Patents Examined by Sara Sass
-
Patent number: 9339594Abstract: The evacuation system employs a piston to deliver fluid for irrigating and aspirating a body cavity, such as a bladder. A pivotal screen is disposed across the flow path of the fluid to move out of the fluid flow path during irrigation of the bladder and to move back into the flow path during aspiration of the bladder. The screen screens out particulate matter from the return flow for depositing into the container of the system.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Inventors: Anthony Solazzo, Michael J. Vaillancourt
-
Patent number: 9333115Abstract: A drainage device for implantation in an eye of a patient to treat an ocular condition is disclosed. The drainage device includes a housing, a multi-compartment flow control chamber, and a membrane. The housing includes an entrance port and an exit port connected by a fluid flow passageway. The membrane is disposed between the fluid flow passageway and the multi-compartment flow control chamber, which includes a first compartment and a second compartment in fluid communication with each other. The first and second compartments are structurally arranged to limit contact of gas with the membrane, which is disposed between the fluid flow passageway and first compartment. The membrane is configured to affect flow through the fluid flow passageway by deflecting in response to pressure in the flow control chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.Inventor: Cesario P. Dos Santos
-
Patent number: 9320645Abstract: The invention is a device and a method for delivering a dose of a pharmaceutical agent to the eye. The device and method provide a safe and effective way to instill a specified dose of the agent to the eye virtually independent of gravity and posture. The device includes a filter matrix in which the fluid capture and release properties can be modified. The filter matrix is attached to a flexible handle with an impermeable or semipermeable membrane there between.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Inventors: Terry Glasser, Spencer Obie
-
Patent number: 9308118Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a urine collection device. In one embodiment, a urine collection device includes a neck and a collection bag. The collection bag includes a main body disposed below the neck. The main body extends laterally away from the neck and is continuous with the neck. The urine collection device further includes a retention band that is disposed in an upper region of the neck. The retention band is formed from and circumscribes the upper region of the neck. The retention band includes a first fastening mechanism disposed on a first portion of the neck and a second fastening mechanism disposed on a second portion of the neck. The first fastening mechanism is configured to releasably mate with the second fastening mechanism when the first portion of the neck is overlapped with the second portion of the neck.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Inventor: Charles B. Dupree
-
Patent number: 9282967Abstract: A method of implanting and securing an implantable flow connector in a body of a patient for providing communication of a first space within the body of the patient with a second space within the body of the patient. The method includes providing a flow connector having a lumen having a first orifice and a second orifice, inserting a retention device into the first space within the body, subsequently inserting the flow connector through an opening in the retention device so the second portion of the flow connector extends into the first space within the body and placing the second space within the body over the retention device.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Bioconnect Systems, Inc.Inventors: Michael Paris, Adam Dakin, Jr., Todd Polk, Mahesh Krishnamoorthy, Jin Park, Michael Longo, Peter Hinchiffe
-
Patent number: 9271863Abstract: A body waste collecting device includes a collecting pouch and an adhesive wafer for attachment to the body. The adhesive wafer has a backing layer, at least one intermediate layer of adhesive, a skin facing layer of adhesive, and a film layer. The intermediate layer of adhesive and the skin facing layer of adhesive include liquid impermeable, moisture permeable soft adhesives, and the film layer is positioned between the skin facing layer of adhesive and the intermediate layer of adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Esben Stroebech, Mads Lykke, Anders Bach
-
Patent number: 9227043Abstract: A catheter assembly for inserting in a fluid filled space in a body includes a main body having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is positionable within the fluid filled space and the second end portion is adapted to extend outward from the fluid filled space when the first end portion is positioned within the fluid filled space. The catheter assembly also includes a catheter tip that is connected to the second end portion. The catheter tip includes a housing having a cavity defined therein. The catheter tip also includes a rotating element positioned within the cavity. The rotating element is configured to rotate within the cavity to facilitate movement of the first end portion of the main body within the fluid filled space.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYInventors: Eric Leuthardt, Guy Genin, Matthew Smyth, David Limbrick, Daniel Moran, Lihong Wang, Aaron McLaughlin, Alexander Yang, Manish Shah, Devon Haydon, Sam Stone, Michael Winek, Richard L. Marcus
-
Patent number: 9173760Abstract: Several gastrointestinal surgery procedures are effective as treatments for metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. Minimally invasive procedures including intra-luminal gastrointestinal implants have been proposed to mimic the anatomical, physiological and metabolic changes achieved by these procedures. Many of these designs include long sleeve like elements that prevent contact of food with the walls of the small intestine. It is desirable to have simple delivery systems that can place these implants under endoscopic guidance. However, in order to anchor these sleeve elements safely and reliably, the inventors have previously disclosed anchoring means that anchor the sleeves at the junctions of the stomach and the intestine or the stomach and esophagus.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: MetaModix, Inc.Inventors: Kedar R. Belhe, Paul J. Thompson, Alexander D. Grafov, Werner Schwarz
-
Patent number: 9168179Abstract: A reduced-pressure system for treating a tissue site on a patient includes a distribution manifold that adheres to a tissue site to allow retention without external support. The distribution manifold includes a porous member and a tissue-fixation element. The tissue-fixation element maintains the porous member substantially adjacent to the tissue site while a sealing member is applied. In one instance, the tissue-fixation element is a soluble adhesive that partially covers either the tissue-facing side of the porous member or a tissue-facing side of a fluid-permeable substrate layer that is on the tissue-facing side of the porous member. Other systems, distributions manifolds, and methods are presented.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Mark Robinson, Tyler Simmons, Colin John Hall, Jeanette Losole
-
Patent number: 9155608Abstract: A device for isolating tissue in the digestive tract including a biocompatible portion having a surface sized to cover the tissue to be isolated and also includes a plurality of micro-anchors attached to the biocompatible portion and extending from the surface, the micro-anchors sized to penetrate the mucosa of the tissue. A method for isolating tissue in the digestive tract in which an isolation element is delivered to a desired location in the digestive system; the isolation element having fixed thereto a plurality of micro-anchors. The method also includes attaching the isolation element to tissue at the desired location by causing the micro-anchors to penetrate the mucosa of the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Inventors: David Blaeser, Dale Spencer
-
Patent number: 9144522Abstract: An incontinence article in pants form for receiving bodily excretions, includes an abdominal section, a back portion and a crotch portion which extends in the longitudinal direction between the abdominal and back sections and is undetachably joined in overlapping regions to the abdominal portion and the back portion, wherein the abdominal portion and the back portion are connected to one another on both sides at the lateral seam regions forming a closed waist opening. The crotch portion extends with the long end thereof on the abdominal side and with the long end thereof on the back side to a respective imaginary line L1 or L2 which is parallel to the transverse direction, wherein the lines L1 and L2 divide the abdominal portion and the back portion into a respective first abdominal or back sub-region remote from the leg opening and a respective second stomach or back sub-region near the leg opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: PAUL HARTMANN AGInventor: Wolfgang Ostertag
-
Patent number: 9144635Abstract: A bulb syringe has a hollow spheroidal bulb which is split into two separate hemispheroidal portions transaxially defining an upper portion and a lower portion. The separate hemispheroidal portions are joined at a transaxial juncture of the upper and lower portions, and are able to be separated for disinfecting and later rejoined. One of the upper and lower portions extends into an elongated tubular spout terminating at an opening which is in communication with an interior volume of the spheroidal bulb. The tip of the spout is able to be positioned within the nostrils of an infant or small child. The two portions may be joined by molded-in mechanical threads or by an external circumferential strip with barbs that penetrate overlapping walls of the bulb at the joint between upper and lower portions but does not fully puncture the bulb.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: IBIZ INNOVATIONS, LLCInventors: Glen Kaplan, Candice Koehler
-
Patent number: 9126006Abstract: A subdural drainage system includes (a) a subdural drainage device having an opening formed therethrough, said subdural drainage device having an upper portion, a body portion, and a lower portion; (b) a housing having an upper portion and lower portion, with said housing connected to said subdural drainage device; said housing movable between (i) a first configuration and (ii) a second configuration; and (c) a stylet positioned inside said housing, said stylet having an upper portion and a lower portion and configured such that said stylet is moved between (i) a withdrawn position with said stylet withdrawn from a portion of said subdural evacuation port device, and (ii) an extended position with said stylet extending through said subdural drainage device such that blockages are disrupted in the subdural drainage device when said housing is moved between said first and second housing configurations; and (d) an external drain opening formed on either said subdural drainage device or said housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Wake Forest University Health SciencesInventors: Charles L. Branch, John P. Eickman
-
Patent number: 9119773Abstract: There is provided methods for administering a toroidal pharmaceutical composition to a subject. The method includes dispensing a toroidal pharmaceutical composition, and allowing the toroidal pharmaceutical composition to contact a target organ of the subject, thereby administering the toroidal pharmaceutical composition. There are additionally provided toroidal aerosol delivery systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Hugh Smyth, Matthew Herpin
-
Patent number: 9101533Abstract: A needle safety guard device adapted to attach to a liquid container is provided. The device includes a disk-shaped shield having a medial opening connected with a radial opening between two radial edges. The device also includes a substantially U-shaped holder having two sidewalls coupled substantially perpendicular to the disk-shaped shield along the two radial edges, and a top cover connecting to the two sidewalls and extending from the shield above the radial opening. The U-shaped holder includes a wedged protrusion and a curved protrusion extending from each of the two sidewalls, the curved protrusion being between the top cover and the wedged protrusion for blocking a cap of the liquid container from moving toward the medial opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Inventors: Bruce Hedgepeth, Roger Huckfeldt, Cindy Lowe, Martin Reuter, Matt Price, Keela Davis, Rahul Eapen
-
Patent number: 9067004Abstract: A portable assembly for processing red blood cells RBCs including a disposable blood collection set including a blood bag, an anaerobic storage bag and an oxygen and/or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device disposed between the blood collection bag and anaerobic storage bag. The portable assembly further provides for a gas circulation device in fluid communication with the oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device. The gas circulation device includes a pressure source that is able circulate flushing gas through the depletion device as RBCs pass from the blood collection bag, through the depletion device and into the anaerobic storage bag.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: New Health Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Tatsuro Yoshida, Paul Vernucci
-
Patent number: 9060920Abstract: A clamp for a blood bag system includes a protrusion section which presses a tube, a locking section having a first engagement section and a second engagement section that form therebetween an engagement groove in which the protrusion section is positioned and by which engagement can be made, a first engagement release section which releases an engaged state between the first engagement section and the protrusion section; and a second engagement release section which releases an engaged state between the second engagement section and the protrusion section.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto Hirabuki
-
Patent number: 9023013Abstract: A urinary catheter kit is provided. The catheter kit includes a catheter with a flared end and a package provided with interior protrusions for cooperating with the flared end of the catheter. The largest outer diameter of the flared end of the catheter is slightly larger than the smallest diameter of the package at the protrusions. Thereby, the protrusions will function as a backstop for the catheter. The rigidity of the catheter at the flared end is selected so that—depending on the angle of the flared end—the flared end will be able to flip over if it is subjected to a force over a predetermined level. Thereby the catheter will be able to be entered back into the package.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Lars Olav Schertiger, Kim Becker
-
Patent number: 9023004Abstract: In an absorptive article, fitting performance is improved by following the shape and movement of a body, and wrinkles in a blood discharge opening corresponding portion are eliminated and wearing comfort is improved by separating movement of each part from each other so that the blood discharge opening corresponding portion is not affected.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Daio Paper CorporationInventor: Mihoko Kuramochi
-
Patent number: 9017277Abstract: An implantable dialysis device with a related medical system for intracorporeal dialysis and ultrafiltration of blood, and methods of use are described. The medical system includes an extracorporeal module, a cutaneous module, and an implantable module. Features of the implantable module facilitate delivery and flow of blood and dialysate through the medical system. A filter pack within the implantable module performs dialysis and ultrafiltration of blood. System cleansing is also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: SuPing Lyu, Thomas Edward Meyer, Mark Fredrick Daniels, Bryant J. Pudil