Patents Issued in February 16, 2016
  • Patent number: 9259500
    Abstract: A deodorant dispenser with an adjustable volatile area includes a body having a top plate. An annular wall extends from a bottom face of the top plate. A wall extension is connected to the annular wall by connecting portions and includes a slit. A post extends from the bottom face of the top plate and is surrounded by the annular wall. An absorber includes a tube having a central bole. The central bole receives the post of the body. A base includes a seat, an annular fence extending upward from a top face of the seat, and an engagement portion located in a center of the annular fence. The engagement portion of the base is tightly engaged with a bottom end of the post of the body. The wall extension can be torn away from the annular wall to increase an exposed area of the tube absorbing a liquid deodorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: Yung-Wei Ho
  • Patent number: 9259501
    Abstract: A nasal insert including an antimicrobial agent is inserted into the nose to eliminate or reduce undesirable microbes in the area just inside the nose. Pads of the nasal insert can be formed from a blended polymer compound with a microbial agent. Processing of the pre-polymer results in the microbial agent being trapped in the polymer. A blowing agent or CO2 gas can be introduced in the process after decompression, and before molding to improve attraction of liquid born microbes to the nasal insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: Al Santelli, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9259502
    Abstract: The disclosed principles employ a UV reactor design for photo-based treatment of contaminated fluid media using a concentric single light source/single sleeve design, with multiple such concentric light source/sleeve units placed in parallel. In one embodiment, such a reactor may comprise an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold, and a plurality of tubular chambers connecting the inlet manifold to the outlet manifold. A plurality of such irradiating units are located within corresponding ones of the tubular chambers such that a fluid path is provided between each of the transparent sleeves and its corresponding tubular chamber where the contaminated fluid is irradiated as it passes through the chambers. The inlet ends of all of the chambers are connected to a single fluid intake manifold. This design allows the contaminated fluid pressure and flow to be evenly distributed among all of the fluid chambers via the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Brian E. Butters, Anthony L. Powell
  • Patent number: 9259503
    Abstract: Disclosed are solid and frozen haemostatic materials and dressings consisting essentially of a fibrinogen component and a fibrinogen activator. Also disclosed are methods of treating internal wounded tissue in a mammal by applying one or more of these haemostatic materials and dressings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: STB, LTD.
    Inventors: Martin MacPhee, Jerry Kanellos, Belinda Wilmer, Dawson Beall
  • Patent number: 9259504
    Abstract: Hydrogel compositions are provided (a) that have a continuous hydrophobic phase and a discontinuous hydrophilic phase, (b) that have a discontinuous hydrophilic phase and a continuous hydrophilic phase, or (c) that are entirely composed of a continuous hydrophilic phase. The hydrophobic phase, if present, is composed of a hydrophobic polymer, particularly a hydrophobic pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA), a plasticizing elastomer, a tackifying resin, and an optional antioxidant. The discontinuous hydrophilic phase, if present, is composed of a crosslinked hydrophilic polymer, particularly a crosslinked cellulosic polymer such as crosslinked sodium carboxymethylcellulose. For those hydrogel compositions containing a continuous hydrophilic phase, the components of the phase include a cellulose ester composition or an acrylate polymer or copolymer, and a blend of a hydrophilic polymer and a complementary oligomer capable of hydrogen bonding thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Corium International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Cleary, Shoreh Parandoosh, Mikhail M. Feldstein, Anatoly E. Chalykh, Nicolai A. Platè, Valery G. Kulichikhin
  • Patent number: 9259505
    Abstract: Biologically compatible polymers carry an imide and can be used as an adhesive, a hydrogel or both. A second biologically compatible polymer reactive with the imidated polymer can be used therewith to seal openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Iossif A. Strehin
  • Patent number: 9259506
    Abstract: Fibers or one-dimensional, two-dimensional, or three-dimensional fibrous structures configured to be hydrogelling, produced from fibers made of a first fiber raw material, whereby the first fiber raw material contains water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol and/or polyvinyl alcohol copolymer, whereby the hydrogelling configuration of the fibers or fibrous structures is achieved by tempering the fiber raw material at a predetermined tempering temperature that is preferably higher than the glass transition temperature and/or lower than the melting or decomposition temperature of the first fiber raw material employed, as well as by tempering for a predetermined tempering duration, and whereby the fiber raw material is cross-linked by the tempering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Wiebke Schmitz, Bernd Schlesselmann, Katharina Krampfl, Marc Pehr
