Patents Examined by Tiffany Legette
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Patent number: 10105515Abstract: A control handle (1) for a tubular element (100) for medical use, comprising an outer casing (2) comprising a first half-shell (2a) and a second half-shell (2b) connected to each other in a respective side connecting portion so that the first (2a) and the second (2b) half-shell are configurable in at least a configuration of being moved away from each other, adapted to enable the transversal insertion of at least a portion of the tubular element (100) between the two half-shells (2a, 2b), and a configuration of being moved near each other adapted to close over said portion of the tubular element (100). Each half-shell (2a, 2b) has a respective jaw (9a, 9b), the jaws (9a, 9b) of the two half-shells (2a, 2b) cooperate with each other to define a clamping member (9) suitable for being tightened around a portion of the tubular element (100).Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: FIAB S.P.A.Inventors: Antonio Fasano, Alberto Calabro′, Stefano Piattoli
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Patent number: 10105516Abstract: A catheter has a deflection beam and a single continuous puller wire to effectuate bi-directional deflection. A joint between a catheter body and a deflectable distal section effectively transmits torque from a control handle. The joint includes two open-shaped brackets, each affixed to a respective side of the flat deflection beam to form a closed-shaped hollow body that bridges and circumferentially encircles the beam. Each bracket has through-holes into which thermoplastic material of the catheter body and the deflectable distal section can melt and migrate to form interlocking nodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.Inventor: Thomas V. Selkee
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Patent number: 10099005Abstract: A drive mechanism for a medication delivery device includes a motor, a housing, a gear cover, a gear transmission system, a helical transmission system, and a sensor system. The helical transmission system includes a plug, a screw shaft, and a sliding block connecting the plug to the screw shaft. The gear transmission system includes a first gear disposed on an output shaft of the motor and a second gear disposed on one end of the screw shaft. Dual gears interconnect the first and second gears. The motor drives the plug along a linear path by rotating the screw shaft via the gear transmission system, causing the sliding block to move along the screw shaft. The sensor system monitors the driving process. The plug provides the force required to effect the dosing of the medication.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.Inventors: Jian Dong Gao, Wai To Li
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Patent number: 10092688Abstract: A medicament delivery system and method of use. A medicament delivery system comprising a medicament, a medicament delivery device, an alerting device, operating instructions, and a carrying case. The medicament can be glucagon for use with Type 1 diabetics. A method where a person assisting a patient in medical distress locates the patient's medicament injection pen by using an alerting device that sends a signal to the pen's carrying case, and where a triggered alarm in the case alerts the assisting person of the pen's whereabouts. A method where a person assisting a patient in medical distress provides a medicament to the patient by pushing an actuator on a medicament injection pen until a diaphragm separating two chambers in the pen breaks allowing medicament and diluting solution to mix, and where the assisting person then injects the mixture into a soft tissue of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventors: Laura Jean Robinson, Ida Schneck
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Patent number: 10080676Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a treatment method may include treating a wall of a portion of a gastrointestinal tract of a patient. Treating the wall may include positioning one or more injection units adjacent to the wall. Treating the wall may also include affecting at least one of movement of gastrointestinal tract contents through the gastrointestinal tract and absorption of gastrointestinal tract contents by the gastrointestinal tract, by injecting material into the wall using the one or more injection units. Injecting the material may include injecting the material between layers forming at least a portion of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Jeri'Ann Hiller, Sandra Nagale, John W. Sheets, Jr., Mark W. Boden
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Patent number: 10076612Abstract: A medical gas condition system for supplying a liquid hydration fluid to a hydrator before or during an ongoing medical procedure by coupling the flow of liquid hydration fluid into the hydrator to either the absence of flow of medical insufflation gas into the hydrator or to a condition where the liquid hydration fluid can be absorbed by a hydrator instead of being forced through the hydrator in liquid form.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: LEXION MEDICAL LLCInventor: Nathanial Tran
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Patent number: 10076357Abstract: A trocar sleeve has a hollow shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the shaft having a rectilinear shaft axis, an external thread rising from an outer surface of the shaft, wherein a first external thread having a shape of a helix has a height, measured from the outer surface up to a vertex of the helix, the height of the helix, seen along the rectilinear shaft axis from distal to proximal increases, and wherein a pitch of the helix, seen along the rectilinear shaft axis from distal to proximal decreases.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KGInventors: Sebastian Wagner, Martin Oberlaender, Alexander Fuchs
