Patents Examined by Fatimata Sahra Diop
  • Patent number: 12357766
    Abstract: Safe insulin needle assembly includes protection sheath, needle, safety protection sleeve, pressure seat and needle holder. The needle is arranged on the central axis of the needle holder. The pressure seat is sheathed over the upper portion of the needle holder. The safety protection sleeve is sheathed on the needle holder and the pressure seat as a whole. The upper protection of the safety protection sleeve is connected to and cooperates with the pressure seat. The needle protrudes out of the top end of the upper portion of the safety protection sleeve. The lower portion of the safety protection sleeve is connected to and cooperates with the lower portion of the needle holder. The protection sheath is sheathed on the safety protection sleeve and the needle as a whole. The lower portion of the protection sheath is connected to and cooperates with the lower portion of the safety protection sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: BERPU MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongjie Zhang, Xingguo Wang
  • Patent number: 12343484
    Abstract: A cannula fixation device includes a base having a platform; a subject-interface portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface coupled to the base and the lower surface configured to be coupled to a subject; and a clip assembly configured to retain a portion of a cannula. The clip assembly is moveably coupled to the base such that the clip assembly can be selectively positioned in a first position relative to the base or a second position relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: LivaNova USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Hubert S. Smith, III, Bryan C. Journey, Francesco Benatti
  • Patent number: 12318596
    Abstract: A syringe assembly of a pre-filled syringe that includes a syringe cap having a tubular cover member that covers a cap body. The cover member includes a substantially opaque first tubular section and a second tubular section having a display section. An inner peripheral surface of the cover member is roughened at least from a vicinity of a distal end of the first tubular section to a vicinity of a proximal end section of a proximal end tubular section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Okihara
  • Patent number: 12318600
    Abstract: A connector has a hollow body having a first open end spaced apart from a second open end with a lumen extending between the first and second open ends. At least one channel extends through a sidewall of the body and is recessed from a terminal surface of the first open end. The first open end is sized to be received within an open end of a first tubing. When the first open end is partially inserted into the open end of the first tubing, the at least one channel and a terminal surface of the open end of the first tubing define an opening positioned so that fluid passes through the opening into or out of the lumen. When the first open end is fully inserted into the first tube, the at least one channel is covered by an inner surface of the first tubing to cover the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventors: Michael J. Linehan, Anthony McCoppin, John C. Marous, III, Robert G. Svitek
  • Patent number: 12290280
    Abstract: A device for draining cysts includes a catheter system configured to deploy an absorbent material, including but not limited to a foam, into a cyst. The absorbent material advantageously absorbs fluid contained within the cyst, for example fluid that may remain following aspiration, reducing the potential for cyst recurrence. In various embodiments, the absorbent material may be bioabsorbable, radiolucent, echogenic, drug eluting, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments the device may further include or be coupled to a vacuum source which applies negative pressure to the cyst during foam delivery, thereby reduce the overall size and/or profile of the cyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
    Inventors: Hitendra Purohit, Agrim Mishra, Deepak K. Sharma, Subodh Morey, Nabarun Bhowmick
  • Patent number: 12274836
    Abstract: Disclosed are rapidly insertable central catheters (“RICCs”) including assemblies and methods thereof. In some embodiments, a RICC assembly includes a RICC and an introducer. The RICC includes a soft catheter tube having an introducing aperture that opens into a primary lumen of the RICC. The introducer includes an introducer catheter including a hard catheter tube having an introducing hole that opens into a single lumen of the introducer catheter. When the RICC assembly is in a ready-to-deploy state thereof, the introducer catheter is disposed in the primary lumen of the RICC such that a distal end of the introducer catheter extends past a distal end of the RICC. In addition, an introducer needle of the introducer is disposed in the introducer catheter through both the introducing aperture and the introducing hole such that a beveled tip of the introducer needle extends past the distal end of the introducer catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Glade H. Howell
  • Patent number: 12257417
    Abstract: Devices and methods for administering a medication in fluid form, the systems and methods including a basal flow path and a bolus flow path in parallel to the basal flow path. The bolus flow path includes a combined piston pump and rotatable valve. The piston pump is configured to prevent partial dosing of a bolus dose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CEQUR SA
    Inventors: Hermanus Stephanus Pretorius, Robert Farra, Kenneth Barnett, David Piper, Russell Ford, Edward G. Solomon, Peter Holst, Lawrence Smith
