Patents Issued in December 5, 2017
  • Patent number: 9833352
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to ostomy devices. For example, ostomy bags or pouches that can be used to collect discharge from a temporary or permanent ostomy opening are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Laurie J. Maidl, William A. Faubion, Eric J. Dozois, Troy J. Ziegler
  • Patent number: 9833353
    Abstract: A glossoplasty implant tension relief system for treating an airway of a patient has a first portion configured to engage a mandible of the subject. The system also has a second portion configured to engage a tongue of the subject to retain at least a portion of the tongue. The system includes a connecting portion configured to connect the first portion and the second portion. The connecting portion is constructed and arranged to provide tension between the first portion and the second portion. The connecting portion includes an i) inelastic portion and ii) an elastic portion configured to provide elasticity between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Kurt Witt, Charles Thomas
  • Patent number: 9833354
    Abstract: Devices for altering the flow of air in a respiratory cavity such as the nostrils of the nose. These methods and devices may be useful for affecting a physiologic benefit in patients suffering from a variety of medical disorders, including snoring and sleep apnea. The devices are typically removable devices that may be placed in both nostrils to increase resistance to airflow within the respiratory cavity. Resistance to expiration may be selectively increased relative to inspiration. The nasal devices may also increases patency of the nares. Any of these devices may be configured to achieve positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in a subject wearing the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Theravent, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Loomas, Rajiv Doshi, Ryan Kendall Pierce, Robert A. Howard, Motohide Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 9833356
    Abstract: Dispenser for dispensing pharmaceutical liquid having a housing, a liquid reservoir arranged within the housing, an exit opening through which liquid is discharged into a surrounding atmosphere, an outlet channel connecting the liquid reservoir to the exit opening and having an outlet valve, openable in a pressure-dependent manner or actuatable manually, arranged in the outlet channel. With the valve closed, the outlet channel is subdivided into a first portion upstream of the outlet valve and a second portion downstream of the outlet valve. The housing is of antibacterial design in the region of surfaces which are intended to come into contact with the liquid, wherein it is exclusively surfaces in the region of the second portion and/or of an outer surface of the housing which have this antibacterial design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Wochele
  • Patent number: 9833357
    Abstract: A method and delivery system are disclosed for creating an aqueous flow pathway in the trabecular meshwork, juxtacanalicular trabecular meshwork and Schlemm's canal of an eye for reducing elevated intraocular pressure. Pulsed laser radiation is delivered from the distal end of a fiber-optic probe sufficient to cause photoablation of selected portions of the trabecular meshwork, the juxtacanalicular trabecular meshwork and an inner wall of Schlemm's canal in the target site. The fiber-optic probe may be advanced so as to create an aperture in the inner wall of Schlemm's canal in which fluid from the anterior chamber of the eye flows. The method and delivery system may further be used on any tissue types in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Michael S. Berlin
  • Patent number: 9833358
    Abstract: As shown in the drawings for purposes of illustration, a method and system for making physical modifications to intraocular targets is disclosed. In varying embodiments, the method and system disclosed herein provide many advantages over the current standard of care. Specifically, linear absorption facilitated photodecomposition and linear absorption facilitated plasma generation to modify intraocular tissues and synthetic intraocular lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: OPTIMEDICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Georg Schuele, Dan Andersen
  • Patent number: 9833359
    Abstract: A tympanostomy tube delivery device comprises a drive assembly and a force limiting shaft assembly. The shaft assembly comprises a cannula and a piercer operable to translate relative to the cannula so as to pierce the tympanic membrane of a patient. The piercer is mechanically coupled with the drive assembly such that actuation of the drive assembly causes translation of the piercer relative to the cannula. The piercer is mechanically coupled with the drive assembly by a clutch. The clutch is resiliently biased to couple the piercer with the drive assembly. The clutch is configured to uncouple the piercer from the drive assembly in response to a threshold force being imposed upon the piercer so as to inhibit translation of piercer relative to the cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: TUSKER MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventor: Mathew D. Clopp
  • Patent number: 9833360
    Abstract: A tympanostomy tube delivery device comprises a shaft assembly, a pressure equalization tube, and a handpiece. All or a portion of the shaft assembly is selectively coupleable and removable from the handpiece. The shaft assembly comprises a cannula, a piercer/dilator tube, a shield tube, and a pusher tube operable to translate relative to the cannula. The pressure equalization tube is positioned within the shield tube of the shaft assembly. The piercer/dilator tube and the shield tube are operable to pierce the tympanic membrane and dilate an opening formed therein. The pusher tube is operable to drive the pressure equalization tube out of the shield tube of the shaft assembly and into the opening formed in the tympanic membrane. Upon completion of the procedure, all or a portion of the shaft assembly may then be removed and replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Tusker Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard H. Andreas, Thomas D. Gross
