Patents Issued in August 13, 2020
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Publication number: 20200254155Abstract: A method and apparatus for fluid removal from a patient includes a disposable fluid removal subassembly and a portable drive subassembly that manage controlled extraction of a fluid from a patient. The fluid removal subassembly is configured for accessing a fluid filled cavity of a patient and also coupled with a fluid flow inducer having an inflow fluid intake and an outflow fluid output. The entire fluid removal subassembly, inclusive of a connector, a fluid conduit, and the fluid flow inducer, but exclusive of the outflow fluid output and a collection bag, is fluidly sealed from an external environment, and un-vented to the external environment. The fluid removal system enables a closed-loop fluid path between the patient through to the fluid flow inducer, which is under direct control by the patient of flow rate and therefore resulting pressure in the fluid path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Theodore Karwoski, James Croteau, Jay Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20200254156Abstract: A stand-alone system for assessing wound exudates from the wound of a patient is described. The system contains functionality to detect, process and report various wound parameters. The system also may make treatment determinations based on these findings. The system may detect one or more physiological values of the wound exudates from the wound of the patient. The system may also compare detected physiological values to predetermined physiological values, in order to obtain a comparison result in real time. The system may include a processor (15) which provides an electronic signal based on the comparison result in which the electronic signal may corresponds to guidelines for treating the wound (3). The system described may be an accessory, which may be used on its own, or in conjunction with other wound treatment devices (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Landy Aaron Toth
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Publication number: 20200254157Abstract: Systems and methods for effecting bariatric procedures are disclosed. Each system includes an instrument, a control valve and, optionally, a suction controller. The instrument is in the form of an elongated, flexible member having a distal end portion arranged for anchoring the instrument in the patient's stomach and for enabling fluids to be removed from the patient's stomach. Suction is applied to the patient's stomach by the distal end portion of the instrument to drain gastric fluids and to bring adjacent portions of the patient's stomach into engagement with the instrument to provide a visually perceptible delineation line along which a portion of the stomach may be resected, sealed and tested.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Christopher L. Radl, Trevor Smith, Helmut Laenger
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Publication number: 20200254158Abstract: A drain immobilization device for the securement or fixation of surgical drains during surgery or post-surgery to remove fluids accumulated in a wound site or other area, wherein instead of having the surgical tubes fastened to the patient's body by sutures or stitches the surgical tubes are held inside of a clasp, the clasp attached to a base, the base having a layer of adhesive to attach to the patient's skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Joshua Burkin, Justin Bailey
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Publication number: 20200254159Abstract: A pump device (1) as may be used in a breast pump assembly comprises a pump (10) configured to put fluid in motion, a housing (40) accommodating the pump (10), at least one fluid transporting conduit (21, 22) connected to the pump (10), the at least one conduit (21, 22) extending between the pump (10) and the housing (40), thereby connecting the pump (10) to a position at the housing (40) where the housing (40) is provided with at least one opening (41) for allowing fluid to pass, and a mounting arrangement (30) for mounting the pump (10) in the housing (40). The at least one conduit (21, 22) is part of the mounting arrangement (30) and has flexible properties so as to reduce an extent to which vibrations of the pump (10) are transferred to the housing (40) through the mounting arrangement (30) during operation of the device (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria VAN ASSELDONK, Alexander VAN ROOIJEN, Eyob Atnafu AMRA
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Publication number: 20200254160Abstract: A conduit for creating a passage from a right atrium to a left atrium, through a mitral valve into the left ventricle, and to provide a passage from the left ventricle into the aortic valve. The conduit includes an elongate tubular member having a shaft with a proximal section and a distal loop section at a distal end of the proximal section. The distal loop section includes a proximal curve, a distal curve, a generally straight segment extending between the curves, and a distal tip. The shaft in the distal loop section curves back on itself so that proximal curve is formed by a part of the shaft that is closer along the length of the shaft to the distal tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Richard S. Stack, William L. Athas, Kevin Johnson, Emer M. Feerick, Matthew Moran, Richard Phelan
