Patents Issued in May 10, 2016
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Patent number: 9333105Abstract: A support device for protecting one or more portions of a user's hand or arm by limiting movement thereof includes a base surface for contacting a floor or other object adjacent to the device, a curved support surface extending from the base surface, and a plurality or orifices formed in the support surface. A user's fingers and thumb can be placed through the orifices to allow the palm of the hand to rest on a portion of the support surface, suspending the heel of the hand above the support device and aligning the user's wrist with the heel. The fingers may remain freely suspended within the device.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventor: Christi Lane
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Patent number: 9333106Abstract: An orthopedic device in the form of a circumferential walker includes a first member (posterior shell) and a second member (dorsal shell) corresponding to the first member. An outsole or plantar shell portion is attached to, or formed on or with the posterior shell. A hinge mechanism is provided between the posterior and dorsal shells to allow the dorsal shell to be swung away from the posterior shell in order to accommodate an anatomical limb therein. Inflatable bladders having perspiration wicking channels and/or openings are provided within a liner for insertion between the posterior and dorsal shells. Quick-connecting buckle and retaining assemblies can be provided to allow a user to quickly don and doff the orthopedic device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: OSSUR HFInventors: Irving Hu, Jane Lee
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Patent number: 9333107Abstract: A brace system includes a medial brace and a lateral brace securable via cross members. Each brace has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a hinge assembly between the upper and lower portion configured to allow translation of the lower portion relative to the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven D. Potter, Christopher Everett Thorne, Michael Patrick Murphy
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Patent number: 9333108Abstract: A vertebra health body suit has a fixation part, a memory alloy support part, a spring part and a wearing part. The fixation part is removably surrounded to the waist of the user and supported on the pelvis of the user; the lower end of the memory alloy support part is fixed and supported on the fixation part; the spring part includes at least a first coil spring, the first coil spring is sleeved in the support part; and the wearing part is removably worn on the chest and the shoulder of the user, the wearing part is assembled in the upper end of the support part. With the longitudinal support by the memory alloy support part and the spring part, the gravity above the chest and the waist is supported by the pelvis to relieve the force of the waist.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventors: Fangguo Liu, Bin Liu
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Patent number: 9333109Abstract: The present invention provides a motion assist apparatus capable of reducing the discomfort of a user that may be caused when a motion is assisted. A motion assist apparatus 1 has actuators 11, which apply a force for controlling the posture of the upper body of a user P through the intermediary of a second frame 14, a posture estimation sensor PS, which detects a posture angle ? of the upper body of the user P, a control unit C, which controls the actuators 11 to reduce a deviation d? of a posture angle ? from a reference posture angle ?0, and a trigger sensor TS, which detects the occurrence of a trigger event. The control unit C sets the posture angle at the time of the occurrence of the trigger event as the reference posture angle ?0.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhito Kuromiya, Hiroyuki Goto, Makoto Nakatsuka, Hideo Shimizu, Tatsuya Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9333110Abstract: A valve that is sealable to an associated container having an interior fluid storage region is adapted to permit and stop flow of fluid from the fluid storage region. The valve includes a valve body sealable to the container and a stem mounted to the valve body having a portion in flow communication with the fluid storage region. The stem is movable relative to the valve body between an open position to permit flow from the fluid storage region through the valve, and a closed position to stop flow through the valve. The stem has a grasping region spaced from the valve body. The grasping region is adapted rotate the stem to move the valve between the open and closed positions. The grasping region has first and second sides. One of the sides has a tactile indicator to provide indication of the position of the valve, the other of the side is devoid of the tactile indicator.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Daniel March, John F. Hannan, Terence King, Jakub Goczkowski
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Patent number: 9333111Abstract: Intrauterine devices and methods for facilitating deployment thereof using a bumper are disclosed. In one embodiment, an intrauterine device comprises a structure including a first central support member and a deployment mechanism coupled to the first central support member. The intrauterine device further comprises a bumper positioned at a distal end of a second central support member and at a more distal position relative to a distal end of the structure so as to prevent the distal end of the structure from contacting the fundus of the uterus of a patient during deployment of the deployment mechanism. In another embodiment, the intrauterine device comprises a bumper coupled to the deployment mechanism and configured to move from a more distal to a more proximal position relative to a distal end of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Kochem, Daniel A. Beaudet
