Patents Issued in August 4, 2020
  • Patent number: 10729575
    Abstract: A device for securing an eyewear lens to a nasal applique which results in nasal dilation. The device includes a base engageable with the eyewear lens. First and second pivot units are is coupled to the base pivotal about respective pivot axes. The pivot units collectively define a nose adjustment angle therebetween, with the nose adjustment angle being generally conformable to the user's nose. The first pivot unit and the second pivot unit are configured to interact with at least one nasal applique to magnetically couple the first pivot unit and the second pivot unit to the at least one nasal applique. The magnetic coupling between the first pivot unit and the second pivot unit and the at least one nasal applique imparts a dilating force on the user's nose to dilate the nasal passageway when the at least one nasal applique is attached to the user's nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: James D. Castillo
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    Patent number: 10729576
    Abstract: A pad for a bandage or orthosis has a front surface and a rear surface. At least a subarea of the rear surface has connection pieces which form a mesh structure having interstices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BAUERFEIND AG
    Inventors: Hans B. Bauerfeind, Rainer Scheuermann
  • Patent number: 10729577
    Abstract: A hip spica cast application device for holding a patient's legs in a desired position while a spica cast is applied. The device includes an adjustable vertical post extending out of a base. Two extendable arms are pivotally attached to the top of the post. Each arm has a “U”-shaped leg holder at one end to receive and support a patient's thigh. A platform extends from a top of the vertical post for engagement with a table, such as a surgical table. During a hip spica casting procedure, the post length, arm length, and arm angles can be adjusted and locked in place to support and maintain the patient's legs at a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: King Saud University
    Inventors: Abdulmonem Alsiddiky, Raheef Mohamed Alatassi
  • Patent number: 10729578
    Abstract: A patient temperature control system and method are provided for automated temperature control according to a programmed protocol. In one aspect, at least one programmed protocol may be established for each of a plurality of patient thermal therapy phases. In turn, the temperature of a thermal exchange medium may be controlled, based at least in part, upon the programmed protocol, during each of the phases. In another aspect, a plurality of programmed protocols may be established, wherein a selected one of the protocols (e.g. selected by a user at a user interface) may be utilized for automated temperature control during patient thermal therapy. The protocol(s) may include a target patient temperature and/or a set duration for one or more of the phase of thermal therapy. Further, the protocol(s) may be user-definable and modifiable during therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Medivance Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary A. Carson, Gary Gruszecki, Robert Proctor
  • Patent number: 10729579
    Abstract: Described are devices and methods for delivering a sheet of tissue into the eye in such a way that damage to the tissue is minimized, damage to the eye during insertion and manipulation of the tissue is minimized, and the tissue is released and delivered in a precise and controlled fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: National Institutes of Health
    Inventor: Arvydas Maminishkis
  • Patent number: 10729580
    Abstract: An apparatus and use thereof for clearing a capsular space following removal of a cataract or other ophthalmologic procedure. The apparatus includes a body having an irrigation outlet, an aspiration inlet, and a sweeper head rotatably connected with the body for extending a portion of the body including the irrigation outlet, the aspiration inlet, and the sweeper head into the capsular space. The sweeper head is connected with the body by a flow-to-rotary converter located in a cavity within the body for powering the sweeper head with fluid flow while irrigating the capsular space, aspirating the capsular space, or both. Sweeping a surface of the lens capsule while irrigating facilitates clearing remnants and other material from the capsular space following removal of cataracts or another ophthalmologic procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Edward Ashenhurst
  • Patent number: 10729581
    Abstract: A surgical system comprises a pressurized irrigation fluid source; an irrigation line fluidly coupled to the pressurized irrigation fluid source; a hand piece fluidly coupled to the irrigation line; an irrigation pressure sensor located at or along the pressurized irrigation fluid source or irrigation line; and a controller for controlling the pressurized irrigation fluid source. The controller controls the pressurized irrigation fluid source based on a reading from the irrigation pressure sensor and an estimated flow value modified by a compensation factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Mikhail Boukhny, Raphael Gordon, Michael D. Morgan, Gary P. Sorensen
  • Patent number: 10729582