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Publication number: 20200254161Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described, including a blood pump that includes a catheter, a proximal impeller disposed on the catheter inside a proximal impeller housing, and which is configured to pump blood by rotating inside the proximal impeller housing. A distal impeller is disposed on the catheter inside a distal impeller housing, distally to the proximal impeller, and the distal impeller is configured to pump blood by rotating inside the distal impeller housing. A tubular element is disposed between the proximal impeller housing and the distal impeller housing, the tubular element being configured to have a tubular configuration during rotation of the proximal and distal impellers. Other applications are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Ehud Schwammenthal, Yosi Tuval, Daniel Glozman, Tom Shtendel, Gad Lubinsky
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Publication number: 20200254162Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump that includes a catheter, a first impeller disposed on the catheter, and a second impeller disposed on the catheter, proximally to the first impeller. A control unit drives the first and second impellers to pump blood of a subject, by driving the first and second impellers to rotate. The blood pumps is configured such that (a) the first and second impellers are shaped differently from each other when the first and second impellers are in non-radially-constrained configurations, (b) the first and second impellers are sized differently from each other when the first and second impellers are in non-radially-constrained configurations, and/or (c) the first and second impellers are driven by the control unit to rotate under respective rotation conditions that are different from each other. Other applications are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Ehud Schwammenthal, Yosi Tuval, Daniel Glozman
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Publication number: 20200254163Abstract: A system and method used to deliver a percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) or other cardiac therapeutic device to a site within the heart, such as a site at the aortic valve. A flexible device is percutaneously introduced into a vasculature of a patient and positioned to run from a femoral vein, through the heart via a transseptal puncture, and to a femoral artery. The venous-side end of the flexible device is withdrawn out the venous vasculature superior to the heart, and a pVAD is secured to the flexible device. The pVAD is pushed in a distal direction while the arterial-side end of the flexible device is pulled in the proximal direction to advance the pVAD to the target site. A left ventricle redirector aids in orienting the pVAD and preventing migration of the flexible member towards delicate structures of the heart during advancement of the pVAD.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Richard S Stack, William L Athas, Kevin Johnson, Emer M Feerick, Matthew Moran, Damian Muldoon, Liam Ruddy, William Cannon, Rory O'Brien
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Publication number: 20200254164Abstract: Various embodiments of a system for priming a catheter assembly are disclosed herein. For example, the system can include a catheter assembly including an elongate body and an operative device coupled thereto. The system can also include a priming vessel configured to receive insertion of the operative device therein. The priming vessel can include a proximal portion secured to the distal portion of the elongate body such that the elongate body is in fluid communication with the priming vessel. The priming vessel can also include a distal end through which air is expelled when a fluid is channeled through the elongate body and into the priming vessel to expel air from within the catheter assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Alan Schenck, Michael L. Green, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Paul F. Muller, Joseph P. Sullivan, Keith Schubert, Peter W. Bristol, Jeffrey Paul Mills, Paul C. Leonard, Richard L. Keenan
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Publication number: 20200254165Abstract: A method of detecting a suction condition during operation of a rotary blood pump with an inlet connected to a ventricle of the heart of a patient, an outlet connected to an artery of the patient, a rotor, and a control circuit configured maintain the rotor at a set rotational speed. The method includes measuring the rotational speed of the rotor at a plurality of times during each of a plurality of speed measurement intervals. A speed range is determined between a minimum measured speed and a maximum measured speed during each of the plurality of speed measurement intervals. At least one additional parameter relating to the operation of the blood pump is derived. A suction detection signal is generated if both at least one determined speed range is above a speed range limit and the at least one additional parameter is indicative of a suction condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Michael C. Brown, Neil Voskoboynikov
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Publication number: 20200254166Abstract: A system and method used to deliver a percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) or other cardiac therapeutic device to a site within the heart, such as a site at the aortic valve. A flexible device is percutaneously introduced into a vasculature of a patient and positioned to run from a femoral vein, through the heart via a transseptal puncture, and to a femoral artery. The venous-side end of the flexible device is withdrawn out the venous vasculature superior to the heart, and a pVAD is secured to the flexible device. The pVAD is pushed in a distal direction while the arterial-side end of the flexible device is pulled in the proximal direction to advance the pVAD to the target site. A left ventricle redirector aids in orienting the pVAD and preventing migration of the flexible member towards delicate structures of the heart during advancement of the pVAD.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Richard S. Stack, William L. Athas, Kevin Johnson, Emer M. Feerick, Matthew Moran, Damian Muldoon, Liam Ruddy, William Cannon, Rory O'Brien
