Patents Issued in March 17, 2020
  • Patent number: 10588762
    Abstract: Implantable device embodiments, such as stents, and particularly esophageal stents, formed of a scaffolding structure are disclosed. The scaffolding structure is formed of one or more strand elements arranged in a braided pattern. A covering may coat the scaffolding structure. A valve can be secured to the scaffolding structure and/or the covering. Anti-migration features may be formed by bends in the one or more strand elements. The bends forming the anti-migration features protrude outwardly away from an outer surface of the implantable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Darla Gill, Zeke Eller, Rich Snider, Trent Clegg
  • Patent number: 10588763
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for the prevention of stroke. Devices and systems hereof comprise stents configured to fit within at least part of an artery extending from an aortic arch, and at least one component comprising struts for diverting emboli from entering an artery when the component is positioned at or near its ostium. The stents and the deflection component(s) are coupled in a linked configuration. Additionally, a retrieval system and methods of using the same are provided, the retrieval system comprising a sleeve catheter and a retrieval device slidably disposed therein. The distal end of the retrieval device comprises an attachment portion configured to engage a device positioned within an artery extending from the aortic arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CVDevices, LLC
    Inventors: Ghassan S. Kassab, Hyo Won Choi, Jose A. Navia, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10588764
    Abstract: A stent includes a high radial force segment and a highly flexible segment, where the diameters of the high radial force segment and the highly flexible segment are substantially the same. The stent may further be placed with an additional stent segment, where the additional stent segment has a radial force similar to the radial force of the highly flexible force segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Vesper Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Longo, William James Harrison
  • Patent number: 10588765
    Abstract: An intraluminal prosthesis includes a stent architecture having a series of stent elements repeating along a circumferential axis. One series of stent elements includes v-shaped stent elements having at least four different orientations, and V-shaped stent elements connecting adjacent v-shaped stent elements. One series of stent elements includes R-shaped stent elements having at least four different orientations, and U-shaped stent elements having at least two different orientations, the U-shaped stent elements connecting adjacent R-shaped stent elements. Adjacent series of stent elements can be connected by connectors. Portions of the stent elements may narrow in width along a length thereof. The stent architecture may include radiopaque element receiving members. The stent architecture may be formed by machining a metal or polymer tube. The intraluminal prosthesis may include one or more graft layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrzej J. Chanduszko
  • Patent number: 10588766
    Abstract: A steerable intravascular anchor comprises an anchor portion that is steerable to a position and then pinned thereto by an external device protruding through the superficial temporal artery. The pin is steered through the skin into the anchor under, for example, by fluoroscopic guidance. The anchor portion, in one embodiment, may have a figure-eight shape, and that comprises two wires, each wire forming a ring. The rings may be located in the same plane or at an angle with respect to one other. Alternatively, the anchor portion comprises a plurality of wires, each wire forming a ring, each ring being connected to at least one other ring. It will be appreciated that other wire shapes may be used, including loops, triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and the like, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: RAM MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Mubin I. Syed
  • Patent number: 10588767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stent (12) to be positioned in the bifurcation/branching (14) of a blood vessel (16), wherein the stent (12) is composed of a plurality of meshes (10) and has a distal (18) and a proximal end (20), characterized in that the stent is provided with a retaining element (22) that passes through oppositely arranged meshes (10) at the proximal end (20) of the stent (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Bentley InnoMed GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Kaspar
  • Patent number: 10588768
    Abstract: Valve assemblies for use with expandable devices that are positioned within remote cavities and more particularly relates to the catheters/conduits used to inflate these devices with fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Allurion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Nelson, Matthew J. Lapinski, Bruce A. Horwitz, Samuel Moss, Samuel Chadwick
  • Patent number: 10588769
