Patents Issued in February 15, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180042764
    Abstract: Methods of treating a wart are provided which include: providing a heating device having a central zone and peripheral zone, sized to cover the wart and skin peripheral to the wart, and including a heat-generating material that undergoes an exothermic reaction when exposed to oxygen; providing a liquid therapeutic adhesive comprising a volatile solvent, skin-compatible adhesive and therapeutic agent; applying the liquid therapeutic adhesive to the skin peripheral to the wart or to the peripheral zone of the heating device; initiating the exothermic reaction of the heat-generating material by exposure of the heat-generating material to oxygen; applying the central zone of the heating device to contact the wart, thereby heating the wart and skin peripheral to the wart to an elevated skin temperature; and maintaining the elevated skin temperature for a period of time, thereby creating an enclosed heated environment treating the wart and skin peripheral to the wart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Israel Dvoretzky, Michael Burns
  • Publication number: 20180042765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a methods and devices for treating uveitis, macular edema associated with uveitis and macular edema associated with retinal vein occlusion in a human subject in need thereof. In certain aspects, devices provided herein include a medicament container defining a lumen configured to contain a medicament, a distal end portion of the medicament container including a coupling portion configured to be removably coupled to a needle assembly, a proximal end portion of the medicament container including a flange and a longitudinal shoulder; a piston assembly including a distal end portion movably disposed within the lumen of the medicament container; and a handle coupled to a proximal end portion of the piston assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Glenn NORONHA, Christopher John BROOKS, Rafael Victor ANDINO, Samirkumar PATEL, Daniel WHITE
  • Publication number: 20180042766
    Abstract: A nozzle includes a front end part, wherein the nozzle is composed of a non-fluorine-based resin, and wherein fluorine atoms are incorporated into a molecular chain of the non-fluorine-based resin constituting a surface of the nozzle. A nozzle includes a front end part, wherein a surface of the front end part is provided with a first surface positioned on the center side of the nozzle and a second surface continuing to an outer peripheral side of the first surface, and wherein the first surface and the second surface are composed of surfaces differing in surface free energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jotaro Nagao, Kota Okamoto, Tsutomu Iwasaki, Masaki Aoya, Satoo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20180042767
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, an adjustment member, and a microneedle. The housing can be coupled to a medicament container, and includes a hub surface that can contact a target surface. The adjustment member is within the housing and separates an inner volume of the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is fluidically coupled with the medicament container. The adjustment member, which is coupled to the microneedle, can transition between a first configuration and a second configuration. A proximal end portion of the microneedle is fluidically coupled to the first chamber such that a substance can be conveyed from the medicament container through the microneedle. A distal tip of the microneedle extends from the hub surface by a first distance when the adjustment member is in the first configuration, and by a second distance when the adjustment member is in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Clearside Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael V. ANDINO, Shelley Eckert HANCOCK
  • Publication number: 20180042768
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for removal of subretinal fluid is provided herein. The surgical instrument may include a handle coupleable to an aspiration source and a first elongate tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being coupled to the rotational structure such that the first elongate tubular member is rotatable around the axis. The handle may be configured to rotate around an axis of a handle body. The surgical instrument may further include a second elongate tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the second elongate tubular member being coupled to the distal end of the first elongate tubular member, and a port formed through a wall of the second member for aspirating material from a body cavity through the first and second members. The second elongate tubular member may be curved when exposed to body temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Steven T. Charles
  • Publication number: 20180042769
    Abstract: The invention relates to ophthalmology, in particular to the surgical treatment technique of macular holes at the early stages without vitrectomy. The method for treating stage 1 macular hole without vitrectomy comprises peeling the posterior hyaloid membrane away from the foveola, wherein an ophthalmological instrument is inserted through the vitreous body until it comes into contact with the posterior hyaloid membrane in the macular area, the posterior hyaloid membrane then being gripped by said instrument and peeled away from the foveola, in accordance with the invention, and after the contact between the instrument and the posterior hyaloid membrane an opening is made therein, whereby the edge of the opening is then used to lift the posterior hyaloid membrane and peel it away from the foveola until the layers are separated; wherein the instrument used is an ophthalmological membrane spatula comprising a handle 1 and a pointed working part 2 with a tip 3 shaped as a hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Yaroslav Vladimirovich Bayborodov
