Patents Examined by Catharine L Anderson
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Patent number: 11744961Abstract: A medical treatment system including a treatment chamber, a source of an aqueous mist containing a medication, a source of an oxygen-enriched gas, and a control system adapted to alternately surround a human body part with a mist containing a medication and the oxygen enriched gas, which can be used to treat various skin disorders including infected lesions, bacterial infections such as acne (i.e. Propionibacterium acnes), fungal infections such as Athlete's foot (i.e. fungal genus Trichophyton), conditions associated with hair loss including alopecia as well as ulcerations and frostbite resulting from poor circulation. A method of treating skin disorders is also disclosed, that includes providing a mist containing a medication and enriched oxygen gas to the site being treated as well as providing oxygen to the patient during treatment.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: VAPOROX, INC.Inventor: Adrian Pelkus
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Patent number: 11744999Abstract: According to some embodiments, a skin treatment assembly comprises a handpiece comprising a distal end, the handpiece comprising a recess or cavity configured to receive a cartridge or other fluid container, a tip configured to be positioned along the distal end of the handpiece, the tip being configured to contact a skin surface of a subject during use, and at least one rollerball configured to extend to or near the tip, wherein the rollerball is configured to be in fluid communication with an interior of a cartridge or other fluid container secured to the handpiece, wherein the at least one rollerball is configured to contact the skin surface of the subject during use and to facilitate the delivery of fluids to said skin surface as the rollerball is moved relative to said skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Hydra Facial LLCInventors: Roger Ignon, Ed F. Nicolas
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Patent number: 11744742Abstract: A dressing system for cooling skin or a wound site on a subject comprises a dressing having a reservoir for holding a liquid. The dressing may be configured for placement proximate to a postoperative surgical wound site of the subject or on the facial area of the subject. The dressing system includes a cooling chamber external to the dressing configured to cool the liquid. The dressing system includes a pump configured to circulate the liquid between the cooling chamber and the reservoir. The dressing system may include a suction element for applying suction at, or proximate to, the dressing for removing sweat or wound drainage.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Inventor: Todd R. Wurth
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Patent number: 11738135Abstract: Pressure control unit for an ophthalmic irrigation/aspiration system having a chamber with an upper part for storing air and a lower part for storing a surgical fluid to be irrigated or aspirated, the pressure control unit including a negative pressure source, a positive pressure source and an adjustable valve arrangement. The adjustable valve arrangement includes a vacuum port connected to the negative pressure source and a pressure port connected to the positive pressure source. The adjustable valve arrangement also includes a main port in controllable fluid communication with the vacuum port and the pressure port and the main port is connected to an upper part of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Crea IP B.V.Inventor: Adriaantje Coliene Dam-Huisman
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Patent number: 11737931Abstract: Garments and associated methods are disclosed. In examples, a garment includes an absorbent assembly bonded to a body portion. In examples, the absorbent assembly includes an absorbent layer and overlies at least a central region of the body portion. In examples, the absorbent assembly is at least partially bonded to the body portion with elastic bonding film. In examples, the garment is configured to be washed and re-worn numerous times. In examples, a method of manufacturing a garment includes arranging an absorbent assembly over at least the central region of the body portion and bonding the absorbent assembly to the body portion with strips of elastic bonding film and without stitching. In examples, a moisture-absorbent garment includes a body layer supporting an absorbent assembly within a central region and strips of elastic bonding film that bond at least a portion of the absorbent assembly to the body layer without stitching.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Knix Wear Inc.Inventor: Joanna Griffiths
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Patent number: 11730641Abstract: A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Dean Larry Duval, Holger Beruda, Peter Dziezok, Axel Krause, Mattias Schmidt, Lutz Stelzig
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Patent number: 11730636Abstract: An absorbent article can include a bodyside liner that provides a barrier region. The barrier region can be a central portion of the bodyside liner not coupled to the absorbent body. The barrier region can include a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge. The first longitudinal side edge can be coupled to the projection portion of the first containment flap. The second longitudinal side edge can be coupled to the projection portion of the second containment flap. When the absorbent article is in the relaxed configuration and the projection portion of the first containment flap and the projection portion of the second containment flap extend away from the absorbent body, the central portion of the bodyside liner extends away from absorbent body.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Sarah A. Kleuskens, SangWook Lee
