Patents Issued in June 27, 2017
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Patent number: 9687375Abstract: A minimally invasive system and method for providing weight loss by inducing the feeling of satiety whereby an intragastric device is inserted into the gastric lumen via the esophagus and an external magnetic device is used as needed to magnetically attract the intragastric device towards the inner wall of the stomach and impart tactile stimulation sufficient to induce the feeling of satiety.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Shahriar Sedghi
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Patent number: 9687376Abstract: A knee brace for continual electro-acupuncture stimulation system comprises a first circuit having a first circuit having a first electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point “Heting (S 156)” and a second electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point “Bladder 40”, a second circuit having a third electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point “Spleen 10” and a fourth electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point “Hsiyen (S 145)”, and a third circuit having a fifth electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point “Stomach 34” and a sixth electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point “Stomach 35”. The first, third, and fifth electrodes are connected to a polarity of voltage, and the second, fourth, and sixth electrodes are connected to an opposite polarity of voltage, such that electric currents flow in a body of a patient to achieve analgesia, cartilage repair and regeneration in the knee joint.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Y. King Liu
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Patent number: 9687377Abstract: A powered device augments a joint function of a human during a gait cycle using a powered actuator that supplies an augmentation torque, an impedance, or both to a joint. A controller estimates terrain slope and modulates the augmentation torque and the impedance according to a phase of the gait cycle and the estimated terrain slope to provide at least a biomimetic response. The controller may also modulate a joint equilibrium. Accordingly, the device is capable of normalizing or augmenting human biomechanical function, responsive to a wearer's activity, regardless of speed and terrain, and can be used, for example, as a knee orthosis, prosthesis, or exoskeleton.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: BIONX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Zhixiu Han, Christopher Williams, Jeff A. Weber, Christopher E. Barnhart, Hugh M. Herr, Richard J. Casler, Jr.
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Patent number: 9687378Abstract: A hands-free shoulder and back/spine support device for facilitating the correct posture and alignment of the shoulders and back/spine of a wearer comprising at least one elongate base member having opposed free ends, the at least one elongate base member being adapted for overlying the upper back such that the opposed free ends thereof align with and extend to the approximate midpoints of the shoulders of the wearer, and strap members for securing the at least one elongate base member on the back of the wearer such that the shoulders of the wearer are maintained in a desired alignment for use with an athletic training system.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: LJR Business Consultants, Inc.Inventor: Edward M. Titen
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Patent number: 9687379Abstract: A neck restraint system for surgical candidates and recovering patients has at least one or more rigid or semi-rigid members including a fabric cover for supporting a plurality of cushioning or padding elements. The cushions elements are preferably conformable fabric bags partially filled with either memory elastic foam and/or foam beads to provide conformability. The fabric cover provides for exterior cosmetic customization and secure juxtaposition of replaceable and/or exchangeable cushioning elements. The cushioning elements are disposed over and around the edges portions of the rigid or semi-rigid restraint members that would otherwise rub, chafe or abrade the skin even if padded. Periodic changes of the type of cushioning elements prevent and alleviate such skin irritation and provide greater patient comfort.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Tamera L Knight
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Patent number: 9687380Abstract: A kit for modeling a patient's neck area and creating a neck brace that is sized specifically for an individual patient. Combinations of components are chosen to build the model according to the actual measurements of the patient. A front and back blank are molded to correspond to the model, typically by heat molding. Once cooled, the blanks are removed from the model and Velcro®, padding, and a Velcro® strap are added to form a custom cervical collar brace. The front and back blanks can be formed on preformed blank molds, or can involve a method of forming blank molds upon which front or back blanks or both can be formed. The method can involve applying a material, such as low density polyethylene, to the blank mold and conforming the material to the mold. The blank can then be cut from the material, typically along an outline or contours.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: David L. Falk
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Patent number: 9687381Abstract: A modular footbed comprised of a forefoot portion, a heel portion, a bridge and arch support can be fashion to place the knee in dynamic alignment with the femoral head of the femur and the ankle. Standing on one leg and repetitively extending and flexing the knee of the supporting leg, one can observe side-to-side deviations of the knee from a natural position. Various components of the modular footbed are incorporated so as to enable the knee to remain aligned throughout its range of motion.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: The Foot FoundationInventor: Eric G. Ward
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Patent number: 9687382Abstract: Provided is a support device for supporting male genitalia, particularly the scrotum, when a male is in a seated position, including a support member and two or more attachment members for attachment to or hanging from a user's legs.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventors: Julia Beerman, Kara Lowenstein, Solomon L. Lowenstein, Jr.
