Patents Examined by Dung T Ulsh
  • Patent number: 11969576
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods incorporating an infusion pump and a CGM that can include software that automatically populates a blood glucose section of a bolus calculator with a most recent valid CGM value. The software can additionally be programmed to automatically populate the bolus calculator with a single CGM reading only when one or more predefined conditions are met that aid in mitigating the risk of inaccurate and/or invalid single CGM readings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Michaud, Garrett Marin, Geoffrey A. Kruse, Jacob Kearns, Thomas R. Ulrich, Trevor Denbo, David Berger
  • Patent number: 11951291
    Abstract: An injection device assembly including a housing, a syringe, a drive mechanism and a status sensing system and a module are described. The drive mechanism advances the syringe from a storage position to an injection position, and a plunger advances the syringe piston from an initial position to a final position. The status sensing system includes a light emitter that emits electromagnetic radiation into the housing transverse to the longitudinal axis, a light detector and a controller. The system determines a current status condition from at least three of the following five status conditions: 1) an injection ready state; 2) a needle insertion state; 3) a drug delivered state; 4) a needle guard present state; and 5) a needle retraction state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Lampros Kourtis, Sean Matthew Pszenny, Oliver Brian Regele
  • Patent number: 11951266
    Abstract: A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter that includes a distal end, a proximal end, and an inner surface forming a lumen. The lumen may extend between the proximal end and the distal end. The catheter assembly may also include a cannula and a cannula hub. The cannula hub may include an outer portion disposed outside of the catheter adapter and an inner portion disposed within the catheter adapter. The cannula may extend distally from the inner portion. In response to the outer portion sliding proximally along an outer surface of the catheter adapter, the cannula may be withdrawn proximally into the catheter adapter. The outer portion may be configured to slide proximally to a locked position in which the cannula hub is locked with respect to the catheter adapter, and a distal tip of the cannula is disposed within the catheter adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Toe Toe Naing, Yun Hui Wong, Kiat Jin Cheng
  • Patent number: 11944790
    Abstract: Injection device including a casing, a syringe carrier located within a proximal end of the casing and being movable along a longitudinal axis of the device between a stowed position and a needle insertion position, a drive assembly located within a distal end of the casing and being movable by an insertion driver in order to move the syringe carrier and a loaded syringe from a stowed position to a needle insertion position; a first formation fixed relative to the casing and a second formation fixed relative to an insertion tube of the drive assembly, the first and second formations defining a plurality of stop positions for the insertion tube relative to the casing, spaced along the direction of said longitudinal axis, to prevent significant rearward movement of the insertion tube along said axis when a plunger of a firing cartridge is released from a reaction assembly of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventors: Matthew John Dobson, Rosie Hutt, Abiodun Falodi
  • Patent number: 11938305
    Abstract: A syringe assembly includes a plate-shaped seal member that seals a distal opening of a distal nozzle portion of a syringe; and a tubular cover member. The cover member has a base portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion has two claw portions, two first column portions arranged on both sides of one of the two claw portions, and two second column portions arranged on both sides of the other of the two claw portions. An outer peripheral portion of the mounting portion has two outer peripheral notch portions. An inner peripheral portion of the mounting portion has two inner peripheral recessed portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu Arinobe, Yusuke Hyakkan, Eri Oya, Taeko Masuda, Junichi Ogawa, Yoichiro Iwase
  • Patent number: 11931540
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a pen-like assembly of caps for cleaning and protecting needle-free iv-connectors, with an extended shelf life. An enhanced gas-tightness in sealing is arranged in-between successively arranged caps that are engaged together. A first approach is based on enhancing geometric compliance between striking surfaces, by contacting one or more material components that have different respective Shore hardness values. A second approach is based on meandering and extending a possible fluid communication route from a cavity inside a cap towards surroundings of the assembly. A third approach includes the provision of the fluid communication route with an adhesive or sealant to achieve a gas-tight sealing. A fourth approach includes circumferentially covering junctions with one or more covers that are substantially gas impermeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Asset Medical International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet Tüysüz, Ahmet Reha Basaran
  • Patent number: 11931557
