Patents Issued in January 29, 2019
  • Patent number: 10188535
    Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure provides medical devices that comprise a composite region comprising a binding polymer portion and an oriented fibrous polymer reinforcement portion, wherein the composite region is formed by a process that comprises heating and compressing one or more oriented polymer fibers. Other aspects of the present disclosure relative to methods of forming such medical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Boden, Patrick Mather
  • Patent number: 10188536
    Abstract: A delivery device for delivering a stent-valve to an anatomical site for implantation, the delivery device comprising a stent-holder (24) having at least one element for engaging the stent-valve for retaining an axial position of the stent-valve when carried on the delivery device, the element selected from a projection (84b) and/or a generally step-shaped surface, and wherein the element further comprises a ramp portion (84a, 84c) facing, or provided on a side of the element that faces, (i) a proximal direction of the device, and/or (ii) away from a distal end of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SYMETIS SA
    Inventors: Fabien Lombardi, Stephane Delaloye, Jean-Luc Hefti, Luc Mantanus
  • Patent number: 10188537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (100) for folding or unfolding at least one medical implant (300) by using at least one tension thread (11, 11?), wherein the apparatus (100) includes a shaft (1) including a reception area (55) for receiving the implant (300), and a tensioning device for altering a shape of the foldable and/or unfoldable implant (300) by the tension thread (11, 11?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc.
    Inventors: Hou-Sen Lim, Wolfgang Goetz
  • Patent number: 10188538
    Abstract: An endovascular prosthesis delivery system is disclosed. The system comprises: an inner cannula; a prosthesis releasably secured to the inner cannula, the prosthesis having a radially-inwardly contracted delivery configuration and a radially-expanded deployed configuration, wherein the prosthesis comprises at least two suture loops secured to an outer surface of the prosthesis and circumferentially spaced from each other; a releasable trigger wire extending along at least a portion of the length of the prosthesis, wherein the releasable trigger wire is wound around at least a portion of the inner cannula and wherein the releasable trigger wire engages at least one of the at least two suture loops to retain the prosthesis in the radially-inwardly contracted delivery configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Derek Eller, Saylon Lukas
  • Patent number: 10188539
    Abstract: A knee brace for assisting the extension or flexing of a limb comprises substantially rigid upper and lower frames connected by a hinge, the upper frame being secured to the leg by an upper strap. A stabilizing strap for fixing the lower frame to the user's leg comprises an inelastic band, cord or other flexible securing member for circumscribing the user's leg having a fastening element for fixing the securing member in a set position. The securing member is affixed to the arms of the lower frame, slidably extending through at least one strap support provided by at least one of the arms of the lower frame. When the brace is in position on a user's leg the stabilizing strap is able to move through at least one strap support in a generally horizontal direction while supporting the lower frame in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SpringLoaded Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Garrish, Bradley Eric MacKeil
  • Patent number: 10188540
    Abstract: Provided is a sacroiliac belt having a high holding ability for a user's pelvis as well as a high tightening effect to the user's sacroiliac joints. The sacroiliac belt has a belt pair that forms a pelvic holding loop to hold a user's pelvis. The belt pair has a ilium belt that is wound around the user's waist, and a second belt selected from either a buttock belt that is wound around the user's waist passing under the user's buttocks, lifting up the buttocks, or a lumbar belt that is wound around the user's waist, passing a back side of the user's lumbar curve located immediately above the pelvis. Both ends of the second belt are each connected to the ilium belt inside both ends of the ilium belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: BRACE FIT LLC
    Inventors: Yasushi Miki, Naoji Sakai, Tomokazu Nasu, Keiichi Sakai
  • Patent number: 10188541
    Abstract: Immobilizing splints for antecubital intravenous injection sites. The splints include a flexible sleeve configured to be closed around an elbow of a patient, a preformed opening in the sleeve, at least one fastening member to close the sleeve around the elbow, and at least one stiffening member positioned in the sleeve proximal the preformed opening such that the at least one stiffening member is positioned on an anterior side of the arm when the sleeve is closed around the elbow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: William Miles Combs
  • Patent number: 10188542