    Abstract: A novel caloric bypass device that is inserted through the oral cavity and into the digestive tract of a human is disclosed. The device is deliverable as either a unitary or modular structure that preferentially directs a significant volume of the high calorie fluidic components of the chyme through the digestive tract, preventing exposure to the absorptive tissues of the digestive tract and, in some forms, stimulates negative feedback to the patient when simple sugars and carbohydrates are consumed. Also disclosed is a novel method of reducing or restricting caloric intake using this device to prevent or minimize contact with the absorptive tissues of the digestive tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Rousseau, Kevin Shaun Weadock
  • Patent number: 10588770
    Abstract: A versatile orthopedic device is arranged to convert between ligament and osteoarthritis treatment, and to accommodate a variety of leg anatomies. The orthopedic device is preferably configured as a double-upright brace indicating struts, frame component sections and associated hinges preferably intended to be along both medial and lateral sides of a wearer's leg. A strap kit with an unloading strap system may be added to the orthopedic device for conversion into an orthopedic device for osteoarthritis relief.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: OSSUR HF
    Inventors: Derek Brookover, Jared Olivo
  • Patent number: 10588771
    Abstract: Wearable support structure assists in at least partly relieving a human body during leaning or bending over includes a frame. The frame has a chest support for bearing upon a chest of the human body, pivoting arrangements for pivoting the support structure in correspondence with the leaning or bending or the human body, and two elongated stays connected to the chest support. The stays extend substantially alongside opposite sides of the human body and connect to the pivoting arrangements. stays are resilient stays arranged such that they are in a stretched state corresponding with an upright position of the human body when being unloaded, and arranged to be biased back to the stretched state when being bent into a bent state corresponding with a leaning or bending position of the human body. The structure further includes a lumbar support and a thigh support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Laevo B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Martinus Holscher, Bastiaan Bartjan Maat, Robert Huitema, Boudewijn Martin Wisse
  • Patent number: 10588772
    Abstract: A therapeutic bandage/dressing/covering for use with a human penis fitted with a catheter that extends from a human's bladder through, and beyond the opening from the penis glans, is placed over the distal end of the penis, including the glans, and onto the surface of the catheter where the catheter protrudes from the glans. The covering surface that lies against the skin of the penis, penis glans, and the distal opening in the penis, may be padded, flexible or, rigid, and, optionally, medicated and/or lubricated, to minimize skin abrasion and promote cleanliness/sterility of the glans, the contiguous penis shaft, and other delicate penile tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Francis Bright, Robert M. Freed
  • Patent number: 10588773
    Abstract: The present invention is a drainable ostomy pouch having a closure system that includes a resealable press and seal material. The material facilitates closing and opening of the ostomy pouch outlet. A space between the comfort panel and the pouch material can accommodate the closure system or at least a portion of the closure system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Mingliang Lawrence Tsai, Tinh Nguyen-DeMary
  • Patent number: 10588774
    Abstract: A urine collection device can collect urine excreted from the body while protecting the skin from contact with the urine. The urine collection device includes a urine collection container having an upper opening, a lower opening, a reservoir extending between the upper opening and the lower opening, a one-way valve selectively covering the lower opening, a waistband, a plurality of upper connection straps connected to an upper portion of the urine collection container and the waist band, first and second thigh loops, a plurality of lower connection straps, and first and second storage containers. Each lower connection strap is connected to a respective thigh loop and a lower portion of the urine collection container. The bypass unit is connected to the urine collection container and the first and second storage containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Ali R. A. A. Alhaqqan
  • Patent number: 10588775
    Abstract: The external male catheter is designed to be attached to a drain tube of a standard catheter, with the catheter being non-invasive of the penis. The catheter includes a base secured to the pelvic area of a wearer, the base having a central opening for accommodating a penis. Connected to the base is a sheath for housing the penis, one end of the sheath adjacent the base and a second end of the sheath extending beyond the glans of the penis. The central opening and the sheath have complementary attachment components whereby the sheath may be attached to the base. The sheath includes an opening and attachment means for attaching the sheath to a drain tube. In the preferred embodiment of the invention a second sheath is disposed outboard of the first sheath and secured to the base in a similar manner. This protects the first sheath and penis from contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Acosta Medical Group
    Inventor: Fred Acosta
  • Patent number: 10588776
