Patents Issued in March 17, 2020
  • Patent number: 10589013
    Abstract: A mechanical circulatory support system includes an implantable blood pump, an implantable prosthetic rib assembly, and an implantable drive cable. The prosthetic rib assembly includes a prosthetic rib segment and a percutaneous electrical connector mounted to the prosthetic rib segment. The prosthetic rib segment is configured to be mounted to a patient's rib in place of a resected segment of the patient's rib. The electrical connector includes a skin interface portion configured to interface with an edge of a skin aperture through the patient's skin. The electrical connector is configured to expose a connection port of the electrical connector via the skin aperture. The implantable power cable is connected with or configured to be connected with each of the blood pump and the percutaneous electrical connector for transferring electric power received by the percutaneous electrical connector to the blood pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: TCI LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Bourque
  • Patent number: 10589014
    Abstract: A medical fluid delivery system in one embodiment includes: a first medical fluid delivery machine configured to generate a first message for remote transmission to a first patient or caregiver indicating (i) that the first medical fluid delivery machine is ready to perform a task or (ii) a preprogrammed time for the first medical fluid delivery machine to perform a task; and a second medical fluid delivery machine configured to generate a second message for remote transmission to a second patient or caregiver indicating (i) that the second medical fluid delivery machine is ready to perform a task or (ii) a preprogrammed time for the second medical fluid delivery machine to perform a task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventor: Christopher Daniel Gassman
  • Patent number: 10589015
    Abstract: An artificial lung including a housing having a circular outer wall being enclosed by a first surface and a second surface to define an interior volume, a blood inlet port to permit inlet flow of blood to the housing, a blood outlet port to permit outlet flow of the blood from the housing, a gas inlet port to permit inlet flow of a gas to the housing, a gas outlet port to permit outlet flow of the gas from the housing, and a plurality of baffles concentrically disposed within the housing. The baffles are positioned to define a flow path between the blood inlet port and the blood outlet port. Each of the baffles includes a gate opening to permit flow of the blood along the flow path. A fiber bundle is disposed between the baffles within the flow create mixing and improve gas exchange efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Robert H. Bartlett, Joseph L. Bull, Uditha Piyumindri Fernando
  • Patent number: 10589016
    Abstract: A system or method includes an infusion apparatus controllable to provide a fluid flow from a replaceable fluid dispenser at a set flow rate. The infusion apparatus may be commanded to operate on a replacement fluid dispenser to provide one or more boluses of the plurality of boluses into an infusion line. If the infusion apparatus is not being prevented (e.g., by system back pressure or frictional forces) from delivering the one or more boluses then the infusion apparatus may be controlled to deliver a plurality of boluses at a set flow rate. If the infusion apparatus is being prevented from delivering the one or more boluses then the infusion apparatus may be controlled to pressure prime the replacement fluid dispenser by accelerating one or more commands to the infusion apparatus to deliver one or more boluses into the infusion line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventor: Daniel Ruhland
  • Patent number: 10589017
    Abstract: A package for a multi-component medical device is disclosed. The package includes a bottom portion with cavities providing individual access to different components of the medical device, thereby enabling a user to remove components from the package in any order without disturbing the remaining component or components. The package also includes a barrier affixed to the bottom portion for sealing the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Matthew Morrison, Joshua David Horvath, James Sullivan, Stephen Lynn Richards, Victor Politis
  • Patent number: 10589018
    Abstract: A multi-dose disposable fluid delivery system includes at least one fluid container, a multi-use fluid path set, and a plurality of single-use fluid path sets. The at least one fluid container has a connection port configured for fluidly connecting with a first end of the multi-use fluid path set. The second end of the multi-fluid path set is configured for fluidly connecting to a fluid injection apparatus. The plurality of single-use fluid path sets is connected in sequence to define a fluid path extending from a first single-use fluid path set to a last single- use fluid path set. Each of the plurality single-use fluid path sets has a first end and a second end. The first end of the first single-use fluid path set is configured for connecting to a delivery line. The second end of the last single-use fluid path set is configured for connecting to the injection apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Arthur E. Uber, III, Ralph H. Schriver, Barry L. Tucker, James A. Dedig