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dosage measurement system for a medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device comprises a medicament reservoir, a lead screw and a drive sleeve. The drive sleeve is rotatable to axially displace the lead screw relative to the drive sleeve to dispense medicament from the medicament reservoir. The dosage measurement system comprises a sensor unit and a processor. The sensor unit is configured to measure rotation of at least one of the drive sleeve and lead screw. The processor is configured to determine a dosage dispensed from the medicament reservoir based on the measured rotation of said at least one of the drive sleeve and lead screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Michael Jugl
  • Patent number: 11925784
    Abstract: This invention provides an insulin injection device, comprising: a wearable module, a detection module and a drug administration module, wherein the wearable module is used for fixing the detection module and the drug administration module to a body of a user; the detection module is used for detecting a blood glucose concentration of the user, determining a dose of required insulin according to the blood glucose concentration, generating a corresponding drug administration instruction according to the dose of the required insulin, and sending the drug administration instruction to the drug administration module; and the drug administration module is used for storing the insulin and injecting a corresponding dose of insulin into the body of the user according to the drug administration instruction. The device can bring convenience to patients regarding usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: INNOMD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Jiang, Haotian Jiang
  • Patent number: 11918757
    Abstract: A multi lumen catheter assembly. The assembly provides an expandable, low profile, fixed length sheath and catheter, with fixed infusion ports. The assembly has an expandable outer sheath that expands upon pressure activation with a fluid and the sheath allows the fluid to exit from at least one predetermined fixed location from a distal end of the catheter assembly. The catheter assembly can be used in various medical device procedures, such as a TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) procedure, or anywhere a low profile, multi lumen, infusion catheter system is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome S. Conia, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Woodrow W. Watson
  • Patent number: 11918790
    Abstract: A drug injection device includes a last dose setting having a main drive pin, a drive wheel, a driven wheel, an abutment element fixedly coupled to, or integrally formed with, the driven wheel. The drive wheel has a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis and is configured to be driven about the longitudinal axis by a knob and to be periodically driven in rotation about the rotation axis by the main drive pin, during a drug dose setting. The driven wheel has a second rotation axis parallel or coaxial to said longitudinal axis and is configured to be periodically driven about the longitudinal axis by the drive wheel. The abutment element is configured to prevent the rotation of the drive wheel about the longitudinal axis when the knob has made a predetermined number of full and/or partial rotations about the longitudinal axis correlated to the predetermined drug volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Stevanato Group S.P.A.
    Inventors: Oliver Taylor Harvey, Christopher John Hurlstone, Isobel Rachel Sands, Rhona Ann Sinclair
  • Patent number: 11918193
    Abstract: A bone marrow aspiration device and related method includes an introducer assembly and an aspiration assembly to couple to the introducer assembly. The introducer assembly includes an introducer cannula having a proximal end and a distal end. The introducer cannula defines a lumen between the distal and proximal ends, the distal end being configured to penetrate bone of a patient. The aspiration assembly includes an aspiration cannula that is receivable in the lumen of the introducer cannula and that extends beyond the distal end of the introducer cannula. The aspiration cannula includes a port to aspirate bone marrow, the port being distal to the distal end of the introducer cannula. The aspiration device further includes a mechanism at the introducer assembly to move the introducer cannula and the aspiration cannula in tandem relative to a distal end of the mechanism when the aspiration cannula is positioned within bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cervos Medical LLC
    Inventor: Andrew McGillicuddy
  • Patent number: 11918792
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dose detection system for use with a medication delivery device in which a dose setting member rotates relative to an actuator during dose delivery. The dose detection system includes a module which is removably attached to the medication delivery device. The module includes a rotation sensor attached to the actuator during dose delivery. A sensed element is attached to the dose setting member and includes surface features detectable by the rotation sensor. The rotation sensor comprises a following member including a contact portion resting against and spring-biased in the direction of the surface features. The contact surface is positioned to move over the surface features during rotation of the sensed element, and the rotation sensor is responsive to the movement of the contact portion over the surface features to detect the rotation of the dose setting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Antonelli, William Churchill Taliaferro Burke, Roy Howard Byerly, Christopher Robert McCaslin, Ethan Edward Pease, Kenneth Alan Ritsher
