Patents Examined by Rachel Young
  • Nasal delivery devices
    Patent number: 9067034
    Abstract: A nasal delivery device for and a method of delivering substance to a nasal airway of a subject, the nasal delivery device comprising: a mouthpiece (519) through which the subject in use exhales to cause closure of the oropharyngeal velum of the subject; a nosepiece (517) for fitting to a nostril of a subject, the nosepiece including a nozzle (549) through which substance is in use delivered to the nasal airway; and a manually-actuatable substance supply unit (520) for delivering substance through the nozzle of the nosepiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: OptiNose AS
    Inventors: Per Gisle Djupesland, Colin David Sheldrake
  • Inhalation therapy device
    Patent number: 9061303
    Abstract: The inhalation therapy device comprises an aerosol generator (2) and a mixing chamber (3). The introduction of ambient air is achieved by means of supply channels (9) under the control of an inspiration valve (20), including an aerosol passage (22), a region with inspiration air through openings (23) and a valve element (21). The aerosol passage (22) surrounds the membrane (6) of the aerosol generator (2), whereby a front face edge of the tubular aerosol passage (22) lies along a sealing line (20a) on a surface of the aerosol generator (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Pari Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Waldner, Daniela Mundenbruch, Uwe Hetzer, Markus Urich
  • Hose connection system for narially sensitive diagnostic devices
    Patent number: 9056179
    Abstract: Hose connection system for narially sensitive diagnostic devices. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems including a test device and a nasal cannula. The test device includes a first port configured to sense an attribute of airflow, and a second port configured to sense an attribute of airflow. The nasal cannula includes a first hose configured to fluidly couple on a device-end to the first port (and the first hose configured to fluidly couple between the first port and a first naris of a patient), and a second hose configured to fluidly couple on a device-end to the second port (and the second hose configured to fluidly couple between the second port and a second naris of the patient). The nasal cannula is configured such that the first hose only couples to the first port and the second hose only couples to the second port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: ACOBA, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alonzo C. Aylsworth, Charles R. Aylsworth
  • Breathable gas apparatus with humidifier
    Patent number: 9038631
    Abstract: A humidifier has a base unit with an engagement face that is configured to interface with a flow generator. The humidifier also has a tank configured to be removably received by the base unit and hold a volume of liquid. The tank has a side wall with an air inlet. The humidifier further has an air flow passage configured to receive an air connector of the flow generator at the engagement face of the base unit. The air flow passage is axially offset from a tank inlet. In addition, a cross-section of the airflow passage inlet and a cross-section of the tank air inlet are substantially perpendicular to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Roderick Bath, Geoffrey Crumblin, Michael Thomas Janiak, Dan Kao, Barton John Kenyon, Perry David Lithgow, Rohan Neil Primrose, Jim Saada, John Michael Snow, Duncan Lovel Trevor-Wilson, Alexander Virr, Arthur Kin-Wai Yee
  • Breathable gas apparatus with humidifier
    Patent number: 9038632
    Abstract: A humidifier has a base unit with an engagement face that is configured to interface with a flow generator. The humidifier also has a tank configured to be removably received by the base unit and hold a volume of liquid. The tank has a side wall with an air inlet. The humidifier further has an air flow passage configured to receive an air connector of the flow generator at the engagement face of the base unit. The air flow passage is axially offset from a tank inlet. In addition, a cross-section of the airflow passage inlet and a cross-section of the tank air inlet are substantially perpendicular to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey Crumblin, Michael Thomas Janiak, Dan Kao, Barton John Kenyon, Perry David Lithgow, Rohan Neil Primrose, Jim Saada, John Michael Snow, Duncan Lovel Trevor-Wilson, Alexander Virr, Arthur Kin-Wai Yee
  • Laryngeal mask airway device with airway tube having flattened outer circumference and elliptical inner airway passage
    Patent number: 9027559
    Abstract: The disclosed laryngeal mask airway device includes an inflatable cuff and an airway tube. The inflatable cuff defines a central opening at least when inflated. The cuff is insertable through a mouth of a patient to an inserted location within the patient. The cuff surrounds a glottic opening of the patient when the cuff is inflated and at the inserted location. The airway tube extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The airway tube defines an internal passage, an anterior portion, a posterior portion, a left portion, and a right portion. An airway passage extends from the proximal end of the tube through the internal passage to the glottic opening when the cuff is inflated and at the inserted location. The anterior portion is characterized by a thinner wall thickness than the left and right portions. The posterior portion is characterized by a thinner wall thickness than the left and right portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: The Laryngeal Mask Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Archibald I. J. Brain