  • Patent number: 12257413
    Abstract: An implantable access device for accessing the vascular system of a human or animal body, particularly subcutaneously implantable access port, comprising: a port body with at least one outlet opening connected or connectable to a catheter for accessing the vascular system of the human or animal body; a needle entrance with at least one inlet opening for receiving a needle, wherein the needle entrance is connected to the port body and movable relative to the port body between a first, unactuated operating condition and a second, actuated operating condition; and a flexible socket arranged between the port body and the needle entrance and at least covering the area where the needle entrance moves relative to the port body to prevent tissue growth in this area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: PFM MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventor: Stanislas Marie Bertrand Achard de la Vente
  • Patent number: 12233245
    Abstract: The present application relates to shock absorbers for injection devices. According to a first aspect, this specification discloses an injection device including: a medicament container; a stopper translatably disposed within the medicament container; and a plunger rod including: a plunger rod body; and a shock absorber, wherein the plunger rod is operable to displace the stopper; and wherein the shock absorber contacts the stopper during displacement of the stopper by the plunger rod, thereby reducing an impact force between the plunger rod and the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Uwe Dasbach, Hugo Revellat, Robbie Wilson, Jim Bradford, Thomas Kemp, William Timmis, Andrew Labat-Rochccouste
  • Patent number: 12214178
    Abstract: A tool for removing a cap from a medical injection device comprising a body and a needle extending distally from the body, the cap covering the needle, the tool being characterized in that it comprises a pair of opposite jaws connected by an elastic interface, each jaw comprising: a distal portion forming a distal clamp configured to surround at least a part of the cap; and a proximal portion forming a proximal clamp configured to be removably axially fixed to a body of the medical injection device, the elastic interface forming a fulcrum located between the distal and proximal portions such that a pinching force exerted radially inwardly onto the distal portion of the jaws causes the proximal portion of the jaws to expand radially outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventor: Stéphane Valentin
  • Patent number: 12186534
    Abstract: A co-reactive liquids delivery applicator, including first and second hollow cylindrical cartridges, each including a stopper at a proximal end and a sealing septum on a distal end and the cartridges containing co-reactive liquids therein, an applicator body including two adjacent chambers configured to secure the first and second cylindrical cartridges, a manifold positioned at a distal portion of the applicator body, the manifold including a pair of hollow needles extending from a proximal portion and a tip connection positioned at a distal portion thereof, and a toggle configured to advance the manifold towards the distal end of the cartridge, wherein upon advancing the manifold each hollow needle penetrates the sealing septum and establishes fluid communication with one of the liquids of the first and second cylindrical cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Jianxin Guo
  • Patent number: 12161294
    Abstract: A laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for gastroscopy includes a laryngeal tube for gastroscopy. A drainage tube is fixedly installed on an outer surface of an upper end of the laryngeal tube for gastroscopy. A PC connector is fixedly installed at one end of the drainage tube. A ventilation hole is formed in an outer surface of an upper end of the drainage tube, and a suction hole is formed in an outer surface of a lower end of the laryngeal tube for gastroscopy. An inner cavity and an inflation tube hole are formed inside the laryngeal tube for gastroscopy. The inflation tube hole is disposed under the inner cavity and receives an inflation tube, and a single-cavity connector is fixedly installed at one end of the inflation tube. The LMA absorbs secretions from a patient's esophagus to minimize coughing during a gastroscopy, thereby reducing patient discomfort and pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sungood Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Penghong Xu, Yongfeng Wang, Hongtao Wanyan
  • Patent number: 12161820
    Abstract: Rapidly insertable central catheters (“RICCs”) including catheter assemblies and methods thereof are disclosed. A RICC assembly can include a RICC, an introducer, and a coupling system configured to couple the RICC and the introducer together. A catheter tube of the RICC includes a side aperture in a distal-end portion of the catheter tube, which opens into an introducing lumen extending to a distal end of the RICC. The introducer includes an introducer needle extending through the distal end of the RICC when the RICC assembly is in at least a ready-to-deploy state thereof. The introducer is configured to be actuated with a single finger of a hand while holding a distal-end portion of the introducer between a thumb and another finger or fingers of the hand. The coupling system includes a distal coupler slidably attached to the catheter tube proximal of the side aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Glade H. Howell, Jason R. Stats
  • Patent number: 12128221