  • Patent number: 9259507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bioactive settable hydrogel matrix having a pore creating material, which may also carry a therapeutic agent, and methods of using the same, for example, use in promoting internal wound healing, tissue repair, tissue regeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew Simonton, Jeffrey L. Scifert
  • Patent number: 9259508
    Abstract: Ceramic bodies can be made by providing an initial green body of ceramic; and machining the initial green body to provide a machined green ceramic body. Embedding the initial green body in an embedding mass can be avoided. The initial green body can be bisqued, infiltrated an adjuvant such as machining wax, removing the infiltrated body, and machining it. Highly detailed ceramic products can be generated. The machined green ceramic body may be fired and/or further processed to provide a more finished ceramic body. Examples include a femoral component for a posterior stabilized knee implant, a component body for an artificial rotation device containing knee implant prosthesis a dental implant or bridge, an ice skating blade, and so forth. Zirconia ceramics are advantageously employed, for an example, Mg-TTZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: Louis A. Serafin, Jr. Trust, Xylon, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Louis A. Serafin, Jr., Gerald J. Jerry, Jr., Nicholas H. Burlingame
  • Patent number: 9259509
    Abstract: The invention relates to materials comprising siloxanes, preferably the materials have thermal-responsive properties. In some embodiments, the invention relates to silsesquioxane groups functionalized with polymers. In another embodiment, silsequioxane-polymer conjugates comprise polylactone segments. The silsequioxane-polymer conjugates may be crosslinked together to form a material, and these materials may be functionalized with bioactive compounds so that the materials have desirable biocompatibility or bioactivity when used in medical devices. In further embodiments, the invention relates to composite materials that contain a polymer matrix and aggregates, and in some embodiments, methods of making, and methods of using these materials. Preferably, the aggregates are calcium phosphate aggregates. Preferably, the material is resistant to fracture. In further embodiments, the materials are used in surgical procedures of bone replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Jie Song, Jianwen Xu
  • Patent number: 9259510
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a bone construct include providing bone marrow stromal cells on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, and culturing the cells in vitro in osteogenic media such that the cells form a confluent monolayer and detach from the substrate to form a self-organized three-dimensional bone construct. A system and method for forming a ligament construct using fibrogenic media and a system and method for forming a functionally integrated bone-ligament construct are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Ellen M. Arruda, Lisa M. Larkin, Fatima N. Syed-Picard, Michael Smietana, Jinjin Ma
  • Patent number: 9259511
    Abstract: A method of producing a modified acellular tissue matrix (mATM) from an acellular tissue matrix (ATM), where the mATM has a reduced stretchiness relative to the ATM, without substantially compromising its associated structural or functional integrity. The method includes providing an acellular tissue matrix (ATM) and exposing the ATM to elastase for a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: LifeCell Corporation
    Inventor: Wendell Sun
  • Patent number: 9259512
    Abstract: A lubricating deodorant for ostomy pouches in the form of an aqueous solution which contains both a water-soluble lubricating agent and a compatible water-soluble complexing agent capable of complexing with and neutralizing the odor-causing molecules of fecal matter. Other surfactants, preservatives, humectants and pH-adjusting agents may also be included. The method of using such a lubricating deodorant solution is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventors: Bettakeri Subraya Udayakumar, Margo Elaine Love
  • Patent number: 9259513
    Abstract: An implantable catheter is provided that may be disinfected without removal from the body of a patient, using a photocatalytic method to activate a reaction on the catheter surface that generates oxidizing agents in the form of Reactive Oxygen Species (“ROS”) and thus destroy microorganisms in a biofilm that is present or forming. A catheter system includes the implantable catheter, a light source, and a source of power operably connected to the light source. Methods are also provided for disinfecting the implantable catheter in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: William Bedwell, Lorenza Moro, Eric A. Arons, Pablo E. Garcia, Osita Onugha, Sanjeev Dutta, Sarah Young, Karen F. Shakespear, Janus A. J. Haagensen
  • Patent number: 9259514