  • Publication number: 20180042770
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a phacoemulsification system is disclosed. The control apparatus is configured to supply electrical energy to an actuator for a phaco needle during a plurality of time intervals, wherein the time intervals includes a first time interval, in which electrical energy for pulses with a constant maximum amplitude is supplied, a second time interval following the first time interval, wherein electrical energy with a value equal to zero is supplied, and a third time interval following the second time interval, wherein the third time interval has a first time duration in which electrical energy for pulses which have a lower constant amplitude than the maximum amplitude during the first time interval is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Susanne Kohlhammer, Martin Fanenbruck, Peter Langheinrich
  • Publication number: 20180042771
    Abstract: Systems and methods to treat a region of a cornea of an eye having an epithelial layer disposed over a stromal layer. Exemplary techniques include the administration of epithelial sequence ablation laser pulses and stromal sequence ablation laser pulses to the eye. A treatment laser generates a laser beam for ablation of eye tissue, and a movable scan component scans the laser beam over the region. A processor system is coupled to the laser and the movable scan component, and the processor system is configured to arrange pulses of laser beam to treat the epithelial and stromal layers of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin LOGAN, Deepali MEHTA-HURT, Dimitri CHERNYAK
  • Publication number: 20180042772
    Abstract: A variable gauge microsurgical instrument for use in ophthalmic or vitreoretinal surgery is provided herein. In one aspect, a surgical probe may include a hand piece and a probe tip attached to the hand piece. A functioning member may be at least partially disposed within the probe tip. The surgical probe may further include a sleeve configured for substantially flush-fit engagement with a first size of a surgical point of entry, such as a cannula. The sleeve may be insertable over at least a portion of the probe tip. Further, the sleeve may have an outer diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the probe tip. In some aspects, the sleeve may be configured to be deployed and retracted with respect to the hand piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Fouad Mansour
  • Publication number: 20180042773
    Abstract: A multi-thickness lens for a goggle may be disclosed in accordance with various embodiments. The multi-thickness lens may include a portion of a first thickness and a portion of a second thickness. In particular, the multi-thickness lens may be inserted into a goggle, including goggles configured to receive standard lenses. Further, the goggle may include features that may allow the multi-thickness lens to distribute forces and/or stresses to the goggle and/or may include features and/or components adapting the goggle to receive a multi-thickness lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Ludovic Francis Boinnard
  • Publication number: 20180042774
    Abstract: The present application relates to a headband arrangement comprising: an attachment structure; and a helmet mounting structure which can be selectively slid along the attachment structure, the helmet mounting structure having a lockable component, the lockable component being pivotable about a pivotal shaft between a locking position and an unlocking position, wherein a first magnetic part is secured in the lockable component, a second magnetic part is secured in the helmet mounting structure or the attachment structure, a repulsive force can be generated between the first and second magnetic parts to drive the lockable component to return from the unlocking position to the locking position and to hold the lockable component in the locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Ziqian WU
  • Publication number: 20180042775
    Abstract: The invention relates to a therapeutic adhesive tape for use in medical or sporting applications. The therapeutic tape is configured to be applied to the skin of a user. The tape comprising: a base layer having a face side and a back side, the base layer being composed of a combination of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (hereinafter: RPET) and an elastic material, and an adhesive layer deposited on one of said face side or back side of the base layer for attaching the tape to the skin of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Ryan Kendrick
  • Publication number: 20180042776