    Abstract: A complete flow diversion intestinal ostomy surgery kit, comprising an ostomy tube, the ostomy tube comprising a tube body; near the front end of the tube body is provided with a deformable balloon; a fine tube is provided within the tube wall of the tube body or inside the tube body; the front end of the fine tube penetrates the tube wall of the tube body and is in communication with the inner cavity of the balloon; when filled with fluid via a connector, the balloon and the intestinal wall form a sealed structure that blocks matters inside of the intestine; the complete flow diversion intestinal ostomy surgery kit further comprises a ring-shaped fixing plate; the exterior wall of the tube body is provided with a ring-shaped groove; the ostomy tube is fixedly connected to the abdominal wall of a patient via the ring-shaped fixing plate that matches the ring-shaped groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jianjiang Lin, Hanju Hua
  • Patent number: 10188543
    Abstract: A folding menstrual cup comprising an outer cup body with a top accommodating cavity formed therein and a round opening provided on the top thereof and the bottom thereof being connected with a flow guiding pipe via a folding part at the side opposite to the opening; a flow guiding pipe providing with a pipe orifice communicating with the top accommodating cavity and a valve controlling communication to the pipe orifice; and a folding part being capable of protruding upward and enabling the top end of the flow guiding pipe to extend into the top accommodating cavity along with the folding part, and capable of straightening downward thereby a bottom accommodating cavity is formed inside the folding part. When in use, the folding part extends into the top accommodating cavity of the outer cup body and is placed in a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Guangzhou Tianyuan Silicone Machine Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yecheng Lin
  • Patent number: 10188544
    Abstract: Described is a penile implement that can be implemented as both a catheter device and a prophylactic device. The penile implement is formed of a top polyurethane film, with a bottom polyurethane film that is RF welded to the top film such that a reservoir exists between the films. An adhesive layer formed on the bottom film and a bottom release layer covers the adhesive layer. Further, a hole is formed in the bottom film. Thus, during use, a user may remove the bottom release layer and adhere the bottom film with a user's penis such that bodily fluids secreted from the user's penis pass through the hole and into the reservoir formed between the top film and bottom film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: POWELL DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Charles Powell
  • Patent number: 10188545
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a flexible and non-absorbent vaginal insert device shaped to be held securely in place in a vagina when inserted, so as to improve symptoms associated with pelvic organ prolapse or urinary incontinence or both, is provided. The device is designed to be relatively easy to insert and remove. An applicator may be used to aid with insertion. The vaginal insert device comprises an upper portion, having a cone-shaped body, having a circular transverse cross-section throughout its length, having a wall with an interior side and an exterior side, an upper open end, a lower end, and a hollow interior, wherein the upper open end of the upper portion is the innermost portion of the device during insertion, and wherein the wall of the upper portion can be squeezed to make the upper portion more compact for easier insertion of the device, and wherein after insertion the wall expands back to its original shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: WATKINS-CONTI PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Allison Conti
  • Patent number: 10188546
    Abstract: An intrauterine contraceptive device may include a frame made completely or partially of a first metal having a first galvanic potential and at least one metallic member coupled with the frame that is made of a second metal having a second galvanic potential different from the first galvanic potential. In some embodiments, the first galvanic potential may be more anodic than the second galvanic potential. In alternative embodiments, the first galvanic potential may be more cathodic than the second galvanic potential. In one embodiment, the first metal is Nitinol, and the second metal is copper. In some embodiments, the first and second galvanic potentials may be configured to achieve, at least approximately, a desired copper ion elution rate for the intrauterine device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SEBELA VLC LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Tal, Bob H. Katz, Scott M. Russell
  • Patent number: 10188547