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Patent number: 9687383Abstract: The current invention relates to an adjustable mandibular advancement device with a unique combination of resilient hinging and adjustability to prevent or reduce snoring and/or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. The adjustability is described by means of two concepts of adjustability for the relative enlargement or diminution of the members of the device, incremental and successive advancement mechanisms, in either combination or separately. By use of thermoplastic materials the device can be used in the outmost variability of the human dentition.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Petruska, LLCInventor: Natashia Ingemarsson-Matzen
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Patent number: 9687384Abstract: The present invention relates to a sliding-type apparatus for thermo-therapeutic treatment comprising: a body (1100) on which a thermo-therapeutic treatment device (1010) is arranged; a cover (1250) which is slid, and covers said thermo-therapeutic treatment device (1010); and guide grooves which are formed to slide on said body (1100). According to the present invention, if the apparatus for thermo-therapeutic treatment is not used, a lower bed member is slid such that the lower bed member can be overlapped with the body whereby a space can be easily utilized, and if the apparatus for thermo-therapeutic treatment is used, the lower bed member is easily unfolded in a sliding manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: CERAGEM CO., LTD.Inventor: Ji Hoon Park
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Patent number: 9687385Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for treating a human condition by providing an appendage chamber having a thermal exchange member. Negative pressure may be applied to a human appendage when placed within the appendage chamber. Blood flowing through the arteriovenous anastomosis (AVA) of the appendage may be heated or cooled at the thermal exchange member for therapeutic application of thermal energy to adjust blood viscosity in the human to alleviate symptoms associated with a number of autoimmune, circulatory, neurological, lymphatic, and endocrinal maladies. A load sensor may be coupled to the thermal exchange member and configured to measure a force of the appendage applied to the thermal exchange member. In addition, a negative pressure sensor may measure pressure within the appendage chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: AVACEN, INC.Inventors: Thomas G. Muehlbauer, Jeffrey R. Gray
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Patent number: 9687386Abstract: A medical pad has multiple layers. A first layer is for containing a first thermal-exchange fluid circulatable therethrough, with the medical pad being operable for thermal exchange between the first thermal-exchange fluid and a patient through a first side of the first layer. A second layer of the medical pad is interconnected to a second side of the first layer, opposite to the first side of the first layer. The second layer encloses a second thermal-exchange fluid that may have a freezing point of 0° C. or less. The medical pad is operable for thermal exchange between the second thermal-exchange fluid and the patient.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Medivance IncorporatedInventor: Gary A. Carson
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Patent number: 9687387Abstract: An apparatus for insertion in an ear is provided in one example and includes a drug delivery device for insertion into an external auditory canal, wherein the drug delivery device contains one or more pharmaceutically active agents that can be released from the drug delivery device into the external auditory canal. In more particular instances, the drug delivery device can conform to the profile of the external auditory canal.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Yoseph Yaacobi
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Patent number: 9687388Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for protecting mammalian tissue regions, the system including a removable guard cap. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Joseph Raniere
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Patent number: 9687389Abstract: There is provided a tampon pledget that includes one or more enhanced features that result in the pledget exhibiting increased bypass leakage prevention. These enhanced features may include, but are not limited to, geometry, absorption, and any combinations thereof. There is also provided one or more methods for constructing a tampon pledget having increased bypass leakage protection.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC.Inventors: Robert Jorgensen, Keith Edgett
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Patent number: 9687390Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for severing a continuous web into discrete pieces, and re-orienting the discrete pieces by turning and placing the discrete pieces onto a moving conveyor for further processing as desired.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin T. Davidson, Sudeep Ingole