  • Patent number: 11918777
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a syringe pump module with a non-decoupling drive mechanism and motor actuation mechanism to configured to bidirectionally move the non-decoupling drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Chemyx Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Wu
  • Patent number: 11911585
    Abstract: Medical devices including vascular access kits and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a vascular access system may include a first conduit, a second conduit, and a connector that is reversibly or irreversibly coupled to both the first and second conduits such that there is a continuous lumen from the first conduit and the second conduit. In some embodiments the vascular access system may include a connector where the inside geometry of the connector enhances laminar flow. The vascular access system, when implanted and assembled, may be a fully subcutaneous surgical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hall, Wayne Mower
  • Patent number: 11904129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector system for use in connecting conduits together, such as those used with an extracorporeal blood circulation system. The system has a male and female connector and a seal. The seal is operatively associated with the male and female connectors and forms a fluid tight connection between the male and female connectors. An inner surface of the seal and the inner surfaces of the first and second coupling ends form a continuous and smooth transitional surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Haag, Ralf Engelhardt
  • Patent number: 11896777
    Abstract: Methods and devices described for improved dynamic walled tubing and catheters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: QMAX, LLC
    Inventor: Robert C. Laduca
  • Patent number: 11883680
    Abstract: A system and method for treating a tissue is provided. The treatment causes a tightening or lifting of tissue. The method includes delivering a photochemical agent through a depth of the tissue to distribute the photochemical agent adjacent proteins within the tissue and irradiating the tissue with an electromagnetic irradiation at a wavelength that activates the photochemical agent, causing a protein response that brings fibers of the tissue closer together in order to one of reduce tissue laxity and tighten the tissue. A kit is provided to facilitate the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McCormack, Robert Redmond, William Gerald Austen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11883010
    Abstract: Irrigation and/or aspiration devices and methods may be configured to aspirate and irrigate alone, sequentially, or concurrently. The devices and methods may provide a base with a removable head, and adapted for partial or complete separation of the irrigation and aspiration functions. The devices and methods can be configured to aspirate and/or irrigate the nasal and sinus cavities. The devices and methods may be manually and/or automatically controlled. The devices and methods may include removable, and/or replaceable, and/or refillable, and easily cleanable reservoirs for aspirant and irrigant. The device head and/or aspirant reservoir may comprise a diagnostic device, i.e., test device and/or container after use of the devices and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Aardvark Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Baker, Clinton N. Slone, Michael J. Strasser, James M. Lovette, Thomas King, Richard Treadwell
  • Patent number: 11883628
    Abstract: An application device for a fluid delivery includes a housing having a bore extending from a bottom of the housing. The bore is sized and shaped for receiving at least a portion of the fluid delivery apparatus. The application device also includes an impact component for impacting the fluid delivery apparatus and moving at least a portion of the fluid delivery apparatus towards a user's skin. The application device includes a safety arm that is positionable relative to the impact component between a locked configuration in which the impact component is secured in a safety position, and a released configuration in which the impact component is free to move within the housing for impacting the fluid delivery apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Russell F. Ross, Luke Hagan, Aaron Peck, Alyson Yamada, Pratap Ganapathy
  • Patent number: 11878152
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising: a housing for attachment to an injection device; a first sensor assembly comprising a first coil and two magnets of opposite polarity, wherein the first coil is configured to provide a first voltage pulse as a first Wiegand wire of the injection device moves from a first position proximate to one of the magnets of the first sensor assembly to a second position proximate to the other magnet of the first sensor assembly; and one or more processors configured to enter an enabled state from a sleep state after receiving the first voltage pulse from the first coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Michael Helmer