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Patent number: 9333112Abstract: A sorption-based, adhesive contact apparatus and method for contact cooling a patient via conductive thermal exchange are described. The apparatus includes a pad, having a fluid containing layer and adhesive contact surface, and a sorption-based device, fluidly interconnectable to the fluid containing layer, for vaporizing fluid contained in the fluid containing layer and for sorping the vaporized fluid. The fluid vaporization and the vapor sorption cools the adhesive contact surface of the pad. A port control member may selectively establish fluid interconnection between the fluid containing layer and sorption-based device. An internal pressure of the sorption-based device may be established lower than an internal pressure of the fluid-containing layer prior to fluid interconnection therebetween. A fluid retention member and path defining members may be included to facilitate vaporization, vapor diffusion and vapor sorption, thereby enhancing uniform cooling.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Medivance IncorporatedInventor: Gary A. Carson
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Patent number: 9333113Abstract: A catheter apparatus for treatment of a human patient is described, the catheter apparatus having a central axis and comprising a shaping structure moveable between a delivery state having a first helical shape, and a deployed state having a second helical shape. The shaping structure is configured to have a reverse taper with a structural diameter that varies over the length of the shaping structure such that the structural diameter of the shaping structure at the proximal end is smaller than the structural diameter of the shaping structure at the distal end.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Chad Abunassar, John Stankus, Jesus Magana, David Mackiewicz, Mikael Trollsas, Syed Hossainy, Scott Perrin
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Patent number: 9333114Abstract: An apparatus provides mechanical energy to vibrate a needle. An irrigating sleeve is disposed around the needle and includes one or more irrigation ports through which irrigation liquid is ejected during emulsification. To prevent the needle from occluding the irrigation ports with its deflections, one or more bumpers are provided between the sleeve and the needle.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Fluidics Partners, LLCInventor: Richard S. Koplin
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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
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Patent number: 9333116Abstract: A sound attenuator that allows a user to adjust the amount of attenuation in a variable, continuous fashion or in a discrete controlled fashion from zero attenuation to maximum attenuation without removing the device from the ear. The ear attenuator includes a housing having a passageway, the passageway allowing for sound to pass through the housing and a variable control, the variable control able to control the size of the passageway through the housing and the amount of attenuating material located within the passageway through the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventors: Natan Bauman, Ralph T. Campagna
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Patent number: 9333117Abstract: A hemostatic device for promoting the clotting of blood includes a gauze substrate, a clay material disposed on the gauze substrate, and also a polyol such as glycerol or the like disposed on the gauze substrate to bind the clay material. When the device is used to treat a bleeding wound, at least a portion of the clay material comes into contact with blood emanating from the wound to cause the clotting. A bandage that can be applied to a bleeding wound to promote the clotting of blood includes a flexible substrate and a gauze substrate mounted thereon. The gauze substrate includes a clay material and a polyol. A hemostatic sponge also includes a gauze substrate and a dispersion of hemostatic material and a polyol on a first surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Z-MEDICA, LLCInventors: Raymond J. Huey, Denny Lo, Daniel J. Burns, Giacomo Basadonna, Francis X. Hursey
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Patent number: 9333118Abstract: An absorbent article for absorbing liquid discharge of a wearer when worn in the crotch region includes an absorbent core for doing the absorbing of the liquid discharge. A conductive layer is in electrical contact with the absorbent core. The article includes at least one set of first and second electrical contacts secured in intimate physical and electrical contact with the conductive layer such that when an electric potential is applied between the first and second electrical contacts, an electric current travels between them and through the conductive layer in such a way so as to follow a first relatively high impedance path along the conductive layer when the absorbent core is dry and a relatively low impedance path when the absorbent core is wet. This system allows a system verification check, even in the dry state, and the determination of the extent of the wet portion of the absorbent core.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS ABInventors: Allan Elfström, Anders Gustafsson