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Patent number: 9687391Abstract: A system for absorbing blood and bodily fluids during surgical procedures includes an elongated, flexible element having a proximal end and a distal end, a weight secured to the distal end of the elongated, flexible element, and a plurality of absorbent elements attached to the elongated, flexible element. The absorbent elements are spaced from or connected to one another along the length of the elongated, flexible element. The absorbent elements, such as sponges or cotton balls, are adapted for soaking up blood and bodily fluids at a surgical site. A tab is secured to the proximal end of the elongated, flexible element for extracting the absorbent elements from the surgical site.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Victoria Genevieve Simon
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Patent number: 9687392Abstract: An absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a topsheet having a body contacting surface, a backsheet joined to said topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core has an upper layer and a lower layer. The lower layer has two density zones.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Miguel Alvaro Robles
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Patent number: 9687393Abstract: The invention relates to absorbent cores having high amounts of superabsorbent polymer material which are immobilized by adhesive. The absorbent cores have reduced peak force when subjected to the Laminate Compression Extension Test Method and also exhibit reduced delamination upon swelling of the superabsorbent polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Maike Thomann, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Alessandra Massa, Manuel Laso, Birgit Wirtz, Roland Engel
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Patent number: 9687394Abstract: A thin absorbent composite is provided wherein a nonwoven support sheet is hydro-entangled with a carded fiber web to provide a nonwoven substrate. The nonwoven substrate is coated with an absorbent layer comprising microfibrillated cellulose-coated superabsorbent polymer particles. A cover layer is placed above the absorbent layer to provide the absorbent composite. A process for manufacturing the absorbent composite and an absorbent article containing the absorbent composite are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: DSG Technology Holdings Ltd.Inventors: Gene Varona, Patrick King Yu Tsang, Andrew Wright
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Patent number: 9687395Abstract: An article of clothing can be used to reduce or prevent the occurrence of prolonged skin-on-skin contact, rashes, irritation, intertrigo, infections, discomfort, or chaffing. Such an article of clothing has a moisture management material made up of at least an outer layer, an inner layer, and a tab. The moisture management material is attached to a portion of the article of clothing via a tab of the moisture management material. The moisture management material may be of various shapes and sizes and preferably fits within a prescribed area of the article of clothing. The moisture management material may be variably positioned within the article of clothing to provide differing results such as additional support and/or moisture absorbing or moisture moving where necessary. Preferably the article of clothing is a brassiere but may be a shirt, diaper, pants, socks, panties, or other undergarments.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Mountain Park Music, Inc.Inventor: Miriam S. Clarke
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Patent number: 9687396Abstract: An absorbent article includes an absorbent core, a liquid impervious backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet, a functional layer, an adhesive layer and a releasable film. The functional layer includes a plurality of functional particles that are made from a material selected from sodium carbonate, argireline, mineral rock crystal, porphyritic andesite, borneol, mint essential oil, eucalyptus essential oil, jasmine essential oil, far-infrared radiation particles and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: HOMEWAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chin-Hsing Hsieh, Yi-Long Ho
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Patent number: 9687397Abstract: An electric wheelchair with quick-release drive wheels includes: a chassis, and two guide wheels and two said drive wheels. The drive wheels are rotated by a drive mechanism and connected to the drive mechanism by a quick-release mechanism. To detach the drive wheel, the user can press the cover to make the rolling balls move out of the receiving groove and back to the arc-shaped engaging portion, which allows the hollow shaft to disengage from the drive shaft. Then, keeping pressing the cover can detach the drive wheel from the drive mechanism. To assemble the drive wheel, the user can press the hollow shaft into the axial hole to make the rolling balls engage in the receiving groove, so that the drive wheel is assembled to the drive mechanism. The assembly and disassembly of the drive wheel require no wrenches or other tools, and therefore are very convenient.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Chung-Chuan Lin