  • Patent number: 10589019
    Abstract: An IV line identification system to enable ready identification of an IV line and its associated fluid source and output and to enable distinguishing the IV line from other IV lines and their fluid sources and outputs. The IV line identification system includes a first light source and a second light source communicatively coupled to one another via a wireless connection. The light sources are configured such that when one is activated so as to generate a light signal, the other is automatically activated to generate a corresponding light signal. Each light source may be placed on opposite ends of an IV line to enable ready identification of each end of the same IV line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MJ Stewart Investments
    Inventors: Wayne A. Provost, Jeffrey D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 10589020
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device for a syringe pump, the holding device being configured for holding the barrel of a syringe and comprising a rotatable holding member (11) which is rotatable from an open into a closed position, wherein the holding member (11) is configured in such a way that in the closed position the syringe barrel will be secured between a portion of the rotatable holding member (11) and a fixed section of the syringe pump. According to the invention, a damping device (2) configured to dampen the movement of the rotatable holding member (11) from the open into the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Fresenius Vial SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Traversaz, Florie Perrigouard, Roman Barthelemy, Fabien Thomas
  • Patent number: 10589021
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems and computer readable media provide validation of one or more infusions for a patient without requiring barcode scanning. In embodiments, identification that a clinician has entered a room with one or more infusions is received based on proximity information. The room is associated with a patient that has orders for the one or more infusions. The clinician is automatically logged into an electronic medical record (EMR) associated with the patient, including context based on the clinician entering the room with the one or more infusion. As a result, the one or more infusions are automatically validated for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa Kelly, Bryan Muehlmeier, Gregory Locker
  • Patent number: 10589022
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for syringe plunger positioning employing an actuator for linear advancement and retraction of the support member along a predetermined axis, and a plurality of arm members each interconnected to the support for movement therewith, and each moveable relative to the support member in corresponding different directions towards and away from the predetermined axis. The actuator may be operable to advance the support member to an advanced position for movement of the arm members from an open position to a closed position, and to retract the support member from the advanced position so that of the arm members engage an inside surface of a plunger button of syringe having a barrel located in a fixed, axially aligned position on the predetermined axis. The apparatus and method may be employed in conjunction with syringe plunger positioning (e.g. for filling operations) that accommodates a variety of syringe plunger configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Baxter Corporation Englewood
    Inventors: Tammy Stultz, Randall Wallace Smith, Yuriy Konstantinovich Umanskiy
  • Patent number: 10589023
    Abstract: A system and method for a patch-like, self-contained substance infusion device which can be attached to a skin surface via an adhesive contact surface. A push button activation assembly can then be used to remove an interlock, allowing a disk or Belleville spring assembly to apply an essentially even and constant pressure to the contents of a fluid reservoir assembly. This allows the release of one or more spring-loaded patient needles into the skin surface, and establishes a fluid communication path between the patient needles and the pressurized fluid reservoir contents thereby delivering an infusion into the skin. The push button activation assembly further allows the release of one or more improved safety mechanisms after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Chris Cindrich, Ralph Sonderegger, Glade Howell, Weston Harding, Alex Lastovich, Lionel Vedrine
  • Patent number: 10589024
    Abstract: A drug delivery system provides for controlled mixing of drugs, using at least one mixing chamber. Flow controllers guide drugs into single or multiple catheters, enabling a single lumen catheter to dispense multiple drugs, diluting a concentrated drug to provide varying drug concentration. A buffer fluid can deliver precise drug amounts or can separate drugs within a catheter. A patient's bodily fluid can serve as a diluent or buffer fluid. A drug testing/filler apparatus may be used to facilitate filling of multiple reservoirs. Bolus or continuous delivery of drug to selected distal locations can occur at independent rates. New catheter systems, hub assemblies, and uses therefore are also described. New methods for promotion of healthy pregnancy and treatment of a developing fetus are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Sasha John