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods of and for an ophthalmic surgical system are disclosed. An ophthalmic surgical system may include a vitreous probe having a housing sized and shaped for grasping by a user. The vitreous probe may also include a cutter extending from the housing and being sized to penetrate and treat a patient eye. The cutter may include an outer cutting tube coupled to the housing. The outer cutting tube may have an outer port formed at a distal end wall of the outer cutting tube and configured to receive tissue. The cutter may include a rotatable inner cutting member disposed within the outer cutting tube. The inner cutting member may include a first cutting surface that rotates across the outer port to cut the tissue when the inner cutting member is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Philip John Biancalana, Paul R. Hallen, Mark Alan Hopkins, Michael J. Papac, Robert Joseph Sanchez, Jr., Salomon Valencia
  • Patent number: 10729583
    Abstract: An implantable device for treatment of glaucoma of the eye. In one aspect, the device includes an elongate duct for diverting aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye, the elongate duct having a central axis with a proximal end and distal end opposite one another. A least one element is spaced apart from the proximal end and the distal end of said elongate duct and extends radially outward beyond an outer surface of said elongate duct in at least two directions transverse to the central axis of said elongate duct, wherein the at least one element has a distal portion with a tapered profile facing the distal end of said elongate duct. The at least one element is configured to deform in a tissue passage leading into the anterior chamber of the eye as it is inserted into the tissue passage in response to forces applied by surrounding ocular tissue of the tissue passage. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: InnFocus, Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard Pinchuk
  • Patent number: 10729584
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device including a cannula having a cannula distal end, a lumen, and one or more orifices coupled to the lumen is provided. The cannula is configured to deliver a fluid. A sleeve is disposed around the cannula and has a sleeve distal end. A handle is coupled to the sleeve and the cannula, the handle having an actuator. An internal mechanism is coupled to the actuator and configured to retract the sleeve relative to the cannula. The internal mechanism includes a follower fixedly coupled to the sleeve and moveable between distal and proximal positions, and a release member movable between an activated position and a release position. The release member is coupled to the actuator and configured to release a force that urges the follower from the distal position to the proximal position when the release member moves from the activated position to the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: NEW WORLD MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Malik Y. Kahook, Eric Porteous, Carlos A. Mendoza
  • Patent number: 10729585
    Abstract: A Computer program for determining a working profile for controlling a radiation system in refractive eye surgery, said program comprising: a user interface for input of data by a user; a data receiving interface for receiving measured data regarding the eye to be corrected; a working profile generator for generating a working profile on the basis of the input data and measured data; a generator for generating control data for controlling electromagnetic radiation; a simulator for simulating a treatment result on the basis of said control data for controlling the electromagnetic radiation and the effect of said radiation on eye tissue; a judgment stage for judging said treatment results by applying pre-given criteria; an iteration loop for generating iteratively, in case of a negative judgment, another amended profile on the basis of other data or for generating iteratively other control data for controlling the electromagnetic radiation; and a transfer means for transferring control data to a control of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bueler, Michael Mrochen
  • Patent number: 10729586
    Abstract: A planning device for a scanning pattern of a closed structure in an eye, an ophthalmic laser treatment device and corresponding methods including a scanning pattern of a closed structure in a tissue of a patient's eye in a single-pass method for the control of an ophthalmic laser treatment device, in which a starting point of the macroscopic scanning pattern which contains the scanning pattern is arranged in a region in which the angle between a direction of progress of the macroscopic scanning pattern and a direction of a maximum offset caused by movements of the eye relative to the ophthalmic laser treatment device is minimal, or in a region of a minimum change in the macroscopic scanning pattern (n the z-direction per unit of time, or in a region in which a direction of progress of the macroscopic scanning pattern is parallel to a direction of maximum offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Jens Ringling, Delbert Peter Andrews, Alexander Nikolaev, Michael Bergt
  • Patent number: 10729587
    Abstract: A hearing protector device (9) comprising a controller (11), a memory (14), and a receiver (12) is provided. The controller (11) is configured to be connected to the memory (14), the receiver (12) and an at least one user-notifying device (31) adapted to notify a hearing protector user. The hearing protector device (9) is configured to receive at least one data transmission signal from a data transmission device (20); storing at least one signal parameter; and comparing said data transmission signal to the at least one stored signal parameter. The at least one stored signal parameter is associated with at least one suitable notification; wherein the user-notifying device (31) is configured to, when the signal from the data transmission device (20) matches the signal parameter, present the at least one notification associated to the signal parameter to the hearing protector user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hellberg Safety AB