  • Patent number: 9833361
    Abstract: A wound/bandage protector configured as a wrap, a sock/mitten, or a bandage may be made out of stretchable material. The wrap may have one or more fastening straps as well as possibly a first catch fastening surface. The sock/mitten may have a fastening strap and a sheath. The wrap, the sock/mitten, and the bandages may have apertures and aperture covers. In addition, the wound/bandage protectors as well as the bandages may have diamond or triangular gauze configurations with the gauze pad having three or four primary corners, the primary corners of the gauze pad in most instances being oriented towards edges of the body portion or length or width tangents of the body portion, preferably mid-points or mid-sections of the length or width tangents or body portion edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Jennifer DiGrazia
  • Patent number: 9833362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bandage set suitable for use in the treatment of wound cavities, especially for use in the treatment of wound cavities by means of negative pressure, comprising i) a first bandage material as wound contact layer, comprising a flexible, perforated film (11, 21, 31) having a first and a second side, the perforations (15) present in the film being provided in such a way that the perforation edges (16) protrude from the second side of the film (11, 21, 31), with three-dimensional structures being present on the second side of the film (11, 21, 31), and the first side being intended for contacting with a wound base (3), more particularly the internal surface of a wound tube, ii) a separately provided second bandage material for introduction into a wound cavity, comprising a porous polymer foam (12, 22, 32), the polymer foam (12, 22, 32) being an open-cell polymer foam which comprises struts (14) on or close to its surface and/or which comprises, on its surface, hollow spaces (13) open t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventors: Pierre Croizat, Axel Eckstein, Cornelia Wolf, Njikoha Ebigbo
  • Patent number: 9833363
    Abstract: A sealing drape may be suitable for use with a reduced-pressure treatment system for treating a tissue site. The sealing drape may have an interior surface adapted for positioning adjacent to a peripheral surface of the tissue site. The sealing drape may include a sealing material and an absorbent material. The sealing material may be hydrophobic and substantially free of hydrophilic components. Further, the sealing material may be positioned between the interior surface of the sealing drape and the absorbent material. The sealing drape may be used with a manifold for positioning at the tissue site, a reduced-pressure interface, and a reduced-pressure source. Methods of manufacture and treatment are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Mark Robinson, Christopher Brian Locke
  • Patent number: 9833364
    Abstract: A disposable Cast and Intravenous (IV) Medical Shower System for protecting casted and/or IV therapy injected appendages from moisture while a patient is showering or bathing. A plurality of embodiments are disclosed, including a variety of sizes and colors for a variety of users for a variety of applications to accommodate a variety of limbs and afflictions such as wounds with or without a bandages, IV or drain lines, and fixed casts. One embodiment of the system is characterized by flexible stretch vinyl in a tubular shape with only one opening, which creates a water tight seal between the appendage and the system. Additionally, the midsection torso embodiment has an optional pocket on the inside surface (facing the skin) that is used for housing a medical device such as an insulin pump or pocket health monitor. Finally, the process for making and using the system is described in full detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Warren J. Null
  • Patent number: 9833365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a breast wrap for absorbing fluid secreted from a wearer's breasts. In one embodiment the breast wrap comprises a panel of material, means for fastening the panel in a continuous band, one or more absorbent regions on a first side of the panel, and first and second adjustment means independently operable to adjust the tightness of the band along first and second adjustment regions proximate the top and bottom of the band respectively. In use, the wrap is configured to wrap around a wearer's chest and substantially cover the wearer's breasts with the one or more absorbent regions covering the wearer's nipples and the first and second adjustment regions positioned above and below the wearer's breasts respectively. In another embodiment, the breast wrap comprises one or more absorbent panels removably attached to a first side of the first panel and, in use, the one or more absorbent panels cover the wearer's nipples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MUMDROP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jennifer Lucas, Philippa de Vere
  • Patent number: 9833366
