Patents Issued in July 30, 2019
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Patent number: 10363392Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for guide catheters having one or more regions of increased flexibility. A flexibility region comprises one tubular segment of the guide catheter with a non-linear seam between two non-concentric layers of material having different durometers. A non-linear seam, such as a zig-zag or sinusoidal configuration, permits controlled compression of lower durometer material between portions of higher durometer material.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Ancora Heart, Inc.Inventors: Marlone Legaspi, Huu Nguyen, Eugene Serina
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Patent number: 10363393Abstract: There is provided a microcatheter having a proximal solution lumen and a distal tip portion with a guidewire lumen. The microcatheter and methods of use thereof allows for introduction of solution into a vessel while manipulating the guidewire and/or the microcatheter itself. The solution may be a contrast solution, for viewing of the vessel, a therapeutic or diagnostic solution, or any other type of solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: THERMOPEUTIX INC.Inventors: Ronald Jay Solar, Yoav Shaked, Glen Lieber
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Patent number: 10363394Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that generally involve CED devices with various features for reducing or preventing backflow. In some embodiments, CED devices include a tissue-receiving space disposed proximal to a distal fluid outlet. Tissue can be compressed into or pinched/pinned by the tissue-receiving space as the device is inserted into a target region of a patient, thereby forming a seal that reduces or prevents proximal backflow of fluid ejected from the outlet beyond the tissue-receiving space. In some embodiments, CED devices include a bullet-shaped nose proximal to a distal fluid outlet. The bullet-shaped nose forms a good seal with surrounding tissue and helps reduce or prevent backflow of infused fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Alcyone Lifesciences, Inc.Inventors: Deep Arjun Singh, P J Anand, Blake Sama
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Patent number: 10363395Abstract: The present invention relates to a direction-controllable drug injection catheter. According to the present invention, provided is the catheter extending along a central axis “A” including a drug injection part in which a drug injection channel has been formed; a channel opening and closing means which opens and closes the drug injection channel; and a steering structure which is rotationally asymmetric with respect to the central axis “A” and varies according to a pressure change of the drug injection channel for the purpose of steering.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Doo Yong Lee, Hye Hyun Han, Yun Jin Gu, Seung Gyu Kang, Myeong Jin Kim, Cheong Jun Kim, Seong Pil Byeon, Young Gi Jung, Su Bon Kim, Hyun Seok Lee, Dong Myoung Lee, Su Hwan Park, Ji Hye Hwang
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Patent number: 10363396Abstract: A biological navigation device that can be attached or integrated with an elongated tool, such as an endoscope, is disclosed. The device can be used for propulsive advance through a biological lumen. The device can anchor to the biological lumen. The device can subsequently or concurrently propel the endoscope and anchor the device to the biological lumen. Methods for using the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: LOMA VISTA MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Alexander Quillin Tilson, Mark Christopher Scheeff
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Patent number: 10363397Abstract: A catheter of the invention includes an elongated flexible tubular main body; a plurality of manipulation wires inserted through the tubular main body and having tips connected to a distal part of the tubular main body; a manipulation-part main body provided at a base end of the tubular main body; and a bending manipulation part. The bending manipulation part has an engagement part engaging with base ends of the manipulation wires, and individually applies pulling force to the plurality of manipulation wires through pulling operations so as to bend the distal part of the tubular main body. The bending manipulation part is provided so as to be movable with respect to the manipulation-part main body. The path lengths of the plurality of manipulation wires from the tips thereof to the engagement part are simultaneously increased or decreased when the bending manipulation part and the manipulation-part main body move relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Kanemasa, Shinetsu Harata, Yoshihiro Abe, Hayao Tanaka, Masao Ikeda, Keiji Kamada
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Patent number: 10363398Abstract: A steerable catheter device includes a catheter body, a flexing tip member coupled to a distal end of the catheter body and having a wall with a first plurality of arcuate slits and a second plurality of arcuate slits, the first and second plurality of slits being diametrically opposed and alternating with each other, and an actuator that bends the flexing tip member, wherein at least a portion of the catheter body includes a braided sheath, and wherein each of the first and second plurality of slits has two ends and a center positioned midway between the two ends, and wherein all of the first plurality of slits have centers positioned along a first axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the catheter body and all of the second plurality of slits have centers positioned along a second axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the catheter body.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Sanovas Intellectual Property, LLCInventors: Lawrence J. Gerrans, Erhan H. Gunday, Alex Hsia, Jessie Tung