    Abstract: Improved systems, methods, and devices for treating sleep apnea are provided herein. In one aspect, an intraoral appliance for treating sleep apnea in a patient comprises an appliance shell comprising a plurality of cavities shaped to receive teeth of a jaw of the patient. The appliance shell can comprise an advancement structure arranged to interact with an opposing jaw of the patient so as to displace the lower jaw anteriorly relative to the upper jaw. The plurality of cavities can comprise cavity geometries shaped to reduce repositioning of one or more received teeth elicited by displacement of the lower jaw anteriorly relative to the upper jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Cam, Crystal Tjhia, Chunhua Li, Vadim Matov, John Morton
  • Patent number: 10588777
    Abstract: An intrauterine device (20) with a restricted movement of a knot (5) of the string (4) due to a region (3) having such differed shape and size at a distal end (12) of central vertical stem (1) and due to a trajectory for string (4) in the region (3) that the length of the string (S) is shorter than the distance (r) of the region (3); and the loop (15) of the string and therefore the knot (5) is unable to pivot around the axis (14) . The lateral shift of the knot (5) is also prevented. Consequent to restricted pivoting and restricted lateral shift of the knot (5), the hanging portion (9) of the string (4) continue to project downwards and do NOT develop tendency to get retracted and thus do not curl up in the uterus (16) through the cervix (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Pregna International Limited
    Inventors: Ajit Raje, Usha Kumar
  • Patent number: 10588778
    Abstract: A thermal control unit for controlling the temperature of a patient includes a fluid circulation channel with an inlet and outlet, a first heat exchanger, a controller, and a cartridge receptacle. The controller controls the first heat exchanger to adjust the temperature of the circulating fluid toward a desired temperature. The cartridge receptacle is adapted to receive a cartridge having a second heat exchanger and to allow fluid to flow from the cartridge into the fluid circulation channel of the thermal control unit. The cartridge may include a vacuum chamber and a coolant whereby the expansion of the coolant into the vacuum chamber cools the fluid in the cartridge. Flow of the coolant in the vacuum chamber may be automatically initiated upon insertion of the cartridge into the cartridge receptacle, or by other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory S. Taylor, Christopher John Hopper, Roy E. Holmberg, III
  • Patent number: 10588779
    Abstract: A system and method are provided that employ a monitoring device to monitor at least one patient physiological response to a change in temperature of the patient (e.g. pursuant to induced hypothermia therapy), wherein a monitoring signal is provided by the monitoring device. In turn, an output (e.g. a visual and/or auditory output) may be provided to a user indicative of at least one measure of patient response to the change in temperature. Alternatively or additionally, a processor may be provided to process the monitoring signal and provide an output employable by medical personnel to control a patient shivering response to the patient temperature change. Such information may comprise information regarding one or more anti-shivering medicament(s), e.g. corresponding dosage and/or frequency information for use by medical personnel in the administration of the anti-shivering medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Medivance Incorporated
    Inventors: Marc Voorhees, Gary A. Carson, Gary Gruszecki
  • Patent number: 10588780
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for implanting an intraocular lens into an eye are described. For example, an intraocular lens injector may include a plunger and an injector body that includes an insertion depth guard and a nozzle extending therefrom. The insertion depth guard is disposed at a distal end of the injector body to limit a distance that the nozzle penetrates the eye. The intraocular lens injector may also include a biasing element configured to generate a counterforce to distal movement of the plunger through the injector rod. An example intraocular lens injector may include a biasing element to produce a counterforce that opposes advancement of the plunger through the injector body. The counterforce provides for a more continuous advancement of the plunger while reducing or substantially eliminating abrupt changes in the rate at which the plunger is advanced through the injector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Van Noy, David Anthony Downer, Kyle Brown, Yinghui Wu
  • Patent number: 10588781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ophthalmic treatment device and a method of operating same, and provides an ophthalmic treatment device and a method of operating same, the device comprising: a treatment beam generating unit for generating a treatment beam; a beam delivery unit for forming a path through which the treatment beam generated by the treatment beam generating unit travels to a treatment region disposed in a fundus; a monitoring unit for irradiating a detecting beam along the path through which the treatment beam travels, and detecting information of the state of the treatment region based on interference information on the detecting beam reflected from the treatment region; and a controller for controlling the operation of the treatment beam generating unit based on information on the state of the treatment region detected by the monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: LUTRONIC VISION INC
    Inventors: Jong Min Kim, Tae Ho Ha
