other object to a human body. Such an adhesive patch system may include two sets of adhesive members, each member including an adhesive material on at least one side so as to attach to the body. The members of the first set are spaced to allow the members of the second set to attach to the body in spaces provided between the members of the first set, and the members of the second set are spaced to allow members of the first set to detach from the body without detaching the members of the second set. Also, fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Dean Kamen, Larry B. Gray, Russell H. Beavis
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Patent number: 11389623Abstract: A protective medical sleeve for use with a patient having an intravenous flow that permits easy and quick inspection of the site of the injection, but provides protection and a more sanitary environment for the IV site. The thin-walled tubular element includes a convenient door that provides access to the IV site when needed, and can be closed to prevent contaminants from entering the injection site.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Stephen P. ShoemakerTrustInventor: Stephen P. Shoemaker, Jr.