    Abstract: Powered patient support apparatuses—such as beds, cots, stretchers, or the like—include a plurality of user controls that allow a caregiver to control the steering and/or driving of one or more powered wheels from multiple different locations around the patient support apparatus (e.g. head end, foot end, and/or the sides). The control is carried out by force sensors that detect both an orientation of the applied forces and a magnitude of the applied forces. Translational and/or rotational movement is effectuated, depending upon the magnitude and direction of the forces, as well as the physical location of the applied force relative to a reference point on the support apparatus, such as the center. One or more object sensors may also be included in the support apparatus to assist in steering and/or navigating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Thomas DeLuca, Richard A. Derenne
  • Patent number: 9833367
    Abstract: A module element for a vehicle, in particular a public transport vehicle such as a bus or train, comprises a lower component and an upper component connected to the lower component at an interface. The essentially identical lower component can be combined with different upper components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Jürgen Mill
  • Patent number: 9833368
    Abstract: A spring assist system for use with a person support apparatus is described herein. The spring assist system comprises a spring which applies a spring force on a head support deck section to aid in motion from a first position at a higher inclination to a second position at a lower inclination with respect to a supporting frame member. The spring assist system is configured to exclusively apply spring force between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Turner
  • Patent number: 9833369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to patient support systems, such as hospital beds, and particularly to reconfigurable patient support systems movable among a number of different positions. The present disclosure further relates to control algorithms and interfaces for use in patient support systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric R. Meyer, Darrell Borgman, Timothy Joseph Receveur, Gregory W. Branson, Sandy Mark Richards, Howard J. Boyd, David W. Hornbach, Robert Mark Zerhusen, James Maurice Allen, Jennifer Fearing, Mark S. Chiacchira, Jonathan D. Turner, Mark Lanning, Aziz A. Bhai
  • Patent number: 9833370
    Abstract: A patient restraining device is secured to a patient supporting structure, such as an ambulance cot, to more safely support a person's body during transport from one place to another. The device includes at least one sheet of fabric and connectors secured to the fabric. With the device fastened to an ambulance cot, either directly or via the ambulance cot mattress, a person is positioned on the cot mattress, and then the fabric is wrapped about the person's body, and the connectors are secured about the person's body. Among other things, the device may be used to stabilize the abdominal mass of a bariatric patient, and thereby safely increase the effective “patient capacity” of an otherwise conventional ambulance cot. When not in use, the device is stored in one or more storage cavities defined by the ambulance cot mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Carlin, Keith Ishida, Mark Krull
  • Patent number: 9833371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for sacral and trochanteric support and off-loading. The system provides a ultra low pressure plenum and a positioner. The patient body size and size and corresponding surface area of the positioner control the amount of gas which is displaced evenly against the walls of the ultra low pressure plenum to allow the combination of the ultra low pressure plenum and the positioner to slightly lift a patient from a bed surface, thereby offloading the sacrum and trochanter. The positioner can be an ultra low pressure bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MOLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB
    Inventors: William Purdy, Robert Purdy
  • Patent number: 9833372
    Abstract: Caskets, cap panel assemblies for a casket, and methods for manufacturing cap panel assemblies are described. A casket may include a casket shell, at least one casket cap pivotally mounted on the casket shell, and a cap panel assembly mounted in the at least one casket cap. The cap panel assembly may include a cap panel, a puffing member attached to each edge of the cap panel, a cap panel insert positioned in-line with the cap panel, and a plurality of resilient members positioned on a front face of the cap panel insert. The plurality of resilient members may be tensioned, for example, to hold keepsakes, memorabilia, or other types of objects on or in the cap panel insert. The cap panel insert can include a mounting bracket or a screw and wire assembly for mounting the cap panel insert on a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Matthews Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Helena Denk, Yves Joseph Allard, Ronald C. George
  • Patent number: 9833373
    Abstract: A wave generator has a wave emitter including an elongated dispersive waveguide and a source operatively connected to a first end of the waveguide. The source covers at least partially a surface area thereof. A signal generator is in operative connection with the transducer to create electrical signals. A computer is in operative connection with the signal generator to cause it to generate the electrical signals. A mechanical input wave is created by the source at the first end of the waveguide. The mechanical input wave is constructed independently of data related to a mechanical wave received from a source in the medium and taking into account the different predetermined propagation velocities of at least two component waves of the mechanical input wave so that they combine with each other at a second end of the waveguide to form the desired mechanical output wave in the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LES SOLUTIONS MÉDICALES SOUNDBITE INC.