    Abstract: A mixing device configured to hold two containers, each having a separate medicament component disposed therein. A fluidic channel is provided that upon creating fluidic communication with each container once seals about each container are opened. Then a transfer mechanism can transfer the medicament components from one container to the other container until ready to be delivered or transferred through the fluidic channel through a delivery assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Windgap Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas Chagnon, Adam R Standley, Zachery John Dusterhoft, Brent A Buchine
  • Patent number: 12109402
    Abstract: A hard-packaged safety needle device comprises a needle hub comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion, a needle cannula extending from the distal portion of the needle hub, and a hard needle enclosure comprising a needle cover, an adapter and a cap. The needle cover is configured to house the needle cannula, and the adapter has a tapered aperture configured to create an interference fit and a sterility barrier with the tapered outer surface of the needle cover. The caps includes a distal opening defining a first cavity, the cap being configured to interdigitate with the adapter by the first cavity of the cap receiving a proximal portion of the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Amit Uday Limaye
  • Patent number: 12029886
    Abstract: A syringe with a tube having an open proximal end and a sealed, truncated, distal end fluidly communicating via a stepped lumen. The syringe has a distal intravenous cannula; and a shaft supporting a distal, fluid sealing disc and a finger pad at opposite ends moveably disposed within said tube. The syringe features a syringe body which is economically thermoformed from an extruded tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventor: Conrad A. Flick, III
  • Patent number: 11938214
    Abstract: A benefit agent delivery system whereby benefit agents can be delivered on demand and/or a variety of different benefit agents at different concentrations can be delivered from the same system. The benefit agent delivery system includes a microcell layer comprising a plurality of microcells, wherein the microcells are filled with a carrier and a benefit agent. The microcells include an opening, wherein the opening is spanned by a sealing layer comprising a polymer and metallic material. Application of an electric field across the microcell layer and the sealing layer results in the migration of the metallic material from the sealing layer and the creation of a porous sealing layer, allowing the benefit agent to be released from the benefit agent delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lei Liu
  • Patent number: 11938215
    Abstract: A benefit agent delivery system whereby benefit agents can be delivered on demand and/or a variety of different benefit agents at different concentrations can be delivered from the same system. The benefit agent delivery system includes a microcell layer comprising a plurality of microcells, wherein the microcells are filled with a carrier and a benefit agent. The microcells include an opening, wherein the opening is spanned by a sealing layer comprising a polymer and metallic material. Application of an electric field across the microcell layer and the sealing layer results in the migration of the metallic material from the sealing layer and the creation of a porous sealing layer, allowing the benefit agent to be released from the benefit agent delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lei Liu
  • Patent number: 11918767
    Abstract: Rapidly insertable central catheters (“RICCs”) including catheter assemblies and methods thereof are disclosed. A RICC assembly can include a RICC, an introducer, and a coupling system configured to couple the RICC and the introducer together. A catheter tube of the RICC includes a side aperture in a distal-end portion of the catheter tube, which opens into an introducing lumen extending from the side aperture to a distal end of the RICC. The introducer includes a syringe and an introducer needle having a cannula. The coupling system includes a distal coupler slidably attached to the catheter tube proximal of the side aperture. The cannula extends through a longitudinal through hole of the distal coupler, through the side aperture of the catheter tube, along the introducing lumen of the catheter tube, and through the distal end of the RICC when the RICC assembly is in at least a ready-to-deploy state thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Glade H. Howell, Jason R. Stats, Huy Ngoc Tran
  • Patent number: 11904152
    Abstract: A blunt-tipped cannula needle for injection of fluid into a subcutaneous tissue around a vein. The cannula needle includes a tubular side wall having three straight sections, each having a central axis. A second central axis of the central axes is angled away from a first central axis of the central axes at a first preselected angle in a first plane. A third central axis of the central axes is angled away from the second central axis at a combination of a preselected second angle and a preselected third angle, such that the third central axis is effectively angled away from the second central axis both at the second angle in the first plane and at the third angle in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. A plurality of apertures in a distal end section of the needle that face the second central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KG SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS LLC
    Inventor: Kamran Goudarzi