Patents Issued in April 26, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180110925
    Abstract: A wearable drug delivery device has a drug delivery pack housing a syringe with a drug dose and a separate power pack for providing the energy needed to auto-inject the dose into the user. A flexible conductor or rigid connector couples the two packs together and transits the energy released from the power pack to the drug delivery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Robert F. Rioux, Matthew Laplaca, Brian Grasso, Matt Bomes, George Bourne
  • Publication number: 20180110926
    Abstract: A spring assembly for an administering device includes a driving spring configured as a spiral spring and a spring shaft. An inner end of the spring is rotationally fixedly attached to the spring shaft. A spring sleeve extends around the circumferential region of the spring, wherein the outer end of the spring is connected to the spring sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner and a disk-type spring-sleeve cover is attached to the spring sleeve or the spring shaft. The flange and the spring-sleeve cover extend radially away from an axis of the spring shaft and the flange is arranged near a distal end of the spring shaft. A radial stop is arranged on the flange periphery, and a blocking element is arranged on the spring sleeve to be complementary to the radial stop for releasably rotationally securing to each other when the blocking element and the radial stop engage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren, Susanne Schenker, Patrick Hostettler, Ursina Streit
  • Publication number: 20180110927
    Abstract: An actuating device having integrated plunger is configured to be removably mounted to an automatic mixing device for a syringe. The actuating device includes lower and upper housings, a trigger member, a lockout ring, a mixing biasing member, a delivery plunger, a plunger biasing member, and a mixing plunger. The mixing plunger is releasably engaged with the trigger member in an initially locked state and engageable with at least one seal of the mixing device. The trigger member is operable to initiate decompression of the mixing biasing member and engagement of the mixing plunger with the at least one seal of the mixing device. The delivery plunger may also be activated to expand from a first, collapsed configuration to a second, expanded configuration by actuation of the trigger member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Oscar Frias Goyenechea, Richard A. Cronenberg
  • Publication number: 20180110928
    Abstract: A portable auto-injector configured to store a dry medication separately from a liquid component, wherein removal of a cap opens a rotary valve allowing for the initiation of a mixing step prior to injection. An extendable needle guard is provided over the delivery assembly which prevents premature injection as well as inadvertent sticks or other cross contamination of a needle. The needle guard can also form part of a secondary trigger mechanism which injects the reconstituted drug after the mixing stage is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: WINDGAP MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Cole Constantineau, Christopher J. Stepanian, Adam R. Standley, Michel Bruehwiler, Brent Buchine, Jeffrey Thomas Chagnon, Robert Brik
  • Publication number: 20180110929
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a needleless injector including a cap, an injection system, a body, and a compression spring. The body is mounted to slide upwards in relation to the cap along an injection axis between a rest position and an injection position. The compression spring is axially intercalated along the injection axis between the body and the cap to compress the skin tissue of the user when the nozzle is applied to the skin. The compression spring is a frustroconical helical spring that extends along the injection axis and includes a plurality of turns designed to nest axially one inside the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: CROSSJECT
    Inventors: Gilles VIVIEN, Jean Christophe CLOIX
  • Publication number: 20180110930
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a needleless injection device that includes a body, a gas generator, an injection system that extends axially along an injection axis and includes at least one plunger, an active ingredient reservoir, an injection nozzle that delimits at least one injection channel, a cover that houses the body of the device, a removable cap that protects a lower downstream end of the injection nozzle, a stopper that houses the cap, and a blocking element. The stopper is pivotally mounted about the injection axis between a closed position in which the stopper is locked on the injection device and an open position in which the stopper is unlocked from the injection device. The blocking element is radially interposed between the cap and the stopper, and is configured to block, by friction, the relative pivoting of the cap and of the stopper, about the injection axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: CROSSJECT
    Inventors: Gilles Vivien, Xavier Vigot
  • Publication number: 20180110931