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Patent number: 10363399Abstract: An expandable medical balloon, the expandable medical balloon comprising a first balloon wall, the first balloon wall comprising a first balloon layer of polyethylene terephthalate having a first intrinsic viscosity, the first layer is outer to a second layer of polyethylene terephthalate, the second balloon layer of polyethylene terephthalate having a second intrinsic viscosity, the second layer is an inner layer, wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the first balloon layer is higher than the intrinsic viscosity of the second balloon layer by about 0.05 dl/g or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: John Jianhua Chen, Daniel James Horn, Adam Joseph Royer
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Patent number: 10363400Abstract: A tube-in-tube assembled parison for preparation of an elongated medical device. The parison if formed by assembling in tube-in-tube fashion a first tube of orientable polymer material and a second tube formed of orientable polymer material disposed around the first tube, with an adhesive tie layer disposed between the first and second tubes. The tubes are brought into contact to form a unitary parison. The adhesive may allow movement between the polymer layers during balloon blowing. The first tube, or the second tube, or both, may have been longitudinally pre-stretched after formation thereof but before assembly of the parison.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Nao Lee, Ying Xiong, Joe Khammoungkhoune, John J. Chen
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Patent number: 10363401Abstract: A sinus dilation instrument useful with a navigation system and including a handle, a rigid probe, a balloon, and an identifier device. The probe extends from the handle, forms a curved segment, and carries the balloon. The identifier device is programmed to generate a signal indicative of an instrument identification assigned to the instrument, and is a frontal, maxillary or sphenoid sinus instrument. The signal is formatted to be recognized by an IGS. Once connected, the IGS recognizes the instrument and can retrieve information indicative of a spatial location of the balloon, for example via an instrument tracking device. A surgeon can “plug and play” the sinus dilation instrument with the IGS to perform a procedure.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Robert K. Vaccaro, Charles Franklin Scott Carpenter, David J. Little, II, Ali Mowlai-Ashtiani, Matthew J. Nadeau, Dana A. Oliver
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Patent number: 10363402Abstract: A balloon dilation catheter includes a substantially rigid inner guide member and a movable shaft coupled to a balloon that is slidably mounted on the substantially rigid inner guide member. To treat a sinus cavity of a subject using the balloon dilation the substantially rigid inner guide member is advanced into a drainage pathway of the sinus (e.g., frontal recess) of the subject via a nasal passageway. The shaft and balloon are advanced in a distal direction over the substantially rigid inner guide member to place the balloon in the drainage pathway. The balloon is inflated to expand or otherwise remodel the drainage pathway.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.Inventors: John R. Drontle, Anthony J. Hanson
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Patent number: 10363403Abstract: A device for targeted delivery of a substance to an airway may include a conduit and at least two applicators. The conduit may include a proximal end and a bifurcated distal portion having two distal ends. Each applicator may be coupled with one of the distal ends of the conduit and may be configured to direct the substance out of the applicator toward one of two sides of an airway. A method for targeted delivery of a substance to an airway may involve advancing a substance delivery device into the airway, contacting two sides of the airway with at least two applicators of the substance delivery device, such that each applicator contacts the airway near a glossopharyngeal nerve and/or a superior laryngeal nerve on each of the two sides of the airway, and delivering the substance through the applicators to contact the airway along the two sides.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Rush L. Bartlett, II, Ryan J. F. Van Wert, Stephen J. Ruoss, Amy E. Bartlett
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Patent number: 10363404Abstract: An applicator comprising a source of fluid and a frangible applicator tip portion attached to the fluid source. When the frangible applicator tip is broken, the fluid flows from the source to an absorbent member attached to the applicator tip to spread the liquid on a surface. The frangible tip may comprise a support element permanently connected to the fluid source, a relatively rigid tongue element, and a frangible region therebetween. The tongue element may comprise ribs for reinforcement. The frangible tip further may comprise a semi-permeable or non-permeable cover to control the speed and direction of the dispersion of the fluid. The dispensing applicator may be used in various medical applications. A fin member, which may be formed as two securable halves, is configured to be disposed about the applicator to facilitate securing of the applicator within an absorbent member and to minimize risk of loss of tongue element portions due to possible separation proximate the frangible region during a use.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: BIOMED PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: James Brown