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Patent number: 9333119Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a chassis having a belt portion extending therefrom. The belt portion comprises a side edge, a waist opening edge, a leg opening edge, first and second substrates engaged with each other, and elastic elements disposed intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate. The belt portion also comprises a first texture zone comprising a first portion of the substrates and the elastic strands and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the waist opening edge and a second texture zone comprising a second portion of the substrates and the elastic elements and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the leg opening edge. The first texture zone extends at least partially along a first lateral extent of the belt portion and the second texture zone extends at least partially along a second lateral extent of the belt portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Darrell Ian Brown, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Woehnl Juratovac
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Patent number: 9333120Abstract: A simple disposable absorbent article including a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The chassis includes a water-impermeable sheet folded laterally inward at both of its side edges to form opposing side flaps. Each side flap is attached to the interior surface of the chassis adjacent to its end edges. Each side flap has a longitudinally extending elastic gathering member attached adjacent to its proximal edge. The absorbent assembly is smaller in width and in length than the chassis. The side edges and end edges of the absorbent assembly may be disposed proximally relative to the respective side edges and end edges of the chassis. The absorbent assembly includes an absorbent core that may contain superabsorbent particles, which may be contained inside pockets. The chassis may be extensible. The absorbent assembly may be in a cruciform pattern to the chassis to allow portions of the chassis to extend laterally.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gary Dean Lavon, Kevin Michael Smith, Michael Patrick Hayden
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Patent number: 9333121Abstract: In a disposable diaper, ends at a front waistline region side of the disposable diaper within a stretchable range in leg stretch units are configured so as to be closer to an end at the front waistline region side as compared to an end at the front waistline region side within a stretchable range in the crotch stretch unit. Ends at a rear waistline region side within the stretchable range in the leg stretch units are configured so as to be closer to an end at the rear waistline region side as compared to an end at the rear waistline region side within the stretchable range in the crotch stretch unit. A tensile modulus of the crotch stretch unit is configured so as to be greater than a tensile modulus of the leg stretch units.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Tetsuo Okubo
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Patent number: 9333122Abstract: A disposable wearing article including a buttocks-covering section having tensile force sufficient to prevent this section from lifting and/or quirking during use of the wearing article and being free from anxiety that the buttocks-covering section might irritate the wearer's skin even if this section comes in contact with the wearer's skin.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Takino, Hiroki Mori
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Patent number: 9333123Abstract: A wearing article includes front and rear side edges respectively joined by seam arrays extending in a longitudinal direction Y, a waist-opening, and a pair of leg-openings. The wearing article further includes an inner sheet, an outer sheet and a liquid-absorbent core sandwiched between these inner and outer sheets. The inner and outer sheets are formed of heat-sealable fibrous nonwoven fabrics containing thermoplastic synthetic resins. Each of the seam arrays of the diaper includes a plurality of seam-welded regions and a seam-nonwelded region left behind in the seam array. In the seam array, the seam-welded regions arranged so as to be aligned in longitudinal and transverse directions, each substantially shaped in a square, partially lack at a position differentiated for every one of specified patterns.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Mariko Yamashita, Taishi Nakamura
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Patent number: 9333124Abstract: A feminine care absorbent article that contains multiple printed patterns of graphical objects visible from a body facing surface is provided. The layout and design of the patterns are carefully selected in the present invention to achieve a synergistic masking effect that helps visually disguise the presence of bodily fluids or stains around the periphery of the article. Such “passive” stain masking is achieved, in part, through the use of printed patterns that are distributed in an asymmetric manner about both the longitudinal and transverse centerlines of the article. The printed patterns are also located at or near the periphery of the article and at least partially extend into portions of the body facing surface that overlie the absorbent core. The pattern design is also such that a majority of an interior zone of the absorbent article is generally free of printed graphical objects.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Kristi Bryant, Sue Oates, Garry Woltman, HyungByum Kim, Julie Prescher, Ward Elwood, Shelley Rasmussen, Sr., Dave Krysiak, HyungWoo Park, Clarice Theisen