    Abstract: A tattoo aftercare assembly comprises an air-permeable transparent film such that the tattoo is visible through the film when applied thereto. The assembly further includes a carrier layer configured to be removable from the film. An adhesive is applied between the film and the carrier layer. A backing cover is positioned on an opposite side of the film than the carrier layer. The film and carrier layers are slightly narrower and shorter than the backing cover such that the backing cover is easily removable from the film. The film is configured for application over a newly-created tattoo for at least 12 hours, preferably up to 3 days.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick F. McClernon, Russell Blette, Donna Dearinger
  • Publication number: 20180042777
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The article further includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; and an ear. The ear includes a laminate having a first nonwoven and second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens. The laminate comprises a plurality of ultrasonic bonds. The ear also has a first inelastic region and an elastic region. The ear is joined to the chassis in the first inelastic region, and a fastening system is joined to the ear in the elastic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Todd Douglas Lenser, Joerg Mueller
  • Publication number: 20180042778
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to assembling elastic laminates that may be used to make absorbent article components. Methods and apparatuses herein may include an anvil adapted to rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein first and second spreader mechanisms adjacent the anvil roll are axially and angularly displaced from each other with respect to the axis of rotation. During the assembly process, a substrate may be advanced in a machine direction onto the rotating anvil. The first spreader mechanism stretches a first elastic material in the cross direction, and the second spreader mechanism stretches a second elastic material in the cross direction. The stretched first and second elastic materials advance from the spreader mechanisms and onto the substrate on the anvil roll. The combined and elastic materials may then be ultrasonically bonded together on the anvil to form at least one elastic laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Douglas Lenser, Urmish Popatlal Dalal
  • Publication number: 20180042779
    Abstract: The methods herein relate to assembling an elastic laminate with a first elastic material and a second elastic material bonded between first and second substrates. During assembly, an elastic laminate may be formed by positioning the first and second substrates in contact with stretched central regions of the first and second elastic materials. The elastic laminates may include two or more bonding regions that may be defined by the various layers or components of the elastic laminate that are laminated or stacked relative to each other. In some configurations, a first plurality of ultrasonic bonds are applied to the elastic laminate to define a first bond density in the first bonding region, and a second plurality of ultrasonic bonds are applied to the elastic laminate to define a second bond density in the second bonding region, wherein the second bond density is not equal to the first bond density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Douglas Lenser, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Uwe Schneider, Todd Joseph Statt, Joerg Mueller, Melanie Acevedo
  • Publication number: 20180042780
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for assembling elastic laminates that may be used to make absorbent article components. Particular aspects of the present disclosure involve an anvil and a spreader mechanism adjacent the anvil. During the assembly process, a first substrate may be advanced in a machine direction onto the rotating anvil. The spreader mechanism operates to activate an elastic material by stretching the elastic material in the cross direction to a first elongation. The elastic material is then consolidated to a second elongation in the cross direction, wherein the second the elongation is less than the first elongation. The consolidated elastic material is then bonded between a first substrate and a second substrate on the anvil. In some configurations, the first and second substrates may be nonwovens, and the elastic material may be an elastic film and/or an elastic laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Douglas Lenser, Urmish Popatlal Dalal
  • Publication number: 20180042781
    Abstract: A machine for making absorbent sanitary articles, where each article includes components progressively positioned relative to each other and assembled along a production line. The machine includes a programmable electronic controller device having a shift register, at least one optical inspection system connected to the programmable electronic controller device, and an operator interface connected to the electronic controller. The programmable electronic controller device generates a machine sync signal, a trigger signal for activating the optical inspection system in phase with the sync signal and a shift register shift command. The optical inspection system receives the trigger signal and has a defined maximum response time which produces at least one band of uncertainty. The operator sets with the operator interface the instant of activating the shift register shift command outside the band of uncertainty and between two consecutive sync signals defining a machine step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Matteo PIANTONI, Alberto PEREGO
  • Publication number: 20180042782
    Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner or an incontinence pad, which improves diffusion property of a body fluid and maintains a stable absorption amount. In FIG. 3, a sanitary napkin (1) includes an absorber (4) including an upper layer sheet (10) disposed at a skin side, a lower layer sheet (11) disposed at a non-skin side, and a highly water-absorbing polymer (12) disposed between the upper layer sheet (10) and the lower layer sheet (11). The upper layer sheet (10) is provided with a plurality of protruding portions (14) bulging out to the skin side and forming space portions (13) to be filled with the highly water-absorbing polymer (12), and a joined portion (15) in which the upper layer sheet (10) and the lower layer sheet (11) are joined to each other intermittently on the peripheral edges of the protruding portions (14) along the circumferential directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoko KONAWA
  • Publication number: 20180042783
    Abstract: A sanitary pad. The sanitary pad includes an elongated pad having an upper surface and a lower surface. An upraised member having a first lateral side and a second lateral side is disposed on the upper surface. A plurality of channels are disposed along the first lateral side and the second lateral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Rebecca Coffman
  • Publication number: 20180042784
    Abstract: A stretchable laminate sheet including a thermoplastic stretchable film laminated on a non-woven fabric containing thermoplastic fiber therein, wherein: the non-woven fabric and the stretchable film are welded together at a plurality of first and second welding portions; the first welding portions are longer in a first direction and are shorter in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and the second welding portions are longer in a third direction crossing the first direction and are shorter in a fourth direction perpendicular to the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Miwa KOSHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180042785
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article also includes an ear disposed in one of the waist regions. The ear includes a laminate having a first nonwoven and a second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens in an elasticized region. The laminate also includes a first bonding region comprising a first plurality of ultrasonic bonds having a first bond density, and a second bonding region comprising a second plurality of ultrasonic bonds having a second bond density. The first bond density is greater than the second bond density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Todd Douglas LENSER, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Todd Joseph STATT, Joerg MUELLER, Melanie ACEVEDO, Hiroshi NAKAHATA
  • Publication number: 20180042786
    Abstract: An array of absorbent articles includes a first absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet, and a first ear laminate having a first plurality of ultrasonic bonds disposed in a first elasticized region. The array further includes a second absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet, and a second ear laminate having a second plurality of ultrasonic bonds disposed in a second elasticized region. The first ear laminate differs from the second ear laminate at least in extensibility, bond pattern, softness and/or tensile strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Joerg MUELLER, Urmish Popatlal DALAL
  • Publication number: 20180042787
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to elastic laminates and methods for assembling elastic laminates that may be used to make absorbent article components. Elastic laminates may include one or more reinforcement layers positioned between unstretched portions of elastic materials and substrates to which the elastic materials are bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Todd Douglas Lenser, Urmish Popatlal Dalal
  • Publication number: 20180042788
    Abstract: A stretchable structure of an absorbent article includes two sheet layers that extend in a stretchable direction and an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the stretchable direction; and elongated resilient and elastic members that are disposed between the sheet layers at predetermined intervals in the orthogonal direction and extend in the stretchable direction, wherein, the two ends in the stretchable direction of each of the resilient and elastic members comprise fixed ends fixed to the two sheet layers, and the section between the fixed ends comprises a free section unfixed to the two sheet layers, at least one sheet bonding section is disposed in at least one inter-free region defined between the free sections adjacent to each other in the orthogonal direction, the two sheet layers being bonded in the at least one inter-free region, and the two sheet layers in a contracted state conform with each other in a wave pattern in response to contraction of the resilient and elastic members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi KUROHARA, Masayo OBATA, Sadanao MANABE, Akifumi HAYASHI, Yosuke MORI