    Inventors: Andreas Gustavsson, Joakim Ohlander
  • Patent number: 10729588
    Abstract: A fingerstall, in particular for treatment of defects of the distal phalanx of the finger with a closed distal end, an open proximal end, and an interior. Provision is made that a chamber is formed in the fingerstall at the distal end thereof and the chamber is in liquid communication with the interior of the fingerstall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TECHNICHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN
    Inventors: Jurek Schultz, Guido Fitze
  • Patent number: 10729589
    Abstract: Oxygen diffusive wound dressings and methods of manufacturing and use are described herein. The wound dressing may generally provide a ready supply of oxygen to a wound being treated via one or more oxygen conduits which are designed to pass oxygen from ambient air or other oxygen reservoirs into proximity to the wound, and may also provide for exudate removal through transecting channels in fluid communication with both the wound surface and a hydrophilic absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hanuman Pelican, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Dorian, Richard W. Storrs, Michael D. Leach, Alexander B. Izvorski
  • Patent number: 10729590
    Abstract: Dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed for treating tissue with reduced pressure. A dressing for distributing reduced pressure to a tissue site includes a plurality of liquid-impermeable layers that are stacked and a plurality of spacers disposed at least partially between adjacent liquid-impermeable layers. The plurality of liquid-impermeable layers are fenestrated at least in part. The plurality of spacers and plurality of liquid-impermeable layers form a plurality of flow paths for allowing fluid flow under reduced pressure. Adjacent layers of the plurality of liquid-impermeable layers are stacked without foam between at least a majority of coextensive surfaces. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler H. Simmons, Alexander G. Sammons
  • Patent number: 10729591
    Abstract: To provide excellent skin touch feeling, a compression resistant and durable concavo-convex shape providing an uneven feeling, and excellent absorption performance, a sanitary napkin is provided that includes an absorber interposed between a permeable front surface sheet embossed into a concavo-convex shape and a back surface sheet and a hydrophilic third sheet disposed between the permeable front surface sheet and the absorber. The permeable front surface sheet is a laminate structure that includes a fine fiber skin contact surface layer made of fine fibers having a fineness of less than 2.0 dtex and a crimped fiber layer laminated on the non-skin contact surface of the fine fiber layer and the crimped fibers have a fineness of from 3.0 to 5.0 dtex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mihoko Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 10729592
    Abstract: An absorbent structure comprising a single stratum exhibiting a Capillarity Work Potential greater than the Capillarity Work Potential trade-off Boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Vito Carla, Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr., John Lee Hammons
  • Patent number: 10729593
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses provide for the application of viscous fluids, such as adhesives, in pre-determined patterns to elastic material positioned on an advancing substrate, wherein the elastic material may be in various forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Darrell Ian Brown, John Andrew Strasemeier
  • Patent number: 10729594
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for increasing the number of articles processed. over a distance traveled in the machine direction of an assembly line. In particular, the orientation of the long dimension of the article is provided transverse to the machine direction, thus process rug the articles side-by-side instead of end-to-end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon Allen Pelland
  • Patent number: 10729595
    Abstract: An improved tampon has a tampon body and a removal string, having a length (L) between a first end and second end permanently affixed at or along at least one first end of the string to the tampon body and wherein the second end is looped back into the tampon body and attached thereto to form a shortened single loop. The second end can be permanently attached or removably attached to the tampon body and the single loop extends from the tampon body a distance (D) less than half the length (L) of the removal string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Robbin Field Riordan
  • Patent number: 10729596
    Abstract: A pants-type absorbent article for which damage during wearing motions can be suppressed. The pants-type absorbent article includes: a front waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region; a waist opening defined by the front waist region and the rear waist region and disposed to surround a waist of the wearer; an external topsheet provided on at least one of the front waist region and the rear waist region; and an external backsheet bonded to the external topsheet. The external backsheet has a folded-back portion folded back at the waist opening, the folded-back portion extending beyond the external topsheet toward to the waist opening. A reinforcing sheet extends in a transverse direction orthogonally crossing the front-back direction and to overlap at least part of the folded-back portion. The reinforcing sheet has a length in the front-back direction longer than a length of the folded-back portion in the front-back direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotomo Mukai, Akihide Ninomiya, Akihisa Shiomi
