Patents Examined by Cachet I Proctor
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Patent number: 11958723Abstract: A takeout jig (1) includes: a support part (20) which is configured to be pulled up to take out a silicon rod (10) and which is configured to support the silicon rod (10) by clamping one or more end portions (15) of the silicon rod (10); one or more first cords (30) which are equal in number to or greater in number than the silicon rod (10) and which are configured to pull up the support part (20); and one or more second cords (40) which are configured to hold the silicon rod (10) by wrapping around the silicon rod (10).Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Junya Sakai, Kazuhiro Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 11955321Abstract: An apparatus for plasma treatment of an implant prior to installing the implant in a live subject is provided. The apparatus comprises an activation device and a portable container detachable from the activation device. The portable container comprises a closed compartment containing the implant immersed in a fluid, and the activation device comprises a slot configured to receive the portable container. The activation device further comprises an electrical circuit configured to be electrically associated with at least one electrode and configured to provide to the at least one electrode electric power suitable for applying a plasma generating electric field in the closed compartment, when the portable container is disposed in the slot. A container suitable for providing plasma treatment to a silicone implant and a method for preparing an implant for implantation surgery are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NOVA PLASMA LTD.Inventors: Amnon Lam, Aviad Harhol, Eliezer Fuchs, Chen Porat
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Patent number: 11952223Abstract: A dip treatment system for treating articles, in particular for treating vehicle bodies, includes a dip treatment tank, which can be filled with a treatment liquid, into which articles to be treated can be fully or partially dipped. A conveying system defines a conveying path and includes at least one transport carriage, which can be displaced along the conveying path in a transport direction and includes a fastening device, to which at least one article can be fastened. The conveying system can convey the articles to be treated towards the dip treatment tank, fully or partially into the interior of the dip treatment tank, out of the dip treatment tank and away therefrom. The conveying path of the conveying system is divided into sub-paths, of which at least one first sub-path leads to the dip treatment tank or to an immersion region of the dip treatment tank and of which a second sub-path passes by said dip treatment tank or immersion region of said dip treatment tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: EISENMANN GMBHInventors: Jörg Robbin, Herbert Schulze
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Patent number: 11948734Abstract: The invention relates to a method of increasing the coercivity of a sintered type NdFeB permanent magnet. The method comprises the following steps: a) preparing of an organic film with a predetermined thickness on a surface of the sintered type NdFeB permanent magnet; b) creating holes in the organic film according to a given pattern with the holes extending to the surface of the sintered type NdFeB permanent magnet; c) filling the holes with a metal powder, the metal powder including or consisting of at least one of Dy and Tb; and d) performing a thermally induced grain boundary diffusion process.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Yantai Shougang Magnetic Materials IncInventors: Chuanshen Wang, Kunkun Yang, Zhongjie Peng, Kaihong Ding
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Patent number: 11938569Abstract: A manufacturing method of a window includes providing a window including a first non-folding portion, a second non-folding portion, and a folding portion disposed between the first and second non-folding portions and irradiating a laser beam to a front surface of the folding portion of the window to form a first groove in the front surface of the folding portion. The first and second non-folding portions and the folding portion are arranged in the window in a first direction, first processing areas extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and arranged in the first direction are defined in the front surface of the folding portion, and the laser beam is irradiated at least once to each of the first processing areas in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-Hoon Kwon, Byunghoon Kim, Taeoh Kim, Jaebeen Lee
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Patent number: 11931483Abstract: Inserts can be formed with elution characteristics to cause the inserts to elute an antimicrobial agent when subject to a fluid within a medical device. An insert can be formed with a desired geometry to allow the insert to be compression fit within a medical device to prevent the insert from moving or becoming dislodged once inserted into the medical device. The material may also be hygroscopic so that the insert swells when subject to a fluid thereby enhancing the compression fit of the device within the medical device. In some cases, the material can be reinforced using an internal structure. Inserts can be formed in many ways including by casting, thermoforming, or extrusion. In some cases, the inserts can be formed using a peel-away sleeve or material. The peel-away sleeves can be formed of a non-sticky material which facilitates removal of the inserts once the inserts have cured.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Siddarth K. Shevgoor, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Huibin Liu, Yiping Ma, Ming Zhou
