Patents Examined by Jason E Flick
  • Patent number: 12138406
    Abstract: A catheter assembly includes: a catheter including a distal end portion, and a body portion that is continuous with a proximal end of the distal end portion and extends along an axial direction; a hollow inner needle that has a needle tip and is removably inserted into the catheter; and a guide wire that is inserted into the inner needle so as to be movable back and forth and that is deliverable from the needle tip. The distal end portion of the catheter includes a constituent portion that is harder than, has a higher lubricity than, or has a higher elasticity than the body portion at at least a part of a surface of the distal end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 12138427
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating a continuous glucose sensor, including a receiver, a medicament delivery device, a controller module, and optionally a single point glucose monitor are provided. Integration may be manual, semi-automated and/or fully automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Peyser
  • Patent number: 12133969
    Abstract: Systems, storage media and computer-readable media are provided for translating one or more therapy parameters of a first insulin therapy system to one or more translated therapy parameters for use at a second insulin therapy system that is different than the first insulin therapy system. A therapy profile generated at the first insulin therapy system can be send to a translation service. The therapy profile includes one or more therapy parameters. At least one therapy parameter from the therapy profile can be translated into at least one translated therapy parameter that is mapped to and adapted for use by the second insulin therapy system. The at least one translated therapy parameter can then be sent to the second insulin therapy system for use at the second insulin therapy system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Grosman, Yuxiang Zhong
  • Patent number: 12133966
    Abstract: Presented herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for administering an antibody treatment via an infusion device, e.g., a rapid infusion device, e.g., for the treatment of a disease or condition that requires one or more infusions of monoclonal and/or polyclonal antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Regina E. Herzlinger
  • Patent number: 12133968
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a cannula assembly, a housing, a fluid reservoir, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. The housing includes an inlet port removably coupled to the cannula assembly and defines an inner volume. The fluid reservoir is fluidically coupled to the housing and configured to receive and isolate a volume of bodily fluid from a patient. The flow control mechanism is at least partially disposed in the inner volume. The actuator is operably coupled to the flow control mechanism and is configured to move the flow control mechanism between a first configuration, in which bodily fluid can flow, via a fluid flow path defined by the flow control mechanism, from the cannula assembly, through the inlet port and into the fluid reservoir, to a second configuration, in which the fluid reservoir is fluidically isolated from the cannula assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Bullington, Richard G. Patton, Shan E. Gaw
  • Patent number: 12128193
    Abstract: An extension set may include a tube, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and an outer surface. The extension set may include a distal connector coupled to the distal end of the tube and/or a proximal connector coupled to the proximal end of the tube. The extension set may include a patency instrument disposed within the tube. The extension set may include a translation handle coupled to the outer surface of the tube. The translation handle may be configured to move along the outer surface of the tube between a proximal position and a distal position to translate the distal end of the patency instrument between a retracted position and an advanced position. In response to the distal end of the patency instrument being in the advanced position, the distal end of the patency instrument may extend beyond the distal end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Megan Scherich, Yiping Ma
  • Patent number: 12121653
    Abstract: A wearable intranasal device that dispenses concentrated oils, specifically Aromatherapy and Cannabidiol or CBD, allowing each to evaporate naturally through the nasal cavity providing temporary relief of a variety of symptoms these products have been positively found to impact. The device is a single unit consisting of two barrels on both ends joined by a bridging center arch and which will hug the septum of the user ergonomically not causing any irritation to the user. Each barrel receives a cotton wick which will hold the concentrated oil(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventor: Nathan T. Prather
  • Patent number: 12121688
    Abstract: A medical delivery device suitable for insertion into a lumen of a patient, the medical device (100, 200) comprising a capsule (110, 120, 210, 220) sized to be inserted into the lumen, the capsule comprising a base member, and an actuation mechanism comprising an actuation member (150, 250, 350) configured for movement relative to the base member along an axis, and an energy source (140, 240, 340) associated with the actuation member for powering the actuation member to move relative to the base member along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Brian Jensen, Morten Revsgaard Frederiksen, Brian Mouridsen, Jacob Pyung Hwa Jepsen
  • Patent number: 12115354
    Abstract: A device for delivery of particles into biological tissue includes at least one conduit and a propellant source fluidically coupled to the conduit and configured to deliver a propellant into the conduit. A particle source is configured to release elongated particles into the conduit, the elongated particles having a width, w, a length, l>w. The propellant source and the conduit are configured to propel the elongated particles in a collimated particle stream toward the biological tissue. An alignment mechanism is configured to align a longitudinal axis of the elongated particles to be substantially parallel to a direction of the particle stream in an alignment region of the conduit. The aligned elongated particles are ejected from the conduit and impact the biological tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David K. Biegelsen, Eugene M. Chow, Armin R. Volkel, Ashish Pattekar, Mandana Veiseh
  • Patent number: 12115338
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide multi-medicament infusion systems for preventing the cross-channeling of medicaments. The system may include one or more of an infusion pump, medicament cartridges, cartridge connectors, a multi-channel fluid conduit, and an infusion set. The infusion pump can have an inductively chargeable battery assembly that can be charged by an inductive charging pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Beta Bionics, Inc.
