Patents Examined by Kim M. Lewis
  • Wrist joint bandage
    Patent number: 10821016
    Abstract: A wrist joint bandage includes a main body part including a woven fabric and having a band shape and a loop face, an anchor part joined to one end of the main body part, and an engaging part joined to the other end of the main body part and having a hook face such that the hook face detachably sticks to the loop face. The main body part has a winding part on one end side of the main body part and a supporting part on the other end side such that the winding part has a straight line shape and winds around a wrist of the wearer and that the supporting part has a straight line shape and extends from the back of the hand or the palm to the wrist. The supporting part and the winding part have the straight line shapes having the same width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiharu Tsuchiya, Hitoshi Ojima, Hidenori Kaseno
  • Sealing systems and methods employing a hybrid switchable drape
    Patent number: 10821028
    Abstract: Systems, kits, methods of manufacturing, and a sealing member for creating a sealed space are described. The sealing member can include a film layer and a first adhesive layer coupled to the film layer. The sealing member can also include a second adhesive layer coupled to the first adhesive layer. A plurality of apertures may extend through the second adhesive layer. Each aperture can expose at least a portion of the first adhesive layer through the second adhesive layer. A plurality of polymer particles may be disposed in the first adhesive layer. The polymer particles can be configured to dissolve in response to interaction with a switching solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson
  • Portable traction device with sling
    Patent number: 10813784
    Abstract: A portable traction device can include a sling that is sized to cradle a user's head primarily at the back and lower part of the skull. The sling can be associated with flexible elastic tethers that are, in turn, associated with an anchor that is positioned a height above the floor when the portable traction device is in use. A tensile force vector between the anchor and the sling allows for cervical traction. The sling can additionally be associated with speakers and/or resonant actuators and can be simplified to increase portability and ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: The Neck Hammock, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Sudell
  • Precut adhesive body support articles and support system
    Patent number: 10813782
    Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive support article for supporting a body part of a user. A single-sided stretchable adhesive tape blank is precut into a sheet having a central anchoring portion and a plurality of outwardly extending fingers. The sheet is marked with visual indicators to guide the user of the support article for applying the central anchoring portion onto a first exterior surface of the body part and for stretching the fingers before adhering them at a predetermined distance away from the central anchoring portion. The adhesive support article can also be provided in a support system with at least one corresponding body landmark article, providing further guidance for applying the support article to the desired body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SPIDERTECH INC.
    Inventors: Ray Arbesman, Kevin Jardine
  • Portable traction device with sling
    Patent number: 10813785
    Abstract: A sling of a portable traction device cradles a user's head primarily at the back and lower part of the skull. The sling is attached to at least one shock cord. The at least one shock cords is also anchored to a structure, such as a closed door at the hinged side of the door, between the door and door frame, using an anchor, at a height, to generate a tension vector at an acute angle relative to the floor. The tension applies cervical traction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: The Neck Hammock, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Sudell
  • Wound treatment apparatus
    Patent number: 10806834
    Abstract: A bandage has a first sheet overlying a wound and located adjacent to it and a top sheet overlying the first sheet. The first sheet has a plurality of discrete passageways overlying the wound and adapted to communicate negative pressure established by a negative pressure source to the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Wayne Henley, Leigh Marie Moses, Ronald Leslie Sanderson, John Howard, James H. Price, Russell W. Bessette
  • Fiber filled therapeutic cushioning boot
    Patent number: 10806633
    Abstract: A therapeutic cushioning boot including a body at least partially fiber filled, the body including a first sidewall panel, a second sidewall panel, and a rear panel; the boot also including at least one boundary portion disposed between the panels, and a fiber filled foot gate attached to the body portion between the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: EHOB, INC.
