Patents Issued in November 13, 2018
  • Patent number: 10123891
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for magnetized stent having growth-promoting properties. A stent assembly comprising a tubular elongated body having a magnetized region and a tissue nidus area is inserted beneath the orifice of a vascular aneurysm. The magnetic region can serve to attract and position both residual red blood cells and magnetically nano-treated growth-promoting cells to the orifice area of the aneurysm. The outer circumference of the tubular elongated body can act as a floor or scaffold for regenerated smooth vascular muscle cells. In embodiments, the tissue nidus area can be provided on the exterior stent, while the magnetized region is provided on the interior stent, of a stent-in-stent structure. In embodiments, the exterior stent is made of biodegradable material which gradually dissolves or dissipates in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC.
    Inventor: Teodoro Aclan Tigno, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10123892
    Abstract: An assembly for loading a self-expanding prosthetic heart valve into a delivery device, includes a compression member having a longitudinal axis, a first open end with a first diameter, a second open end with a second diameter less than the first diameter, and a wall decreasing in diameter from the first open end to the second open end, a support member having a longitudinal axis, a base and a recess extending along the longitudinal axis and adapted to receive an end of the valve, the support member and the compression member being movable between an initial position and an operative position, and a substantially tubular restrainer disposed within the support member and, in the operative position of the compression member and the support member, defining a passageway for accepting a portion of the delivery device and leaflets of the valve when the valve is assembled on the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Hacker, Mary Johnson
  • Patent number: 10123893
    Abstract: A prewire channel stent has a structure that includes a balloon having a metallic mesh material outside the balloon, a central passage inside the balloon, and a second passage disposed between the metallic mesh material and the balloon. The second passage allows a second guidewire to be received therein, and the use of the second guidewire thereby avoids the problem of wire exchange and stent dislodgement in known devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Lilong Tang
  • Patent number: 10123894
    Abstract: A method of crimping a stent is disclosed. The stent includes a minimum crimped diameter such that in the minimum crimped diameter, a pair of stent rings, between which marker support structures reside, do not make contact with the marker support structures. The crimped profile of the stent of the present invention can be as small as the crimped profile of a same stent but without the maker support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Mikael Trollsas, Michael H. Ngo, Boris Anukhin, Alexander Nikanorov, Syed Hossainy, John E. Papp, Dudley Jayasinghe, Zella Solter
  • Patent number: 10123895
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved delivery system to deliver and deploy a prosthesis in a body lumen, and methods of use thereof. The improved delivery system allows for operation of the delivery system with one hand while maintaining accuracy in delivery and deployment of the prosthesis. An exemplary embodiment of the delivery system includes a first sheath control on a housing so as to be accessible from the exterior of the housing, wherein the first sheath control is operatively engaged with the sheath and controls movement of the sheath axially proximally with respect to the housing, thereby releasing at least a portion of the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Murray, III, Paul Cassidy
  • Patent number: 10123896
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for inducing weight loss using blood flow control are described herein. The apparatus and methods operate by controlling blood flow to the stomach and/or small bowel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Gianrico Farrugia, Paul A. Friedman, Elizabeth Rajan, Charles J. Bruce, Samuel J. Asirvatham, Michael J. Levy, Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song, Juliane Bingener-Casey, Navtej S. Buttar
  • Patent number: 10123897
    Abstract: A dynamic cushion heel-ankle-foot orthosis system is configured to provide controlled tibial progression in a human user. The dynamic cushion heel-ankle-foot orthosis system includes a leg calf shell further comprising a leg calf shell plantar flexion ridge at a lowermost point. A boot shell is rotatably connected to the leg calf shell and further comprising a boot shell plantar flexion ridge at an uppermost point. The boot shell plantar flexion ridge contacts the leg calf shell plantar flexion ridge at a plantar flexion ridges region and rotates no further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kinematic Improvements, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Joseph Sutti, Franck Vautrin, Jeff Robbins
  • Patent number: 10123898