    Abstract: Novel absorbable polymeric blends made from components wherein at least one of the components is synthesized using mixtures of mono- and di-functional initiators are disclosed. The blends have a first component that is a polylactide polymer or a copolymer of lactide and glycolide and a second component that is either poly(p-dioxanone) homopolymer, or a poly(p-dioxanone-co-glycolide) copolymer. The novel polymeric blends provide medical devices having dimensional stability. Also disclosed are novel absorbable medical devices made from these novel polymer blends, as well as novel methods of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Sasa Andjelic, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Brian M. Kelly, Christopher DeFelice, Daniel Steiger
  • Patent number: 9259515
    Abstract: Medical devices, such as stents, fabricated from a polymer including degradable polymer segments joined by di-urethane linkages with radiopaque functional groups chemically bonded to the polymer are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Yunbing Wang
  • Patent number: 9259516
    Abstract: The present invention proposes an implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, having a body, comprising at least one at least largely biodegradable metallic material, in particular magnesium or a magnesium alloy. To improve the degradation behavior, the implant has a first layer on at least a portion of its body surface, said layer containing a hydrogen-binding material, preferably palladium. Furthermore, methods for producing such an implant are given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Biotronik VI Patent AG
    Inventor: Ullrich Bayer
  • Patent number: 9259517
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention pertains to a ureteral stent that includes a proximal retention structure configured for retaining the proximal portion in the urinary bladder, which contains a balloon reservoir for storing a pressurized fluid that contains a urologically beneficial drug. In another aspect, a ureteral stent is provided that includes a reservoir for storing a pressurized fluid that comprises a urologically beneficial drug and an outlet remote from the reservoir, wherein the outlet includes a hydrogel material that, upon implantation of the ureteral stent, shrinks as the salinity of surrounding urine drops and expands as the salinity of surrounding urine increases. In other aspects, the invention pertains to a system for introducing a urinary stent into the body of a patient. In yet other aspects, the invention pertains to methods for treating patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianmin Li, David W. Robertson
  • Patent number: 9259518
    Abstract: A drug-delivering insertable medical device for treating a medical condition associated with a body lumen is disclosed. The drug-delivering insertable medical device includes an outer surface coated with two or more nano-carriers having two or more average diameters. A nano-carrier of the two or more nano-carriers has an average diameter suitable for penetrating one or more layers of two or more layers of the body lumen. The nano-carrier includes a drug surrounded by an encapsulating medium. The encapsulating medium includes one or more of a biological agent, a blood excipient, and a phospholipid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ENVISION SCIENTIFIC PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Manish Doshi, Prakash Sojitra, Alexandre Abizaid
  • Patent number: 9259519
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a medical device with a handpiece that provides enhanced comfort of use, maneuverability, and for a variety of hand-held options to the user. Embodiments of the invention include handpieces that include a grip panel comprised of a friction-enhancing material to facilitate gripping of the handpiece by an operator. In addition, embodiments of the invention include handpieces having a generally symmetrical configuration in order to facilitate grasping by an operator's left or right hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Allegiance Corporation
    Inventors: Adam S. Fedenia, Peter L. Visconti, Michael J. Milella, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9259520
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biphasic and dynamic direct cardiac contact device adapted to be implanted in a patient suffering from congestive heart failure and related cardiac pathologies, said cardiac device having means for providing ventricular assist, ventricular support and diastolic recoil, or for providing ventricular support and diastolic recoil only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, CORINNOVA INCORPORATED
    Inventors: William C. Altman, Saurabh Biswas, John C. Criscione, Lewis D. Harrison, Michael R. Moreno, Dennis I. Robbins
  • Patent number: 9259521
    Abstract: In a device for the automatic control of blood pumps, an optimization of the blood flow is achieved by periodic speed interventions and flow changes thereby occurring, using a formed differential variable and a control algorithm. In addition, the location of possible flow resistances on the venous or arterial side can be ascertained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY AG
    Inventor: Antoine P. Simons
  • Patent number: 9259522
    Abstract: A dialysis supply system that includes a central dialysis liquid manufacturing unit, a dialysis treatment unit, a valve arrangement, and a hydraulic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wehmeyer, Dietmar Köhler, Matthias Brandl, Benedict Glaser
