Patents Issued in December 21, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170360990
    Abstract: Compositions, peptide solutions and macroscopic scaffolds of self-assembling peptides consisting essentially of non-ionic, polar amino acids are provided. Particular peptides include those comprising or consisting essentially of serine, threonine, tyrosine, cysteine, glutamine, asparagine, methionine, tryptophan, hydroxy-proline, and combinations thereof. Methods of sterilizing the self-assembling peptides, and scaffolds comprising the peptides are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Eun Seok Gil, Marc Rioult, Keiji Nagano, Karl Patrick Gilbert, Toshiro Kiyofuji, Yuya Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20170360991
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided inter alfa a medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a tissue, the device having a solid surfactant-free particulate coating layer applied to a surface of the device, the coating layer comprising a therapeutic agent and at least one non-polymeric organic additive which is hydrolytically stable; wherein at least a proportion of the particulate coating layer comprising the therapeutic agent and the at least one organic additive melts as a single phase at a lower temperature than the melting point of the therapeutic agent and the at least one organic additive when in pure form; wherein the therapeutic agent is paclitaxel; and wherein the therapeutic agent, when formulated in the coating layer, is stable to sterilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Robert L. Cleek, Paul D. DRUMHELLER, Theresa A. HOLLAND, Todd J. JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20170360992
    Abstract: Provided herein are bioactivated polymer/extracellular matrix (ECM) composites and methods of preparation and use thereof. In particular, heparinized cysteine-polymer/ECM composites, and methods of preparation and use thereof, are provided. In some embodiments, provided herein are compositions comprising a composite of: (a) extracellular matrix (ECM), and (b) a polyester covalently linked to a bioactive agent. In some embodiments, the composite is a homogeneous composite. In some embodiments, the ECM is decellularized ECM. In some embodiments, the ECM is not substantially crosslinked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Guillermo A. Ameer, Jason A. Wertheim, Bin Jiang
  • Publication number: 20170360993
    Abstract: The present technology relates generally to endovascular prostheses. More particularly, the disclosure relates to endovascular prostheses having an outer surface of a graft material thereof associated with a hydrogel composition, which may swell upon implantation within a blood vessel, thereby mediating various complications associated with endovascular procedures. The hydrogel compositions can also include various stabilizing polymers and active agents to further aid their use in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffery Argentine, Matt Petruska, Keith Perkins, Samuel Robaina, Darren Galligan, Rajesh Radhakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20170360994
    Abstract: Medical devices with a hydrogel layer covalently attached to a portion of the outer surface of the medical device are provided along with methods for applying the coating. The hydrogel layer can include a first polymer species comprising polyethylene glycol (PEG) and a second polymer species. Examples of the second polymer species include PEG and polyacrylamide (PAM). The first and second species can be at least partially cross-linked. Methods for forming the hydrogel coatings on the medical devices are provided including nucleophilic conjugate reactions, such as Click reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: TANGIBLE SCIENCE, LLC
    Inventors: Karen HAVENSTRITE, Victor W. MCCRAY, Brandon M. FELKINS, Paul COOK
  • Publication number: 20170360995
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include preforms used to be formed into an immobilizer for use with a patient. The preform includes a preform member that is formed from a thermoplastic material and a filler material. The preform member is relatively rigid at a first temperature and formable at an elevated second temperature. The preform member is opaque at the first and second temperatures. The preform also includes at least one indicator associated with the preform member. The at least one indicator is formed from a thermoplastic material and is opaque at the first temperature and translucent at the second temperature. The at least one indicator can provide a visual indication of readiness to form the preform into the immobilizer upon heating the preform member to the second temperature at which the indicator is translucent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel Coppens
  • Publication number: 20170360996
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for coating a vascular endoprosthesis, wherein the vascular endoprosthesis is at least partially wetted with a first solution of an active ingredient and the areas of the vascular endoprosthesis at least partially wetted with the first solution of the active ingredient are at least partially wetted with a liquid containing water and/or at least an alcohol. The additional wetting with a liquid containing water/alcohol imparts a different consistency to the active ingredient layer, specifically making it is less transparent and lacquer-like and more chalklike and opaque. It has been found that such an active ingredient layer provides better transfer of the active ingredient to the blood vessels in which the vascular endoprosthesis is implanted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: AACHEN SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Alexander Ruebben
  • Publication number: 20170360997