  • Publication number: 20180042789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wound dressings which are particularly useful (but not necessarily exclusively) on moderate to heavily exuding wounds comprising: an absorbent pad having a first major face comprised of absorbent material and configured for wound contact, and a second major face opposed to the first major face; and a backing layer bonded to the second major face of the pad; wherein the pad and the backing layer are sized such that the backing layer extends beyond the periphery of the pad, thereby defining a margin; wherein the margin of the backing layer is provided with a first adhesive for adhering the backing layer to skin; and wherein a layer of second, low trauma adhesive is provided on, and in direct contact with, the first major face of the pad for adhering the pad to a wound, said layer of second, low trauma adhesive being configured to allow passage of exudate from the wound to the absorbent pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Colin BRADFORD, Brian John HAMERSLAGH
  • Publication number: 20180042790
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a packaging unit for hygiene articles and a method for forming such a unit. The packaging unit has a first packaging function as a packaging wrap for a non-used article, and a second disposal function as a disposal wrap for a used article. The packaging unit further comprises a user prompting device having a wrap-facing surface and a user-facing surface, wherein the user prompting device is permanently attached to the wrap such that at least a portion of the wrap-facing surface of the user prompting device is in contact with the inner surface of the wrap. The user prompting device is arranged to prompt the user to employ the second disposal function of the packaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
    Inventors: Conny DAHLQVIST, Ulrika PERSSON, Sofia EKSTEDT
  • Publication number: 20180042791
    Abstract: There is presented an equipment (13) for raising of an associated lying person, comprising a seat (1), a primary leg (4), a secondary leg (5) being secondary leg (5) being rotatably connected to the seat (1) and a backrest (2), wherein the equipment is arranged to be passed from a first configuration to a second configuration by rotation of the secondary leg (5) around a rotation axis, and wherein the equipment is arranged so that it enables placement of the equipment between the associated lying person and a supporting surface while the bottom of the associated lying person is in contact with the supporting surface upon which the associated lying person is lying and subsequently raising the associated lying person by passing the equipment from the first configuration to the secondary configuration by rotation of the secondary leg (5). In a particular embodiment, the equipment is arranged for being reversibly assembled and disassembled without using tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Flemming Eriksen, Anders Lykkegaard Møller
  • Publication number: 20180042792
    Abstract: A removable cartridge configured to be inserted into a receiving channel. The cartridge includes an elongated body having a leading end, a trailing end, a top surface and a bottom surface. A button protrudes from the top surface of the elongated body and is positioned proximate the trailing end of the elongated body. When the cartridge is being inserted into the receiving channel, the button is compressed. After the cartridge is inserted into the receiving channel, the button releases into an opening that intersects with the receiving channel so as to lock the cartridge in the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: John Piccolo-Wignall, Douglas C. Fritz, James R. Osborn
  • Publication number: 20180042793
    Abstract: A manual wheelchair including a collapsible frame having a first lateral member that is connected to first and second braces at their respective first ends. A drive wheel axel extends along a first axis of rotation and engages a drive wheel, the first brace, and a portion of a transmission. A push rim axel extends along a second axis of rotation and engages a push rim wheel, the second brace, and a portion of the transmission, which transmits rotation of the push rim to rotation of the drive wheel. The collapsible frame additionally includes a second lateral member that is connected to the first and second braces as their respective second ends. The first and second braces are configured to release the second lateral member to collapse the manual wheelchair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew H. HANSEN, Gary D. GOLDISH, Eric NICKEL
  • Publication number: 20180042794
    Abstract: A wheelchair is provided which includes a body, and driving wheels arranged on the both sides of the body. The wheels include a rim portion, a hub portion, an hand rim, and fastening members. A tire is attached to the outer peripheral part of the rim portion. The hub portion is arranged at the center of the rim portion and coupled to the rim portion by connecting members. The hand rim is arranged along the rim portion on the exterior side of the rim portion. The fastening members fasten the hand rim to the rim portion. An insertion prohibition spacing is formed between the rim portion and the hand rim. The spacing has a distance capable of prohibiting insertion of user's thumb into this spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Tsukasa ITANO
  • Publication number: 20180042795
    Abstract: A wheelchair is provided which includes link rods that intersect each other in an X shape, and are pivotably coupled to each other by a pivot shaft. The link rods include a rod central part, and rod upper and lower parts. The rod central parts hold the pivot shaft. The rod upper and lower parts and slant from first and second inclined parts on the both ends of the rod central part in opposite directions with respect to the rod central part. When the X-link portion is folded, the rod central parts overlap each other and are aligned in one straight line in the vertical orientation, and frame accommodation space portions which can accommodate the middle frame portions are provided on the both sides of the rod central parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Tsukasa ITANO