  • Patent number: 9259523
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for controlling a disinfection status of a heater and/or cooler for human body temperature control during extracorporeal circulation. The temperature control is conducted by use of a heat exchanger and a temperature control liquid circulating through the heat exchanger and the heater and/or cooler. The inventive method comprises using a long term disinfectant in the temperature control liquid, measuring and preferably recording the concentration of the disinfectant in the temperature control liquid and deducing a disinfectant status of the temperature control liquid from the measured concentration of the disinfectant in the temperature control liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Schreyer, Erwin Knott
  • Patent number: 9259524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine for the purification of blood, a manifold for the dialysis machine as well as to a process for the regeneration of the dialysis bath. It is an object of the present invention to provide a dialysis machine, a manifold for the dialysis machine as well a process which facilitates the administration of medical preparations during a dialysis procedure. In order to solve the object, a dialysis machine according to the present invention comprises tubes (1, 5, 8) connected with a dialyzer (6), means for delivering pharmaceuticals into the tubes and a pump (11) for the transport of blood through the tubes and the dialyzer. The dialysis machine comprises means for administration (4) of at least one pharmaceutical by a suction effect of the pump or by a pressure effect of the pump or by an excess pressure of a gas or a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Vifor (International) AG
    Inventor: Ludwig Daniel Weibel
  • Patent number: 9259525
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for reducing the concentration of low molecular weight compounds in a biological composition containing cells while substantially maintaining a desired biological activity of the biological composition. The device comprises highly porous adsorbent particles, and the adsorbent particles are immobilized by an inert matrix. The matrix containing the particles is contained in a housing, and the particles range in diameter from about 100 ?m to about 1500 ?m. The device can be used to adsorb and remove a pathogen-inactivating compounds from a biological composition such as a blood product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Cerus Corporation
    Inventor: Derek J. Hei
  • Patent number: 9259526
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method of using contextual lighting to assist a user of a medical fluid injection system. In this embodiment, the method includes providing a lighted display in proximity to a component of the injection system during setup of the medical fluid injection system. If the user has properly performed a setup function that is associated with the component of the injection system, the method further comprises providing a first visual indication on the lighted display. If the user has not properly performed the setup function that is associated with the component of the injection system, the method further comprises providing a second visual indication on the lighted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Traci Barron, Niels Clausen-Stuck, Mark Fisher, Joseph Graceffa, David J. Hajicek, Martin G. Hieb, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Karen Kensok, Robert Kim, Lawrence Lunzer, Manfred Maiers, Adolfo Menendez, Jr., Khader Mohiuddin, Richard A. Oftedahl, Volker Roos, Jeremiah O'Leary
  • Patent number: 9259527
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system is provided and includes a power injector supporting a high pressure syringe. The fluid delivery system further includes a manifold and a low pressure hand-operated syringe. The manifold generally includes a plurality of fluid control valves in series fluid communication. A first fluid control valve of the plurality of fluid control valves has a first port, a second inlet port, and a third port. The third port of the first fluid control valve is in fluid connection with a first port of a second fluid control valve. The low pressure hand-operated syringe is in fluid connection with the first port of the first fluid control valve, and the high pressure syringe is in fluid connection with the second port of the first fluid control valve. The fluid control valves may be multi-position stopcock valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer HealthCare LLC
    Inventors: Michael A Spohn, Michael James Swantner, Barry Lynn McDaniel
  • Patent number: 9259528
    Abstract: A safety coupling for a fluid infusion device is provided. The device includes a first coupling device coupled to a drive system of the fluid infusion device, and a second coupling device coupled to a stopper of a fluid reservoir associated with the fluid infusion device. The first coupling device and the second coupling device cooperate to resist the movement of the stopper relative to the drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark S. Curtis
  • Patent number: 9259529
    Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller in electrical communication with a pump device so as to provide selected dosages of a medicine to a user over a period of time. The infusion pump system can employ a number of power management techniques to reduce the likelihood current drain of a rechargeable battery of the infusion pump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventor: Boris Tverskoy
  • Patent number: 9259530
    Abstract: An implantable infusion device includes a positive pressure reservoir, a pump, a flow restrictor, and an outlet. The device includes a first fluid flow path from the reservoir to the outlet, where the pump is downstream of the reservoir, and the outlet is downstream of the pump. The device further includes a second fluid flow path from the reservoir to the outlet, where the flow restrictor is downstream of the reservoir, and the outlet is downstream of the restrictor. The device may also include one or more controllable, MRI-safe valves to select whether fluid is delivered via the first or second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven R. Christenson
  • Patent number: 9259531
    Abstract: A repeater system may control a pump by using a repeater and a user interface. An adhesive patch system may be used for affixing a pump or other object to a human body. Such an adhesive patch system may include two sets of adhesive members, each member including an adhesive material on at least one side so as to attach to the body. The members of the first set are spaced to allow the members of the second set to attach to the body in spaces provided between the members of the first set, and the members of the second set are spaced to allow members of the first set to detach from the body without detaching the members of the second set. Also, fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Dean Kamen, Larry B. Gray, Russell H. Beavis
  • Patent number: 9259532
    Abstract: A cartridge interface assembly (80) characterized by a driving plunger (82) including an outer shaft (84), and a driver (86) including an inner shaft (88) movable telescopically with respect to the outer shaft (84), wherein rotation of the driver (86) causes the driving plunger (82) to advance in a direction away from the driver (86), and wherein the cartridge interface assembly (80) is inserted in a cartridge (22) in which a plunger (24) is slidingly disposed, and rotation of the driver (86) causes the driving plunger (82) to advance distally in the cartridge (22) until abutting against the plunger (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.
    Inventor: Oz Cabiri
  • Patent number: 9259533
    Abstract: A safety needle is provided. The safety needle includes a substantially hollow body and a needle assembly that includes a needle supported on a needle hub. The needle hub is movable in relation to the hollow body from an advanced position wherein a sharp tip of the needle extends from the hollow body to a retracted position wherein the sharp tip of the needle is positioned within the hollow body. The safety needle also includes a spring biased retraction mechanism that includes a constant force spring operatively connected to the needle hub. The constant force spring is a generally flat strip of prestressed material that is formed into constant coils around itself. The constant force spring is configured to bias the needle hub towards the retracted position wherein the spring provides a substantially constant force to the needle assembly while the needle assembly moves from the advanced position to the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Eugene E. Weilbacher, James L. Carlyon
  • Patent number: 9259534
    Abstract: A casing for an injection device of the type having a safety device which prevents operation of the device, incorporating an actuator means by which the safety means of the device can be actuated to allow operation of the device. Also a casing for a medicament container having an opening closed prior to use by a break-off tip, having relatively moveable first and second casing parts, which on relative movement apply a breaking force to the break-off tip. A preferred embodiment includes both such features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Zogenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregor John McLennan Anderson, John Mitchell
  • Patent number: 9259535
    Abstract: A syringe assembly including: (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap holder assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material removably attached to the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Excelsior Medical Corporation
    Inventors: William Anderson, Mark Wilson, Gary Henniger, Larry Colquitt, Christopher E. Gardner, Chirag Sanjay Walawalkar
  • Patent number: 9259536
    Abstract: An automatic injection syringe assembly having an integrated and fillable medicine container that includes a medicine container within a housing and a conduit assembly. The medicine container includes a piston having an aperture at a distal end thereof for the passage of fluid therethrough. The conduit assembly includes a conduit member that is releasably connected to the housing and has an open proximal end and an open distal end. The open distal end of the conduit member is releasably engaged with the piston and in fluid communication with the piston aperture. The open proximal end and the open distal end of the conduit member are m fluid communication via a conduit within the conduit member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard David Gillespie, III, Doug Owen Crow