    Abstract: Disclosed are biodegradable glass substrates that are useful as functional elements of solid-state devices. In particular, biodegradable glass substrates having a rapidly degradable glass and a slowly degradable glass provide a structural platform that completely dissolves following a desired operational lifetime of devices such as implanted electronic devices, implanted sensor devices, and optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Chang-Soo Kim, Richard K. Brow, Delbert E. Day
  • Publication number: 20170360998
    Abstract: A bioabsorbable wire material includes manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe). One or more additional constituent materials (X) are added to control corrosion in an in vivo environment and, in particular, to prevent and/or substantially reduce the potential for pitting corrosion. For example, the (X) element in the Fe—Mn—X system may include nitrogen (N), molybdenum (Mo) or chromium (Cr), or a combination of these. This promotes controlled degradation of the wire material, such that a high percentage loss of material the overall material mass and volume may occur without fracture of the wire material into multiple wire fragments. In some embodiments, the wire material may have retained cold work for enhanced strength, such as for medical applications. In some applications, the wire material may be a fine wire suitable for use in resorbable in vivo structures such as stents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: FORT WAYNE METALS RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORP
    Inventor: Jeremy E. Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20170360999
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an appliance for administering medical treatment to a person, as well as methods of using the appliance. In various embodiments, the appliance may be comprised of a medical device, an electronic processor, an electronic display (such as a liquid crystal display (LCD)), an audio output device (such as a piezoelectric speaker/microphone), electronic controls for controlling the operation of the electronic processor, and an electronic input receptacle (such as a DVD drive or USB port) adapted to receive and electronically access an electronic storage device (such as a DVD or flash memory device). The electronic processor or electronic storage device or both have information related to use and operation of the medical device digitally stored therein, so that the user of the appliance has ready access to instructional materials. Thus, the appliance includes an internal system for instructing the user in the use of the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Scott Weston, Farhad Bybordi
  • Publication number: 20170361000
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for exchanging material between blood and a gas/gas mixture, comprising a chamber (1) through which blood can flow and in which a plurality of material-permeable fiber tubes is provided, the gas/gas mixture being flowable through the fiber tubes, blood being flowable around the fiber tubes. At least one deformable element (9) is provided in the chamber (1) in addition to the fiber tubes, through which the gas/gas mixture can flow, this deformable element being deformable and restorable, in particular compressible out of a relaxed shape and restorable to a relaxed shape by pressure fluctuations acting on the at least one element (9) externally, in particular pressure fluctuations transmitted by the blood in the chamber (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ralf BORCHARDT, Tim KAUFMANN
  • Publication number: 20170361001
    Abstract: Extracorporeal circuit devices can be used for on-pump open-heart surgery to support surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting. In some cases, a centrifugal pump is used as part of an extracorporeal circuit. Centrifugal pump heads are described herein that induce flow on two sides of an impeller plate, and that can be conveniently mechanically assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy John Canatella, Gregory Peter Muennich, Luke Powers
  • Publication number: 20170361002
    Abstract: Integral artificial heart device capable of storing venous blood in dynamic atria, without interrupting the continuous return of the blood. The device comprises a right ventricle (A1) and left ventricle (A2) pulsing simultaneously, and the reactive right atrium (C1) and left atrium (not illustrated) thereof, immersed in a pneumatic spec (D) having a variable vacuum D, which is driven by a solenoid (35), acting sequentially, by repulsion, on the permanent magnet discs (20, 21) included in the elastic ventricular membranes (18, 19), which beat simultaneously in the ventricular spaces (A1) and (A2), and, in the opposite direction, in pneumatic space (D) which houses elastic tubes acting as atria. The device simultaneously ejects systolic volumes, and accepts the proportion of continuously returning venous blood to store in the atria, during the systole, such that said continuous return is not interrupted by sequential systolic closure of the intake ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gerard PLAS, Corentin PLAS, Gwen Sebastien PLAS
  • Publication number: 20170361003
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus with an arterial puncture needle or a venous puncture needle is stuck in the patient can be easily notified at the activation of a blood pump in an unconnected step. A blood purification apparatus includes a blood circuit for circulating blood, a dialyzer capable of purifying the blood, a blood pump provided to an arterial blood circuit for delivering a liquid, and a control device that executes a connected step in which the blood pump is activated when an arterial puncture needle (a) and a venous puncture needle (b) are in the patient and an unconnected step in which the blood pump is activated with neither the arterial puncture needle (a) nor the venous puncture needle (b) being stuck in the patient. The control device establishes, in the unconnected step, a restricted state where the behavior of the blood pump at the activation of the blood pump is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyoda, Akira Sugioka