  • Publication number: 20180042796
    Abstract: A brake system for a wheelchair comprises a lever assembly adapted to be movably connected to a wheelchair frame, the lever assembly having a handle portion for hand manipulation. A brake unit is adapted to be pivotally connected to relative to the wheelchair frame, the brake unit having a brake end adapted to contact the wheel. An actuator portion and a follower portion are in the brake system, the follower portion cooperating with the actuator portion for the brake unit to be selectively displaceable between at least two configurations, including a floating configuration in which the brake end contacts the wheel so as to automatically pivot into blocking contact with the wheel when the wheel rotates rearwardly, while allowing a forward rotation of the wheel, and a locking configuration in which the brake end is manually locked into blocking contact with the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: David GINGRAS, Pierre-Andre COUTURE, Michael ARCHAMBAULT
  • Publication number: 20180042797
    Abstract: The presently disclosure describes a system for stabilizing a wheelchair. The system includes at least one caster arm configured to maintain contact with a surface underlying the wheelchair. The at least one caster arm includes a force sensing system configured to measure a force exerted on the underlying surface by the at least one caster arm; and an actuator to configured adjust a position of the at least one caster arm based at least in part on the measured force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Richter
  • Publication number: 20180042798
    Abstract: A lift chair comprising: a lift that transitions the lift chair between a resting position and a standing position; a user interface that receives one or more user inputs indicating a request to transition the lift chair between the resting position and the standing position; a controller circuit communicatively coupled to the lift and to the user interface, the controller circuit configured to cause the lift to transition the lift chair from the resting position to the standing position, in response to a single user input, at a first speed over a first time period followed by a second speed over a second time period, the first speed being slower than the second speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Pride Mobility Products Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Williams DAVIES, Brett Alan SHOEMAKER
  • Publication number: 20180042799
    Abstract: A medical chair includes a base, a seat, and a leg rest pivotally mounted relative to the seat and adapted to move between an extended position and a retracted position. The chair further includes a first actuator for tilting the seat with respect to the base, a second actuator for lifting the seat with respect to the base, and a leg rest actuator adapted to move the leg rest. The chair also includes a controller adapted to control the first and second actuators to move the seat between a first position and a second position such that the seat is both lifted and tilted at the same time as the seat moves from the first position to the second position, and wherein the controller is adapted to control the leg rest actuator such that the leg rest maintains a substantially constant orientation with respect to the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph Adam Upchurch, Christopher S. Hough, Richard A. Derenne, Cory Patrick Herbst
  • Publication number: 20180042800
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing physical rehabilitative therapy for patients including a support surface of a number of parallel inflatable air sacs that are placed on multi-layered inflatable pneumatic levers made out of a strong hermetic material that are of different diameters and different lengths which are attached to longitudinal multi-layered inflatable side pneumatic levers that are all interconnected by flexible air tube connections to multi-layered inflatable pneumatic envelope levers which are all connected to a controlling apparatus to regulate the inflation and deflation of said sacs and pneumatic levers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Sergey Vasilevich Krasnov, Rupert Wilbraham, Lubomir Kupecz, Alex Ignatiev, Alexey Nikolaevich Ustsov, Victor Pavlovich Martyshkin, Anastasia Sergeevna Krasnov, Ekaterina Nikolaevna Maltseva, Leonid Vasilevich Goryachev, Vitaliy Yurievich Arapov, Konstantin Viktorovich Filatov
  • Publication number: 20180042801
    Abstract: An excreta disposal apparatus with a gender-specific module includes a body having a seating unit corresponding in shape to the curved shape of the genital area and buttocks of a human body, a urine disposal unit corresponding to the genital area of the human body, an excrement disposal unit corresponding to the buttocks of the human body and a disposal space open toward the genital area and buttocks of the human body to take excreta discharged from the human body. A main body unit, connected to the seating unit, is mounted between the legs of the human body and has an accommodation space therein. A discharge channel is provided in the accommodation space and communicates with the disposal space to discharge the excreta in the disposal space to the outside. The body includes the gender-specific module, which is detachably provided and includes the urine disposal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Hoonsang LEE