  • Patent number: 9259537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a needle assembly (1) to be used in combination with a storing device (200) comprising a barrel (8) defining a chamber (9) receiving a product (4) and a piston (2), the assembly (1) comprising: —needle-bearing portion (7) in a first material, movable between an exposed and a retracted positions of the needle (5), —engaging means (8a, 10, 11, 18,) for securing said needle-bearing portion (7) to said barrel (8) in the exposed position, characterized in that it comprises: —sealing means (15) in a second material for tightly sealing the distal end (9a) of said chamber (9) to said needle-bearing portion (7), —a breakable portion (7a) located between said engaging means (8a, 10, 11, 18,) and said needle-bearing portion (7), which, when broken, allows independent proximal displacement of said needle-bearing portion (7) relative to said engaging means (8a, 10, 11, 18,) between said exposed and said retracted positions, said first material being more rigid than said second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bruno Baney, Frederic Perot
  • Patent number: 9259538
    Abstract: A medical device for use with a fluid transfer device includes a hub having an open proximal end with a frusto-conically-shaped cavity therein, a distal end and a passageway therethrough. The cavity is part of the passageway. A release element in the passageway of the hub is positioned to block fluid-tight engagement of the frusto-conically-shaped tip with the cavity of the hub. Structure is provided to release at least part of the release element, upon application of a proximally directed force on the hub, to allow the abrupt fluid-tight engagement of the tip and the cavity in the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Caizza, William N. Grady
  • Patent number: 9259539
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a label configured to be coupled to a medicament delivery device. The label includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is configured to be coupled to an outer surface of the medicament delivery device. The second surface includes a textual indicia. The label further includes an electronic circuit system configured to output an electronic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: kaleo, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric S. Edwards, Evan T. Edwards, Mark J. Licata, Paul F. Meyers, David A. Weinzierl
  • Patent number: 9259540
    Abstract: A nozzle, an inhaler with a nozzle and a method for producing a nozzle are proposed, which nozzle comprises two holes formed in a flat plate which plate is then deformed such that the axes of the holes intersect so that jets of fluids moving through the holes impinge with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stephen Terence Dunne
  • Patent number: 9259541
    Abstract: A warming gas flows through a jacket to heat an insufflation gas flowing in a separate tube, thereby reducing cost and disposable waste. The heated warming gas may be filtered to sterilize or maintain sterility and released to atmosphere after heating the flowing insufflation gas. Alternatively the warming gas may be reheated and recirculated through the jacket, with an additional tube being used within the jacket so that the warming gas flows in both directions lengthwise. As an alternative to separate tubes, a single, multi-lumen tube may be used. The insufflation gas may be CO2 and the warming gas may be room air. The heating element and sensors may be separate from the disposable unit of a heated insufflation set, and need not be re-sterilized prior to or after use in surgery. The heat is constantly maintained, thereby eliminating “cold spots” caused by the natural cycling of the resistance heaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: John Temple
  • Patent number: 9259542
    Abstract: A differential pressure transducer determines pressure differentials between respiratory airflows and ambient airflows. Another determines pressure differentials between respiratory airflows and interface airflows. And another determines pressure differentials between i) respiratory airflows received from a subject and ii) interface airflows received from an area near a cannula. Corresponding respiratory monitoring methods also determine the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jaron Matthew Acker, Robert Quin Yew Tham, Kristopher John Bilek, Andreas Tzanetakis
  • Patent number: 9259543
    Abstract: A method for improving the cardiac output of a patient who is suffering from pulseless electrical activity or shock and yet still displays some myocardial wall motion including sensing myocardial activity to determine the presence of residual left ventricular pump function having a contraction or ejection phase and a filling or relaxation phase. In such cases, a compressive force is repeatedly applied to the chest based on the sensed myocardial activity such that the compressive force is applied during at least some of the ejection phases and is ceased during at least some of the relaxation phases to permit residual cardiac filling, thereby enhancing cardiac output and organ perfusion. Also incorporated may be a logic circuit capable of utilizing multiple sensing modalities and optimizing the synchronization pattern between multiple phasic therapeutic modalities and myocardial residual mechanical function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Paradis, David Barash, Henry R. Halperin, Gary Freeman