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Patent number: 10071235Abstract: A catheter connector device is provided including a device housing having a first port and a second port. A fixed sleeve support portion and a flexible, cantilevered sleeve cover extend longitudinally within a housing interior, to carry a flexible tubular sleeve having a sleeve through bore extending from the first port to the second port, for removable insertion of a catheter. The sleeve cover has a first portion, a second portion extending from the first portion and a third portion narrower than the first portion extending from the second portion. A slidable catheter lock switch, or slide button, is positional between a catheter-unlocking position adjacent to the third portion of the sleeve cover and a catheter-locking position engaging the first portion of the sleeve cover and flexing the tubular sleeve cover to crimp the tubular sleeve and retain the catheter within.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventors: Luis Alberto Narciso-Martinez, Maura Spizzo-De Narciso
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Patent number: 10071209Abstract: The present invention provides an infusion-patch comprising; a cannula; a base; at least one adhesive region in said base suitable for skin attachment; at least one skin-access area within said base; and at least one conduit in fluid connection with said at least one skin access area, wherein said at least one conduit in fluid connection with said at least one skin access area facilitates the transfer of an anesthetic substance within at least a first anesthetic-reservoir which may be removably attached and in fluid connection with said at least one contact area, promoting delivery of said anesthetic substance to said at least one skin-access areas, and wherein said anesthetic substance delivered to said skin-access areas may be at least partially replenished without removing said infusion-patch.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: SteadyMed Ltd.Inventors: Ian Solomon, Jacob Rand, Jonathan Rigby
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Patent number: 10071208Abstract: The device allows the pain associated with the insertion of a needle of a syringe into the skin to be reduced. To do this, this device comprises a sleeve, which has a first rear portion to at least partially receive the syringe with the needle and a second front portion fitted with an end part, through which an opening passes for passage of the needle. A front face of the end part is intended to be applied with pressure against the skin of a person before insertion of the needle into the skin. This front face of the end part is arranged to receive an active substance for desensitizing the skin. The active substance can be applied to the skin at the instant the terminal part presses on the penetration site to desensitize the skin.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventor: Karim-Frederic Marti
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Patent number: 10065019Abstract: Disclosed herein is a strain relief having a plurality of enclosing parts arranged in an axial direction and enclosing a longitudinal axis of the strain relief. A space portion can be formed between adjacent enclosing parts so that the strain relief is freely bendable. In the strain relief, the adjacent enclosing parts are interconnected, and one or both of opposed surfaces of the adjacent enclosing parts can be provided with a projection that projects in a direction substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kota Hamuro, Hiroyoshi Ise
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Patent number: 10064987Abstract: This disclosure relates to preventing over-delivery of a drug and related systems and methods. The method includes receiving, from a drug delivery device, information pertaining to a desired amount of fluid to be delivered by the drug delivery device and receiving information pertaining to a delivered amount of a fluid that has been delivered by the drug delivery device. The method also includes determining that the delivered amount satisfies a predetermined threshold amount and in response to the determination, detecting whether an initial amount of fluid provided to the drug delivery device corresponds to the desired amount of fluid to be delivered.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Nigel Wright, Tom Monahan
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Patent number: 10064997Abstract: A conventional syringe defines a longitudinal axis and includes a syringe barrel having a syringe barrel flange laterally extending from an open proximal end of the syringe barrel and a plunger advanceable into the syringe barrel. A rotatable finger flange for such a syringe includes identical first and second flange components, each having an attachment member configured to releasably engage the syringe barrel flange and/or the other flange component, and a flange member laterally extending therefrom. The first and second flange component are engageable and rotatable relative to one another about the longitudinal axis between a non-use position, wherein the first flange member overlies the second flange member to reduce the finger flange footprint, and a use position, wherein the first flange member and the second flange member are angularly spaced apart from one another to provide a finger flange having a greater lateral extent than the syringe barrel flange.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Christopher Gieda, Raymond Protasiewicz
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Patent number: 10058691Abstract: The invention discloses a disposable array-type micro injection needle head which comprises a lower needle seat which is configured as a cylindrical column opening at one end and having a top cap at the other end and which is configured to be connected with an injection reservoir; an upper needle seat which is located above the top cap of the lower needle seat with a cavity formed between the upper needle seat and the top cap; a through-hole formed in the top cap which is configured for communicating the cylindrical column with the cavity, wherein a pipetting needle is mounted in the through-hole which has one end communicated with the cavity and the other end located in the cylindrical column and which is configured for extracting injection from the injection reservoir into the cavity; and at least two needle tubes mounted in the upper needle seat, each of which has one end comprising a needle tip for puncturing and for injecting the injection and the other end for mounting on the upper needle seat and for cType: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Ruifeng Yue, Yan Wang
