Patents Examined by Rachel T. Smith
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Patent number: 10933221Abstract: A steering assembly including a handle portion, the handle portion having a first screw with a first helical thread and a second screw with a second helical thread, the first and second threads being in opposite directions, and an actuator with an outer surface adapted to be actuated by a user, the actuator in operable communication with the first and second screws, wherein actuation of the actuator cause axial movement of the first screw in a first direction, and causes axial movement of the second screw in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Kalila Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jonah Lepak, Tom Saul, Michael Conroy
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Patent number: 10918804Abstract: A medicament injection device including: a main body; a medicament cartridge holder fixed with respect to the main body, wherein the medicament cartridge holder is configured to hold a medicament cartridge; a needle carrier carrying a needle, wherein the needle carrier is axially movable with respect to the main body; and a rotatable cap at a distal end of the device, wherein the cap includes a first pre-stressed spring coupled to the needle carrier, wherein the cap is arranged so that rotational movement thereof causes release of the first pre-stressed spring thereby causing the needle carrier to move axially towards a proximal end of the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Marc Schader, Michael Helmer, Peter Nober
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Patent number: 10905464Abstract: In some embodiments an apparatus for providing access for a medical procedure in a patient's body cavity includes a stem configured for insertion through an opening in a body cavity wall. The stem has a bore and a cap is disposed at a proximal end thereof and includes an entry port in communication with the bore which receives an instrument to be inserted into the body cavity. An inflatable annular seal is disposed on the stem proximate the cap and a conduit extends through the cap providing pressurized gas at a first outlet in fluid communication with the body cavity providing insufflation pressure. A second outlet of the conduit is in fluid communication the seal, which when disposed inside the body cavity proximate the wall and inflated by pressurized gas, bears on an inner surface of the wall urging the cap into contact with an outer surface of the wall while sealing the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Titan Medical, Inc.Inventors: Evan Rittenhouse Jones, Maxime Blain, Christopher Dean Smith
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Patent number: 10888656Abstract: A syringe pump is provided. The syringe pump includes a pump body, a control system, a transmission mechanism, and a propulsion mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a bracket, a propulsion driving motor, a screw rod, a sliding seat, a half nut, and a clutch driving assembly. The propulsion driving motor configured to drive the screw rod to rotate, the clutch driving assembly is disposed on the sliding seat, and configured to drive the half nut and the screw rod to be engaged and disengaged from each other. The propulsion mechanism includes a connecting rod, a pushing block, a pressure sensing assembly, and a clutch switch. The pressure sensing assembly is disposed on the pushing block and configured to detect pressure of a piston rod of a syringe. The clutch switch is disposed on the pushing block and electrically connected to the clutch driving assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: MEDCAPTAIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY. CO., LTD.Inventors: Shendou Jiang, Pan Hu, Dongcen Li, Qisong Liu
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Patent number: 10864329Abstract: A cap remover for removing a cap covering a needle of a medical injector includes a body having an insertion portion at its proximal end configured to at least partially accommodate the cap, and a grabbing portion at its distal end having an internal cavity which includes an extraction member having a series of laminas extending radially and inwardly from a ring.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Becton Dickinson FranceInventors: Guillaume Grunhut, Lionel Maritan, Julien Singer
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Patent number: 10857270Abstract: The present invention relates to a pump arrangement (1) for a double breast pump (2). The pump arrangement (1) comprises first and second terminals (23, 24) for connecting first and second expression kits (3, 4) having first and second breast shields (5, 6) and at least one container (7) for collecting breast milk (8) in fluidic connection with the expression kits (3, 4), a pump (9) for generating reduced pressure within said breast shields, a plurality of conduits (10, 11, 14, 15, 16), a suction valve (12) connected to the pump (9) by a connection conduit (14) and to the first and second terminals (23, 24) by respective air conduits (10, 11), and a venting valve (13) connected to the first and second terminals (23, 24) by venting conduits (15, 16), wherein the venting valve (13) comprises an opening (17) to the environment. The pump (9) is alternatingly connected to the first and second terminals (23, 24) by alternate opening and closing of the suction valve (12) and the venting valve (13).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Yi Bing Pan
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Patent number: 10773056Abstract: An apparatus includes a catheter, a housing configured to house at least a portion of the catheter, and an actuator movably coupled to the housing. The housing has a first port configured to receive a proximal end portion of the catheter and a second port configured to couple the housing to an indwelling vascular access device. A portion of the actuator is disposed within the housing and is configured to be movably coupled to a portion of the catheter. The actuator is configured to be moved a first distance to move a distal end portion of the catheter a second distance greater than the first distance from a first position to a second position. The distal end portion of the catheter is disposed within the housing when in the first position and is distal to the indwelling vascular access device when in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: VELANO VASCULAR, INC.Inventors: Brian J. Funk, Kevin J. Ehrenreich
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Patent number: 10772659Abstract: An intraosseous tack device is configured to puncture alveolar bone or other human or animal bone at a targeted site of the mouth or body to provide an access point for the delivery of local anesthesia or other medicament. The device includes a tack having a head member and an elongate member extending from the head member. The elongate member is inserted into a sleeve, and the sleeve is coupled to a handle. At least a portion of the sleeve is collapsible, so that when a compressive force is applied to the head member of the tack, the sleeve partially collapses to a shorter length, allowing the distal end of the tack to pass out of the opposite end of the sleeve for puncturing the alveolar bone at the targeted site.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: DR. BARNEY PARADIGMS, LCInventor: Barney Todd Olsen