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING ALTERNATIVE AND SEQUENTIAL BLOOD AND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS MODALITIES
Publication number: 20200254167Abstract: A dialysis system is disclosed. The dialysis system includes a water purification unit, at least one pump in fluid communication with the water purification unit, a first concentrate source for creating peritoneal dialysis fluid, a second concentrate source for creating blood treatment dialysis fluid, a blood filter for receiving the blood treatment dialysis fluid, and a control unit. The control unit controls the at least one pump to perform a peritoneal dialysis treatment by delivering, to a patient, peritoneal dialysis fluid that is mixed from the water and concentrate from the first concentrate source. The control unit also controls the at least one pump to perform a blood treatment by delivering, to the blood filter, blood treatment dialysis fluid that is mixed from the water and concentrate from the second concentrate source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Justin Belanger Rohde, Marc Steven Minkus -
Publication number: 20200254168Abstract: A method of peritoneal removal of electrolytes and inflammatory mediators. The method begins with infusing a treatment solution into the peritoneal cavity of a patient by way of a catheter. The treatment solution is drained from the peritoneal cavity by way of the catheter. During the draining, the treatment solution is filtered for removing electrolytes and inflammatory mediators.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Ian Stewart, Jonathan Sosnov, James Ross
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Publication number: 20200254169Abstract: The specification discloses a portable dialysis machine having a detachable controller unit and base unit. The controller unit includes a door having an interior face, a housing with a panel, where the housing and panel define a recessed region configured to receive the interior face of the door, and a manifold receiver fixedly attached to the panel. The base unit has a planar surface for receiving a container of fluid, a scale integrated with the planar surface, a heater in thermal communication with the planar surface, and a sodium sensor in electromagnetic communication with the planar surface. Embodiments of the disclosed portable dialysis system have improved structural and functional features, including improved modularity, ease of use, and safety features.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Barry Neil Fulkerson, James Roswell Braig, David J Mishelevich, Charles Clemens, Clark Berg Foster, Martin Hering, Jan Brian Zwierstra, Russell Thomas Joseph, Victor Gura, Thomas Robinson, Milan Trcka, Daniele Ghidoli, Frank Isackson, Mark Forrest Smith
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Publication number: 20200254170Abstract: The invention relates to a removable cap for a blood filter cartridge useful in facilitating dispersal of whole blood in the cartridge. The cartridge has a removable cap on at least one and preferably both of its input and output ends. The caps comprise an annular flange means having attached thereto an outer annular wall and an annular inner wall. The annular inner wall defining a cavity covered by a conical, concave filter mesh. The end cap also comprises a channel means positioned under the cavity and a part of said flange means, for reception of any fluid which passes through said concave filter mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Vincent CAPPONI, Paul ROBERTSON
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Publication number: 20200254171Abstract: A blood filtering device comprises a casing defining a containment volume and provided with at least a first inlet for the venous blood, at least a second inlet for the intracavitary blood, at least a third inlet for the extra cavitary blood and at least an outlet mouth for the blood; blood filtering means which are housed inside the containment volume and delimiting at least one filtering volume communicating with the blood inlets and at least one collecting volume communicating with the outlet mouth; where filtering means comprise: at least a first filtering element defining a closed profile and delimiting a first filtering volume communicating with the first inlet; at least a second filtering element defining a closed profile and delimiting a second filtering volume communicating with the second inlet; at least a third filtering element defining a closed profile and delimiting a third filtering volume communicating with the third inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: EUROSETS S.R.L.Inventors: Nicola GHELLI, Edgardo COSTA MAIANTI, Roberto BALANZONI, Antonio PETRALIA