    Abstract: A fixation device comprises a first clamping member having an adjustable clamping collar and a first curved support portion attached to the adjustable clamping collar. The first clamping member is adapted to receive a digit. The first curved support portion is adapted to support an inferior surface of a proximal phalanx of the digit. A distal member is adjustably attachable to the first clamping member. The distal member has a second curved support surface adapted to support an inferior surface of a distal phalanx of the digit and a curved distal end adapted to apply a compressive force in a proximal direction to a distal end of the distal phalanx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel F. McCormick, Vinay Patel, Scott A. Armacost, Timothy M. O'Kane, Wesley Reed
  • Patent number: 10123899
    Abstract: An orthopedic device can be worn by a person having a waist, a shoulder, and an arm including an upper arm and a forearm. The orthopedic device holds the arm of the person in an abducted immobilized position to promote healing. The orthopedic device includes a sling which is shaped and dimensioned to receive the arm of the person, the sling includes a shoulder strap which is positionable over the shoulder of the person. The orthopedic device also includes a belt which is shaped and dimensioned to encircle the waist of the person. An arm support for supporting the person's arm is removably connectable to the belt. The belt includes an arm support connector to which the arm support is removably and fixedly connected so that the arm support projects upwardly from the belt. The arm support is positionable to extend different heights above the belt. The sling is connectable to the arm support so that the arm of the person is abducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventors: Trevor James Theriot, John Nigel Lasso
  • Patent number: 10123900
    Abstract: Devices, kits, and methods useful in the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) are described. Example devices include a jig, a first needle, a second needle, and a third needle. An example jig comprises a drill guide and a tongue depressor. A first needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a bend and a curve. A second needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a curve. A third needle comprises an elongate shaft that defines a curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, COOK BIOTECH INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Arun Mohan, Darin Schaeffer, Christopher Nelson, Patrick Melder, Dan Dalenberg
  • Patent number: 10123901
    Abstract: An appliance and methods are described that include embodiments of a mandibular advancement or positioning device which can use elastic bands to pull the jaw forward. The appliance has an upper plastic tray conforming to the patient's upper teeth and including a set of retention hooks coupled to the upper plastic tray via being encased in plastic, one on the right and one on the left anterior buccal portion of an upper plastic base. The appliance also has a lower plastic tray conforming to the patient's lower teeth and has a set of bite pads integrated with a second set of plastic retention hooks encased in plastic extending outwardly from the teeth. The appliance includes the upper and lower plastic trays and specially formed elastic bands of a plurality of lengths and strengths replaceably attached to the retention hooks on both sides of the trays to pull the mandible forward for treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Frantz Design Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Lee Frantz, Donald Frantz
  • Patent number: 10123902
    Abstract: A patient temperature control system and method are provided for automated temperature control according to a programmed protocol. In one aspect, at least one programmed protocol may be established for each of a plurality of patient thermal therapy phases. In turn, the temperature of a thermal exchange medium may be controlled, based at least in part, upon the programmed protocol, during each of the phases. In another aspect, a plurality of programmed protocols may be established, wherein a selected one of the protocols (e.g. selected by a user at a user interface) may be utilized for automated temperature control during patient thermal therapy. The protocol(s) may include a target patient temperature and/or a set duration for one or more of the phase of thermal therapy. Further, the protocol(s) may be user-definable and modifiable during therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Medivance Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary A. Carson, Gary Gruszecki, Robert Proctor
  • Patent number: 10123903
    Abstract: Ablation apparatus such as a catheter (10) carrying an ultrasonic ablation device (20) including an ablation transducer (42) and a balloon reflector structure (22, 24) for directing ultrasonic energy from the ablation transducer into a ring-like ablation region (A) is provided with an imaging ultrasonic transducer (86) mounted on an imaging probe (80) which may be inserted into or through a passageway (18, 65) extending through the catheter and into or through the ablation device to image the ablation region or neighboring regions. Alternatively, the imaging transducer (102, 202) may be mounted within the balloon reflector structure or distal to this structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Reinhard Warnking, Yegor Sinelnikov