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Patent number: 9687398Abstract: A shower stretcher assembly including a frame which supports a platform having panels that define a back rest section, a seat section, and a foot section. The seat section is flexible and capable of conforming to the shape of a person lying thereon.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: ARJO HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Bodil Akesson, Kajsa Haraldsson, Andreas Thomasson, Mats Edberg, Richard Nilsson
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Patent number: 9687399Abstract: A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Roger P. Jackson
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Patent number: 9687400Abstract: An exemplary bed platform frame includes first and second support frame assemblies, each including a pair of spaced apart rails, a cross member extending between the pair of spaced apart rails, and an actuator support member coupled to the cross member. The spaced apart rails of the first support frame assembly are connected to the spaced apart rails of the second support frame assembly when the first support frame assembly is assembled with the second support frame assembly. The actuator support member of the first support frame assembly is coupled to the cross member of the second support frame assembly when the first support frame assembly is assembled with the second support frame assembly. The actuator support member of the second support frame assembly is coupled to the cross member of the first support frame assembly when the first support frame assembly is assembled with the second support frame assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Invacare Corp.Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki
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Patent number: 9687401Abstract: Person support apparatuses having exercise features are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a person support apparatus includes a support surface, a footboard, a sensor, and a passive resistance mechanism. The support surface has a foot end and a head end, and the footboard is located near the foot end of the support surface, extending above the support surface. The footboard may include a pressure surface positioned to receive a pressing force. The footboard is freely slidable from an extended position to a retracted position with respect to the foot end of the support surface. The sensor provides a signal indicative of a magnitude of the pressing force incident on the pressure surface of the footboard. The passive resistance mechanism is coupled to the footboard, and resists a motion of the footboard to the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Shelley L. Alford, John V. Harmeyer, David W. Hornbach, John Sparkman, Robert M. Zerhusen, Michael P. Bish, Nabil Mehdi, Andreas Schabbach
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Patent number: 9687402Abstract: A bed rail organizer device is provided that is supported by the upper surface of a bed rail and acts as a cradle for supporting articles and equipment. The device comprises a first end that comprises one or more cradle pockets adapted for supporting items therein, including personal items or medical equipment. A bed rail strip is disposed opposite of the pockets and along the second end of the device. The bed rail strip comprises an elongated surface having one or more bed rail attachments along the lower surface thereof. Along the upper surface of the bed rail strip are one or more hose clamps, which are adapted to support medical hoses and lines crossing the threshold of the bed. In this manner, the organizer device is suited for supporting medical and personal items from the side rail of the bed.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventors: Jerry Ellis, John Hibler
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Patent number: 9687403Abstract: An electromechanical latch and ejector to selectively unlatch and eject an object.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Advantage Pharmacy Services LLCInventors: John Todd Barrett, Fred P. Schoville
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Patent number: 9687404Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a garment system including at least one muscle or at least one joint activity sensor, and at least one actuator that operates responsive to sensing feedback from the at least one muscle or the at least one joint activity sensor to cause a flexible compression garment to selectively compress against or selectively relieve compression against at least one body part of a subject. Embodiments disclosed herein also relate to methods of using such garment systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: ELWHA LLCInventors: Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
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Patent number: 9687405Abstract: A portable battery power operated chiropractic adjusting instrument, manipulator or thruster for applying a selectable adjustment energy impulse to a patient through a plunger having a resilient or cushioned head with the energy impulse applied to the plunger being supplied by a solenoid. The adjusting instrument can have annunciators or indicators for preload, readiness to operate, level of energy impulse and the like. The power source can be an internal rechargeable battery or removable rechargeable battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Activator Methods International, LTD.Inventors: Arlan W. Fuhr, Michael Liebschner
