Patents Issued in July 4, 2017
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Patent number: 9694101Abstract: The invention relates to methods for fabricating a flowable hemostatic composition. The invention also relates to hemostatic compositions and methods for promoting wound healing. In various embodiments, the hemostatic compositions comprise crosslinkable collagen molecules having a porosity controlled by the ratio of weight percent collagen solids to weight percent crosslinker when crosslinking the collagen. In other embodiments, the hemostatic compositions comprise crosslinkable collagen molecules having a porosity controlled by the temperature and rate of freezing when drying the composition during fabrication. In some embodiments, the compositions contain additional agents, including biological agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Orthovita, Inc.Inventors: Marissa M. Conrad, Lauren S. Valdes, Jenny E. Morgan, Alice Bachert, Abigail Cohen
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Patent number: 9694102Abstract: Fired magnesium oxide stabilized transformation toughened zirconia ceramic can be for or of an implant or implant component of a one-piece unicompartmental knee spacer device; a multi-piece unicompartmental joint aligning device; a temporal mandibular joint cap implant; a vertebra cap; an ankle joint ensemble or component; a bridge, a tooth or teeth; a patellofemoral joint implant; a tibial tray for a knee joint replacement implant; an intermediary articulation plate for a tibial tray and liner for a knee joint replacement implant; or the intermediary articulation plate assembled in combination with the tibial tray.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: LOUIS A. SERAFIN, JR. TRUST, XYLON, L.L.C.Inventors: Louis A. Serafin, Jr., Gerald J. Jerry, Jr., Nicholas H. Burlingame
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Patent number: 9694103Abstract: A water-soluble photo-activatable polymer including: a photo-activatable group adapted to be activated by an irradiation source and to form a covalent bond between the water-soluble photo-activatable polymer and a matrix having at least one carbon; a reactive group adapted to covalently react with a biomaterial for subsequent delivery of the biomaterial to a cell; a hydrophilic group; and a polymer precursor. A composition including a monomolecular layer of the water-soluble photo-activatable polymer and a matrix having at least one carbon, wherein the monomolecular layer is covalently attached to the matrix by a covalent bond between the photo-activatable group and the at least one carbon. The composition further includes a biomaterial having a plurality of active groups, wherein the biomaterial is covalently attached to the monomolecular layer by covalent bonding between the active groups and reactive groups. Also provided is a method for delivery of a biomaterial to a cell.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: The Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaInventors: Ivan Alferiev, Ilia Fishbein, Michael Chorny, Robert J. Levy, Benjamin Yellen, Darryl Williams
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Patent number: 9694104Abstract: Methods of treating biological tissue with bioremodelable tissue prostheses having a vasculature that is infused with a biomaterial composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc.Inventors: Robert G Matheny, Craig N Ferrante
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Patent number: 9694105Abstract: Bioremodelable tissue prostheses having a vasculature that is infused with a biomaterial composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc.Inventors: Robert G Matheny, Craig N Ferrante
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Patent number: 9694106Abstract: Cosmetic threads for reducing wrinkle size include at least one synthetic collagen fiber that wells after placement under the skin.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: MiMedx Group, Inc.Inventors: Rebeccah Brown, Thomas J. Koob
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Patent number: 9694107Abstract: The present invention can be used for actual implantation surgery without a scaffold. The present invention provides a synthetic tissue or complex which can be produced by culture and has a high level of differentiation ability. The present invention also provides a therapy and medicament for repairing and/or regenerating tissue using replacement and covering. By culturing cells under specific culture conditions such that medium contains an extracellular matrix synthesis promoting agent, the cells are organized and are easily detached from a culture dish. The present invention was achieved by finding such a phenomenon. In addition, the self contraction of the tissue can be regulated by culturing the tissue in a suspended manner. Therefore, it is possible to regulate the three-dimensional shape of the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Two Cells, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norimasa Nakamura, Hideki Yoshikawa, Wataru Ando
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Patent number: 9694108Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device that permits a permanent aperture to be formed in a wall, or other partition, of an implantable medical device. The present invention maintains the continuity and fluid-retaining properties of the implantable medical device by providing a breachable barrier material fully covering an opening delimited by a deformable framework. The invention is accessed with conventional interventional surgical instruments that disrupt and displace the barrier material. Following disruption of the barrier material, the opening is enlarged with surgical instruments to form a permanent framed aperture in the wall of the implantable medical device. The permanent framed aperture provides fluid communication across the wall of the implantable medical device.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Warren J. Cutright, Craig T. Nordhausen, Michael J. Vonesh, James T. Walter