  • Publication number: 20170361004
    Abstract: A blood purification apparatus where neither an arterial puncture needle nor a venous puncture needle is stuck in the patient can be checked automatically when it is attempted to activate a blood pump in an unconnected step. A blood purification apparatus includes a blood circuit for circulating blood, a dialyzer for purifying the blood, a blood pump provided to an arterial blood circuit for delivering liquid when activated, and a control device that executes a connected step when blood pump is activated with an arterial puncture needle (a) and a venous puncture needle (b) being stuck in the patient and an unconnected step in which the blood pump is activated with neither the arterial puncture needle (a) nor the venous puncture needle (b) being stuck in the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyoda, Akira Sugioka
  • Publication number: 20170361005
    Abstract: In general, a dialysis device includes a first processing device for monitoring dialysis functions of the dialysis device, a second processing device, a display device, and memory. The memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the dialysis device to provide, on the display device, a first display region and a second display region, where the first display region is associated with the first processing device and the second display region is associated with the second processing device. At least a portion of the first display region cannot be obscured by the second display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Roland Levin, Michael Emmanuel Kotsos
  • Publication number: 20170361006
    Abstract: Methods for monitoring patient parameters and blood fluid removal system parameters include identifying those system parameters that result in improved patient parameters or in worsened patient parameters. By comparing the patient's past responses to system parameters or changes in system parameters, a blood fluid removal system may be able to avoid future use of parameters that may harm the patient and may be able to learn which parameters are likely to be most effective in treating the patient in a blood fluid removal session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Gerber, John Burnes, SuPing Lyu, VenKatesh R. Manda, Bryant Pudil
  • Publication number: 20170361007
    Abstract: Provided herein is a gas exchange composite membrane and methods of making the same. The gas exchange composite membrane may find use in a method of exchanging gas with blood in a subject in need of blood oxygenation support, which method is also disclosed. Also provided herein are systems and kits that find use in performing the methods of exchanging gas with blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Shuvo Roy, Torin Yeager, Emily Abada, Ajay S. Dharia
  • Publication number: 20170361008
    Abstract: A control system controlling blood gas values in blood processed by an oxygenator, wherein the oxygenator generates arterial blood by exposing venous blood to oxygen from an oxygenation gas supply, comprises a monitoring arrangement to determine a level of the blood gas values in the arterial blood and a controller that is responsive to the monitoring arrangement and configured to control parameters of the oxygenation gas supply to the oxygenator. This allows the blood gas values to be adjusted toward a pre-determined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Turner
  • Publication number: 20170361009
    Abstract: A graphical user interface for a medical system comprises a display device, an electronic processor that operates with the display device to display a plurality of screens including a programming screen by which a user can enter or modify medical treatment parameters employed by a machine to perform a medical treatment. When a user modifies a first medical treatment parameter, the processor is programmed to adjust at least one other medical treatment parameters depending on the first medical treatment parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Frédéric NEFTEL
  • Publication number: 20170361010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine having an extracorporeal circuit in which a dialyzer is located which has a chamber on the blood side which is flowed through by blood and a first pressure sensor, which is located upstream of the chamber on the blood side in the direction of flow of the blood, for determining a first pressure value and a second pressure sensor, which is located downstream of the chamber on the blood side in the direction of flow of the blood, for determining a second pressure value, wherein the dialysis machine has first means for determining the pressure difference between the second pressure value and the first pressure value, second means for determining the dynamic viscosity of the blood on the basis of the determined pressure difference, of the blood flow rate through the chamber on the blood side and of one or more characteristic properties of the dialyzer and third means for determining the hematocrit or the hemoglobin value of the blood on the basis of the determine
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf WOJKE, Paul WIENEKE
  • Publication number: 20170361011
    Abstract: Devices and methods for enhancing the operations of fluid systems are provided. For example, this document provides variable-elevation drop tubes that are well suited for use with medical fluid reservoirs. While the variable-elevation drop tubes provided herein are described in the context of a medical fluid system, such as an extracorporeal blood flow circuit, it should be understood that the devices and methods provided herein are not limited to such contexts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Peter Muennich, Michael Washko, Timothy John Canatella