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Patent number: 10052459Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a wire guide having a helical outer wire and a non-helical core wire slidable within the outer wire between an advanced position and a retracted position. The outer wire includes a steering tip having a medium stiffness and a bending bias, and the core wire includes a higher stiffness and a straightening bias. The assembly further includes a catheter slidable over the outer wire to a steering configuration. A distal catheter end includes a compliant lower stiffness, and is adjustable in the steering configuration between a straight shape and a curved shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventor: James R. Randolph
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Patent number: 10046113Abstract: In example methods and systems described, insulin therapy for a patient can be determined. At least one of a short-acting subcutaneous insulin dosage recommendation, a correction subcutaneous insulin dosage recommendation, an intravenous insulin dosage recommendation, a recommended amount of carbohydrates to be administered to the patient, or combinations thereof, can be determined. In addition, information indicating a confirmation of a nutrition intake for the patient, and a long-acting insulin-on-board for the patient can be received, and based on this information, a required long-acting subcutaneous or intravenous insulin dosage for the patient can be determined. The short-acting subcutaneous or intravenous insulin dosage recommendation can be adjusted based, at least in part, on a difference between the long-acting insulin-on-board and the required long-acting subcutaneous or intravenous insulin dosage.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Monarch Medical Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy L. Ruchti, William Patrick Burgess, John Dumas, III, Ronald Lisiecki, Carol Dian Martin, Laura Santana, John Harrison Thornley, Joanne Marie Watt
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Patent number: 10029073Abstract: A catheter configured for intraluminal delivery to a location in the body of a patient, the catheter comprising a steerable assembly comprising a first segment connected to a second segment; the first segment comprises first and second cylindrical elements connected to each other by a first revolute joint in a first single plane; the second segment comprises third and fourth cylindrical elements connected to each other by a second revolute joint in a second single plane, wherein the first single plane and the second single plane are offset by an angle from each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Arundhati N. Kabe, Troy L. Thornton, Aaron M. Weiss
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Patent number: 10022506Abstract: A hypodermic injection device configured to be attached to a portable electronic device is disclosed herein. The hypodermic injection device can be an auto-injector for delivering a dose of an injectable medicament. The injection device can include a durable barrier providing a sheath over an injectable cannula to maintain sterility of an injectable cannula that delivers the medicament. The injection device can also include tamper proof features such as by requiring that deployment of the device only be possible after completing two mechanical manipulations so as to prevent accidental discharge of the injection device. By incorporating the injection device within a case for a portable electronic device, the injection device is readily available to those that rely on auto-injectors to provide emergency therapeutic treatment, and is much less likely to be forgotten or left behind by a user than a typical auto-injector.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYInventor: Edmund Pribitkin
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Patent number: 10022498Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and delivering medication to a patient includes a controller that has a control algorithm and a closed loop control that monitors the control algorithm. A sensor is in communication with the controller and monitors a medical condition. A rule base application in the controller receives data from the sensor and the closed loop control and compares the data to predetermined medical information to determine the risk of automation of therapy to the patient. The controller then provides a predetermined risk threshold where below the predetermined risk threshold automated closed loop medication therapy is provided. If the predetermined risk threshold is met or exceeded, automated therapy adjustments may not occur and user/clinician intervention is requested.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.Inventors: Timothy L. Ruchti, Mohammad M. Khair
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Patent number: 10016527Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for repairing a cartilage defect including: preparing a cartilage defect by removing unwanted or damaged tissue; creating at least one perforation into or through subchondral bone, below and/or adjacent to the cartilage defect to induce the flow of bone fluid; allowing the bone fluid to bleed through the at least one perforation up into the cartilage defect to fill at least a portion of the cartilage defect; and applying a biomaterial into the defect to produce a clot for cartilage regeneration.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Orthovita, Inc.Inventor: Marc Long