    Inventors: Martin Brouillette, Steven Dion, Louis-Philippe Riel
  • Patent number: 9833374
    Abstract: A training apparatus includes a fixed frame, a training rod, a motor, rotation information detection sensor, tilt angle and position difference calculation units, determination, motor drive and position difference eliminating units. The training rod is supported by the fixed frame in a manner capable of being tilted by a motor about at least an X-axis or a Y-axis so as to hold the limb. The tilt angle calculation unit calculates a tilt angle of the training rod. The position difference calculation unit calculates a position difference. The determination unit obtains the position difference every time when a second time period elapses. If the position difference generated in the second time period is a first threshold or lower, the motor drive unit drives the motor so that the position difference is accumulated and maintained. The position difference eliminating unit resets the position difference at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., TEIJIN PHARMA LIMITED
    Inventors: Osamu Oshima, Hiroaki Ohmatsu, Akihiro Maeda, Fumi Fujita, Jun Takeda
  • Patent number: 9833375
    Abstract: A walking support apparatus supports the walking movement of a walking person. The walking person may be an elderly person, a disabled person, an invalid, an athlete, a learner, or the like. A measurement unit measures walking information with respect to the walking person, and generates data that represents the walking information. An attachment applies an action to the arm of the walking person according to the walking information data measured by the measurement unit. Such an arrangement provides improved walking movement via the effect on the arm movement when the walking person is walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Miyake
  • Patent number: 9833376
    Abstract: A walking assistance method may include: computing an amount of exercise of a user based on a biosignal of the user; adjusting a pattern of an assist parameter based on the amount of exercise; and/or generating a force corresponding to the amount of exercise, based on the adjusted pattern. A walking assistance apparatus may include: a pattern adjuster configured to compute an amount of exercise of a user based on a biosignal of the user; and/or a driver configured to generate a force corresponding to the amount of exercise based on a pattern of an assist parameter based on the amount of exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Kwon Choi, Tae Sin Ha, Kee Hong Seo, Chang Hyun Roh, Young Bo Shim, Joon-Kee Cho
  • Patent number: 9833377
    Abstract: Embodiments of a walker are shown, the walker including two patient-load bearing support tubes each having a padded underarm support for seating in the armpit of a patient, an adjustable-height load bearing tube and a rubber tip. Connected to each of the patient-load bearing tubes are two L-shaped legs with a wheel disposed at the end of the leg and a grip disposed on the leg for a patient to grip when the walker is in use. A main tube is connected between the two legs and defines the width of the walker. The height of the patient-load bearing tubes may be adjusted from an extended position in which the padded underarm support is seated in the armpit of the patient to a retracted position in which the padded underarm support does not interfere with the patient's use of the walker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Ole F. Smed
  • Patent number: 9833378
    Abstract: A system for improving cardiac output of a patient suffering from pulseless electrical activity or shock and yet displays myocardial wall motion including: a sensor to detect myocardial activity to determine the presence of residual left ventricular pump function having a contraction or ejection phase and a filling or relaxation phase, a device to prompt the application of or apply a compressive force repeatedly applied to the chest based on the sensed myocardial activity such that the compressive force is applied during at least some of the ejection phases and is ceased during at least some of the relaxation phases to permit residual cardiac filling, thereby enhancing cardiac output and organ perfusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Paradis, David Barash, Henry R. Halperin, Gary A. Freeman
  • Patent number: 9833379
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for washing systems, both industrial and residential. Some embodiments pertain to face washing systems that provide a gentle upward flow of water for washing a person's face, but which can be easily reconfigured to provide a downward flow of aerated water for washing of the user's hands. Other embodiments pertain to visual indicators to help a user in a dark environment in the use of an emergency eyewash system. Yet other embodiments pertain to eyewashing systems incorporating filters that are automatically flushed of debris. Still further embodiments pertain to emergency eyewashing systems in which a mixing chamber is located downstream of a thermostatically controlled valve to reduce the possibility of a hot temperature spike being provided to the eyewashing outlet apertures, which could be harmful to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Magarl, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B. Eveleigh, Thomas R. Baker, Cameron West
  • Patent number: 9833380