  • Patent number: 10123904
    Abstract: A BAK removal device is constructed as a plug of microparticles of a hydrophilic polymeric gel that displays a hydraulic permeability greater than 0.01 Da. The polymer hydrophilic polymeric gel comprises poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA). The particles are 2 to 100 ?m and the plug has a surface area of 30 mm2 to 2 mm2 and a length of 2 mm to 25 mm and wherein the microparticles of a hydrophilic polymeric gel has a pore radius of 3 to 60 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Anuj Chauhan, Kuan-Hui Hsu
  • Patent number: 10123905
    Abstract: A device and method for cutting or ablating tissue in a human or veterinary patient includes an elongate probe having a distal end, a tissue cutting or ablating apparatus located adjacent within the distal end, and a tissue protector extending from the distal end. The protector generally has a first side and a second side and the tissue cutting or ablating apparatus is located adjacent to the first side thereof. The distal end is structured to be advanceable into tissue or otherwise placed and positioned within the patient's body such that tissue adjacent to the first side of the protector is cut away or ablated by the tissue cutting or ablation apparatus while tissue that is adjacent to the second side of the protector is not substantially damaged by the tissue cutting or ablating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: NeoMedix
    Inventors: Michael Mittelstein, John T Sorensen, Soheila Mirhashemi, James B Gerg
  • Patent number: 10123906
    Abstract: A device for the exact manipulation of material, especially of organic material, includes a pulsed laser system with a radiation source, said radiation source being a cavity-dumped fs oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Michael Bergt, Manfred Dick
  • Patent number: 10123907
    Abstract: A mud visor formed by a substantially transparent sheet is attached to a goggle lens. The mud visor may be attached to the goggle lens using a substantially transparent adhesive or adhesive tape. Thus, the mud visor may provide clear and improved field of view for the user. Further, the mud visor may be configured to cover and guide a top portion of a roll-off film as the roll-off film is conveyed across the goggle lens. A top portion of the mud visor may be inserted into the lens groove of a goggle frame along with the goggle lens when the goggle lens is attached to the goggle frame. The mud visor also may stretch across the goggle lens and overlap with film canisters at both sides to provide a seamless coverage to prevent mud from entering behind the mud visor or the roll-off film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: 100% SPEEDLAB, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Sigismondo, Marc Guy Blanchard, Ludovic Francis Boinnard
  • Patent number: 10123908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method of preparing an absorbent wound care device comprising an active agent on a wound contacting surface, such as e.g. a protein or an enzyme, by the use of electrospraying, and a wound care device obtained by said method. The invention further relates to a wound care device comprising Thrombin and a polyurethane foam, and a method of treating bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventors: Hanne Everland, Kurt Osther, Jacob Vange, Lene Feldskov Nielsen
  • Patent number: 10123909
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound. The apparatus comprises a sealing layer comprising at least one orifice, an absorbent layer over the sealing layer, absorbing wound exude and a liquid impermeable, gas permeable filter layer over the absorbent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
    Inventor: Edward Yerbury Hartwell
  • Patent number: 10123910
    Abstract: A method of joining substrate portions includes positioning the substrate portions such that the substrate portions overlap at an overlap area. The substrate portions each have a melting temperature and an outer surface. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt the substrate portions. A jet of the heated fluid is directed from a fluid orifice onto the substrate portions at the overlap area. The heated fluid penetrates at least one of the outer surfaces of the substrate portions. The substrate portions are at least partially melted using the heated fluid. The substrate portions are compressed to join the substrate portions together at the overlap area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Horst Blessing, Hans Adolf Jackels
  • Patent number: 10123911
    Abstract: An apparatus for joining substrate portions includes substrate portions being positioned such that the substrate portions overlap at an overlap area. The substrate portions each have a melting temperature and an outer surface. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt the substrate portions. A jet of the heated fluid is directed from a fluid orifice onto the substrate portions at the overlap area. The heated fluid penetrates at least one of the outer surfaces of the substrate portions. The substrate portions are at least partially melted using the heated fluid. The substrate portions are compressed using a pressure applying surface adjacent the fluid orifice to join the substrate portions together at the overlap area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Horst Blessing, Hans Adolf Jackels
