Abstract: A kiosk apparatus that may select for a person a recommended footcare product based on pressure measurements collected from pressures sensors or calculated biomechanical data estimates. Pressure measurements and calculated biomechanical data estimates may be used to determine if a foot is unshod on the pressure sensor and also group a person into a classified subgroup. The pressure measurement and calculated biomechanical data estimates may also be used to select a recommended footcare product.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2006
Date of Patent:
February 21, 2012
Assignee:
MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
Inventors:
Bin Xia, Harold A. Howlett, Charles E. Lundy
Abstract: A cryosurgery device includes an aerosol container holding a liquid refrigerant and having a valve and a stem extending out therefrom; an actuator seated on the stem and including an outlet tube for receiving released refrigerant from the container; a hub mounted on the container and including slots therein; and a base having a central opening for receiving the hub, the base including aligning projections that enter the slots in the hub to engage and apply pressure to the actuator to cause the actuator to depress the stem and release refrigerant into the base. The container may further contain an applicator tube mounted to the hub in fluid communication with the outlet tube with a porous tip mounted to a distal end of the applicator tube for receiving the refrigerant and, being chilled thereby, applied to a skin lesion to be treated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 29, 2011
Assignee:
MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
Inventors:
Harold A. Howlett, Robert C. Johnson, Charles E. Lundy, Jr., Eric Chen-nan Su
Abstract: A dermal, transdermal, mucosal or transmucosal delivery device is provided. The device includes a backing layer, defining an ingredient containing reservoir, a cover for the reservoir having at least one opening therethrough, an adhesive layer and a liner layer. Upon removal of the liner layer, the device may be placed over the desired area of the skin or mucosa and adhesively applied thereto allowing the ingredients to flow from the reservoir through the at least one opening to the dermis or mucosa.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 12, 2003
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2011
Assignees:
Schering-Plough Healthcare Products Inc., Corium International
Inventors:
Charles E. Lundy, Gary Wynn Cleary, Adrian Louis Faasse, Michael George Marcoux, Sreenivasu Mudumba
Abstract: An orthotic is disclosed. The orthotic may include a cushioning layer configured to extend from at least the metatarsal region to the proximal heel region, the cushioning layer having a heel region with a protruding heel piece integrally molded as part of the cushioning layer. The orthotic may also include an outer shell layer fixedly coupled to the cushioning layer, the outer shell layer extending longitudinally from at least the medial cuneiform-first metatarsal joint region to the calcaneus bone region of the user, the outer shell layer configured to receive the protruding heel piece.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2011
Assignee:
Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc.
Inventors:
Harold A. Howlett, Bin Xia, Philip Yang
Inventors:
Karla Klein, Pamela Curtiss, Brendan Reilly, Theresa Chee, Richard T. Avent, Swapna Purani, Leanne Blair, David Contract, Christopher Cortina, Elizabeth Morgan
Inventors:
Karla Klein, Pamela Curtiss, Brendan Reilly, Theresa Chee, Richard T. Avent, Swapna Purani, Leanne Blair, David Contract, Christopher Cortina, Elizabeth Morgan