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Patent number: 9687406Abstract: A stretching device comprises a rectangular frame including two parallel longitudinal support sleeves, two parallel stretch sleeves fitted to slide into and from said parallel longitudinal support sleeves, two cross members perpendicularly and fixedly connecting the two said parallel longitudinal support sleeves; a foot grip assembly including two foot L-shaped foot grips attached perpendicularly to the distal ends of the longitudinal stretch sleeves; a mechanically ratcheting grip and push rod assembly including two upper push rod sleeves, two lower push rod sleeves, two push rods which slide inside the upper and lower push rod sleeves, two handles with trigger-style levers and quick release buttons, and ratcheting mechanisms to extend the push rods and hold said push rods in place; two U-shaped armpit grips with padding at the distal ends, a rotating connector that attaches the armpit grips to the upper push rod sleeves and the longitudinal support sleeves.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Gerald M. Steiner
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Patent number: 9687407Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) via the stretching of an affected user's restricted muscle(s), be it the extensor digitorum communis (EDC), extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB), supinator muscle, or any combination thereof. The apparatus can comprise various adjustable straps and rigid members configured to secure the apparatus to the user's arm and hold the user's interphalangeal joints, metacarpal phalangeal joints, and wrist in flexion, the user's forearm in pronation, and the user's elbow in extension. This combination of joint positions can constitute a desired position which, when held for prolonged periods, can cause the elongation of the restricted muscle tissue. This in turn can cause relief of the user's symptoms of lateral epicondylitis.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Tennis Elbow R & D Ltd.Inventor: Mark James Laurensse
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Patent number: 9687408Abstract: There is provided an exercise support apparatus including a leg rod connected to a waist region and a foot region of a user and including a linear motion actuator, a waist connecting section configured to connect one end of the leg rod to the waist region, and a foot region connecting section configured to connect the other end of the leg rod to the foot region.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kenichiro Nagasaka, Masakuni Nagano, Yasuhide Hosoda, D. Forrest Matthew
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Patent number: 9687409Abstract: A walking assist device including a waist assembly and at least one leg assembly connected to the waist assembly is provided. The leg assembly includes a thigh stand, a shank stand, a sole, a hip joint, a knee joint and an ankle joint. The hip joint is pivoted to the thigh. The knee joint is pivoted to the thigh stand and connected to the shank stand. The ankle joint includes at least a flexible plate and an elastic member. The flexible plate includes a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end is pivoted to the shank stand directly or indirectly, the second end is connected to the sole, and the elastic member presses the first end of the flexible plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Ming-Chang Teng, Yi-Jeng Tsai
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Patent number: 9687410Abstract: A walking assistance device includes: a base body; a driving unit that moves the base body; a distance detection unit that detects a distance from the base body to a user; a safety distance range setting unit that set, as a safety distance range, a distance range from the base body to the user during safe walk of the user; a walking state determination unit that determines whether or not the distance detected by the distance detection unit is out of the safety distance range; and a control unit that controls the driving unit when the walking state determination unit determines that the distance is out of the safety distance range. The walking assistance device detects that the distance is narrower than a predetermined distance, wherein the driving unit is controlled when the approach determination unit detects that the distance is narrower than the predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehide Matsumoto, Hideaki Fujita, Akikazu Ueyama, Yuuki Matsuoka
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Patent number: 9687411Abstract: A walker having a folded position and an unfolded position, wherein the walker comprises a structural frame with a first upright portion, a second upright portion, a folding mechanism between the first upright portion and the second upright portion, ground engaging elements on each of the first upright portion and second upright portion, and a foldable basket with first and second opposed ends secured by one or more fasteners to the first upright portion and the second upright portion, respectively. In another embodiment, walker comprises a structural frame with a first end, a second end, and sides between the first end and the second end, a handle or handles on the structural frame at the first end of the structural frame, ground engaging elements at the first end and the second end of the structural frame, and a suspension system integrated with the structural frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Zhi Cheng Chen
