Patents Issued in July 16, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200222622
    Abstract: An instrument configured for performing a surgery includes a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a tube connecting the distal end portion and the proximal end portion. A fluid fitting includes an inlet configured for receiving flow of an irrigating fluid into the instrument and at least two exits configured for guiding the flow of the irrigating fluid out of the instrument. A first exit is configured to allow the irrigating fluid to flow towards the distal end portion of the instrument and a second exit is configured to allow the irrigating fluid to flow towards the proximal end portion of the tube. A size of the first exit is larger than a size of the second exit to enable greater flow towards the distal end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yann Thouément, Régis Besse, Daniel Kärcher
  • Publication number: 20200222623
    Abstract: A lever including a far end to engage an infusion tubing is provided. The lever includes a pivot end configured to fit into a shaft and to allow the lever to rotate about a shaft axis, the pivot end including a pocket to capture a spring having a leg protruding outside. The spring is configured to apply a bias from the lever against a door assembly. The lever includes a tab disposed on an outer side of the far end and configured to interface with the door assembly, and a pusher protruding into an inner side of the far end and configured to contact the infusion tubing when the far end engages the infusion tubing. The pusher applies a downward pressure to the infusion tubing when the door assembly is closed until the infusion tubing is properly aligned with an air-in-line sensor disposed on both sides of the tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Steve ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20200222624
    Abstract: An insertion mechanism for a drug pump includes an insertion mechanism housing; a sleeve; a rotational biasing member initially held in an energized state; a retraction biasing member and a hub connected to a proximal end of a needle, wherein the retraction biasing member is held initially in an energized state between the hub and the sleeve. The needle is inserted into a target tissue by the rotational biasing member and interaction between the hub and housing. Retraction of the needle is caused by decompressing or de-energizing of the retraction biasing member. A drug delivery pump includes an activation mechanism, a drive mechanism, a sterile access connection, and the insertion mechanism. Assembly and operation methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mark A. Destefano, Lawton Laurence, John C. Love, Ian B. Hanson, Paul F. Bente, IV
  • Publication number: 20200222625
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for preventing a sharp stick hazard from a needle tip of an automatic injector device. In some embodiments, a skin contact surface of the device is attached to an injection site, for example by an adhesive. Optionally a locking mechanism holds a needle extended into an injection site. A body of the device is optionally movably attached to the skin contact surface. Pulling the body away from the injection site optionally moves the body with respect to the skin contact surface. Movement of the body with respect to the skin contact surface optionally moves interlinked parts of the locking mechanism, releasing the locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Oz CABIRI, Ran HEZKIAHU, Tal HAMMER
  • Publication number: 20200222626
    Abstract: A rotary pump for a fluid metering system is provided. The rotary pump reciprocates, and is reversed by a signal from a limit switch that is deflected by an actuator arm on a rotating sleeve of the pump system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Pizzochero, Richard Gyory, Kenneth Focht, Justin Fisk, Joseph Gordon, Matthew Perry, Ajit D'Souza, Christopher Petroff
  • Publication number: 20200222627
    Abstract: A method for tracking dose pattern and patient response may include determining, based at least on one or more dose events at a pump configured to deliver a medication to a patient, a dose pattern for delivering the medication to the patient. One or more vital signs associated with the patient may be received from a patient monitor. A presence of one or more anomalies may be determined based at least on the dose pattern at the pump and the one or more vital signs of the patient. An electronic alert may be sent to a mobile device in response to determining the presence of the one or more anomalies. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including apparatuses and computer program products, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jesse J. Guerra, Prabhu Chinnaiah, Richard Wu
  • Publication number: 20200222628
    Abstract: A drug delivery system provides for controlled dispensing of drug. When designed for mixing of drugs, at least one mixing chamber may be used. 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 or other delivery. 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Sasha John
  • Publication number: 20200222629