  • Publication number: 20180042802
    Abstract: A modular dental system, methods for controlling a modular dental tool, a dental system, a control module, and a treatment unit. In one embodiment, the modular dental system includes a modular dental system including a control module and a battery module. The control module includes a first end, a second end, a control sub-system, and a charging sub-system. The control sub-system is configured to communicatively couple to an attachment, detect an attachment identifier associated with the attachment when the attachment is removably attached to the first end of the control module, and control the attachment based on the attachment identifier. The battery module is configured to removably attach to the second end of the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Thomas St. Louis, Michael Carl Dunaway, Frank Ulrich Emde, Amod Ashok Kher, Tyler Ray Harper, Nathan Lamb Shippee, Johannes Sauter, Patrick Niederreuter
  • Publication number: 20180042803
    Abstract: An exoskeleton comprises at least one load-bearing element including a flexible hose, sleeve or cable having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The first end portion is engageable with a load and is configured to transfer a weight of the load to the hose, sleeve or cable. The hose, sleeve or cable is configured to transfer the weight of the load from the first end portion to the second end portion, and the second end portion is configured to transfer the weight of the load to a support surface upon which the exoskeleton is supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Ekso Bionics, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Amundson
  • Publication number: 20180042804
    Abstract: A powered exoskeleton includes a leg part and a foot part. The foot part includes a foot bottom plate and a foot bottom plate driving wheel. The foot bottom plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; and the foot bottom plate driving wheel is connected below the leg part. The foot bottom plate is movably connected to the foot bottom plate driving wheel and capable of being turned over relative to the foot bottom plate driving wheel. In the walking mode, the foot bottom plate is turned over till the first surface of the foot bottom plate faces upward and is connected below the foot bottom plate driving wheel; and in the wheeled movement mode, the foot bottom plate is turned over till a second surface of the foot bottom plate faces upward and is connected above the foot bottom plate driving wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ying ZHANG, Zhongcheng Gui, Yifei ZHANG, Kai ZHAO, Yu GU, Hongli DING
  • Publication number: 20180042805
    Abstract: An eye massager being able to massage the five acupuncture-points and effectively relieve fatigue of eyes including a case, a flexible light transmissive film disposed in the case and a pressure controller is provided. The case includes an accommodation space where the pressure controller disposed in and a pressure control space formed by the flexible light transmissive film covering part of the case. When the case covers the eyes, the case, the flexible light transmissive film and the eyes form a sealed space. When the pressure controller adapted to detect and adjust a magnitude of a pressure in the pressure control space lowers the pressure, the flexible light transmissive film depresses towards the pressure control space to increase a volume of the sealed space. When the pressure controller fills a gas into the pressure control space, the flexible light transmissive film protrudes towards the sealed space and presses the eyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Bridge Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuan-Tsang Lin
  • Publication number: 20180042806
    Abstract: The present invention is a muscle roller. It has interchangeable foam rollers connected to an alternate hand grip which is connected to a removable hand grip. The rollers are interchangeable with different levels of firmness. The tension of the roller is adjustable to meet the preference of the user of the roller. In the preferred embodiment, the muscle roller body can fit into a regular backpack, gym bag or even in a carrying bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Nicholas Thomas West
  • Publication number: 20180042807
    Abstract: Massage tool for self-myofascial therapy. A ball has a hole extending along a chord of the ball. The hole is adapted for receiving a rod having a diameter that is slightly smaller than the diameter of the hole, so as to provide sufficient friction to hold the rod in place when inserted into the hole. The ball has an inner core made of a hard thermoplastic polymer, the inner core surrounding the hole, and the inner core is surrounded by an outer layer made from a softer polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Mallory
  • Publication number: 20180042808