  • Patent number: 10123912
    Abstract: A foldable absorbent apparatus to ameliorate bleeding of a wound which includes a first and second absorbent pad layer to absorb a fluid, and a malleable material layer enclosed within the first and second absorbent layer configured to be formed in various shapes, wherein the malleable material allows the first and second absorbent pad layers to be formed in various shapes to apply a pressure to a wound while at the same time absorbing fluids from the wound to promote healing of the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Steven Lepke
  • Patent number: 10123913
    Abstract: In a pull-on diaper, a first distance dimension between outer end portions of front and rear waist panels is in a range of 300 mm to 400 mm as measured on the diaper flatly developed after coupling of the front and rear waist panels in seam regions has been released. A second distance dimension between the waist elastic closest to an inner end portion of the front waist panel among waist elastics extending in the front waist panel across the respective seam regions in the front waist panel and the waist elastic closest to an inner end portion of the rear waist panel among waist elastics extending in the rear waist panel across the respective seam regions is at least 55% of the first distance dimension between outer end portions of the front and rear waist panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masumi Fukuzawa, Shunsuke Masaki
  • Patent number: 10123914
    Abstract: In this diaper (1A), both lateral side edge portions (2a, 2b) of an outer cover (2) to which an absorbent assembly (3) is fixed are bonded together, so as to form a pair of side seals (4). In a fixing part (7) where the outer cover (2) and the absorbent assembly (3) are fixed, the outer cover (2) has a weak-functioning region (WT) in which the elastic function is reduced. In each outer lateral side of the weak-functioning region (WT) and in each side seal (4), a lateral-side adhesion region (IT) and a side-seal adhesion region (OT) are formed, respectively, in each of which elastic members (24) are fixed between an outer sheet (22) and an inner sheet (23) by an adhesive (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kobayashi, Naoki Tamura
  • Patent number: 10123915
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a disposable pull-on diaper improved so that the diaper may be conveniently put on the wearer's body. Each of leg side flaps of a crotch panel has an outer side region and an inner side region. In the lowest region of the crotch region, the outer side region and the inner side region respectively have a dimension of at least 10 mm in a transverse direction wherein the inner side region extends in a longitudinal direction and the outer side region extends in the transverse direction from the inner side region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hashimoto, Jun Fukasawa, Tetsuo Okubo
  • Patent number: 10123916
    Abstract: A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; a substantially cellulose free absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Dean Larry DuVal, Holger Beruda, Peter Dziezok, Axel Krause, Mattias Schmidt, Lutz Stelzig
  • Patent number: 10123917
    Abstract: An absorber 40 of a disposable diaper 10 includes a first region extending from an end at the side of the front waistline region of the absorber towards the side of the crotch region, and a second region arranged adjacent to the first region at the side of the crotch region from the first region, and having a lower bending rigidity than the first region. A boundary between the first region and the second region is arranged at the side of the front waistline region from the end at the side of the front waistline region of the leg stretch units, and is arranged at the side of the crotch region from the end at the side of the crotch region of the target unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Kana Sawa
  • Patent number: 10123918
    Abstract: Various fastening tape closure assemblies are described. The closure tapes are useful in the manufacture of disposable articles, and particularly disposable diapers. The closure tapes generally include a fastening tape and a release tape that at least partially covers the fastening tape during storage and transport of the tape and/or the disposable article. The release tapes include a layer of adhesive for bonding to a region of a diaper. The adhesive layer is in a patterned configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Bert Bogaerts, Johan Van Steele
  • Patent number: 10123919