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Patent number: 9694109Abstract: A placental construct is provided. The placental construct includes a therapeutically effective amount of human birth tissue material and a nanoparticle composition. Methods of treatment with the placental construct and a corresponding kit are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Brahm Holdings, LLCInventor: Timothy R. Brahm
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Patent number: 9694110Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medical devices which contain one or more polymeric regions that are at least partially biodisintegrable in bodily fluid. These devices may be implanted or inserted into a subject for treatment of various diseases, disorders and conditions. The present disclosure further provides methods of slowing and/or accelerating the dissolution of such medical devices by administering a composition which alters the pH of the subject's urine.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Piyush Sheth
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Patent number: 9694111Abstract: The invention relates to a coated medical device for rapid delivery of a therapeutic agent to a tissue in seconds to minutes. The medical device has a layer overlying the exterior surface of the medical device. The layer contains a therapeutic agent, a contrast agent, and an additive.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Lutonix, Inc.Inventor: Lixiao Wang
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Patent number: 9694112Abstract: The present invention relates to systems for and corresponding methods of delivering a therapeutic agent to a vessel wall of a body lumen by providing a compound capable of being crosslinked after intraluminal release onto a vessel wall so that the therapeutic agent is temporarily retained at the site of delivery by the crosslinked compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: John Stankus, Mikael Trollsas, Syed Hossainy
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Patent number: 9694113Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a packaged urinary catheter assembly and method of using the packaged urinary catheter assembly. The catheter assembly includes a conduit having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end includes at least one aperture for receiving fluid from a patient. The conduit is contained within a sleeve having a length, a width, and a size configured to receive the catheter. According to one embodiment, the conduit and the sleeve may be arranged in a helical coil. The outer surface of the conduit may have a lubricious and/or an antimicrobial coating.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Tracey E. Knapp, Vasu Nishtala
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Patent number: 9694114Abstract: Catheters and a method of preparation thereof comprising a catheter body and at least one connector. The catheter body has an exterior surface and at least one lumen having an aspect ratio of at least 3:1 and an intraluminal surface comprising a hydrophilic polymer layer thereon, the hydrophilic polymer layer has an average dry thickness of at least about 50 nanometers, wherein the catheter body comprises one or more permeabilization agents and one or more antimicrobial agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: David Lucchino, Christopher R. Loose
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Patent number: 9694115Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of an iron-based alloy medical apparatus, comprising: nitriding the iron-based alloy preformed unit at 350-550° C. for 30-100 minutes; and ion etching the iron-based alloy preformed unit with an ion etching time of 80-110% of the nitriding time. Ion nitriding and ion etching can be performed in situ in the same equipment using this manufacture method with high production efficiency, and in the ion nitriding and ion etching process, nitrogen atoms continuously permeate the preformed unit, making the time it takes for the medical apparatus to be absorbed by the human body and both the hardness and strength of the instrument surface achieve requirements.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.Inventors: Deyuan Zhang, Wenbin Wang, Ziqiang Liu
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Patent number: 9694116Abstract: Various embodiments of stents with radiopaque markers arranged in patterns are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventor: Patrick P. Wu
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Patent number: 9694117Abstract: A medical material that is excellent in antithrombogenicity even under a severe use condition in which thrombi are easily formed, is provided. The medical material contains a water-insoluble copolymer including a repeating unit (A) (which is derived from acryloylmorpholine, for example) and a repeating unit (B) (which is derived from methoxyethyl acrylate, for example), in which the water-insoluble copolymer has 5 mole % to 20 mole % of the repeating unit (A) with respect to all constituent units of the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takao Anzai
