Patents Examined by Lauren P Farrar
  • Auto injector with detection of used cartridge and associated method
    Patent number: 11179524
    Abstract: Disclosed is an auto-injector for administering a medicament, comprising: a housing; a cartridge receiver configured to receive a cartridge comprising a first stopper; a drive module coupled to move a plunger rod configured to move the first stopper; a resistance sensor configured to provide a resistance signal indicative of resistance against movement of the plunger rod; and a processing unit coupled to the drive module and to the resistance sensor. The processing unit being configured to: control the drive module to move the plunger rod towards the extended plunger rod position; determine present plunger rod position; receive the resistance signal; determine a cartridge parameter based on the resistance signal and the present plunger rod position; and control the drive module to adjust the movement of the plunger rod based on the cartridge parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ascendis Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Per Mølgaard Pedersen, Michael Lind, Steen Jensen, Henrik Egesborg
  • Supplementary device for a manually operable injection device
    Patent number: 11179100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supplementary device a supplementary device for a manually operable injection device. The supplementary device has a body defining a passage through which an injection device is slidable, and a securing unit to secure the body to the injection device in the specific position when the injection device is received through the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: André Baran, Kay Behrendt, Erich Rittenbacher
  • Catheter for TAVR procedures
    Patent number: 11179544
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a single lumen catheter for delivering high pressure contrast injection for TAVR procedures. The catheter comprises a main lumen for delivering contrast media extending from the proximal end to the distal pigtail end, a distal end hole for delivering contrast media, one or more side holes proximate of the end hole along the catheter shaft on the distal angled portion, a distal angled section that is angled from the main catheter lumen axis, a distal pigtail configuration that is angled from the axis of the distal section, and a distal pigtail loop. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NorMedix, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Helmer
  • Catheter construction
    Patent number: 11179546
    Abstract: Polymeric tubing, for use with catheters or other medical devices, where the polymeric tubing can have regions of customized properties including, but not limited to, durometer, torque control, flexibility, axial strength, stiffness, etc. One variation of the device allows for transitions between regions to be configured such that there can be gradual or customized transitions between various regions such that the structural characteristics differential between the regions are selectively designed. Additional variations include outer layers having a plurality of material sections extending in a spiral direction along the axial length to form a continuous wall of the outer layer. In certain variations, the structural characteristic differential is minimized or eliminated as compared to conventional catheters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Maduro Discovery, LLC
    Inventor: Brian B. Martin
  • Pump startup algorithms and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 11179515
    Abstract: An infusion pump includes a pumping mechanism having at least one sensor and a pump motor and a pump control subsystem configured to control operation of the pumping mechanism, the pump control subsystem including a processor, a memory, and a startup module configured to drive the pump motor at a first rate, receive input from the at least one sensor, and drive the pump motor at a second rate based on the input received from the at least one sensor. Startup algorithms command an infusion pump to reach a targeted delivery rate or steady state in minimal time without requiring priming of the pump line or otherwise engaging in known methods of pump startup analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Adams, William Rossi, Jim Drost, Eric Wilkowske, Larry Zalesky, Taylor Dowden, Jacob Wander, Beth Kregel, Sean Riley
  • Systems, devices and methods for sustained delivery of a therapeutic fluid
    Patent number: 11179514
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices, systems and methods for delivering therapeutic fluid (e.g., insulin) into the body, including a skin adherable cradle, for retaining a therapeutic fluid dispenser for delivering a therapeutic fluid to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Ofer Yodfat, Gavriel J. Iddan, Avraham Neta
  • Controllable inflation profile balloon cover methods
    Patent number: 11173286
    Abstract: A method of inflating a catheter balloon may include providing a balloon assembly operable to provide a balloon diameter vs. balloon pressure profile generally depicting a balloon inflation sequence providing at least one intermediate inflated diameter and a final inflated diameter of a balloon such that the balloon attains the at least one intermediate diameter at a predetermined pressure, and attains the final diameter at a final predetermined pressure that is lower than a predetermined pressure of a last intermediate pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Carey V. Campbell, James L. Goepfrich, Brandon C. Hedberg, Benjamin M. Trapp
  • Catheter safety product
    Patent number: 11167112