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Patent number: 10363405Abstract: A dispensing applicator may include a container configured to contain a fluid, the container including an inlet end having an opening and an outlet end, the container containing a predetermined volume of fluid; an end cap secured to the inlet end of the container; a gasket placed between the inlet end and the end cap, the gasket being secured to the inlet end and covering the opening; an attachment member received within and secured to the container, the attachment member including a length portion including a frangible section, the frangible section including a tongue element; and a fracture anvil configured to pivotably receive the tongue element, rotationable movement of the fracture anvil relative to the tongue element causing the tongue element to break while remaining attached to the frangible section such that fluid is released from the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: BIOMED PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jack W. Kaufman, James Brown
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Patent number: 10363406Abstract: A method for producing an acicular body having a support base and an acicular protrusion on one surface of the support base includes supplying an acicular body-forming liquid, in which an acicular body-forming material is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, to an intaglio plate having a recess corresponding to a protrusion, under a first pressure environment of not more than 0.05 MPa, changing the first pressure environment of the acicular body-forming liquid supplied to the intaglio plate to a second pressure environment of higher than 0.05 MPa, drying the acicular body-forming liquid supplied to the intaglio plate such that an acicular body is formed, and peeling the acicular body from the intaglio plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
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Patent number: 10363407Abstract: Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system with a handle configured for actuation of the same, the handle including a collet mechanism actuatable for controlled, one-at-a-time deployment of fiducials. A fiducial may include one or more protuberances configured to engage one or more slots in a needle of the system. The needle may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. The handle includes an actuation mechanism with a collet and plunger actuation member configured for incrementally or otherwise controlledly deploy one or more fiducials at a time by advancing a sty let through and/or retracting the body of a slotted needle in which fiducials are disposed with a fiducial protrusion extending into the needle slot, which also includes retaining structures that do not impede the needle lumen.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Michael Clancy, Darach McGrath, Triona Campbell, Patrick Mulcahy, Fionan Keady, Ciaran Toomey
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Patent number: 10363408Abstract: A screw connector for medical hose systems is configured for catch engagement in a half-open sterilization position. The connector includes a first connecting element having a first lumen and an outside thread, and a second connecting element having a second lumen, and an elastically deformable union nut having an inside thread. The inside thread and the outside thread are configured to be screwed together, with the outside thread having a first formation and the inside thread a second formation, with deformation of the nut via the first formation in a predetermined first angle-of-rotation range without engaging the second formation. The inside thread and the outside thread, and the first formation and the second formation, are configured for catch engagement of the first formation in the second formation when the inside thread and the outside thread are screwed together in a predetermined second angle-of-rotation range to provide the half-open sterilization position.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Uwe Lapp, Lothar Leick, Ralf Mueller, Peter Urban
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Patent number: 10363409Abstract: Cardiac electrodes and techniques for testing application of the electrodes to a victim are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Ziad F Elghazzawi, Gary A Freeman
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Patent number: 10363410Abstract: Systems and methods of providing life support are provided. A life support system includes a first life support device that has a control unit and is configured to apply a life support protocol to a subject. The first life support device also includes a memory unit that can store life support protocol information, and the control unit can provide the life support protocol information to a second life support device. The control unit can also receive operating instructions from the second life support device based on the life support protocol information, and can implement the operating instructions.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Frederick J. Geheb, Gary A. Freeman