  • Patent number: 9259544
    Abstract: A method of operating a ventilator or pressure support system that automatically determines a timed back up rate for the patient based on the patient's spontaneous breathing patterns. The aggressiveness of the determined rate increases as the patient takes less spontaneous breaths. Also, a method wherein one or more mechanisms are used to determine whether a machine breath should be issued. Each mechanism consists of a basic timing element coupled with one or more logical permits. Both the timing element and each of the one or more logical permits must be satisfied to allow the timing mechanism to trigger a machine breath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Michael T. Kane, Gregory Matthews, Benjamin Irwin Shelly, Heather Dawn Ressler
  • Patent number: 9259545
    Abstract: The function of a respiration system, with a patient port (1) with connected inspiration branch (3) and expiration branch, is checked. A rebreathing line (9) connects the inspiration branch to the expiration branch. A reservoir (25) is connected to a reservoir port (27) in the rebreathing line. An actuatable control valve (29) is provided in the rebreathing line between the expiration branch and the reservoir port. A pressure sensor (33) is connected to the rebreathing line. A control unit (39) is connected to the control valve and to pressure sensor. The process includes closing the control valve for a preset inspiration time and opening it for a preset expiration time. The value sent by the pressure sensor is detected with the control valve opened during the expiration time and compared with a preset first threshold valve. An error message is generated when the value sent exceeds the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ralf Heesch, Till Rahlf
  • Patent number: 9259546
    Abstract: A ventilator system (100/200/300/400) includes an integrated blower (130/230/330). In one case, the ventilator system includes: an inspiration port (122/222/322) for connection to an inspiratory limb (112/212/312) of a dual-limb patient circuit (110/210/310), and an expiration port (142/242/342) for connection to an expiratory limb (114/214/314) of the dual-limb patient circuit; a gas delivery device (120/220/320) connected to the inspiration port to supply a pressurized flow of gas to the inspiration port to generate a positive pressure; and a blower having an inlet (132/232/332) that is operatively connected to the expiration port and configured to be controlled to selectively supply a negative pressure level between 4 and 120 cmH2O to the expiration port, and an outlet (134/234/334) to exhaust gas received from the expiration port. In another case, the ventilator system includes a blower to generate positive pressure/flow to augment flow for noninvasive ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Smita Garde, Mabini Arcilla
  • Patent number: 9259547
    Abstract: An apparatus for improving patient comfort during CPAP therapy includes a venting arrangement arranged to reduce expiratory pressure. A mask system for providing CPAP therapy to a patient includes a mask; a flow generator to provide a flow of pressurized breathable gas; a tube to connect the mask to the flow generator; and a venting arrangement arranged to reduce expiratory pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: RedMed Limited
    Inventors: Sofietje Meynink, Bruce Richard Davies, James Morrison, Robert Edward Henry, Lee James Veliss
  • Patent number: 9259548
    Abstract: A patient nasal interface is provided that includes a female portion and a first registration feature. The female portion receives a male portion of a generator head. The female portion wraps around and over the male portion when the male portion is inserted into the female portion of the patient nasal interface. The first registration feature is configured for mating with a second registration feature associated with the male portion of the generator head and wherein the mating of the first registration feature with the second registration feature provides a feedback to an operator upon proper insertion of the male portion into the female portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: CareFusion 207, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Porteous, Brian W. Pierro, Khalid Said Mansour, Geoff Wise
  • Patent number: 9259549
    Abstract: A breathing mask arrangement includes a frame portion, a sealing lip provided to the frame portion and adapted to form a seal with a user's face, a forehead support provided to the frame portion, and a forehead cushion removably secured to the forehead support. The forehead cushion includes a contact portion having a contact surface adapted to contact a user's forehead and a connecting structure structured to couple the forehead cushion to the forehead support and allow pivoting and/or tilting movement of the contact portion relative to the forehead support. The connecting structure includes a support foot adapted to be received within a respective opening provided in the forehead support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ResMed R&D Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Christoph Lang, Achim Biener, Dieter Heidmann, Harald Wolfgang Vogele, Stefan Rolf Madaus