Patents Issued in September 17, 2020
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Publication number: 20200289768Abstract: The present invention provides means and methods for delivering a predetermined volume of a substance, within at least one body cavity of a subject, comprising a predefined volume for containing the predetermined volume of the at least one substance; a delivery end for placement in proximity to the body cavity; the delivery end comprises at least one orifice of diameter D [mm]; a valve mechanically connectable to the container, characterized by at least two configurations: (i) an ACTIVE CONFIGURATION in which the valve enables delivery of predetermined volume Vsub [ml] of the substance; and, (ii) an INACTIVE CONFIGURATION, in which the valve prevents delivery of the predetermined volume Vsub [ml] of the substance from the container to the body cavity; and a fluid tight chamber configured to contain predetermined volume Vgas [ml] of pressurized gas at a predetermined pressure, Pgas [barg].Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Daniel SHAHAF, Iris SHICHOR
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Publication number: 20200289769Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having a dispenser head; an air expeller; and a reservoir containing a single dose of fluid. The reservoir includes a proximal axial end and a distal axial end, and is removably mounted so that after the device has been actuated, the empty reservoir can be removed from the device and replaced by a new full reservoir. The air expeller is adapted to return to its rest position to enable a new actuation with the new full reservoir. The dispenser head includes a proximal perforator tip to perforate the proximal axial end of the reservoir. The device includes a movable perforator member that slides axially around the dispenser head between a loading position and an actuation position and includes a distal perforator tip adapted to perforate the distal axial end of the reservoir when the movable perforator member is moved into its actuation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SASInventor: Franck POULLAIN
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Publication number: 20200289770Abstract: A nasal droplet delivery device and related methods for delivering precise and repeatable dosages to a subject via the nasal passageways and sinus cavities is disclosed. The droplet delivery device includes a housing, a nosepiece, a reservoir, an ejector mechanism, and at least one differential pressure sensor. The droplet delivery device is automatically actuated by the user when the differential pressure sensor senses a predetermined pressure change within the nosepiece. The droplet delivery device is then actuated to generate a plume of droplets having an average ejected particle diameter of greater than about 6 microns, preferably greater than about 10 micron, so as to target the nasal passageways and sinus cavities of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: PNEUMA RESPIRATORY, INC.Inventors: John H. Hebrank, Christopher W. Maurer, Charles Eric Hunter, Chengjie Li, Louis Thomas Germinario
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Publication number: 20200289771Abstract: Location tracking of medical devices or any consumer device. A location monitoring system can include a wireless communication system, such as a Global System for Mobile (GSM), a cellular system, a Wi-Fi system, or a global positioning system, programmed to transmit the device location under certain events. The system can also be configured to maintain the back up battery life by periodically turning a second global system for mobile communication on and off for a predetermined period of time. The system can also be configured to activate when the device is taken outside a predefined boundary, for example, a hospital.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: David Martin Russell, Gareth Alexander Clay, Anton Kim Gulley, Philip Ian Rowe, Jin Kyu Lim
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Publication number: 20200289772Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system for providing respiratory therapy is provided. The system comprises a pressure generator for generating a pressurized flow of breathable gas; a subject interface for guiding the pressurized flow of breathable gas to a point of delivery at or near the airway of the subject, wherein the subject interface causes a pressure drop between an output of the pressure generator and the point of delivery; one or more sensors for generating output signals conveying information related to gas parameters of the pressurized flow of breathable gas; one or more processors configured to adjust one or more model parameters of a parameter-based model that models the subject interface; estimate the pressure drop between the output of the pressure generator and the point of delivery based on the adjusted model parameters; and adjust levels of the gas parameters based on the estimated pressure drop.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Nathan Francis O'Connor, Christopher Scott Lucci
