Patents Examined by Bradley J Osinski
  • Method and system for controlling pressurization of a patient cavity using a pressure sensor of a medical appliance
    Patent number: 11433190
    Abstract: A method comprises positioning a medical appliance having a primary pressure sensor at or within a patient incision site and supplying an insufflation fluid to the patient cavity. The method further comprises measuring a pressure in the patient cavity by the primary pressure sensor and controlling the supply of insufflation fluid by an insufflator to the patient cavity based at least on the measured pressure. The method further comprises determining, by a processor associated with the insufflator, that the measured pressure may be inaccurate and, in response to determining that the measured pressure may be inaccurate, controlling, by the insufflator, the supply of the insufflation fluid to the patient cavity based at least on a pressure measured by a backup pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LEXION MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventors: Carl M. Geisz, Rochelle M. Amann
  • Drug container
    Patent number: 11426522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly comprising an injection device comprising a container for a product, wherein the container includes a distal tip encompassing a channel providing a passageway for transferring the product, and an adaptor mounted onto the distal tip. The assembly further includes a heat-shrinkable film covering at least part of the container and at least part of the adaptor, wherein the heat-shrinkable film maintains the adaptor blocked in rotation and in translation relative to the container when the heat-shrinkable film is in heat-shrunk condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Cedric Foucher, Lionel Lefebvre, Michel Vernizeau
  • Autoinjector apparatus
    Patent number: 11419990
    Abstract: An autoinjector apparatus is disclosed which comprises a single-use cassette and an autoinjector. The cassette comprises a housing and a sleeve movably disposed in the housing. A syringe may be disposed in the sleeve and secured therein with a lock cap. The lock cap is affixed to a distal end of the sleeve and contacts the distal end of the syringe. A shield remover extends through an opening in a proximal end of the housing for removing a needle shield which covers a needle of the syringe. A cassette identification arrangement is provided on a surface of the housing to enable the autoinjector to identify the cassette. The autoinjector is provided with a detector for reading the cassette identification arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Michael Denzer, Robert W. Swift, Neal Johnston, Gabriele Ganzitti, Kenneth R. Ewing, Suhas Krishna
  • Safety assembly
    Patent number: 11413400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety assembly for preventing needle stick injury with a needle having a proximal end fixed to a tip of a medical container and a pointed distal end, the safety assembly having: an attachment ring fixed to the tip of the container and a safety device to cover at least the distal end of the needle, the safety device attached to the attachment ring. The safety assembly has an attachment ring having an inner ring and an outer ring to be snapped onto each other, the inner ring having an inner recess for applying glue between the inner ring and the tip, and the inner ring and outer ring having mutually engaging elements preventing any rotation of the outer ring relative to the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Franck Carrel, Freddy Mills
  • Electronic cigarette
    Patent number: 11406135
    Abstract: A vaporizing device for consuming a stimulant or a pharmaceutical substance by inhaling a vapour comprise a housing having an exit opening provided at one end of said housing, a vaporizer connected to said exit opening via a vapour conduit, said vaporizer having an electrically driven heating unit and a liquid exposure section that is heated by the heating unit to vaporize a liquid in said liquid exposure section, a liquid reservoir connected to said liquid exposure section via a liquid conduit, and an electrical energy storage unit electrically connected to said heating unit, wherein an electrical fluid level sensor is associated with said liquid reservoir, said fluid level sensor being arranged and adapted to produce a low-level-signal if the liquid level within said liquid reservoir is below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: INNOCIGS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Dustin Dahlmann
  • Auto-injector apparatus
    Patent number: 11395881
    Abstract: Disclosed is an auto-injector apparatus for receiving a safety syringe, the safety syringe including a sheath deployable on actuation of a plunger to a position at least partially covering a needle of the syringe, wherein the apparatus is configured to allow movement of the sheath to a closed position that substantially covers the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventor: Lee Pearson
  • Antimicrobial needleless connector or catheter
    Patent number: 11389635
    Abstract: A disclosed antimicrobial medical device includes a fluid transfer device configured to couple between a patient and a fluid reservoir, a fluid pathway extending through the fluid transfer device, a first electrode coupled to the fluid transfer device, and a second electrode coupled to the fluid transfer device and spaced apart from the first electrode. The first electrode includes a first conductive material and the second electrode includes a second conductive material different from the first conductive material. The second electrode is configured to form a galvanic cell with the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene Mason, George Mansour
  • Drug delivery system with temperature-sensitive control
    Patent number: 11383047
    Abstract: A drug delivery system includes a reservoir and a drug delivery device coupled to the reservoir. The drug delivery device also may include at least one temperature-sensitive component and a lock having locked and unlocked states. The system further includes an output device, and a controller coupled to the lock and the output device. The controller may also include a temperature sensor, or may be coupled to the temperature sensor. The controller is programmed or configured to determine if the temperature of a drug in the reservoir or of the temperature-sensitive component exceeds an upper limit or is below a lower limit, and to activate the lock in either event. The controller is also programmed or configured to determine, directly or indirectly, if the temperature subsequently is between the upper and lower limits, and to unlock lock as a consequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Scott R. Gibson, Mark Ka Lai Lee, Donald Busby, Stephanie Toy, Suhas Krishna, Francisca Tan-Malecki, Ferry Tamtoro
  • Catheter shaft and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 11376397
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a catheter assembly generally includes providing a catheter shaft having an outer layer and an inner reinforcing layer; removing at least a portion of the outer layer from a length of the distal end of the catheter shaft in order to expose a distal segment thereof; providing an inner jacket segment; axially engaging the inner jacket segment with an interior surface of the distal segment of the catheter shaft; providing an outer jacket segment around at least the exposed exterior region of the distal segment of the catheter shaft; and bonding the distal segment of the catheter shaft to the inner jacket segment and the outer jacket segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC.