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Publication number: 20200254172Abstract: Drug delivery devices and related methods of assembly are disclosed. The drug delivery device may include a housing, a container, a trigger member, and an interlock assembly. The trigger member may be selectively moveable relative to the housing to activate operation of at least one activatable element of the drug delivery device. The interlock assembly may include a lever mounted rotatably relative to the housing, a proximity sensor moveable between a first position extending beyond an exterior surface of the housing and a second position retracted toward the housing, and a rotational biasing member operably connected to the proximity sensor via the lever. When the proximity sensor is in the first position, the interlock assembly may limit movement of the trigger member relative to the housing. The rotational biasing member may be configured to exert a torque biasing the proximity sensor toward the first sensor position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Ronald Forster, Gregory Gordon, Martin Hering, Matthew Wayne Janke, Andrew N. King, Wael Mismar
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Publication number: 20200254173Abstract: A take-home drug delivery system includes a kit container defining an inner volume, a drug delivery container preparation assembly at least partially disposed within the inner volume of the kit container, and a sterile drape at least partially disposed within the inner volume of the kit container. The drug delivery container preparation assembly includes at least a drug delivery container, a drug vial containing a drug to be administered, a tubing set, and a drug delivery container mounting apparatus. The sterile drape includes a placement legend illustrated thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Adam B. McCullough, Sarah M. Korman, Nicholas J. Clark, Rafi Muhammad Sufi
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Publication number: 20200254174Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for training users of ambulatory medical devices. The methods relate to improving user interactions with the touchscreens of devices. In one embodiment there is an operating mode that records all user interactions along with various device parameters and allows the clinician to review the patient's performance for the initial use period. Automated analysis software may be employed to analyze the data generated by the device. The results of the analysis may be used by the clinician to improve the patient and device interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Geoffrey A. Kruse, Kim Blickenstaff, Michael J. Rosinko
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Publication number: 20200254175Abstract: Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. A method of operating an infusion device involves obtaining an input qualitative event attribute, such as a meal size, obtaining a quantitative event attribute associated with the qualitative event attribute that is representative of a subset of historical events for a patient associated with the qualitative event attribute, such as a representative carbohydrate amount for the qualitative meal size, and thereafter determine a dosage of fluid based at least in part on the quantitative event attribute and operate the infusion device to deliver the dosage of the fluid to the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Anirban Roy, Benyamin Grosman, Neha J. Parikh, Di Wu, Louis J. Lintereur
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Publication number: 20200254176Abstract: The safety and reliability of drug delivery systems are improved by the use of smartphones for calculating safety critical delivery parameters. A drug delivery device is adapted to perform a drug delivery operation based on an unconfirmed drug delivery instructions determined by a processing unit of a control device by applying a basic mathematic operation to control device input data. The drug delivery device comprises a communication module to receive, from the control device, the basic mathematic operation and the control device input data, and a redundancy module to determine a redundant drug delivery instructions by applying the basic mathematic operation to the control device input data received from the control device. The drug delivery device is adapted to prevent execution of the drug delivery operation if the unconfirmed drug delivery instructions and the redundant drug delivery instructions are found, by a comparator module, to conflict.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Bernhard Rytz, Michael Rufer, Stefan Lindegger
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Publication number: 20200254177Abstract: Methods and systems for encouraging interactions with a glucose monitoring system include incrementing a score and/or providing a reward based on a variety of different interactions with the glucose monitoring system. The interactions which improve the score may include initiating or changing displays, downloading data, setting operational parameters and other interactions that are independent of a user's glucose measurements. Encouraging these interactions can enhance success in maintaining healthy glucose concentrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Apurv Ullas Kamath, Jack Pryor, Alexandra Lynn Carlton, Kristin Koenekamp Cote, Leif N. Bowman, Michael Robert Mensinger
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Publication number: 20200254178Abstract: A fluid therapy method for an ADHF patient includes setting a urine output rate desired threshold, setting one or more desired negative net gain rates, and optionally setting a total fluid loss goal. The urine output of the patient is monitored and fluid is automatically administered to the patient at increasing rates to equal to or approximately match the patient's increasing urine output rates until the patient's urine output rate reaches the set urine output rate desired threshold. Thereafter, fluid is administered to the patient at rates to achieve the set desired negative net gain rate until the fluid loss goal is reached. Thereafter, until the end of therapy, fluid is administered to the patient at rates equal to or approximately equal to the monitored urine output rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Andrew V. HALPERT, Mark TAUSCHER, Mark GELFAND, Howard LEVIN
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Publication number: 20200254179Abstract: Systems, components, and methods are disclosed for withdrawing drug from a liquid drug container and transferring drug to a medical device. One or more components may have keying features so that only the correct liquid drug container and medical device are accessed, making sure the medical device is filled with the correct drug. A syringe needle hub may have keying features corresponding to keying features on a cap on the liquid drug container and on the medical device. An alignment device facilitates easy-to-operate filling of a medical device. The alignment device aligns a liquid drug container over a fill port of the medical device and can include components for moving the liquid drug container into engagement with the medical device and for automatically initiating drug transfer to the medical device. A retractable skirt or needle cover protects the needle and is unlocked only when the skirt or needle cover is close to or touching the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: David NAZZARO, Maureen MCCAFFREY, Robert F. RIOUX, Michael Philip GRAFFEO, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, Nicholas JANSKY, Sam ROSENBLUM, David CLARE, Robert D. SCHAEFER, Daniel P. ALLIS, Bryan DILLON, Steven BARLETTA, Bryan CHOATE, Raymond DOBRY, John LEFAVOUR
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Publication number: 20200254180Abstract: A method of administering subcutaneous treatment to a patient is provided. The method includes delivering, by a needle-free injection device, a first volume of a treatment at a first location on a surface of a body of the patient; detecting a movement of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location; determining, from the movement of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location, a second location of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location; determining a second volume of the treatment to deliver at the surface of the body of the patient at the second location; and delivering, by the needle-free injection device, the second volume of the treatment at the second location on the surface of the body of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Patrick Armand Anquetil, Ian Hunter
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Publication number: 20200254181Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle telescopically coupled to the case and movable between a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed. The autoinjector includes a plunger rotationally and slidably disposed in the case rotatable relative to the case between a first rotational position in which the plunger is engaged to the case and a second rotational position in which the plunger disengages the case engages the plunger to rotate the plunger from the first rotational position to the second rotational position when the needle shroud translates from the first extended position to the retracted position. The autoinjector includes a cap removably coupled to the case includes at least one compliant case beam adapted to releasably engage at least one aperture in the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Kemp
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Publication number: 20200254182Abstract: An auto-injector apparatus includes a flexible container containing a liquid medicant, a needle communicated with a container, a housing with a container being received in the housing, a pump disposed in the housing and positioned to engage the flexible container and expel the medicant from the container through the needle upon relative movement between the pump and the container, and a main drive spring operably as ted with the needle to extend the needle fro a first needle position wherein the needle is completely received in the housing to a second needle position wherein the needle protrudes from the housing. The pump may be a roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Colin J. Mathews, Chris J. Hurlstone, Ben G. Turner, Oliver T. Harvey, Dominic C. Reber, John G. Wilmot, Clarence M. Mesa, Robert L. Hill, James R. Stewart
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Publication number: 20200254183Abstract: An apparatus can aid usage of a plunger, for example helping a medical practitioner use a hypodermic syringe to inject dermal filler. The apparatus can fasten a thumb rest of a plunger of the syringe to a thumb of the practitioner and can support one-handed operation of the syringe. With the plunger so fastened, reverse thumb motion can retract the plunger for aspiration, and forward thumb motion can advance the plunger for injection. The apparatus can comprise a member extending at least partially around the practitioner's thumb. The member can comprise an aperture configured to retain the thumb rest between the thumb and the member, with a shaft of the plunger passing through the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Virginia Souris Keating
