Patents Examined by Michael J Anderson
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Patent number: 8622980Abstract: An implantable port includes a body with a reservoir in the body, a tunnel extending from the reservoir to an outer surface of the body, a pivoting coupling connected to the body near the tunnel on the outer surface, and a stem connected to the pivoting coupling.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Medical Components, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth M. Zinn
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Patent number: 8617117Abstract: The invention concerns a medical tubing assembly (100) comprising: finned medical tubing (10) formed from an elongate tubular member (20) disposed with one or more longitudinal fins (21, 21?, 21?), a collar (200), slidably mountable on the finned tubing (10), equipped with a locking means and optionally one or more suture eyelets (250, 250?), said locking means configured to provide a locking force against one or more of the longitudinal fins (21, 21?, 21?). The invention allows securing of a medical tubing in situ that prevents slippage or damage to the tubing wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Acrostak Corp.Inventors: Youri Popowski, Erwin Berger
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Patent number: 8608728Abstract: A connector and method of connecting are described for connecting a first and second catheter at an overlap area where the first catheter fits within the second catheter. The connector includes a collar that surrounds a portion of the overlap area and a clamp that applies a radially inward force to the collar and encircles a portion of the overlap area.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Lester D Michels, William L Beling, Kristin Finberg, Ronald G Travis
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Patent number: 8608727Abstract: A connector and method of connecting are described for connecting a first and second catheter at an overlap area where the first catheter fits within the second catheter. The connector includes a collar that surrounds a portion of the overlap area and a clamp that applies a radially inward force to the collar and encircles a portion of the overlap area.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2004Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.Inventors: Lester D. Michels, William L. Beling, Kristin Finberg, Ronald G. Travis
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Patent number: 8585613Abstract: A guidewire includes a core shaft and a coil body wound around an outer periphery of the core shaft. A distal end portion of the core shaft and a distal end portion of the coil body is fixed to each other to form a most distal end portion. The coil body includes a linear portion and a bent portion, the linear portion extending in a distal direction from a proximal end of the coil body, the bent portion being provided on a distal side of the liner portion. The core shaft and the coil body located in the bent portion are fixed to each other with a fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Nagano, Yumiko Nakagawa
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Patent number: 8579894Abstract: An electrosurgical tool can be used to fuse tissue. The electrosurgical tool can include a jaw assembly, an elongate shaft, and a handle assembly. Actuation of the handle assembly can actuate the jaw assembly. The elongate shaft can be rotatable without disrupting electrical connection to the jaw assembly. The electrosurgical tool can include a cutting blade to separate fused tissue. The electrosurgical tool can also include a jaw assembly configuration or an exterior cutting electrode to improve surgical access with the tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Zoran Falkenstein, Christopher J. Cappello, Gary M. Johnson, Benjamin A. Gianneschi, Olivia J. Tran, Matthew A. Wixey, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Boun Pravong, Haruyasu Yawata, Matthew M. Becerra, John R. Brustad, Adam J. Cohen, Nabil Hilal, Edward D. Pingleton, Said S. Hilal, Charles C. Hart, Chris R. Wikoff
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Patent number: 8562598Abstract: An electrosurgical system can include an electrosurgical generator, a feedback circuit or controller, and an electrosurgical tool. The feedback circuit can provide an electrosurgery endpoint by determining the phase end point of a tissue to be treated. The electrosurgical system can include more than one electrosurgical tool for different electrosurgical operations and can include a variety of user interface features and audio/visual performance indicators. The electrosurgical system can also power conventional bipolar electrosurgical tools and direct current surgical appliances.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Zoran Falkenstein, Christopher J. Cappello, Gary M. Johnson, Benjamin A. Gianneschi, Olivia J. Tran, Matthew A. Wixey, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Boun Pravong, Haruyasu Yawata, Matthew M. Becerra, John R. Brustad, Adam J. Cohen, Nabil Hilal, Edward D. Pingleton, Said S. Hilal, Charles C. Hart, Chris R. Wikoff
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Patent number: 8551088Abstract: Phase end point determination is provided to automatically halt the application of energy to tissue. Prior to the application of energy, the phase end point determination is identified by measuring the product of permittivity and conductivity of the tissue to be treated.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Zoran Falkenstein, Christopher J. Cappello, Gary M. Johnson, Benjamin A. Gianneschi, Olivia J. Tran, Matthew A. Wixey, Kennii Pravongviengkham, Boun Pravong, Haruyasu Yawata, Matthew M. Becerra, John R. Brustad, Adam J. Cohen, Nabil Hilal, Edward D. Pingleton, Said S. Hilal, Charles C. Hart, Chris R. Wikoff
