Patents Examined by Morgan Lee
  • Patent number: 9440041
    Abstract: A medicinal healing booth system for treating a user with medicated steam features a booth. A side panel of the booth features a transparent or translucent top panel section from a panel midpoint to a roof panel. A base panel of the booth features raised grating. The system features a door located in the side panel of the booth. The system features a control system and a steam generation system having a water tank with a heating element, a medicine tank, and a steam distribution nozzle. The medicine tank is fluidly connected to steam piping having the steam distribution nozzle located on a terminating end. The system features a temperature regulation system having an infrared light, a vent, and an automated vent valve. The system features a sterilization system having an ultraviolet light. A seat is located on the booth base panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Marissa R. Lacayo
  • Patent number: 9408981
    Abstract: Adjustable volume syringes and systems are disclosed. An adjustable volume syringe includes a delivery syringe barrel, a reservoir syringe barrel positioned at least partially within the delivery syringe barrel, and a reservoir plunger positioned at least partially within the reservoir syringe barrel. The delivery syringe barrel is configured to contain a first amount of a fluid. The reservoir syringe barrel is configured to contain a second amount of the fluid. A system includes the adjustable volume syringe, a dispensing module in communication with the syringe, and a processor in communication with the dispensing module. The processor may be configured to determine an administration amount of the fluid in the adjustable volume syringe, and transmit signals causing the dispensing module to adjust the volume of fluid in the syringe to the administration amount and deliver the administration amount by moving the reservoir syringe barrel with respect to the delivery syringe barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer HealthCare LLC
    Inventor: Kevin P. Cowan
  • Patent number: 9402968
    Abstract: The colorectal delivery device provides a device for rectal delivery of therapeutic compositions to the colon of a patient. The composition may be a foam application in some embodiments. The device allows medical personnel to add therapeutic drugs to the pressurized canister immediately prior to administration to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventors: Robert L. Swords, Roger Huckfeldt, Jesse Taylor, Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 9381328
    Abstract: A balloon system for treating sinusitis or allergic rhinitis includes a central inner tube, a balloon to be filled and a balloon catheter outer tube, all of which axially extend. The central inner tube includes a distal end part and a proximal end part detachably connected with each other by a connector in an axial direction. A first end of the balloon is connected to the distal end part, and a second end of the balloon and the balloon catheter outer tube are detachably connected with each other by the connector. The balloon catheter outer tube is radially outwardly spaced from the proximal end part, and the connector includes a first grommet and a second grommet rotating coaxially and relatively fixed with each other in axial direction. Each of the first grommet and second grommet has at least one gas port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: PUYI (Shanghai) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Xie, Zheng Wei
  • Patent number: 9339611
    Abstract: A passive safety needle device is disclosed having a housing, a needle hub, a needle cannula, a retractable sheath, a spring to bias the retractable sheath in a distal direction to cover the distal end of the needle cannula, a radial protrusion to cause the spring to move from the proximal spring position to the distal spring position, and a catch to secure the distal end of the spring to the distal end of the housing. The spring may bias the retractable sheath in a distal direction to cover the distal end of the needle cannula. The radial protrusion causes the spring to move from a proximal spring position to the distal spring position towards the catch located at the distal end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Andrew Wong
  • Patent number: 9326790
    Abstract: A system for providing access across a site of obstruction is provided. The system may include a sleeve, having a distal portion that can move from an inverted position to an everted position. A balloon situated within the sleeve can be extended so as to evert sleeve. A pathway can extend across a juncture between the distal portion and the remaining portion of the sleeve so as to provide access across the site of obstruction. A method for providing access across the site of obstruction is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Cruzar Medsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert K. Chin, Thomas A. Kramer
  • Patent number: 9308077
    Abstract: A medical treatment device (200), for treating reflux from a stomach (201) to an esophagus (202) and for delivering a therapeutic agent to an inner surface of the esophagus (202), comprises a valve member (203), a lining member (204), and a support member (205). The valve member (203) is movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, in which the valve member (203) facilitates passage of material between the esophagus (202) and the stomach (201). The valve member (203) is biased towards the closed configuration and gradually moves over a period of 4 to 10 secs from the open configuration to the closed configuration. The support member (205) supports the device (200) relative to the esophagus (202) and the stomach (201). The lining member (204) lines part of the inner surface of the esophagus (202) for delivery of a therapeutic agent to the esophagus (202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: VYSERA BIOMEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Niall Behan, Donal Devery, Sean Finnegan, Edwin Lyons, Enda McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 9272093