    Abstract: A portable auto-injector configured to store a dry medication separately from a liquid component, wherein removal of a cap operates a first actuation mechanism which opens a valve between a first and second chamber that are slidably movable relative to each other and thus allows for the initiation of a mixing step prior to injection. An extendable needle guard is provided over the delivery assembly which prevents premature injection as well as inadvertent sticks or other cross contamination of a needle. The needle guard can also form part of a secondary trigger mechanism which injects the mixed components after the mixing stage is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: WINDGAP MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Adam R. Standley, Christopher J. Stepanian, Cole Constantineau, Michel Bruehwiler, Brent Buchine, Jeffrey Thomas Chagnon, Robert Brik
  • Publication number: 20180110932
    Abstract: A needle assembly (1, 100) for an injection device comprising a needle cannula (10, 10), a hub (30, 130) comprising skirt portion (40, 140) and a central portion (60, 60). The skirt portion (40, 140) is having an internal surface (43, 143) adapted for connection to an injection device, wherein the skirt portion (40, 140) is having an open proximal end (41, 141) adapted to be sealed off by a sealing member (90, 190). The hub (30, 130) is having a distal end (42, 142) closed by the central portion (60, 160), wherein the central portion (60, 160) is adapted to receive the cannula (10, 110). The internal surface (43, 143) of the skirt portion (40, 140) comprises a connecting member, a cap portion (80, 180) for covering the distal end (12, 112) of the cannula (10, 110), a frangible zone (89, 189).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Jacqueline Trosborg
  • Publication number: 20180110933
    Abstract: A piston for use in an injector comprising a cylinder having a longitudinal axis and an inner wall, which piston has a deformable sealing element with a convex surface, which deformable sealing element when the piston is inserted in the cylinder abuts the inner wall of the cylinder at an abutting interface and seals an annular gap between the piston and the inner wall of the cylinder. The abutting interface and the deformable sealing element have axial dimensions parallel with the longitudinal axis. The ratio between the axial dimension of the abutting interface and the axial dimension of the deformable sealing element is in the range between 0.01 and 0.2. In another aspect, an injector includes the piston and is used in a disposable syringe of the piston. The piston can prevent refilling of a syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: INJECTO A/S
    Inventor: Mikkel HETTING
  • Publication number: 20180110934
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety device for a syringe for avoiding stab wounds, said syringe having a syringe body and a piercing means arranged on the distal end of the syringe body. The safety device comprises a sleeve element that extends along an axial direction (X) and at least partially encloses the piercing means and the syringe body, and an inner element which is at least arranged at least in sections inside the sleeve element and surrounds the piercing means. Said safety device is characterised in that the inner element comprises a rim section and a piercing means protection section surrounding the piercing means. Said rim section can be arranged on a distal end of the syringe body, the safety device is secured to the syringe body, and the piercing means protection section can be removed from the rim section before using the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Frank WITTLAND, Maximilian VOGL
  • Publication number: 20180110935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pre-filled injection device for apportioning a plurality of set doses of a liquid drug comprising. The housing of the injection device supports a non-replaceable cartridge containing the liquid drug. The cartridge is e.g. secured in a cartridge-holder being a part of the housing. A needle assembly comprising a needle cannula secured in a hub is slidable mounted to slide into contact with the cartridge. The tip of the needle cannula is covered by a telescopically movable shield movable from an extended position to a retracted position. The telescopically movable shield supports a cleaning chamber containing a cleaning solvent for cleaning at least the distal tip of the needle cannula between subsequent injections. The distal end of the housing supports a removable protective cap and the telescopically movable shield is guided relatively to the housing and coupled to the protective cap to follow movement of the protective cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Ronan Carroll, Morten Revsgaard Frederiksen, Lars Eilertsen
  • Publication number: 20180110936
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device has a syringe, a housing, a needle shield, a biasing member and one or more blocking members. The needle shield is biased axially forwardly by the biasing member so as to selectively cover a needle of the syringe. However, the biasing member is prevented from biasing the needle shield axially forwardly until a radial movement of the blocking members has occurred, which is precipitated by a forward axial movement of the syringe. Consequently, the forward movement of the syringe releases the needle shield to automatically make safe the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Steven HATCH, Alastair WILLOUGHBY, Guy MOSELEY, Dan GARSON
  • Publication number: 20180110937