  • Patent number: 10589025
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of drug delivery. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a drug delivery system that includes a sealed and sterile fluid path attached to a drug-loaded container. The disclosure further relates to methods for sterilizing a portion of the drug delivery system without exposing the drug-loaded container to harmful sterilization parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ian McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10589027
    Abstract: An autoinjector having a body (1, 2), a reservoir (S) including a piston, a piston rod (5) movable between a rest position and an injection position, an actuator spring (6) urging the piston rod (5) towards the injection position, and a force-adjustment system (7, 8) to exert a force (F2) on the piston rod (5), adding to the force exerted by the spring (6) at the beginning of injection. The system has two pivot members (7) co-operating with the piston rod (5), the pivot members (7) connected together by two resilient elements (8). The body (1, 2) includes a sleeve (3), the pivot members (7) pivotally mounted on the sleeve (3) to pivot about stationary pins (79). The autoinjector includes an end-of-injection indicator that includes an indication portion movable and/or deformable relative to the body (1, 2) to co-operate with a viewing window after the end of injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: David Fabien
  • Patent number: 10589028
    Abstract: A drug delivery device may include sterile needle covered by removable a sterility preserving protector. The device optionally includes skin contact surface and a needle protector for preventing a stick hazard upon removal of the skin contact surface from an injection site or angle without Removing completely. Optionally, the needle protector may include a shield that interferes with replacement of the needle protector. In some embodiments, the needle cover may interfere with deployment of the needle protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: WEST PHARMA. SERVICES IL, LTD.
    Inventors: Oz Cabiri, Ran Hezkiahu
  • Patent number: 10589029
    Abstract: An adjustable needleless injection system for subcutaneous injection of a liquid medication to a patient is disclosed. The adjustable needleless injection system may include: a medication cartridge that holds the liquid medication, where the medication cartridge includes a cartridge piston, a spring-actuated injector that may be coupled with the medication cartridge and configured to selectively apply force to the cartridge piston, and a charging mechanism configured to charge the spring-actuated injector based on a body type of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Soheila Salahshoor Kordestani
  • Patent number: 10589030
    Abstract: The invention refers to a device for attachment to a portable liquid injection device, wherein said device is designed to enclose the drug reservoir of the injection device completely. Further, said device has at least two flat conductive electrodes enabling an electrical field to be applied across the entire volume of the drug reservoir of the injection device. In particular, the portable liquid injection device is a so-called insulin pen, i.e. a portable liquid injection device which is used to inject insulin for the treatment of diabetes. The inventive device preferably is in the form of a cap, in particular in the form of a cap of an insulin pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Valtronic Technologies (Holding) SA
    Inventor: Albrecht Lepple-Wienhues
  • Patent number: 10589031
    Abstract: An injector device and method for use, and particularly a veterinary injector, is disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward a veterinary injector including a flexible container configured to house a medicament, a plunger configured to be slidably received within a lumen of the container, a needle, and a stabilizer at the distal portion of the container and configured to be grasped by a user. The stabilizer can include a first flap extending away from the hub in a first direction, a second flap extending away from the hub in a second direction, and a third flap extending away from the hub in a third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Marie Youssefirad
  • Patent number: 10589032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display arrangement for an injection device for displaying the size of a dose of a medicament, the display arrangement comprising: a housing (60) providing a rotation axis (3) extending in an axial direction (4), a first display member (22) rotatably supported inside the housing (60) with regard to the rotation axis (3) and having at least one cam (32) radially offset from the rotation axis (3), a second display member (24) rotatably supported inside the housing (60) with regard to the rotation axis (3) and arranged axially adjacent to the first display member (24), a coupling member (26) rotatably engaged with the second display member (24), wherein the coupling member (26) is engaged with the at least one cam (32) of the first display member (22) when the first display member (22) is in a predefined angular position or angular range, wherein the coupling member (26) and the first display member (22) are mutually engaged via a retaining arrangement (48) when the cam (32)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Matthew Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Aled Meredydd James, Paul Roger Griffin