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Patent number: 11730639Abstract: A web having a first surface and a second surface, a plurality of apertures extending through the web from the first surface to the second surface, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of apertures are treated with a composition and at least a portion of the apertures are untreated is disclosed. The treated apertures form a plurality of treated aperture zones, and the untreated apertures form a plurality of untreated aperture zones. Each of the plurality of treated aperture zones has one or more apertures, and each of the plurality of untreated aperture zones has one or more apertures. The plurality of treated aperture zones includes between about 25 percent to about 75 percent of the plurality of apertures.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Misael Omar Aviles, Martin Ian James
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Patent number: 11730671Abstract: An apparatus to maintain an environment over an anterior surface of a patient eye can include an enclosure sized and shaped to be seated about the patient eye to form a cavity within the enclosure. The enclosure can be configured to contain a fluid other than ambient air in contact with the patient eye. The apparatus can include a fluid regulator in communication with the enclosure, where the fluid regulator can be configured to regulate the composition of the fluid contained within the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Equinox Ophthalmic, Inc.Inventors: John Berdahl, George Tsai
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Patent number: 11730622Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a base plate and/or a sensor assembly part of an ostomy appliance. In embodiments, the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part comprises a first adhesive layer, a masking element, and a plurality of electrodes. The first adhesive layer includes a stomal opening with a center point and a proximal surface configured to be attached to a skin surface of a user. The masking element is arranged on a distal surface of the first adhesive layer, and is more insulative than the first adhesive layer. Further, the plurality of electrodes are arranged on a distal side of the first adhesive layer. Each electrode includes a sensing part and a conductor part and the masking element is arranged between the conductor parts and the first adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Jais Ask Hansen, Lars Erup Larsen, Niels Hvid, Klaus Thoegersen
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Patent number: 11717451Abstract: A fluid management layer having a basis weight of between about 40 grams per square meter (gsm) and about 120 gsm is described. The fluid management layer has a plurality of absorbent fibers, a plurality of stiffening fibers and a plurality of resilient fibers, wherein the absorbent fibers are present at about 20 percent to about 75 percent by weight, and wherein the integrated, carded, staple fiber, nonwoven has a first side and a second side, and wherein there is a higher number of absorbent fibers on the first side or second side versus the other.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANYInventors: Gerard A. Viens, Jacquelyn Harris, Carlos Domingo Naranjo Martin, Alejandro Navarro
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Patent number: 11717447Abstract: In some embodiments, a wound dressing that incorporates a number of sensors or sensors separate from the wound dressing can be utilized in order to monitor characteristics of a wound as it heals or to identify one or more risk factors or conditions that may precipitate a wound. In some implementations, a wound dressing configured to be positioned in contact with a wound includes a substantially flexible substrate supporting one or more sensors. The one or more sensors can include temperature sensors, conductivity sensors, multispectral optical measurements sensors, pH sensors, pressure sensors, colorimetric sensors, optical sensors, ultraviolet (UV) sensors, or infrared (IR) sensors.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Varuni Rachindra Brownhill, Nicholas John Collier, James Christopher Frake, Victoria Jody Hammond, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Gordon John Leather, Simon Mark Norman, Charlotte Urwin
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Patent number: 11707548Abstract: Described herein is an absorbent article including (a) an absorbent core, a first nonwoven material, a second nonwoven material, and a bond area; and (b) a polymeric filler composition disposed within the bond area. The polymeric filler composition has less than 1% of a tackifier. The polymeric filler composition is chosen from a propylene butene copolymer, a polypropylene homopolymer, a propylene ethylene copolymer, and mixtures thereof. The polymeric filler composition has a Tensile Strength at Yield of from about 0.5 MPa to about 10 MPa. The bond area has a Peak Peel Strength of from about 0.1 N/cm to about 9 N/cm after exposure to a skin-protecting material for 24 hours.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Haines Turner, John Andrew Strasemeier