    Abstract: The invention relates to an upper extremity restraint which uses moveable non-adhesive restraint strappings and a reversible rigid platform, which enables a caregiver to ensure the patient's secure upper limb positioning for intravenous site maintenance. The present invention also includes an upper extremity restraint which uses parallel openings in the backbone restraint, which enable the immobilization of the upper limb through use of tie down restraining to prevent formation of hematomas or other types of patient injury caused by IV catheter site interruption or displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Cheryl DE ZAYAS
  • Publication number: 20180110938
    Abstract: A novel device for vaporization device is disclosed for frictionally engaging a water pipe having an input port and an inhalation aperture with a water pipe fluid pathway formed therebetween comprising. The device includes a electronic vaporization element (EVE) formed from an elongated hollow member having a first end and a second end for coupling with a water pipe input port. A heating element is disposed proximate the first end and powered by a removable electrical power source for being coupled with the water pipe using a frictional engagement mechanism. A first control circuit is electrically coupled with the electrical power source for providing electrical power from the electrical power source to the heating element for heating the phyto material to a predetermined temperature for causing vaporization thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Alexander Trzecieski
  • Publication number: 20180110939
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for administering various medicaments including those for treating pain and substance dependency are disclosed. The apparatus is a unit for heat activation of a morphine opiate liquid concentrate mixed with a carrier substance to produce inhaled gas. The method includes inhaling the heat activated gaseous vapor concentrate for pain relief, to treat substance dependency or administration of other medicaments. The system includes a heat vaporization unit with security, control and communication capability to provide effective patient care and ensure safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: David Lanzkowsky
  • Publication number: 20180110940
    Abstract: This atomization unit is provided with a reservoir that holds an aerosol source, an atomization part that atomizes the aerosol source, and a cap body that blocks a supply port for supplying the aerosol source to the reservoir, wherein movement of the cap body away from the reservoir causes the atomization part and/or a power supply member, which electrically connects a power source and the atomization part, to break.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko SUZUKI, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Takuma NAKANO, Manabu YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180110941
    Abstract: A medicine dosing device for vaporizing a dose of encapsulated liquid medicine inhaling includes a housing with vapor passage between an intake and a mouthpiece. A tank assembly receives the capsule with a closure member pressing the capsule against a needle and spring assembly to puncture the capsule with a hollow needle and press the liquid from the capsule into a tank chamber where is it wicked into the vapor passageway for vaporization. A heater coil between the mouthpiece and the vaporizing wick heats the vaporized medicine before inhalation by the user. A controller having a processor, power management, temperature control, communications and security subsystems enable the medicine dosing device to be enable for use, controlled and monitored remotely with a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Smith, John Michael Kasha
  • Publication number: 20180110942
    Abstract: A dry powder medicament inhaler for metering an inhalation of dry powdered medicament may include at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein a communication between said inlet and outlet at least includes a mixing and deaggregation chamber and at least two dosage communications between the inlet and the chamber. The inhaler may also include a dosage mechanism for arranging at least one dose of a medicament between the inlet and the chamber, such that said at least one dose may be delivered upon inhalation at said outlet through said communications. The inhaler may further include a locking mechanism, wherein on moving the dosage mechanism from a dose collecting position to a dose administering position the locking mechanism may be moved from an unlocked to a locked position preventing the metering of any further doses prior to resetting of the locking mechanism. Instead of a locking mechanism, the inhaler may include a dosage indicator or a counterweight mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Orest Lastow, Peter Jennfors
  • Publication number: 20180110943
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for use with a vaporizer (20) that vaporizes at least one active ingredient of a material (82). In response to receiving a first input to the vaporizer, the material is heated, in a first heating step. An indication of the temperature of the material is detected, and, in response to detecting an indication that the temperature of the material is at a first temperature, the first heating step is terminated, by withholding causing further temperature increase of the material. The first temperature is less than 9 percent of the vaporization temperature of the active ingredient. Subsequently, a second input is received at the vaporizer. In response thereto, the material is heated to the vaporization temperature, in a second heating step. Other applications are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Yossef RAICHMAN
  • Publication number: 20180110944