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Publication number: 20200254184Abstract: A stopper being adapted to be fixed in a rear end portion of a syringe is provided. The stopper is reduced in diameter at a fitting portion of a rod portion of a plunger rod so as to have a diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the rear end portion and be insertable into the rear end portion. After insertion, the stopper is increased in diameter and is fixed in the rear end portion so as not to be movable in an axial direction by fitting a first recessed portion on a periphery into a second protruding portion of an inner surface of the rear end portion. The stopper has, on an inner surface, a third protruding portion having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of a gasket support flange of the rod portion in a fixed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Kazuhiro OZAWA
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Publication number: 20200254185Abstract: An injector includes an injector housing, an activation button assembly movably mounted to the injector housing and operatively connected to the injection needle, and a cartridge door movably mounted to the injector housing between an open position and a closed position. A deflectable interference member engaging the rear end flange of the cartridge has a resting position configured to limit an insertion depth of a cartridge into an interior channel of the cartridge door to a sealed position, wherein the cartridge piercing needle does not fully penetrate a pierceable septum of the cartridge. The cartridge door includes an interior channel having a cartridge mounted therein. The cartridge includes a substance to be dispensed. The substance includes an anti-C5 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, and optionally further includes a recombinant human hyaluronidase enzyme. A method of treating a complement associated condition using an injector thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Yossi BAR-EL, Gil YIGAL, Reuven Y. FILMAN
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Publication number: 20200254186Abstract: A medicine dispensing device and system for administering a selected drug. The medicine dispensing device includes a vessel configured to retain a drug to be dispensed. The medicine dispensing device may comprise a first series of zones of varying widths on a surface of the vessel, with each zone of the first series of zones corresponding to a pre-determined dose of the drug for a first medical condition wherein the first series of zones are correlated to a first series of values of a physical characteristic of a patient; and a second series of zones of varying widths on the surface of the vessel, with each zone of the second series of zones corresponding to a pre-determined dose of the drug for a second medical condition wherein the second series of zones are correlated to a second series of values of the physical characteristic of a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Caleb Hernandez
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Publication number: 20200254187Abstract: A cap configured to disinfect a medical device or portion thereof, the cap comprising a power source that provides electric power, an electromagnetic radiation source that uses the electric power received from the power source to emit photons for disinfection and a switch that is configured to be operated by user action, wherein upon activation of the switch, the electric power from the power source is applied to the electromagnetic radiation source to radiate photons onto the medical device or portion thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Maryann Fam, Peter Girgis, Jeremy Gartner
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Publication number: 20200254188Abstract: A pharmaceutical syringe unit is configured to be mounted to a pharmaceutical injection device main body and hold a pharmaceutical-filled pharmaceutical syringe, in order to mount the pharmaceutical syringe to a pharmaceutical injection device, wherein a syringe cover is configured to slide forward and backward with respect to a distal end cap by operation of the pharmaceutical injection device main body, thereby allowing movement between a needle insertion position at which insertion of an injection needle into a target is to be completed, and a needle withdrawal position at which withdrawal of the injection needle from the target is to be completed, and a guide component is configured to guide the syringe cover over a range that is greater than a distance between the needle insertion position and the needle withdrawal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Yukihiro TAKABATAKE, Toshiaki IIO, Seiji KIKUCHI, Yutaro FUJINO
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Publication number: 20200254189Abstract: A removal member for removing a needle protective cap includes a housing having a longitudinal axis and receiving the cap along an insertion direction, the housing having a first support area and a second support area the first area being carried by a blocking element, movable relative to the housing between a cap insertion configuration, in which the orthogonal projections of the first and second areas in a transverse plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis are separated by an insertion distance, and a cap blocking configuration, in which the first and second areas are located in separate transverse planes, and in which the orthogonal projections of the first and second areas in said transverse plane are separated by a blocking distance less than the insertion distance and adapted to block the translation of the cap relative to the removal member in a removal direction opposite to the insertion direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Clement Dumet, Marc Todesco, Pascal Dugand, Jose Camba, Guillaume Abot