  • Patent number: 10589033
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device is presented having a body, an axially biased plunger rod provided with a first external thread, an activation member arranged to activate the plunger rod, a tubular medicament scale member receiving the activation member, which tubular medicament scale member is rotatable relative to the body and provided with a visual medicament dose scale, a stop nut that receives the plunger rod, where the stop nut is provided with an internal thread engaging with the first external thread of the plunger rod, and a gear train arrangement. The gear train arrangement couples the stop nut to the tubular medicament scale member for transferring rotational motion of the stop nut to the tubular medicament scale member to convey a measure of axial movement of the plunger rod to provide an indication, on the visual medicament dose scale, of an amount of expelled medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Anders Boström
  • Patent number: 10589034
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety device for avoiding stabbing injuries, for a syringe having a syringe body and a piercing means arranged on the distal end of said syringe body. The safety device comprises a sleeve element that extends in an axial direction (X) and encloses at least partly the piercing means and the syringe body, and a collar element that is arranged on a distal end region of the syringe body and locks the safety device in the axial direction (X), said collar element having at least one guide projection which is guided in at least one guide track of the sleeve element during a movement of the syringe body relative to the sleeve element substantially in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Fraas, Maximilian Vogl
  • Patent number: 10589035
    Abstract: An injection device for injecting medicament in a patient includes a syringe coupled to a housing and radially retained by a retaining rib. A needle guard is slideably coupled to the housing and spring biased in a distal direction by a return spring. A ram is slideably coupled to the housing and spring biased in the distal direction by a main spring. An initial position is defined by a retaining arm being disposed in the longitudinal path of the ram preventing firing. A released position is defined by the retaining arm being clear from the longitudinal path of the ram allowing the ram to extend distally. A locked position is defined by the retaining arm being disposed in the longitudinal path of the ram and a lock arm of the ram being disposed in the longitudinal path of the needle guard preventing the needle guard from being retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: John Pierre Mehawej, Bryan James Sarkinen
  • Patent number: 10589036
    Abstract: A safety needle device is disclosed having a housing configured to couple to a syringe, the housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a housing body. A first guide path, a second guide path and a third guide path may be disposed on the housing body. A needle hub is disposed on the proximal end of the housing and a needle cannula is attached to the needle hub. The device having a retractable sheath configured to move between an initial position, a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the housing, wherein the initial position partially exposes a distal tip of the needle cannula, the retracted position fully exposes the needle cannula, and the extended position fully covers the distal tip of the needle cannula. The retractable sheath also may have a guide element. The first, second and third guide paths are configured to slidingly receive the guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Laurie Sanders, Darrin Swanson, John Hayes, Gretchen Willard
  • Patent number: 10589037
    Abstract: This invention relates to an injection needle with a multi-surface penetration end which stretches soft tissue with minimal cutting upon insertion. This stretching reduces patient discomfort, the force required for urging needle into the soft tissue, and soft tissue coring. The structure of the multi-surface needle decreases the penetration footprint of the needle into the soft tissue around the needle penetration site, reducing tissue inflammation and increasing healing time. The needle also contains dual injection openings on opposing sides, behind the penetration end to discharge injected fluid over a wider area with lower pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Pavel Menn
  • Patent number: 10589038
    Abstract: A set connector system for venting a gas from a fluid reservoir of a fluid infusion device is provided. The set connector system includes a connector system having a first body section coupled to a second body section. The first body section defines a bore in communication with a chamber and a counterbore of the second body section to define a fluid flow path from the fluid reservoir. The chamber of the second body section is in fluid communication with a vent subsystem defined through the second body section. The vent subsystem terminates in an outlet, and the vent subsystem directs gas in the fluid flow path through the second body section to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarnath Chattaraj, Kiem H. Dang, Poonam S. Gulati
  • Patent number: 10589039
    Abstract: The invention related to dry powders that contain a therapeutic agent. The dry powders have characteristics, e.g., they are processable and/or dense in therapeutic agent that provide advantages for formulating and delivering therapeutic agents to patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Pulmatric Operating Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley H. DeHaan, Jean C. Sung, Diana Manzanedo, Ciaran Lawlor, Michael Tauber
  • Patent number: 10589040
    Abstract: A medication inhalation apparatus formed of a single, unitary sheet of stock, includes an outer housing, movable between collapsed and expanded states, encompassing a first volume. An inner barrier within the outer housing delineates a second volume. An inhaler opening to the first volume is within a sidewall of the outer housing at a first location. A mouth opening to the second volume is within a sidewall of the outer housing at a second location. A one-way inhalation valve connecting the first volume and the second volume is formed from a sidewall of the inner barrier. A one-way exhalation valve connecting the second volume and the exterior of the outer housing is formed from a sidewall of the outer housing and inner barrier at a third location. In the expanded state, gas flows from the inhaler to the first volume, the first volume to the second volume, and the second volume to a user's mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: THAYER MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joel Hyde, James Strickland, Jennifer Johnson
  • Patent number: 10589041
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a reservoir of an inhalable composition. A valve element moved by a flexible diaphragm and biased into a position in which it closes a composition flow path from a reservoir. A first air flow path is partly defined by one side of the diaphragm and a second air flow path is partly defined by the opposite side of the diaphragm. Each flow path has an outlet opening at an outlet end and the second flow path has an inlet upstream of the outlet end. The air flow paths are arranged such that suction at the outlet end causes a reduction in pressure in the first air flow path relative to the pressure in the second air flow path creating a pressure differential across the diaphragm that moves the valve element against the biasing force to open the composition flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KIND CONSUMER LIMITED
    Inventors: Alex Hearn, Iain McDerment
  • Patent number: 10589042
    Abstract: An exchanger conduit permits temperature and/or humidity conditioning of a gas for a patient respiratory interface. In an example embodiment, a conduit has a first channel and a second channel where the first channel is configured to conduct an inspiratory gas and the second channel configured to conduct an expiratory gas. An exchanger is positioned along the first channel and the second channel to separate the first channel and the second channel. The exchanger is configured to transfer a component (e.g., temperature or humidity) of the gas of the second channel to the gas of the first channel. In some embodiments, an optional flow resistor may be implemented to permit venting at pressures above atmospheric pressure so as to allow pressure stenting of a patient respiratory system without a substantial direct flow from a flow generator of respiratory treatment apparatus to the patient during patient expiration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Liam Holley, Paul Jan Klasek, Robert Henry Frater, Quangang Yang, Pallavi Gosain
  • Patent number: 10589043
    Abstract: A respiratory treatment device comprising at least one chamber, a chamber inlet configured to receive air into the at least one chamber, at least one chamber outlet configured to permit air to exit the at least one chamber, and a flow path defined between the chamber inlet and the at least one chamber outlet. A restrictor member positioned in the flow path is moveable between a closed position, where a flow of air along the flow path is restricted, and an open position, where the flow of air along the flow path is less restricted. A vane in fluid communication with the flow path is operatively connected to the restrictor member and is configured to reciprocate between a first position and a second position in response to the flow of air along the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Trudell Medical International
    Inventors: Adam Meyer, Raphael Kopala, Chris Dobson, James Schmidt, Neritan Alizoti
  • Patent number: 10589044
    Abstract: A life support and monitoring apparatus with malfunction correction guidance is provided. The life support and monitoring apparatus of the present disclosure identifies the root cause or potential cause of a fault/failure and then prompts an operator to take appropriate steps to assure the continuance of life support and critical physiologic monitoring. When multiple faults/failures exist, the apparatus automatically prioritizes them based on risk to the patient and prompts the operator to do the most appropriate intervention to assure patient safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Leslie H. Sherman, George Beck, Denise Eizadkhah, Dorian LeCroy