    Abstract: A portable breathing machine includes a body case (100), wherein: a fan box (101), a cut-off device (108) and a control device (113) are arranged in the body case (100); a fan (8) is arranged in the fan box (101) through a fan noise reduction device (102); an air outlet of the fan box (101) is connected with an internal breathing tube (107); the cut-off device (108) is arranged on the internal breathing tube (107); an air outlet of the cut-off device (108) is connected with an external breathing tube (104) and a mask (105); the fan noise reduction device (102) includes a lower flexible cover (3) and an upper flexible cover (5); the lower and upper flexible covers cooperate to form an enclosed cavity for containing the fan (8). A working noise of the breathing machine is decreased to below 15 decibel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Zheng Dai, Jin Ding, Wei Liu, Qinpeng Xu, Haoxuan Huang, Weili Li, Chao He, Menghang Lei, Xiaohui Zeng, Guangrong Wang
  • Publication number: 20180110945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mask and an inflatable structure thereof. The inflatable structure which is provided in a mask's body comprises: a ventilation seat; a sleeving connection which is sleeved at one end of the ventilation seat and sandwiches the mask's body together with the ventilation seat, with the sleeving connection provided with a socket tube so that the mask's body, the ventilation seat and the socket tube are in air communication; an air-sealed hood which is connected to the sleeving connection and provided around the socket tube. By virtue of the structure in the present invention, the air flow can be effectively imported into the patient to significantly increase the survival rate of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Yung-Chu CHENG, Chien-Feng CHENG, Yu-Liang CHENG
  • Publication number: 20180110946
    Abstract: Air impeller devices for providing assisted ventilation during spontaneous breathing are described. The devices include a motor; a fan driven by the motor, and a casing defining a housing for the fan. The housing is connectable through a single inlet and outlet port to a respiratory mask, wherein a pressure inside the housing is adjustable according to a rotational speed of the fan such that, in use, an inspiration air flow and an exhalation air flow circulate substantially through the inlet and outlet port. A kit including such an air impeller device and a respiratory mask is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Jaume PALOU FUSTÈ
  • Publication number: 20180110947
    Abstract: A method for capturing halocarbon from a gas, the method comprising processing gas containing halocarbon with material which is undamaged by exposure to supercritical fluid. A method for reclaiming halocarbon from a material, the method comprising exposing the material to a supercritical fluid.A module for processing a gas containing halocarbon, the module comprising material for capturing halocarbon from a gas, wherein the module is arranged to withstand supercritical fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Sebastian Matthew BROWN
  • Publication number: 20180110948
    Abstract: The method and system according to preferred embodiments of the present invention allows an effective breath-synchronized delivery of atomized liquid medicament (e.g. a pulmonary surfactant) to the patient's lungs. According to a preferred embodiment, the method of the present invention provides an efficient delivery of the aerosol medicament, controlling the behavior of the infusion pump to make the rising and falling time faster even though the intrinsic time constant of the system is long. Additionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, at the same time the information about the breathing activity contained either directly on the surfactant line or stored in the controller action can be used to extrapolate the breathing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A
    Inventors: Raffaele DELLACA, Ilaria MILESI
  • Publication number: 20180110949
    Abstract: An airway device includes a body fluid suction tube; a tracheal insertion tube to be passed through a trachea of a patient for sucking in a body fluid in the trachea of the patient; and an adaptor disposed at a base end portion of the tracheal insertion tube to be freely rotatable. The body fluid suction tube is arranged so that an opening portion thereof is situated inside relative to an opening portion of the tracheal insertion tube. The body fluid suction tube is arranged so that only the distal end portion thereof is urged against an inner surface of the tracheal insertion tube through an elastic force. The body fluid suction tube is arranged so that a lower side of an outer surface thereof is separated and is not closely contact with an upper side of the inner surface of the tracheal insertion tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Shuichi TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20180110950
    Abstract: An articulating stylet usable with a tracheal intubation system is disclosed. Methods for using the articulating stylet and systems that incorporate the articulating stylet are also disclosed. In some examples, a stylet adapted for mounting an endotracheal tube comprises a shaft and a control wire. The shaft comprises a distal shaft portion, a proximal shaft portion, and an expanding connection joining the distal shaft portion to the proximal shaft portion. The proximal shaft portion has a body portion and a tip portion. The tip portion includes a tip and has greater flexibility than the body portion. The control wire is at least partially disposed within both the distal shaft portion and the proximal shaft portion and is configured to cause the tip portion of the proximal shaft portion to deform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Through the Cords, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Runnels, Wil Roberge, Benjamin Fogg