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Publication number: 20200289773Abstract: A multi-lumen catheter for cleaning an inner surface of a tracheal ventilation tube is provided, which enables single-handed simultaneous activation of inflation of an inflatable element and suctioning in a closed suction system for use with the in tracheal ventilation tube. The closed suction system allows catheters to be used repeatedly without being detached from the tube system including the ventilation air supply. The cleaning catheter is insertable into the tracheal ventilation tube, and is shaped so as to define one or more distal suction orifices. The cleaning catheter comprises an elongate, flexible, tubular catheter main body, and an inflatable element, which is mounted to the catheter main body. An input module is coupled to the cleaning catheter, and comprises an inflation module, which comprises an inflation chamber separate from a suction source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: TeleFlex Life Sciences Unlimited CompanyInventors: Oron ZACHAR, Yair RAMOT, Eizik AMAR
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Publication number: 20200289774Abstract: A respiratory mask can be used to provide therapy to patients who also require a nasogastric (NG) tube. The mask seal can include a path that is designed to deform around an NG tube or other without lifting the mask away from a patient's face. The deforming path can help to minimize gaps that form between the patient's face and the mask seal as a result of the tube, thus reducing leaks and improving the efficacy of the treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Jae Yun Lim
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Publication number: 20200289775Abstract: A patient interface that is comfortable for a user to wear is disclosed. The patient interface includes a forehead rest and cushion. In particular the cushion includes a deformable resilient member that when compressed creates a uniformly and gradually increasing force while evenly distributing the pressure on the forehead of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Alastair Edwin McAuley, Christopher Earl Nightingale, Aidan Mark Shotbolt, Stuart Robert Allen Grant, Lewis George Gradon
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Publication number: 20200289776Abstract: Headgear for a respiratory mask includes a strap arrangement including front strap portions adapted to be disposed over a patient's cheeks and having front ends adapted for attachment to an airway interfacing portion, top strap portions connected to respective front strap portions and adapted to be disposed over the top of a patient's head and to connect to each other, and a back strap extending rearwardly from and connecting respective junctions of the front strap portions and top strap portions or regions adjacent these junctions and adapted to locate underneath a patient's occiput. In use with a patient having long hair, the back strap is adapted to extend under the patient's hair and urge upwardly on the patient's hair and against the patient's head beneath the occiput. In use with a patient having short hair, the back strap is adapted to urge against the patient's head beneath the occiput. In an embodiment, front strap portions of the headgear may be provided with a sleeve or cover (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Joel Edward GIBSON, Anthony Paul BARBARA
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Publication number: 20200289777Abstract: An interface assembly includes an interface, such as a mask, that is secured to a head using a headgear assembly. The headgear assembly can include at least one halo portion and a plurality of straps. The headgear assembly can include both a front halo portion and a rear halo portion. In some arrangements, the headgear and mask define an adjustable closed loop. In some arrangements, the headgear can include one or more rigid portions that contact the user's face to at least partially isolate a seal of the mask from tightening forces applied to the headgear. In some arrangements, the mask is an oral-nasal mask and the headgear applies a force to the mask comprising an upward force component. In some arrangements, the headgear can be contoured to the user's head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Peter David Alexander Bearne, Roheet Patel, Kirstin Elizabeth Middelkoop, Fadi Karim Moh'd Mashal, Michael John Henri Cox, Blair Raymund Dadson Murphy
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Publication number: 20200289778Abstract: A gas humidifier can have a gas channel comprising an inlet and an outlet. A portion of the gas channel can have a region having a reduction in cross-sectional area relative to the portions of the gas channel outside of the region. A water conduit can extend from the region to a water reservoir. A heating element can heat water entering the region from the water conduit. Water vaporized using the heating element can join the flow of gases passing through the gas channel in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Igor Olegovich Yatsevich, Andrew John Partington, Nordyn Alami
