Patents Examined by Leah Stohr
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Patent number: 8596272Abstract: A device (1) for separating moisture from breathing gas is improved in terms of the storage of water of condensation. A collection volume (5) is provided for water of condensation with a water-binding substance (6).Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Dräger Medical GmbHInventors: Kirill Koulechov, Ralf-Jürgen Lange, Shuang Zhang
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Patent number: 8597248Abstract: Devices and methods for tissue transfer are described where a cannula may be inserted into the breast of a subject at one of several points of entry. Insertion of the cannula into the breast may be accomplished by using a guidance system to distinguish between tissue types. Once desirably positioned, the cannula may be withdrawn from the breast while automatically (or manually) injecting the fat in multiple deposits of adipose tissue or fat such that the deposited fat remains within the tract formed by the withdrawn cannula. Multiple tracts of the deposited fat may be injected within the breast until the breast has been desirably remodeled and/or augmented.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: TauTona Group Research and Development Company, L.L.P.Inventors: Joseph Rimsa, Brian J. Domecus, Christopher S. Jones, Paul James Lingane
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Patent number: 8574188Abstract: The invention relates to a novel drug delivery technology. More particularly the invention relates to a method of delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient; to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient in a manner as set out by the method; to a pioneer projectile for use in said method; to formulations for use in said method and to an injectate comprising a pioneer projectile and formulation. It also relates to a disposable component containing either a pioneer projectile or an injectate. The invention also relates to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound, or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound (hereafter drug) to a patient, and a method for administering a drug to a patient using said device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Glide Pharmaceutical Technologies LimitedInventors: David Stuart Potter, Charles David Ogilvy Potter
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Patent number: 8568359Abstract: The invention relates to an autoinjector (1) comprising: a housing (30, 30a, 30b), a container movable within said housing between an initial position and an insertion position, said movement being prevented when the container is in its passive state, and permitted when the container is in its active state, and a safety shield (40) movable with respect to said housing between a first position and a second position, said movement placing the container in its active state, first retaining means (61, 52) for maintaining said container in its passive state, characterized in that it comprises first deactivating means (50, 51), capable of rotating with respect to said first retaining means from a first position, in which said first retaining means maintain said container in its passive state, to a second position, in which said first retaining means allow the passage of said container in its active state, said rotation being caused by movement of said safety shield from its first position to its second positionType: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Becton Dickinson FranceInventors: Franck Carrel, Frederic Perot
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Patent number: 8568389Abstract: A number of parameters related to the operation of a fluid delivery device are determined based on pressures within the device sensed using multiple pressure sensors. In one example, the volume of therapeutic fluid within a reservoir of a fluid delivery device is estimated based on a measured pressure differential. In another example, the rate at which a therapeutic fluid is added to or removed from the reservoir is estimated based on the measured pressure differential.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Scott L. Kalpin, Michael D. Baudino
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Patent number: 8568355Abstract: A catheter for delivering an agent to an injection site in a wall of a patient's body lumen, with an elongated shaft having a needle-through lumen slidably containing a needle therein, and an expandable member on the distal shaft section which has a collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration. In the radially expanded configuration, the expandable member supports the shaft in a position spaced away from the body lumen wall, and the needle slidably exits the needle-through lumen in the extended configuration through the port spaced away from the body lumen wall as a portion of the expandable member maintains the position of the port section of the shaft in the body lumen. The expandable member typically has an open-walled, helical, or lobed configuration providing a perfusion path along the expandable member.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Sung Woo Min, Randolf von Oepen, Binh T. Nguyen, Kevin J. Ehrenreich, William E. Webler, Jr., Rommel Lumauig, Gregory W. Chan, Lorcan J. Coffey, Travis R. Yribarren, Jesus Magana