    Abstract: A therapeutic system and related method for use in massage, energy or other healing therapy, comprising: a therapeutic stone; a vibrator aperture carved into a top of the stone, passing only partially through the stone; at least one essential oil channel fabricated into a bottom of the vibrator aperture, passing the remainder of the way through from the bottom of the vibrator aperture to a bottom of the stone; a vibrator surrounded on a circumference thereof with silicon or equivalent material, sized to fit snugly but removably into the aperture; the aperture configured deeply enough in relation to a height of the vibrator to leave enough space for the aperture to provide a reservoir for essential oils poured into the aperture; the at least one essential oil channel configured for the essential oils to diffuse therethrough, through the bottom of the stone, and onto a body of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Beth Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20180042809
    Abstract: A sexual stimulation apparatus and method which may comprise a plurality of light sources for photostimulation of the vagina, clitoris, or both; one or more vibrators for mechanical stimulation of an area of the vagina; a handle; a controller and programmable memory for containing non-transitory instructions for modes of operation and driving the light sources and vibrators of the invention; a vaginal finger; a handle for ease of use; a keypad for user entry of commands; and a charging or programming port. The invention may also comprise sensors that sense physiologic parameters of a user and adjust sexual stimulation parameters to achieve a desired sexual stimulation effect. Blood oxygen level, temperature, pulse rate and muscle electrical activity may be sensed. The invention also may comprise a flexible covering that provides smooth sliding engagement with an area of the vagina of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: RALPH ZIPPER
  • Publication number: 20180042810
    Abstract: A massaging garment system includes an electronic device that may be manipulated. A plurality of garments is provided and each of the garments is worn on a selected part of a user's body. Each of the garments has a first wall and a second wall that is spaced from the first wall to define a massage space in each of the garments. A plurality of massage units is provided. Each of the massage units is positioned within the massage space of an associated one of the garments. Thus, each of the massage units may massage the user's body thereby facilitating each of the massage units to relieve pain. Each of the massage units is in electrical communication with the electronic device. Thus, the electronic device controls operational parameters of the plurality of massage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Loc Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20180042811
    Abstract: The apparatus of the invention is used for cardiopulmonary massaging and/or resuscitation of a patient and includes a massaging device (15) which can be reversibly driven in an actuating direction (23) by a drive unit (18) and which has a pressure surface (20) that can be placed in a target contact zone (21) on the rib cage (12) of a patient (11). In order to easily and reliably prevent the pressure surface of the massaging device to deviate from a target pressure point (21), the plunger (19) can be secured to the rib cage (12) of the patient (11) in the target contact zone (21) and is mounted in such a way as to be freely movable in a plane running transversely to the actuating direction (23) at least during an unloaded state between two massaging strokes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: GS Elektromedizinische Geräte G. Stemple GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Stemple, Christian KLIMMER, Michael HELLER
  • Publication number: 20180042812
    Abstract: An improved mount is of the type used in a foot spa. The foot spa is of the type having a surface which defines a vessel for containing water and a pump magnetically driven by rotating magnets. The mount defines part of the surface and holds the pump against rotation. The improvement comprises: a coil associated with the mount and disposed exteriorly of the surface of the basin and interiorly of the magnetic field produced by the rotating magnets to produce a current; a plurality of lights operatively connected to the coil; and light conductivity associated with the mount to permit the light to be visible interiorly of the basin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Minh Sang Tran, Chris Alexander
  • Publication number: 20180042813
    Abstract: The present invention is a smart equipment with bidirectional diagnosis and therapy device, comprising a power supply unit used for providing each unit with required power, a high-voltage diagnosis and therapy unit provided for diagnosis and therapy as well as electronic acupuncture and sending back a diagnosis and therapy signal, an input and display unit provided for inputting operation commands and displaying related image, a wireless transmission unit provided for connecting to a cloud database wirelessly, a magnetic disk installed with program being loaded with application software for processing the diagnosis and therapy signal correspondingly, and a microprocessor used for processing related operation. Thereby, the present invention enables the user to manipulate the high-voltage diagnosis and therapy unit for diagnosis and therapy via the input and display unit according to suggestion from application software. Thus, correct diagnosis and therapy is allowed for the user to achieve the best effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Chih-Cheng Chiang