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Patent number: 11701267Abstract: Garments comprise one or more bonds formed within a joined region of the garment; a garment base comprising at least one interior base layer and at least one exterior base layer; and a moisture capture assembly joined to the garment base within at least the joined region. The moisture capture assembly comprises a moisture retention portion configured to absorb and retain moisture from the wearer and an anti-leak portion configured to restrict moisture from exiting the moisture retention portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Knix Wear Inc.Inventors: Christina Greco, Talia Greenberg, Steven Hudson, Linda Kritikos, Julie Power
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Patent number: 11696869Abstract: An apparatus to maintain an environment over an anterior surface of a patient eye can include an enclosure sized and shaped to be seated about the patient eye to form a cavity within the enclosure. The enclosure can be configured to contain a fluid other than ambient air in contact with the patient eye. The apparatus can include a fluid regulator in communication with the enclosure, where the fluid regulator can be configured to regulate the composition of the fluid contained within the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Equinox Ophthalmic, Inc.Inventors: John Berdahl, George Tsai
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Patent number: 11696962Abstract: A device is provided for enclosing an extremity of a patient for container efficient wound cleaning and for integrating draping prior to surgery. A loose-fitting flexible container with a flexible seal is provided for enclosing the extremity and treating the extremity in a controlled fashion to reduce or eliminate spillage and unwanted dispersion of antiseptic solution. Sealed to the flexible container is a vacuum packed, folded and rolled sterile surgical drape. The combination of a flexible container and a sterile pre-positioned surgical drape in a single device provides the advantage of controlled decontamination of the skin or wound while simultaneously providing the advantage of pre-positioning a surgical drape. The use of the device also provides the advantages of reduced operating room fires and biohazard dispersion risk and reduced cost by reduction of total operating room time per procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Inventor: Mark R. Moore
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Patent number: 11697015Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for irrigating a tissue site are described. The system can include a tissue interface and a sealing member configured to be placed over the tissue site to form a sealed space, and a negative-pressure source fluidly coupled to the sealed space. The system includes an irrigation valve having a housing, a piston disposed in the housing, a fluid inlet to fluidly couple a fluid inlet chamber to a fluid source, and a fluid outlet to fluidly couple a fluid outlet chamber to the sealed space. A piston passage extends through the piston and fluidly couples the fluid inlet chamber and the fluid outlet chamber, and a biasing member is coupled to the piston to bias the irrigation valve to a closed position. The negative-pressure source is configured to move the piston between the closed position and an open position to draw fluid to the sealed space.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Mark Robinson, Christopher Brian Locke, James A. Luckemeyer
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Patent number: 11684521Abstract: A system for managing female incontinence includes a body of biocompatible material configured to fit between the labia minora and the vestibule floor, the body having a surface configured to occlude the urethral meatus, a first adhesive layer disposed on at least a first portion of the surface and configured to provide a sealing engagement between the body and the urethral meatus, and a second adhesive layer disposed over the first adhesive layer and configured to provide a sealing engagement between the body and the urethral meatus, wherein the second adhesive layer is removable from the first adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Soft Health Technologies, LLCInventors: John Nguyen, John M. Taylor, Thomas J. Berryman
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Patent number: 11672710Abstract: Absorbent laminates and multi-layer, folded absorbent cores comprising the absorbent laminates for use in absorbent articles are presented. Specifically, multi-layer, folded absorbent cores are presented that are formed from an absorbent laminate comprising an absorbent layer between two tissue layers, in which the absorbent core includes a central channel running longitudinally along the core and crenellations profiled along the thickness of the core and providing enhanced liquid distribution across the core surface area or profile and improved liquid absorption into the laminate.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: ATTENDS HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Harry Chmielewski, Paul Ducker, Jacob Vrooman, Thomas A. Kaiser, Tim Sergeant
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Patent number: 11666680Abstract: A dressing includes a drape, a pressure-sensitive acrylic-based adhesive on a skin-facing surface of the drape, an island of absorbent material, a silicone gel backing film, and a silicone gel on the silicone gel backing film. The drape is a thin film capable of maintaining a negative pressure underneath the drape upon application of a vacuum. The island of absorbent material has a smaller area than the drape and is applied onto the skin-facing surface of the drape. The silicone gel backing film has a frame shape and a smaller footprint than the drape and a larger footprint than the island of absorbent material.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: AATRU MEDICAL, LLCInventors: John Buan, Richard L. Middaugh, Timothy Wojciechowski, Thomas E. Lash