    Abstract: A nasal irrigation device communicates an irrigant to a device user and comprises a mechanics module and a reservoir assembly wherein a source of saline comprising a cartridge is disposed within the mechanics module adjacent a lid assembly for piercing the cartridge upon closing of a lid for releasing the cartridge contents into the reservoir assembly. A faux collapsible cartridge for testing operability of a nasal irrigation device comprises a housing including a shaft, a spring biased rod extending from the housing shaft, and a flange depending from a housing wall whereby the rod and flange are disposed to actuate a trigger assembly of the nasal irrigation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: RhinoSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin R. Hoke, Robert D. Schilling, Patrick W. Brown, Jeffrey S. Taggart
  • Patent number: 9833381
    Abstract: A bag having two accesses, an inlet and an outlet, both containing closing devices for releasing or stopping the flow of a liquid that flows into or out of the bag. The inlet has a filtering element for retaining particles possibly produced by the coring phenomenon which can occur when the spike of the inlet ruptures the plug of the bottle. Also provided is a safety device used for permanently attaching the bottle to the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Norival Caetano
  • Patent number: 9833382
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable needle filter apparatus with a universal truncated syringe-receiving neck to enable the filtration of fluids/solutions aspirated into a needle-bearing syringe. The apparatus includes a needle seal stopper and needle stop to create a substantially airtight chamber to facilitate fluid aspiration through an enclosed filter and into the syringe. In an alternative embodiment, the filter apparatus includes an extended syringe-receiving neck configured to receive a specifically sized syringe/needle combination. In a further embodiment, the receiving neck is constructed as a modular unit to allow for interchangeable necks to accommodate different needle and syringe sizes with different cross-sectional diameters. In a yet further embodiment, the neck is constructed with stepped tapered segments of serially larger cross-sectional diameters to accommodate differently sized syringes. In a still further embodiment, the apparatus includes an accessory needle secured to the apparatus inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT_GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: ZhenWu Lin, Kenneth D. Adnan, Kenneth Renfrew, Jacob Andrews
  • Patent number: 9833383
    Abstract: A fluid transfer device for transferring fluid between a supply reservoir and a fill reservoir includes a metering reservoir and a manifold that forms at least part of a first channel that is fluidly connected with the metering reservoir. The first channel comprises a first cannula extending from the manifold. The manifold forms at least part of a second channel fluidly connected with the metering reservoir. The second channel comprises a second cannula extending from the manifold. A third channel extends through the manifold and comprises a third cannula having a first end proximate a distal end of the first cannula and a second end proximate a distal end of the second cannula. A first check valve is disposed within the first channel and a second check valve is disposed within the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: VALERITAS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert R. Gonnelli, Robert L. Standley, Steven F. Levesque
  • Patent number: 9833384
    Abstract: There is provided a medicine dispensing system configured such that a medicine dispensing device includes a sub unit having a function to dispense medicine that is connected to a medicine dispensing device that includes a main unit having a function of packing medicines. There is also provided a medicine dispensing device that can be appropriately integrated with such a medicine dispensing system. The medicine dispensing system includes, in some embodiments a main unit, a sub unit and a transfer device connecting the main unit and the sub unit. The medicine dispensing system transfers the medicine dispensed in the sub unit to the main unit by means of a transfer device and dispenses the medicine at a medicine packing part together with the medicine dispensed from a main storage part in the main unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Itsuo Yasunaga, Chisei Asaoka, Norifumi Oike, Kensuke Kaminishi, Masahiko Kasuya, Nakaji Takeda, Hiromichi Tsuda, Yasuyuki Morita, Shinya Taira, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Naomichi Toyota
  • Patent number: 9833385
    Abstract: A device detects the removal of drugs from a drug blister pack. The device has a base for receiving the drug blister pack and a base surface which is configured for contact with the electrically conducting foil that doses the pockets of the blister pack. In the region of the pockets, the base has holes that are configured for the passage of the drugs present in the pockets, every hole being arranged in the region of one of the pockets. A coil is arranged in the region of each of the holes and extends around the respective hole, in particular exclusively the respective hole. A detector unit is provided which produces an electrical field and/or magnetic field in the region of one or more holes by one of the coils and analyzes the voltage or the current on at least one of the coils extending around the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: Seibersdorf Labor GmbH, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Schmid, Manfred Bammer
  • Patent number: 9833386
    Abstract: A method of smoothing teeth is disclosed that is based on surprising evidence achieved by practicing a method involving application of calcium powder or calcium containing composition to teeth, and maintaining it in contact with the teeth by application of an edible adherent wax containing material, that serves to maintain contact between the teeth and the calcium powder or calcium containing composition for at least one hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventors: James D. Welch, Janet M. Wehrli