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Patent number: 9687413Abstract: A compression garment includes a plurality of inflatable bladders, a valve body, an inlet, an exhaust, and a rotary valve. The plurality of inflatable bladders is positionable around a limb of a wearer. The manifold defines a plurality of bladder ports, each bladder port in fluid communication with a respective inflatable bladder. The inlet defines an inlet port, and the exhaust defines an exhaust port. The rotary valve is in fluid communication with the inlet port, the exhaust port, and the plurality of bladder ports. Rotation of the valve in a first direction controls fluid communication between the inlet port and the plurality of bladder ports, and rotation of the valve in a second direction, opposite the first direction, controls fluid communication between the exhaust port and the plurality of bladder ports.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Phillip Shaltis
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Patent number: 9687414Abstract: Techniques associated with an implant system for imparting vibratory massage to tissue within a body is disclosed. In some examples, a device includes a case having an exterior surface configured to conform to an outer surface of a stomach, a passage extending from a distal opening disposed on a portion of the case to a proximal opening disposed on another portion the case, the passage configured to receive a securing member, a vibration generator coupled to the case and configured to generate a vibration, and a communication facility coupled to the case and configured to receive a first signal and to generate a second signal to the vibration generator.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Asfora IP, LLCInventor: Wilson Theophilo Asfora
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Patent number: 9687415Abstract: Systems and methods for assisting respiration extrathoracically, particularly useful for augmenting respiration in neonatal patients, including providing a positive pressure to a torso area of a patient. The positive pressure may be delivered to the torso area of the patient while the torso area is exposed to an ambient pressure, such as by providing positive pressure with high frequency gas jets that are positioned in proximity to the torso area. The positive pressure may be delivered to different parts of the torso area of the patient at different times, such as by controlling gas jets independently. The positive pressure may also be controlled in coordination with a gas flow and concentration to the patient's airway, such as by increasing the positive pressure as a gas flow pressure delivered to the patient's airway is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: THE NEMOURS FOUNDATIONInventors: Tariq Rahman, Thomas H. Shaffer, Marla R. Wolfson
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Patent number: 9687416Abstract: A neuromuscular therapy device and method is provided. The neuromuscular therapy device includes a top unit including a pair of square pyramidal bodies separated by a central valley. Each of the pair of square pyramidal bodies includes a top peak with vertices that are smoothly radiused. The neuromuscular therapy device may also include a base unit including a hollowed top central portion configured to provide a seat within which the top unit is secured.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Thomas W. Turner
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Patent number: 9687417Abstract: A containment assembly for enclosing a medication container may comprise a first housing portion or interface portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The interface portion may include a housing wall which defines a channel spanning from the proximal end to the distal end. The channel may be open at the proximal and distal end. The containment assembly may further comprise at least one pierceable septum disposed at least at one of: on the proximal end of the channel and within the channel forming a barrier between the proximal end of the channel and distal end of the channel of the interface portion. The containment assembly may further comprise a variable-volume housing portion having a variable volume chamber. The variable-volume portion chamber of the variable-volume housing portion may be in fluid communication with the distal end of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Jason A. Demers, Frederick Morgan
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Patent number: 9687418Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a medication cassette, which in addition to being capable of smooth automated dispensing despite being capable of storing large amounts of medication, allows accurate ascertainment of whether the medication has run out or is jammed. This medication cassette is provided with: a cylindrical body in which the medication is stored; a first rotating body capable of reciprocating movement inside the cylindrical body in the direction of the shaft center thereof; a second rotating body disposed on the outer circumference of the cylindrical body; a conveyed medication-detecting element for detecting medication that has been conveyed by the second rotating body; and a control for moving the first rotating body upward when a medication detection signal is not output from the conveyed medication-detecting element.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoki Koike