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drip device, including a drip bottle having a bottle mouth facing downward, since the bottle mouth faces downward, the liquid in the drip bottle is charged into the first connecting tube, the infusion channel, the piston chamber, and the infusion channel when the pressing head is not pushed upward, the plug blocks the drip port, and the liquid cannot flow out from the drip port. When the pressing head is pushed upward to move the pressing head upward relative to the connecting cover, the piston head inserts into the piston chamber to separate the infusion channel from the piston chamber, the pressing head continues to move upward, the volume of the piston chamber is compressed, the liquid in the piston chamber will flow back to the drip bottle through the liquid outlet, and the volume of the infusion channel is also compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Shenzhen Bona Pharma Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yunhua DENG
  • Publication number: 20200222630
    Abstract: Methods and devices for fluid delivery and analyte sensing via an implantable port are disclosed where a port apparatus may be configured for placement within a body of a subject and may generally comprise a port housing and a catheter defining a first lumen which is fluidly coupled to the port housing. A flushing lumen may extend from the port housing and terminate at or near a distal tip of the catheter and an access port may be positioned within or upon the port housing and in fluid communication with the first lumen. Furthermore, an access device configured for percutaneous advancement into contact with the access port may also be included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: TheraNova, LLC
    Inventors: Michael HEMATI, Romain ROUX, Daniel R. BURNETT
  • Publication number: 20200222631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiautomatic syringe with improved safety including: a main body; a receptacle which is installed at one side of the main body, receives therein a set amount of infusion solution, and has a set pressure; an infusion solution tube which extends by a set length while penetrating the main body, connects with the receptacle, and provides a passageway for moving the infusion solution; a protective cover which is installed at the other side of the main body, connects with the infusion solution tube, extends by a set length, and has a hollow portion; an injection needle which is provided in the protective cover and has an injection hole formed to discharge the infusion solution, which moves through the infusion solution tube, to the outside; and a flow rate adjusting member which is installed in the main body and adjusts a movement amount of the infusion solution by opening and closing the passageway of the infusion solution tube, in which the injection needle is provided in a state
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Hwi Hwa KIM
  • Publication number: 20200222632
    Abstract: A device for aseptic delivery of biological material from a vial includes a tubular barrel, a filter assembly, and a dispersion assembly. The dispersion assembly is at least partially disposed within the tubular barrel. The dispersion assembly includes a dispersion element, a piston, and a one-way valve. The dispersion element is in fluid communication with the vial to disperse the biological material from the vial. The piston is disposed at the distal end of the dispersion assembly and is in sealing contact with the tubular barrel. The one-way valve forms a fluid passageway in fluid communication with the dispersion element and the tubular barrel. The one-way valve is configured to allow a flow of the dispersed biological material from the dispersion element, through the fluid passageway, and into the tubular barrel, and to prevent a flow of the dispersed biological material from the tubular barrel into the dispersion assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mark David Mirigian, Robert Hannon, James Michael English, Aine McConville, Aideen Bridget Beatty, Martin L. Fawdry, Peter M. McKenna, Sophie A. Gannon, Sara J. Callagy
  • Publication number: 20200222633
    Abstract: An expanding plunger rod (100) for a syringe (50). The expanding plunger rod is configured to transition from a packaged configuration for packaging to an expanded configuration for operation. The expanding plunger rod comprises a substantially cylindrical outer sleeve (110) having a closed-off bottom end (108) and an open upper end (111). The expanding plunger includes an inner rod (114) having a lower end (138) and an upper end (140). The inner rod is slidably disposed coaxially within the outer sleeve. In the packaged configuration, the inner rod is nested within the outer sleeve. In the expanded configuration, the inner rod is disposed substantially axially above the outer sleeve, and the inner rod is configured to lock axially in place so as to prevent transition from the expanded configuration to the packaged configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel A. Heinsbergen, Bryan Frederick Bell, JR., Robert Scott Russo, Dinesh Panneerselvam, Brandon J. McKee
  • Publication number: 20200222634
