Patents Examined by Seth Han
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Patent number: 11969538Abstract: The present disclosure provides in part improved apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing therapy to a wound. A system can include a first power source configured to power an electronic component and a second power source configured to power the electronic component in place of the first power source. Responsive to a first condition, the second power source can power the electronic component in place of the first power source. In some cases, the system can include a pressure source that is configured to provide negative pressure to a wound dressing positioned over a wound. The wound dressing can support the first power source or the second power source.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: T.J.Smith and Nephew, LimitedInventor: Felix Clarence Quintanar
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Patent number: 11951074Abstract: Device (1) for filling blood products (12) into at least two administration containers (2), comprising at least one receptacle (3) for dispensing the blood product (12) into the device (1), a channel system (4, 7, 8, 17) connected to carry fluid to the administration containers (2), and an air exhaust assembly (10, 11, 15), where the device (1) further comprises a plate-shaped component (6) in which the channels (7, 8, 17) of the channel system run, through which the administration containers (2) can be filled in parallel with equal volumes of the blood product (12).Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: on point medicals GmbHInventor: Clemens Troschl
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Patent number: 11951073Abstract: A device for transferring a liquid from a first vial to a second vial is disclosed having a dome portion configured to create an air flow when activated by compression and re-expansion, and a support body tightly supporting the dome portion to form a chamber with air therein. The support body includes first and second vial seats, and a transfer conduit. The first and second vial seats are arranged to receive the first and second vials. When the first and second vials are received in the first and second vial seats, the transfer conduit is arranged to establish a fluid connection between the first vial and the second vial. Upon activation of the dome portion, air is delivered into the first vial, thereby creating a pressure rise in the first vial which causes the liquid to transfer from the first vial to the second vial through the transfer conduit.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Thomas Thueer, Jack Carroll, James Coop, Edward Sims, Mark Teucher
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Patent number: 11944586Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible container/multi-chamber container with selective dissolved gas content for stabilizing at least one compound of a medical product having a selective gas requirement for remaining stable, comprising a solution comprising the at least one compound and a fil material from which the container is made that provides for high gas-barrier for the said gas. The at least one compound may be selenium in the form of Se(IV) and is preferably selected from the group consisting of sodium selenite, selenous acid and selenium dioxide. The selective gas may be oxygen, and the headspace of the oxygen maintains the solution to comprise dissolved oxygen (DO) at a level of 0.5 ppm to 8 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SAInventors: Freddy Desbrosses, Pierpaolo Padula, Caroline Roselyne Dupont, Marin Anh-Thuan Demulier, Zouaoui Bourezg
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Patent number: 11938008Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable absorbent pant comprising a central chassis and elasticized front and rear belt. The central chassis comprises an absorbent core with an absorbent layer. The absorbent layer comprises a continuous channel formed therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Ling Tong, Claus Peter Stoelzel
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Patent number: 11938057Abstract: Multi-dose preservative-free ocular fluid delivery devices are provided. The fluid delivery device includes a fluid dispensing system and a fluid package for storing a liquid therein and supplying said liquid to the dispensing system. The dispensing system comprises an elongated chamber which includes a check valve which defines a frontal closure to the chamber. The valve is normally closed and hermetically seals the chamber. The dispenser includes a vibration motor that induces oscillations to the chamber and to the fluid within. The oscillations of the chamber impart momentum to the fluid stored in the chamber which in turn imparts force that cyclically opens the valve to dispense streams or liquid droplets. Fluid is dispensed only when the motor oscillates while otherwise the valve is hermetically closed.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Bausch + Lomb Ireland LimitedInventor: Yehuda Ivri
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Patent number: 11931503Abstract: A mobile negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device is described having an inlet; a canister in fluid flow connection with the inlet; a pump having a pump casing with a pump inlet in fluid flow connection with the canister in the canister, and a pump outlet for output of air transported through the pump; an elastomeric jacket at least partly enclosing the pump, the elastomeric jacket being configured to define a flow channel having a first end arranged to receive air output by the pump outlet and a second end spaced apart from the first end for discharging the air output by the pump outlet following passage through the flow channel; a control unit for controlling operation of the mobile NPWT device; a battery arrangement for powering the mobile NPWT device; and a housing enclosing at least the pump, the elastomeric jacket, the control unit, and the battery arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Mölnlycke Health Care ABInventor: Niclas Flach