  • Publication number: 20170361012
    Abstract: A devise for retracting or opening a tissue wound employs two retractor arms that do not enter or penetrate into the wound. The retractor arms engage the tissue on either side of the wound and apply outward pressure on the tissue surface to open the wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: JOHN RICHARD PARKER
  • Publication number: 20170361013
    Abstract: A base having legs supported on wheels. A second leg may be positioned between first and third legs and the first leg may be positioned between the second leg and a fourth leg. A first gap is positioned between the second and third legs, and a second gap is positioned between the fourth and first legs. The first and second gaps are configured to at least partially receive a user's first and second feet, respectively. A keyway with a bridge may be defined between the first and second legs. A key that may be formed in a fifth leg is removably receivable inside a like keyway of a like base to thereby interlock the bases together so that they are moveable as a unit. An end portion of the key is positionable underneath a like bridge of the like keyway such that the like bridge limits upward movement of the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Randal W. Koehler
  • Publication number: 20170361014
    Abstract: A hook attachment for an IV stand. The attachment has hooks attached to at least one longitudinally extending portion. The hooks are configured to position bags such that their labels are each visible from the same side of the hook attachment. The hooks may include first and second hooks coupled to first and second longitudinally extending portions, respectively. The first and second hooks are configured to have first and second bags, respectively, hung therefrom. The first and second longitudinally extending portions are sufficiently spaced apart vertically to allow the labels of the first and second bags to be visible. The hooks may include front and rear hooks connected to a longitudinally extending body portion. The front and rear hooks have first and second portions, respectively, whereat front and rear bags, respectively, are positioned when hung therefrom. The first portions are below the second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Randal W. Koehler, Daniel C. Graves
  • Publication number: 20170361015
    Abstract: A drug delivery device, in the form of an injector, may include one of a number of systems for limiting the delivery of a medical fluid or drug product in case of movement of (e.g., removal of) the injector relative to the patient as determined by a proximity sensor. The drug delivery system may in the alternative or in addition include systems for indicating the amount of medical fluid or drug product delivered (or not delivered) in case of movement of (e.g., removal of) the injector relative to the patient as determined by the proximity sensor. The injector may be, for example, an on-body injector or an hand-held autoinjector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Adam B. McCullough
  • Publication number: 20170361016
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device includes an automatic needle retraction mechanism configured to automatically retract a delivery end of a needle into a housing. In one embodiment, the needle assembly is configured to automatically withdraw the delivery end of the needle into the housing upon an actuator moving from the first position to the second position. In one embodiment, the needle assembly is configured to automatically withdraw the delivery end of the needle into the housing upon decoupling a bottom surface of the housing from a skin surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Valeritas, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven F. Levesque, Geoffrey H. Jenkins, Robert L. Standley, Matthew P. Johnson, Daniel A. Dube, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170361017
    Abstract: A method for readying a fluid sensor associated with a medical device includes attaching a flow restrictor to a fluid outlet of the fluid sensor. The fluid sensor includes a fluid channel, a fluid inlet at a first end of the fluid channel configured to couple to an outlet of an administrable fluid source, and the fluid outlet at a second end of the fluid channel. Fluid is delivered from the administrable fluid source to the fluid channel through the fluid inlet. A syringe actuation device including a force limiting device may be used to deliver the fluid. The fluid is pressurized in the fluid channel between the fluid inlet and the flow restrictor to wet an interior surface of the fluid channel with the fluid. The flow restrictor is removed from the fluid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kaushal Verma, Brandi Ford, Shawn Wayne DeKalb, Hong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170361018
    Abstract: An infusion system for infusing a liquid into a body includes an external infusion device and a remote commander. The external infusion device includes a housing, a receiver, a processor and an indication device. The receiver is coupled to the housing and for receiving remotely generated commands. The processor is coupled to the housing and the receiver to receive remotely generated commands and to control the external infusion device in accordance with the commands. The indication device indicates when a command has been received and indicates when the command is being utilized to control the external infusion device so that the external infusion device is capable of being concealed from view when being remotely commanded. The remote commander includes a commander housing, a keypad for transmitting commands, and a transmitter for transmitting commands to the receiver of the external infusion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Alfred E. Mann, James D. Causey, III, Alan Haubach, Luis J. Malave, John Livingston, Cliff Hague, Chad Srisathapat, Jay Yonemoto, Deborah Ruppert, Dennis P. Bishop, Adrian Gut, Bob Murtfeldt