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Publication number: 20200289779Abstract: There is provided a nebulizer orientation apparatus for orientating an aerosol or mist forming means of the nebulizer into a substantially vertical position relative to the ground level under force of gravity. Particularly, there is provided a nebulizer orientation apparatus comprising first and second straight hollow bodies in flow communication with each other via a joint means, which joint means facilitating movement of the first and second straight hollow bodies relative to each other in a first plane facilitated by the joint means, and wherein the first straight hollow body is weighted relative to the second straight hollow body to facilitate displacement of the first body under force of gravity relative to the second body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Frank FISH
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Publication number: 20200289780Abstract: Connectors for respiratory assistance systems are disclosed that are configured to at least decrease the proportion of condensate that drains into an inspiratory conduit. The connectors include a setup that causes the portion of a wye-piece connected to an expiratory conduit to be positioned below the portion of the wye-piece connected to the inspiratory conduit. The connector can alternatively, or additionally, include a wye-piece that includes a ball attached to the wye-piece adjacent the inspiratory conduit port such that when the ball is connected to a medical stand, the expiratory conduit port is positioned below the inspiratory conduit port. The connector can alternatively or additionally include a circuit hanger that includes a cradles for both conduits and a ball attached to the circuit hanger adjacent the inspiratory conduit cradle such that when the ball is connected to a medical stand, the expiratory conduit cradle is positioned below the inspiratory conduit cradle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: David Robert Kemps, Sally Margaret Hensman, Kevin Blake Powell, Katie Fyfe
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Publication number: 20200289781Abstract: Several embodiments of exhalation ports for use respiratory systems are described. Some of the embodiments provide an elongate body defining a lumen through which gases may flow. A plurality of tapered openings is arranged on a portion of the elongate body and configured to vent gases. A shroud extends from the elongate body and surrounds one or more of the plurality of tapered openings. The exhalation port is arranged to removably connect in-line with a circuit for delivering gases to a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Katie Fyfe, Kevin Blake Powell
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Publication number: 20200289782Abstract: Condensation or “rain-out” is a problem in medical circuits and previous attempts to manage and/or prevent rain-out have resulted in relatively expensive and/or difficult to manufacture medical circuit components. The subject patent provides an improved medical circuit component for managing rain-out. In particular the component may be an improved breathing tube, or insufflation system limb comprising a helically corrugated tube preferably incorporating a heater wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: David John Sims, Enrico Alvarez Garcia, Peter Kenneth Graham
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Publication number: 20200289783Abstract: A humidification system for delivering humidified gases to a user can include a heater base, humidification chamber having an inlet, outlet, and associated fluid conduit, and breathing circuit including a supply conduit, inspiratory conduit, and optional expiratory conduit. The humidification system can include various features to help make set-up less difficult and time-consuming. For example, the supply conduit, inspiratory conduit, and optional expiratory conduit can be coupled into a one-piece circuit to aid set-up. Various components can be color-coded and can have corresponding structures to indicate which components should be connected to one another during set-up. Such features can also help make the set-up process more intuitive for an operator, which can reduce the need for specialized training and reduce the number of potential errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Sally Margaret Hensman, David Robert Kemps, Simon Mordechai Stam, Jason Allan Klenner, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Mark Samuel Hamilton, James William Stanton, Michael John Andresen, Jonathan Andrew George Lambert, Nicholas Edward Vaughan
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Publication number: 20200289784Abstract: An Automatic Supplemental Oxygen Control unit, a portable device that automatically monitors and adjusts the flow of supplemental oxygen to the subject in response to the oximetry and other readings derived from sensors attached to the subject and the oxygen source and provides programmed responses to physical inputs from such sensors to provide a closed loop oxygen delivery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Gerard Lawrence Commerford, Bo David Gustavsson, Dianne M. Janzen, Troy A. Meester, Paul S. Swanson, Jeffrey J. Swigris, Michael T. Vierzba, Thomas M. Vierzba, Donna J. Wood