  • Patent number: 10588782
    Abstract: A prosthesis has a tubular body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending through the tubular body and open at each of the proximal end and the distal end. The tubular body defines a longitudinal axis and has a first width in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The prosthesis also includes a first flange at one of the proximal end and the distal end with the lumen extending through the first flange. The first flange has a second width in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis that is greater than the first width. The tubular body and the first flange form a structurally self-supporting, body compatible, and body absorbable device. The device is formed of a composite structure and is adapted for insertion into an opening through a tympanic membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Sandra M. Skovlund
  • Patent number: 10588783
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for inkjet printing including printing graphics on an absorbent article component, comprising the steps of: providing one or more printheads; providing a substrate extending in a machine direction, the substrate comprising a first surface and an opposing second surface and defining a width in a cross direction; advancing the substrate in the machine direction past the one or more printheads; ejecting one or more inks from the one or more printheads onto the first surface of the substrate to define a graphic of a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images not being identical to another; wherein the distribution of each of the plurality of images printed on the substrate are not all equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: John Andrew Strasemeier
  • Patent number: 10588784
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an absorbent web includes moving a foraminous member in a machine direction. The foraminous member has at least one masking plate with a partitioned area including at least one partition defining a plurality of segments. The method further includes drawing air through the foraminous member and depositing fibrous material onto the foraminous member to form an absorbent web. The absorbent web has a bridged area with a reduced basis weight corresponding to the partitioned area of the masking plate. The bridged area has vertical interfaces separating web segments and fibrous material at least partly bridging the vertical interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Joseph DeGrave, Michael Barth Venturino, Michael John Niemeyer
  • Patent number: 10588785
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to folding methods and apparatuses that operate to fold an advancing substrate in the cross direction along a central region to bring a second end region into a facing relationship with a first end region. In some embodiments, the second end region of the advancing substrate is folded around a folding axis 180° to bring the second end region into a facing relationship with the first end region. The folding axis may also be defined by an arc extending in the machine direction MD, wherein the second end region of the advancing substrate is helically folded toward the inside of the arc. A folding apparatus including a curved or arc-shaped folding axis may also be configured such the first and second web paths have substantially equal lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Todd Douglas Lenser, Mark David Whaley
  • Patent number: 10588786
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a field of microwave energy for the processing of a material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an elongate chamber having a longitudinal axis, a first microwave transmitting device radiatingly coupled to the elongate chamber at a first position, and a second microwave transmitting device radiatingly coupled to the elongate chamber at a second position. The first microwave transmitting device is oriented so that a first portion of the microwave energy is directed toward the longitudinal axis. The second microwave transmitting device is disposed so that a second portion of the microwave energy is directed toward the longitudinal axis. The second microwave transmitting device is coupled to the elongate chamber at a position relative to the longitudinal axis that ranges from about 30 degrees to about 150 degrees relative to the position of the first microwave transmitting device relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Dale Trennepohl, Albert Hill Mandell, Kevin Charles Strong
  • Patent number: 10588787
    Abstract: A method and an incontinence monitoring system for estimating a volume or a volume range of a bodily output in a combination absorbent article and wetness sensor. The system comprises a combination of an absorbent article and a wetness sensor, and a processor adapted to receive an input representative of an electrical variable of the wetness sensor indicative of the occurrence of a bodily output in the absorbent article and to process the input including: characterising the input to generate a vector that is representative of the bodily output, applying one or more functions to the vector to generate one or more possible volumes of the bodily output, generating a distribution of the possible volumes, and determining a volume or a volume range for the bodily output based on the distribution of the possible volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Fred Bergman Healthcare Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Hadi Mashin-Chi, Mehdi Azimi, Anushiya Arunachalam Kannan
  • Patent number: 10588788
    Abstract: A protective perineal pad for use in lower limb procedures includes a wedge-shaped body having a top, a bottom, opposed sides, and a front and opposed back. A cavity extends into the body from a flat seat at the top, so that, when the pad is used with a patient, the cavity is disposed over a perineal area of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Marquez, Lance Echols, Ryan Zahn
  • Patent number: 10588789
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The leg gasketing system may also include a leg gasketing system pocket with an opening on an inboard longitudinal edge of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Andrew James Suaer, Aaron Duane Seitz
  • Patent number: 10588790
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The leg gasketing system may also include a leg gasketing system pocket with an opening on an inboard longitudinal edge of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Andrew James Sauer, Aaron Duane Seitz
  • Patent number: 10588791
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Zachary Aaron Freije, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Donald Carroll Roe, Andrew James Sauer, Christopher Erin Kiger, Sara Lyn Giovanni
  • Patent number: 10588792
    Abstract: An absorbent core assembly for use in a product for absorbing a liquid is disclosed. The core assembly has a first section and a second section. The first section is a quilted porous material that contains a slow acting but high absorption capacity SAP therein. The, second section is a quilted porous material that contains a fast acting but lower absorption capacity SAP therein. The first and second sections are in fluid communication with each other, whereupon a liquid which is exposed to the core assembly flows through the first section to the fast acting SAP in the second section to be absorbed quickly and rapidly by the fast acting SAP therein, while the slow acting SAP desorbs or takes liquid away from the fast acting SAP as well as absorbing the liquid itself to thereby trap the liquid in the core assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Absorbent Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald A. Sheldon, Joseph Howard, William Terenzoni
  • Patent number: 10588793
    Abstract: A disposable urine trap in the form of a foldable pad that envelops the male genitalia and closes around the organ to form a barrier that prevents urine from escaping the trap. The pad includes an asymmetric pair of wings that are separated by a gap and attached to the main body of the pad. The first wing is preferably rectangular in that the distal angles are substantially right angles with parallel side edges and a perpendicular distal edge, and has a length that exceeds a length of a second wing, which is terminates so that the distal edge of the second wing is angled to form an obtuse and an acute angle with respect to its generally parallel sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: EZ Male Pads, Incorporated
    Inventor: Lorna Mateo Lumaque-Steeman
  • Patent number: 10588794
    Abstract: An elastic panel for use in an absorbent article including a first nonwoven web layer, a second nonwoven web layer and an elastomeric film layer disposed between the first and second nonwoven layers. At least one of the first and second nonwoven web layers includes at least one group of folded portions. Each folded portion includes a first fold line and a second fold line so that the folded portion is divided into a proximal section, a distal section and a medial section disposed between the proximal and distal sections. The proximal section is directly attached to the elastomeric film layer and the medial and distal sections are not directly attached to the elastomeric film layer so that the folded portions extend to allow the web panel to stretch elastically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: First Quality Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierluigi Cappellini
  • Patent number: 10588795
    Abstract: A manual wheelchair including a collapsible frame having a first lateral member that is connected to first and second braces at their respective first ends. A drive wheel axel extends along a first axis of rotation and engages a drive wheel, the first brace, and a portion of a transmission. A push rim axel extends along a second axis of rotation and engages a push rim wheel, the second brace, and a portion of the transmission, which transmits rotation of the push rim to rotation of the drive wheel. The collapsible frame additionally includes a second lateral member that is connected to the first and second braces as their respective second ends. The first and second braces are configured to release the second lateral member to collapse the manual wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs, Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Andrew H. Hansen, Gary D. Goldish
  • Patent number: 10588796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for coupling an auxiliary element to a wheelchair, said auxiliary element being of the type used to convert a wheelchair into a chair in the form of a tricycle or similar, said system comprising a coupling bar for coupling an auxiliary element and a coupling accessory for coupling an auxiliary element, such that the means for coupling the coupling bar can be fitted into the coupling accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Batec Mobility, .L.
    Inventor: Pablo Alejandro Bach Castillo
  • Patent number: 10588797
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a wheelchair configured to reposition an occupant between a lowered and a raised position. The wheelchair can include a frame, a seat moveable relative to the frame, a drive wheel, and one or more pairs of arm assemblies. The arm assembly includes a wheel configured to move from a first spatial location when the wheel chair is operating on flat, level ground to a second spatial location that is different than the first spatial location. Arm limiters can selectively engage the arm assembly based on at least one of a seat position, position of the arm assembly and surface conditions of ground surface. The arm limiters can limit the range of motion of the arm assembly and sometimes other operational aspects of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Pride Mobility Products Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Mulhern, Stephen J. Antonishak
  • Patent number: 10588798
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing seat lifting. In various embodiments, a seat lifter might include one or more first pistons, one or more second pistons, and a seat portion. The one or more first pistons, when actuated (e.g., in response to user input), might cause a rear portion of the seat portion to lift relative to a front portion of the seat portion, the rear portion of the seat portion being lifted by a first height above a seat to which the seat lifter is affixed. The one or more second pistons, when actuated, might cause the front portion of the seat portion to lift by a second height above the seat, the second height being less than the first height. In some instances, the first pistons and the second pistons might be actuated serially (in either order), or might be actuated concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen Latham
  • Patent number: 10588799
    Abstract: A shower stretcher assembly (10) includes a frame (22) which supports a platform (20) consisting of three mattress support panels (50-54), and a headboard (16) and foot board (18). The support panels (50-54) define a back rest section (30), a seat section (31) and a foot section (32). The seat section (31) is of flexible material to more closely conform to the shape of a person lying thereon. The stretcher assembly (10) is provided with side barriers (68) at each head and foot end, the side barriers (68) arranged to move between a raised vertical position, a raised position extending outwards from the frame, and a lowered position in which they lie alongside the frame so as to be below the level of the mattress of the stretcher. The side barriers present substantially vertical walls to accommodate a water-resistant mattress with side walls (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Arjo IP Holding AB
    Inventors: Bodil Akesson, Kajsa Haraldsson, Andreas Thomasson, Mats Edberg, Richard Nilsson
  • Patent number: 10588800
    Abstract: An apparatus for turning and positioning a patient includes a sheet having a top and a bottom surface, a first handle coupled to the sheet proximate a first side edge, and a second handle coupled to the sheet proximate a second side edge, opposite the first side edge. A first portion of the sheet is configured to be placed underneath a patient and a second portion of the sheet is configured to be wrapped on top of the patient. The first handle and the second handle are longitudinally offset such that when the first handle and the second handle are pulled across one another, the first side edge is positioned beneath the second handle and the second side edge is positioned beneath the first handle. Pulling the first handle across the second handle and across the top of the patient rolls the patient onto the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Hester C. Fletcher, Daniel Robert Ulreich, Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis
  • Patent number: 10588801
    Abstract: A central bed having a longitudinal bed frame and a bed section mounted to the frame for rotation about a substantially vertical axis between a home position aligned with the bed frame and an away position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Daniel R. Tekulve
  • Patent number: 10588802
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a support surface, and a sensor. The frame and the support surface cooperate to support a patient. The sensor is coupled to one of the frame and the support surface and is configured to provide an input signal indicative of usage of the support surface by the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal Wiggermann, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Timothy J. Receveur, Joshua A. Williams, Rachel L. Williamson, David L. Bedel
  • Patent number: 10588803
    Abstract: A person support apparatus comprises a lower frame, an upper frame, a drive structure, and a control system. The upper frame is movably supported above the lower frame. The drive structure is coupled to the upper frame and configured to selectively engage a surface to, when activated, propel the person support apparatus along the surface. The control system is configured to determine an engagement status of the drive structure with the surface and trigger a response based on the engagement status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh Kumar Thodupunuri, Brian Guthrie, John G. Byers
  • Patent number: 10588804
    Abstract: A retractable structure of a suspension rack of a handbarrow for carrying patients is disclosed herein. It mainly comprises a pedestal, two supporting rods disposed at one end of the pedestal for opening and closing, a main rod having a first end disposed at the other end of the pedestal and a second end, and a retractable structure of a suspension rack connected to the second end of the main rod and having a fixed tube, an active tube, a power source and a control assembly. The power source is disposed within the fixed tube and the active tube and driven to control extension and shrinkage of the active tube by the control assembly activated by a press button of the active tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apex Health Care Mfg., Inc.