  • Publication number: 20180110951
    Abstract: An oxygen face mask and component system is provided, the mask is designed to cover a user's nose and at least partially cover a user's mouth, the mask having lateral sampling ports, an oxygen port, and a facial access opening superior to the oxygen port. The opening may be sufficiently large to allow a surgical or diagnostic procedure to be performed on part of a user's face or to allow a physician's hands or other caregiver hand's to manipulate a scope or other devices into a user's mouth. Additional components are further provided, including a colorimetric C02 detector, a sealing cap with or without a resilient sealing flap, a capnography gas analysis unit, a non-rebreather valve, a pulmonary function module, nebulizer, a gas scavenging system, a gas reservoir system, a gas filter, sample lines that are either straight or at an angle, and an aerosol mask platform; and methods of making and using a face mask are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: John W. Beard
  • Publication number: 20180110952
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for inhibiting the odor of an anesthesia mask, and thereby reducing patient anxiety, generally comprising the use of a towelette treated with a pleasant odorant or flavorant to wipe down a piece of medical equipment, generally a piece of non-metallic or plastic equipment, such as a breathing mask, prior to it being positioned on a patient, and in a location on the patient where the odorant or flavorant can be smelled or tasted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Charles H. Bowen
  • Publication number: 20180110953
    Abstract: A breathing mask arrangement includes an arch body, a sealing lip means for bearing against the surface of the face of a mask user, a respiratory gas conduit means for feeding respiratory gas to a mask internal space which is defined by the arch body and which is in communication with the nose and/or mouth opening of the user of the mask, and an application structure for application of the sealing lip means jointly with the arch body, wherein the application structure has a carrier portion on which a respiratory gas conduit member is releasably coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Bernd Christoph LANG, Achim BIENER, Dieter HEIDMANN, Stefan Rolf MADAUS, Harald Wolfgang VÖGELE
  • Publication number: 20180110954
    Abstract: Ventilator apparatus includes a pump (41) connected to supply pressurised air both to an air reservoir (23) and to an oxygen concentrator (70) that supplies pressurised oxygen to an oxygen reservoir (24). The outlet (50) of the air reservoir (23) is connected to the inlet of a breathing circuit (30) via an entrainment device (56) so that pressurised air from the reservoir entrains atmospheric air. The outlet (84) of the oxygen reservoir (24) is connected via oxygen tubing (99) to the patient end of the breathing circuit (30). A patient valve (90) at the patient end (93) of the breathing circuit (30) opens to allow the patient to exhale via openings (97) in the valve. The oxygen supply is switched to supply oxygen to the breathing circuit (30) during the expiratory phase so that oxygen in the circuit is inhaled during a subsequent inhalation phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Anthony Lucio Belisario, Paul James Leslie Bennett, Robert James Burchell, Mohammad Qassim Mohammad Khasawneh, Mark Charles Oliver
  • Publication number: 20180110955
    Abstract: A near-patient humidification system provides vapor to a respiratory breathing circuit. The system includes an expiratory gas conduit and an inspiratory gas conduit. A patient coupling member is provided for coupling the expiratory and inspiratory gas conduits to a patient interface. A vapor injection unit is located at least partially within the housing of the patient coupling member. The vapor injection unit heats a supply of fluid into vapor and injects the vapor into the inspiratory gas passage of the patient coupling member at a vapor injection location for providing moisture to the inspiratory gas flow. A method of simultaneously and independently controlling the temperature and humidity of inspiratory gas in a respiratory breathing circuit is performed by injecting vapor having a temperature determined as a function of measured temperatures and measured humidities of the breathing gas at different locations along the breathing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas DREW, Daniel Patrick DWYER
  • Publication number: 20180110956
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for manufacturing a vapor transfer cartridge with a constant inner diameter to maximize the area available for fibers required for heating and humidifying a breathing gas. In one aspect, a vapor transfer cartridge includes a center tube extending along a first axis from a first to a second end, having a continuous inner diameter, a first header piece configured as a cap and including a channel about an inner circumference of the header piece coupled to the first end of the center tube, a second header piece coupled to the second end of the center tube, and a plurality of fibers arranged along the axis of the center tube from the first end to the second end. The first header piece further includes a first port, and a baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Scott A. Leonard, Michael J. Webb, Martin Stillig
