Patents Issued in October 31, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190328477
    Abstract: A cart for dispensing, storing, and tracking medical instruments is provided. The cart has a housing, a first motor, a second motor, one or more trays, and a processor. The trays hold one or more medical instruments, and have a door and door opening assembly. The processor is in communication with the motors for rotating the housing and opening the doors. The processor has a storage medium for storing the cart's instrument dispensing history. The processor also has a user interface for capturing user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Khurshid GURU, Albert TITUS, Kyle WEEKS
  • Publication number: 20190328478
    Abstract: Exemplary head stabilization devices or head fixation devices (HFDs) include lateral head supports for providing lateral support to the head of the patient. The lateral head supports include a pad with a fillable chamber where the fill amount of the material within the chamber can be adjusted or changed. This allows the pressure the lateral head supports apply to the head of the patient to be changed as desired. The material used within the pad chamber can be of any suitable type, including a gel, a liquid, a gas, a solid, and combinations of these materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Matthias E. Schuele
  • Publication number: 20190328479
    Abstract: To provide a control device, control method, and surgical system that can further improve safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji WADA, Takeshi MAEDA, Kana MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20190328480
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to perform gravity compensation with a more compact and lightweight configuration. [Solution] There is provided a medical support arm apparatus including: an arm section including multiple joint sections, and configured such that a medical tool is provided on a front end; an actuator at least provided in a compensated joint section that is a target of gravity compensation among the joint sections, and including a torque sensor that detects a torque acting on the compensated joint section; and a gravity compensation mechanism that imparts to the compensated joint section a compensating torque in a direction that cancels out a load torque due to a self-weight of the arm section acting on the compensated joint section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Yohei KURODA, Yasuhiro MATSUDA, Jun ARAI
  • Publication number: 20190328481
    Abstract: There is provided a control device that decides at least one medical image as a medical image to display or save from among medical images taken by a plurality of imaging devices, on a basis of imaging device status information that includes information about a position or an attitude for at least one of the plurality of imaging devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Jun ARAI
  • Publication number: 20190328482
    Abstract: A registration fixture or plate is configured for use with a medical imaging system. The registration fixture may be an optical magnetic registration plate including a plurality of fiducial markers in arranged in a predefined unique pattern. The pattern can be unambiguously detected on 2D image of the plate produced by the medical imaging system. Association of the 2D imaged pattern of fiducial markers with the actual 3D pattern on the optical magnetic registration plate allows for accurate calculation of projection matrices and co-registration of the 3D and 2D coordinate systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alon Izmirli, Shlomo Hoory, Shay Levi, Itai Winkler
  • Publication number: 20190328483
    Abstract: A method of operating a marking device includes defining an initial condition wherein a cannula is in an extended position and a stylet is in a ready position in the extended cannula, and, starting from the initial condition with the cannula in the extended position, sequentially: effecting movement of the stylet from a ready position to an implant position, ejecting an imaging marker through a distal opening in a cannula distal end of the cannula, and then; effecting a simultaneous unitary retraction of the cannula and stylet after ejection of the imaging marker from the distal opening in the cannula distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Steven E. Field, Ryan L. Goosen, Richard E. Davis, Richard M. Chesbrough
  • Publication number: 20190328484
    Abstract: A computer-assisted device includes an articulated arm with a plurality of joints and a control unit coupled to the articulated arm. The control unit is configured to send one or more first commands to a plurality of brakes in the articulated arm to begin a release of the plurality of brakes in a predetermined staggered manner, detect a disturbance in a point of interest of the computer-assisted device caused by each brake of the plurality of brakes as the brake is released, and send one or more second commands to the plurality of joints to compensate for the disturbance. In some embodiments, the one or more first commands prevent simultaneous release of two or more brakes of the plurality of brakes. In some embodiments, the one or more first commands cause brakes of the plurality of brakes to release within a predetermined time of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Nitish Swarup, Paul G. Griffiths, Goran A. Lynch, Daniel N. Miller