  • Patent number: 10729597
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture are shown for creating a soft textile expanded apertured film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANTAGE CREATION ENTERPRISE LLC
    Inventor: James W. Cree
  • Patent number: 10729598
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed herein. The disposable absorbent article includes a topsheet forming a portion of a wearer-facing surface, the topsheet being a composite or laminate structure having a first side and an opposing second side, the composite or laminate structure having a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is a nonwoven and the second layer is a film, the topsheet having a pair of edge regions at least partially disposed on the wings and a central region disposed inboard of the pair of edge regions, wherein the pair of edge regions include a first plurality of discontinuities and the central region comprises a second plurality of discontinuities, wherein the first plurality of discontinuities and the second plurality of discontinuities are different; a backsheet forming a portion of the garment-facing surface; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10729599
    Abstract: An absorbent core comprising substantially continuous zones of one or more high fluid distribution structures and discontinuous zones of fluid absorption structures surrounding the one or more high fluid distribution structures, wherein the one or more high fluid distribution structures are arranged to distribute fluid across the absorbent core at a speed that is faster than the speed of fluid distribution across the absorbent core by said discontinuous fluid absorption structures, and wherein said continuous zones extend along a path that is substantially parallel to at least a portion of the perimeter of the core, said portion of the perimeter of the core comprising at least a portion of the sides of the core and one of the ends of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: Ontex BVBA, ONTEX GROUP NV
    Inventors: Ainas Weber, Manfred Breu, Christel Mailinger, Thomas Heege
  • Patent number: 10729600
    Abstract: An absorbent structure comprising one or more absorbent layers wherein the absorbent structure exhibits a first cycle Peak Force compression between about 30 grams and about 150 grams. The absorbent structure further exhibits a fifth cycle dry recovery energy between 0.1 mJ and 2.8 mJ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Clint Adam Morrow, Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10729601
    Abstract: An absorbent product includes a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes an absorbent fibrous layer and a liquid inlet foam layer and the absorbent core includes a transversally central liquid inlet region extending in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent core. Within the liquid inlet region, the liquid inlet foam layer is covered by a plurality of inlet openings and has a transversal width, which is equal to, or up to 9 mm smaller than, the minimum transversal width of the absorbent fibrous layer. The liquid inlet foam layer also has side edge regions arranged in front and rear portions of the absorbent core transversally outside of the liquid inlet region, and within which the liquid inlet foam layer is free from liquid inlet openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Peter Rönnberg, Philip Blomström
  • Patent number: 10729602
    Abstract: A modular approach to mounting medical equipment on evacuation litters employs litter engagement members of various configuration and a plurality of rail members all having the same sectional profile. The rail members can be mounted to a variety of connectors and auxiliary pieces such that equipment supporting structures can be built on a patient bearing litter without sacrificing access to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SMEED TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Eric M. Smeed
  • Patent number: 10729603
    Abstract: A manual electric folding scooter belongs to the technical field of medical instruments comprises a folding assembly, a push rod shaft and a rotating spindle arranged in turn, one end of an electric push rod is fixed in the push rod shaft, and the other end of the electric push rod is driven by a motor; the folding assembly comprises a hook shaft with both ends welded to a fixing plate, two reinforcing rods are symmetrically welded in the middle of the hook shaft, and the free ends of the reinforcing rods after passing through the symmetrically arranged fixing plate are arranged in sliding slots of frame fixing pieces on corresponding sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Nanjing Jin Bai He Medical Apparatus Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhaowei Wang
  • Patent number: 10729604
    Abstract: A sitting motion assist system for assisting a sitting motion of a patient changing their posture from a standing posture to a sitting posture includes a care belt, a knee-bending adviser, and a pulling mechanism. The care belt can be put on the patient and includes a hold mechanism including a first holder capable of holding the neck or shoulder of the patient and a second holder capable of holding their lower back, and a coupler capable of being positioned on their chest and coupled to the hold mechanism. The knee-bending adviser advises the patient to perform a knee-bending motion. The pulling mechanism is coupled to the hold mechanism via the coupler and pulls the care belt downward and slightly forward relative to the patient after the advice by the knee-bending adviser, and thereafter pushes the care belt downward and slightly backward to assist the sitting motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuko Tsusaka, Yudai Fudaba
