Patents Assigned to Med
  • Patent number: 10994128
    Abstract: An implantable electrode arrangement for a cochlear implant system is described. A retraction limiter fits around and securely engages a portion of the distal end of an electrode lead. The retraction limiter includes flexible retraction limiting projections longitudinally distributed along its outer surface. An insertion tube fits around the electrode array and the retraction limiter and engages against the outer surface of the patient cochlea at a cochlear opening. An insertion plunger fits within the insertion tube and engages against the proximal end of the retraction limiter. The insertion plunger slides within the insertion tube to push against the proximal end of the retraction limiter to push the electrode array through the cochlear opening into the patient cochlea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Schurzig, Max Frölich
  • Patent number: 10993877
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for an anti-foaming needle assembly for avoiding foam generation when extracting a liquid from a vessel having a chamber with a bottom and opposite thereto an opening sealed with a penetrable and re-sealable stopper providing an inner surface above the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Repro-Med Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew I Sealfon, Siavash Gheshmi
  • Patent number: 10987187
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a medical device including a movable instrument (MI) which is activated only when its movement is within an optimal range of acceleration. More particularly the invention relates to a fetal heart rate monitor (FHRM) having a movable Doppler transducer which transceives ultrasound energy only when found within a certain optimal range of acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hera Med Ltd.
    Inventors: David Groberman, Tal Slonim, Shimon Hayun, Joel Rotem, Michael Nenner
  • Patent number: 10987034
    Abstract: Apparatus configured to detect congenital heart disease (CHD) in newborns may comprise a body with a cavity configured to receive a hand or foot of a newborn. Sensor pairs of the apparatus may be configured scan such that the best signals can be selected, which can accommodate for movements of the newborn and/or facilitate impartialness as to which body part is inserted in the apparatus. Positions of the sensor pairs may be adjusted to ensure contact with the newborn's skin. A disposable cover may protect the newborn's skin from contacting the apparatus. The apparatus may include a pressure device so that CHD threshold values can be adjusted for different altitudes. The apparatus may integrate with electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: LA BIOMEDICAL RSRCH INST AT HARBOR-UCLA MED CTR
    Inventor: Ruey-Kang Chang
  • Patent number: 10980462
    Abstract: A micro-volume blood transfer device to facilitate the collection of small volumes of clean arterial blood from patients who may be volume restricted for blood loss such as low-birth weight infants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: HUMMINGBIRD MED DEVICES, INC.
    Inventor: William Phillip Cash
  • Patent number: 10984549
    Abstract: A method for forming a desired bend angle in an orthodontic appliance comprising: monitoring bending of the orthodontic appliance in a gripped state, the monitoring being continuous; in response to an initial bend angle in the orthodontic appliance in the gripped state being reached, causing the release of at least a portion of the orthodontic appliance so that orthodontic appliance is in a free state, measuring resultant angle of the bend in the free state; in response to resultant angle being within a predefined tolerance of the desired bend angle, determining that desired bend angle has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: 3D MED AG
    Inventors: Anton Olegovich Goncharov, Khamzat Saidovich Asabaev, Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov
  • Patent number: 10986453
    Abstract: An implantable bone conduction transducer arrangement includes a transducer housing having an outer surface with a side wall and opposing ends. A pair of fixation projections are connected to the transducer housing at one end. Each fixation projection includes a bone screw opening configured for insertion of a bone fixation screw to engage underlying skull bone. At least one fixation projection is configured to be independently moveable relative to the transducer housing to form an adjustable relative position between the fixation projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Santek, Thomas Lechleitner
  • Publication number: 20210108263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preparing sequencing libraries. The methods and compositions provided herein enables next generation sequencing library preparation using multiplex PCR with reduced primer dimer formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: CELULA CHINA MED-TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Yang, Jun Feng, Haichuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210110885
    Abstract: A method to correct amplification bias in amplicon sequencing is disclosed. Amplification efficiency is not constant among different loci in a sample, nor for the same locus in different samples. Differences in 3?-end stability, primer Tm, amplicon length, amplicon GC content, and GC content of amplicon flanking regions all may contribute to amplification bias. Such bias interferes with accurate calculation of copy number for a genomic region of interest and hinders the application of amplicon sequencing for detection of minor copy number variation. The methods of the invention allow correction of amplification bias and enable detection of minor copy number variation using amplicon sequence data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: CELULA CHINA MED-TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Di Wu, Haichuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10973627
    Abstract: An inner ear fluid circulation system includes an implantable circulation pump that has a pump inlet and a pump outlet both in fluid communication with inner ear fluid of an implanted patient. The circulation pump is configured to drive the inner ear fluid in from the pump inlet and out through the pump outlet. A pump controller is coupled to the circulation pump and one or more sensing elements for measurement of one or more fluid conditions within the inner ear of the implanted patient, and is configured to control operation of the circulation pump as a function of the measured one or more fluid conditions. Also disclosed is a cochlear implant arrangement and a vestibular implant arrangement comprising such a fluid circulation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventor: Marek Polak
  • Patent number: 10974046