    Inventors: David Matthew Henderson, Todd S. Ray, Michael J. Rosinko, Bryan Dale Knodel
  • Patent number: 12115358
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a dose counting mechanism and an end-of-content or remaining-dose indication. For example, a dose expelling mechanism is coupled to a reciprocating element configured to undergo a predefined motion during each dose expelling action to allow a dose to be expelled. The predefined motion includes displacement in a first axial direction from a first position to a second position followed by displacement in a second axial direction from the second position to the first position, with a counter element being movable in the first axial direction. First and second unidirectional ratchet mechanisms prevent motion in the first axial direction and allow motion in the second axial direction of the reciprocating element relative to the counter element, and vice versa, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Nicolai Michael Jensen, Klaus Bendix
  • Patent number: 12109372
    Abstract: A medical device may include a handle and a flexible sheath extending from the handle. The sheath may include a first chamber configured to receive a first agent and a second chamber configured to receive a second agent. Each of the first chamber and the second chamber may be disposed in a distal portion of the sheath. The sheath may also include a first piston received within the first chamber and a second piston received within the second chamber and at least one actuation element configured to transmit a force from the handle to each of the first piston and the second piston. In a first configuration, the first agent may be maintained within the first chamber and the second agent is maintained within the second chamber. In a second configuration, the first agent may be released from the first chamber to mix with the second agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John Thomas Favreau, Stan Robert Gilbert, Jennifer Mague, Andrew Pic, Matthew LaPlaca, Jennifer Golden, Jennifer Whelehan, Travis Henchie
  • Patent number: 12102778
    Abstract: Implants comprising electrically-responsive hydrogel are described. Systems to provide electricity to induce response in hydrogel-containing implants are described. Methods for utilizing said system and methods for utilizing said hydrogel-containing implants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Tsukashima, Heath Bowman
  • Patent number: 12102789
    Abstract: The invention is a theranostic delivery system or radiopharmaceutical drugs delivery system with movable workstation having handles. The workstation of theranostic delivery system or radiopharmaceutical drugs delivery system also has an on-board shielded disposal system for waste collection, which is operated by foot actuated system for locked and unlocked modes during the device journey. The theranostic delivery system or radiopharmaceutical drugs delivery system comprises a status light system that illuminates the working area to enable distance monitoring. Further, the delivery system includes a disposable secondary containment system that protects the core workstation from contamination, a configurable dose transporter and a disposable sealed fluid cartridge to withdraw custom volume from the vial or syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Jubilant Draximage Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Kaufman, Dominic Siewko, Indranil Nandi
  • Patent number: 12097353
    Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, and baseplate assemblies, including cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, inserters, and related components and batteries therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Carla Mann Woods
  • Patent number: 12096968
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a chemical ablation apparatus for treating arrhythmia. The apparatus includes a clamp body, a clamp head consisting of a pair of clamp jaws, a needle head assembly, a needle head extension and retraction control assembly, pipeline components, and an electrocardiographic mapping component. The chemical ablation apparatus can control needle heads to extend out of or retract into the clamp head by means of the needle head extension and retraction control assembly. A chemical ablation reagent may be injected to a cardiac muscle tissue to conveniently achieve complete ablation of the cardiac muscle tissue by applying a chemical ablation method. The ablation effect can be verified by an electrocardiographic mapping system, to increase the success rate and lower the difficulty level of arrhythmia ablation operations, while also reducing the manufacturing cost of ablation apparatus and corollary equipment thereof, and decreasing expenses for atrial fibrillation surgical operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU SINUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingpeng Liu, Jun Mao, Mingdong Zhang
  • Patent number: 12096959
    Abstract: A blood regurgitation preventing puncture and guidance device without skin dilation is provided. The puncture and guidance device mainly includes a needle tube, a dilation tube, a sheath, and a deceleration and stop device. A hydrophilic ultrasound developing coating is provided on a surface of the sheath to lay a foundation for visual puncture. The sheath and the dilation tube contain X-ray developing particles, and are provided with a transition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHANDONG BRANDEN MEDICAL DEVICE CO. , LTD
    Inventors: Haijun Zhang, Shudi Zhi, Kunshan Yuan
  • Patent number: 12090286
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for delivering fluid. The medical devices include one or more needles for delivering fluid. The methods may include expanding an expandable member such as an inflatable member to expand an expandable scaffold outward toward a lumen wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Encompass Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean C. Orth, Richard S. Lilly, Eliot T. Kim, Zaya Tun, Robert G. Quintos
  • Patent number: 12093681
    Abstract: An ambulatory medicament device can generate a dose control signal for delivery of medicament to a subject and secure at least some functionality of a user interface of the ambulatory medicament device. The ambulatory medicament device can have a locked state that restricts modification of at least one control parameter. The ambulatory medicament device can have an unlocked state that allows modification of at least one control parameter. The ambulatory medicament device can accept a user input of a security code that is validated against a passcode to enter from the locked state to the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Beta Bionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Rosinko, Himanshu Patel, Edward R. Damiano, Firas H. El-Khatib
  • Patent number: 12083314
    Abstract: An injection device configured for attachment to the skin of a patient using an adhesive layer includes a release liner covering the adhesive layer thereby preventing skin attachment. The release liner comprises a sheet of material where a first surface contacts the adhesive layer, and an aperture defining a passage for a film connected to a first sterile barrier film located within the injection device. An end of the film is connected to a second surface of the sheet of material that is opposite to the first surface, and the release liner is covered by a strengthening sheet connected to the second surface and covering the aperture and the end of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ypsomed AG
    Inventors: Stefan Burren, Mario Bernhard, Bernhard Bigler, Susanne Schenker, Andres Mellenberger, Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren