Patents Issued in July 9, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200214889
    Abstract: Injection devices for delivering pharmaceutical compositions into the eye are described. Some devices include a resistance component for controllably deploying an injection needle through the eye wall. The resistance component may be disposed on a removable injector attachment or on a portion of the injection device housing. Other devices may include a filter for the removal of air, infectious agents, and/or other particulate matter from the composition before the composition of air, infectious agents, and/or other particulate matter from the composition before the composition is injected into the eye. Related methods and systems comprising the devices are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Leonid E. Lerner
  • Publication number: 20200214890
    Abstract: A surgical method of cataract fragmentation and extraction via microbubble cavitation is described. In particular, gas-filled microbubbles are injected into a lens capsule of a subject's eye, and cavitation of the microbubbles is activated by applied ultrasound energy. The ultrasound energy can be applied from an external device. The cavitation fragments cataract tissues without damaging other tissue, such as the lens capsule. Fragmented lens material is then aspirated from the lens capsule. The method can be used alone or in conjunction with other methods, such as phacoemulsification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Robert H. Grubbs, Marshall L. Stoller, Ying Han, Frank L. Brodie
  • Publication number: 20200214891
    Abstract: An ocular drainage system is provided for treating diseases that produce elevated intraocular pressures, such as glaucoma, wherein the system includes an implantable device and an external control unit, the implantable device includes a non-invasively adjustable valve featuring at least one deformable tube and a disk rotatably mounted within a housing, such that rotation of the disk using the external control unit causes the disk to apply a selected amount of compression to the deformable tube, thereby adjusting the fluidic resistance of the deformable tube and regulating the intraocular pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Stephane BIGLER, Nikolaos STERGIOPULOS
  • Publication number: 20200214892
    Abstract: Goggles include a goggle frame, a goggle strap, and a goggle strap connector. The goggle strap has a direction of strap tension when the goggles are worn by a user. The goggle strap connector includes a female bracket and a male bracket. The female bracket is directly coupled to the goggle frame or the goggle strap, including first and second bracket walls, a channel defined between the bracket walls, projections, and recesses. The male bracket is configured to mateably couple to the female bracket, including a sliding bar and an enlarged bar end. First movement of the goggle strap in the strap tension direction may move at least one of the bar bumps of the enlarged bar end past at least one of the projections to position the at least one of the bar bumps within at least one of the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ximena Prugue, David M. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200214893
    Abstract: A myringotomy device includes a housing; an elongated tube extending from the housing; and a retractable cutting tool extendable through the elongated tube, the cutting tool comprising a blade. The cutting tool is configured such that when advanced, the blade of the cutting tool extends beyond a distal end of the elongated tube. The cutting tool is also configured such that when retracted, the blade is retracted into the elongated tube and a fluid conduit is created from the distal end of the elongated tube to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Steve Gaynes, Michael O'Connor, Michael DeRossi, Gilberto Cavada, John Morici, Riyad Moe
  • Publication number: 20200214894
    Abstract: The present application provides a cerumen removing device, comprising a container section comprising a recovery hole and a discharge hole; a head section exposed to the outside through the recovery hole and having at least one air ejection hole; and a pump configured to discharge air to the outside through the air ejection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Young-Tae KIM
  • Publication number: 20200214895
    Abstract: An ear cleaner is provided that includes an elongated handle, a spoon, and a disc intermediate the spoon and the disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Carl Olson
  • Publication number: 20200214896
    Abstract: A wound care device for debriding a wound, said device is in the form of a foam pad with two layers of different foams. At one surface of the device is provided a pattern of grooved at the central portion. The grooves improve the ability of removing and collecting debris from a wound during cleaning of such.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Henning Igwebuike, Kent Hoeier Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20200214897
    Abstract: This disclosure includes wound dressings and systems with high-flow therapeutic gas sources for topical wound therapy and related methods. Some dressings, which are configured to be coupled to tissue to facilitate delivery of therapeutic gas to the tissue, comprise a manifold that defines a plurality of gas passageways, the manifold configured to allow communication of therapeutic gas to the tissue; and a gas-occlusive layer configured to be disposed over the manifold and coupled to the tissue such that an interior volume containing the manifold is defined between the gas-occlusive layer and the tissue and the gas- occlusive layer limits escape of therapeutic gas from the interior volume; wherein the gas- occlusive layer includes: a first opening configured to allow communication of therapeutic gas into the interior volume; and one or more second openings configured to allow communication of therapeutic gas out of the interior volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: KCI LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Justin Alexander LONG, Christopher Brian LOCKE
  • Publication number: 20200214898
    Abstract: The wound dressing described herein includes a backing layer, absorbent layer, and foam layer. The wound dressing also includes one or more visual indicators. The visual indicators are substantially non-visible in their initial, dehydrated state. As the visual indicators absorb fluid they swell and become visible. The visual indicators enable a caregiver to know when the wound dressing has reached, or is about to reach, its fluid capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander WAITE, Katherine A. BOURDILLON
  • Publication number: 20200214899
    Abstract: A dressing consists substantially of a hydrophilic membrane layer, a superabsorbent material positioned on the hydrophilic membrane layer, and a film layer coupled to the hydrophilic membrane layer and configured to confine the superabsorbent material between the film layer and the hydrophilic membrane layer. The film layer has a high moisture vapor transfer rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher B. Locke, Timothy M. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20200214900
    Abstract: A barrier system is provided for use in reducing infections associated with post-operative surgical incision and/or a percutaneous medical device, such as a catheter, that is disposed within the surgical incision. Such a barrier system may include: a barrier device having a skin-contacting surface and a catheter-receiving surface; and an adhesive composition configured for adhering to skin, the barrier device, and/or the catheter so as to form a barrier at or adjacent to an incision in the skin where the catheter is percutaneously inserted through the skin. A tensioning anchor and associated system of two or more tensioning anchors is provided for post-operative wound closure. A method for applying and removing the barrier device and tensioning anchors is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Clifford Waller, Dhaval Bhavsar
  • Publication number: 20200214901
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing an elastic composite structure for an absorbent sanitary product includes a bonding unit configured to bond a first web layer to a second web layer via a bond pattern that includes at least one bond line having at least one pair of adjacent bonds. The bonding unit secures an elastic thread within a passage defined by the at least one pair of adjacent bonds. The passage has a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the elastic thread in a non-tensioned state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Earl Andrews, David Edward Schuette, Jeffrey Wayne Fritz, Justin Marshall Lafferty
  • Publication number: 20200214902
    Abstract: A wetness or saturation and temperature, and motion, posture or orientation detecting system in an undergarment. A wireless module can comprise a housing, a cover, and a controller. The controller can comprise environmental sensors, a motion analyzer, and a memory medium. The environmental sensors can be a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a pressure sensor that can monitor and detect environmental conditions surrounding it within the undergarment or other article of clothing. The wireless module can further comprise a microcontroller unit (“MCU”) and a communications module. The cover can have a thru hole substantially positioned over the environmental sensor wherein the thru hole allows the environmental sensor access to the outside elements. The wireless module can further comprise a filter element, and a locking ring wherein the filter element can be affixed to the cover. The cover can be attached to the housing encapsulating the controller, battery, and bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: VIECONNECT SAS
    Inventors: Guillermo ROMERO, Dimitri TINTIKAKIS, Aristidis TINTIKAKIS
  • Publication number: 20200214903
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article is provided with a laminated stretchable structure excellent in peeling strength and flexibility. The disposable wearing article has a laminated stretchable structure, in which an elastic sheet of a thermoplastic resin is laminated between a first sheet layer made of nonwoven fabric and a second sheet layer made of nonwoven fabric. The first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bonded through through-holes formed on the elastic sheet at a large number of bonded portions arranged at intervals. In the bonded portions, the first sheet layer and the elastic sheet are melt-solidified, and a layer forming at least a surface opposite to the elastic sheet in the second sheet layer is not melt-solidified. The first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bonded via a melt-solidified material of the first sheet layer and a melt-solidified material of the elastic sheet at the bonded portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Wataru Urakawa
  • Publication number: 20200214904
    Abstract: An elastic sheet stretchable structure in which a first sheet layer and a second sheet layer are bonded through joint holes penetrating an elastic film at a plurality of sheet joined portions arranged at intervals is included. Joined portion groups in the stretchable region are in a relationship of intersecting a stretchable direction line at respective positions in an orthogonal direction or in a relationship of not intersecting the stretchable direction line at a separation width of 0.5 mm or less in the orthogonal direction of the stretchable direction line. The joined portion groups are in a relationship of not intersecting an oblique line at a predetermined separation width in the orthogonal direction in an oblique line group of oblique lines q in the orthogonal direction intersecting the stretchable direction line within an angle range ? of 45 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Arika Tsunoda, Syunsuke Sakai
  • Publication number: 20200214905
    Abstract: A member that exhibits a complicated appearance without monotonous contraction wrinkles and has excellent appeal to consumers when the member is applied to an absorbent article. A third joined portion row is formed between a first joined portion row A1 and a second joined portion row adjacent to each other, and an interval of at least a part of the third joined portion row in the alignment direction is longer than an interval S1 of the first joined portion row and the interval of the second joined portion row in the alignment direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Syunsuke Sakai
  • Publication number: 20200214906
    Abstract: The rising gather of a disposable diaper includes: a main unit portion having a first portion extending from both sides of an inner member toward the center in the width direction and a second portion extending outward in the width direction. Front and back fallen portions are formed by fixing front and back end portions in the main unit portion to the inner member. The front and back fallen portions have a protruding portion in which the second portion protrudes 5 to 40 mm outward in the width direction than a side edge of the first portion. The protruding portion of the front fallen portion has a protruding fixing portion fixed to the front outer member overlapping with a back surface side thereof. The protruding portion of the back fallen portion has a protruding fixing portion fixed to the back outer member overlapping with a back surface side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitake Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200214907
    Abstract: A disposable hygiene absorbent product having a liquid-permeable topsheet of a translucent material, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet is disclosed. The absorbent core has a smaller extension than the topsheet and the backsheet and is surrounded by a peripheral edge area which comprises the topsheet and the backsheet. The edge area has an elastic element extending longitudinally following the shape of the core and/or an outermost peripheral edge of the edge area. The backsheet has a different inherent color than the inherent color of the topsheet, the core and the elastic elements, and has a lower L*-value than the topsheet, the core and the elastic elements as measured by a reflectance spectrophotometer. The topsheet is provided with a printed pattern arranged to mask the elastic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Christian Bremer, Stina Lindlöf, Marcus Rudén, Peter Rönnberg
  • Publication number: 20200214908
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a front surface side sheet and a back surface side sheet disposed on a back surface side of the front surface side sheet. A large number of cells are formed by bonding the front surface side sheet and the back surface side sheet. A particulate material containing super absorbent polymer particles is accommodated in the cell to form an absorber. At least a part of the particulate material containing the super absorbent polymer particles is not fixed to at least one of the front surface side sheet and the back surface side sheet. In at least one of the front surface side sheet and the back surface side sheet, sites other than the sites where the sheets are bonded each other are shrunk into a pleat shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Junnosuke Suyama
  • Publication number: 20200214909
    Abstract: An absorbent core for an absorbent article, the absorbent core comprising at least two layers, each layer having a width w and a length l along a first plane and a thickness t extending perpendicular thereto, wherein the layers are arranged in facing relationship along the first plane, and wherein the layers comprise a polymeric foam having an open cell and interconnected porous structure. The first and second layers comprise an anisotropic cell structure having an axis of anisotropy extending substantially parallel to a longest length of a plurality of substantially neighbouring cells. The axis of anisotropy of the second layer extends substantially perpendicular to said thickness t and parallel to said first plane and the axis of anisotropy of the first layer is substantially perpendicular to the axis of anisotropy of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Annemie HOUBEN, Miguel Angel RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, Alberto LÓPEZ GIL, Josias TIRADO MEDIAVILLA, Javier GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, Lieven DHOOGE, Karen ROETS
  • Publication number: 20200214910
    Abstract: An absorbent core is disclosed. The core includes a first absorbent core construction having multiple spaced-apart sections of a fibrous construction having a fiber structure. A first nonwoven sheet is positioned above the fibrous construction. A second nonwoven sheet is positioned below the fibrous construction. The first nonwoven sheet is coupled with the second nonwoven sheet at locations between adjacent sections of the multiple spaced-apart sections of the fibrous construction. Absorbent material is disposed within the fiber structure, between the first and second nonwoven sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Eugenio G. Varona, Russell Alexander Ables, Lars Herkstroeter, Dennis Smid, Andrew C. Wright
  • Publication number: 20200214911
    Abstract: An absorbent article (1) comprising a main body part (2) including a top sheet (3), a back sheet (4) and an absorbent core (5) disposed therebetween, and a hook member (11) provided on a non-skin facing side of the main body part (2), wherein the hook member (11) comprises a base part (12) and a plurality of engagement elements (13) projecting from the base part (12), and the base part (12) of the hook member (11) is bonded to the main body part (2) with an adhesive part (14) disposed in a stripe pattern which extends in an extending direction of the hook member (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAOKA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Masatoshi IKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200214912
    Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article having an application means enabling the absorbent article to be applied by providing a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, a longitudinal dimension of the article matching the leg openings defined as a crotch region, wherein the remainder of the article is a front region and a back region; wherein a facial artwork FAW visible from the garment facing side is disposed at least partially in the front region, the facial artwork FAW comprising a pair of eye elements EE disposed in the front region superposed with an absorbent material existing region, wherein when worn by a wearer, the article provides an integral appearance of a three-dimensional article with the wearer by the front region having the facial artwork FAW comprising eye elements EE, the side region, and the back region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Xuechun Wang, Li Liu, Koichi Morimoto, Jing Zhang, Sarah Nicole Wolfe, Monica Renee Tournoux
  • Publication number: 20200214913
    Abstract: A restraint apparatus for securing a mobility device in a vehicle includes a base configured to being mounted to a floor of the vehicle, a support coupled to the base and extending upward therefrom, and a backing plate adjustably coupled to the support. The backing plate defines a channel to provide vertical adjustment of the backing plate with respect to the support. An upper support is pivotally coupled to the backing plate, and a claw assembly is coupled to the upper support. The claw assembly includes a claw member and a latching member, where the latching member is pivotally coupled to the claw member to enable pivotal movement between an unlatched position and a latched position. A control system operably controls the pivotal movement of the latching member between its latched position to its unlatched positions. In the unlatched position, the claw assembly provides an opening for receiving the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Pettigrew, Michael Evans, Luke Turpin, Larry Dean Michels
  • Publication number: 20200214914
    Abstract: A vehicular lift comprising a support member and an arrangement for securing an object to the support member, the support member being moveable between a loading position outside of a vehicle and a home/transit position inside the vehicle. The arrangement for securing holds the object securely in place as the support means moves between the loading position and the home/transit position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: MARTIN MCELMEEL
  • Publication number: 20200214915
    Abstract: Provided is a wheelchair that can be easily operated with either a right or left hand. The wheelchair according to the present invention is provided with: a right-left pair of first handrims connected to handrim spokes; a right-left pair of second handrims connected to spokes; a first rotary shaft for transmitting a first rotational force generated by rotation of the left first handrim to a right wheel; and a second rotary shaft for transmitting a second rotational force generated by rotation of the right first handrim to a left wheel, wherein a first power transmission device on a right inner shaft of a right drive mechanism meshes with a second power transmission device on the second rotary shaft, and a third power transmission device on a right outer shaft of the right drive mechanism meshes with a fourth power transmission device on the first rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Toru SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200214916
    Abstract: An office-type chair includes a base, a height-adjustable pedestal extending upward from the base, a seat assembly including a rear seat part and a front seat part, and a linkage system connecting the pedestal to the seat assembly. The linkage system is adapted to pivot the seat assembly between a lowered position to serve as a task chair and an elevated position to serve as an elevated sitting support. A backrest arrangement may extend from the seat assembly. In the lowered position, the front and rear seat parts are both generally horizontally oriented. In the elevated position, the rear seat part may have a slight forward tilt and be positioned higher than in the lowered position, and the front seat part may extend at a downward angle relative to the rear seat part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Teresa A. Bellingar
  • Publication number: 20200214917
    Abstract: A sit to stand functional exerciser includes a main base body, a seat mechanism, a linking mechanism and an assisting force adjusting mechanism. The linking mechanism is linked with the seat mechanism and includes a connecting base, a main linking shaft and a secondary linking shaft. The assisting force adjusting mechanism is linked with the seat mechanism and includes a main linking casing, an assisting force setting rail and a positioning assembly. The assisting force setting rail includes a plurality of concaves. The positioning assembly is selectively positioned in one of the concaves so as to adjust a predetermined assisting force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ching-Yu YEH
  • Publication number: 20200214918
    Abstract: A method for turning and positioning a patient includes placing a sheet under a patient, the sheet comprising a first portion having a first handle and a second portion having a second handle. The first portion is placed under the patient and the second portion is a free portion. The method further includes providing a pulling force to the first and second handles, wherein the pulling force to the first handle and the second handle are in opposing directions across the patient. The pulling force to the first handle is greater than the pulling force to the second handle whereby the pulling force to the first handle causes movement of the patient in the direction of the pulling force and the pulling force to the second handle is a resistance force. The first handle and the second handle are longitudinally offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Hester C. Fletcher, Daniel Robert Ulreich, Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Paul M. Fowler, Gregory T. Davis
  • Publication number: 20200214919
    Abstract: An adjustable support apparatus for a surgery table utilizing a platform having first and second end portions. First and second end supports are used to mount the platform which is adjusted by a carriage having a pawl operator. The carriage includes studs having support surfaces for the platform. A tower utilizing a gear rack interacts with the carriage pawl operator to positon the platform relative to the first and second end support of the surgery table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Hoel, Stephan Schmid
  • Publication number: 20200214920
    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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kelley Brown, Mark L. Berrier
  • Publication number: 20200214921
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a device for exercising intrinsic foot muscles. The device comprises a base formed of a visco-elastic material and a solid toe plate coupled to a top of the base. The toe plate is shaped to receive the curvature of the bottom of human toes so as to distribute a counterforce from pressure applied by one or more of a plurality of a person's toes among the plurality of the person's toes. The base is configured to compress as a result of the pressure received when the toe plate is gripped by the person's toes while the person's foot is positioned on top of the base. The device may be useful for treatment of plantar fasciitis, among other conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Clifford Wolf
  • Publication number: 20200214922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rehabilitation device adapted for rehabilitation and/or exercise of the shoulder region, the device being provided with a frame (1), which is connected to a power-generating apparatus (2), a back part (10), a seat part (11), and armrests (21). The rehabilitation device according to the invention is characterised in that it further comprises first support arms (23), second support arms (24), and motion arms (22), which communicate with said corresponding first and second support arms. The rehabilitation device according to the invention is further characterised in that said armrests (21) are articulated in said corresponding motion arms (22), and said power-generating apparatus (2) communicates with said motion arms (22). In addition, the invention relates to the use of the rehabilitation device for exercising the shoulder region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: David Health Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Tapio TAIVAINEN, Jaakko TUONONEN, Johannes HAUTAMÄKI
  • Publication number: 20200214923
    Abstract: A pelvis of a person is anchored to a chair structure. A lumbar belt is connected to the chair structure. The lumbar belt wraps around a lower abdominal region of the person to pull into a side of the person in a lateral-to-medial direction so as to move a scoliotic curve in a lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region of the person toward a non-scoliotic spinal configuration. A lumbar derotator driver is connected to the chair structure. The lumbar derotator driver applies a therapeutic force to a prescribed posterior/lateral side of vertebrae in the lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region when the lumbar belt is pulled in the lateral-to-medial direction, so as to derotate a scoliotic curve in the lumbar or thoracolumbar spinal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew I. Janzen, Michael E. Janzen
  • Publication number: 20200214924
    Abstract: A foldable frame construction for mobility aids has a mounting frame, a pivotal arm, and an operating element. The mounting frame has a fixed end, a limiting end, a limiting hole formed through the mounting frame adjacent to the limiting end, and a through hole formed through the mounting frame between the fixed end and the limiting hole. The pivotal arm is rotatably connected to the mounting frame and has a positioning hole formed through the pivotal arm and selectively aligning with the through hole. The operating element is connected to the pivotal arm and the mounting frame to limit a position of the pivotal arm relative to the mounting frame, and has a fixing ring base securely connected to the pivotal arm around the positioning hole, an engaging bolt movably mounted in the fixing ring base, and a pull button connected to the engaging bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Shanq-Ching Shieh
  • Publication number: 20200214925
    Abstract: A method and device for controlling a walking assist device is disclosed. The method includes determining a first state variable for a gait state of a user wearing the walking assist device based on a gait of the user, obtaining a second state variable which is smoothed and time-delayed from the first state variable, obtaining a third state variable by applying a torque control variable to the second state variable, and determining an assist torque to be provided by the walking assist device based on the obtained third state variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: BOKMAN LIM, Kyung-Rock KIM, Jusuk LEE, Jun-Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20200214926
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for adapting the visual and/or visual-motor behavior of a person, including: providing an optical parameter and a person visual parameter; providing a target value; modifying a visual and/or visual motor behavior; assessing a person visual parameter; determining a suitable visual and/or visual-motor behavior; and adapting the visual and/or visual-motor behavior of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicants: Essilor International, Universite de Montreal
    Inventors: Bjorn DROBE, Jocelyn FAUBERT, Guillaume GIRAUDET
  • Publication number: 20200214927
    Abstract: Implementations of a device configured to induce vasodilation of a superficial vein and methods of using the device are provided. The device is configured to ease the process of venipuncture by increasing blood flow to a superficial vein. The device is configured to increase local blood flow to a superficial vein by applying heat and/or vibration at, or near, a prospective puncture site. In this way, vasodilation of the superficial vein may be induced. The device comprises a strap, a flexible heating element, at least one vibration element, a power source, and an ON/OFF switch for selectively energizing both the heating element and the at least one vibration element. In some implementations, the device may further comprise a thermal control switch configured to vary the temperature reached by the heating element and/or a vibratory element control switch configured to vary the vibratory intensity of the at least one vibration element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Glenn Clowney, Lauren Clowney
  • Publication number: 20200214928
    Abstract: A massage device, comprising: a hollow cylindrical outer roller having a first texture formed on an outer surface thereof; and, a cylindrical inner roller having a second texture formed on an outer surface thereof and sized to fit concentrically within the hollow cylindrical outer roller; wherein the cylindrical inner roller is moveable between a first position within the hollow cylindrical outer roller and a second position outside of the hollow cylindrical outer roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: STEPHEN THOMAS CAULTON MORRIS, COLTON KAI YU, WARREN CHRISTOPHER HOWREN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20200214929
    Abstract: Provided is a thermotherapy device, which includes a first housing (10), a second housing (20) disposed under the first housing (10), a transfer plate (30), at both sides of which transfer rollers (31) are provided, and a pair of guide rails (40) that is provided to the second housing (20) and on which the respective transfer rollers (31) of the transfer plate (30) are placed. The pair of guide rails (40) are integrally molded when the second housing (20) is injection-molded. Thus, since the guide rails on which the transfer rollers of the transfer plate travel are integrally molded when the second housing is injection-molded, inefficiency caused by mounting separate rails as in the related art is removed, and thereby assemblability, productivity, and economic efficiency of the thermotherapy device can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Dong Myoung LEE, Sang Min LEE, Ho Sang YU, Ji Hoon PARK, Sang Ui CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200214930
    Abstract: A massage attachment assembly that includes a base portion having a proximal end and a distal end, and a contact portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The base portion includes an attachment member on the proximal end that is configured to secure the base portion to a percussive massage device. The proximal end of the contact portion is removably secured to the distal end of the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Wersland, Benjamin Nazarian, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino
  • Publication number: 20200214931
    Abstract: A treatment device includes a housing having a longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end, a motor, a drive shaft operatively coupled to the motor, a compression spring at least partially disposed about the drive shaft, a helical cam disposed adjacent the compression spring, the helical cam having at least one discontinuity, a hammer coupled to the helical cam and moveable therewith, and a tip disposed adjacent the distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Jonathan Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20200214932
    Abstract: A massage device for massaging by means of pressure waves includes a housing having a handle segment and a massage segment and at least one chamber comprising an opening leading outward in the massage segment. The chamber includes an end wall segment, a first circumferential wall segment, and a second circumferential wall segment, the first circumferential wall segment being disposed between the end wall segment and the second circumferential wall segment, and the second circumferential wall segment defining the opening with the end wall segment being at least partially displaceable. The massage device further includes a drive device for inducing a predetermined vibration in the end wall segment, with the first circumferential wall segment being substantially rigid and the second circumferential wall segment being substantially flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Michael PAHL, Dirk BAUER
  • Publication number: 20200214933
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for treating a patient with vibration and/or tactile and/or thermal stimuli. The device includes first and second stimulating units for generating first and second stimuli respectively. The stimuli are vibration and/or tactile and/or thermal stimuli, and each of the stimuli is repeated on average at a frequency of 1 to 60 Hz. The stimuli are generated partly at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Tass, Laetitia Mayor, Jean-Christophe Roulet, Urban Schnell
  • Publication number: 20200214934
    Abstract: A device, system and method for increasing air intake by a subject is described. The device includes a vibration motor and a control unit for controlling vibrational motion output by the vibration motor. The methods include positioning the vibration motor on one or more limbs of a subject, and stimulating nerves in the limbs via the generated vibrational motion, whereby the stimulated nerve signals the brain to increase breathing rate or air intake by the subject. Accordingly, embodiments of the device activate nerve fibers that carry kinesthetic cues from the limbs in a pattern that simulates normal limb motion, and thus triggers inherent reflexes that increase ventilation in response to such motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald M. Harper, Mary Ann Woo, Sergey Shaboyan, Paul Macey
  • Publication number: 20200214935
    Abstract: Vertical decompression relaxation device with vertical tank, with access ladders, with handrail and stairs for internal access, and adjustable tie rods attached to tie rods. mainly in the treatment of muscle and fascia stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Bruno RODRIGUES GIANOCCARO
  • Publication number: 20200214936
    Abstract: A device for resealing a simulated medical fluid bag includes: a first hollow section having a first end and a second end, where the first end of the first hollow section terminates in a point; a second hollow section having a first end and a second end, where the first end of the second hollow section is connected to the second end of the first hollow section; and a fluid-tight seal disposed between the first hollow section and the second hollow section. A simulated medical fluid bag and a method of resealing a medical fluid bag are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Anthony J. Battaglia, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200214937
    Abstract: A mixing device for supplying media from containers, mixing media in containers and dispensing media or mixtures of the media into containers, including a connecting element and a shut-off unit. The connecting element has multiple container connections and a guide bore with a connecting duct extending from each container connection to the guide bore, leading to a wall of the guide bore. The shut-off unit is mounted in the guide bore of the connecting element so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis and displaceable along its longitudinal axis. In the shut-off unit, a distribution duct is formed, which can be brought into alignment with different connecting ducts, depending on a position of the shut-off unit, wherein different connecting ducts can be brought into mutual media communication by rotating and/or axially displacing the shut-off unit in a switchable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Friedrich PIPELKA
  • Publication number: 20200214938
    Abstract: A system for reconstituting and sterilizing a concentrate includes a mixing container, a filtration device, and a product bag. The a mixing container has an inlet port and outlet port in fluid communication with a mixing chamber disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port. The mixing chamber is adapted to contain a product concentrate. The filtration device has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the filtration device coupled to the outlet port of the mixing container. The filtration device includes a filter membrane with a nominal pore size in a range of approximately 0.1 ?m to approximately 0.5 ?m. The product bag has an inlet port coupled to the outlet of the filtration device, and has a bladder defining an empty sterile chamber for receiving sterilized and reconstituted product resulting from mixing a diluent with a product concentrate in the mixing chamber to obtain a mixture then introduced through the filtration device to obtain the reconstituted and sterilized product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Jacob Daniel Rivett, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Thomas Edward Dudar, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Bernd Krause