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Publication number: 20200254190Abstract: The invention relates to a needle protection device for a pre-filled syringe with staked needle. This device comprises a blocking mechanism, comprising means for fastening to a syringe body, a needle shield, into which the needle can be driven, and an after-use safety system comprising a sleeve defining a central axis along which it is movable and means for resiliently loading the sleeve in a forward position in which it is able to cover the needle. The sleeve comprises an outer tube and a coaxial inner tube that are manufactured in one piece by injection molding, while the outer tube is arranged so as to cooperate with the blocking mechanism, and the inner tube is detachable from the outer tube and axially connected in translation with the needle shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Daniel ANEAS
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Publication number: 20200254191Abstract: A pen needle is enclosed by an outer cover to facilitate installation of a needle bearing hub on a medication pen. The outer cover design reduces or eliminates the likelihood of user contact with the patient end needle or the non-patient end needle during installation and disposal, and provides an audible indication when the hub is fully installed on a medication pen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Sean Sullivan, Sudarsan Srinivasan, Michael DiBiasi, Keith Knapp, Kunjal Oza, Sajayesh Vijayachandran, Ganesh Kamble
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Publication number: 20200254192Abstract: A pen needle is enclosed by an outer cover to facilitate installation of a needle bearing hub on a medication pen. The outer cover design reduces or eliminates the likelihood of user contact with the patient end needle or the non-patient end needle during installation and disposal, and provides an audible indication when the hub is fully installed on a medication pen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Sean Sullivan, Sudarsan Srinivasan, Michael DiBiasi, Keith Knapp, Kunjal Oza, Sajayesh Vijayachandran, Ganesh Kamble
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Publication number: 20200254193Abstract: To prevent accidental needle stick injuries, a syringe has a plunger configured to pull the syringe needle into the syringe barrel after clinical use. The syringe has an additional safety feature that restricts subsequent movement of the plunger. After the needle is pulled entirely into the barrel, movement of the plunger is restricted by a notch on the barrel to prevent the needle tip from being pushed accidentally through the barrel wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Faris TARLOCHAN, Sami ALKHATIB
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Publication number: 20200254194Abstract: A needle safety system for a syringe having a generally cylindrical barrel extending along a longitudinal axis, the barrel having a hub from which a needle extends distally. The needle safety device has a sleeve at least partially enclosing the needle. A guide track is formed in the sleeve. A multi-part collar disposed in the sleeve has an inner collar which is fixedly connectable to the hub of a syringe barrel. An outer collar is rotatably attached to the inner collar. A guide pin extending radially outwardly from the outer collar slideably engages the guide track. A torqueable compression spring extending between the outer collar and the sleeve biases the sleeve in a distal direction and also biases the outer collar in rotation relative to the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Terry MCELROY, Colin DOWLING, Patrick DOWLING, Martin MCGARRY
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Publication number: 20200254195Abstract: A novel hemostasis valve-equipped indwelling needle that is capable of discharging air in an internal flow path includes a cannula to be inserted percutaneously into a blood vessel on a distal end side thereof, a link connector on a proximal end side thereof, an internal flow path extending from the cannula to the link connector, and a hemostatic valve disposed inside the link connector. An air vent passage that allows the internal flow path to communicate with an external space is formed in the link connector further on the cannula side than the hemostatic valve, and a filter that allows gas to pass through but does not allow liquid to pass through is mounted in a compressed state on the air vent passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki NAKAGAMI, Shingo SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200254196Abstract: A breathing mask for use in administering inhalable medications to a patient in need of an inhaled drug is provided. The mask disclosed herein is particularly useful for use with very young children. The mask is made from a flexible molded plastic silicone or elastomeric material, and has an anthropometrically/anatomically/ergonomically contoured shape to provide a good seal, a comfortable fit, and minimal dead space within the mask. The airway is aligned with nose. There may be an orifice for use with a soother device to calm a child using the mask. Also provided is a visual flow indicator to provide an indication of the quality of the seal of the mask on the face.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: NOSTRUM TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Israel Amirav, Asaf Halamish, Michael Newhouse, K. Mosaddeq Hossain, Paresh Vasandani, Vijay Shukla