  • Publication number: 20170361019
    Abstract: Embodiments of a syringe-based device for delivering fluid include a housing, a port, the port being positioned at about the distal end of the housing, a plunger assembly, the plunger assembly including, a plunger seal, a valve, and a cannula, a first fluid reservoir, where the first fluid reservoir retains a first type of fluid, a syringe including a syringe body, a syringe port, a plunger, and a second fluid reservoir, the second fluid retaining a second type of fluid, and where the syringe transitions from a first configuration in which a first portion of the first fluid type is delivered through the port, to a second configuration in which the second type of fluid in the second fluid reservoir is delivered through the port, to a third configuration in which a second portion of the first fluid type is delivered through the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20170361020
    Abstract: An injection device includes a container receiving receptacle configured for receiving a container for containing a medicinal product to be administered; a dispensing mechanism for causing the product in the container to be injected; and a RFID system associated with the container receiving receptacle capable of communicating bidirectionally with a RFID tag attached to the container and enabling the administration of the product only under given conditions. The RFID tag can be therefore read and written by the RFID system. The RFID system further includes an antenna arranged at least partially covering the RFID tag. The dispensing mechanism is triggered by a contact sensor when the device is pressed onto the animal's skin. The needle-free injection device is capable of communicating with external devices (PC, laptops, tablets, smartphones and the like).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Marc FONT VENTURA, Maria Glòria PUJOL PRAT, Joan Carles PONS MOLL
  • Publication number: 20170361021
    Abstract: Injection systems comprising a powered injector and one or more hazardous agents are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Wotton, Peter L. Sadowski, John W. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20170361022
    Abstract: A device (1) for delivering an injectable drug to a patient for example from a conventional syringe (37) with a hypodermic needle. The device (1) provides to a user an audible, visible and/or tactile end of dose indication after all of the medicament has been delivered. The end of dose indication can be provided by releasing energy stored within an energy storage means (3d), energy having been imparted to the energy storage means (39) during the delivery of the injectable drug. The energy storage means (3d) acts upon an end of dose indicator (41) which interacts with another part of the device (1), for example an external housing (3), to produce the end of dose indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Toby Cowe
  • Publication number: 20170361023
    Abstract: A syringe assembly including: (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap holder assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material removably attached to the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: William Anderson, Mark Wilson, Gary Henniger, Larry Colquitt, Christopher E. Gardner, Chirag Sanjay Walawalkar
  • Publication number: 20170361024
    Abstract: Dosing device for an administration device with a limiting mechanism, comprising a first limiting means (50) with a first stop means (52), a second limiting means (30) with a second stop means (32), wherein the second limiting means follows movements of the first limiting means during dosing movements with a defined transmission ratio, and wherein the first and the second stop means each describe a path curve by their movements in such a manner that the two path curves intersect in at least one point or come so close together that the stop means contact one another in a stop position, whereby a blocking of the movement of the limiting means relative to each other during dosing movements can be effected in that the respective path curves described by the first and second stop means are closed and can be run through preferably multiple times by the first stop means, by the second stop means or by both stop means until the stop means contact one another at the stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser
  • Publication number: 20170361025
    Abstract: An injector device includes an injector body that receives a syringe; and an injection assembly being configured to dispense medicament from the syringe in a dispensation step. Certain types of injector devices include a sudden completion indicator that indicates when the injection is completed. Certain types of injector devices are configured to dispense two different medicament formulations having different viscosities from syringes without making any changes to the injector devices other than to switch out the syringes. Certain types of injector devices include safety arrangements that inhibit firing of the injector device until front and rear housing assemblies are disposed in predetermined rotational and axial positions relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Toby Cowe
  • Publication number: 20170361026