    Abstract: A system and method for portably delivering a therapeutic dose of heat to the skin to relieve pain, reduce accommodation of thermal nerve receptors, promote healing, and deliver transcutaneous medications. The heating device is user programmable or preprogrammed to deliver according to a variety of cycles, patterns and algorithms. The cycles, patterns, and algorithms of the heat are programmable parameters, are under the user's control, and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the device. The heating algorithms are designed to interact with an individual user's thermal nerve receptors and other tissue characteristics and to reduce the tendency of the receptors to accommodate to the external stimuli with back pain, muscular pain, dysmenorrhea, headaches, fibromyalgia, post-herpetic neuralgia, nerve injuries and neuropathies, and sprains and strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: CAREWAVE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Peter J. Dunbar, Charles Chabal
  • Patent number: 10188548
    Abstract: An artificial hypothalamus system for regulating body temperature for a human can include monitoring data from a plurality of sensors. The sensor data can be used in a control system to optimize temperature regulation in real time through a feedback loop. The feedback loop can include monitoring the sensor data, evaluating a predetermined set of fuzzy rules using the data, and combining the output of the fuzzy rules to produce a precise value. The precise value can correspond to an output level for various temperature regulation devices, and a signal can be transmitted based on the precise value to activate the temperature regulation devices to a corresponding level of output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
    Inventors: Abderrezak Bouchama, Ali Almuntashri
  • Patent number: 10188549
    Abstract: An exothermic natural massage shell includes a natural bivalve shell comprising a first half and a second half adhered together with an adhesive to form a hollow chamber. An aperture is formed in the first half to provide a portal to the hollow chamber of the bivalve shell. A reactant is disposed inside the hollow chamber of the bivalve shell. The reactant may be a reactive powder mixture disposed inside a fluid-permeable pouch. Combining the reactant with an activator inside the hollow chamber of the bivalve shell causes an exothermic reaction that heats the bivalve shell and maintains the bivalve shell at a substantially constant elevated temperature for a duration of time. The adhesive adhering the first shell half to the second shell half includes a first elastomeric polymer bonding agent with balanced coefficient of expansion properties and a second flexible resin sealant that makes the adhesive moisture-proof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: FOREVER YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Young
  • Patent number: 10188550
    Abstract: A cartridge, including a first member that defines an inner volume and a second member disposed therein, is disposed in a housing. A first reservoir is disposed in the inner volume in a position distal to the second member. The first member is partially disposed in a second reservoir, defined by the housing. The second member is configured to be moved from a first position, in which the first reservoir contains a drug and the second reservoir is fluidically isolated from the inner volume, toward a second position, in which the first reservoir and the second reservoir are in fluid communication with the inner volume, such that the second reservoir receives a volume of the drug from the first reservoir. The first member and the second member are collectively moved relative to the second reservoir to expel the volume of the drug from the second reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: CLEARSIDE BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Rafael Victor Andino, Samirkumar R. Patel, Vladimir Zarnitsyn, Christopher John Brooks
  • Patent number: 10188551
    Abstract: Delivery devices, systems and methods are provided for inserting an implant into an eye. The delivery or inserter devices or systems can be used to dispose or implant an ocular stent or implant, such as a shunt, in communication with the suprachoroidal space, uveal scleral outflow pathway, uveoscleral outflow path or supraciliary space of the eye. The implant can drain fluid from an anterior chamber of the eye to a physiologic outflow path of the eye, such as, the suprachoroidal space, uveal scleral outflow pathway, uveoscleral outflow path or supraciliary space. Alternatively, or in addition, the implant can elute a drug or therapeutic agent. The delivery or inserter devices or systems can be used in conjunction with other ocular surgery, for example, but not limited to, cataract surgery through a preformed corneal incision, or independently with the inserter configured to make a corneal incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: GLAUKOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary Rangel-Friedman, David Steven Haffner
  • Patent number: 10188552
    Abstract: A surgical system provides hands-free control of at least one surgical tool includes a robot having a tool connector, a smart tool attached to the tool connector of the robot, and a feedback control system configured to communicate with the smart tool to provide feedback control of the robot. The smart tool includes a tool that has a tool shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, a strain sensor arranged at a first position along the tool shaft, at least one of a second strain sensor or a torque-force sensor arranged at a second position along the tool shaft, the second position being more towards the proximal end of the tool shaft than the first position, and a signal processor configured to communicate with the strain sensor and the at least one of the second strain sensor or the torque-force sensor to receive detection signals therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Xingchi He, Iulian Iordachita, Yuki Horise, Russell H. Taylor, Peter L. Gehlbach