    Abstract: A syringe for a fluid delivery system includes a pressure jacket having a distal end, a proximal end, and a throughbore therebetween. The syringe further includes a rolling diaphragm having a proximal end with an end wall for engaging a plunger, a distal end received within the throughbore of the pressure jacket. The distal end of the rolling diaphragm has a nozzle and a sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the rolling diaphragm along a longitudinal axis. At least a portion of one of the sidewall and the end wall has non-uniform thickness. At least a portion of the sidewall is flexible and rolls upon itself when acted upon by the plunger such that an outer surface of the sidewall at a folding region is folded in a radially inward direction as the plunger is advanced from the proximal end to the distal end of the rolling diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: DAVID BERRY, BARRY L. TUCKER, EDWARD J. RHINEHART, GERALD CALLAN, ARTHUR E. UBER, III, KEVIN P. COWAN, RAYMOND C. HOFFMAN, BENJAMIN T. KRUPP, MARTIN J. GIBLER, MICHAEL A. SPOHN
  • Publication number: 20200222635
    Abstract: A sensor device removably attachable to a drug delivery device includes a sensing arrangement arranged within the sensor device and circuitry configured to process signals provided by the sensing arrangement. The sensing arrangement is configured such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the sensing arrangement is operable to read encoded information present on a rotatable component internal to the drug delivery device and that is able to be sensed through a window or aperture of the drug delivery device, and is operable to sense through the window or aperture at least a part of a drive mechanism of the drug delivery device. The circuitry is configured to determine information relating to a set dose, and to determine information relating to whether the drug delivery device is in a dose setting mode or whether the device is in a dose delivery mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Rehbein, Samuel Steel, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Robert Veasey, Richard James Vincent Avery, William Marsh
  • Publication number: 20200222636
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for an injection device to determine an axial position of at least one device component of the injection device inside a housing of the injection device. The sensor arrangement includes an elongated member located inside the housing, extending in an axial direction and having at least a first section and a second section of different magnetization. The first and second sections are separated in an axial direction. The sensor arrangement also includes at least one magnetic sensor element attached to the housing to detect the axial position of at least one of the first and second sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Stephan Mueller-Pathle
  • Publication number: 20200222637
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety assembly having—an attachment ring attached to the tip of the container and—a safety device covering at least the distal end of the needle, the safety device attached to the attachment ring. The attachment ring has an inner ring having an inner face provided with a snap feature, which engages a complementary snap feature on the tip of the container to prevent axial movement of the inner ring with respect to the container. The snap feature moves radially to engage the complementary snap feature on the tip of the container; and an outer ring is fixed on the inner ring, with a sleeve portion surrounding at least a portion of the inner ring to prevent radial movement of the snap feature once the snap feature has engaged the complementary snap feature on the tip of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Franck Carrel, Lionel Maritan, Freddy Mills
  • Publication number: 20200222638
    Abstract: A device for removing a protective shield such as a needle shield is disclosed. The device includes a cup shaped body with a sidewall, a distal bottom wall and a proximal opening. The protective shield is insertable into the cup shaped body through its proximal opening. Fingers are disposed opposite each other in openings in the sidewall. The fingers are flexibly coupled with the sidewall at a proximal end of the finger and can be resiliently biased inwardly to engage the protective shield. Each finger includes at least one projection for engaging the protective shield. The fingers may also include a distal engagement surface for engaging a lip on the protective shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mark LAFEVER, Andrew Thomas SNOW
  • Publication number: 20200222639
    Abstract: Induction heating from an induction coil (108) is used to separate a metal medical sharp (144) from its holder (142) by applying a high-frequency oscillating magnetic field that excites eddy currents and resistance heating in the sharp. The heated metal sharp melts the adhesive or plastic securing the sharp to its holder. The use of induction heating is advantageous in that it does not require direct contact between the electrical circuit and the sharp or its holder. The heating can also act to sterilize the sharp and thereby render it less hazardous at the same time that it separates the sharp from its holder. The induction coil can have a stepped or conical shape to concentrate the RF energy at the interface between the metal sharp and its holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Amit Limaye, David Schiff, Todd Zielinski, Nick McGill, Marian Marys, Glenn Smolfinger
  • Publication number: 20200222640
    Abstract: An apparatus for entirely removing a medical sharp from a holder to which it is connected, including a body (102), a heating unit (104) disposed in the body, a receiving unit (114) fixedly disposed in the body and configured to receive the holder, and a collet (122) movably disposed within the body and configured to receive the medical sharp. The apparatus also includes a first biasing member (130) disposed within the body, and a user interface (136) coupled to the collet and configured to displace the collet away from the receiving unit, actuate the first biasing member to increase a bias on the collet toward the receiving unit, and actuate the heating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Amit Limaye, David Schiff, Eric Chang
  • Publication number: 20200222641
    Abstract: Embodiments of the preset invention provide a fluid collector configured to releasably engage with an injector. The fluid collector comprises a fluid container configured to have a centrally extended conical projection containing a detachable needle holder at a proximal end of said conical projection to hold a detachable hypodermic needle, a piston assembly having a piston flange provided with a conical cavity at center of said piston assembly at a distal end of said piston assembly to couple said plunger shaft of said injector and a container cover being internally provided with a concave diaphragm having a central hole to allow entry of said detachable hypodermic needle along with a detachable needle hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jai Hind Rathore, Bharati Rathore, Pratibha Rathore, Neelam Rathore, Bhuvan Chandra Rathore
  • Publication number: 20200222642
    Abstract: A novel device for vaporization of concentrated phyto material extracts is disclosed having a vaporization element for being fluidly coupled with an input port of a waterpipe. The vaporization element having a resistive heater for heating of phyto material extract for vaporization thereof and for inhalation of vapor from an inhalation aperture of the waterpipe. The device for vaporization of concentrated phyto material extracts having an adjustable clamping mechanism and a plurality of batteries for powering of the resistive heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Alexander Trzecieski
  • Publication number: 20200222643
    Abstract: A dilution spacer for a metered-dose inhaler comprises an enclosure defining a dilution chamber. An ambient air inlet and an outlet are in fluid communication with the dilution chamber. The ambient air inlet is positioned opposite the outlet whereby suction through the outlet from outside the enclosure draws ambient air into the enclosure through the ambient air inlet to generate an airflow path from the ambient air inlet through the dilution chamber and out of the outlet. The dilution spacer may include an actuator inlet configured to securely releasably interengage a metered-dose inhaler actuator mouthpiece, or may include a receptacle having an actuator nozzle and configured to receive a metered-dose inhaler canister, A metered-dose inhaler plume entering the dilution chamber intersects the airflow path thereto and airflow along the airflow path entrains and redirects at least a portion of the metered-dose inhaler plume toward the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Paul G. Andrus, Gayle R. Campbell-Andrus
  • Publication number: 20200222644
    Abstract: A method of purifying herbal extract(s) from an herbaceous plant composition includes heating the herbal extracts-containing composition to volatilize at least one of herbal extract(s) into a vapor and condensing the vapor on a substrate or wet extracting the herbal extract(s) by treatment of the herbaceous plant composition or a derivative thereof with a solvent for the herbal extract(s), separating the solution of herbal extract(s), forming a concentrate and casting the concentrate on the substrate to form a coating of the herbal extract(s) on the substrate. A corresponding delivery cartridge and delivery system can include a controllable heating element and the substrate coated with at least one of herbal extract(s). These are configured to allow passage of air over the substrate to volatilize or entrain the herbal extract(s) as a vapor, gas or aerosol for administration to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Timothy McCullough
  • Publication number: 20200222645
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods for managing a move of a patient being monitored or treated by a medical system, such as a medical ventilator. The disclosure describes a novel approach for preventing a patient from being moved from a first location to second different location that is connected to a monitoring and/or treatment system, before all of the necessary hoses have been disconnected from the patient. Further, the disclosure describes a novel approach of ensuring that all of the necessary hoses are reconnected to a patient being monitored or treated by a monitoring and/or treatment system after being moved from the first location to the second different location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Dan Graboi, Peter Doyle