    Inventor: Chi-Tzung Huang
  • Patent number: 10588805
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low profile rolling support assembly useful for supporting loads above a supporting surface where at least one end of the rolling support assembly is positionable beneath a structure having minimal clearance above the supporting surface. The rolling support assembly includes a load bearing member and a caster assembly containing a wheel where the load bearing member extends laterally away from the caster assembly at substantially the same height or less as the caster assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Handicare USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Grow
  • Patent number: 10588806
    Abstract: A spreader bar assembly includes first and second spreader bars and a coupling member that extends between the two spreader bars and holds them together. The spreader bars are pivotally coupled to the connecting member and are able to pivot with respect to the connecting member in a single direction only. The connecting member may be a telescopic structure with a rod and cylinder and is able to extend and contract in length. Also, there may be rotation within the spreader bar, in the example, rotation of the rod within the cylinder. This enables the spreader bar assembly to accommodate loading differences from one side of a spreader bar to the other. The structure enables two spreader bars to be manipulated together, reducing the risk of injury to a patient or caregiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ArjoHuntleigh Magog Inc.
    Inventors: Denis-Alexandre Brulotte, Martin Faucher, François Arès
  • Patent number: 10588807
    Abstract: An incubator comprising a mattress tray and a plurality of baby guards surrounding a vicinity of an outer periphery of the mattress tray, wherein: a first baby guard from out of the plurality of baby guards includes a grommet; the first baby guard is detachably attached to a first attachment location installed at a vicinity of the outer periphery of the mattress tray; a second baby guard from out of the plurality of baby guards is detachably attached to a second attachment location installed at a vicinity of the outer periphery of the mattress tray; and the first baby guard is detachable from the first attachment location and attachable to the second attachment location, and the second baby guard is detachable from the second attachment location and attachable to the first attachment location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ATOM MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Wakabayashi, Masato Honda, Yutaka Sekiguchi, Ichiro Matsubara, Terumi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 10588808
    Abstract: A stabilization system configured to be arranged on a floor comprising a table having generally flat surface having a longitudinal axis for receiving a human body having a first hole, a second hole, and third hole within the flat surface, each hole having a hole shape with a generally vertical inner surface and configured to receive a bolster connector, a bolster comprising a bolster connector ‘having an outer shape corresponding to the hole shape, the bolster connector configured to be reversibly engaged by one of the holes, a generally flat surface generally perpendicular to the table surface when the bolster connector is engaged by one of the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Wheeler
  • Patent number: 10588809
    Abstract: Catheterization employing a cable extending from the catheter to a fixed point of attachment is performed by providing a sensor to detect rotation of the catheter about its longitudinal axis, the rotation causing the cable to form a twist. The cable extends through a cable arranger that operates to remove the twist. A controller receives signals from the sensor and generates control signals to actuate the cable arranger responsively to the signals from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Yoav Lichtenstein, Dudu Haimovich, Roee Haimovich
  • Patent number: 10588810
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing traction to the lower back, where in one embodiment, a lumbar traction device has a back support, a base and a movable support structure connected between the base and the underside of the back support. The support structure enables the back support to move with respect to the base. When a user lies on the lumbar traction device, the user's weight causes the back support to move with respect to the base to apply tension to the user's back. The back support may have two separate portions on which the upper and lower back rest. The two portions of the back support move in opposite directions to provide traction on the back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kelley Brown, Mark L. Berrier
  • Patent number: 10588811
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a gearbox assembly for a medical assist device having a motor assembly and a leg support is provided. The gearbox assembly includes a worm configured to be operably coupled to the motor assembly, and a worm gear meshingly engaged with the worm. The worm gear is configured to be operably coupled to the leg support, and the worm and the worm gear are configured to transfer rotary motion from the motor assembly to the leg support upon initiation of a force applied to the leg support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel C. Simon, Patrik M. Ryne