  • Publication number: 20190328485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an RFID tag enabled needle shield assembly that provides a sterile enclosure of an injection needle and that can be fixedly attached to a pre-filled syringe for administering an injection of medicament to a patient after removal of the needle shield assembly. The RFID tag is fixedly attached 5 to the needle shield through co-molding or another form of permanent attachment. The present invention also relates to a method of tracking the life cycle of a medicament injection device where the RFID tag enabled needle shield assembly is attached to an injection needle that is connected to a syringe barrel that is part of an injection device. Data is written to or read from the RFID tag during the entire life 10 cycle of the injection device, including assembly, packaging, storing, distribution and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Bauss, Thomas Dietl
  • Publication number: 20190328486
    Abstract: Devices and methods for guided endodontic micro-surgery using trephine burs. The device includes a surgical guide comprising a dentate guard and a port extending from the dentate guard. The dentate guard is configured to conform to dentition of a patient proximate to a surgical site. The port has a bore extending therethrough such that a distal end of the bore terminates at the surgical site. The port, and its bore, are configured to receive a trephine bur for the EMS procedure at the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: James A. Wealleans, Jarom J. Ray
  • Publication number: 20190328487
    Abstract: The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design treatment plans for orthodontic treatments. Treatment templates expressed according to treatment domain-specific protocols may be processed to provide treatment planning software, including automated or real-time treatment planning software, that accommodates treatment preferences of a practitioner and/or patient data relevant to a treatment plan. These methods and systems may be also be useful for planning, designing and producing as series of dental appliances (e.g., aligners).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Adi LEVIN, Anton LAPSHIN, Behnam J. FOROODIAN, Eric P. MEYER, Konstantin TENZIN, Andrey CHEKHONIN, Pavel SOKOLOV, René M. STERENTAL, Jason RAMOS, Evgeniy MALASHKIN, Anna SIVAKOVA
  • Publication number: 20190328488
    Abstract: The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design treatment plans for orthodontic treatments. Treatment templates expressed according to treatment domain-specific protocols may be processed to provide treatment planning software, including automated or real-time treatment planning software, that accommodates treatment preferences of a practitioner and/or patient data relevant to a treatment plan. These methods and systems may be also be useful for planning, designing and producing as series of dental appliances (e.g., aligners).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Adi LEVIN, Anton LAPSHIN, Behnam J. FOROODIAN, Eric P. MEYER, Konstantin TENZIN, Andrey CHEKHONIN, Pavel SOKOLOV, René M. STERENTAL, Jason RAMOS, Evgeniy MALASHKIN, Anna SIVAKOVA
  • Publication number: 20190328489
    Abstract: Method and/or apparatus embodiments for 3-D cephalometric analysis of a patient according to the application can display reconstructed volume image data from a computed tomographic scan of a patient's head including segmented dentition elements having an initial arrangement from one or more 2D/3D views; can compute and display a plurality of cephalometric parameters for the patient according to the reconstructed volume image data; then use the patient specific cephalometric parameters and population biometry data, to identify one or more maxillofacial/dental abnormalities; and compose patient specific treatment plans to correct selected dentition abnormalities using maxillofacial/dental structure, which can be composed in a final tooth arrangement in a final virtual CT volume. One or more aligners can be generated to incrementally move dentition from the initial arrangement to the final tooth arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Sabrina Capron-Richard, Shoupu Chen, Chuanmao Fan, Jacques Faure, Sabastien Henry, Jean-Marc Inglese, Delphine Reynard, Xavier Ripoche, Jacques Treil, Victor C. Wong
  • Publication number: 20190328490
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a composition that safely removes a cured dental cement or resin from metal brackets, metal braces, and enamel surfaces of teeth. It contains eugenol, isoeugenol, methyl-eugenol or an isomer thereof. A method for removing orthodontic fixtures adhered with a dental cement or resin to the enamel surfaces of teeth from these surfaces by contacting the dental cement or resin with a composition containing eugenol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Ahmed Samir Ibrahim BAKRY, Mona Aly ABBASSY, Amal LINJAWI, Ali Habib HASSAN
  • Publication number: 20190328491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a three-dimensional orthodontic retainer (2) and to a method for producing such a retainer (2) in which the three-dimensional orthodontic retainer (2) is matched to the exact shape of the adjacent teeth (3) and is produced from a blank (1) in such a manner that the physical properties of the material of the remaining part of the blank (1) are unchanged in the retainer (2). The method for producing the three-dimensional orthodontic retainer (2) comprises the following method steps: creating a three-dimensional model of the structure of the patient's teeth (3); designing a customised, precisely fitting model of the retainer (2); producing the retainer (2) on the basis of the designed 3D model by computer-controlled deposition or application of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Juerg Hostettler, Jonas Hostettler