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Patent number: 10765835Abstract: A device for accommodating and magnetizing a tissue-penetrating medical device of various lengths, with or without a cover covering a portion or the entirety of the tissue-penetrating medical device, is disclosed including a sleeve member having an open proximal end, a distal end, an inner surface, an outer surface having a graduated injection depth gauge to indicate needle penetration depth when the cover is placed into a magnetizer, and a hollow body extending between the proximal end and the distal end to form a protective closure over a shaft of a tissue-penetrating medical device. Also disclosed is a needle cover having a fixed distance between the tip of the needle and the tip of the needle cover. A device having one or more magnetizing elements sectioned into a plurality of movable segments pivoting around an axis to accommodate needles with different lengths is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Yiping Ma, S. Ray Isaacson, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Brian Jensen, Daniel Robinaugh, Derek Sanchez
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Patent number: 10751469Abstract: A drug delivery and monitoring device comprising a nerve stimulating element configured to deliver an electric stimulus, a recording element configured to detect a compound action potential, and a drug-delivery element.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Northwesten UniversityInventors: Matthieu Kevin Chardon, Michael David Johnson, Charles Heckman, II, Santhanam Suresh
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Patent number: 10751475Abstract: An injection device has a housing and a metering member held rotatably in the housing and fixed in the direction of a longitudinal central axis. The metering member via a threaded connection is connected to a sleeve held rotationally fixed in relation to the housing and displaceable in the direction of the axis. When setting a dosage, the metering member rotates relative to the housing, and the sleeve moves distally. When dispensing a set dosage, the sleeve moves in the proximal direction, and the metering member by virtue of the threaded connection rotates in the opposite direction. To enable an automatic injection, the device has a spring supported in relation to the injection sleeve via a first end and in relation to the housing via a second end; the spring, when squeezing out liquid, moves the sleeve proximally and on account thereof causes the set dosage to be dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Haselmeier AGInventor: Joachim Keitel
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Patent number: 10687796Abstract: A treatment method is disclosed, which is capable of causing a medical elongated body to indwell the inside of a palmar artery of a patient, while suppressing kink, poor torque transmission ability, and poor operability of the medical elongated body. The treatment method includes causing a sheath tube of an introducer introduced into a blood vessel via a puncture site formed on an ulnar artery side of a palmar artery of the patient, to indwell the puncture site.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryo Okamura
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Patent number: 10646642Abstract: A medicinal device includes a first member; and a second member configured to be attachable to and detachable from the first member, the second member being a part of a medicinal-liquid administering device and including: a first member comprising a first-member-side power transmission part, and a second member comprising a second-member-side power transmission part; wherein the first-member-side power transmission part and the second-member-side power transmission part are configured to be engaged with each other for administering medicinal liquid into a living body; and wherein the second member is configured to open a housing covering the first-member-side power transmission part to engage the second-member-side power transmission part with the first-member-side power transmission part at a time of attaching the first member to the second member.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Kondo, Joji Uchiyama, Hideyuki Sato
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Patent number: 10646658Abstract: An injection device includes: a housing defining a longitudinal axis; an operating element; a metering member held in the housing so as to be rotatable and fixed in the direction of the axis; the operating element, in a first position for setting a quantity to be dispensed, being mounted so as to be rotatable relative to the housing and rotationally fixedly connected to the metering member via a first coupling; the operating element, in a second position for dispensing, being rotationally fixedly connected to the housing via a second coupling and being rotatable in relation to the metering member; a first latching installation acting between operating element and housing, wherein the first latching installation is effective only in the operating element's first position; and, a second latching installation acting between operating element and metering member, wherein the second latching installation is effective only in the operating element's second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Haselmeier AGInventor: Joachim Keitel
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Patent number: 10639426Abstract: An injection device for automatically squeezing out a dosage of injection liquid from a container. The injection device including a housing defining a longitudinal central axis; a first component; a second component; wherein the first and second component move relative to one another when the liquid is squeezed out; a spring configured to at least partially release stored energy to squeeze out the dosage; a setting device to set a rate at which the liquid is squeezed out; the setting device influencing the energy required for moving the second component relative to the first; the first component, when squeezing out liquid, is guided in the housing so as to be movable in the direction of the axis and to be rotationally fixed; and, the second component, when squeezing out liquid, is mounted relative to the housing so as to be rotatable and rotationally fixed in the direction of the axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Haselmeier AGInventor: Joachim Keitel
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Patent number: 10632253Abstract: A liquid medicine administration apparatus includes: a drive section; an operation section configured to operate a pusher member that is slidably located in a liquid medicine container; a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a driving force of the drive section to the operation section; an occlusion detection mechanism located in the transmission mechanism and configured to detect occlusion of a passage of liquid medicine administered from the liquid medicine container; a rotation detector configured to detect rotation of the drive section; and a notification section configured to notify a user when the rotation detector detects stoppage of rotation of the drive section.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Joji Uchiyama, Akira Kondo, Hideyuki Sato