  • Publication number: 20200222646
    Abstract: A fan unit which in use forms part of a gases supply unit, the gases supply unit suitable for use as part of a system for providing heated humidified gases to a user, the fan unit having a casing that has an inlet aperture and an outlet passage, the outlet passage including an exit aperture, the fan unit also including a fan which is located inside the casing and which is adapted for connection to a motor to drive rotation of the fan in use, the fan drawing gases into the casing via the inlet aperture, and forcing these gases out of the casing via the outlet passage as a gases stream, the outlet passage further including at least one bypass vent hole independent of the exit aperture and arranged at an angle to the path of the gases stream through the outlet passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Alastair Edwin McAuley, Ian Douglas Makinson, Fiona Elizabeth Cresswell
  • Publication number: 20200222647
    Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a monitor for use with a bag valve mask (BVM). In some embodiments, the monitor can take the form of an inline electronic spirometer using a bi-directional digital turbine for the BVM with volume, pressure, and respiratory rate alarms and active real time monitoring in order to prevent volutrauma/barotrauma and hypoxia. Alternatively, an out of line electronic spirometer using a variable orifice or fixed orifice flowmeter (pitot tube) and two tubes connected to a portable device can be used. The monitor can come with a BVM or can be a separate device configured for coupling to an existing BVM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Bryan J. Marascalchi
  • Publication number: 20200222648
    Abstract: The invention concerns a manual resuscitation bag having a first PEP exhaust valve (4) arranged in a first conduit element (3) and fluidly communicating with the ambient atmosphere for venting gas to the atmosphere when the gas pressure, into the first conduit element (3), exceeds a given pressure threshold. The first PEP exhaust valve (4) has a valve body (5) and a calibration mechanism (6, 12; 7-10) for setting a desired pressure threshold. The calibration mechanism (6, 12; 7-10) is a rotatable member (6), actuatable by a user, arranged on the valve body (5) and cooperating with a pressure adjusting device (7-10) arranged into the valve body (5), and a support member (12) comprising several markings (11) corresponding to several settable pressure values, arranged between the rotatable member (6) and the valve body (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Luca ALBERICI, Ottorino BUGATTI, Paolo MASSARO, Fulvio MASSERDOTTI
  • Publication number: 20200222649
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure is related to a medical device for providing an air passageway through a neck of a patient. In one embodiment, the medical device may include: a neckband configured to extend around the neck of the patient, the neckband including a connector positioned along a length of the neckband for positioning along an anterior part of the neck of the patient, the connector including a connector through hole; a cannula having an elongated tube extending from a connecting head, the elongated tube being configured to extend into a trachea of the patient and including an inner passageway, the connecting head having a through hole that is continuous with the inner passageway of the elongated tube thereby allowing air to pass through the cannula into the trachea, the connecting head having an outer diameter that is sized to have a friction fit with the connector through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Byron Wilson, Harrison Yen, Ethan Young, Jeff Eldredge, Tim Colonius
  • Publication number: 20200222650
    Abstract: An endo-tracheal catheter (1) for use in an anesthetic procedure comprises a catheter tube (10) to be inserted into the trachea (40) of a patient (4), the catheter tube (10) having a tubular wall (101) defining an inner lumen (102) for guiding a gaseous flow, and a connection piece (11) which defines a chamber (110) being in fluid connection with the catheter tube (10) and comprising a port (110) for connecting a detection device (2) to the endo-tracheal catheter (1) for detecting at least one substance in the gaseous flow flowing through the catheter tube (10). Herein, an insert tube (13) is received in the inner lumen (102) of the catheter tube (10) for guiding the gaseous flow through the catheter tube (10) and/or a coating (103) covers the tubular wall (101) at a side facing the inner lumen (102) for guiding the gaseous flow through the catheter tube (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Dieter Pruss
  • Publication number: 20200222651
    Abstract: Varies features of tube holder devices and tube holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mark W. Jockel, Gregory J. Czaplewski, Anthony Scalise, Tze Wan Chung, Peter L. Visconti, Christina Augustyn, Rebecca E. Merryman, Thai H. Dang, Patrick C. Tetzlaff, Brian T. Leadingham
  • Publication number: 20200222652
    Abstract: A method and apparatus can be used in the selection of correctly sized respiratory interfaces. The method includes the use of light beams to project sizing markers onto a patient's face, which enables the size of the patient's facial features to be measured relative to a set of interface sizes. A sizing apparatus can include a light source and beam splitters that will refract and project the light source into a series of beams that can be aligned on a patient's face in order to measure the features of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Grant Niccol
  • Publication number: 20200222653
    Abstract: A full face respirator mask includes a ring-shaped frame, a transparent face plate connected to an inner periphery of the frame, an air inlet extending through the face plate, and a cushion integrally molded to the frame and having an abutment portion. The frame has top, bottom, left and right parts. At least one protruding plate extends rearwardly and horizontally from the top part. The at least one protruding plate is embedded in the cushion body to push the abutment portion to abut tightly against the face of a user when the full face respirator mask is positioned on the face of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: HSINER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eric CHANG
  • Publication number: 20200222654
    Abstract: A respiratory interface, such as a mouthpiece, having a vestibular shield overlapping a user's teeth and gums, a gases passageway extending through the vestibular shield allowing for the passage of the gases through mouthpiece and an extra oral seal associated with the gases passageway, wherein the passageway in use causes gases to be diffused when exiting from the gases passageway. Mouthpiece may have an adjustment mechanism to alter distance between the vestibular shield and the extra-oral seal. The interface may include an elbow having a vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Adam Alexander Tebbutt, Blair Albert Neal, Lewis George Gradon, Alastair Edwin McAuley, Mark Joseph Haycock
  • Publication number: 20200222655
    Abstract: A respiratory interface, such as a mouthpiece, having a vestibular shield overlapping a user's teeth and gums, a gases passageway extending through the vestibular shield allowing for the passage of the gases through mouthpiece and an extra oral seal associated with the gases passageway, wherein the passageway in use causes gases to be diffused when exiting from the gases passageway. Mouthpiece may have an adjustment mechanism to alter distance between the vestibular shield and the extra-oral seal. The interface may include an elbow having a vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Adam Alexander Tebbutt, Blair Albert Neal, Lewis George Gradon, Alastair Edwin McAuley, Mark Joseph Haycock
  • Publication number: 20200222656
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating depression, mania, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and various other neurologic conditions using synaptic pathway training. Methods of synaptic pathway training include, generally, achieving a favorable treatment result by activating a synaptic pathway using a pharmacologic agent, such as treating refractory symptoms of depression with ketamine, following by potentiation of the favorable result by repeatedly stimulating the activated pathway. Stimulation of a synaptic pathway may be achieved by intrinsic means, such as performance of cognitive exercised, or extrinsic means, such as by delivery of a sensory stimulus to the patient, placing a potential voltage difference across the brain or a brain region, or by placing the brain or a brain region in a magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph Rustick
  • Publication number: 20200222657
    Abstract: Invention is about a device which provides babies to calm down without any parent intervention by making them listen to the white noise installed to its memory by pre-determining of their cry with the change in their breathing and the vibration occurs during crying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Senay Cetinkaya
  • Publication number: 20200222658
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, kits, and devices for improving cognitive function and memory through olfactory stimulation. In some embodiments, olfactory stimulation is performed by releasing one or more scents according to an olfactory stimulation regimen or schedule. The methods, kits and devices described herein can provide a large impact on cognition with minimal effort and cost. They can be used widely and effectively among older adults, children, and other populations in need of improved cognitive performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventor: Michael Leon
  • Publication number: 20200222659
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a urinary catheter assembly comprising an outer package of gas- impermeable material and an intermittent urinary catheter arranged inside the outer package. The catheter comprises a proximal insertion end, a distal connection end, and a connector at the distal end. The connector defines a distal opening. The catheter assembly further comprises a sleeve of liquid-impermeable material configured to define at least part of a liquid tight enclosure. The enclosure encloses the insertable part of the catheter. The enclosure is closed by a first closure in the proximal end and a second closure in the distal end. The second closure is configured to be opened as the outer package is opened and the first closure is configured to be opened as the catheter and sleeve is removed from the outer package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Lars Olav Schertiger, Chaabane Bougherara