    Abstract: A catheter protection device and method for securing a catheter to a patient's body to prevent the unauthorized and possibly traumatic removal of a catheter. The device is thin, breathable and not easily removed by an agitated or mentally incompetent patient. The device is constructed of a base, adhesives, and a sleeve. The edges of the base each contain a section of adhesive wherein mid-portion of the base remains uncovered by adhesive. The open sleeve is permanently attached to an edge of the base. Once a catheter has been placed in an open sleeve, the sleeve will be folded such that the rear portion of the sleeve attached to the nearest edge of the base creating a closed sleeve surrounding the catheter. The catheter protection device may be placed against a patient's body with the adhesive edges of the base and an adhesive covered catheter sleeve adjacent to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Kare Devices, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lee Gardner
  • Medicine injection catheter and medicine injection system
    Patent number: 11167108
    Abstract: A medicine injection catheter includes: a catheter main body formed with a medicine supply lumen; a tubular body connected to the distal end of the catheter main body and having a lumen communicating with the medicine supply lumen; an injection needle connected to the tubular body; a tubular cover member that accommodates the tubular body and that is configured to be advanced and retracted in the axial direction of the catheter main body between a first position where a distal end of the injection needle is accommodated in the tubular cover and a second position where the distal end of the injection needle protrudes forward from the inside space; a closing member to close and open the lumen of the tubular body, a motion conversion mechanism which converts advancing/retracting motion of the cover member into movement of the closing member to close the lumen of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Shimada, Naoki Ishii
  • Filter cartridge assemblies for managing fluid and humidity in endoscopic surgery
    Patent number: 11167096
    Abstract: A filter cartridge for surgical gas delivery systems includes a filter housing configured to be seated in a filter cartridge interface of a surgical gas delivery system, with a plurality of flow paths defined through the filter housing including at least one evacuation/return flow path and at least one insufflation/sensing flow path. A humidity filter element is included in the evacuation/return flow path for removing humidity from an evacuation/return lumen of a tube set. The humidity filter element can include a sintered polymer material configured to provide tortuous flow paths therethrough to condense humidity out of a flow through the humidity filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Mikiya Silver, Michael J. Kane
  • Method of enhancing drug uptake from a drug-eluting balloon
    Patent number: 11166742
    Abstract: An intravascular device can comprise a carrier and an expansion apparatus. The device can be used for intravascular treatment of atherosclerotic plaque. The carrier can be reversibly expandable and collapsible within a vessel and can have ribbon strips extending between opposite ends in a longitudinal direction of the carrier. The ribbon strips can each be formed with a plurality of elongated protrusions thereon. The expansion apparatus can be used to actuate the ribbon strips each with the plurality elongated protrusions to pierce a luminal surface of the plaque with lines or patterns of microperforations which act as serrations for forming cleavage lines or planes in the plaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CAGENT VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Schneider, Robert M. Giasolli
  • Positionable delivery device and method
    Patent number: 11167079
    Abstract: A cartridge for delivery of a material therefrom which has a corrugated portion to allow for bending/extending to be applied to the device from which a material to be deposited can be dispensed. The bendability and extendibility allow for greater efficiency in use and application of the material into cavities, pockets, and/or crevices where one needs to deposit the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Profounda, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Ewen MacLaughlan, Vinit Gopal Kathardekar, Amanullah Abdulhamid Vazir
  • Drug delivery device with dose reset mechanism
    Patent number: 11167092
    Abstract: Drug delivery device adapted to expel a set dose, comprising an expelling mechanism with a drive spring, a dose setting mechanism with first and second dose setting ratchet parts, a bias spring as well as control means. The control means is adapted to rotate the second ratchet part in a first direction to thereby set a dose when rotating the dose setting member in the first direction, and move the ratchet parts axially out of engagement with each other when the dose setting member is rotated in the opposite direction. When the first and second ratchet parts have been axially disengaged, the drive spring will rotate the second ratchet part in the second direction to thereby reduce the set dose, the bias spring moving the ratchet parts axially into engagement with each other again, this resulting in the set dose being reduced corresponding to one tooth of the ratchet mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventor: Ebbe Kiilerich
  • Feed-fortify enteral feeding and related methods therefor
    Patent number: 11160731