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Patent number: 9694118Abstract: A portable vacuum device including: a source of liquefied gas; a gas operated vacuum generator having a vacuum inlet; a valve for controlling flow of gas from the source to the vacuum generator; a suction tube having proximal and distal ends; a collection container having an outlet coupled to the vacuum inlet of the vacuum generator and an inlet coupled to the proximal end of the suction tube, the arrangement being such that when said valve is opened the vacuum generator creates a vacuum in the container and at the distal end of the suction tube.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Construct Medical Pty, Ltd.Inventor: Philip Stuart Esnouf
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Patent number: 9694119Abstract: A surgical instrument has a hollow tubular member, and a pressurization unit that has an outer valve portion, a pressurization device having a movable part configured to generate pressurized fluid when the movable part is moved, and an inner valve portion. The inner valve portion includes a first flow passage that is configured to fluidically connect a first port and a second port of the outer valve portion to each other when the inner valve portion is in a first position, and a second flow passage that is configured between the inner valve portion and the outer valve portion to fluidically connect the first port and a third port when the inner valve portion is in a second position. A sealing system fluidically isolates the second port and the third port from each other at any position of the inner valve portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: GYRUS ACMI, INC.Inventors: Ming J. Cheng, Chee K. Teo, Kevin C. Edwards, Michael J. Bennett, John P. Flynn, Matthias Reif, Phillip A. Ryan, Allen C. Palmer
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Patent number: 9694120Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for delivering at least one agent to a wound site. The method includes the steps of providing a delivery tube having an outlet at a wound site, covering the wound site with a drape and introducing agent at an agent inlet port of the delivery tube. The agent passes along the delivery tube through the drape to the wound site. The agent can be a wide variety or mixture of fluids such as but not limited to pain relief medicament, anti-biotics, saline solution and/or hydrating fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Kristian Hall, Edward Yerbury Hartwell
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Patent number: 9694121Abstract: A system for improving cardiac function is provided. A foldable and expandable frame having at least one anchoring formation is attached to an elongate manipulator and placed in a catheter tube while folded. The tube is inserted into a left ventricle of a heart where the frame is ejected from the tube and expands in the left ventricle. Movements of the elongate manipulator cause the anchor to penetrate the heart muscle and the elongate manipulator to release the frame. The installed frame minimizes the effects of an akinetic portion of the heart forming an aneurysmic bulge. Devices and methods are described herein which are directed to the treatment of a patient's heart having, or one which is susceptible to heart failure, to improve diastolic function.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: CardioKinetix, Inc.Inventors: Miles D. Alexander, Matthew L. Pease, Barry L Templin, Serjan D. Nikolic
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Patent number: 9694122Abstract: An implantable aortic blood pump includes a rigid body having wall extending along a long axis and defining an inflation port portion with an inflation aperture therethrough. The aperture is fluid communication with an inner surface of the body and on a fluid supply, the body is preferably independent of an external brace or an external stiffener, yet still has a cantilevered deformation of less than 8 millimeters in response to a 200 gram weight suspended from a front body edge. A deflecting structure of a membrane deflects in response to fluid pressure so as to pump blood when the pump is secured to a subject aorta.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: L-VAD Technology, Inc.Inventors: Robert M Smith, Adrian Kantrowitz, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Allen B. Kantrowitz, Paul S. Freed
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Patent number: 9694123Abstract: The present invention generally relates to ventricular assist device power monitoring and conservation. In some embodiments, a pump controller may transition the pump to operate in a power-saving operational mode when a power source and/or a power source condition indicate a need to conserve power. In some embodiments, when the power source is an emergency battery and when the emergency battery has powered the pump for an extended period of time, the controller may signal the pump to operate in the power saving-operational mode. In some embodiments, when a low power hazard condition is triggered by signals from one or more external power sources, the controller may signal the pump to transition to the power-saving operational mode if the condition lasts for an extended period of time. In some embodiments, the controller may trigger the power-saving mode when the emergency backup battery is below a voltage threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Kevin Bourque, Brian Kimball, Charles P. Dague