    Abstract: A syringe cover obscures a patient's observation of needle insertions for medical procedures. Obscuring the needle insertion from the patient reduces the psychological fear associated with needles. The syringe cover includes a tubular sleeve, a collapsible sleeve, and a viewport opening. The tubular sleeve covers the fluid reservoir barrel to hide the fluid drawn from or injected into the patient from the patient's view. The collapsible sleeve obscures the needle of the syringe from the patient's view. The collapsible sleeve is pressed against the patient's body when the needle penetrates the patient's skin. The collapsible sleeve deforms as the needle is inserted into the patient's body such that the collapsible sleeve does not obstruct the insertion of the needle. The viewport allows the medical practitioner to view the volume of fluid within the fluid reservoir barrel of the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Reem Eldawud, Dina Eldawud, Dauod Eldawud
  • Publication number: 20170361027
    Abstract: User-friendly attachment mechanisms for pen needles provide improved handling and ease of use, including locking installation and removal features and sensory feedback when a needle-bearing hub is seated on a pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, MichaeL DiBiasi, Sean Sullivan, Keith Knapp, Joshua Herr, Amit Limaye, David Huang, David Schiff, Todd Sack
  • Publication number: 20170361028
    Abstract: An injector device for the percutaneous injection of fluids, such as medications, is disclosed. The device can have a mobile phone case. The mobile phone case can hold an auto-injector cartridge having a trigger, spring-loaded needle and reservoir holding a medication such as epinephrine or insulin. The device mobile phone case can communicate injection data to the phone. The phone can communicate the injection data to an emergency service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Avi Friedman
  • Publication number: 20170361029
    Abstract: An injection needle assembly (50) for an injection device, comprising: a) a needle cannula (3) attached to a needle hub (4) and defining a pointed tip at a free end (3a, 3b), and b) a needle cover (10, 10a, 10b) forming an axially extending elongated flexible enclosure accommodating the needle cannula (3). The needle cover (10, 10a, 10b) is configured to axially collapse and become penetrated by the needle cannula (3) when a penetration force is applied to the needle cover. The needle cover (10, 10a, 10b) defines a shaft section (11a) and a bulb section (11b). The shaft section (11a) encircles the needle cannula (3) and extends axially from the needle hub (4) to the bulb section (11b). The shaft section (11a) comprises wall areas of minimum wall thickness t1 whereas the bulb section (11b) comprises wall areas (17a, 17b) having a wall thickness t2 larger than said minimum wall thickness t1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventor: Modesto Javier Mora Benito
  • Publication number: 20170361030
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a medicament delivery device. The cap assembly comprises: a cap body arranged to be mounted to a proximal end of a medicament delivery device for protecting and for removing a medicament delivery member shield. The cap body has an inner cap structure defining a channel extending along the central axis of the cap body, and a gripping member configured to be received in the channel. The gripping member is radially flexible and has a first leg, a second leg, and a connecting portion extending between the first leg and the second leg. The first leg and the second leg each has a proximal portion that is radially flexible and extends distally from the connecting portion. Each proximal portion has an inclined section extending radially inwards in an axial direction away from the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew Moore
  • Publication number: 20170361031
    Abstract: A rectal injection device and a method of operating a rectal injection device. In one embodiment, the device includes: (1) a handle having a trigger associated therewith, (2) an extension tube extending from the handle and terminating in a head, (3) at least two needles coupled to the head and configured to move relative thereto between a retracted position and a deployed position and (4) a pullrod coupling the trigger and the needles and configured to cause the needles to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Tyler S. MARKLE, Dennis I. ROBBINS, Jose RODRIGUEZ, David H. HITT
  • Publication number: 20170361032
    Abstract: Provided is a guide device for injection needle puncture. The guide device for needle puncture according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body; a guide part which has a guide hole provided therein so as to be tilted at a certain angle along the height direction, the guide hole allowing an injection needle to pass therethrough so that during injection needle puncture, the insertion angle of the injection needle can be constantly maintained; and a sliding member which is coupled to the body so as to be slidingly movable, wherein the spaced distance between the guide hole and a medical ultrasound apparatus is adjusted through relative movement of the body or the sliding member so that a target location into which the distal end of the injection needle is inserted can be located on entrance path of the injection needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: AMOLIFESCIENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20170361033
    Abstract: The present invention relates in one aspect to an infusion fluid warmer which comprises a casing shell having an upper wall structure and a lower, opposing, wall structure. The casing shell encloses a fluid channel or passage extending through the casing shell in-between the upper and lower wall structures and fluid inlet and outlet ports coupled to opposite ends of the fluid channel or passage to allow a flow of infusion fluid through the casing shell. A housing shell is formed in a thermally conducting and electrically insulating material and a heating element is bonded to the housing shell and thermally coupled thereto. The fluid channel or passage extends through the housing shell or extends around the housing shell such that heat energy is transferred to the infusion fluid by direct physical contact with housing shell material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Ulrik Krogh Andersen