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Patent number: 10363411Abstract: A medical microelectrode includes an elongate electrode body including a tip section, a main body section and, optionally, a coupling section. The tip section, the main body section and, optionally, the coupling section are embedded in a first electrode matrix element, which is substantially rigid, biocompatible and soluble or biodegradable in a body fluid. Additionally the microelectrode includes a dissolution retarding layer on the first electrode matrix element and/or a second electrode matrix element disposed between the first electrode matrix element and the electrode. Upon dissolution or biodegradation of the first electrode matrix element a drug comprised by the first electrode matrix element or the second electrode matrix element is released into the tissue. Also disclosed are bundles and arrays of the electrodes and their use.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: NEURONANO ABInventors: Fredrik Ek, Nils Danielsen, Jenny Eriksson Linsmeier, Per Petersson, Jens Schouenborg
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Patent number: 10363412Abstract: A system to deliver current to an area of interest of a subject is described that includes a power source, a controller electrically coupled to the power source, at least one first electrode electrically coupled to the controller, and at least one second electrode electrically coupled to one of the power source and the controller, with the area of interest positioned between the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode. A method of stimulating at least one of bone growth, tissue healing and pain control within an area of interest of a patient is described that includes inserting first and second electrode spaced at a predetermined distance, and further includes directing an electric current between the first and second electrodes so that at least a portion of the electric current passes through the area of interest positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Washington UniversityInventors: Eric Claude Leuthardt, Daniel W. Moran, Matthew R. MacEwan
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Patent number: 10363413Abstract: A tremor-reduction system is provided that delivers electric current to a body region of a subject that is associated with a tremor. A computing device stores received data associated with a tremulous movement of the body region and determines measurements associated with the stored data. If a magnitude of the most recent tremulous movement is the same as or greater than magnitudes associated with prior tremulous movements, characteristics of a subsequent electric current to be applied to the body region may be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Universidad Adolfo IbañezInventors: Felipe Nagel, Federico Jensen, Alex Cariman, Cedric Little
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Patent number: 10363414Abstract: A device for assisting a patient suffering from a condition that inhibits the patient from achieving spontaneous and controlled micturition includes a controller, a stimulation power supply, a sensor providing sensor feedback indicative of a level of fullness of a bladder of the patient and a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are disposed on an epidermis of the patient and are arranged to supply transcutaneous electrical impulses that cause contraction of the bladder and relaxation of a urinary sphincter of the patient when supplied power by the stimulation power supply. The controller causes the stimulation power supply to supply power to the plurality of electrodes in response to a determination being made that the level of fullness of the bladder has exceeded a threshold level, thereby causing the plurality of electrodes to supply the transcutaneous electrical impulses in order to trigger micturition.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Feinstein Patents, LLCInventor: Peter A. Feinstein
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Patent number: 10363415Abstract: A non-invasive electrical stimulation device shapes an elongated electric field of effect that can be oriented parallel to a long nerve, such as a vagus nerve in a patient's neck, producing a desired physiological response in the patient. The stimulator comprises a source of electrical power, at least one electrode and a continuous electrically conducting medium in which the electrode(s) are in contact. The stimulation device is configured to produce a peak pulse voltage that is sufficient to produce a physiologically effective electric field in the vicinity of a target nerve, but not to substantially stimulate other nerves and muscles that lie between the vicinity of the target nerve and patient's skin. Current is passed through the electrodes in bursts of preferably five sinusoidal pulses, wherein each pulse within a burst has a duration of preferably 200 microseconds, and bursts repeat at preferably at 15-50 bursts per second.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Electrocore, Inc.Inventors: Bruce J. Simon, Joseph P. Errico, John T. Raffle
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Patent number: 10363416Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for encouraging perfusion by electrostimulation.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Steven D. Baker, Timothy A. Lane