  • Patent number: 10188553
    Abstract: Described are methods of reshaping a cartilage structure. One such method comprises creating a virtual three dimensional image of the cartilage structure; manipulating the virtual three dimensional image of the cartilage structure so as to obtain a virtual three dimensional image of a desired final shape of the cartilage structure; creating a virtual prototype of a device to hold the cartilage structure in the desired final shape of the cartilage structure; manufacturing the device; lasing the cartilage structure; and fitting the manufactured device to the cartilage structure (e.g., ear).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Chondrocyte, LLC
    Inventors: Pascal Servell, Serge Mordon, Jack Savage
  • Patent number: 10188554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wound dressing for absorbing exudate from a wound on which the wound dressing is placed. The wound dressing includes a porous, highly absorptive fiber dressing and a negative surface charge on a surface of the dressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: IWMT Intellectual Property Holdings (Pty) Ltd
    Inventors: Martin C. Robson, Jacobus Frederick Mouton
  • Patent number: 10188555
    Abstract: A cover layer for a vacuum wound therapy dressing includes a backing layer formed from a flexible polymeric membrane and an adhesive layer for affixing the backing layer over a wound bed to provide a substantially fluid-tight seal around a perimeter of the wound bed. The cover layer is reinforced with a reinforcement layer extending to a peripheral region of the backing layer to distribute forces associated with evacuating a reservoir, as defined by or within the cover, to stimulate healing of the wound bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald F. Vitaris, Bethany A. Vitaris
  • Patent number: 10188556
    Abstract: A wound barrier pad is provided having a housing with a truncated conical shape. A base plate with an opening is disposed in the housing, and the housing is filled with a fluid or padding. The wound barrier pad may be incorporated into a garment. In another embodiment the wound barrier pad includes a ring and an adhesive such that the wound barrier pad may be directly adhered to the patient, thus eliminating the need for the garment. In another embodiment there is a wound barrier device having a pad assembly and an anti-sheer member. In another preferred embodiment there is a sacral wound barrier pad device comprising a sacral wound barrier pad assembly having teardrop shape and first and second pads with at least one insert disposed between the first and second pads. A contact layer is joined to the second sacral pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Matthew D. Antalek
  • Patent number: 10188557
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring, at high speed and in a very effective and accurate and cost effective manner, particulate material from a first moving endless surface with reservoir(s) to a second moving endless surface carrying a substrate material, such as a nonwoven web material, and transferring said combination of substrate material with particulate material to a further apparatus unit; said second moving endless surface is adjacent and in communication with a first and a second vacuum chamber, with different vacuum pressures and/or different size. Also a process is provided, using the described apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Harald Hermann Hundorf, Marion Hundorf, Peter Ostle, Siegfried Link, Martin Dohmen
  • Patent number: 10188558
    Abstract: A male urinary incontinence device in the form of a penis wrap is disclosed. The wrap may include a distal region and a proximal region, which may be in the form of multi-layered absorbent pads. The distal region may be foldable toward the proximal region so that the head of the penis is located between the distal and proximal regions. The regions may be subsequently folded twice widthwise and secured with fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Larry Sinatra Martin, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10188559
    Abstract: In a disposable diaper, a leg stretching unit stretchable in a longitudinal direction is disposed at an inside of a widthwise direction than a pair of leg opening units. An area between a backside leg opening unit and a straight line passing through a center in the widthwise direction and parallel to the longitudinal direction is larger than an area between a foreside leg opening unit and a straight line passing through a center of the longitudinal direction of the leg opening unit and extending in the longitudinal direction. A buttocks part stretching unit running across a crotch region and the back waistline region and stretchable in the longitudinal direction is disposed at an outside of the widthwise direction than the leg stretching unit. A front end of the buttocks part stretching unit is positioned more backward than a center of the longitudinal direction of the leg opening unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10188560