  • Patent number: 9833387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for indirect production of composite inlays, comprising a polymerizable material for production of a dental model, a polymerizable material for production of an inlay, a polymerizable material for luting of a crosslinked and non-sand-blasted, non-silanized, non-etched, non-primed and non-roughened composite inlay, the surfaces of which have been fully polymerized, in the cavity. Also disclosed is a polymerizable material for increasing the bond strength between the polymerizable material for luting of a crosslinked non-sand-blasted, non-silanized, non-etched, non-primed and non-roughened composite inlay, the surfaces of which have been fully polymerized, in the cavity, and the hard substance of the tooth, and an acid solution for surface etching of the hard substance of the tooth. The invention further relates to methods for producing a composite inlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: VOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Thomas Plaumann, Klaus-Peter Hoffmann, Tobias Bloemker, Alexander Willner
  • Patent number: 9833388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable dental material, to a cured dental material producible therefrom by polymerization, to a method for producing the curable or cured dental material and to the use of the curable or cured dental material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Willner, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Patent number: 9833389
    Abstract: Radically polymerizable dental material which contains at least one radically polymerizable oligomer or polymer with strongly acidic groups, which has a number-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 200,000 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Thorsten Bock, Yohann Catel, Doris Pospiech, Sandra Starke, Brigitte Voit
  • Patent number: 9833390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental device and an edible pet chew. The dental device comprises a dental protection composition containing at least one barrier material, at least one activated phosphatidylcholine, and, optionally, mineral oil. The edible pet chew comprises a dental protection composition, gelatin, and, optionally, one or more humectants, one or more preservatives, one or more structure-providing components, and one or more flavoring ingredients, wherein the dental protection composition contains at least one barrier material, at least one phosphatidylcholine, and, optionally, mineral oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ProVSeal LLC
    Inventors: Andrew M. Homola, Gary Pitts, Ronald K. Dunton
  • Patent number: 9833391
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stable personal-care composition in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion may comprise a hydrocarbon wax, a polar oil, and a non-emulsifying silicone elastomer. In another embodiment, a stable personal-care composition in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion may comprise a hydrocarbon wax and a polar oil. The weight ratio of the hydrocarbon wax to the polar oil is from about 0.01 to about 0.5. The personal-care composition allows for previously unattainable levels of polar oils and/or aqueous phase within a water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Laurie Ellen Breyfogle, Paul Robert Tanner, Joseph Michael Zukowski
  • Patent number: 9833392
    Abstract: The disclosure provides hypersensitivity preventative tooth varnish compositions comprising, inter alia, ethyl cellulose and fluoride, and methods for the use of such compositions for the treatment of hypersensitive teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Claude Blanvalet, Andre Morgan, Michael Prencipe, Marilou Joziak
  • Patent number: 9833393
    Abstract: A method for increasing and/or synchronizing per1 gene expression in skin cells having decreased, irregular, or asynchronous per1 gene expression comprising treating the skin cells with an effective amount of a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: Nadine Pernodet, Edward Pelle
  • Patent number: 9833394
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving the quality and durability of color in artificially colored hair. The methods employ salts of hydroxy-polycarboxylic acids. The salts of the hydroxy-polycarboxylic acids are incorporated into a pre-color treatment composition (a composition applied to the hair prior to coloring the hair) or added directly to the coloring composition (in-color treatment composition). The salts add alkalinity to the coloring process. Hydroxy-polycarboxylic acids are incorporated into a post-color treatment composition (a composition applied to the hair after coloring the hair). The salts and the acids act as chelators, fixing the dye molecules to the hair, thereby imparting color fading resistance to the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Jim Singer, Nghi Van Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9833395
    Abstract: Sustainable, free-flowing, cold-dispersible pearlescent concentrates are made without using any controversial or known toxic substance is disclosed herein. The pearlizing concentrates of the instant invention are free of alkyl sulphates/alkyl ether sulphates, alkanol amides, alkylamidopropyl betaines, and esters of ethylene glycol. The pearly concentrates of the present invention employ ‘super-mild’ surfactants to disperse vegetable plant derived 1,3-proane diol stearates. Also, these concentrates are preserved without any controversial antimicrobials such as parabens, isothiazolinones and formaldehyde releasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GALAXY SURFACTANTS LTD.