    Abstract: An injection device to deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a first medicament is delivered in settable doses with a first medicament dose delivery mechanism and a second medicament is delivered from micro-reservoirs upon activation of a second medicament delivery system, whereby activation of the second medicament delivery system locks out the first medicament dose delivery mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Amit Kohli, Christian Lerche
  • Patent number: 9265892
    Abstract: A portable medicament dispensing device having a mechanism which is not susceptible to jamming for dispensing the medication to a user. The device employs employs a coupling for coupling the relative motion between reciprocating body members housing the ancillary components and a barrel plunger associated with the syringe. One embodiment provides a pivoting coupling whereas an alternate uses a rack and pinion system. The advantage of simplifying such mechanisms results in a structure which has smooth unemcumbered motion with fewer parts to avoid mechanical jamming during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Inventor: Eric Segal
  • Patent number: 9265917
    Abstract: An introducer is configured to distinguish an introducer provided with a sheath tube whose wall thickness is reduced, from an introducer provided with a sheath tube whose wall thickness is not reduced, and to recognize the relationship between the inner diameter and the outer diameter for the sheath tube in which the wall thickness is reduced. The introducer includes an introducer sheath and a three-way stopcock portion. The introducer further includes a first information piece on at least one of the introducer sheath and the three-way stopcock portion and has an inner diameter dimension of the sheath tube as an index. Furthermore, a second information piece having an outer diameter dimension of the sheath tube as an index is on at least one of the introducer sheath and the three-way stopcock portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Okamura, Yushin Yazaki
  • Patent number: 9227039
    Abstract: A holder or stabilizing device for medical IV or catheters having flexible tubing attached. An elongated strap-like panel made of a flexible material has an intermediate portion and a pair of attachment portions extending in opposite directions from the intermediate portion, the intermediate and attachment portions defining opposite side edges of the panel. The panel has an outside side generally visible during use. A pair of tubing-securing apertures is provided in the intermediate portion located generally adjacent respective opposite sides of the panel and across from each other, with an adhesive area on the intermediate portion on the outside side between the at least one pair of tubing-securing apertures and is positioned so as to engage the flexible tubing when passing through and extending on the outside side of the panel between the pair of tubing-securing apertures. A set of holders may be provided, color-coded to indicate particular size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventor: Robert H. Williams, Sr.
  • Patent number: 9220872
    Abstract: A vascular introducer sheath includes a sheath body having an interior lumen for accommodating a dilator. The vascular introducer further includes a guidewire positioning means operatively associated with the interior lumen of the sheath body for directing a guidewire in either a vascular direction or an arterial direction within a venous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Sundaram Ravikumar
  • Patent number: 9216252
    Abstract: An applicator comprising a transmission member, a housing guiding a reciprocation of the transmission member, and a cap covering the housing. The transmission member is provided with a stopper extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction thereof. An upper end of the housing is formed with a projection sliding the stopper. The inside of the cap is formed with a lead part. The stopper is slid by the lead part to an end part of the projection when the cap is pushed and thereafter disengages from the projection when the cap is further pushed, so that the transmission member transmits the biasing force of an elastic member to a microneedle. This enables the microneedle to be applied to skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Ogura, Seiji Tokumoto
  • Patent number: 9211377
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to portable infusion devices, systems, and methods of using the same for dispensing materials. In some cases, the devices, systems and methods may be used for infusing a material such as medicament, e.g., insulin, into a body in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. DiPerna, David Brown, Mike Rosinko, Dan Kincade, Michael Michaud, John Nadworny, Geoffrey A. Kruse, Thomas R. Ulrich
  • Patent number: 9211170
    Abstract: A projectile syringe has a barrel, a spring loaded power assembly with an attached plunger, a notched plunger shaft terminating in a knob and a breach plug secured to the barrel. The spring loaded power assembly has a cylindrical sleeve with four dissected fingers, two projections on the sleeve's outer cylindrical surface securing a compressed compression spring. A cylindrical weight is captured within the sleeve by four fingers. The user attaches a needle and draws a desired amount medicament. The plunger shaft is broken flush against the breech plug. The user attaches a stabilizing tail to the breech plug end and the projectile syringe is aimed at a target animal. Stopping the syringe displaces the cylindrical weight, allowing the four fingers to displace. The proximal projections move inward, allowing the compressed compression spring to expand to the fixed breech plug, pushing the piston to deliver medicament to the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: John M. Gray
  • Patent number: 9192701
    Abstract: A device for suctioning nasal secretions, including a nasal tip having an opening through which the nasal secretions are suctioned, a first pipe, a first end of which is connected to the nasal tip and the other end of which communicates via a first opening, and a second pipe, one end of which communicates via a second opening, and these two pipes form an angle no more than 90°, and the opening connected to the nasal tip is aligned with the second pipe and arranged with the air stream exiting the opening of the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventor: Cyril Lambert