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an absorbent article includes feeding a first web of material in a machine direction, feeding a second web of material in the machine direction, the second web being spaced from the first web by a gap, attaching an absorbent assembly to the first web and the second web such that the absorbent assembly spans the gap between the first and second webs, forming a partial cut line through the second web, folding the first web into face-to-face relationship with the second web after forming the partial cut line, and cutting the first and second webs after folding the first web into face-to-face relationship with the second web to separate the absorbent article from the first and second webs. The partial cut line defines at least one finger tab on the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Justin M. Mueller, Blake A. Hondl, William J. Meyer, Brian K. Rhodes, Sarah A. Kleuskens
  • Patent number: 10188561
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an exterior sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric laminate (1) in which a first nonwoven fabric layer (2), a second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and a third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are laminated from the outer side, wherein the first nonwoven fabric layer (2), the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are joined to each other at a first joining part (6) by heat-embossing, and the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are further joined to each other at a second joining part (7) by heat-embossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kenji Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 10188562
    Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a skin-surface side sheet; a non-skin surface side sheet; an absorber; and a waistline retaining unit. Leg stretching units are arranged in the inner side in a longitudinal direction from diaper ends that configure the outer circumference of the disposable diaper or the inner side in a widthwise direction from the diaper ends. A part of the waistline retaining unit is arranged in at least one of a first region in an outer side in the longitudinal direction from the ends of the leg stretching units, and a second region in an outer side in the widthwise direction from the ends of the leg stretching units. A joint region where the skin-surface side and non-skin surface side sheets are joined is provided along the diaper ends in at least one of a first region and a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Yasuhiro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10188563
    Abstract: Disposable absorbent articles comprising absorbent cores are presented. In one embodiment, an absorbent core may comprise a riffled substrate comprising a plurality of peaks and a plurality of troughs, a flat substrate coupled to the riffled substrate, and superabsorbent polymer disposed between the riffled substrate and the flat substrate, wherein the footprint of the riffled substrate is substantially the same as the footprint of the flat substrate, and wherein the surface area of the riffled substrate is greater than the surface area of the flat substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: DSG Technology Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Charles F. Schroer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10188564
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article comprises a first fluid handling zone having a first Transverse Fluid Travel Distance and a second fluid handling zone having a second Transverse Fluid Travel Distance. The first Transverse Fluid Travel Distance is at least about 50% greater than said second Transverse Fluid Travel Distance, which results in an absorbent article that is better able to handle bodily fluids and reduce the risk of accidental leakage of bodily fluids onto a consumer's undergarments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Ronald Bosman Visscher, Shreedhar Rajpanth Murthy, Jeffrey Tupper Roesgen
  • Patent number: 10188565
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a transport chair includes a base frame, a seat assembly pivotally mounted to the base, and a footrest assembly pivotally mounted to the base frame, the footrest assembly being associated with the seat assembly so as to pivot in unison with the seat assembly until the seat assembly is pivoted forward to an extent at which the footrest assembly contacts the floor or ground, at which point the footrest assembly does not pivot further upon further forward pivoting of the seat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: William Ferniany, Lloyd Cooper
  • Patent number: 10188566
    Abstract: This invention relates to lifting mechanisms. In particular this invention relates to lifting mechanisms for use in healthcare equipment such as beds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: ACCORA LIMITED