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Publication number: 20200289785Abstract: The invention discloses methods and systems for modulation of the central nervous system and more particularly for modulation of brain oscillatory activity and the brain networks that give rise to it. The methods involve using one or more non-invasive stimuli, either alone or in combination, to increase, decrease, or otherwise modulate neural oscillations, the rhythmic and/or repetitive electrical activity generated spontaneously and in response to stimuli by neural tissue in the central nervous system. Various embodiments concern methods and devices for detecting sub-optimal or pathological neural oscillatory patterns, developing treatment protocols to modify the neural oscillations in a desired manner, introducing a non-invasive stimulus or stimuli through one or more sensory pathways to treat the conditions, and for adjusting the treatment protocol to optimize the therapeutic effect of the stimulus or stimuli.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Phoenix NeuroStim Therapeutics, LLCInventor: Steven Metzger
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Publication number: 20200289786Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a wearing portion, a body portion, a first measurement portion, and a second measurement portion. The wearing portion is configured to be worn at an auricle of a subject. The body portion is joined to the wearing portion. The first measurement portion is joined to the body portion, and configured to be worn by the subject and measure oxygen saturation. The second measurement portion is joined to the body portion, and configured to be in contact with the subject in a state in which the wearing portion is worn and measure body temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Yasuhiko OOWADA, Asao HIRANO, Susumu KASHIWASE, Takeshi HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200289787Abstract: A support system, a support method, and a support program in the form of a non-transitory computer readable medium, which supports selection of a medical instrument and selection of a use form of the medical instrument. A support system includes the data acquisition unit that acquires health care worker data on a health care worker, medical institution data on a medical institution, patient data on a patient, and operation data on a past operation experience of the health care worker, a learning unit that performs machine learning using the health care worker data, the medical institution data, the patient data, and the operation data, and a presentation unit that presents a medical instrument recommended for use in operation on the patient and a recommended use form of the medical instrument based on a result of the machine learning.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki HARA, Yuuki SAKAGUCHI, Toshio MAKI, Yuusuke SEKINE
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Publication number: 20200289788Abstract: Various embodiments of a cartridge for loading a suture onto a suturing instrument are disclosed. In some embodiments, the cartridge is operable for loading a pre-tied knot formed from the suture onto the suturing instrument. The suturing instrument is typically of the type having a suture passing member defining a suture receiving passage therein. In some embodiments, the cartridge comprises a housing defining a chamber, and a partially pre-tied knot mounted about the housing or the chamber. The cartridge additionally provides a base coupled to the housing, the base defining a seat for releasably holding a portion of a suture to be aligned with, and. transferred to, the suturing instrument. The portion of the suture may be held independently, or it may be coupled to a component such as a ferrule or shuttle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Robert Harrison, Andrew Oldham, Aye Nyein San, Neil Godara, Jeffery Arnett
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Publication number: 20200289789Abstract: In various examples, a system includes a steerable medical device including a handle including a longitudinal axis. An elongate shaft extends distally from the handle. The elongate shaft includes a distal tip and a lumen through the elongate shaft. At least four pullwires are disposed within the handle and extending to and anchored proximate the distal tip of the elongate shaft. At least two actuators are associated with the handle. The at least two actuators are operably coupled to the at least four pullwires with actuation of the first actuator causing tension in the first or second pullwire to deflect the distal tip in a first or second tip direction, respectively, and actuation of the second actuator causing tension in the third or fourth pullwire to deflect the distal tip in a third or fourth tip direction, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Grant A. Scheibe, Travis White
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Publication number: 20200289790Abstract: An invasive medical device (10) is disclosed comprising a flexible sheath (11) enveloping at least one lumen (17, 17?) comprising an electrically conductive wire (20) including a deformable actuator (21) for deforming a section of the invasive medical device in response to an electric current provided through the electrically conductive wire, wherein the flexible sheath comprises a set of apertures (31) extending through the flexible sheath to the at least one lumen, said apertures being filled with an adhesive (33) anchoring the deformable actuator to the flexible sheath. A manufacturing method for such an invasive medical device (10) is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Franciscus Johannes Gerardus HAKKENS, Cornelis Gerardus Maria DE HAAS, Johannus Gerardus VAN BEEK, Franciscus Reinier Antonius VAN DER LINDE