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Patent number: 9333125Abstract: Wearable disposable absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, having elastically extensible fastening members (also sometimes known as fastening “ears”) with particular features, extending from a chassis or main portion of the articles, are disclosed. The fastening members may be highly extensible and have an overall geometry characterized by greater length nearer the chassis or main portion and lesser length nearer the distal end. Examples disclosed may have a fastener zone having a Stiffness of at least about 1,500 N/m, and shape and dimensional characteristics, that help avoid problems of buckling and/or flipping of edges of the fastening members, dishing of fastener components, and fastening member tearing, while the articles are applied and worn.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mark James Kline, Michael Irwin Lawson, Anna Elizabeth Macura, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Oscar Antonio Ruiz
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Patent number: 9333126Abstract: Compositions and methods for modulating blood sugar are provided. The composition comprises gymnema, green coffee, grape seed, hibiscus, cinnamon, holy basil, Russian tarragon, ginger, turmeric, and chromium.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Taryn Louise Forrelli, Paul Schulick
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Patent number: 9333127Abstract: A bodily garment assembly includes a sleeve that may be worn around a user's waist so the sleeve covers the user's crotch. An absorbing member is removably coupled to the sleeve so the absorbing member abuts the user's crotch. The absorbing member may absorb urine.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventor: Debra A. Horsley
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Patent number: 9333128Abstract: A trauma management kit includes a main quick release bag for holding wound bandaging materials wherein the bag is made of a flexible nylon duck material, a rigid tourniquet holster fastened to an exterior surface of the quick release bag for receiving and holding a tourniquet therein for immediate access to the tourniquet without opening the main quick release bag. The holster preferably includes a two piece polymer case having an inner shell and an outer shell held together by rivets adjacent an upper opening of the case. A fabric holster cover made of nylon duck material is sewn to the exterior surface of the quick release bag over the holster to mitigate a near infrared signature of the polymer case.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Tribalco, LLCInventor: Jeremy Catrone
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Patent number: 9333129Abstract: The embodiments described and claimed herein relate to a wheelchair securement system that includes a wheelchair securement area, wherein the securement area comprises a front end and a rear end. The securement system includes a first restraint, a second restraint, a third restraint, and a fourth restraint, each of which is anchored near the front end of the securement area and is adapted to extend from the front end of the securement area, wherein the first restraint and the second restraint are adapted to connect to a front portion of the wheelchair, and the third restraint and the fourth restraint are adapted to connect to rear portion of the wheelchair.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Valeda CompanyInventors: Edgardo Cardona, Aaron E. Kiser
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Patent number: 9333130Abstract: A wheelchair includes a frame, a chair, a pair of drive wheels, a pair of rear wheels, and a pair of front wheels. Each front wheel is part of a front arm assembly that is rigidly coupled to a drive via a mounting plate. The mounting plate is connected to the wheelchair frame by a pivot. The drives are transversely mounted. The batteries are disposed rearward of the drives. The wheelchair seat can be moved forward to provide access to the batteries without fully removing the wheelchair from the frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Pride Mobility Products CorporationInventors: John Puskar-Pasewicz, Kip D. Alder
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Patent number: 9333131Abstract: A system and method for patient transfer, including patient transfer from a bed to a rollable chair and patient transfer from a wheelchair to a bed. A docking assembly can connect a rollable chair to a bed for transfer. The systems and methods can provide a safe, dignified, and comfortable transfer for patients. A transfer bed, a docking assembly, and a wheelchair can be used together as a system and can reduce the physical and psychological burden of bedridden patients and their caregivers. The transfer bed, docking assembly, and wheelchair can be appropriate for use within a patient's home, nursing home, hospital or any location where a patient is transferred between a bed and a wheelchair. The transfer bed, docking assembly, and wheelchair can be controlled such that a patient is transferred from a bed to a wheelchair or from a wheelchair to a bed.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Next Health, LLCInventors: Lee F Griswold, Edward A Gilchrest, Bruce Eidinger, David Beckstrom
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Patent number: 9333132Abstract: A wheelchair lift system that allows a wheelchair and a person sitting in the wheelchair to be selectively positioned at a standing height or a sitting height. A lift system that is attachable to wide variety of existing wheelchairs.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: KATEZLIFTInventors: Tod A. Bruestle, Donald P. Borchert