    Inventors: James G. Spahn, Aaron D. Kadel, James Q. Bui, Sharon Lucich
  • Joint stabilizing orthopedic device
    Patent number: 10792178
    Abstract: An orthopedic device configured to provide support and/or resistance to a joint. The orthopedic device is adjustable and lightweight and configured to permit a substantial full range of motion of the joint. The orthopedic device can comprise a torso portion, an upper arm portion, and a support system, wherein at least the support system is adapted to mimic part of the muscular system structure and function of the muscles that are used during the range of motion of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventors: Christian A. Alvarez, Robert B. Murray, III, David Nelson, John Lucas
  • Systems and methods for monitoring compression with compression bandages having stretchable electronics
    Patent number: 10791929
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for monitoring compression applied by a compression bandage to a body portion of an individual. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate integrated with a textile configured to conform to a body portion; a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including one or more strain gauges configured to generate one or more sense signals associated with a strain of the textile; circuitry operably coupled to the sensor assembly and configured to receive the one or more sense signals associated with the strain of the textile; and a reporter operably coupled to the circuitry and configured to generate one or more communication signals responsive to instruction by the circuitry, the one or more communication signals associated with the strain of the textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Paul Duesterhoft, Roderick A. Hyde, Gary L. McKnight, Elizabeth A. Sweeney
  • Releasable medical drapes
    Patent number: 10786396
    Abstract: A releasable medical drape, and systems and methods having the same, includes at least a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a soft-gel layer having a plurality of apertures. The soft-gel layer is configured to be disposed adjacent to a tissue site. A portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extends through the plurality of apertures in the soft-gel layer to contact the tissue site. The soft-gel layer forms a good seal with the tissue site and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extending through the plurality of apertures forms a firm—but releasable—coupling with the tissue site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, Li Yao
  • Compression foot garment, and therapeutic method for reducing heel pain
    Patent number: 10779983
    Abstract: A compression foot garment is integrally knit of a body yarn, and adapted for wear on a foot of a user. The foot garment incorporates first and second high compression zones, and a compression release zone between the high compression zones. The first high compression zone is adapted for applying substantially circumferential compression to the foot below the plantar fascia between the calcaneus and metatarso-phalangeal joints and generally around the midfoot. The second high compression zone is adapted for applying substantially circumferential compression to the foot above the calcaneus and generally around an ankle of the user. The first and second high compression zones may comprise elastic yarns integrated with the body yarn. The compression release zone is adapted for applying reduced compression to the foot in an area between the first and second high compression zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ING Source, Inc.
    Inventor: David B. Higgins
  • Wrist brace for protecting integrity of the carpal tunnel
    Patent number: 10765547
    Abstract: A wrist brace for providing temporary comfort to sufferers of wrist pain. The wrist brace ovates the carpal tunnel through a pair of crisscrossing guylines each independently anchored on a wrist strap. One guyline hooks to the pinky finger and the other guyline hooks to the thumb. The guylines overlap at an “X” that is offset from the wrist strap over the palm. The anchor points of the guylines can be independently moved to change the tensions there along. The guylines can be used in conjunction with popular wrist-worn devices and jewelry or a dedicated wrist strap fitted with a hook-and-loop faster system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Myers Design LLC
    Inventor: Jeromy J. Myers
  • Dressings and methods for treating a tissue site on a patient
    Patent number: 10765783
    Abstract: Dressings, systems, and methods for treating a tissue site on a patient involve allowing liquids from the tissue site or a priming fluid to evaporate and exit the dressing through a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable membrane. The dressing is able to process more liquids than would otherwise be possible without evaporation and potentially to create reduced pressure. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, Aidan Marcus Tout
  • 3D printed splint and cast
    Patent number: 10758396