  • Publication number: 20170361034
    Abstract: A reusable instrument handle with single-use tip may include an instrument tip and an instrument handle. The instrument tip may include an outer base, a nosecone, a pressure mechanism, a hypodermic tube, a blank, a fixation mechanism, and a tip cover. The instrument handle may include an actuation structure, a fixation mechanism receptacle, and an instrument tip housing. The fixation mechanism and the fixation mechanism receptacle may be configured to temporarily fix the instrument tip in the instrument tip housing. A compression of the actuation structure may be configured to actuate the hypodermic tube relative to the blank. The instrument tip may be removed from the instrument tip housing after use by removing the fixation mechanism from the fixation mechanism receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Katalyst Surgical, LLC
    Inventors: Gregg D Scheller, Eric J Bass
  • Publication number: 20170361035
    Abstract: An apparatus is presented comprising a lock out member configured to be implemented into a medical device, in particular a dispense interface, attachable to a second medical device, in particular a main body, wherein said lock out member is configured to prevent a second attachment of said medical device to said second medical device, wherein said lock out member has at least a first area with a first cross-sectional area, wherein said lock out member has at least a second area having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area, such that an electric resistance is defined between opposite ends of the lockout member and wherein said lock out member, at least in the second area, is made of a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Christian Nessel
  • Publication number: 20170361036
    Abstract: An electronic inhaling device for detachably receiving a spray bottle having a bottle body with a spray mouth, includes: a casing formed with a vertical slide slot, in which the spray bottle is adapted to be disposed slidably; a bottle support seat installed in the casing, having a receiving inlet permitting extension of the spray mouth of the bottle body when the spray bottle is seated on the support seat and a discharging outlet in spatial communication with the receiving inlet in order to discharge a volatile substance sprayed out from the spray mouth of the bottle body via the discharging outlet; and a monitoring module disposed in the casing for monitoring movement of the spray mouth relative to the bottle body, counting a discharged number of the volatile substance sprayed out from the spray mouth of the bottle body via the discharging outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Chung Sheng WANG, Jonathan David Piteo TARPY
  • Publication number: 20170361037
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising a body (1), a fluid reservoir (2), a dispenser member, such as a pump or a valve, mounted on said reservoir (2), and a dose indicator device for indicating the number of doses of fluid that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed from said reservoir, the dispenser being characterized in that said dose indicator device includes a first safety system for actuating the dose indicator device once the dispenser has performed a predetermined incomplete actuation stroke, even if the dispenser does not perform the complete actuation stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Fabien POULARD, Jean-Denis SAUZADE, Yann ROARD
  • Publication number: 20170361038
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an assembly for a drug delivery device (1)comprising a housing (3), a first abutment surface (64), a second abutment surface (21), and a detachable member (7) which is detachable from the housing (3) and attachable to the housing (3), wherein the assembly is configured such that, during detachment of the detachable member (7) from the housing (3) for an Nth time, N being a predetermined number, the first abutment surface (64) is brought into abutment with the second abutment surface (21), wherein the assembly is configured such that, when the first abutment surface (64) abuts with the second abutment surface (21), the detachable member (7) is enabled to be reattached to the housing (3) and, afterwards, the detachable member (7) is prevented from being detached from the housing (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Mayer, Steve Minshull
  • Publication number: 20170361039
    Abstract: It is a support mask with a mounting strip to the head of the user. Inside the mask, the actuating mask is fixed with its vapor inlet tube connected, removable, with the injector tube of an external receptacle where a micro compact removable nebulizer is set up. The micro nebulizer has a micro ultrasonic cavitation microsystem capable of generating the vibrations necessary to vaporize the medicated liquid contained in a built-up tank. That ultrasonic mechanism is activated by a small electronic device with an activation button that is housed in a side enclosed area and is powered by batteries inside a similar battery enclosed area on the opposite side. The external surface of said support mask, presents, in strategic places, fixation means to enable an external party face mask of a laminar material molded similar to those characters admired by children.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Alejandro VALENTINO, Miriam Noemi Antelo