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Patent number: 9687419Abstract: A medication filling and management system comprises a medication storage device for assisting patients in filling and managing medication supplies. The medication storage device includes a number of electronically monitored storage compartments and a communication system to identify a medication to be provided from an adjacent medication commercial package, automatically identify to a user which compartments of the storage device are to be filled with the identified medication from the commercial package, and detect and communicate the filling and dispensing of the medication from the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Mircea Despa, Dylan Wilson, Sundeep Kankanala
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Patent number: 9687420Abstract: Nutritional formulas comprising long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are provided, along with methods and devices for preparing and/or administering nutritional formulas. In some embodiments, a percentage of the LC-PUFAs in the nutritional formula are in the form of monoglycerides and/or free fatty acids. In some embodiments, the nutritional formulas do not comprise added lipase. Also provided are methods for providing nutrition to a subject, methods for improving fat absorption, methods for improving cognitive ability, methods for preventing chronic lung disease, and methods for reducing the length of time a patient requires total parenteral nutrition.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Alexey L. Margolin, Robert Gallotto, Bhami Shenoy
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Patent number: 9687421Abstract: Provided is a dental filling and restorative material kit, including: a polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material for restoring a dentin portion; and a polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material to be layered on the dentin restorative material, in which the polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material and the polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material have different color tones, and in which a difference (nDa?nDb) between a refractive index nDa of a polymer of a polymerizable monomer (a) in the polymerizable composition (A) for a dentin restorative material and a refractive index nDb of a polymer of a polymerizable monomer (b) in the polymerizable composition (B) for an enamel restorative material is 0.005 or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATIONInventors: Chika Toriyabe, Hironobu Akizumi
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Patent number: 9687422Abstract: Methods of obtaining a carotenoid-containing composition were developed, in which degradation of carotenoids is suppressed even though extraction and purification are performed on a culture of microorganism that produces carotenoids including astaxanthin by simple steps using a lower alcohol which is a conventionally known solvent, and the compositions have high astaxanthin content and contain highly pure carotenoids and also have satisfactory crystal properties. Further addition of a simple step that promotes isomerization of astaxanthin successfully improved the carotenoid yield.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Mitsuhashi, Takanori Someya, Motoko Hayashi, Manabu Yamada, Shotaro Uchizawa, Kazuaki Hirasawa, Yuki Kawashima
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Patent number: 9687423Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a nanoemulsion, including mixing an oil phase part (A) containing a ceramide or derivative thereof, cholesterol, non-ionic surfactant, phospholipid and a polyol, a perfume part (B) containing a perfume ingredient, non-ionic surfactant and an alcohol, and an aqueous phase part (C) containing the other water-soluble active ingredients. When a nanoemulsion is obtained by the method, it is possible to reduce processing time and cost since a non-ionic surfactant is used without a high-pressure emulsification process, and the obtained nanoemulsion is more stable against a change in temperature than the other solubilized formulations.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: COSMAX, INC.Inventors: Jun Bae Lee, Chun Ho Park, Moung Seok Yoon, Hee Chang Ryoo
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Patent number: 9687424Abstract: Polyurea capsules that encapsulate active materials in polymeric walls resulting from the polymerization of an aliphatic polyisocyanate and a cross-linking agent such as a diamine, amphoteric amine or guanidine amine/salt are provided as are consumer products containing said polyurea capsules and for methods for producing such capsules.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCESInventors: Yabin Lei, Li Xu, Carol Joyce, Lewis Michael Popplewell
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Patent number: 9687425Abstract: Methods of making personal care compositions including microcapsules and methods of enhancing the efficacy of the microcapsules in said personal care compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jonathan Robert Cetti, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Steven Edward Witt, Eric Shane Henley