  • Publication number: 20190328492
    Abstract: An orthodontic button has a base for bonding attachment to a tooth. A substantially vertical slot extends into the outer face of the button, and divides the button into a smaller lateral segment covering a smaller portion of the base and a larger lateral segment covering a larger portion of the base. A post on the larger lateral segment provides a point of attachment for removably engaging an elastic to the button. Exerting a lateral compressive force on the smaller lateral segment and the larger lateral segment compresses the slot and releases the base from the tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Todd Evan Dickerson
  • Publication number: 20190328493
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing customized ceramic labial/lingual orthodontic brackets by additive manufacturing may comprise measuring dentition data of a profile of teeth of a patient, based on the dentition data, creating a three-dimensional computer-assisted design (3D CAD) model of the patient's teeth, and saving the 3D CAD model, designing a virtual 3D CAD bracket structure model for a single labial or lingual bracket structure based upon said 3D CAD model, importing data related to the 3D CAD bracket structure model into an additive manufacturing machine, and directly producing the bracket with the additive manufacturing machine by layer manufacturing from an inorganic material including at least one of a ceramic, a polymer-derived ceramic, and a polymer-derived metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Griffin, III, Kelsey Petersen
  • Publication number: 20190328494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an equipment and a process for manufacturing orthodontic and/or prosthetic dental devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Sandro Barone, Vincenzo D'Anto, Armando Viviano Razionale
  • Publication number: 20190328495
    Abstract: Provided is a block body that makes it possible to quickly produce a dental prosthesis with a good accuracy. A material of the block body including SiO2 in an amount of 60.0 mass % to 80.0 mass %, Li2O in an amount of 10.0 mass % to 20.0 mass %, Al2O3 in an amount of 5.1 mass % to 10.0 mass %, wherein the block body is formed in a column, and a main crystalline phase of the block body is lithium disilicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiro HOSHINO, Go MASHIO, Tatsuya FUJIMOTO, Masatoshi YOSHINAGA, Hayato YOKOHARA, Daisuke OHTA
  • Publication number: 20190328496
    Abstract: A dual head dental floss pick. The dual head dental floss pick includes a body having a first end opposite a second end, wherein a pair of arms extend orthogonally from the body. A length of floss extends between a distal end of each of the pair of arms and the second end of the body, wherein the first end tapers to terminate in a scraping edge. In some embodiments, a pair of supports extend between the body and the pair of arms to provide additional support thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Clint Massey
  • Publication number: 20190328497
    Abstract: A powered toothbrush includes a handle, a power source disposed in the handle, a head including a cavity disposed at a distal end of the handle, an electrically conducting element disposed in the cavity and electrically connected to the power source, and a movable cleaning element connected to the head and movable relative to the cavity. The movable cleaning element includes a tooth cleaning support member, a tooth cleaning element mounted on the support member, and a ferromagnetic member. Application of an electrical current to the electrically conducting element generates a magnetic field at the electrically conducting element. The magnetic field selectively at least one of attracts and repels the ferromagnetic member to move the movable cleaning element relative to the electrically conducting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrik JOHANSSON, Guofeng XU, Gerald GONTARZ, Robert MOSKOVICH, Daniel WAINLESS
  • Publication number: 20190328498
    Abstract: The invention relates an electrical cleaning and care appliance, pressure alarming method and apparatus for the appliance. Transducer elastic members of the appliance engage in resonance oscillation motion with bending strain characteristics, are symmetrically distributed on the left and right sides of the longitudinal axis (L2) of a drive shaft, and have approximately equal section moduli in bending, approximately equal lengths, approximately equal deflection amplitudes and opposite flexure directions; the angle between the longitudinal axis (L1) of a cleaning element and the normal direction of the transducer elastic member plane is 0° to 60°; the frequency of the alternating current in a drive coil is a fixed value equal to f0max?n, where n is a fixed value in the range of ?0.3(f0max?f0min) to 0.8(f0max?f0min). Therefore, the appliance has a higher mechanical efficiency, a simple structure and a lower cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaoguo DAI, Zhenwu XU
  • Publication number: 20190328499
    Abstract: A novel apparatus to remove a foreign object embedded in an animal's paw is disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, the apparatus has an adhesive base that attaches to the animal's paw. When the animal steps on the apparatus with its paw, the adhesive base gently and painlessly extracts the foreign object from the animal's paw. The adhesive base is separated from the paw with the foreign objects adhere to the adhesive base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Allan Cornell