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a fastening system with male and female components is disclosed. The female component may include a fibrous material having an overall thickness and an overall fiber cross-sectional dimension. The male component may include a plurality of hooks configured to engage the female component, the hooks having features with dimensions relating to the overall thickness and/or the overall fiber cross-sectional dimension of the fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nayda Liz Ramos-Medina, Michael Timothy Looney, Arman Ashraf, Mark James Kline, Thomas Alexander Horn, Thierry J. Marche, Olivier J. Blanc
  • Patent number: 10123920
    Abstract: An absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer includes a topsheet, a backsheet joined to at least a portion of the topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is disposed in fluid communication with the second layer. The first layer has a first shape and the second layer has a second shape. The first shape is different from the second shape. Each of the first layer and second layer comprise less than about 20 percent airfelt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Peter Lankhof, Yukio Heki, Masahiro Kondo, Niels Hollenberg, Steven Stuart Bullock, Toshiyuki Iwata
  • Patent number: 10123921
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a base having a length and including a plurality of caster wheels enabling movement of the patient support apparatus across a floor surface. An auxiliary wheel support structure is secured to the base and rotatably supports at least one non-castered auxiliary wheel about a rotational axis transverse to the length of the base for engagement with the floor surface. The auxiliary wheel support structure may be configured to support the auxiliary wheel and to enable movement of the auxiliary wheel out of engagement with the floor surface to a non-engaged position wherein the at least one auxiliary wheel is out of engagement with the floor surface. A control apparatus is in communication with and moves the at least one auxiliary wheel between at least one deployed position and a non-engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Anish Paul
  • Patent number: 10123922
    Abstract: A seat assembly for wheelchair of the type having a structure expandable from a contracted condition to an expanded position comprises a pair of tubular members connected to the structure. Each tubular member has a main tubular body, a secondary tubular body parallel to and inside the main tubular body, and an elongated slit extending along both the main tubular body and the secondary tubular body and common to both the main tubular body and the secondary tubular body. The slits open into an inner channel of the secondary tubular body. The main tubular body and the secondary tubular body form a hollow integral piece of composite material. A panel, e.g., of non-rigid material has rods on its opposite edges, the rods having a diameter smaller than that of the secondary tube and larger than a width of the slit to be held captive in the secondary tube, whereby the panel extends through the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MOTION COMPOSITES INC
    Inventors: David Gingras, Pierre-Andre Couture, Luc Henault
  • Patent number: 10123923
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus (20) including a patient support surface (22) and a repositioning mechanism (24) for vertically and angularly repositioning the surface (22). The apparatus (20) including sensors (84) for automatically detecting and inhibiting attempts to vertically reposition the surface (22) when it is at a particular angular position, and attempts to angularly reposition the surface (22) when it is at a particular vertical position. The apparatus (20) also includes a tilt control system (88) for limiting the extent to which head or foot ends (36,38) of the surface (22) can be angularly repositioned, a scale (92) and a warning system (120) for communicating a warning when a change in the weight on the surface (22) is indicative of a patient moving or attempting to move off of the surface (22), a sensor (122) for detecting an increase in amperage during an operation and stopping the operation, and an ability to update microcontroller programming via a controller area network bus (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sizewise Rentals, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Troy Parsons, Jeff Sprier, Eric Boss, Craig McGuire, Michael D. Halleck, Jeffrey Tad Samson, Doug Zaugg, John Tomasik
  • Patent number: 10123924
    Abstract: A system for adjusting the height of a patient support surface on a bed includes one or more height adjustment actuators operable to adjust a height of the patient support surface above a floor surface; a controller connected to the one or more height adjustment actuators, the controller including a memory; and one or more user interface units connected to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to record as a stored actuator state a current state of the one or more height adjustment actuators in the memory in response to a first input signal from the one or more interface units, and is configured to operate the one or more height adjustment actuators to automatically return them to the stored actuator state in response to a second input signal from the one or more interface units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hill-Rom S.A.S.