    Abstract: A pump set for use with a pumping apparatus to deliver nutrition to an infant includes a first container to receive breast milk; a second container to receive fortifier; tubing extending from the first container and from the second container; and a valve mechanism connected to the first and second containers by the tubing and configured to selectively pass liquid from the first container and the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: KPR U.S., LLC
    Inventor: Joel David Wiesner
  • Medical inflation systems and methods
    Patent number: 11160958
    Abstract: Devices used to pressurize, depressurize, or otherwise displace fluid are disclosed. The devices may be configured to displace fluid in order to inflate or deflate a medical device, such as a balloon. The devices further include a crank member for providing a mechanical advantage when pressurizing or otherwise displacing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Sykes, Gregory R. McArthur, Richard P. Jenkins, David Butts, Steven Weir, Jon Davis, John William Hall
  • Enteral feeding connector
    Patent number: 11154699
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application are directed toward an enteral feeding connector, comprising a stem member of a male enteral feeding connector configured to fit inside a shroud skirt of a female enteral feeding connector, wherein an end of the stem member comprises a positive taper funnel-shaped opening. In some cases, an outer radial surface of the end of the stem member is shaped to match a profile of an inner radial surface of the shroud skirt, such that the outer radial surface of the end of the stem member is flush with the inner radial surface of the shroud skirt when the stem member is disposed within the shroud skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: CODAN US CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas F. Knight
  • Syringe apparatus for disinfection of central line port needleless connector and method of disinfecting a central line port needleless connector
    Patent number: 11147959
    Abstract: A syringe apparatus for disinfection of central line port needleless connector and method of disinfecting a central line port needleless connector. The syringe apparatus includes a syringe tip including a first O-ring including a disinfectant located in a first section of a tip cavity between an inner tip portion of the syringe tip and an outer tip portion of the syringe tip. The syringe tip preferably further includes one or more Luer lock sections and one or more additional O-rings. The syringe apparatus preferably also includes a cap including an inner layer including a disinfectant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Jason Lakis
  • Diabetes management system with automatic basal and manual bolus insulin control
    Patent number: 11147920
    Abstract: Systems and methods for diabetes management with automatic basal and manual bolus insulin control are presented. An exemplary system includes a delivery device, a glucose sensor, and a controller. The delivery device delivers insulin and the glucose sensor measures glucose levels of the subject. A basal insulin dose is calculated using a model predictive control algorithm and physiological data of the subject including desired glucose levels, amounts of the delivered insulin and the measured glucose levels. A manual bolus insulin dose is initiated by the subject. The manual bolus insulin dose is modified based on one or both of the model predictive control algorithm and the physiological data of the subject. A total insulin dose is determined based on the modified manual bolus insulin dose and the calculated basal insulin dose, and delivered to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LifeScan IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Finan, Thomas McCann, Jr.
  • Smoke evacuation system for continuously removing gas from a body cavity
    Patent number: 11147935
    Abstract: An evacuation system for continuously removing gas from a body cavity of a patient during an endoscopic surgical procedure is disclosed, which includes an inlet flow path leading to a first trocar communicating with the body cavity through which an essentially continuous flow of gas is delivered to the body cavity, an outlet flow path leading from a second trocar communicating with the body cavity though which an essentially continuous flow of gas is removed from the body cavity, a pump communicating at least with the outlet flow path for removing an essentially continuous flow of gas from the surgical cavity, and a processor operatively associated with the pump for controlling at least the essentially continuous flow of gas from the body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Mikiya Silver
  • Medicament injection device
    Patent number: 11147923
    Abstract: A medicament injection device includes a main body configured to receive a medicament cartridge sealed by a first penetrable barrier, a cap assembly including a button cap and a carrier unit, the button cap being rotatable with respect to the carrier unit and wherein the button cap is prevented from being displaced axially in a proximal direction unless the button is rotated into alignment with respect to the carrier unit, a needle carrier releasably coupled to the carrier unit, the needle carrier carrying a needle having a proximal end and a distal end, the needle carrier being releasably coupled to the push button. Subsequent to rotational alignment of the button cap with respect to the carrier unit, the button cap is axially displaceable in the proximal direction. Axial displacement of the button cap in the proximal direction causes the needle carrier to be displaced axially in the proximal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Helmer