  • Elastic tubular device and inflatable head harness for aircraft breathing mask
    Patent number: 9027557
    Abstract: Described are elastic tubular devices including an inner tube (23) made of an elastic and gas impermeable material; and a sheath (21) surrounding the inner tube and made of a woven cloth of flame resistant meta-aramid yarns, wherein the tubular device has a longitudinal extension of at least approximately 1.4 when inflated by a gas having a pressure of at least approximately 0.5 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Zodiac Aerotechnics
    Inventors: Laurent Dussart, Remy Schoettel, Vincent Greter
  • Headgear connection assembly for a respiratory mask assembly
    Patent number: 9027558
    Abstract: A respiratory mask assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame and at least one locking clip. The frame has a main body and a side frame member provided on each lateral side of the main body, at least one of the side frame members including a locking clip receiver assembly. The at least one locking clip has a main body providing a front portion adapted to be removably coupled with the at least one locking clip receiver assembly and a rear portion adapted to be removably coupled to a headgear assembly. The rear portion includes a cross bar that forms an opening through which a strap of the headgear assembly can pass and be removably coupled with the cross bar, and the front portion includes at least one resiliently flexible spring arm that is flexible within the plane of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Memduh Guney, Amal Shirley Amarasinghe, Perry David Lithgow, Milind Chandrakant Raje, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Michael Andrew Jones
  • Breathing gas delivery system and method
    Patent number: 9027560
    Abstract: A breathing gas delivery system and method provides a flow of breathing gas to a patient. The gas flow is purposely interrupted for the patient's exhale phase in order to minimize irritation and injury to nasal tissues due to constant, uninterrupted flows. Embodiments include an oscillating ball valve that interrupts oxygen supply during the patient's exhale phase, cannula tips that are shaped to minimize trauma, and a sleep apnea treatment system that interrupts breathing gas supply during the patient's exhale phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Loma Linda University, Faculty Physicians and Surgeons of LLUSM
    Inventors: Albert W. Farnsworth, Wolff M. Kirsch, Yong Hua Zhu
  • Drive unit for dosage counter
    Patent number: 9027547
    Abstract: A nebulizer which is a metered dose inhaler for use in administering medicaments with an associated does counter, which can, by way of a guide track or inclined plane and an associated guide element, cause an axial movement occurring on actuation of the nebulizer to be partly converted into a rotary movement for driving a counting ring, which can count both complete and incomplete actuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Hochrainer
  • Breath actuated nebulizer having a pressurized gas diverter with a diverter orifice
    Patent number: 9022023
    Abstract: A nebulizer is provided that includes an internal medication chamber and a pressurized gas diverter. The internal medication chamber is configured for holding a medication. The pressurized gas diverter includes a diverter orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Carefusion 207, Inc.
    Inventor: Neil Korneff
  • Oxygen supply device
    Patent number: 9022028
    Abstract: An oxygen supply device, preferably a pilot oxygen supply device, has an oxygen source and at least one oxygen mask. A breathing regulator is arranged between the oxygen source and the oxygen mask. An oxygen sensor is arranged downstream of this breathing regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rittner, Rüdiger Meckes
  • Inhaler aid with reed for minute powdery curative medicine
    Patent number: 9016273
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inhaler aid which maximizes utility of an inhaler for the minute powdery curative medicine, and which is used by being attached to the inhaler so that people including a user can objectively ascertain in each case whether an inhalation operation has been correctly performed. In the present invention, the inhaler aid with the reed for the minute powdery curative medicine has a configuration characterized in that the reed is fitted into a right side of a main unit made of silicon rubber, and the inhaler aid is attached to a mouthpiece portion of a conventionally used inhaler for the minute powdery curative medicine such that the aid equipped with the reed is placed between the inhaler for the minute powdery curative medicine and a mouth of a patient, and when an intake operation has been correctly performed, a sound is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiko Miyamoto
  • Nebulising device for use in a CPAP-system
    Patent number: 9016275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified nebulizing device for generating a nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and addition of nebulized drug which can be carried out simultaneously and in synergy without loosing a substantial amount of nebulized drug. Further, the present invention also discloses a nebulizing device and a nebulizing attachment device usable in a system for generating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and simultaneously and in synergy adding of nebulized drug without loosing a substantial amount of nebulized drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Neores AB