    Inventors: Troy T. Tegg, Richard E. Stehr, Alan M. Fuentes, Linda Kay Nemec
  • Medical connectors and methods of use
    Patent number: 11376411
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a medical connector having a backflow resistance module configured to prevent fluid from being drawn into the connector when a backflow inducing event occurs. In some embodiments, the backflow resistance module can include a variable-volume chamber configured to change in volume in response to a backflow-inducing event and a check valve configured to resist backflow. In some embodiments, the medical connector can include a fluid diverter configured to direct fluid flowing through the medical connector into the variable volume chamber to prevent fluid stagnation therein. In some embodiments, the medical connector includes a body member, a base member, a seal member, a support member, and a valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Fangrow
  • Syringe with optimised centre of gravity
    Patent number: 11369747
    Abstract: A syringe has a syringe body configured to receive a product for injection. Gripping wings are arranged at one end of the syringe body. A piston rod is mounted so as to be able to slide inside the syringe body. A stop is arranged at a first end of the piston rod and has an end-of-travel position inside the syringe body. A pusher is arranged at a second end of the piston rod. The pusher has a mass greater than or equal to a threshold value beyond which the syringe has a center of gravity situated outside the syringe body when the stop is in the end-of-travel position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Laboratoires Vivacy
    Inventors: Ludovic Heim, Denis Gantin
  • Infusion pump methods, systems and apparatus
    Patent number: 11364352
    Abstract: A system for priming an infusion pump is disclosed. The system includes a priming cap including a septum and configured to matably connect with a male part comprising a needle and attached to a length of tubing for fluid, wherein when matably connected with the male part, the priming cap occludes the tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Dean Kamen, Marc A. Mandro, Kevin A. Durand, Gregory R. Lanier, Kevin L. Grant, Larry B. Gray, Brian D. Tracey
  • Antimicrobial caps for medical connectors
    Patent number: 11357965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cap for a medical connector. More specifically, the present invention related to an antimicrobial cap for placement over a connector, wherein various features of the antimicrobial cap maintain the connector in an antiseptic state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Huibin Liu, S. Ray Isaacson, Weston F. Harding, Lawrence J. Trainer
  • Needle guard
    Patent number: 11344671
    Abstract: A needle guard assembly having a resilient arm extending from a base situated to slide along the shaft of a needle. In one implementation the needle guard has an elongate containment member that rides with the resilient arm and is co-operable with the resilient arm to effectuate a covering of the entire distal tip of the needle upon the needle being retracted into the needle guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: INJECTIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Kuracina
  • Drug supply cartridge with visual use indicator and delivery devices that use the same
    Patent number: 11344682
    Abstract: A drug delivery device and cartridge wherein the cartridge includes a movable use indicator that indicates whether the cartridge has been opened and/or used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Sharon D West, Jason Zerweck
  • Guide tube systems and methods
    Patent number: 11344185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for guiding, supporting, and/or housing instruments. One exemplary system includes a guide tube having a manipulation section and mated with rails carrying instrument control members. Moving the rails with respect to the guide tube, or another point of reference, can control movement of the manipulation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Weitzner, Paul J. Smith, John B. Golden, Brian J. Intoccia, Naroun Suon, Katie Krueger, Brian Tinkham, Michal Weisman, Brett A. Krueger
  • Swallowable drug delivery device and methods of drug delivery
    Patent number: 11338118
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Some embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. The device comprises a capsule sized to be swallowed and pass through the intestinal tract. The capsule can include at least one guide tube, one or more tissue penetrating members positioned in the guide tube, a delivery member, an actuating mechanism and a release element. The release element degrades upon exposure to various conditions in the intestine so as to release and actuate the actuating mechanism. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: RANI THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventor: Mir Imran
  • Drive arrangement with rotationally geared drive rod
    Patent number: 11331433
    Abstract: A geared drive arrangement comprises a stationary portion and a drive rod defining a reference axis and during operation being arranged to rotate and be moved axially corresponding to the reference axis, the drive rod comprising a first thread and a second thread. The drive arrangement further comprises a drive member comprising a drive thread in engagement with the drive rod first thread, and a nut portion comprising a propulsion thread arranged rotationally locked relative to the stationary portion and in engagement with the drive rod second thread. The drive member is arranged to rotate corresponding to the reference axis during operation, with the threaded engagement between the drive member and the drive rod causing the drive rod to rotate, and the threaded engagement between the nut portion and the drive rod causing the drive rod to move in the distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventor: Lars Peter Klitmose
  • Automatic drug delivery devices
    Patent number: 11324890
    Abstract: The invention provides in one aspect a drug delivery device comprising a drug container assembly containing a drug, and a plunger positioned within the container assembly, the drug container assembly having an outlet for dispensing the drug, wherein, in an initial position, the outlet is sealed; a drive mechanism comprising a first stored energy source operable to apply pressure on the plunger or the drug container to pressurise the drug, and a first release mechanism operable to unseal the outlet after the drug has been pressurised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: OVAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Young, Ralph Lamble
  • Feedback mechanism for an injection device
    Patent number: 11324895
    Abstract: A feedback mechanism for an injection device that is configured to deliver a medicament to a user is described. The feedback mechanism comprises a piston and a fluid chamber, and the piston is adapted to move into the fluid chamber during use of the injection device. The feedback mechanism also has a damper that is arranged to damp movement of the piston, and an indicator that is arranged to provide feedback to the user after the piston has moved a pre-determined distance into the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Michael Kneip, Matthias Rau