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Patent number: 8568450Abstract: An oral administration device having a nipple member and a frangible seal is disclosed. An oral administration system having a nipple member and a syringe to fill the nipple member is disclosed. An oral administration device having a vacuum package surrounding the oral administration device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Bradley M. Stewart
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Patent number: 8561607Abstract: Nebulizer assemblies and systems are disclosed. A nebulizer assembly includes a reservoir and a nebulizer for producing an aerosolized gas. An aerosolized gas outlet passes the aerosolized gas. A breathing gas mixing chamber is coupled to an outlet port of the nebulizer to entrain nebulized medication into a breathing gas. A system and method of heating medication in a reservoir and adding medication to a gas flow is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Vapotherm, Inc.Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, Jr., William F. Niland, Peter Boyd, George McGarrity, Carl Buyer
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Patent number: 8562601Abstract: A medical instrument for an endoscope according to the invention is the medical instrument to be used in the endoscope by being inserted therein, and the medical instrument includes: a flexible elongated sheath having a first lumen and a second lumen; a conductive wire which is inserted into the first lumen and of which a portion of a distal side is exposed to the outside of the sheath as an instrument unit; and a balloon which is attached to the sheath and is expandable with the supply of fluid from the second lumen. The balloon is configured such that an axial dimension thereof is larger than a radial dimension upon expansion and a distal end of the balloon upon expansion is located closer to a proximal side than the treatment unit exposed from the sheath.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventor: Yutaka Yanuma
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Patent number: 8540670Abstract: A syringe assembly includes a syringe barrel having an inside surface defining a chamber and an outlet. A plunger assembly is disposed within the syringe barrel and includes an elongate plunger rod having a distal end surface, a plunger head having a distal sealing surface and a proximal end surface having a continuous perimeter, and a breakable neck portion integrally connecting the plunger rod and the plunger head. A retaining ring lock is disposed on the inside surface of the barrel and defines an engagement surface about a perimeter of the chamber. The retaining ring lock is adapted to engage and retain the plunger head in a locked position within the chamber. The engagement surface of the retaining ring lock engages the continuous perimeter of the proximal end surface of the plunger head in a perimetrical engagement when the plunger head is in the locked position.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Brian H. Wayman, Robert Odell, Richard James Caizza
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Patent number: 8529525Abstract: The invention relates to implantable vascular access ports that can release agents such as antibiotics, anti-thrombogenics and anti-proliferatives. The invention also relates to ports having locking mechanisms that prevent accidental disengagement, and structures that facilitate surgical implantation and provide for long-term stability and use of the port.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Martin T. Gerber, Eric J. Fogt
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Patent number: 8529496Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis machine including a membrane pump and a touch screen display that includes a mode-indicating portion and an operation-descriptive portion, the mode-indicating portion having a plurality of touch sensitive indicia each indicating one of a plurality of modes in which the machine can operate, the display being used to keep a patient continually informed of which one mode of at least three operating modes the machine is operating in, as the operation-descriptive portion changes to display details of a specific operation being carried out within the one mode, the indicia for each of the three operating modes always being visible to the patient while the machine is operating, the operating mode being selected by the patient touching one of the indicia on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.Inventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue
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Patent number: 8517990Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for operating a medical device with or without a cassette in place. A method is disclosed for adding additional VTBI to an ongoing infusion without stopping the infusion and with maintaining the infusion parameters. A method and system is disclosed for changing the CCA without having to interrupt or completely stop an ongoing infusion. Quick titration buttons are provided to allow improved navigation between various delivery display screens.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Hospira, Inc.Inventors: H. Clay Teel, IV, Bernardino Rubalcaba, Jr., Mihaela Cozmi, Glenn Davis, Angela Marino, Katalin M. Schroeder