    Inventors: Mark Chiacchira, David Guyot, Etienne Yvernault
  • Patent number: 10123925
    Abstract: A siderail assembly for a person support apparatus comprises a siderail body, a grip portion, and a power communication device. The siderail body includes a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface extending between the front surface and the back surface. The side surface defines a perimeter of the siderail body. The grip portion includes a siderail opening through a portion of the siderail body. The grip opening has an upper grip opening portion that cooperates with the side surface to define a grip. The power communication device is configured to communicate power wirelessly to a device in communication therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Herman, Thomas F. Heil, Charles A. Howell
  • Patent number: 10123926
    Abstract: The biodegradable urn planting system, also called a LIVING URN, is an apparatus capable of rapid degradation in soil that the user can fill with cremated remains, a pH neutralizing and sodium diluting material, soil, planting mix, wood chips, and a living plant (seedling or bare root stock). When one loses a loved one, it is often difficult to discern what to do with the remains (be they human or animal). Many towns and cities do not allow for burial, and storage of cremated remains can be problematic. The present invention seeks to provide a meaningful and tangible way for one to remember the loved one when the cremated remains are buried with a seedling that may be drop shipped and is appropriate for the environment of use. Thus, the seedling grows into a tree, providing comfort and a reminder of the deceased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Biolife, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Brewer
  • Patent number: 10123927
    Abstract: A knee joint rehabilitation assist device includes a rigid, generally rectangular frame, a heel rest attached across one end of the frame to accommodate a heel of a user, an adjustable knee sling attached at an adjustable distance spaced from the heel rest for accommodating the upper surface of a knee to be rehabilitated, and optionally, an auxiliary thigh strap for controlling pressure applied by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kneewell LLC
    Inventor: Kerry Douglas Gilderman
  • Patent number: 10123928
    Abstract: An apparatus for musculoskeletal stimulation allows independent electronic control of vibration parameters and overall biasing force so that an optimum combination of these parameters may be obtained regardless of the user's weight and without the need for adjustment of mechanical weights or springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: WISYS TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Leismer, Nadder D. Sahar
  • Patent number: 10123929
    Abstract: An exoskeleton device and method of using the same is provided that helps rehabilitate limbs such has the lower arm. Embodiments of the exoskeleton device have multiple degrees of freedom so that a limb such as the lower arm may flex or rotate in multiple directions to establish or re-establish neural connections in the brain. With the lower arm example, a person may grasp a handle in the exoskeleton and then flex the lower arm about a pronation/supination axis, a flexion/extension axis, and/or an abductor/adductor axis. The exoskeleton device has several modes of operation where actuators can aid the person's motion, resist the person's motion, or passively allow free motion of the person's limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
    Inventor: Ozkan Celik
  • Patent number: 10123930
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes an adjustable support frame configured be adjusted to raise or lower a waist portion thereof to accommodate users of different heights standing adjacent thereto on a support surface. The exercise apparatus also includes a pivotal upper body support constructed and arranged to pivot relative to the support frame. The upper body support is configured to receive a torso of a user standing adjacent to the adjustable support frame, and facilitate a traction exercise to stretch a spine of the user when the torso of the user engages the pivotal upper body support and bends over the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Stamina Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert McBride, Tyler Rogers, Siz-Pin Lin
  • Patent number: 10123931
    Abstract: A magnetic conveyance system comprising a support structure having a ferromagnetic capacity and a trolley moveable upon the support structure in a plurality of directions. The trolley may include a trolley frame and at least one attractor cell disposed on the trolley frame. The at least one attractor cell may comprise a housing and at least one magnet, at least one friction reducing load spreading device, and a load transfer member disposed within the housing. The magnet may provide a magnetic attraction force between the trolley and the support structure. The friction reducing load spreading device may comprise a plurality of bearing balls circulating within a reservoir and a channel formed by the load transfer member disposed within the housing. The load transfer member may also include a bearing surface wherein a portion of the plurality of bearing balls is disposed between the bearing surface and the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Donald Burke
  • Patent number: 10123932
    Abstract: There is provided a motion assist device including a jth link worn on a jth portion of a user, an ith joint unit connected at one end of an ith link in a freely rotatable manner, a (j+1)th link worn on a (j+1)th portion of the user, an (i+1)th joint unit integral with one end of the (j+1)th link and coupled to the other end of the jth link, a single actuator installed at one of the jth link and a link adjacent to the jth link, and a transmission part transmitting a driving force of the actuator to the ith joint unit and the (i+1)th joint unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichiro Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 10123933
    Abstract: A modular male sexual aid device includes a housing, a plurality of ring segments, and an end cap. The housing includes a base and a pair of walls. Each of the walls extends longitudinally between a bottom end and a top end. Each ring segment is removably connected to one of the walls of the housing such that the central passages of the ring segments define a masturbation passage. At least one of the walls of the housing can be pivotally mounted to the base such that it is movable between an upright assembled position and an outwardly extending disassembled position. The end cap is removably connected to the top ends of the walls such that the walls are prevented from rotating outwardly away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Polydigitech Inc.