  • Publication number: 20190328500
    Abstract: A system including: a table assembly for supporting a subject in one or more examination positions; a table support assembly for supporting the table assembly, wherein the table support assembly includes: one or more moving mechanisms controlled to move the table assembly relative to a reference point along one or more axes, and to rotate the table assembly around the one or more axes; and a probe support assembly comprising: a grip for holding a probe; and an arrangement of a plurality of arms and joints controlled to movably support the probe that is held by the grip, wherein the probe support assembly is removably arranged at a predetermined position and orientation relative to the table support assembly to permit movement of the table support assembly and the probe support assembly for reproduction of a position and orientation of the probe relative to the subject supported by the table assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Sam CICHON, Michael E. DUNN
  • Publication number: 20190328501
    Abstract: A tissue compression device is disclosed. The tissue compression device includes a pump (301), a liquid storage chamber (1.5), catheters (2), and a compression device (3). The liquid storage chamber (1.5) is coupled to the pump (301), the liquid storage chamber (1.5) stores fluid of a preset volume, the liquid storage chamber (1.5) communicates with the compression device (3) via the catheters (2), the pump (301) provides power for fluid delivery between the liquid storage chamber (1.5) and the compression device (3), and the compression device (3) is used to nonlinearly compress a tissue wall relative to an axis of a tissue. The tissue compression device has a simple structure, occupies small space, is easy to be implanted, and has low power consumption and a simple operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Yinghao SUN
  • Publication number: 20190328502
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for isolating all three of the left subclavian, left common carotid and brachiocephalic arteries from embolic debris that might flow through the aortic arch, via a single access point. A system may include an elongate flexible tubular sheath, having a proximal end and a distal end, and an inner member extending through the sheath and moveable relative to the sheath. A left subclavian element may be supported by the inner member. A filter membrane may be configured to isolate the aorta from the brachiocephalic, left common carotid and left subclavian arteries when the left subclavian element is expanded within the left subclavian artery and the sheath is retracted to expose the membrane. The left subclavian element may include a self expandable frame, which may carry a left subclavian filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Claret Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Whittaker Ian Hamill, Shih Hsiung Albert Yuan, Antony J. Fields, Cameron Paul Purcell, Daniel Wayne Fifer, James Richard Watson
  • Publication number: 20190328503
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an implanted device that promotes the protection and maintenance of transplanted cells in a host body. The implanted device provides the transplanted cells with a safe, nutritious environment for survival and removes waste products generated by the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Michael J. Dalton, Jordan M. Dalton, Natan A. Pheil
  • Publication number: 20190328504
    Abstract: A method for treating an aneurysm can include inserting a medical device partially in a first artery and partially in a third artery. The device can be expanded radially outwardly from a first, position to a second position to engage an inner surface of the first artery and an inner surface of the third artery, so as to maintain a fluid pathway through said arteries. Further, the device can be positioned such that, when the device is in the second position, a porous membrane of the device is located at a neck of the aneurysm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Leon RUDAKOV, Michael O'CONNOR, Deepak GANDHI
  • Publication number: 20190328505
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preparing a ligament graft for a ligament reconstruction procedure are provided. In general, the described techniques utilize a graft preparation system having a holder and a delivery suture assembly removably coupled thereto. The delivery suture assembly can include a spine coupled with an anchor suture configured to form a self-tightening knot used to position the assembly around a graft and a plurality of suture windings configured to be affixed to the graft when the assembly is deployed. The assembly is delivered to the graft using the holder and the sutures can be affixed to the graft without penetrating therethrough. The spine helps to evenly distribute the load among the windings compressing the graft which are thus are capable of withstanding increased loads. Thus, an improved, simplified, and time- and labor-saving approach to preparing ligament grafts is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Scott A. Woodruff, Mehmet Z. Sengun, Brian D. Busconi, Dean C. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20190328506