  • Patent number: 10589045
    Abstract: A system for assessing lung function in a patient is enclosed. The oxygen delivery system in the system (e.g., a ventilator or portable standalone system) preferably includes an oximeter sensor for receiving SpO2 from a patient. The assessing lung function in a patient includes an FiO2 adjust algorithm operable in logic circuitry in the ventilator that can control an oxygen fraction FiO2 provided to the patient in a closed loop fashion. In a preferred example, the algorithm controls FiO2 using the SpO2, but also displays a ratio of SpO2-to FiO2 (S/CLCF) as a function of time. One or more S/CLCF ratio threshold may be used to allow the clinician and/or the algorithm to understand a degree of lung injury, and to allow the algorithm to adjust FiO2 appropriately. Preferably, the algorithm keeps SpO2 to a range of 88-95%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Kinsky, Rich Branson, George Kramer, Muzna Khan, Jay Johanningman, Jose Salinas, Nehemiah Liu
  • Patent number: 10589046
    Abstract: An interface for positive pressure therapy includes a mask assembly. The mask assembly can include a mask seal that is adapted to underlie the nose. The mask seal extends up the lateral sides of the nose. The mask seal has a primary seal below the nose and a secondary seal alongside the nose. The mask seal can include a rolling hinge that permits one portion of the mask seal to deform relative to another portion of the mask seal. In one configuration, the portion of the mask seal that underlies the nose is configured to deform relative to a lower portion of the mask seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter David Alexander Bearne, Roheet Patel, Kirstin Elizabeth Middelkoop, Michael John Henri Cox, Fadi Karim Moh'd Mashal
  • Patent number: 10589047
    Abstract: A gas ventilation mask includes an anesthesia nasal mask and a mouth mask defining respectively a nasal chamber and an oral chamber, detachably connected to one another so that the nasal mask and the mouth mask may be used either separately as a nasal mask or as a mouth mask, or as a combination nasal-mouth mask. Also provided is an anesthesia mask strap system having a first expandable strap portion having the ability to extend; second and third non-expandable strap sections fixed to ends of the first expandable strap section; and an adhesion section for fixing a length of the strap system when the second and third non-expandable strap sections are pulled to tension the expandable strap section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Revolutionary Medical Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Pedro, Steven H. Cataldo, David M. Kane, Thomas Reilly, Ryan Redford
  • Patent number: 10589048
    Abstract: A back strap for a patient interface device having a headgear component including a first strap member and a second strap member attached to the first strap member and structured to wraparound a back of the patient's head. The back strap member includes a first portion having a first attachment mechanism structured to couple the first portion to the second strap member, a connecting portion extending from the first portion, and a second portion having a second attachment mechanism structured to couple the second portion to at least one of the first strap member, a patient sealing assembly, or skin, hair, neck or clothing of the patient in a manner wherein the back strap member is configured to hold the second strap member and prevent it from riding up on a head of the patient during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Jonathan Sayer Grashow, Robert William Baiko
  • Patent number: 10589049
    Abstract: An fluid connector apparatus having an exhalation insert that provides an improved exhalation feature whereby exhaled breathing gas flows out of the fluid connector apparatus in the form of elongated blades of gas. The elongated blades of gas enable improved fluid flow when compared with conventional circular jets of gas and advantageously also entrain atmospheric gases adjacent the gas blades to facilitate diffusion and dissipation of the gas blades. The fluid connector apparatus includes one or more elongated flow channels formed between the exhalation insert and the fluid connector. The exhaust gas flows through the flow channels, and the flow channels cause the discharged gas to be output in the form of the elongated blades of gas. The exhalation feature enables the outputting of exhaled breathing gas in greater volumes, at reduced velocities, and with reduced acoustic signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Justin Edward Rothermel
  • Patent number: 10589050
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide for an inspiratory limb for a breathing circuit that includes a first segment that comprises a first heater wire circuit and a second segment that comprises a second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can include an intermediate connector that includes a connection circuit that electrically couples the first heater wire circuit to the second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can be configured to operate in two modes wherein, in a first mode, electrical power passes through the first electrical connection to provide power to the first heater wire circuit without providing power to the second heater wire circuit, and in a second mode, electrical power pass through the first electrical connection to provide power to both the first heater wire circuit and the second heater wire circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Liam Buswell, Helen Cuddy, Thomas James Edwards, Gavin Walsh Millar, Helgard Oosthuysen, Andre van Schalkwyk, Ian Lee Wai Kwan, Ping Si, Sinaa Alnashi, Kieran Michael Orchard, Ibrahim Al-Tiay, Elmo Benson Stoks, Charles Christopher North, Matthew Robert Wilson, Paul James Tonkin