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Patent number: 11930817Abstract: A wood preservative composition and method for preserving wood by contacting wood with said composition comprising a polyurethane polymer, non-aqueous solvents, and a wood preservative active.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Inventors: Selvanathan Arumugam, David A. Laganella, Randall W. Stephens
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Patent number: 11931484Abstract: A bioabsorbable composite stent structure, comprising bioabsorbable polymeric ring structures which retain a molecular weight and mechanical strength of a starting substrate and one or more interconnecting struts which extend between and couple adjacent ring structures. The ring structures can have a formed first diameter and being radially compressible to a smaller second diameter and re-expandable to the first diameter. The ring structures can comprise a base polymeric layer. The interconnecting struts can be formed from a polymer blend or co-polymer of poly-L-lactide (PLLA) and an elastomeric polymer. The interconnecting struts each can have a width that is less than a circumference of one of the ring structures. The adjacent ring structures can be axially and rotationally movable relative to one another via the interconnecting struts. The interconnecting struts can also be bioabsorbable.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Razmodics LLCInventors: Kamal Ramzipoor, Richard J. Saunders
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Patent number: 11931923Abstract: A method of manufacturing a template, has: preparing a substrate containing quartz and having a surface, the surface including a protrusion and a depression; and processing the depression. The processing of the depression includes: a first step of forming a film on the surface, the film including a first region and a second region, the first region being provided on the protrusion, and the second region being provided on a bottom of the depression and being thinner than the first region; a second step of removing the second region with the first region partly remaining to expose the bottom of the depression; and a third step of processing the exposed part of the depression using a mask made of the remainder of the first region.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Takeharu Motokawa, Hideaki Sakurai, Noriko Sakurai, Ryu Komatsu
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Patent number: 11927558Abstract: Provided is a microelectrode having a layered structure, including a layer containing a polymer compound having an aromatic ring (polymer compound layer) and a layer containing a conductive material (conductive layer), wherein a thickness of the polymer compound layer is 10 to 900 nm, a thickness of the conductive layer is 0.3 to 10 nm, and the microelectrode has a three-dimensional curved shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Tetsuhiko Teshima, Yuko Ueno, Yui Ogawa, Yoshiaki Kashimura, Satoshi Sasaki, Shengnan Wang, Makoto Takamura, Hiroshi Nakashima
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Patent number: 11919222Abstract: A parison for being blow molded into a medical balloon for a catheter includes a first tubular layer having a functional modification and a second tubular layer adapted for bonding with the first tubular layer to form the blow molded balloon. Related methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Paul Fillmore, Allan Ronan, Eoin Ryan, Andrew Schaffer
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Patent number: 11918497Abstract: A stent for vascular interventions having a hybrid open cell geometry. Variants of the stent include bare metal stents and drug-eluting stents. Embodiments of the stent include end projections for radiopaque markers or a discontinuous partial radiopaque coating on low-stress or low-strain regions of the peripheral stent. The stents of the invention are characterized by having thin walls, nested rows of struts, high expansion ratio, high and uniform radial force over entire diametric size and length of device, crush resistance up to and including about 90% of its fully expanded diameter, high fatigue resistance and high corrosion resistance.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Vactronix Scientific, LLCInventors: Scott P. Carpenter, Julio C. Palmaz
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Patent number: 11918495Abstract: A stent apparatus, system, and method that senses wall shear stress by measuring fluid flow at localized areas within the stent, that processes measured information through an integrated circuit, and selectively sends power to mechanically controllable stent surfaces which results in localized geometric changes. In various embodiments the stent apparatus, system, and method sends data to outside the body in real time.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, Inc., The Brigham and Woman's Hoospital, Inc., Duke UniversityInventors: Erik V. Mukerjee, Jane A. Leopold, Amanda Randles
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Patent number: 11903877Abstract: A method is described of improving adhesion of an ocular implant to corneal tissue by forming an implant adhesive layer on the ocular implant, the implant adhesive layer having greater adhesive strength than a rest of the implant or by forming a corneal adhesive layer on a posterior surface of a posterior portion of the corneal tissue, the corneal adhesive layer having greater adhesive strength than a rest of the corneal tissue.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Eyeyon Medical Ltd.Inventors: Ofer Daphna, Nahum Ferera, Dmitry Dubson