    Inventor: Laurie Drake
  • Patent number: 10188567
    Abstract: A hospital bed includes a base, a lifting mechanism, a rotating frame configured to rotate horizontally relative to the base, and a patient support surface pivotally secured to the rotating frame. The patient support surface includes a back section, a seat section, and foot section that articulate relative to each other. The patient support surface translates from a bed configuration to a side-egress chair or stand assist configuration. The foot section includes a plurality of panels configured to move relative to each other in substantially parallel overlapping planes between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration when the patient support surface is in a chair or stand assist configuration. The foot section contacts a floor which causes the plurality of panels to move to the retracted configuration. Biasing members urge the plurality of panels to the extended configuration when the foot section no longer contacts the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Byron Wade Wurdeman
  • Patent number: 10188568
    Abstract: An articulating bed incorporates a support frame with a head end. Side frame members support and carry a carriage having a seat support. The carriage is mounted with wheels engaging the side frame members to translate from a first position through a range progressing toward the head end to a fully translated position. A first elevating frame rotates about an axle attached to the side frame members with the first elevating frame concealed within a depth profile of the side frame members in an unrotated position. First rollers carried by the carriage engage lower profile surfaces of the elevating frame and a second roller carried by the first elevating frame engages a lower surface of an upper body support pivotally attached to the seat support. Translation of the carriage from the first position to the fully translated position rotates the first elevating frame about the axle to articulate the upper body support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ergomotion, Inc.
    Inventors: Joey Krueger, Brett Anthony Towe, Hunter Davis Totemeier, Damien Clenet, Alain Clenet
  • Patent number: 10188569
    Abstract: There is provided a patient support that may be adjustable in height, width, length or a combination thereof. The patient support may be useable with normal sized patients or with bariatric patients. The patient support has a variety of features to enhance operability and/or functionality, including a width adjustable caster frame, width adjustable deck portions, a width adjustable headboard and an extendible foot board to provide extra length. An enhanced lift mechanism can accommodate bariatric patients and alternative functionality in achieving deck positions improves patient comfort. Various parts of the patient support including deck panels and the footboard may be removed and replaced with ease without complicated connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Steven David Elku, Jason John Connell, Jason James Cerny, Richard Brian Roussy, Aleem Yusuf, Christopher Alan George, Christopher Scott Jacob, Brandon David Naber, Martin W. Stryker
  • Patent number: 10188570
    Abstract: A method of reducing surgeon fatigue during an operation while reducing collection of fluids from the operation on the floor of the operating room by absorbing fluids leaking onto the floor of the operating room and apparatus therefor. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: XODUS MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Kaforey, Mark Kaforey, Paul Lloyd
  • Patent number: 10188571
    Abstract: An adapter is described for connecting at least one accessory device to an operating table, comprising a first fixing device for attaching a base body of the adapter to the operating table and a second fixing device for attaching the accessory device to the adapter. The base body is formed from an X-ray transparent plate, said X-ray transparent plate including a part lying on a support surface of the operating table and another part extending beyond the support surface and forming a support surface extension for supporting a patient, when said X-ray transparent plate is attached to the operating table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: MAQUET GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Wyslucha, Marco Reif
  • Patent number: 10188572
    Abstract: A stirrups device includes a transverse member having a first end, a second end, and a horizontal axis. The device also includes first and second connectors fastened to corresponding first and second ends of the transverse member. Each of the connectors has a bracket and a hinge affixed thereto. The device also includes first and second stirrups assemblies pivotally attached to the corresponding first and second hinges. Each of the stirrups assemblies includes a stanchion having a first end and, a second end, and a longitudinal axis. The first end is pivotally affixed to the hinge. The longitudinal axis can be selectively oriented to be substantially parallel to the horizontal axis, along a vertical axis, and along a normal axis. Each of the stirrups assemblies also includes a stirrup support telescopically extensible from the second end of the stanchion, and a multi-positional foot support stirrup slideably positioned along the stanchion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Rapid Deployment Stirrups, LLC