  • Publication number: 20180110957
    Abstract: A method controls an expiratory gas flow at a user interface (16) of a ventilator (1) wherein the user interface (16) has an exhalation valve (11), which provides a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). The method includes the following steps during a phase of exhalation: changing the positive end-expiratory pressure from a basic PEEP value (31) with the exhalation valve (11); returning the positive end-expiratory pressure to the basic PEEP value (31) with the exhalation valve (11); and determining an exhalation parameter. The method permits an adaptive change in the expiratory flow during the exhalation. Air trapping can be avoided, and it is possible to respond to changed exhalation parameters within one and the same phase of exhalation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hans-Ullrich HANSMANN, Karsten HILTAWSKY
  • Publication number: 20180110958
    Abstract: A sleeping environment control system and method includes sensing a condition of environment to obtain a value of an environmental condition parameter, and then generating a value of a thermal sensation indicator according to the value of the environmental condition parameter. A physiological status of a user is sensed to obtain a value of a physiological status parameter. After a plurality of values of the thermal sensation indicator and a plurality of values of the physiological status parameter are collected, a regression analysis is performed to obtain a best value of the thermal sensation indicator according to the plurality of values of the thermal sensation indicator and the plurality of values of the physiological status parameter. A value of an environmental condition setting parameter is adjusted according to the best value of the thermal sensation indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsiao-Yuan Wu, Nien-Tzu Chao, Chih-Jian Hu
  • Publication number: 20180110959
    Abstract: A wearable device (105) for sleep assistance includes at least one sensor (115) to detect one or several vital signs of a user of the wearable device, a memory (155) to store a set of sleep aid techniques, and an interface to receive a selection of a sleep aid technique from the set of sleep aid techniques. Each aid sleep technique includes instructions facilitating the user to fall asleep and is associated with a doze-off time estimated for the sleep aid technique to affect the user following the instructions. The wearable device also includes a processor to update the doze-off time based on the vital signs of the user, to determine, based on the updated doze-off time, a schedule for executing at least one predetermined action, and to execute the predetermined action according to the schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Christopher HUFFINES
  • Publication number: 20180110960
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and articles for stress reduction and sleep promotion. A stress reduction and sleep promotion system includes at least one remote device and an article for temperature conditioning a surface. The stress reduction and sleep promotion system includes at least one body sensor, at least one remote server, and/or a pulsed electromagnetic frequency device in other embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Youngblood IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Youngblood, Tara Youngblood
  • Publication number: 20180110961
    Abstract: A medical device assembly is disclosed, comprising a medical device, such as a urinary catheter, and preferably having a hydrophilic surface coating, and a package forming a closed compartment around the catheter. The package is formed of at least one sheet of tearable material and comprises a first weld extending along a first side in a first direction of the package and a second weld extending along a second side in a second direction of the package. The first and second directions are different and preferably orthogonal to each other. A tear line is provided in the second weld, and arranged to direct a subsequent tear towards the first weld. Further, the first weld is provided with an inward protrusion, protruding inwardly towards the closed compartment, at a distance from the second weld. A corresponding method of production is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Steindahl, Kristina Eklöf
  • Publication number: 20180110962
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a catheter, the catheter with a distal length extending to a distal end, the distal length configured to indwell a cavity of a patient body. The distal length may include a first lumen extending longitudinally through a lengthwise portion of the distal length, where the first lumen may be at least partially defined by a first inner diameter surface of the distal length. The distal length may include a second lumen extending longitudinally through the lengthwise portion of the distal length, where the second lumen may be at least partially defined by a second inner diameter surface of the distal length. A first fenestration may be disposed through a side wall of the first lumen. A proximal length of the catheter may include a proximal lengthwise portion of the first lumen and the second lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: CareFusion 2200, Inc.