    Abstract: A tapered sleeve is provided that includes a lubricating coating on an inner surface. An implant (e.g., a pre-filled silicon breast implant) is introduced into a large end of the sleeve and extruded into a surgical pocket of minimal access incision size through a small-sized end of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin Keller, Judy Jones Senn
  • Publication number: 20190328507
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in implanting intraocular lenses, the apparatus including an axial elongate hollow conduit having first and second ends and defining an intraocular lens injection pathway extending along a longitudinal axis, the axial elongate hollow conduit being formed at the first end with a syringe connector defining a removable syringe mounting location and a pusher element located within the axial elongate hollow conduit between the syringe connector and the second end, at least one of the axial elongate hollow conduit and the pusher element being formed with mutually communicating conduits for enabling viscoelastic material to pass through the syringe connector and the pusher element to a location between the pusher element and the second end of the axial elongate hollow conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Eli Aharoni
  • Publication number: 20190328508
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to intraocular lens systems having a plurality of materials therein, with at least some of the materials having a diffraction pattern therein and an electrically-modifiable index of refraction collectively configured to selectively alter an effective focal length of the intraocular lens system. Methods of modifying a focal length of an intraocular lens system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, John Marshall, Katherine E. Sharadin, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Roberto Zaldivar, Roger Zaldivar
  • Publication number: 20190328509
    Abstract: To realize a toric ophthalmic lens including an edge that makes it possible to design a lens contributing to secondary cataract prevention without deteriorating a degree of freedom of lens design. The toric ophthalmic lens is a toric ophthalmic lens in which, in a top view of an optical portion, a substantially flat portion having a substantially fixed edge thickness of the optical portion is provided to overlap a steep meridian of a toric surface of the optical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Haruo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190328510
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in implanting intraocular lenses, the apparatus including an axial elongate hollow conduit having first and second ends and defining an intraocular lens injection pathway extending along a longitudinal axis, the axial elongate hollow conduit being formed at the first end with a syringe connector defining a removable syringe mounting location and a pusher element located within the axial elongate hollow conduit between the syringe connector and the second end, at least one of the axial elongate hollow conduit and the pusher element being formed with mutually communicating conduits for enabling viscoelastic material to pass through the syringe connector and the pusher element to a location between the pusher element and the second end of the axial elongate hollow conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Eli Aharoni
  • Publication number: 20190328511
    Abstract: A prosthetic venous valve device is disclosed and described, having a valve base including a cylindrical shape with a lumen configured for axial blood flow, the valve base further including an anterograde end and a retrograde end, a pair of flexure pivots coupled to opposite sides of the valve base at the anterograde end, and a pair of leaflets opposingly positioned with respect to one another and each pivotally coupled to one of the pair of flexure pivots, the pair of leaflets being separated from one another in a default open position, wherein the pair of leaflets are structurally configured to pivot from the default open position toward one another to close the prosthetic venous valve to limit retrograde venous blood flow under normal physiologic venous conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Packer, Brian D. Jensen, Anton E. Bowden
  • Publication number: 20190328512
    Abstract: Pinch devices and access systems that can be used to secure a prosthetic heart valve to a heart valve annulus and to treat valvular insufficiency. A pinch device can be a separate expandable element from the prosthetic heart valve that is first advanced to the annulus and deployed, after which an expandable prosthetic heart valve can be advanced to within the annulus and deployed. The two elements can clamp/pinch the heart valve leaflets to hold the prosthetic heart valve in place. The pinch device can have a flexible, expandable annular frame. A combined delivery system can deliver the pinch device and prosthetic heart valve with just a single access point and aid more accurate coaxial deployment. The pinch device can be mounted near distal end of an access sheath, and a catheter for delivering the prosthetic heart valve can be passed through a lumen of the same access sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Hamid Rafi, Russell T. Joseph, Robert Bowes, Uy D. Trinh, Emil Karapetian, Gregory Bak-Boychuk
  • Publication number: 20190328513
    Abstract: A medical implant including an anchor portion including a plurality of arms adapted to engage an internal tissue wall of a body from two opposite faces, wherein the anchor portion is configured such that at least one of the arms does not have an entirely overlapping arm on the other side of the wall and an opening portion adapted to define an opening for blood flow through the internal tissue wall, when the anchor portion engages the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: V-Wave Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamir LEVI, Meir ROSENBERG, Ori BEN-AMOTZ, Yoram ROZY, Eyal BENBENISTI, Roey SHAFRIR, Doron KOPELMAN, Itshak COHEN, Tamar HAREL