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Patent number: 11903850Abstract: Methods for forming an expandable tubular body having a plurality of braided filaments including a first filament including platinum or platinum alloy and a second filament including cobalt-chromium alloy. The methods include applying a first phosphorylcholine material directly on the platinum or platinum alloy of the first filament and applying a silane material on the second filament followed by a second phosphorylcholine material on the silane material on the second filament. The first and second phosphorylcholine materials each define a thickness of less than 100 nanometers.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Xiaodong Ma, Min-Shyan Sheu, Lincoln Eramo, John Wainwright, Junwei Li
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Patent number: 11898051Abstract: A silicone septum having a surface coating. The coated silicone septum may be incorporated in an intravenous catheter assembly. The coating reduces static charge among a plurality of vibrating silicone septa during manufacture of the intravenous catheter assembly. The surface coating includes a coating agent selected from a bicarbonate salt and a siloxane polyalkyleneoxide copolymer. The bicarbonate salt may be an alkali metal bicarbonate. The siloxane polyalkyleneoxide copolymer may include copolymer groups selected from ethyleneoxide, octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane, and mixtures thereof. The silicon septum may be coated by contacting an exterior surface of the silicone septum with a coating solution of a solvent and the coating agent for at least 5 minutes. The coating agent has a concentration in the solvent greater than 1 wt. %. Excess coating solution is removed from the exterior surface of the silicone septum. The exterior surface is dried to remove the solvent, forming the surface coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Azhar Khan
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Patent number: 11896505Abstract: The present invention relates generally a manufacturing process which results in a completely hydrogel polymer device that maintains lumen patency which allows for numerous applications. One or more physical post-implantation dimensions of the device can be controlled by placing it in a solution that has a predetermined osmolarity and/or pH. In addition, the device can deliver an absorbed therapeutic agent to a target anatomical site. Alternatively, the device can function as a selective membrane to selectively absorb one or more target molecules from a body fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Scott M. Epstein
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Patent number: 11890642Abstract: Methods of modifying a medical device and manufacturing a medical device are disclosed. One embodiment of a method of modifying a medical device includes treating a portion of the medical device with cold plasma and functionalizing the plasma-treated portion with a polymer. One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a medical device includes providing a subcutaneous part configured to be positioned subcutaneously in a user and performing a surface treatment on a portion of the subcutaneous part.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ConvaTec Technologies Inc.Inventor: Neal Robert Carty
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Patent number: 11883558Abstract: All-in-one formulations for preparing repellent coatings on surfaces of substrates include (i) one or more reactive components that can form a bonded layer on a surface in which the bonded layer comprises an array of compound each compound having one end bound to a surface and an opposite end extending away from the surface; (ii) an optional catalyst; (iii) a solvent; and (iv) a lubricant. A repellent coating can be formed from such formulations on substrate surfaces by drying the formulation on the surface to substantially remove the solvent and to form a bonded layer on the surface with the lubricant stably adhered to the bonded layer. The formulations can be applied to surfaces of ceramics, glasses, metals, alloys, composites, polymers or combinations thereof such as ceramic or metal plumbing fixtures, surfaces of glass substrates including mirrors, windshields, windows, surfaces composed of one or more polymers, medical devices such as ostomy appliances, etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SPOTLESS MATERIALS INC.Inventors: Nan Sun, Birgitt Boschitsch
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Patent number: 11866825Abstract: An apparatus includes a venting mechanism for venting a treatment vessel, a gas supply path including an upstream flow path to which a gas is supplied from a gas source, and multiple branch paths formed by branching a downstream side of the upstream flow path into multiple paths, each branch path being connected to the treatment vessel. The apparatus further includes first valves respectively provided in the branch paths to divert the gas to the branch paths, each first valve having a variable opening degree without being closed completely, a second valve provided in the upstream flow path to supply the gas or shut off the supply of the gas to a downstream side thereof, a pressure sensor that detects a pressure in the treatment vessel, and an abnormality detector that detects an abnormality in the downstream side of the second valve based on the detected pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Hiroyuki Hayashi, Ryosaku Ota