    Inventors: Ronnie Z. Bochner, Greene Donald Royster, IV
  • Patent number: 10188573
    Abstract: A boot stirrup for use with a surgical table is provided. The boot stirrup includes a support arm, a surgical boot, and a lockable joint coupled to the support arm and the surgical boot. The support arm is configured to couple to a surgical table for movement about a plurality of axes relative to the surgical table. The surgical boot is configured to support and/or immobilize the foot and leg of the patient. The lockable joint is configured to selectively permit movement of the surgical boot relative to the support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua J. Moriarty, Jesse S. Drake
  • Patent number: 10188574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a patella gripper for a patella, comprising a retaining element (3; 53) and a contact finger apparatus (4; 54), wherein the contact finger apparatus (4; 54) is arranged on the lower face of the retaining element (3; 53), wherein the contact finger apparatus (4; 54) comprises at least two contact finger units (4.1, 4.2; 54.1), which are arranged on opposite sides of the retaining element (3; 53), and wherein the contact finger apparatus (4; 54) is designed in such a way that the patella can be moved in the cranial-caudal direction and in the medial-lateral direction by means of the contact finger units (4.1, 4.2; 54.1). The invention further relates to a device (20; 60) having such a patella gripper (1; 51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
    Inventors: Agathe Koller-Hodac, Domenico Leonardo, Manuel Altmeyer, Silvio Walpen, Daniel Felder
  • Patent number: 10188575
    Abstract: A cervical orthotic device is generally provided. The device includes a base, sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom, and a cervical support surface opposite the base. The cervical support surface unites the sidewalls. The sidewalls include opposingly paired lateral sidewalls and opposingly paired longitudinal sidewalls. The cervical support surface includes a first planar portion adjacent a first longitudinal sidewall of the opposingly paired longitudinal sidewalls, a second planar portion adjacent a second longitudinal sidewall of the opposingly paired longitudinal sidewalls, and an arcuate portion intermediate the planar portions. The arcuate portion of the cervical support surface delimits a cervical engagement ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Core Products International, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul R. Norstrem
  • Patent number: 10188576
    Abstract: Improvements in a cover for a pin used in an inversion table that prevents the inversion table from rotating beyond a desired amount of rotation. The cover is secured to the fixed frame and has a slot for the rotating frame to move within the slot. The cover prevents debris, sweat, body parts, towels or clothing from entering into the locking pin area. The cover makes the inversion table safer to operate by covering a pinch-point where the rotating component of the inversion table contacts the rotation stop. The cover can take a variety of shape and material configurations to provide the coverage and protection for the user of the inversion table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Donrobert Pena
  • Patent number: 10188577
    Abstract: A joint power generating device (8) has a multilayer structure constituted by alternately stacking an elastic member (41), which incorporates a hermetically sealed air chamber, and a partition plate (42) with high stiffness, an elastic structure (31), which has a through hole (43) formed therein, and a flexible lengthy member (32) inserted in the through hole (43). The joint power generating device (8) is configured to transmit a force between the lengthy member (32) and the elastic structure (31) such that the force for compressing the elastic structure (31) increases as the tension on the lengthy member (32) increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Hiroshi Gomi, Yosuke Ikedo, Yoshinao Sodeyama, Kenichi Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10188578
    Abstract: An indoor, electrically powered, and motorized handlebar structure that provides forward moving or stationary stability for mobility-challenged individuals includes a trolley support bar, a handle, a handle operating system, a control box, a drive assembly, an access control reader, at least one accessory, and a power source. The trolley support bar is mounted on to a solid surface area that can be a wall surface or a floor surface as the handle is operatively coupled to the trolley support bar by the drive assembly. The control box is terminally connected to the trolley support bar and house the access control reader, the at least one accessory, and the power source. The drive assembly, the access control reader, and the at least one accessory are electrically connected to the power source through the handle operating system so that handle can move between a forward direction and a backward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: Mark William Hefron, Cynthia Reed, James C Reed