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Patent number: 11925577Abstract: Multi-dose preservative-free ocular fluid delivery devices are provided. The fluid delivery device includes a fluid dispensing system and a fluid package for storing a liquid therein and supplying said liquid to the dispensing system. The dispensing system comprises an elongated chamber which includes a check valve which defines a frontal closure to the chamber. The valve is normally closed and hermetically seals the chamber. The dispenser includes a vibration motor that induces oscillations to the chamber and to the fluid within. The oscillations of the chamber impart momentum to the fluid stored in the chamber which in turn imparts force that cyclically opens the valve to dispense streams or liquid droplets. Fluid is dispensed only when the motor oscillates while otherwise the valve is hermetically closed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Bausch + Lomb Ireland LimtedInventor: Yehuda Ivri
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Patent number: 11890407Abstract: A canister connection system for a negative pressure wound therapy system. The canister connection system includes an attachment fixture removably connected to a pump unit. The attachment fixture includes a first engaging mechanism disposed adjacent its first end configured to engage a corresponding first engaging mechanism of the canister and a second engaging mechanism disposed adjacent its second end for engaging a corresponding second engaging mechanism of the canister for removably connecting the canister to the pump unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.Inventors: Walter Cleveland Cowart, Scott Douglas Barnes, Vincent Denis Jardret, Jonathan Matthew Cayce, Dhanvin Sunil Desai, Joe Lowell Smith, Breanna Julia Rhyne
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Patent number: 11883363Abstract: A reconstitution device includes a body, a first piercing member located at a first end of the body, and a receptacle located at the second end of the body. The receptacle includes a collar configured to engage a vial, and a cap extending from the collar and holding a second piercing member. The second piercing member is disposed within the collar. The reconstitution device includes a first fluid pathway formed within and extending from the first piercing member to the second piercing member. The reconstitution device includes a second fluid pathway formed within and extending from the second piercing member to a portion of the body between the first piercing member and the second piercing member.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SAInventors: Freddy Desbrosses, Pierpaolo Padula, Marjorie Desriaux, Yannis Abdessalem, Diego Santo-Domingo Porqueras
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Patent number: 11865076Abstract: A closed transfer system for transferring metered dose of a beneficial agent from a flexible primary container to a second reservoir or to a patient. The system can be configured to transfer multiple doses.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Aktivax, Inc.Inventor: Amir Genosar
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Patent number: 11839527Abstract: A new and improved NPWT bandage which is simple, inexpensive, easy-to-use, small in size (including having a low profile), is atraumatic to the wound during use, has improved pump efficiency, incorporates an automatic pressure indicator for indicating the level of negative pressure created, and provides an automatic pressure limiter for limiting the level of negative pressure created.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Timothy Johnson, Charles Sears, Sean Albert, David Tortoriello, Orlando Soto
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Patent number: 11828283Abstract: A pressure gradient wound therapy apparatus (50) including a pump assembly (10). The pump assembly (10) includes a diaphragm (12) comprising a magnetic material (16), an electromagnetic actuator (18) switchable between two or more operational states and a valve arrangement (24) including an inlet valve (26) and an outlet valve (28) for the introduction and/or removal of fluid into a fluid chamber (30) of the pump assembly (10). The actuator (18) is configured to move the diaphragm (12) with respect to the actuator (18) between a first position corresponding to a first operational state of the actuator (18) and a second position corresponding to the second operational state of the actuator (18).Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: ConvaTec LimitedInventors: Ganesh Rajendran, Greeshma Girijakumari, S Lakshmana, Ankur Kodavanti, Praveen Kadni
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Patent number: 11826234Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy system includes a wound dressing, at least one pump fluidly coupled to the fluid interface, a pressure sensor fluidly coupled to the wound dressing, a control housing, and an electrical coupler. The wound dressing includes a sealing layer, an absorbent layer adjacent to the sealing layer, and a fluid interface attached to at least one of the sealing layer or the absorbent layer. The at least one pump is configured to apply negative pressure to the fluid interface to draw fluid from the wound dressing via the fluid interface. The pressure sensor is configured to detect a fluid pressure of the wound dressing. The control housing is remote from the wound dressing. The electrical coupler is configured to removably connect the control housing to the at least one pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventor: Christopher B. Locke