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Patent number: 9694124Abstract: A cardiac support system comprising an intake region for the intake of blood, an outlet region for discharging the intake blood, a pump arrangement for conveying the blood from the intake region to the outlet region, a pump-aorta connection, and a suction connection from the intake region to the pump, parts of the function of the heart being taken on by said cardiac support system, and a cardiac support method having the steps of taking in blood from within the left half of the heart, pumping, and transferring aspirated blood into the aorta with the cardiac support system.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Universitaet zu LuebeckInventor: Hans-Hinrich Sievers
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Patent number: 9694125Abstract: A medical fluid pumping system that includes a medical fluid pumping machine that includes an actuator and a medical fluid cassette that can be disposed within a cassette enclosure of the medical fluid pumping machine. A member is disposed within a fluid pump chamber of the medical fluid cassette and is magnetically attracted to the actuator such that the member and the actuator can be coupled together when the cassette is disposed within the cassette enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Kulwinder S. Plahey, Robert Matthew Ohline, Sean Farrell, Anthony Thomas Ortega
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Patent number: 9694126Abstract: A method is provided for adjusting a continuous dialysate volume flow in a dialysis machine with at least two discontinuous pumps and a controller for generating a desired volume flow of the dialysate. The energy for driving the pumps is set to be constant with a value determined corresponding to the pump-time volume of the respective pump stroke and the delivered volume. A dialysis machine for carrying out the aforementioned method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Frank Hedmann, Erik Griessmann, Joachim Wich-Heiter, Sven Sebesta
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Patent number: 9694127Abstract: There is provided a bioreactor device having cells, including human primary proximal tubule cells (HPTCs) or HPTC-like cells on the exterior surface of hollow fiber membranes included within the device. Also provided are bioartificial kidney devices incorporate the bioreactor device and methods of using such devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchInventors: Daniele Zink, Yar Oo Zay
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Patent number: 9694128Abstract: An anti-cancer substance is administered via the patient's blood ex vivo and in line by establishing a connection between the patient and a device having a chamber containing the anti-cancer substance. The patient's blood in the chamber and the anti-cancer substance interact so that immune cells in the blood (1) are activated to produce an immune response in the patient, or (2) are pre-armed by attaching to the cells antibodies, or (3) both. After activating or pre-arming the cells, the patient's treated blood is returned to the patient. The anti-cancer substance may be within the chamber prior to drawing the patient's blood into the chamber, may be introduced into the chamber after drawing the patient's blood into the chamber, or may be introduced into the chamber concurrent with the introduction of the patient's blood into the chamber. The connection is terminated after returning to the patient's blood including the activated or pre-armed cells.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Inventor: Brian LeBerthon
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Patent number: 9694129Abstract: A package for a medical cannula with a hub, such as a pen needle, is disclosed. The package includes a cover for receiving a medical cannula and for engaging a hub of the medical cannula. The cover has open ends that are in communication through the cover. The packaging also includes a sterility barrier for the cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik, Sean Sullivan
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Patent number: 9694130Abstract: A medical article, such as a connector fitting, is stabilized on a patient with a retainer having a base and moveable walls. Actuation surfaces configured to move the walls in at least a lateral direction towards each other are suspended above the base by a pair of supports. When pressed together, inner surfaces of the walls form a channel configured to encircle the medical article. The medical article may be pressed down against the actuation surfaces by a medical provider to cause the walls to encircle the medical article. Thereafter, the medical provider may snap the walls together using a latching mechanism to stabilize the medical article on the patient.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Venetec International, Inc.Inventors: Rafael V. Andino, Christopher J. Brooks
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Patent number: 9694131Abstract: A fluid injection system for use with a syringe is disclosed. The fluid injection system includes a housing, a drive member at least partially disposed within the housing, at least one radially retractable pin disposed within the drive member, and a sensor positioned to sense rearward movement of a sensing pin in the drive member. The at least one pin is adapted to form a radially retractable abutting connection with a plunger of the syringe in response to axial movement of the drive member. Further, at least a portion of the pin is radially extendable and retractable through at least one radial passage in the drive member, and is retracted within the radial passage during forward movement of the drive member, and extends radially outward through the radial passage during rearward movement of the drive member.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Kevin P. Cowan, John A. Haury