  • Publication number: 20200222660
    Abstract: A bladder catheter is provided. The bladder catheter includes: a proximal portion configured to be positioned in at least a portion of a patient's urethra; and a distal portion configured to be positioned in a patient's bladder, the distal portion including a retention portion, wherein the retention portion includes an inwardly facing side including one or more perforations and an outwardly facing side, and wherein, when negative pressure is applied through the bladder catheter, fluid is drawn into the bladder catheter through the one or more perforations while bladder walls are prevented from appreciably occluding the one or more perforations by contact with the outwardly facing side of the retention portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: John R. Erbey, II, Jacob L. Upperco, Michael Alan Fisher, Patrick William Strane, Lance Michael Black
  • Publication number: 20200222661
    Abstract: An insertion tool having an insertion guide tube that maintains a perimodiolar or other pre-curved electrode assembly in a substantially straight configuration while preventing the electrode assembly from twisting in response to stresses induced by the bias force which urges the assembly to return to its pre-curved configuration. This generally ensures that when the electrode assembly is deployed from the distal end of the insertion guide tube, the electrode assembly and insertion guide tube have a known relative orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Pierre Vancaillie, Frank Risi
  • Publication number: 20200222662
    Abstract: A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, a lumen extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a side port. A septum may be disposed within the lumen of the catheter assembly. The side port may include a lumen in fluid communication with the lumen of the catheter adapter. The lumen of the side port may be distally-facing, which may facilitate flushing of fluid trapped proximate a distal face of the septum. The catheter assembly may include a catheter secured within the catheter adapter and extending distally from the catheter adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jithendra Kumar Sathyanarayana Naidu, Zhee Min Jimmy Yong
  • Publication number: 20200222663
    Abstract: Torque devices for use with intravascular devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a torque device for use with an intravascular device includes a first component having a body defining a tapered opening for receiving a proximal portion of the intravascular device, a first arm extending from the body, and a second arm extending from the body; and a second component movably coupled to the first component, wherein the second component is movable relative to the first component between an open position where the torque device is configured to slidably receive the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member between the first and second arms of the first component and a closed position where the torque device fixedly engages the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member between first and second arms of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Justin MAY
  • Publication number: 20200222664
    Abstract: A guide catheter extension, including a push member having a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end; a tube frame defining a lumen therein, a longitudinal axis, and a proximal segment and a distal segment, wherein the tube frame comprises a plurality of cut patterns therein; and a tongue element extending from the proximal segment of the tube frame, wherein the tongue element is coupled to the push member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Robert J. COTTONE, Mohamad Ike Juman
  • Publication number: 20200222665
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sheath configured to be at least partially inserted into a body of a patient, the sheath having a distal end and a proximal end; a housing coupled to the proximal end of the sheath; and a control mechanism operably coupled to the housing and slidable to move the sheath relative to the housing. The control mechanism includes a locking mechanism for locking the control mechanism in place relative to the housing; a deflection mechanism for articulating a distal end of the sheath; and a saddle slidable relative to the locking mechanism and the deflection mechanism. A device is coupled to the saddle and is extendable from and retractable within the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ming J. CHENG, Allen PALMER, Yoshinari OKITA
  • Publication number: 20200222666