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Patent number: 9333133Abstract: A wheelchair having an adjustable seat includes a seat frame including first and second side support members. The side support members are extendable between a first position defining a first length and a second position defining a second length greater than the first length. A seat member is coupled at a first side thereof to the first side support member and at a second side thereof to the second side support member. The seat member extends between the first and second side support members to define a seat area having an initial depth corresponding to the first length of the side support members and a width corresponding to a distance between the side support members. The seat member includes an auxiliary portion for extending the seat member to an extended depth corresponding to the second length of the side support members.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Drive Medical Design & Mfg.Inventor: Michael Serhan
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Patent number: 9333134Abstract: A fluid tank receptacle comprises a housing, a cage, and a retainer. The housing includes an opening therethrough configured to receive a fluid tank. The cage movably engages the housing and configured to support the fluid tank. The retainer is coupled to the housing and is configured to movably retain a portion of the cage within the housing such that the cage is able to move between a storage position and a use position with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Richard H. Heimbrock, Jonathan D. Turner
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Patent number: 9333135Abstract: A bed frame with a support structure has a rigid structural frame for carrying an articulating structure for an adjustable bed. The support structure extends substantially to the extents of the articulating structure in an unarticulated position and has a padded bolster. The bolster incorporates a mounting support attached to the structural frame and a resilient foam bumper received on the mounting support with a fabric covering surrounding the bumper and fastened to the mounting support. The articulating structure includes rigid planar supports having edges with a surrounding resilient foam layer having a fabric covering secured to the planar support. The bumper and foam layer are resilient to deform upon contact with an intruding appendage inserted between them. For an exemplary embodiment, an electrical outlet is mounted in a housing which penetrates the support frame, mounting support and bumper.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Ergomotion, Inc.Inventor: Joseph Ermalovich
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Patent number: 9333136Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a cushion, a cover arranged over a top side of the cushion, and a sensor unit. The sensor unit is coupled to the cover and arranged to underlie a patient supported on the cover. The sensor unit includes a sensor configured to detect conditions near the interface of a patient's skin with the cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Luke Gibson, Keith R. Kubicek, James N. Hoffmaster, Timothy J. Receveur, Charles A. Lachenbruch
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Patent number: 9333137Abstract: A patient positioning device attaches to a bed rail to stabilize a patient on the patient's side to more easily provide care to the patient. The device includes a shaft having a first end and a second end. A cushion is coupled to the first end of the shaft. The cushion is configured for abutting a back side of a patient to support the back side of the patient. A tube is coupled to the second end of the shaft. A plurality of clips is coupled to the tube The clips are configured for releasably attaching to a bed rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventors: Henry Hernandez, Maray Guerra, Hector Guerra, Olga De Armas
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Patent number: 9333138Abstract: A caregiver assist device for use with a patient support apparatus is disclosed. The caregiver assist device including a support structure, a boom, a helper belt, and a constant force spring assembly. The boom extends from the support structure over the patient support apparatus. The helper belt is supported along the boom and has a first end and a second end. The constant force spring assembly includes a constant force spring coupled between the support structure and the first end of the helper belt so that a constant counterbalancing force is applied to the helper belt in response to a patient force being applied to the second end of the helper belt.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Joshua J. Moriarty, Thomas K. Skripps, Andrea L. Lewis, Peter A. Rankis
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Patent number: 9333139Abstract: A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Hillenbrand Management Company LLCInventor: William A Hillenbrand, II
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Patent number: 9333140Abstract: An improved bed apparatus (4) includes a bed (12) and a movable heater assembly (16). The bed (72) is movably disposed on a support (8), and the heater assembly (76) is movable to enable alignment between the bed (72) and the heater assembly (76) to promote uniformity of irradiance on a patient situated on the bed (72). In an embodiment, the bed (72) and heater assembly (76) are movable together to maintain alignment between the bed (72) and the heater assembly (76). In another embodiment, the bed (72) and the heater assembly (76) are independent, but one or more indicators (244, 254) are provided to enable manual alignment between the bed (72) and the heater assembly (76).Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Sanjay Bharadwaj, Roopesh Edavana, Samik Das