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Patent number: 9694132Abstract: An insertion device for use with an insertion set is provided. The insertion device includes a first housing and a first member received in the first housing and movable relative to the first housing between a first position and a second position. The insertion device also includes a second housing substantially surrounding at least a portion of the first housing such that a gap exists between the first housing and the second housing. The first member is received in the gap in the second position. The second housing has at least one locking arm to couple the insertion set to the second housing. The first member is movable from the first position to the second position to uncouple the insertion set from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventor: Douglas A. Rieck
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Patent number: 9694133Abstract: A system and method for automatically adjusting parameters for predicting blood glucose levels and/or controlling the dispensing of insulin. In one embodiment, the system is a stand-alone system. In one embodiment, the system is part of a system for controlling the dispensing of insulin.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Dose SafetyInventors: Robert C. Kircher, Jr., Richard S. Mauseth, Jason N. Bishop, Donald P. Matheson, Suray Bhatia, Jeff A. Bilmes
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Patent number: 9694134Abstract: An infusion assembly is provided. Such an infusion assembly includes a first infusion body and a first nozzle operably engaged with the first infusion body. A first plunger is configured to translate longitudinally within the first infusion body for dispensing a first substance out of the first infusion body through the first nozzle. The plunger has a translating member and a stopper piston separable and removable from the translating member. Once separated, the stopper piston is capable of receiving a second nozzle of a second infusion body such that the first substance, along with a second substance in the second infusion body, are capable of being sequentially administered to a target site. An associated method and kit are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Zoetis Services LLCInventors: Christopher Michael Bradley, Roland Jeffrey Wyatt, Jeffrey Alan Tilley, Bradley Welding Kolstad
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Patent number: 9694135Abstract: A revolving multi-cartridge syringe device includes a needle and two or three revolving holders, each for receiving a cartridge containing medical fluid to be injected. The holders can be pre-loaded with the cartridges, with a first cartridge placed in a loaded position ready to dispense. After fluid in the first cartridge is injected into a patient, a second holder and cartridge are revolved into the loaded position, without breakdown of the syringe. The process can be repeated with a third cartridge. The engagement of each cartridge with the needle, retraction from the needle, and rotation of the revolving holder are all implemented by sliding a sliding actuator in either a first direction or a second, opposite, direction, depending on which action is desired. Thus, injection and reloading of the cartridges can be easily actuated by the user through manipulation of a single slidable actuator, without requiring withdrawing the needle from the mouth area to reload.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Inventor: Nicholas Ciancarelli
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Patent number: 9694136Abstract: An injection device includes a housing having a receptacle for a vessel for holding injection fluid; an operator-manipulated element for setting an injection dose; a dosing member rotatable about a longitudinal center axis relative to the housing when setting the injection dose; a feed part; and, a latching unit acting between the feed part and housing. The dosing member has a zero position whereat no dose is set and an injection position whereat an intended dose of injection fluid is set. A spring acts between the dosing member and the housing to return the dosing member from an intermediate position to the injection position or a zero position.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Haselmeier AGInventors: Joachim Keitel, Daniel MacDonald, Herbert Bechtold
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Patent number: 9694137Abstract: An injection device includes a housing for receiving a syringe or cartridge for containing a medicament; a rotary driveshaft mounted for rotation relative to the housing; and an elongate coiled torsion spring having respective formations at opposite ends thereof, with a first formation being anchored in a seat on the rotary drive shaft and a second formation being anchored in a seat on a reaction component. In use relative rotation of the rotary driveshaft and the reaction component in one angular direction strains the torsion drive spring, and release of the strained torsion drive spring causes expression of medicament from the syringe or cartridge. The torsion spring is longitudinally resiliently compressible between its end formations whereby during assembly of the injection device, the torsion spring may be longitudinally compressed and then rotated, thereby urging the end formations of the torsion drive spring into engagement with the respective seats.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: OWEN MUMFORD LIMITEDInventors: Toby Cowe, Simon Reitter