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Patent number: 8506552Abstract: An automatic pump relay system includes controllers coupled to drivers for sequentially discharging fluid from a plurality of medication containers into a coupler having a reflux barrier from which fluid is administered to a patient. The internal fluid pressure of the coupler is determined by a pressure sensing device or devices that provide signals to the controllers that, based at least on the sensor signals, cause the drivers to operate in reverse and forward directions so as to rapidly decrease and raise the fluid pressure within the coupler during a relay from an empty syringe to a filled syringe, thereby avoiding bolus formation and an interruption in infusion therapy. Independently operable syringes pumps are contemplated to be connected in relay fashion to form a modular system. An associated method is also disclosed wherein a fluid administration pressure is stored for use as a reference during a syringe changeover.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventor: Pierre Rebours
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Patent number: 8506522Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis machine including a membrane pump and a touch screen display that includes a mode-indicating portion and an operation-descriptive portion, the mode-indicating portion having a plurality of touch sensitive indicia each indicating one of a plurality of modes in which the machine can operate, the display being used to keep a patient continually informed of which one mode of at least three operating modes the machine is operating in, as the operation-descriptive portion changes to display details of a specific operation being carried out within the one mode, the indicia for each of the three operating modes always being visible to the patient while the machine is operating, the operating mode being selected by the patient touching one of the indicia on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.Inventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue
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Patent number: 8499758Abstract: The present invention relates to an inhalation-activatable device for administration of medicament in powder form to the respiratory system of a patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd.Inventors: Subhas Balaram Bhowmick, Prashant Kane, Ganesh Sangaiah, Satish Madhukar Gokhale, Ajay Nandgaonkar, Abhijit Takale, Simon James Smith, Samantha Anne Musgrave, Richard Francis Day, Lee Wood, Becky Lynn Pilditch, David Stuart Harris, Jonathan Hugh Wilkins, Duncan Aleck Bishop, Matthew David Allen
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Patent number: 8496622Abstract: The present disclosure relates to catheterization systems and components thereof. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a catheterization system is disclosed that includes a catheter including a body with proximal and distal ends and defining first and second lumens extending therethrough, and a stylet. The stylet includes first and second stylet portions each having proximal and distal end regions, wherein the distal end regions of the first and second stylet portions together define a tapered penetrating portion. The first and second stylet portions are configured and dimensioned to be slidably positioned within the first and second lumens of the catheter, respectively. The first and second stylet portions extend from the proximal end of the catheter and beyond the distal end of the catheter, and are independently movable in relation to each other to facilitate selective removal of the first stylet portion and/or the second stylet portion from the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Covidien LLPInventors: Marc Bellisario, Mark Lotito, Kurt E. Green, Geoffrey McElroy
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Patent number: 8479735Abstract: A nasal cavity filter (2) having a substantially cylindrical supporting wall (4), which adheres to the walls of a nasal cavity, and an inner surface (5) of which defines a cavity (6) for the passage of air inhaled and exhaled by the user. The cavity (6) houses a number of fins (7), which generate turbulence in the air flowing through, and the surface of which impacted by the air retains particles present in the air.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Inventor: Paolo Narciso
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Patent number: 8465443Abstract: A massaging apparatus includes: a main frame including a guiding rail unit extending in a longitudinal direction, and a mounting seat mounted slidably on the guiding rail unit; a drive unit mounted on the main frame for driving the mounting seat to move along the guiding rail unit in the longitudinal direction; and a massage unit mounted on the mounting seat and including a massage rod having a head portion, and a motor having an output shaft journalled on the mounting seat and connected to the massage rod for driving eccentric rotation of the massage rod relative to the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Inventor: Tsung-Hsun Yang
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Patent number: 8465455Abstract: A cartridge insertion assembly including apparatus with a pathway formed therein, a cartridge insertable into the pathway, the cartridge including a cartridge coupling element connectable to an activation mechanism disposed in the apparatus operative to cause a substance contained in the cartridge to be metered out of the cartridge, and a door pivoted to the apparatus that includes a door coupling element arranged with respect to the cartridge such that when the door is in a fully closed position, the door coupling element couples the cartridge coupling element with a coupling element of the activation mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventor: Oz Cabiri