    Inventor: Ben C. Shao
  • Patent number: 10123934
    Abstract: A clitoral stimulator features first and second contact members, at least one of which is supported for back and forth movement relative to the other of said first and second contact members in a longitudinal direction. Each contact member has a respective contact surface on side thereof facing toward the other in a lateral direction lying transverse to the longitudinal direction. The respective contact surfaces are separated or separable by a sufficient distance to accommodate a user's clitoris between the respective contact surfaces of said first and second contact members with said respective contact surfaces in contact with the user's clitoris at opposing sides thereof. An actuation mechanism is operable to drive the back and forth movement to perform a rolling action the user's clitoris between the stimulation members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventors: Melanie Derwin, Kyle R. Satterthwaite
  • Patent number: 10123935
    Abstract: A system for establishing and maintaining an account for Web based Internet services between a website operator having access to the operator's bank account and a customer for interactive adult website service where the customer has access to the customer's bank. The system includes a transaction server, a website server, website administration apparatus and service performance apparatus with the transaction server facilitating electronic communication between the customer, the website administration apparatus, the customer's bank and the website operator's bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: THIKA HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Vivien Johan Cambridge
  • Patent number: 10123936
    Abstract: A remote system for sexual interaction is provided. The system may include an input device in communication with an output device including a phallic object. A motor is provided for moving the phallic object relative to movements associated with the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: THIKA HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Vivien Johan Cambridge
  • Patent number: 10123937
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing pain therapy by utilizing cold/heat-assisted distributed vibration therapy. The pain therapy device includes a plurality of vibration motors that are located along a grid. The device is portable and can be adaptable to the body part requiring pain therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Perumala Corporation
    Inventors: Madhavan Pisharodi, Dinesh Rabindran
  • Patent number: 10123938
    Abstract: A fluid transfer assembly, drug container, and method for enabling fluid transfer in an infusion system is taught. The assembly includes a fluid container containing an infusion fluid, and a drug container. The fluid container has at least one inlet port for receiving a medical substance from the drug container. The assembly further includes at least one fluid barrier controlling fluid passage between the drug container and the fluid container. The inlet port exhibits a first luer-lock connector, and the drug container is sealed by a cap exhibiting a second luer-lock connector for attachment to the first luer-lock connector. The fluid barrier is designed and arranged to be ruptured by an external force to allow the fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Carmel Pharma AB
    Inventors: Roger Akerlund, Kjell Andreasson, Petri Horppu
  • Patent number: 10123939
    Abstract: A closing plug for a sealed sterile vial containing medical or nutritional active substances, which is suitable for the sterile connection to a container of liquid diluent solution. There is also described a sterile connection system between a sealed sterile vial closed by means of a plug and a tube for drawing said active substances, for mixing them with a liquid diluent solution inside a sterile container. The plug requires an internal sterile chamber in which, upon the piercing of an outer film for sealing the plug, a compressible protection cap of a piercing tip of the tube is inserted, which abuts against a seat of the sterile chamber allowing the tip to pierce the end wall of the protection cap and then the inner membrane of the closing plug. An intermediate pierceable membrane placed on the seat of the internal chamber of the vial may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PAOLO GOBBI FRATTINI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Paolo Giuseppe Gobbi Frattini
  • Patent number: 10123940
    Abstract: A bag assembly includes a pliable housing having a first panel secured to a second panel by a seam so that a cavity is formed between the first panel and the second panel, the seam encircling the cavity. A first tufting couples together the first panel and the second panel at a location spaced apart from the seam so that the cavity encircles the first tufting. In one embodiment the first tufting can circular. A first port is coupled with the pliable housing and communicating with the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Scientific, Inc.
    Inventor: Rudolf Pavlik