    Inventors: Palak Doshi, Shayna Massi, John A. Krueger
  • Publication number: 20180110963
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cannula comprising a tip and an outlet, the cannula having a reduction in the internal diameter, which reduction is designed as a conically tapering tip the end of which has a length that is shorter than the internal diameter of the adjoining portion of the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Xenios AG
    Inventor: Ivo SIMUNDIC
  • Publication number: 20180110964
    Abstract: Novel systems for and methods of delivering therapeutic agents to target tissues are disclosed. The method of delivering a therapeutic agent to a target tissue involves identifying a target tissue via an imaging modality and then using a guidewire capable of anchoring in tissue to advance a cannula to the target tissue. The guidewire and novel cannula configurations enable rapid and repeated treatments of the target tissue without the need for subsequent imaging. The cannula is coupled to a source of ultrasound, radiation, radiofrequency energy, or chemotherapeutic agents which can then be delivered to from the cannula the target tissue. The system and method can be used to treat tumors that are small or surgically inoperable. In addition, the system can be used to treat lymphatic tissue that may contain metastases from the tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Weadock, Jeffrey Hammond
  • Publication number: 20180110965
    Abstract: A medical guidewire includes a flexible spiral coil, a fiber, and a strengthening element. The coil is configured to guide a medical device into a patient body. The fiber extends along at least part of the coil, is coupled to the at least part of the coil at one or more first predefined locations and is configured to mechanically strengthen the at least part of the coil. The strengthening element is coupled to one or more second predefined locations along a distal section of the coil, and is configured to mechanically strengthen the distal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Vadim Gliner, Assaf Govari, Ghislain G. Sema
  • Publication number: 20180110966
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a medical device straightener. The medical device straightener can comprise an elongate shaft extending along a shaft longitudinal axis, the elongate shaft including a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end, wherein a shaft inner wall of the elongate shaft defines a shaft lumen extending therethrough. The medical device straightener can comprise a bleedback valve that includes an outer circumferential surface. The bleedback valve can be disposed at a distal end of the elongate shaft, within the shaft lumen, wherein a portion of the outer circumferential surface is in communication with the shaft inner wall. The bleedback valve can define a radially expandable lumen longitudinally extending through a center of the bleedback valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Therese Claire Gilbert, Timothy Marass, Andrew Oliverius, Nicholas Strom
  • Publication number: 20180110967
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention discloses a balloon catheter employing a reinforced, co-axial, duel lumen design. In certain embodiments, at least one of the lumens is formed of a multilayer, tubular element in which one of the layers functions, in part, to provide radial reinforcement to the tubular element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Gulachenski, Cathy Lei, Nelson Peralta, Tadele Haile
  • Publication number: 20180110968
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a handle, a guide member, a dilation catheter, a guidewire, and first and second movement assemblies. The dilation catheter is slidably housed within the handle and is slidable relative to the guide member. The guidewire is translatable relative to the dilation catheter. The first movement assembly is configured to actuate relative to the handle and includes a first body fixed with the dilation catheter and a first coupling member. The second movement assembly is proximal in relation to the first movement assembly and includes a second body and a second coupling member. The second body is configured to selectively fix to the guidewire and actuate relative to the handle. The first coupling member and the second coupling member are configured to connect the first movement assembly and the second movement assembly to translate together relative to handle in response to distal translation of the first movement assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Don Q. Ngo-Chu, George L. Matlock
  • Publication number: 20180110969