  • Patent number: 10729605
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are patient-turning assemblies including a patient-turning assembly for turning a patient, which patient-turning assembly may include: a sling having: a first sling portion having a handle; and a second sling portion extending from the first sling portion; a sleeve fixedly coupled to the second sling portion; a channel disposed between the sleeve and the second sling portion; and a cushion capable of either ingress into or egress from the channel, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Sekai Chinake
  • Patent number: 10729606
    Abstract: An adaptive lift includes a base portion including a plurality of rollers, a lift portion coupled to the base portion, the lift portion including a mast extending upward from the base portion in a vertical direction and a lift arm coupled to the mast, a lift bar coupled to the lift arm, a lift system coupled to the base portion and the lift arm, where the lift system raises and lowers the lift bar with respect to the base portion, a support arm pivotally coupled to the mast and positioned above the base portion in the vertical direction, and a braking system coupled to the support arm, the braking system including a release handle that selectively repositions the braking system between an engaged position, in which the braking system prevents rotation of the plurality of rollers, and a disengaged position, in which the plurality of rollers may rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Liko Research & Development AB
    Inventors: Michael Scott Hood, Timothy Allen Lane, Neal Wiggermann, Timothy D. Wildman, Robert M. Zerhusen
  • Patent number: 10729607
    Abstract: A patient support structure includes a pair of independently height-adjustable supports, each connected to a patient support. The supports may be independently raised, lowered, rolled or tilted about a longitudinal axis, laterally shifted and angled upwardly or downwardly. Position sensors are provided to sense all of the foregoing movements. The sensors communicate data to a computer for coordinated adjustment and maintenance of the inboard ends of the patient supports in an approximated position during such movements. A longitudinal translator provides for compensation in the length of the structure when the supports are angled upwardly or downwardly. A patient trunk translator provides coordinated translational movement of the patient's upper body along the respective patient support in a caudad or cephalad direction as the patient supports are angled upwardly or downwardly for maintaining proper spinal biomechanics and avoiding undue spinal traction or compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence E. Guerra, Trevor A. Waggoner
  • Patent number: 10729608
    Abstract: An article for receiving a body of an animal and a method for containing fluid released from a body of an animal are disclosed. The article includes an absorbent layer having an inner side and an outer side opposite the inner side, wherein the absorbent layer is configured to be placed proximate to the body to absorb fluid released from the body; a liquid impermeable sheet attached to the outer side of the absorbent layer and configured to prevent the fluid released from the body from seeping through the liquid impermeable sheet; and an outer layer attached to the liquid impermeable sheet. At least the outer layer is configured to form an outer pouch to contain the body. The outer layer includes closure means configured to secure the body within the outer pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SWEET GOODBYE PTY LTD
    Inventor: Natalie Venosi
  • Patent number: 10729609
    Abstract: A gravestone marker made from a single slab of granite that is carved and cut. A bulletproof, transparent covering for a viewing chamber allows for placement of photographs and other small objects within the chamber. The chamber is carved out of the granite slab, and a back wall is cut from the slab and reattached to enclose the chamber. This allows for smoothing and polishing of the chamber prior to reattachment of the back wall. Luminescent sand can be placed within the chamber to provide illumination to the objects stored within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Izak Du Bruyn
  • Patent number: 10729610
    Abstract: Semi-passive control system (10) comprises a pneumatic spring actuator (16), a pressure regulator (22) in communication with the pneumatic spring actuator (16), a hydraulic locking actuator (18), a hydraulic valve (20) in communication with actuator (18), a power source (14), a pulley wheel (42), and a cable (46) having a first end in contact with pulley wheel (42), first and second side portions (50, 56) extending from opposing sides of pulley wheel (42), and a second end adapted to connect to an orthosis device (76). At least one cable clamp (62) attaches to second side portion (56) of cable (46) and interconnects cable (46) to shafts (112b, 118b) of actuators (16, 18). A central control unit (12) includes a processor (13a) and a computer readable storage medium (13b) having program instructions stored thereon for execution by the central control unit to adjust stiffness, damping or stiffness and damping parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Robert Peter Matthew, Eric John Mica, Waiman Meinhold, Joel Alfredo Loeza, Ruzena Bajcsy, Masayoshi Tomizuka
  • Patent number: 10729611