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Publication number: 20200289791Abstract: An integrated vascular delivery system and method of use, the system including: a frame having a catheter hub that provides a first anchoring point on the patient and receives a catheter insertable in the patient to transfer fluid at an insertion site, a stabilization hub that provides a second anchoring point on the patient, at least one lateral member extending between the catheter and stabilization hubs, and a fluidic channel. The frame operates in a folded configuration in which the hubs are coupleable and an unfolded configuration in which the anchoring points are distributed around the insertion site to anchor the frame to the patient, thereby stabilizing the catheter. In some embodiments, the system further includes a septum that helps prevent fluid leakage from the catheter hub, or a needle shield that covers the distal end of a needle used during catheter insertion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: STEVEN B. WHITE, ADRIENNE ROSE HARRIS, ELYSE WHITE, NATHAN FARRELL, RONALD DEAN DUIS, HENRY J.H. BROWN
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Publication number: 20200289792Abstract: A medical device for percutaneous or venous access for the purposes of administering a fluid to a patient or sampling from one is disclosed. The device includes a cannula holder that has a part or portion of cross-section which is reduced or different from its distal end and proximal end. The part or portion of reduced or different cross-section allows cannula holder to deform within the body of the device when activating means are activated to separate the cannula holder from an immobilising member allowing the cannula holder to move in the body of the device and re-enter and disappear within such body of the cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: SOL-MILLENIUM SWISS R&D CENTER SAInventors: Dario DE ZOLT, Matteo LAGANA
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Publication number: 20200289793Abstract: A single treatment catheter is provided for delivery of brachytherapy radiation in combination with intratumoral injection into tumor tissue with a single skin and tumor insertion site. The catheter also enables precise delivery of anti-cancer agents, such as immunotherapy or other medical substances, to specific locations within the tumor with radiographic confirmation of the injection delivery area and location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Zachary Morris, Justin Jagodinsky, Jason Wang, Rebecca Gillis, Nur Amira Binti Mohd Razuan, Alexis Locsin, Jiacomo Beckman, Tirhas G. Dempsey, Hayley H. Raj, Gabriella Medeiros Simas
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Publication number: 20200289794Abstract: There is provided an introducer system for percutaneously delivering a first and a second medical device to a patient. The system may comprise an introducer sheath having a longitudinal axis and a lumen formed therein. The system may also comprise a hub coupled to a proximal end of the sheath. The hub may comprise a first arm having a first lumen and a first hemostasis valve for the passage of the first medical device. The hub may also comprise a second arm coupled to the first arm and having a second lumen and a second hemostasis valve for the passage of the second medical device. Further, the hub may comprise a connection port such that the first lumen and the second lumen are in communication with the lumen of the introducer sheath for the passage of at least one of the first and second medical devices through the introducer sheath for delivery to the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: ABIOMED, Inc.Inventor: Glen R. Fantuzzi
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Publication number: 20200289795Abstract: A guidewire comprises a core shaft, a coil body covering a distal end portion of the core shaft, and a coating agent covering an outer periphery of the coil body, wherein the coil body includes a distal coil body disposed on a distal side of the coil body, and a proximal coil body disposed on a proximal side of the distal coil body, a surface roughness of the proximal coil body is higher than a surface roughness of the distal coil body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.Inventor: Keisuke USHIDA
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Publication number: 20200289796Abstract: Devices and methods for performing a transseptal puncture procedure using a device which includes either an untapered or tapered blunt end cannula disposed in an introducer carrying a sharp guidewire disposed longitudinally through the lumen of the blunt cannula, and a blunt end dilator wherein the guidewire is flexible and has an atraumatic shape at its tip. The cannula gives the more flexible introducer a defined shape and steerabilty allowing an ordinarily skilled physician to easily access a selected location on the septal wall of the heart for transseptal puncture and introducer placement thereacross without employing an exposed sharp end needle during the procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Paul Kurth, Andrew Armour, Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Carol A. Devellian