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Patent number: 10363417Abstract: A cochlear implant system is described which includes an implant housing containing a stimulation processor for processing externally produced communications signals to generate electrical stimulation signals for the cochlea of an implant patient. The implant housing lies substantially in a plane and has an outer perimeter adapted to fit within a surgically prepared housing recess in skull bone of the implant patient. Multiple housing fixation features are located on the outer perimeter and cooperate to develop lateral force in the plane of the implant housing between the implant housing and adjacent skull bone of the housing recess to fixedly secure the implant housing within the housing recess.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbHInventor: Stefan B. Nielsen
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Patent number: 10363418Abstract: An implantable processor arrangement is described for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) system implanted under the skin of a patient. An implantable communications coil arrangement is configured for transdermal transfer of an implant communications signal. An implantable processor is coupled to and controls the implantable communications coil arrangement so as to operate in two different communications modes. In a normal operation mode, the processor configures the communications coil arrangement for peridermal communication with an external communications coil placed on the skin of the patient immediately over the implantable communications coil arrangement using load modulation of the communications coil arrangement, wherein the implantable communications coil has a resonance frequency matching the transmission frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbHInventors: Jürgen Wissenwasser, Andreas Mitterer
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Patent number: 10363419Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for treating at least one of a condition or a symptom of a patient by positioning a stimulation device at a target site adjacent to or near a nerve within a patient. The stimulation device comprising an antenna and one or more electrodes. Transmitting electrical energy to the antenna and generating electrical impulses within the stimulation device with the electrical energy and applying the series of electrical impulses to the nerve via the electrode. The electrical impulses sufficient to modulate the nerve and treat the condition or symptom of the patient; and which have on periods where the electrical impulses are generated and applied to the nerve and off periods between the electrical impulses, where the electrical energy is transmitted to the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Electrocore, Inc.Inventors: Bruce J. Simon, Joseph P. Errico, Steven Mendez
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Patent number: 10363420Abstract: Systems and methods for restoring cognitive function are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes, at a computing device, separately stimulating one or more of lateral and medial entorhinal afferents and other structures connecting to a hippocampus of an animal subject in accordance with a plurality of predefined stimulation patterns, thereby attempting to restore object-specific memories and location-specific memories; collecting a plurality of one or more of macro- and micro-recordings of the stimulation of hippocampalentorhinal cortical (HEC) system; and refining the computational model for restoring individual memories in accordance with a portion of the plurality of one or more of macro- and micro-recordings.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Itzhak Fried, Dejan Markovic, Nanthia Suthana
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Patent number: 10363421Abstract: Systems and methods for spinal cord electrode placement and spinal cord stimulation their use for treatment of conditions such as obesity are disclosed. In one example approach, during placement of a spinal cord stimulating electrode in a target region of the brain of a patient, a temperature of brown adipose tissue may be monitored, e.g., via a supraclavicular temperature sensor implanted in the patient, and used to identify an optimal location of electrode stimulation which causes an increase in BAT temperature. Additionally, BAT temperature measurements may be used to provide regulated closed-loop control to increase efficiency of spinal cord stimulation while reducing energy consumption of the pulse generator. Further, core temperature measurements may be obtained from the electrode in the spinal cord and used to adjust spinal cord stimulation.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Oregon Health & Science UniversityInventors: Kim Burchiel, Christopher J. Madden, Shaun F. Morrison
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Patent number: 10363422Abstract: Disclosed is a new architecture for an IPG having a master and slave electrode driver integrated circuits. The electrode outputs on the integrated circuits are wired together. Each integrated circuit can be programmed to provide pulses with different frequencies. Active timing channels in each of the master and slave integrated circuits are programmed to provide the desired pulses, while shadow timing channels in the master and slave are programmed with the timing data from the active timing channels in the other integrated circuit so that each chip knows when the other is providing a pulse, so that each chip can disable its recovery circuitry so as not to defeat those pulses. In the event of pulse overlap at a given electrode, the currents provided by each chip will add at the affected electrode. Compliance voltage generation is dictated by an algorithm to find an optimal compliance voltage even during periods when pulses are overlapping.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Emanuel Feldman, Jordi Parramon, Paul J. Griffith, Jess Shi, Robert Tong, Goran Marnfeldt