    Abstract: A massage machine for providing massage which includes a seat portion on which a person to be treated sits; a backrest portion provided at a rear side of the seat portion; a backrest operation portion for changing an angle of the backrest portion in a range of a standing position to a reclining position which reclines back; and a kneading ball type, a vibration type and/or the roller type and air-bag style massage portions. The massage machine further includes either a stand-by mode for maintaining the reclining position of the backrest portion, or a restoring mode for automatically restoring the backrest portion from the reclining position to the standing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Ode
  • Patent number: 10729612
    Abstract: A portable therapeutic device includes a portable body having a recessed central region and a raised outer peripheral edge surrounding the recessed central region and directly engaged with the recessed central region, a plurality of massage balls seated at the recessed central region and spaced inside a perimeter of the raised outer peripheral edge, a thermal-conductive element channeled inside the outer peripheral edge and spaced from the recessed central region, and a power source communicatively coupled to the massage balls and the thermal-conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Denise K. Burns, Dorothy Belnavis, Donna Sbarro
  • Patent number: 10729613
    Abstract: Bed base and bed provided with the bed base, wherein the bed base is provided with massaging apparatuses having slats which are placed one after the other and which define a support plane for a mattress, wherein the massaging apparatuses include a first drive which activates a first series of slats for a massaging action and a second drive which activates a second series of slats for a massaging action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Valter Copetti
  • Patent number: 10729614
    Abstract: A portable vibrating roller includes an outer roller structure having a plurality of grooves and ribs. A hollow cylindrical bore extends longitudinally through the shell. A vibration system having a first end cap and a second end cap fits within the bore. A battery positioned within the shell near one end cap provides electrical power to a motor positioned within the shell near the other end cap to cause the motor to rotate an output shaft at a plurality of angular velocities to rotate an eccentric mass located approximately midway between the two end caps. The rotating eccentric mass causes vibration. A motor control circuit receives input power from a battery and selectively provides output power to the motor in response to the operation of a switch on the first end cap. The output power is varied to control the angular velocity of the output shaft of the motor and to thereby control a frequency of vibration caused by the eccentric mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hyper Ice, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Marton, Anthony Katz
  • Patent number: 10729615
    Abstract: A CPR system includes a retention structure to retain the patient's body, and a compression mechanism to perform CPR compressions to the patient's chest. The CPR system further includes a processor to control the compression mechanism, and thus the performance of the CPR compressions. In embodiments, the CPR system compresses at a rate or frequency that is varied based on feedback gathered from physiological sensors that detect physiological characteristics of the patient during treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Tyson G. Taylor, Alex Esibov, Bjarne Madsen Hardig, Fred Chapman
  • Patent number: 10729616
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for lyophilizing and sealing a medicament within a medical delivery device having an opening. The apparatus may include a stopper for sealing the opening. The stopper may have one or more elongated members extending from a base, in a direction that is parallel to a central axis of the base. One or more of the members may be set radially away from the axis and define a coaxial central well. The member or members may define a void. The elongated member or members may engage a device inner wall and support the base away from the opening. The void may provide gas exchange between a device interior and a device exterior. The gas may be a lyophilization byproduct that escapes from the device interior between the inner wall, the base and the member or members. The stopper may be advanced into the device to seal the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Lionel Vedrine
  • Patent number: 10729617
    Abstract: An apparatus to preserve liquid from a medicine vial may include a vial coupling member forming a vial coupling member cavity and a container forming a cavity. The apparatus may further include a first fluid pathway forming a first lumen that is in fluid communication with the vial coupling member cavity and the cavity and a second fluid pathway forming a second lumen that is in fluid communication with the vial coupling member cavity and the cavity. The vial coupling member cavity, the cavity, the first lumen, and the second lumen may form a sterile environment that is sealed from contaminants in an ambient environment. The apparatus may include a disengaging member configured to permit the container to disengage from the first fluid pathway and the second fluid pathway while permanently sealing at least one of the first lumen or the second lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Phipps Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Christopher Phipps
  • Patent number: 10729618