  • Patent number: 10589051
    Abstract: A CPAP compliance notification apparatus for use with a CPAP device having a flow generator, a CPAP hose, and a CPAP mask, the CPAP compliance notification apparatus, including a patient occupancy mat, an air pressure sensor, an air pressure tube, a compliance notification controller unit, a housing, a user interface, a programmable logic controller together with a patient to control parameters of the CPAP compliance notification apparatus in implementing a compliant CPAP treatment to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Salter, Milt Turco
  • Patent number: 10589052
    Abstract: An improved aerosol dispensing apparatus includes an aerosol container, a discharge piece movably mounted to the aerosol container, a metering valve mounted within the discharge piece, a battery, and an electronically controlled flow control valve. The flow control valve is electronically connected to the battery and is in fluid communication with the metering valve. The metering valve is movable between an open position wherein a volume of an aerosol formulation is directed from the aerosol container through the metering valve to the electronically controlled flow control valve, and a closed position wherein the aerosol formulation is not permitted to flow through the metering valve. The electronically controlled flow control valve is configured to precisely control a flow of the aerosol formulation outward of the discharge piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: DunAn Microstaq, Inc., Pearl Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: E. Nelson Fuller, Parthiban Arunasalam, Joseph Nguyen, Joe A. Ojeda, Sr., Wayne Curtis Long, Michael Thomas Riebe, Matthew Skelly Ferriter, Jill Karen Sherwood, Daniel Marion Deaton, III, Michael Leon Franklin
  • Patent number: 10589053
    Abstract: A method for controlling a ventilator includes the steps of providing an inhalation pressure limit, determining when a pressure in a connection to a patient circuit is greater than the inhalation pressure limit, and opening the valve when the pressure is greater than the inhalation pressure limit. An associated computer readable medium for controlling the method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Mabini Arcilla, Samir Ahmad, Eamonn Kelly
  • Patent number: 10589054
    Abstract: A valve assembly comprising a fluid conduit (11,18) having an inlet and an outlet, and a valve seat (24) adapted to be engaged by a valve member (40) for controlling the flow of fluid through the outlet of the fluid conduit (11,18), wherein the valve assembly is defined by at least a valve body component (10) and a valve seat component (20) engaged therewith, the valve body component (10) defining at least part of the fluid conduit (11,18), and the valve seat component (10) defining at least the valve seat (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Intersurgical AG
    Inventors: Andrew Neil Miller, Matthew James Leary
  • Patent number: 10589055
    Abstract: Certain examples provide systems and methods to enhance slow wave sleep. An example method includes identifying a sleep stage for slow wave sleep in a subject being monitored. The example method also includes generating, following identification of slow wave sleep and using a processor including a phase locked loop, an output signal based on a phase of a reference input signal, the output signal phase locked according to the reference input signal. The example method includes delivering, during slow wave sleep for the subject, a stimulus to the subject based on the phase locked output signal. The delivering includes providing the stimulus in a series of signal pulses for a first period of time; and providing a refractory period without pulses in a second period of time. The method further includes measuring feedback from the stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Giovanni Santostasi, Phyllis Zee
  • Patent number: 10589056
    Abstract: A sleep inducing device and a sleep management system including the same are provided. The sleep inducing device comprises: a housing unit that includes a frame of which the shape can be changed; a sensor unit that is disposed on one surface of the housing unit and includes a brain-wave measurement sensor that measures a user's brain wave; an output unit that includes a first output unit and a second output unit, wherein the first output unit is located on one side of the housing unit to output a sound or light with a first frequency, and the second output unit is located on an opposite side of the housing unit to output a sound or light with a second frequency that is different from the first frequency; and a control unit that calculates the user's sleep pattern on the basis of the brain wave signal measured by the sensor unit and changes the output signal of the output unit such that the sleep pattern approaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FRASEN INC.