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods of tissue/wound treatment and associated devices and systems, including devices for breaching bio-films contained in and around wounds, devices for maximizing moisture vapor transmission rate, and tissue dressings with added barrier features for permeable surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Oxyband Technologies, Inc
    Inventor: Coni F Rosati
  • Publication number: 20180110970
    Abstract: A microneedle injection and infusion apparatus, and a method of using same. The apparatus can include a housing, a microneedle array holder for holding a microneedle array, and a shuttle that holds a cartridge (e.g., that contains an active agent). The microneedle array holder can be movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The shuttle can be movable between a first position in which the cartridge is not in fluid communication with a fluid path and a second position in which the cartridge is in fluid communication with the fluid path. The apparatus can further include an actuator movable between a first position and a second position. The method can include moving the actuator to its second position to allow the shuttle to move toward its second position, wherein movement of the shuttle toward its second position allows the microneedle array holder to move to its extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Scott A. Burton, Chin-Yee Ng, Michael J. Frits, Richard R. Mathias
  • Publication number: 20180110971
    Abstract: A method of monitoring electrical stimulation includes electrically stimulating tissue of a patient using at least one electrode of an implanted electrical stimulation lead. A distal portion of the electrical stimulation lead is disposed adjacent to the tissue of the patient to be stimulated. The electrical stimulation lead includes the at least one electrode and at least one light receiver disposed along the distal portion of the electrical stimulation lead. The method also includes receiving light from the tissue at the at least one light receiver of the lead. Other methods include emitting light from the lead to induce the emission of light or electrical signals from the tissue which are then received by the lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Raul Enrique Serrano Carmona
  • Publication number: 20180110972
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to implanting intracranial devices (e.g., electrodes, catheters, biopsy probes, etc.) independently (not in parallel) into a patient's brain. A single entry point can be opened in a patient's head. At least two intracranial devices can be inserted through the entry point. The at least two intracranial devices can be implanted to at least two different locations in the patient's brain through the same entry point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, John T. Gale
  • Publication number: 20180110973
    Abstract: Systems and methods for programming multi-electrode neuromodulation systems, with applications for at least deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy. One or more configurations can be generated and presented to a user for selection. The selected configurations can be settings for programming a pulse generator. The one or more configurations can be Pareto optimal in terms of one or more objective values and can be generated using a particle swarm optimization. The generated configurations can be visualized on a Pareto front for user selection. Objective values can include minimizing power use, maximizing activation of neural pathways and/or regions of interest, minimizing activation of neural pathways and or regions of avoidance, and maximizing or minimizing the distance to sources of sensed functional data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew D. Johnson, Edgar Peña, Simeng Zhang, Steven Deyo, YiZi Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180110974
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide paddle leads for dorsal root ganglia (DRG) stimulation and methods of implanting the same. In one implementation, the paddle lead has a small profile facilitating deployment into a target space in the neuroforamen dorsal to the DRG and below the vertebral lamina. A paddle body of the paddle lead may include a living hinge and/or a contoured profile to further facilitate implantation in the target space. For suture assisted deployment as well as to resist migration of the paddle lead once deployed, the paddle lead may include a suture loop configuration. The paddle lead further includes an electrode array having electrode contacts arranged in a two dimensional configuration pattern to create an electrical field optimized for stimulation of the DRG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Timothy R. Deer