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Patent number: 10363423Abstract: Circuitry for generating a compliance voltage (V+) for the current sources and/or sinks in an implantable stimulator device in disclosed. The circuitry assesses whether V+ is optimal for a given pulse, and if not, adjusts V+ for the next pulse. The circuitry uses amplifiers to measure the voltage drop across active PDACs (current sources) and NDAC (current sinks) at an appropriate time during the pulse. The measured voltages are assessed to determine whether they are high or low relative to optimal values. If low, a V+ regulator is controlled to increase V+ for the next pulse; if not, the V+ regulator is controlled to decrease V+ for the next pulse. Through this approach, gradual changes that may be occurring in the implant environment can be accounted for, with V+ adjusted on a pulse-by-pulse basis to keep the voltage drops at or near optimal levels for efficient DAC operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Goran N. Marnfeldt, Jess Shi
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Patent number: 10363424Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hermetic lead connector includes fixing an electrically insulating ring between an electrically conducting contact ring and an electrically conducting spacer ring to form a hermetic ring subassembly, and fixing a plurality of the hermetic ring subassemblies in axial alignment to form a hermetic lead connector. The hermetic lead connector includes an open end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture. The hermetic lead connector provides a hermetic seal between the outer surface and the inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Darren A. Janzig, Gerald G. Lindner, Chris J. Paidosh
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Patent number: 10363425Abstract: Discrete cofired feedthrough filters are provided for medical implanted device applications. A plurality of discrete vertical feedthrough filter elements are respectively associated with a plurality of signal wires or pins otherwise supported by an insulating feedthrough and a ferrule. The resulting discrete device comprises a single-element device which is cheaper to make, and which reduces cross-talk between adjacent signal wires/pins while otherwise accommodating changes in feedthrough pitch without having to redesign the filter.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: AVX CorporationInventor: Andrew P. Ritter
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Patent number: 10363426Abstract: A charging system for an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) is disclosed having a charging coil and one or more sense coils preferably housed in a charging coil assembly coupled to an electronics module by a cable. The charging coil is preferably a wire winding, while the sense coils are preferably formed in one or more traces of a circuit board. One or more voltages induced on the one or more sense coils can be used to determine a phase angle between the voltage and a driving signal for the charging coil. The determined phase angle can then be used to determine the position of the charging coil relative to the IMD. Additionally, more than one parameter (phase angle, magnitude, resonant frequency) may be determined using the voltage may be used to determine position, including the radial offset and depth of the charging coil relative to the IMD.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Daniel Aghassian, Thomas W. Stouffer, Jonathan Larcom, Gaurav Gupta
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Patent number: 10363427Abstract: Technologies are disclosed herein for a low impedance detection system. The detection system includes an electrical insulation and an impedance measurement device. The impedance measurement device can be used to test the impedance of the system when the barrier is placed between the user of the barrier and a source of electrical power. In a defibrillation system, a rescuer can place the barrier over the patient. An electrical power source can deliver electrical shocks to the patient. The impedance measurement device can monitor impedances of the system across various frequencies to detect electrical conditions that might be harmful to the rescuer.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Inventors: Michael Shane Lloyd, Jonathan Jason Langberg
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Patent number: 10363428Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a modular antitachyarrhythmia therapy system. In an example, a modular antitachyarrhythmia system includes at least two separate modules that coordinate delivery an antitachyarrhythmia therapy, such as defibrillation therapy. In another example, a modular antitachyarrhythmia therapy system includes a sensing module, an analysis module, and a therapy module.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.Inventors: Joseph M. Smith, Richard Milon Dujmovic, Jr.