  • Patent number: 10188579
    Abstract: A method for controlling a walking assistant apparatus includes: scanning a user so as to generate information associated with gait of the user; detecting a torque applied to a torque sensor; estimating a speed of the user based on the information; calculating a compliant motion speed, and a compliant rotational speed; and controlling the motion unit to move at the compliant motion speed and to turn at the compliant rotational speed. This disclosure provides an autonomous obstacle avoidance mechanism; by combining the obstacle avoidance mechanism and the compliance controls, the walking-assistance apparatus is able to help user prevent from collisions with obstacles when walking in an environment with obstacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Kai-Tai Song, Shang-Yang Wu, Sin-Yi Jiang
  • Patent number: 10188580
    Abstract: A system for providing, to a user, navigation directions to a point of interest. The system includes a device having an output unit configured to output the navigation directions to the point of interest. The device is configured to communicate, to an unmanned vehicle, a point of interest identification. The system also includes the unmanned vehicle having a camera configured to detect image data. The unmanned vehicle is configured to determine whether the point of interest identification is detected from the image data. The unmanned vehicle is also configured to determine a point of interest location when the point of interest identification is detected from the image data. The unmanned vehicle is also configured to determine point of interest navigation data based on the point of interest location. The unmanned vehicle is also configured to communicate, to the device, the point of interest navigation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Rajiv Dayal, Christopher P. Lee, Allison Thackston
  • Patent number: 10188581
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing a negative-pressure therapy system are described. The system includes a first dressing, a second dressing, and a negative-pressure source. The negative-pressure source includes a first pump and a second pump. A first valve is fluidly coupled to the first dressing and the first pump to selectively permit fluid communication to the first dressing. A second valve is fluidly coupled to the second dressing and the second pump to selectively permit fluid communication to the second dressing. A cross-over valve is fluidly coupled to the first pump, the first valve, the second pump, and the second valve. The cross-over valve permits fluid communication between the first pump and the second valve and/or the second pump and the first valve. A controller is communicatively coupled to the first pump, the second pump, the first valve, the second valve, and the cross-over valve for operating the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Smith, Daniel W. Dekruif, Dave E. Ball, James A. Luckemeyer
  • Patent number: 10188582
    Abstract: A method for providing emergency care to a patient of an adverse cardiac event is disclosed that includes causing multiple chest compressions to be provided to the patient, and causing multiple inducements of ventilation to be provided to the patient. Particular ones of the multiple chest compressions can overlap time-wise with corresponding ones of the multiple inducements of ventilation, and can be substantially out of phase with the corresponding ones of the multiple inducements of ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Freeman, Christopher Luke Kaufman
  • Patent number: 10188583
    Abstract: A container closure is provided for use in dispensing fluids from a container, and includes a base constructed and arranged for being attached to a mouth of the container, a first port disposed on the base and in fluid communication with the mouth, a second port disposed on the base in fluid communication with the mouth, and the first and second ports being visually differentiated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
    Inventors: Yuangpang Samuel Ding, Steven C. Jepson
  • Patent number: 10188584
    Abstract: A medicinal xiding vial, and a dispensing apparatus and an injection apparatus thereof, comprise a reversely pressed medicinal xiding vial, a reversely pressed dispensing apparatus and a reversely pressed injection apparatus thereof, a general medicinal xiding vial, and a general injection apparatus. The reversely pressed medicinal xiding vial comprises a vial body whose inner wall is a straight cylinder. A first piston is disposed on a position close to the vial opening of the vial body. A blind hole is disposed at the center of an outer bottom surface of the first piston. The vial opening is provided with an outer edge, and a seal cap is fixed on the out edge to prevent the first piston from falling off. In combination with the dispensing apparatus and the injection apparatus thereof, the medicinal xiding vial can solve the problem of secondary pollution during medicine dispensing and injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: Yiling Ding, Xi Ding