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Patent number: 9694138Abstract: According to the invention, a safety device for a pre-filled syringe comprises a hollow support body to retain the pre-filled syringe therein, a hollow needle shield that is slidable relative to the support body and guiding means for guiding the movement of the needle shield relative to the support body. The guiding means comprise a guide pin, a guide track and a cut-out adjacent to the guide track. The guide pin protrudes into the guide track and moves within and along the guide track when the needle shield is slid relative to the support body. The cut-out allows a side wall of the guide track to be deflected in a lateral direction perpendicular to a central axis of the safety device.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Sanofi-Anetis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Matthew Ekman, Christopher James Smith, Troy Baker, Graham Wilson, Gareth Roberts, John Slemmen
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Patent number: 9694139Abstract: A device having a housing; a cannula projecting forwardly from the housing; a connector useful for attaching the device to a fluid source or receptacle; a fluid flow path establishing fluid communication between the cannula and the connector; a retraction mechanism biasing the cannula away from its projecting position; and an actuator supported by the housing and configured to modify the fluid flow path so as to terminate fluid flow through the device, seal off the fluid flow path, and release the retraction mechanism to retract the cannula into the housing. The subject device is particularly preferred for use in the medical field, for example, as part of an infusion set or as a collection device for blood, or other fluids or flowable matter.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Retractable Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Shaw, Mark Small, Ni Zhu
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Patent number: 9694140Abstract: A single-use needle cover configured to obscure, protect, or hide at least a portion of a needle from view before, during, and/or after an injection and/or aspiration procedure is disclosed. In some embodiments, the cover includes a housing at least partially containing the needle and configured to couple to a syringe, wherein the housing includes an axis and a guide member. In some embodiments, a sleeve has a plurality of tracks configured to slidingly receive the guide member, wherein the sleeve is configured to retract, extend, and rotate with respect to the housing. In some embodiments, after the sleeve has been retracted and extended one time, a first locking member inhibits further retraction of the sleeve and a second locking member inhibits rotation of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Sta-Med, LLCInventors: Sergio Rubinstein, Samuel Rosenberg, Theodore Mosler, Tianhong Ouyang, David Foshee
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Patent number: 9694141Abstract: Described is a needle safety device comprising a needle hub including a plurality of resilient arms having detents, a needle having a distal tip, and a needle shield telescopically coupled to the needle hub. The needle shield includes a plurality of axial slots adapted to engage the detents on the resilient arms and the detents are axially movable in the slots. The needle shield includes a plurality of grooves separated from the slots by separation walls and the grooves are adapted to engage the detents. When the needle shield is in a first position relative to the needle hub, the needle shield covers the distal tip of the needle and the detents are engaged in the slots. When the needle shield is in a second position relative to the needle hub, the distal tip of the needle protrudes through an aperture in the needle shield and the detents are engaged in the slots.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: John Slemmen, Chris Ward
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Patent number: 9694142Abstract: A device for percutaneous delivery of therapeutic agents includes a head, a wheel rotably mounted on the head, the wheel having an axis of rotation and an outer surface, a plurality of needles disposed upon the outer surface, each needle having a tip projecting away from the axis of rotation of the wheel, and a reservoir mounted on the body, the reservoir containing a fluid, the reservoir having an opening near to the wheel such that the fluid is disposed on the wheel through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Inventor: Maria Banar
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Patent number: 9694143Abstract: Described is a needle assembly attachment and removal device comprising a case having a base and a longitudinal axis (L), a carriage axially movable with the case from a first position to a second position, a carrier rotatably coupled to the carriage and adapted to hold a needle assembly, and a gearing arrangement rotatably coupled to the carriage and adapted to rotate the carrier in a first rotational direction as the carriage moves from the first position to the second position and in a second rotational direction as the carriage moves from the second position to the first position.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Uwe Dasbach, Christoph Dette, Peter Nober, Fiete Sonntag, Christoph Eisengarthen