    Inventors: Gunnar Moa, Kjell Nilsson
  • Foot manifolds, apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying reduced pressure to a tissue site on a foot
    Patent number: 9011353
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying reduced pressure to a tissue site on a foot are provided. An apparatus may include an insole and a tissue contacting surface covering at least a portion of the insole. At least one portion of the tissue contacting surface is removable to form a void. The apparatus may also include a reduced-pressure interface for receiving reduced pressure from a reduced-pressure source, and at least one flow channel fluidly coupled to the reduced-pressure interface and the void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian James Hardman, Colin John Hall
  • Expandable inter vivos tube
    Patent number: 9010332
    Abstract: A flexible expandable inter vivos tube includes at least one arched segmented portion, a corresponding movable element and at least one positioning mechanism. The at least one arched segmented portion and corresponding movable element forming a flexible closed longitudinally expandable tube. The at least one arched segment includes an H-shaped connector having at least one cavity that allows variable slidable movement of a free end portion of the corresponding movable element. A flexible membrane is contained in the at least one cavity so that the hydraulic or air pressure within an inner rib of the H-shaped connector expands the movable element and, thus, the circumference of the flexible inter vivos tube are increased. The flexible membrane attached to the free end portion limits the travel of the movable element within a corresponding one of the at least one cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph A. Vilasi, Joseph D'Ambrosio
  • Preservative-free single dose inhaler systems
    Patent number: 9004061
    Abstract: An aerosolization system includes a container that is configured to deliver a unit dosage of a liquid when squeezed a single time. The system also includes an aerosolizer that is constructed of a housing defining a mouthpiece, and an aerosol generator disposed in the housing. The aerosol generator includes a vibratable membrane having a front face and a rear face, and a vibratable element used to vibrate the membrane. Further, the housing includes an opening that is adapted to receive a unit dosage of the liquid from the container. The opening provides a liquid path to the rear face of the vibratable membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Dance Biopharm, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Patton, Ryan S. Patton, Mei-chang Kuo, Yehuda Ivri
  • Device for dosed administration of sprayable substances with operating and release options
    Patent number: 9004062
    Abstract: A device for dosed administration of a sprayable substance, in particular aerosols, with an electronic unit for recording the administrations. The device includes a first housing part that forms a seat for a container, which contains the sprayable substance and has a valve. The device also includes a second housing part, which is movable relative to the first housing part and has an actuating part for acting on the valve to actuate the valve for administration of the sprayable substance. The electronic unit records the administrations of the sprayable substance and includes a switch that is actuated by the relative movement of first and second housing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sanner GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Markus Lang, Kai Tiesberger
  • Device for providing a breathing gas
    Patent number: 9004065
    Abstract: A device for providing a breathing gas, in particular to a device for conditioning a breathing gas for stimulating weight reduction of a breathing creature. The device includes a gas supply mechanism and gas conditioning mechanism. The device provides a breathing creature with a breathing gas which is conditioned by adding particles including a frozen fluid to the breathing gas. When the breathing creature inhales the breathing gas, his body comes into contact with the gas and the particles including the frozen fluid. The breathing gas and the particles will be warmed by the body of the creature, preferably to a temperature at which the frozen fluid starts to melt. The warming of the particles and the breathing gas by the body of the breathing creature requires energy, and therefore stimulates the metabolism of a breathing creature, promoting fat burning and inducing weight reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Institute “On My-Way” B.V.
    Inventor: Marinus Jacobus Vervoort
  • Tracheotomy tube set
    Patent number: 9004070
    Abstract: A tracheotomy tube set is provided with a tracheotomy tube including: a cannula including a connecting member at a proximal end and a bellows member joining to the connecting member, a balloon cuff formed proximal to a distal end of the cannula, a first wing extending from one side of one end of the balloon cuff, a second wing extending from the other side of one end of the balloon cuff, a first wedge balloon formed between the first wing and an insertion section between the balloon cuff and the distal end of the cannula, an opposite second wedge balloon formed between the second wing and the insertion section, and a line having one end communicating with both the first and second wedge balloons; and a fixation device including a split flange, a hole through the split flange, and two slots formed at both sides of the fixation device respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventors: Mao-Tsun Wu, Chen Yang, Yen-Ni Hung, Hui-Ping Liu