  • Publication number: 20190328514
    Abstract: Apparatus (40) for compressing a transcatheter cardiac stent-valve (10) comprises: a hollow channel (42) having an interior surface (50) shaped for progressively compressing the stent-valve in response to longitudinal advancement of the stent-valve within the channel; a driver (46) threadedly engaged on the exterior of the channel for generating a longitudinal driving force in response to rotation; a mover (44) having limbs (56) that project through slots (58) in the channel wall to transmit the driving force to the stent-valve within the channel; and a channel extension (48) removably attachable at the exit (54) to provide a generally cylindrical containment bore (66).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Symetis SA
    Inventors: Jacques Essinger, Stephane Delaloye, Jean-Luc Hefti, Luc Mantanus, Michael Paris
  • Publication number: 20190328515
    Abstract: A heart valve prosthesis for replacing a native mitral valve includes a self-expanding frame with a plurality of anchoring members disposed along the lower region. A valve body is positioned within the self-expanding frame and includes a plurality of leaflets configured to allow blood flow through the self-expanding frame in only one direction. A skirt surrounds the self-expanding frame and is spaced apart therefrom for contacting surrounding tissue and impeding blood flow around the self-expanding frame. The skirt may be reinforced with wires to help maintain a desired shape. The leaflets in the valve body are preferably connected to the self-expanding frame through one or more intermediate components such that the valve body is spaced radially inwardly from an inner surface of the self-expanding frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew A. Peterson, Seung-Beom Yi, Siddharth Vad, Travis Zenyo Oba, Lauren R. Freschauf, Amanda French, Yaron Keidar, Yuanlong Du, Gregory Bak-Boychuk, Kevin M. Golemo, Alexander H. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20190328516
    Abstract: A braided support structure that folds upon release from a delivery device wherein said fold is at least partially effected by varying the pic angle of the braids at locations where the folding is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: HLT, Inc.
    Inventor: Lucas Harder
  • Publication number: 20190328517
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for manufacturing customized cardiovascular devices. In one implementation, patient cardiovascular data for a patient is received at a controller. The patient cardiovascular data is captured using a patient interface. A printing profile for a cardiovascular medical device is received at the controller. A patient specific three-dimensional model of the cardiovascular medical device customized for the patient using the patient cardiovascular data and the printing profile is generated. The patient specific three-dimensional model of the cardiovascular medical device is sliced into a plurality of outlines using the controller. Print instructions based on the plurality of outlines are generated using the controller. A polymeric material is manipulated according to the print instructions into a customized polymeric cardiovascular medical device for the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: David Prawel
  • Publication number: 20190328518
    Abstract: A frame for a prosthetic heart valve includes a plurality of strut members arranged to form an annular main body and coupled together by a plurality of pivot joints. The main body of the frame is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration, and the frame has an inflow end and an outflow end. The frame further includes a plurality of leaflet clamps disposed on the exterior of the main body of the frame and coupled to the strut members. The leaflet clamps are movable between an open position corresponding to the collapsed configuration of the frame and a closed position corresponding to the expanded configuration of the frame. Motion of the main body of the frame between the collapsed configuration and the expanded configuration causes corresponding motion of the leaflet clamps between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Yair A. Neumann
  • Publication number: 20190328519
    Abstract: Prosthetic valves and methods of use of prosthetic valves may be provided. In one implementation, an expandable prosthetic valve may be configured for implantation within a native heart valve. The prosthetic valve may include an expandable outer frame formed at least partially of outer frame struts. The prosthetic valve may also include an inner frame with tissue anchors extending therefrom, the inner frame being formed at least partially of inner frame struts. The struts along the downstream ends of the outer and inner frames may be arranged in undulating configurations to extend between peaks and troughs. A trough of the outer frame may be configured to be situated downstream from a peak of the inner frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
    Inventors: Ilia HARITON, Boaz HARARI
  • Publication number: 20190328520