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Patent number: 10363429Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the treatment of free-form areas and zones of human or animal skin areas or plant surfaces by means of cold atmospheric-pressure plasma. The core of the device is a specific, preferably gas-permeable, electrode arrangement for generating a dielectrically impeded surface discharge where the earthed electrode is composed of electrically conductive textile material and the high-voltage electrode consists of a thin wire or electrically conductive thread which is sheathed with an insulting layer which has to meet specific requirements. On the basis of the present invention, it is possible to generate, in the area of diseased skin parts of the human body, in direct proximity to the skin surface or to wounds, a flat plasma for the treatment of the diseased areas which is acceptable in respect of the stress on the skin caused by temperature and electric potentials.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Leibniz-Institut für Plasmaforschung und Technologie e.V.Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Weltmann, Ronny Brandenburg, Stephan Krafczyk, Manfred Stieber, Thomas Von Woedtke
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Patent number: 10363430Abstract: A method for transdermally treating selected tissue and/or for facilitating the release and/or differentiation of stem cells, including exposing the selected tissue to laser light having a wavelength between approximately 600 and 1400 nm, and maintaining such exposure of the selected tissue or bone to the laser light for a period of time sufficient to deliver a laser light dosage of at least 3 Joules/cm2 per treatment and maintaining such exposure for a period of time sufficient to deliver a laser light dosage of at least 1000 Joules per treatment within a 24 hour period of time. The method also includes upcollimating the laser light such that the laser delivers to the selected tissue a substantially coherent beam of laser light having a cross-sectional area of at least 5 cm2, and, further, delivering the laser light to a depth of at least 5 mm in the selected tissue.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Inventor: Roger D. Porter
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Patent number: 10363431Abstract: The present invention relates to a phototherapy apparatus, to a method for operating same, and to a treatment method using same. The phototherapy apparatus includes a body including a first resonator generating a first wavelength of light, a first module connected to the body and radiating the first wavelength of light generated from the first resonator to the outside, and a second module generating a second wavelength of light using the first wavelength of light transmitted from the body and radiating the second wavelength light to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Hee Chul Lee
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Patent number: 10363432Abstract: A photo-bio-stimulation device uses near infrared (NIR) laser illumination of the scalp to promote hair growth with a lightweight user wearable device. All the remaining components are mounted on the concave underside of an outer cap shell. Many VCSEL laser device chips are surface mount soldered underneath of a single large flexible printed circuit. These discrete devices direct a diffused, near uniform flood of 678-nanometer monochromatic laser light deep into the hair roots and follicles across the scalps of its users. Petal shapes along a central spine are cut deep into the side edges of the flexible printed circuit to allow it to be conformed and fixed into a hemispherical dome and attached with dozens of plastic snaps inside the outer shell. This connects inside to a rechargeable battery and power controller. A protective clear covering matching the concave underside is attached along the brims.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Theradome, Inc.Inventor: Tamim Hamid
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Patent number: 10363433Abstract: A drusen treatment method includes confirming a location of drusen in a fundus of a patient; determining a treatment area by including a location on which the drusen exists; and removing the drusen by transferring energy to the treatment area.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: LUTRONIC VISION INCInventor: Hae Lyung Hwang
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Patent number: 10363434Abstract: A light therapy bed including multiple LEDs positioned in individually controllable modules is disclosed. The modules of LEDs are configured to have direct contact or in close proximity to the skin or tissue of the user, through an acrylic or similar cover. The LEDs light the surface and underlying layers of tissue for photodynamic stimulation of the cells. Iterations of the device utilize light known to have a bactericidal effect in the case of acne, MRSA, etc. The bed is fabricated and formed in a curved configuration to optimize contact between the LEDs and the skin of a user. Each of the LED modules may be mounted on a PCB in an arrangement to provide even lighting and temperature upon the skin or tissue surface of a user. Each module also has one or more thermal sensors that evenly and quickly heat all of the areas of a user's body.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Inventors: Steve Marchese, Chase Marchese
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Patent number: 10363435Abstract: A cryogenic magnet structure includes at least two superconducting coils, a magnetic yoke, and first and second cryostats. The superconducting coils are substantially symmetric about a central axis, wherein the superconducting coils are on opposite sides of a median plane. The magnetic yoke surrounds the superconducting coils and contains at least a portion of a chamber, wherein the median plane extends through the chamber. The first cryostat contains a first of the superconducting coils, and the second cryostat contains a second of the superconducting coils. The second cryostat is distinct from the first cryostat, and the first and second cryostats are on opposite sides of the median plane in the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Antaya Science & TechnologyInventor: Timothy A. Antaya