    Abstract: A 3D printed cast or splint for application to a patient's body to immobilize a body part includes first and second shell portions configured to conform to at least a portion of the body part. The first shell portion has a distal end, a proximal end, opposing interfacing edges, a plurality of venting holes and a first engagement mechanism positioned proximate one of the opposing interfacing edges. A reinforcement portion extends between the proximal and distal ends. The second shell portion has a distal end, a proximal end, opposing interfacing edges, a plurality of venting holes and a second engagement mechanism positioned proximate one of the opposing interfacing edges. The first engagement mechanism interacts with the second engagement mechanism in a mounted configuration to facilitate mounting of the first shell portion to the second shell portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dimension Orthotics, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Rivlin, Pedro Beredjiklian, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Michael J. Sileski, Emilia Pollnow, Mary Grace Maggiano, Cynthia Watkins
  • Dynamic hallux tension device for treatment of plantar fasciitis
    Patent number: 10758395
    Abstract: A physical rehabilitation device for the treatment of a medical condition of the foot known as plantar fasciitis includes a splint which is connected to the toe and ankle of a patient. The splint can be used in a method for treating plantar fasciitis known as “dynamic splinting”. This device allows the patient to bend the ankle and thus dynamically change the flexion in the foot of the patient. The device itself is unique, but the method of treatment made possible by this device is also unique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Arthrology Designs, LLC
    Inventor: Derek Amanatullah
  • Knee supporter
    Patent number: 10751211
    Abstract: A knee joint supporter includes a first anchor having a loop face, a main body including second anchor, first supporting and second supporting, connections joining the anchors and connecting the first anchor and main body, a first engaging joined to the second supporting and having a hook face to stick to the loop face, a second engaging joined to the first anchor and having a hook face to stick to the loop face, and a third engaging joined to the first supporting and having a hook face to the loop face. The first anchor fastens around a thigh of a wear. The second anchor extends below popliteal region. The first supporting extends on one side from below part corresponding to a patella, and the second supporting extends on the other side of the part corresponding to the patella and crosses the first supporting below the part corresponding to the patella.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: KOWA COMPANY, LTD., ADVANCING INC., DMCHAIN COOPERATIVE
    Inventors: Akiharu Tsuchiya, Kenta Tsuzuranuki, Hitoshi Ojima, Hidenori Kaseno
  • Patellar tendon bandage
    Patent number: 10751210
    Abstract: A patellar tendon bandage includes a bandage element having an inner face and an outer face and two first pressure pad bodies on the front inner face of the bandage element for building up an infra-patellar pressure. The patellar tendon bandage additionally has at least two second pressure pad bodies on the inner face of the bandage element. The two second pressure pad bodies are positioned at the sides of the two first pressure pad bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BAUERFEIND AG
    Inventors: Rainer Scheuermann, Joachim Böckelmann, Hans B. Bauerfeind
  • Ankle joint bandage
    Patent number: 10751224
    Abstract: An ankle joint bandage includes a main body part of woven fabric in band shape, an anchor part of woven fabric joined to one end of the main body part and having a loop face of a touch fastener, and an engaging part joined to the other end of the main body part and having a hook face of a touch fastener. The main body part has a winding part which winds around an ankle of a wearer, a first supporting part which extends from an instep to the ankle, and a second supporting part which extends from the ankle to the instep of the wearer to cross the first supporting part at an upper portion of the instep of the wearer, the anchor part fastens around part corresponding to a metatarsal bone of the wearer, and the engaging part detachably sticks to the loop face of the anchor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiharu Tsuchiya, Hitoshi Ojima, Hidenori Kaseno
  • Reduced-pressure dressing assemblies for use in applying a closing force
    Patent number: 10744040
    Abstract: A closing dressing bolster and assembly for use with a system for treating a linear wound on a patient includes a bolster body formed from a flexible closing bolster material having closing members that are operable to develop an inward closing force when the closing dressing bolster is placed under reduced pressure. In one aspect, when the closing dressing bolster is under reduced pressure, the system, dressing, or assembly develops an inward force realized at the linear wound and a compression force. A wicking-material holder and wicking material may be used as well. The member components may all be see-through to allow visual inspection of the wound without requiring removal of the dressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr., Justin Alexander Long, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles, Eric Woodson Barta
  • Hemostatic agent and method
    Patent number: 10744310
    Abstract: A sponge including one or more hemostatic agents and one or more binding agents. At least one of the hemostatic agents is a pregelatinized potato starch. The collective percentage by weight of the one or more hemostatic agents is within the range of approximately one eighth to approximately sixteen times as great as the collective percentage by weight of the one or more binding agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hemostasis, LLC
    Inventors: Keith A. Roberts, John Henry Burban, Majid Zia, Michael R. Spearman