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Patent number: 11806466Abstract: A negative pressure wound treatment (NPWT) system including a NWPT therapy unit and a wound dressing configured to overlay a wound bed. The NPWT system includes a first length of tubing comprising a first end and a second end, the first end of the first length of tubing coupled to the NWPT therapy unit and the second end of the first length of tubing having a first coupling half, as well as a second length of tubing having a first end and second end, the first end of the second length of tubing coupled to the wound dressing and the second end of the second length of tubing having a second coupling half. The NPWT system includes an inline filter comprising a sintered polymer and a superabsorbent material, and an inline coupling, wherein the inline coupling is configured to operably couple and de-couple the NPWT therapy unit and wound dressing.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Mark Robinson, Christopher Brian Locke, Colin John Hall
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Patent number: 11793921Abstract: The invention relates to a replaceable cartridge (1) for an ophthalmological apparatus (2), comprising at least one hard region as a housing and at least one soft region, the hard region and the soft region forming inner liquid channels of the replacement cartridge (1). The soft region embodies functional elements of the replacement cartridge (1), said functional elements comprising at least one pump device for pumping liquid into the liquid channels, a valve device for modifying a through-flow cross-section in at least one of the liquid channels, and a pressure-detecting device for determining a liquid pressure in at least one of the liquid channels. The pressure-detecting device comprises a pressure chamber which is connected to one of the liquid channels, and a flexible membrane which peripherally surrounds a coupling element.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: THIS AGInventors: Thomas Köppel, Marco Zünd, Martin Christoph Heiss
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Patent number: 11766516Abstract: Devices used to drain fluid are disclosed. The devices may be configured to drain fluid from a body cavity using a vacuum pressure. The devices include a reservoir and a vacuum generating member configured to expand the reservoir and generate a vacuum pressure within the reservoir. The devices can be configured to be shipped in a collapsed state.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Arlin D. Nelson, Joanne Hislop, Christopher Cindrich, Andrew Hansen, Nicholas Accisano, III, Kenneth Sykes, Gregory R. McArthur, Michael Dean Haslam
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Patent number: 11754063Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy device includes at least one piezoelectric pump and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate a first control signal to control operation of the at least one piezoelectric pump, the control signal having a first root mean square (RMS) voltage, transmit the first control signal to the at least one piezoelectric pump, identify at least one of a change of state of the at least one piezoelectric pump or an expiration of a duration of time associated with operation of the at least one piezoelectric pump, responsive to identifying the at least one of the change of state or the expiration of the duration of time, generate a second control signal having a second RMS voltage less than the first RMS voltage, and transmit the second control signal to the at least one piezoelectric pump.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Justin A. Long, Christopher B. Locke
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Patent number: 11752070Abstract: The mixing system includes an adaptor, an integrated injection device removably attached to the adaptor comprising a switching element, a first reservoir containing a fluidic first material, and a trigger. The adaptor includes a first attachment location configured to attach a vial. The vial contains a second material within a second reservoir, wherein the second material contains a medicament formulation. The adaptor also includes a first connection element, a flow channel providing fluid communication of the switching element and the first connection element, a sensing arrangement for detecting a pre-defined position of the vial at the first attachment location, and an interlock element which is configured to allow operation of the trigger in order to establish a fluid communication between the first connection element and the first reservoir only if the sensing arrangement detects the pre-defined position of the vial at the first attachment location.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SanofiInventors: Sarah Helm, Peter Nober, Julian Kersting, Florian Hammen
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Patent number: 11724020Abstract: Embodiments of a negative pressure wound closure system and methods for using such a system are described. Certain disclosed embodiments facilitate closure of a wound by preferentially exerting a negative pressure on tissue. Some embodiments may utilize a collapsible sheet with a plurality of cells.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventor: Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt