Patents Examined by Theodore J. Stigell
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Patent number: 11771539Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid applicator, for administering liquids, including vaccines, to animals. In particular, the applicator is useful for delivering liquids to mouths of animals.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.Inventors: Aurelie de Malibran-Santibanez, Alonso Prado-Masias, Frederic David
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Patent number: 11752267Abstract: An injection device is disclosed for the administration of several medications. The injection device includes a carrying housing, an activation sleeve surrounding the carrying housing, at least two carpules, a first drive module for the administration of the medications, a securing device, a needle arrangement, a needle protection element, and a second triggerable drive module for the needle arrangement. The first drive module includes a drive element with a number of piston rods equal to the number of carpules. At least one of the piston rods is configured in the form of a hollow cylinder the is closed on the piston side, wherein arranged inside this is a first drive means of the first drive module. The first drive means can be arranged in an accommodation part of the drive element, wherein the accommodation part forms with the piston rods a composite structural unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: PHARMA CONSULT GES.M.B.H.Inventors: Markus Csenar, Andreas Schwirtz
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Patent number: 11752311Abstract: An apparatus and methods tissue restoration are provided. The apparatus may include a catheter shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal tip, a plurality of serial balloons positioned on a translucent distal segment of the catheter shaft proximal to the distal tip and positioned inside of and concentric with a second distal balloon, the plurality of serial balloons in fluid communication with an inflation source via a first lumen, each of the plurality of serial balloons having a selectively expandable outermost radial surface. The plurality of serial balloons may include a translucent material, a series of isolated volumetric regions positioned between the plurality of serial balloons and recessed from the outermost radial surfaces of the serial balloons. The apparatus may include a distal balloon positioned around the plurality of serial balloons, and a light fiber positioned in the catheter shaft and extending through the translucent distal segment.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Alucent Biomedical, Inc.Inventors: D H Perkins, Calvin Turland, Teresa Mihalik, Rany Pea
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Patent number: 11752255Abstract: Pump systems are described. An example pump system may include a processing unit and a recess configured to receive a pump cartridge. The recess can include a plurality of cartridge engagement slots. The cartridge engagement slots can be configured for removably coupling the pump cartridge. The recess can also include a cartridge-facing surface with a positioning feature slot extending orthogonal to a general plane of the cartridge-facing surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Toro, Corey Michael Magers, Santiago Dodge, Robert Vasko
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Patent number: 11745003Abstract: An implantable access port including a port housing that defines a fill port cavity and includes a catheter fitting, a filter positioned within the port housing along a delivery flow pathway configured so that fluid injected into the fill port cavity passes through the filter prior to exiting through the catheter fitting, a one-way valve positioned within the port housing along an aspiration flow pathway configured to permit aspirated fluid to flow unfiltered from the catheter fitting to the fill port cavity and prevent injected fluid from flowing unfiltered from the fill port cavity to the catheter fitting, a port cover coupled to the port housing, and a pierceable septum positioned between the fill port cavity and the port cover configured to allow a needle to pierce through the pierceable septum to access the fill port cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventor: Touby A. Drew
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Patent number: 11744990Abstract: 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: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Velano Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Brian J. Funk, Kevin J. Ehrenreich
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Patent number: 11738153Abstract: A liquid delivery system cap device is provided. In some embodiments, an example cap device includes a body defining a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of a liquid delivery device, and a sensor carriage movable within the cavity and including a first sensor. The sensor carriage may be movable between a first position and a second position relative to the cavity while the liquid delivery device is in a fixed positon relative to the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: PATIENTS PENDING LTD.Inventors: John Christian Love, George Crothall, Adam Joseph Livingston, Anthony David Barghini, Jeffrey Michael Johnson, Tinh Thanh Tran
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Patent number: 11738215Abstract: A flue for use with an ultrasonic surgical tip, comprising protrusions or bumps on its inner surface with improved protrusion pattern, density and location. The flue has enhanced cooling effect for the ultrasonic surgical tip.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Integra LifeSciences Enterprises, LLPInventors: Daniel J. Cotter, Saurav V. Gupta, Igor V. Kosenko, John Bertorelli, Prakash Manandhar
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Patent number: 11730767Abstract: The METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR INSTILLING STEM CELLS AND PHARMACEUTICALS INTO THE HUMAN VENTRICULAR SYSTEM (hereinafter “Ventricular Stem Cell System” or “VSCS”) disclosed herein provide safe and effective techniques for obtaining stem cells and instilling any type of stem cell or pharmaceutical agents into the human ventricular system for treatment of various diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, and others.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Regeneration Biomedical, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Duma
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Patent number: 11730883Abstract: A medicament delivery device may comprise a medicament chamber configured to hold a medicament, a plunger configured to move relative to the medicament chamber to expel the medicament from the medicament chamber, a pin configured to move from a first pin position wherein the pin prevents movement of the plunger to a second pin position wherein the pin allows movement of the plunger, an actuation assembly configured to move the pin from the first pin position to the second pin position, and a needle coupled to the medicament chamber. The medicament may flow through the needle from the medicament chamber to a user. The actuation assembly may be configured to automatically move the pin after a predetermined time delay.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Christopher Gregory, Geoffrey Jenkins
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Patent number: 11730941Abstract: A positioning device is provided for delivering or guiding a surgical device into a lumen of a body vessel to a position adjacent target tissue. The device includes a housing, an elongate sleeve, and a source of pressurized fluid. The sleeve has a first end coupled to a delivery side of the housing, a second end positioned on a return side of the housing, and an inverted distal portion positioned between the first and second ends. One second end of the sleeve can be furled about a support member supported on the housing. A distal portion of the sleeve defines a cavity that communicates with a pressure chamber within the housing. When pressurized fluid is directed into the pressure chamber, the pressurized fluid flows into the cavity of the distal portion of the sleeve to advance the sleeve away from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: James D. Allen, IV, Jing Zhao
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Patent number: 11724044Abstract: A catheter system may include a luer adapter, which may include an outer surface having threading or a recess. The catheter system may also include a flow control plug, which may include a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the flow control plug may include a filter element permeable to air and not to blood. The distal end of the flow control plug may include a cylinder and a taper-shaped luer tip spaced apart from the cylinder. An inner surface of the cylinder may include a protrusion engaged in a snap-fit with the recess or corresponding threading mated with the threading.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Sakthivel Karthikeyan, Sudarsan Srinivasan
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Patent number: 11724032Abstract: An auto-injector for injecting a fluid medicament into a patient from a pre-filled syringe requires a disposable cassette that is selectively engageable with the reusable injector. The syringe is latched onto the cassette, and the cassette is then engaged with the injector. Activation of the injector causes a first motor to move the syringe so its needle is extended from a concealed position inside the cassette for injection of the medicament. A second motor on the injector is then activated to expel fluid medicament from the syringe. Then, the first motor is again activated to withdraw the syringe into the cassette for disposal of the cassette/syringe after an injection.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: AVANT MEDICAL CORP.Inventors: John B. Slate, Richard J. Koerner, Corey M. Magers, Michael W. Burk
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Patent number: 11724068Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods for intravascularly delivering an implantable device to a targeted anatomical site such as the mitral annulus. A delivery system includes a delivery member coupled to a handle assembly and extending distally from the handle assembly. A delivery catheter is concentrically positioned within an outer member and configured to advance the intravascular device relative to the outer member. The delivery catheter includes a distal can structure configured to house at least a portion of the intravascular device in a compressed, pre-deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: CEPHEA VALVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Randolf von Oepen, Francisco Valencia, Sean A. McNiven, Timothy C. Reynolds, Rommel Cababaro Lumauig, Shengmin Mei, Hugo A. Cobar, Daniel Tucker Wallace
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Patent number: 11717606Abstract: An automated insertion assembly includes a first dermal perforation assembly configured to releasably engage a first subdermal device. A first actuation assembly is configured to drive the first dermal perforation assembly into a user's skin to a first depth and drive the first subdermal device into the user's skin to a second depth. The second depth is greater than the first depth.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIPInventor: Richard J. Lanigan
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Patent number: 11717665Abstract: A Luer-like non-standard quick disconnect medical fluid connector that cannot be engaged with a standard Luer fitting.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.Inventor: David Searl Kimball
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Patent number: 11717647Abstract: A medical probe, including a flexible insertion tube having a proximal segment and a deflectable distal segment, and containing first and second lumens running longitudinally through the insertion tube, wherein the first and second lumens are twisted around each other in the proximal segment, and run parallel to each other in the deflectable distal segment. The medical probe also includes first and second wires running respectively through the first and second lumens and having respective first and second distal ends, which are anchored within the deflectable distal segment of the insertion tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Maribeth Esguerra Wilczynski, Joseph Thomas Keyes
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Patent number: 11712543Abstract: An access device for placing a medical article within a body space includes a syringe, a needle, and a sheath which are employed together with a guide wire. The sheath can be coaxially and slideably disposed about the needle. During insertion of the sheath over the needle, guide wire and into the body space, the syringe provides a negative pressure to ensure that any air located between the inside diameter of the sheath and the outside diameter of the needle is drawn into the needle rather than into the body space. In certain embodiments, a dilator is coaxially and slideably disposed about the needle and within the sheath.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.Inventor: Steven F. Bierman
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Patent number: 11712510Abstract: A method for performing a medical procedure requiring effective, reliable and foolproof delivery of controlled amounts of a medical grade gas to a patient includes providing a compressed gas cylinder having a weight with medical grade gas sealed therein of at least twelve grams and not greater than fifty grams. The method also includes connecting the compressed gas cylinder to an integrated compressed gas unit including a regulator valve assembly positioned between an outlet port and an inlet port, wherein the regulator valve assembly includes a press button actuator and regulator adjustment dial. A flow control system is secured to the compressed gas unit and the medical grade gas is delivered in precisely controlled amounts by actuating the compressed gas unit and operating the flow control system to deliver the medical grade gas to vasculature of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Inventors: Frank Levy, Kimberley Levy
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Patent number: 11707579Abstract: Improved apparatus for use with medication in fluid form, which is particularly beneficial for medications having a relatively high viscosity. The disclosed syringe adapter has an opening that is relatively large, as compared to a conventional needle, and thus affixing the disclosed syringe adapter to a syringe improves syringeability of higher-viscosity medications. Some embodiments feature a lateral extension that prevents inserting the syringe adapter too far into a medicine bottle, and some embodiments feature a component that assists in firmly grasping. When the disclosed syringe adapter is affixed to a pistol-grip or tab-handled syringe, the medication withdrawn into the pistol-grip syringe can be more easily administered from the syringe barrel. In some embodiments, the syringe adapter will be replaced with a needle prior to injecting the medication, while in some other embodiments, the needle is affixed to the in-place syringe adapter for the injection.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: James T. Doubet, Paul D. Doubet