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Patent number: 8545435Abstract: A medical treatment administration system for delivering a medical treatment to a patient. The system has a medical device, an electronic processor coupled to the medical device, and a sensor coupled to the processor. The sensor receives one or more signals which it transfers to the processor. The signals can be derived from the patient's physiological condition and/or the environment of the patient. The processor receives the signals and performs a calculation of the signal. Based on the result of the calculation, the processor regulates the distribution of medical treatment to the patient over a period of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Baxter International, Inc.Inventor: Tuan Bui
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Patent number: 8540728Abstract: Embodiments of a catheter insertion device are discussed comprising: an approximately hollow cylindrical catheter sleeve, at whose distal end a catheter is attached: a needle sleeve with a hollow needle, which is attached thereto and which, when ready for use, extends through the catheter sleeve and the catheter, and; a needle protective element that is arranged inside the catheter sleeve while being able to move on the needle. Said needle protective element has an engaging section that engages with an engaging device, which is formed in the vicinity of the needle tip, when the hollow needle is withdrawn from the catheter sleeve. A check valve is placed inside the catheter sleeve between the catheter and the needle protective element. The hollow needle, when ready for use, extends through said check valve, and the check valve automatically closes once the needle is withdrawn.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AGInventors: Kevin Woehr, Kenneth C. Raines
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Patent number: 8540694Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering drugs or other substances to target locations outside of blood vessel lumens or other body lumens. In some embodiments, a catheter having a penetrator is advanced into the body lumen and the penetrator is then advanced from the catheter toward a target location outside of that body lumen. The substance is then delivered through a the penetrator itself or through a delivery catheter that has been advanced through the penetrator to the target location. In other embodiments, the blood vessel or other body lumen is blocked at spaced-apart first and second locations and a quantity of the substance is introduced into the closed-off body lumen between the blocked first and second locations. The substance then diffuses into or through the wall of the vessel or body conduit to reach the target location.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: J. Christopher Flaherty, Joshua Makower, Philip C. Evard, Patrick E. Macaulay, Jason B. Whitt, Robert C. Colloton, K. Angela Macfarlane
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Patent number: 8535292Abstract: A retractable catheter for use in an implant delivery system, the catheter including an elongate tubular sheath made of a relatively flexible material, and a pull element for transmitting a pull force to the sheath to retract it longitudinally. The pull element includes an end portion disposed in the relatively flexible material, at least the thickness of the end portion being substantially less than its length.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Tollner, Martin Wubbeling
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Patent number: 8529540Abstract: An auto-injector confines all functional components inside an enclosed housing, to keep its needle out-of-sight, at all times. Within the housing, a needle holder positions a needle at a location. A drive mechanism then simultaneously engages the needle with a fluid source and accelerates it with a predetermined momentum for insertion into a patient. After fluid delivery, the withdrawn needle is moved to storage within the housing for subsequent disposal.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Avant Medical Corp.Inventors: John B. Slate, Andrew C. Barnes, Corey M. Magers
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Patent number: 8529538Abstract: Embodiments of an implantable electrolytic pump include a first expandable diaphragm and a second flexible diaphragm, and first and second chambers each for containing a fluid, wherein the first expandable diaphragm separates the first and second chambers and provides a fluid barrier therebetween, and the second chamber is formed between the first expandable diaphragm and the second flexible diaphragms. The pump may further include electrolysis electrodes within the first chamber for causing generation of a gas therein and to thereby expand the expandable diaphragm so that fluid is forced from the second chamber into a cannula.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: MiniPumps, LLCInventors: Changlin Pang, Fukang Jiang, Jason Shih, Sean Caffey, Mark Humayun, Yu-Chong Tai