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Publication number: 20200254197Abstract: Systems and methods are described for monitoring usage of a medicament dispenser—particularly an inhaled medicament dispenser. The usage monitoring device is configured to emit a detection signal responsive to receiving a request to locate the medicament dispenser. The detection signal alerts presence of the medicament dispenser to the user of the medicament dispenser. The usage monitoring device can be embodied as an attachment configured to be selectively coupled to one of a variety of different inhalers including, for example, a Diskus-type inhaler and a Respimat-type inhaler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: John David Van Sickle, Greg Tracy, Mark Gehring, Eric Hoffman, Kevin Houlihan, Chris Hallberg
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Publication number: 20200254198Abstract: The present invention provides for the integration of drug dispersion methods into a drug or medicine delivery system. The drug dispersion methods used include shear (e.g., air across a drug, with or without a gas assist), capillary flow or a venturi effect, mechanical means such as spinning, vibration, or impaction, and turbulence (e.g., using mesh screens, or restrictions in the air path). These methods of drug dispersion allow for all of the drug in the system to be released, allowing control of the dosage size. These methods also provide for drug metering, fluidization, entrainment, deaggragation and deagglomeration. The present invention also provides for the integration of a drug sealing system into the device. The drug sealing system provides a way of blocking the migration of drug from one area of the package to another.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Andrew Jones, Richard L. Miller
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Publication number: 20200254199Abstract: A ventilator device delivers ventilatory support to a patient in a back up timed mode when patient respiration is not detected or a spontaneous mode when patient respiration is detected. The timing threshold governing the back-up mode is chosen to deviate from normal expected respiration time for the patient to promote patient initiated ventilation in the spontaneous mode but permit back-up ventilation in the event of apnea. Automated adjustments to the timing threshold during the timed mode are made from the less vigilant timing threshold to a more vigilant threshold at or near a timing of normal expected breathing of the patient. Such adjustments may be made from a minimum to a maximum vigilance timing settings or incrementally there between as a function of time in the timed mode which is preferably the number of delivered machine breaths.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: ResMed Pty LtdInventor: David John BASSIN
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Publication number: 20200254200Abstract: An oxygen concentrating apparatus includes an oxygen supply source, an attaching member, and a photodetector. An oxygen discharger is attached to the attaching member while oxygen from the oxygen supply source is supplied to the oxygen discharger. The photodetector is disposed in the oxygen concentrating apparatus and on an extension of an oxygen supply passage of the attaching member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Keita KONDOU
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Publication number: 20200254201Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for anesthetic agent leakage diagnostics. In one embodiment, a method for diagnosing leaks in an anesthetic vaporizer includes calculating a leakage rate based on measurements of an anesthetic agent level in a sump of the anesthetic vaporizer, the measurements received from a fluid level sensor at a first time and a second time, and outputting a maintenance alert responsive to the leakage rate exceeding a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Thomas Lane Bender, II, Joseph James Lacey
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Publication number: 20200254202Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing drive pressure ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes a novel breath type that provides a spontaneous breath type that allows for the calculation of drive pressure that does not require invasive monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Gardner Kimm, Cynthia Miller, Gary Milne, Gail Upham, Richard Nakai, Peter Doyle, Warren Sanborn
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Publication number: 20200254203Abstract: Implementations of a tracheostomy plate decorative cover are provided. In some implementations, the tracheostomy plate decorative cover comprises a front surface, a back surface, a left side, a right side, a top side, a bottom side, a tracheostomy tube opening, a first neck strap opening, and a second neck strap opening. In some implementations, a method for using the tracheostomy plate decorative cover comprises positioning and/or attaching the tracheostomy plate decorative cover to a tracheostomy plate. In some implementations, the method may also comprise attaching the tracheostomy plate to a tracheostomy tube. In some implementations, the method may also comprise attaching a neck strap to the tracheostomy plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Nikischia Lawrence
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Publication number: 20200254204Abstract: A laryngoscopy tool for assisting in placement of an endotracheal tube is disclosed. The laryngoscopy tool includes a stylet having a proximal end and a distal end, the stylet configured for receiving an endotracheal tube, and having an articulating distal end, the articulating distal end being configured to articulate between more than one shape; a handle secured to the proximal end of the stylet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Thomas Brian Moffat, Jack Ruegsegger