    Inventors: Nirmal Koshti, Pritesh Rajaram Mhatre, MilindKumar Suresh Kalekar, Pooja Vaidya Kshirsagar
  • Patent number: 9833396
    Abstract: An aqueous shear-thinning personal care composition comprises: (a) at least 3 wt % of a sulfonate compound of general formula (I): where R1 represents a C8-22 alkyl group alkyl group; R2 represents a C1-4 alkyl group; each of R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group; and M+ represents a sodium or potassium cation; (b) at least 3 wt % of an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant; (c) at least 10 wt % of water; and (d) at least 0.5 wt % of an additional component in the form of particles or droplets suspended in the composition. The composition is stable in an aqueous environment and can be formulated with a wide range of additional components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: INNOSPEC LIMITED
    Inventor: Philip Cotrell
  • Patent number: 9833397
    Abstract: The invention relates to the cosmetic use of at least one compounds according to the following formula (I), as an anti-dandruff agent or for preventing and/or treating scalp dandruff: where “sugar” denotes a monosaccharide residue chosen from rhamnose, xylose, fucose, mannose, lyxose, and arabinose; where R, substituting the anomeric oxygen in the sugar (represented by “O” in formula (I)), denotes a radical comprising 6 to 38 carbon atoms chosen from: —a linear or branched, saturated alkyl radical; —a linear or branched, alkenyl radical; said linear or branched saturated alkyl radical being optionally substituted by at least one OH and/or NH2 function; —if “sugar” denotes a mannose residue, R denotes a linear C6-C38 alkyl radical, substituted by at least one OH function or an NH2 function; and the salts and solvates and/or optical isomers thereof, alone or in a mixture, particularly racemic forms. The invention also relates to compounds according to formula (I), and cosmetic compositions containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Maria Dalko, Julien Hitce, Laure Ramos-Stanbury
  • Patent number: 9833398
    Abstract: Cosmetic methods and compositions for improving the appearance and barrier function of skin. The methods and compositions utilize a combination of niacinamide and a suitable saccharide at low pH to decrease trans-epidermal water loss in skin, reduce the size of hyperpigmented spots, and improve the appearance of skin better than their high pH counterparts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tomohiro Hakozaki, John Erich Oblong
  • Patent number: 9833399
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for cleansing the eyelid and treating an ocular condition are disclosed herein. A method for treating an ocular condition involves cleansing an eyelid with a first ophthalmic composition, wherein the first ophthalmic composition consists essentially of water, PEG-80 sorbitan laurate, methyl gluceth-20, PEG-120 methyl glucose dioleate, salicyloyl phytosphingosine, decyl glucoside, 1,2 hexanediol, caprylyl glycol, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, panthenol, polyaminopropyl biguanide, sodium chloride, potassium chloride and calcium chloride followed by applying a therapeutically effective amount of a second ophthalmic composition to a margin of the eyelid, wherein the second ophthalmic composition consists essentially of water and hypochlorous acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: OCuSOFT, Inc.
    Inventors: Nat Adkins, Jr., Cynthia Barratt
  • Patent number: 9833400
    Abstract: The present patent application relates to a hair styling composition, characterized in that it comprises: (i) one or more cationic fixing polymers, and (ii) one or more (meth)acrylic thickening polymers other than the fixing polymer or polymers (i), and (iii) from 5 to 27% by weight of water, with respect to the total weight of the cosmetic composition, (iv) from 70 to 90% by weight of one or more C1 to C6 alcohols, with respect to the total weight of the cosmetic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Cécile Bebot, Mélanie Bellet, Dorothée Pasquet
  • Patent number: 9833401
    Abstract: A composition for external use containing a tranexamate as an active ingredient with suppressed sticky or oily feeling but having a fresh feel of use, and a method for producing the same. A tranexamate salt can be dispersed stably in an aqueous medium by (a) dissolving the tranexamate salt and an amphiphilic polymer in water, a water-soluble organic solvent or a mixture thereof; and (b) adding a mixed solution obtained in the step (a) to an aqueous medium, and thus keeping the tranexamate salt in molecular assembly particles formed of the amphiphilic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Masayoshi Miyamoto, Tomomi Kuromiya, Daisuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9833402
    Abstract: Hair treatment composition comprising from 40 to 95% wt. of the composition silicone elastomer, 0.01 to 5% silica and from 0 to 2% wt. water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sian Ruth Burns, Lalitesh Chandra