    Abstract: Flexible elongate device systems and methods include a flexible elongate device having a flexible body and an axial support structure. The axial support structure includes at least one groove extending along a length of the axial support structure. The flexible elongate device further includes a plurality of control elements for actuating the flexible elongate device. Each of the plurality of control elements extends through one of the at least one groove of the axial support structure. In some embodiments, the at least one groove includes a plurality of grooves spaced circumferentially around the axial support structure. In some embodiments, the flexible body includes lumens that extend through the at least one of the grooves. The control elements are disposed in the lumens. In some embodiments, the flexible body includes a main lumen that extends centrally through the flexible body. The main lumen provides a channel for a medical tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jason K. Chan, Joseph R. Callol, Lucas S. Gordon, Anoop B. Kowshik, Randall L. Schlesinger, Hans F. Valencia, Worth B. Walters
  • Publication number: 20200222667
    Abstract: A guiding sheath assembly has a shaft that is operable to define more than one deflection curvature and defines a lumen to slidably receive a cardiovascular catheter. The guiding sheath assembly includes a proximal section, a distal section, and a stiffener member. The proximal section has a proximal shaft that defines a proximal lumen extending distally along a longitudinal axis to the distal section. The distal section has a distal shaft that defines a distal lumen that is configured to be biased (e.g., resiliently biased) laterally away from the longitudinal axis. The stiffener member is a rigid elongate member, such as an inner tubular member, that is configured to counteract the bias of the distal shaft. Longitudinal movement of the stiffener member relative to the distal section enables the operator to select and set a deflection curvature of the distal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Raymond Y. Tang, Mark T. Stanley, Christopher T. Beeckler
  • Publication number: 20200222668
    Abstract: A robotic catheter system includes a cassette including a housing, a first pair of engagement surfaces, and a second pair of engagement surfaces. The housing includes a front end, a rear end, a sidewall, a first channel, and a second channel. The first pair of engagement surfaces are arranged to contact a guide wire with sufficient pressure such that when the engagement surfaces are driven, axial movement is imparted to the guide wire. The guide wire extends along the first channel, through the rear end of the housing, and through the front end of the housing. The second pair of engagement surfaces are arranged to contact a catheter with sufficient pressure such that when the engagement surfaces are driven, axial movement is imparted to the catheter. The catheter device extends along the second channel, the second channel arranged at an angle with respect to the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Corindus, Inc.
    Inventors: Tal Wenderow, Thomas Bromander, James J. Kennedy, III, Stanley O. Thompson, Jon B. Taylor, Jeffrey Lightcap
  • Publication number: 20200222669
    Abstract: A device for securing and monitoring movement of a catheter includes a film having an adhesive disposed on a body-facing surface for securing the film to a body. The device also includes a base mounted on the film, the base comprising a first portion of a guide channel for receiving the catheter. A cover is coupled to the base via a hinge, the cover comprising a second portion of the guide channel, the cover further comprising a rounded portion extending from a distal end of the cover, wherein in the closed configuration, the catheter is completely enclosed by the rounded portion and the first and second portions of the guide channel. The device also includes a positional shift indicator fixedly attached to the catheter and configured to indicate positional shifts by the catheter within the guide channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: George Hsu, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200222670
    Abstract: A fixation device for securing a catheter to a tissue within a body includes a shaft defining a lumen configured to receive the catheter and multiple anchors disposed along the shaft. Each anchor of the multiple anchors includes multiple protrusive elements that are biased to an extended configuration in which the multiple protrusive elements extend radially from the shaft for engaging the tissue to secure the catheter to the tissue when the catheter is disposed within the lumen. The multiple protrusive elements can be adjusted from the extended configuration to a collapsed configuration in which the multiple protrusive elements are oriented parallel to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Laura Tyler Perryman, Chad David Andresen, Benjamin Speck
  • Publication number: 20200222671
    Abstract: An IV access device can include a needle hub that incorporates a flash chamber. The flash chamber can be used to provide visual confirmation of proper catheter placement within a vein. The flash chamber can include a path-defining structure to facilitate identifying whether blood is continually flowing into the flash chamber. The flash chamber may also be removable from the needle hub. In some cases, the needle hub may include a paddle grip that facilitates insertion of the catheter and separation of the needle hub from the catheter adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bart D. Peterson, Bin Wang, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Tyler Warner