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Patent number: 9333141Abstract: A thermotherapy device (1) includes a basic housing (2) with walls (14) with a support for a patient and an especially transparent covering hood (3) for the basic housing (2), which covering hood can be moved between a closed position and an open position, so that the basic housing (2) is closed by the covering hood (3) in the closed position. A guide mechanism (4) is provided for mechanically guiding the motion of the covering hood (3) between the closed position and open position. A heater such as a convection heater with a blower heats the air and/or an air humidifier humidifies the air. The covering hood (3) is moved in a simple manner and access to the support for a patient is essentially not hindered by the covering hood (3) in the open position. The patient is kept warm essentially by a radiant heater when the covering hood (3) is opened and by the convection heater when the covering hood (3) is closed. The covering hood (3) may be irradiated by the radiant heater and protected from condensation.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Jochim Koch, Philip Möhring, Harald Kneuer
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Patent number: 9333142Abstract: An adjustable-position support arm for a medical table, the adjustable-position support arm comprising: a plurality of tubular elements connected to one another in series at a plurality of joints; a locking mechanism disposed at each joint so that a first portion of the locking mechanism is secured to a first tubular element of that joint and a second portion of the locking mechanism is secured to the second tubular element of that same joint, wherein the locking mechanism is normally configured in a locked condition so as to prevent rotation of the first tubular element relative to the second tubular element, and further wherein the locking mechanism may be selectively reconfigured in an unlocked condition so that the first tubular element is rotatable relative to the second tubular element; and an actuator for simultaneously reconfiguring all of the locking mechanisms from their locked condition to their unlocked condition, whereby to permit the plurality of tubular elements to be rotated about the pluraType: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventor: Peter E Schuerch, Jr.
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Patent number: 9333143Abstract: An exercise device for stretching a user's muscles is disclosed. The exercise device includes a pliable substantially non-resilient cord having a length between a first end and a second end, and a plurality of ball shaped handles positioned along the length of the pliable substantially non-resilient cord. Each of the plurality of ball shaped handles is fixedly attached to the pliable substantially non-resilient cord with a plurality of handle fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventors: Eric Michael Weber, Glenna Day Weber
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Patent number: 9333144Abstract: A device comprising a casing; at least one vibratory source; at least one power source; at least one switch to actuate the vibratory source; electrical communication between the vibratory source, the power source, and the switch; and an optional thermal element for modulating the temperature of a contacted area of a surface. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: MMJ Labs, LLCInventors: Amy L. Baxter, Louis A. Calderon
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Patent number: 9333145Abstract: Provided are a method for neck care and a neck care kit comprising the method, the method comprising: the step of applying acupressure to a Cheonchu acupoint and then applying acupressure downward along a back neckline from the Cheonchu acupoint; the step of applying acupressure to a Yepung acupoint and then applying acupressure downward along the sternocleidomastoid muscle from the Yepung acupoint to the upper margin of the collarbone; the step of applying acupressure to the upper margin of the collarbone and the decollete region (the upper part of breast); and the step of applying acupressure to the region connecting the low margin of the lower jaw and the neck. The method for neck care is considered to have effects of relieving skin wrinkles, improving blood circulation, relieving tension and giving a pleasant stimulation, thereby enabling various applications in the fields of skin care, cosmetics and medicine.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ga Young Cho, Eun Joo Kim, Ho Sik Rho, Duck Hee Kim, Han Kon Kim
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Patent number: 9333146Abstract: A package for a container including a tubular barrel having open distal and proximal ends, the proximal end being sized and shaped to receive a plunger, and the distal end being sized and shaped to receive an injection needle, the package including a plunger rod for the container, a part of the plunger rod being shaped complementarily to at least a part of the external shape of the tubular barrel, and a tray connectable to the plunger rod, the tray and the plunger rod forming the package when they are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Becton Dickinson France S.A.S.Inventors: Frédéric Perot, Franck Carrel