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Patent number: 9694144Abstract: A medicament injection device includes a device body portion that includes a penetrating member channel. A penetrating member is provided with a sharpened distal tip and shaft portion that is slidably disposed within the penetrating channel to provide for a penetrating to travel in a linear axial movement. A pierceable membrane isolates a penetrating member in an associated penetrating member chamber. A medicament reservoir is in fluid communication with the penetrating member. The medicament reservoir is configured to house a medicament and is coupled to the penetrating member to allow for delivery of medicament to a tissue site.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventor: Dominique M. Freeman
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Patent number: 9694145Abstract: An auto-injector device including a syringe, a needle arranged in the vicinity of a first end of the syringe, and a plunger arranged within the syringe. A volume within the syringe between the plunger the needle accommodates medicine, such that movement of the plunger toward the needle dispenses medicine through the needle. A selection assembly configurable by a user to adjust an amount of medicine dispensed by the auto-injector device and depth to which the medicine is delivered. Also, a method for treating a skin lesion or skin disorder utilizing the auto-injector and a kit for patient administered treatment.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Inventor: Joseph Onorato
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Patent number: 9694146Abstract: In the joint mechanism, when connecting a plunger to a piston, after engaging members of a plunger-side engaging region in a retracted state pass through a first engaging wall region of a piston-side engaging region, the engaging members of the plunger-side engaging region come into a projected state in a second engaging wall region and the projected state of the engaging members is fastened by a fast block, and thereby, the plunger-side engaging region engages with the piston-side engaging region.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SUGAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9694147Abstract: A fluid medicament delivery device includes a patient attachment unit, containing the fluid medicament, and an indicator unit adapted to be detachably coupled to the patient attachment unit. A method for monitoring the fluid medicament includes independently setting a flow rate of a fluid medicament with the patient attachment unit. A pressure and/or a flow rate of the fluid medicament is sensed with a sensor located in a separate indicator unit in a sensing mode. A status of the fluid medicament delivery device is determined based at least in part on the pressure and/or the flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: CEQUR SAInventors: Gregory H. Peatfield, Peter Gravesen
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Patent number: 9694148Abstract: A discharge device for a flowable substance includes at least one storage element having at least one reception chamber for a flowable substance. A carrier body including a discharge opening is provided with a pin having an axial channel and a transverse channel branching off from the axial channel. The storage element is guided on an outer side of the carrier body via at least one annular sealing lip. Discharge of the flowable substance is effected by sliding the storage element onto the pin so that the sealing lip skims over the transverse channel of the cylindrical pin and the cylindrical pin urges the flowable substance out of the reception chamber via the transverse and axial channels. In the area of the discharge opening, the carrier body includes an atomizing device that discharges the flowable substance in atomized form by a sliding of the storage element.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: DISPENSYS AGInventor: Alberto C. Sogaro
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Patent number: 9694149Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of making medicinal aerosol canisters (10), in particular metered dose canisters (10), comprising aerosol formulation comprising medicament particles suspended in liquid propellant, for example for delivery by pulmonary or nasal inhalation as well as medicinal dispensers (100) including such canisters (10), such as metered dose medicinal dispenser in particular pressurized metered dose inhalers, wherein the liquid propellant in some embodiments contains HFA 134a and/or HFA 227, and the propellant component is subjected to one or more ultrasonic probes.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Philip A. Jinks, Christopher G. Blatchford
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Patent number: 9694150Abstract: A laryngeal-mask airway device including provision for drainage of the esophagus including an inflatable main-cuff and a backplate having a laryngeal-side and a pharyngeal-side. The backplate also has an external tube joint adjacent to the proximal region of the main-cuff. The backplate is hermetically bonded to the periphery of the main-cuff establishing separation between a laryngeal-chamber region and a pharyngeal region. A distally open evacuation tube includes a distal portion which longitudinally traverses the interior of the distal region of the main-cuff in sealed relation therewith for operative engagement and communication with the inlet of the oesophagus. The evacuation tube traverses the laryngeal-chamber region generally adjacent to the laryngeal-side of the backplate and passages through a proximally located tube-joint to the pharyngeal region.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: THE LARYNGEAL MASK COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Archibald Ian Jeremy Brain