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Patent number: 10363436Abstract: A method for dealing with the effects of inertia in a radiotherapy apparatus is disclosed. The method may include catering for inertia in advance by incorporating inertia factors into an output from a delivery control system which adapts the treatment plan by incorporating the inertia factors, or by including the inertia factors as a constraint in the treatment planning process. The instructions delivered to the geometry items may reflect their inertia behavior and can therefore be followed very closely. This may indicate that a departure from that plan will be correspondingly more likely to indicate an error by the geometry item. When a geometry item needs to accelerate or decelerate, less error may arise and thus the error-checking regime may not necessarily make allowances for such departures from the intended path, thereby tightening the error tolerances. Error-checking may be safely carried out locally for each component.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: ELEKTA AG (PUBL)Inventors: David Burt, Paul Boxall
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Patent number: 10363437Abstract: A method of determining a treatment parameter, includes determining an accumulated dose at a target region that undergoes motion, determining an accumulated dose at a critical region, and determining the treatment parameter based on the determined accumulated dose at the target region and the determined accumulated dose at the critical region, wherein the act of determining the treatment parameter is performed during a treatment session. A method of determining a treatment parameter, includes tracking a position of a target, delivering radiation to the target based on the tracked position, and compensating for an inaccuracy of the tracked position by using information regarding a delivered dose to determine a treatment parameter for a next beam delivery.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AGInventors: Janne Nord, Sami Siljamaki
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Patent number: 10363438Abstract: A particle beam therapy apparatus includes: a particle beam irradiator outputting a particle beam; a movable supporting structure supporting the particle beam irradiator; movable plates disposed on a displacement trajectory of the particle beam irradiator, forming a substantially horizontal enveloping surface below a table for placing an irradiation object, and including first and second floor members in at least one of the movable plates, the second floor member being larger in X-ray transmittance than the first floor member; an X-ray generator provided in a non-collision area where the X-ray generator does not collide with any of the particle beam irradiator, the supporting structure, and the movable plates; and an X-ray detector installed at a position where the X-ray detector faces the X-ray generator.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Yoshifumi Nagamoto, Kiyohiko Kitagawa, Kazutaka Maeta
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Patent number: 10363439Abstract: A system (12) is proposed for the acceleration of ions to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AF), arteriovenous malformations (AVMS) and focal epileptic lesions; this system (12) includes a pulsed ion source (1), a pre-accelerator (3) and one or more linear accelerators or linacs (5, 6, 7) operating at frequencies above 1 GHz with a repetition rate between 1 Hz and 500 Hz. The particle beam coming out of the complex (12) can vary (i) in intensity, (ii) in deposition depth and (iii) transversally with respect to the central beam direction. The possibility of adjusting in a few milliseconds and in three orthogonal directions, the location of each energy deposition in the body of the patient makes that system of accelerators (12) perfectly suited to irradiation of a beating heart.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: FONDAZIONE PER ADROTERAPIA ONCOLOGICA—TERAInventor: Ugo Amaldi
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Patent number: 10363440Abstract: The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a line-focused ultrasound transducer and a high intensity line-focused ultrasound generation device including the same in which ultrasound is focused in a line so that the treatment time can be reduced and the structure can be simplified. A line-focused ultrasound transducer which focuses in a line shape includes: a therapeutic piezoelectric member having a hollow semi-cylindrical shape; a first electrode portion which is provided on an inner surface of the therapeutic piezoelectric member; and a second electrode portion which is provided on an outer surface of the therapeutic piezoelectric member in correspondence with the first electrode portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: KORUST CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung-Chan Cho, Min-Joo Choi
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Patent number: 10363441Abstract: A respirator mask wearable by a wearer for protecting the wearer against inhalation of noxious agents (e.g., chemical agents, biological agents, radiological agents, and/or other poisonous or otherwise harmful agents that can cause disease, injury or death), such as a CBRN mask, may be configured to enhance protection of the wearer (e.g., by providing ballistic protection in addition to protecting against noxious agent inhalation) while reducing a burden on the wearer, such as by reducing respiratory resistance, improving visibility, and/or facilitating use of the mask (e.g., connection or disconnection of a filter, conduit, or other air-providing device to or from a breathing interface of the mask).Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: AIRBOSS ENGINEERED PRODUCTS INC.Inventors: David Bergeron, Alessandro Del Mistro, Luc Dionne, Charles Langevin-Bouffard, Sebastien Lagace, Philippe-Alexandre Lefebvre, Jean-Luc Lemyre, Jean-Francois Morissette