    Abstract: A system and method of treating hyperactivity of an eyelid closing muscle in a subject includes providing a stimulation system in the subject with the hyperactivity of the eyelid closing muscle, sensing an activity of the eyelid closing muscle, and selectively stimulating eyelid opening muscle(s) or innervating nerves, eyelid opening reflexes, or eyelid opening reflexes in non-muscular tissue, using the stimulation system, without substantially activating the eyelid closing muscle. The system and method evokes eyelid movement in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Lindenthaler
  • Patent number: 10959745
    Abstract: A device to be used by an operator which may grasp objects in a sterile or non-sterile field, and may facilitate the precise placement and passage of a needle or pin into tissues while using X-ray guidance. The device provides a secure hold while keeping the hands remote from the radiation field, and by permitting non-obstructed viewing of the held instrument and tissues. A radiolucent hammer may be used to help drive a needle into firm tissues without obscuring visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Jet Med Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Haithcock, Chet R. Rees
  • Patent number: 10953232
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) telemetry arrangement and process for a cochlear implant system are described. Electrode current is measured that is induced in a cochlear implant electrode lead during an MRI process performed on an implanted patient. An MRI telemetry signal for an external telemetry sensor is then output based on the measured electrode current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventor: Erwin Hochmair
  • Patent number: 10953226
    Abstract: An implantable electrode arrangement for a cochlear implant system is described. The arrangement includes an electrode array with an outer surface having electrode contacts to apply cochlear stimulation signals to target neural tissue within an implanted patient cochlea. An electrode lead delivers the cochlear stimulation signals from an implanted signal processor to the electrode array. An electrode transition section includes a distal end portion of the electrode lead that is connected to a basal end portion of the electrode array. An electrode storage device contains the electrode transition section and is secured at an electrode opening in an outer surface of the patient cochlea. The electrode storage device is controllable after being surgically implanted to further insert an additional section of the electrode array from the electrode storage device into the patient cochlea and thereby implant a greater portion of the electrode array more deeply into the patient cochlea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Schurzig
  • Patent number: 10933168
    Abstract: A double network hydrogel consists of a first network and a second network, where the first network is, or includes, a first polymer that is formed, at least in part, of —CH2—CH(OH)— units, and the second network is, or includes, a second polymer that is formed, at least in part, of carboxyl (COOH)-containing units or salts thereof, sulfonyl (SO3H)-containing units or salts thereof, and at least one of hydroxyl (OH)-containing units or amino (NH2)-containing units, where the hydrogel may be used as a cartilage replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: POLY-MED, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Aaron Vaughn
  • Patent number: 10927414
    Abstract: Provided are methods and kits for determining predisposition of a subject to develop a kidney disease, by identifying in a sample of the subject at least one APOL1 polypeptide variant which is characterized by a higher trypanolytic activity on Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense as compared to the trypanolytic activity of wild type APOL1 polypeptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 on the Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense under identical assay conditions; or at least one APOL1 nucleotide mutation in the APLO1 genomic sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, wherein the at least one nucleotide mutation or polypeptide variant being in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with the S342G mutation in the APOL1 polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein presence of the APOL1 polypeptide variant indicates increased predisposition of the subject to develop the kidney disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited, Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., Rambam Med-Tech Ltd.
    Inventors: Karl Skorecki, Shay Tzur, Saharon Rosset, Walter Gabriel Wasser, Doron M. Behar, Revital Shemer
  • Patent number: 10918841
    Abstract: A drainage device for holding an incision in an abscess of a subject open to allow drainage of fluid out of the abscess includes an elongate body and an extension member extending laterally from the elongate body. The elongate body is configured for insertion into the abscess. The extension member is configured to retain at least a portion of the elongate body in the abscess. The elongate body facilitates drainage of fluid out of the abscess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAR-MED CO.
    Inventor: Jerry Paul Marogil
  • Patent number: 10909680
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the depth of a burn wound in a subject comprises (a) receiving an imaging video of the burn wound collected by an ultrasound transducer, (b) evaluating nodes and edges connecting the nodes in a plurality of layers of the burn wound in a plurality of frames of the imaging video, with a classifier system, the classifier system comprising a convolutional neural network that compares the nodes and edges of the burn wound with nodes and edges in a plurality of layers of a plurality of historical burn wounds of known depth, and (c) assigning a depth to the burn wound, the assigned depth being an average of depths associated with a plurality of the historical burn wounds having a predetermined minimum similarity of nodes and edges to the nodes and edges of the burn wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MED-COMPLIANCE IQ, INC.
    Inventors: Gary J. Ross, Nathan Romano, Eric Richardson
  • Patent number: 10908238
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance (MR) coil unit, comprising: —an MR coil body which houses at least one MR coil, the MR coil body having a front surface for facing a patient, a reverse surface opposite to the front surface, and at least one opening through the MR coil body which connects the front and reverse surfaces; —at least one MR marker located at least partly in said at least one opening in the MR coil body; and—at least one optical marker located above the reverse surface of the MR coil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: BRAINLAB AG, SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, PRO MED INSTRUMENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick Gross, Tilman Niederführ, Brian Vasey, Nadja Heindl, Dimitrios Sapnaras
  • Patent number: D913512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI DARONG-MED LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Zhang, Hongkai Wang