    Abstract: A liquid medicine filling device includes a container mounting unit, a liquid delivery flow conduit, a ventilation flow conduit, a syringe, a connection flow conduit, a first flow path switching unit, and a second flow path switching unit. The first flow path switching unit may switch between a flow path for filling through which the syringe communicates with a liquid medicine container via the ventilation flow conduit and a flow path for air removal through which the syringe communicates with the connection flow conduit via the ventilation flow conduit. The second flow path switching unit may switch between a flow path for filling through which the liquid medicine container communicates with the liquid medicine storage unit via the liquid delivery flow conduit and a flow path for air removal through which the liquid medicine storage unit communicates with the connection flow conduit via the liquid delivery flow conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Yaegashi
  • Patent number: 10729619
    Abstract: Present invention relates to a capsule sealing composition and the method of using said composition for sealing capsules. Said sealing composition contains an acidic or alkaline solute and a volatile solvent; said sealing method uses the characteristics of capillary action ad volatile solvents to dissolve and seal the junction of the capsule cover and capsule body and said capsule then becomes a sealed capsule and the drugs contained in the capsule will not leak easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Garry Tsaur, Frank Tsaur, Ting-Hua Wang
  • Patent number: 10729620
    Abstract: An improved baby bottle apparatus having a baby bottle adapted to be filled with a liquid and any chosen additives and then releasably attached to a base member with the base member adapted to releasably connect with the bottle member and heat a liquid to a desired temperature and stir the liquid to mix any chosen additives added to the liquid before a baby sucks on the nipple and drinks the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Oksana Monet Goodin
  • Patent number: 10729621
    Abstract: A device and method for verifying the proper position of catheters in the body by means of acoustic reflectometry, the device including a sound source, one or more sound receivers, a tube with compliant walls and open distal end to be introduced through an entrance to a body cavity, the sound source and receiver(s) coupled to the proximal end of the tube, a processor for causing the sound source to generate an acoustic excitation signal, the processor processing the acoustic signals sensed by the sound receiver(s) and generating an approximation of the acoustic impulse response of the tube, and the processor analyzing the acoustic impulse response to determine the position of the tube in the body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONARMED INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mansfield, Laura L. Lyons
  • Patent number: 10729622
    Abstract: A process for taking a dental impression and/or conducting a dental retraction. The process includes the steps of: (a) providing a composition (A) having the consistency (a1), composition (A) including curable components, and a catalyst suitable to initiate or catalyze the curing of the curable components, composition (A) being contained in a device, (b) applying a portion (I) of composition (A) with a consistency (a2) into the sulcus of a tooth, (c) applying a portion (II) of composition (A) with a consistency (a1) in contact with composition (A) applied in step (b), (d) removing portion (I) together with portion (II) of composition (A) from the surface of the tooth, consistency (a2) being higher than consistency (a1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Andreas R. Maurer, Joachim W. Zech, Christoph Schulte, Peter U. Osswald, Rudolf Schmid, Hendrik Grupp, Marc Peuker, Helmut Pauser, Manfred Harre, Andreas J. Boehm
  • Patent number: 10729623
    Abstract: A method for producing elliptical, needle-shaped, or rod-shaped polymer particles satisfying (1)-(3) below includes a step in which a synthesis solution including water, a mixed solvent of a hydrophilic organic solvent and a hydrophobic organic solvent, a polymeric stabilizer, a polymerization initiator, and an unsaturated monomer is heated, and, at least after the heating has started, the pH of the synthesis solution is adjusted to 5-9 inclusive to perform solution polymerization: (1) the average (LAV) length (L) in a two-dimensional projection diagram obtained by irradiating the particles with light from a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is 0.1-80 ?m; (2) the average (DAV) breadth (D) in the two-dimensional projection diagram obtained by irradiating the particles with light from the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is 0.05-40 ?m; and (3) the average (PAV) aspect ratio (L/D) calculated from the length (L) and the breadth (D) is 1.5-30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: NISSHINBO HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Hayakawa, Toshifumi Hashiba, Erina Matsuzaka, Goki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10729624
    Abstract: The present invention, belonging to the technical field of chemical sun-screening agent preparation, discloses a high-ultraviolet absorption lignin/chemical sun-screening agent microcapsule using lignin as a wall material and a preparation method therefor. The method of the present invention comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving 1-20 parts by weight of lignin in 100-200 parts by weight of an aqueous solution with a pH of 12, adjusting the pH of the solution to 7-10, and then removing insoluble substances by filtration to obtain a lignin solution; and (2) mixing 10-50 parts by weight of the lignin solution in step (1) with 1-10 parts by weight of a chemical sun-screening agent, and performing ultrasonic radiation under a power of 200-1500 W for 10 s to 25 min to obtain a lignin/chemical sun-screening agent microcapsule emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xueqing Qiu, Yong Qian, Ying Li, Dongjie Yang, Hongming Lou, Shiping Zhu, Weifeng Liu