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Patent number: 9333147Abstract: A device for sealing a vessel, in particular a cartridge (7) or a test-tube for accommodating a freeze-dried pharmaceutical product (S), wherein the vessel (1) comprises at its opening end (3) an opening edge (4) and an adjoining longitudinal portion (5) with an evenly formed inner cross section, including a front plunger (2) to be positioned inside the vessel (1) at the longitudinal portion (5), is characterized in that the front plunger (2) is configured to be positioned in the vessel (1) in a sealing state, in which the front plunger (2) is fully inserted in the vessel (1), or in an exchange state, in which the front plunger (2) is inserted partly in the vessel (1) and partly protrudes over the opening edge (4) of the vessel (1), wherein the front plunger (2) comprises sealing means that are configured to seal the inside of the vessel (1) against the outside when the front plunger (2) is positioned in the sealing state, and one or more communicating grooves (2i) that are configured to place the inside andType: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: ARTE CORPORATIONInventors: Andreas Schuetz, Makoto Kakiuchi, Seiji Shimazaki, Teruo Matsuda
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Patent number: 9333148Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable composition that is suitably used as a temporary cement for implant use and a mobile tooth-fixing material. The present invention is a polymerizable composition that includes an acrylic block copolymer (a) having at least one polymer block A that mainly contains a (meth)acrylic acid ester unit and that functions as a hard segment and at least one polymer block B that mainly contains an acrylic acid ester unit and that functions as a soft segment, a polymerizable monomer (b), and a polymerization initiator (c).Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.Inventor: Kenji Suzuki
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Patent number: 9333149Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a radically polymerizable dental material comprising at least two components. A first component of the dental material contains the salt of a CH-acidic compound, and an additional component contains an acid with acidity greater than that of the CH-acidic compound of the first component. Both components contain radically polymerizable monomers. When the two components are mixed, the acid of the second component converts the salt of the CH-acidic compound of the first component into a CH-acidic molecule, and the CH-acidic molecule triggers the radical polymerization of the monomers. In addition to the advantages of CH-acidic compounds in dental materials on the basis of a reactive resin, the invention achieves long-term storage stability as a result of an increase in the proportion of the reactive resin matrix in polymerizable dental materials.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: MUHLBAUER THECHNOLOGY GMBHInventor: Rainer Lueck
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Patent number: 9333150Abstract: The invention relates to a dental restorative material on the basis of at least one compound of Formula I A-[X-Q-(Y-CG)n]m?? Formula I, wherein CG represents in each case independently an azide group N3 or an alkyne group selected from the group consisting of —CR1R2—C?CH, with the proviso that the dental restorative material comprises at least one compound of Formula I comprising an azide group and at least one compound of Formula I comprising an alkyne group. The invention also relates to the use of the dental restorative materials according to the invention for preparing dental composites, preferably composite blanks, which are suitable in particular for mechanical processing by means of computer-aided processing techniques such as milling and grinding processes, and which are suitable above all for preparing dental restoration materials such as inlays, onlays, crowns, bridges or veneering materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Norbert Moszner, Peter Burtscher, Urs Karl Fischer, Thomas Hirt, Ulrich S. Schubert, Martin Hager, Bobby Happ, Benedict Sandmann
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Patent number: 9333151Abstract: A home care article can include a composition and a substrate. The article can be compliant to a surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
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Patent number: 9333152Abstract: The present invention refers to a peptide of general formula (I) R1-Wn-Xm-AA1-AA2-AA3-AA4-AA5-AA6-Yp-Zq-R2, cosmetic compositions which comprises said peptide, method of preparation of said peptides and its use in the treatment and/or prevention of itching, inflammation, pain, diseases and/or disorders of the respiratory airways.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Lipotec, S.A.Inventors: Antonio Vicente Ferrer Montiel, José María García Antón, Raquel Delgado González
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Patent number: 9333153Abstract: A multi-functional, foaming male shaving product comprising of (i) a surfactant blend consisting of an alkyl isethionate and a glyceryl alkanoate, wherein the ratio, by weight of alkyl isethionate to glyceryl alkanoate is between 5:1 to 8:1, (ii) a copolymer of acrylamide and iallyldimethylammonium chloride; (iii) a combination of a yeast extract, an algae extract, an extract of Chondrus crispus, and glucosamine hydrochloride; and (iv) a continuous self-foaming agent containing a volatile hydrofluoroether.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Renuskin, LLCInventors: John Renucci, Susan Goldsberry, Lyndon Garcines
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Patent number: 9333154Abstract: An dual oral composition is provided having a first peroxide-containing component and a second bicarbonate-containing component having exceptional anti-plaque and antibacterial action with re-mineralization properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: M & O Solutions, LLCInventors: Thomas Ray O'Brien, Kimberlee U. Martin