    Inventor: Hyo Jun Woo
  • Patent number: 10589057
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for receiving and processing video content to aid in a user's rest cycles, such as sleep and wake cycles. Video content may be received and processed to determine information related to a plurality of pixels to be displayed on a screen. Each of the plurality of pixels may have a corresponding color value. A time of day when the video content is to be displayed is determined, and compared to a current time of day. Based on the comparison or other data, a color value of one or more of the pixels can be adjusted or changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Eng, Glenn Barnett
  • Patent number: 10589058
    Abstract: Therapeutic clothing includes a garment adapted to be worn over a lower portion of a body having a waistband and first and second legs extending below the waistband. The therapeutic clothing has a first elongated sensory strip attached to an outside surface of the first leg and extending along the length of the first leg between the waistband and a lower end of the first leg. The first elongated sensory strip has an inner edge attached to the outside surface of the first leg and a free outer edge. The therapeutic clothing has a second elongated sensory strip attached to an outside surface of the second leg and extending along the length of the second leg between the waistband and a lower end of the second leg. The second sensory strip has an inner edge attached to the outside surface of the second leg and a free outer edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Renée Smith
  • Patent number: 10589059
    Abstract: An insertion device (110) for inserting an analyte sensor (114) into a body tissue is proposed. The insertion device (110) comprises an insertion needle holder (120) and a drive mechanism (124) for linearly driving the insertion needle holder (120) in a longitudinal direction (126). The drive mechanism (124) comprises at least one actuator (132) for actuating the drive mechanism (124). The actuator (132) comprises at least one actuator arm (136, 138) which is pivotable about at least one axle (140) in order to actuate the drive mechanism (124). The insertion device (110) further comprises at least one protection against reuse including at least one locking mechanism (178). The locking mechanism (178) is adapted to at least partially prevent a back-pivoting of the actuator arm (136, 138) in a direction reversing the actuation direction once the actuator arm (136, 138) has been pivoted by at least one threshold angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Stephan-Michael Frey, Oliver Kube, Andrea Rittinghaus
  • Patent number: 10589060
    Abstract: A catheter is made by coextruding first and second molten polymers, wherein the second molten polymer forms a flexible inner core and the first molten polymer forms exactly two bands on opposite sides of the inner core. The inner core is braided, and a third molten polymer extruded onto the braid to form a flexible jacket that encloses the braid, the bands and the inner core. The bands are more rigid than the inner core, and they provide preferential in-plane bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Joseph Thomas Keyes
  • Patent number: 10589061
    Abstract: A method of packaging a ready to use intermittent urinary catheter by (i) placing lubricant within a pocket formed in a base film proximate a first end of the pocket, (ii) placing a catheter within the pocket with the insertion end of the catheter proximate the first end of the pocket, (iii) partially sealing the catheter within the pocket between the base film and a cover film, (iv) pulling a vacuum within the pocket to effect controlled circumferential flow of lubricant around the insertion end portion of the catheter, and then (v) fully sealing the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CURE MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Palmer
  • Patent number: 10589062
    Abstract: An adjustable curved medical device includes a catheter, a handle, and a traction wire provided in the catheter. The distal end of the traction wire is connected to the distal end of the catheter. A retainer device is provided in the handle, and includes a rotating member and a body having a receiving groove for receiving the rotating member, and a guiding hole extending through the outer wall of the body to the receiving groove. A slot formed between the rotating member and the inner wall of the body is smaller than the diameter of the traction wire. The proximal end of the traction wire extends through the guiding hole and engages in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tingchao Zhang, Yang Li, Quanjie Jiang, Mingyang Cai
  • Patent number: 10589063
    Abstract: An obturator can include antimicrobial features which assist in sterilizing or maintaining the sterility of fluid contained within a vascular access device while the device is not being used for infusion or other access to the patient's vasculature. These antimicrobial features include antimicrobial coatings applied to various surfaces of an obturator and antimicrobial components bonded or otherwise secured to an obturator. Various combinations of antimicrobial coatings and/or components can be used on an obturator as necessary to provide a desired amount of antimicrobial agents within a particular enclosed volume of a vascular access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Siddarth K. Shevgoor