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Patent number: 8517958Abstract: The invention provides for an integrated device for forming a cavity in a surface of a tissue of an animal comprising: a) a controller board connected to an energy source for actuating at least one porator; b) a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the tissue; and c) a tissue interface layer, the tissue interface layer containing the at least one porator, the porator in contact with the tissue for forming the cavity. The invention also provides for methods of making and methods of using the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Jonathan Eppstein, Stuart McRae
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Patent number: 8496611Abstract: An apparatus having a tube section and an expanded end. The tube section is flexible while the end section is rigid. The apparatus has a central bore, large enough to loosely receive an endoscope tube, and the end section has two peripheral bores which communicate with the central bore. There is a collar around the central bore which allows formation an air- and water-tight seal with the head of an endoscope. The tube may be fenestrated at its proximal end and may include medial pleats. This apparatus is mainly used by: sliding an endoscope into the central bore until the endoscope head forms an air- and water-tight seal with the central bore; connecting a lavage tube to one peripheral bore and a vacuum tube to the other peripheral bore; inserting the endoscope and the apparatus into a GI tract; and manually controlling the apparatus to apply lavage and vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Inventor: Chris N Conteas
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Patent number: 8491565Abstract: Disclosed is a therapeutic fluid reservoir to be used with an ambulatory portable infusion device. The reservoir includes a pliable shell defining a varying inner volume that varies based on the volume of therapeutic fluid held inside the reservoir, the varying inner volume having a predetermined maximum volume for containing a corresponding volume of therapeutic fluid and an outlet port for communicating fluid from the reservoir to a patient, the varying inner volume decreasing upon therapeutic fluid being communicated through the outlet port. Upon the reservoir reaching the predetermined maximum volume when being filled with therapeutic fluid, any therapeutic fluid in excess of the predetermined maximum volume driven into the reservoir causes a substantially corresponding amount of therapeutic fluid to exit out of the reservoir via the outlet port and/or at least one other port provided in the pliable shell.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Medingo Ltd.Inventors: Ofer Yodfat, Avraham Neta, Doron Bushi
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Patent number: 8491563Abstract: A device for injection, comprising a body (1) provided with a first channel (2) for conveyance of a first medical substance and a first connecting component (3) having a first port (4) for introduction of a first medical substance into said first channel (2), the connecting component (3) being connectable to an external unit, and a second channel (5) for conveyance of a second medical substance and a second connecting component (6) having a second port (7) which can be opened by means of an injection component for injecting a second medical substance into said second channel (5), and provided with a third connecting component (8) being common to the first and the second channels (2, 5) and having at least one third port (9) for conveying medical substances out from said first (2) and second (5) channels, the first (3), second (6) and third (8) connecting components and the body (1) being designed as an integrated unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2003Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Carmel Pharma ABInventor: Claes Wallén
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Patent number: 8480647Abstract: A device and method for administering a bioactive agent to internal tissue in a body, by introducing a balloon in a deflated condition into the body, inflating the balloon, introducing the bioactive agent into the balloon at the time of, after, or before the inflation of the balloon, and delivering the bioactive agent from the balloon to the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Bioprotect Ltd.Inventors: Shaul Shohat, Eli Machlev, Dana Haimovich, Abraham J. Domb
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Patent number: 8480652Abstract: A percutaneous gastrostomy catheter includes an internal retainer configured to be maintained pressed against the stomach wall and to disengage itself from a tubing by biodegradation; and an external flange, traversed by the tubing, configured to be pressed against an external face of the abdominal wall and exert, in cooperation with the internal retainer, a pressure adapted to press an external face of the stomach wall against an internal face of the abdominal wall. The internal retainer includes an internal flange. A first face of the internal flange is configured to be pressed against an internal face of the stomach wall, the internal flange being detachable from the tubing under the effect of a simple pulling force. The internal retainer also includes an end piece pressed against the second face of the internal flange, such that the internal flange is between the end piece and the external flange, the end piece being made of a completely biodegradable copolymer or polymer having a bond with the tubing.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Medwin FranceInventors: Serge Renaux, Pierre Senesse