    Abstract: A holder for a prosthetic heart valve may include a hub having an outer surface extending about a longitudinal axis, a commissure support extending downward from the hub, and a plurality of legs extending outward from the hub in radial directions, each leg having a foot extending in a longitudinal direction. Each foot may have two channels on its outer surface, each channel extending from a closed end at a spaced distance from the bottom of the foot to an open end at the bottom of the foot, and two suture holes each spaced apart from the bottom of the foot and extending between the inner surface and the outer surface of the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Kaleta
  • Publication number: 20190328521
    Abstract: An embolic material blocking catheter includes a handle assembly, an elongated element having a lumen, and a deployable embolic material blocking element. The embolic material blocking catheter is configured to accommodate insertion of a treatment catheter into the lumen to position a treatment device distal to the embolic material blocking element for administering a treatment at a treatment site and/or convey embolic material blocked by the embolic material blocking element for extraction from the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Groh
  • Publication number: 20190328522
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a catheter system for introducing a heart valve stent into the body of a patient. The catheter system includes a catheter tip having a seat portion for accommodating the stent in its collapsed state and a stent holder for releasably fixing the stent, wherein the seat portion is constituted by a first sleeve and a second sleeve, said sleeves being moveable relative to each other and relative to the stent holder, and a catheter shaft for connecting the catheter tip to a handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: JENAVALVE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Helmut STRAUBINGER, Arnulf MAYER, Johannes JUNG
  • Publication number: 20190328523
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example system for delivering an implantable medical device includes an outer shaft and an inner catheter, each having a proximal end, a distal portion and a lumen extending therein, wherein the inner catheter extends within a portion of the outer shaft lumen. The system also includes an actuation shaft extending within a portion of the inner catheter lumen, wherein a distal end of the actuation shaft is coupled to the implantable medical device. The system also includes a guidewire shaft extending within a portion of the inner catheter lumen and a coupling component including a distal end region, a proximal end region and a length, wherein the actuation shaft and the guidewire shaft are coupled to the coupling component such that actuation of the coupling component translates the actuation shaft and the tubular guidewire shaft simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Robert Poppe, Daniel J. Foster, Christopher Jay Scheff, Bradley S. Swehla
  • Publication number: 20190328524
    Abstract: A heart valve prosthesis is proposed, including a housing, at least one leaflet installed within the housing, at least one sensor and/or valve performance monitoring device. The sensor and/or monitoring device is built into the housing and/or leaflet. In an embodiment, the housing and/or leaflet has an oscillating circuit including an inductor coil connected to the sensor and/or monitoring device. One such coil can be built into the housing, and another coil can be built into the leaflet. In another embodiment, one coil can be built into a first leaflet, and another coil can be built into a second leaflet, wherein the sensor and/or monitoring device determines a degree of opening/closing the leaflets by measuring inductive interconnection between the coils, and operation timing characteristics of the valve. In an embodiment, the valve may include an emission sensor disposed within the leaflet and/or housing capable of detecting the valve's open/closed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander V. Samkov, Dmitry V. Cherkesov, Anton D. Solodukhi
  • Publication number: 20190328525
    Abstract: A prosthetic mitral valve includes an anchor assembly, a strut frame, and a plurality of replacement leaflets secured to the annular strut frame. The anchor assembly includes a ventricular anchor, an atrial anchor, and a central portion therebetween. The ventricular anchor and the atrial anchor are configured to flare radially outwards relative to the central portion. The annular strut frame is disposed radially within the anchor assembly and is attached to the anchor assembly. The central portion is configured to align with a native valve orifice and the ventricular anchor and the atrial anchor are configured to compress native cardiac tissue therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Spencer Noe, Dan Wallace, Jonathan Oakden
  • Publication number: 20190328526
    Abstract: Methods and devices for transvascular prosthetic chordae tendinea implantation are disclosed. A catheter is advanced into the left atrium. From an atrium side, the catheter can be anchored to a superior surface of a mitral valve leaflet and a leaflet anchor can be advanced into the mitral valve leaflet to secure the mitral valve leaflet to a leaflet suture. A ventricular anchor is anchored to the wall of the ventricle to secure the ventricular wall to a ventricle suture. The leaflet suture and the ventricle suture may be tensioned and connected by a suture lock to form an artificial chordae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Cameron Paul Purcell, Gordon B. Bishop, Erik Griswold, Stephen McDaniel, Trung Ho Pham