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Publication number: 20200289797Abstract: A coaxial stabilizing and sealing catheter provides increased support to a guide catheter that is seated in an ostium of a branch artery by extending through and out of a distal end of the guide catheter and anchoring in position within the vessel that is being treated. The stabilizing and sealing catheter includes, as part of a relatively flexible distal section, a balloon that locks the distal end of the stabilizing and sealing catheter in place to provide support to the therapeutic devices that are introduced and further seals the artery to prevent blood from entering the artery. A sealing cuff at a proximal end of the stabilizing and sealing catheter provides a seal between the exterior of the stabilizing and sealing catheter and the interior of the guide catheter. In addition, a fixing mechanism it utilized to lock the guide catheter in place to exchange therapeutic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: David Daniels, Richard M. DeMello, Maureen A. Finlayson, Jonathan R. DeMello
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Publication number: 20200289798Abstract: The invention refers to endovascular catheters and methods useful to endovascular surgery. In particular, it refers to support catheters with balloons that are used for the placement or the forwarding of the guidewire through demanding tortuosity and important vascular stenoses in cases where the guidewire needs the best possible backup support of the catheter. This is achieved with the development of an endovascular support catheter with a mobile balloon, which has the ability to move along the body of the catheter, at its distal part. The movement of the balloon is achieved with the use of two mobile external rings, one inner wire circuit, and one control handle which is found at the proximal end of the device. The mobile balloon allows the catheter to move inside the vessel even when it is inflated and basically anchored within the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Giannis STEFANIDIS
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Publication number: 20200289799Abstract: An infusion catheter includes a housing, a proximal shaft assembly, a first distal shaft assembly and a second distal shaft assembly. The housing has one or more inflation ports and one or more infusion ports. The proximal shaft assembly supports a first balloon. The first distal shaft assembly extends distally from the proximal shaft assembly and supports a first distal balloon. The second distal shaft assembly extends distally from the proximal shaft assembly and supports a second distal balloon. The first and second distal shaft assemblies define infusion openings in fluid communication with the one or more infusion ports. The infusion catheter may be inserted into a uterine cavity to occlude tubal ostia and an internal cervical OS of the uterine cavity for sealing the uterine cavity. A therapeutic agent may be delivered through the infusion catheter and into the sealed uterine cavity to treat the uterine cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Nikolai D. Begg, Chad A. Pickering, Jordan A. Whisler, Rebecca D. White
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Publication number: 20200289800Abstract: A multiple balloon catheter designed to quickly and easily obtain hemostasis during open and minimal access surgery in the event of venous injury.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Timothy Rasmusson
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Publication number: 20200289801Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a composite balloon comprising a layer of material having a porous microstructure (e.g., ePTFE or expanded polyethylene) and a thermoplastic polymeric layer useful for medical applications. The layers of the composite balloons become adhered through a stretch blow-molding process. Methods of making and using such composite balloons are also described amongst others.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Michael R. Broyles, Edward H. Cully, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Matthew E. Maulding, Kenneth Mazzarese
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Publication number: 20200289802Abstract: A drainage device may include a catheter including a proximal end and a distal end. The drainage device may further include a hub coupled to the proximal end of the catheter. The hub may include a fastener element configured to secure the distal end of the catheter. In some aspects, the fastener element may be a hinged element. In some aspects, the drainage device may further include a puncture element including a tip and an expander portion. In still other aspects, the puncture element may also include an attachment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Michael Gorn, Gary McGregor
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Publication number: 20200289803Abstract: The present invention provides a cerebrospinal fluid shunt system that monitors the intracranial pressures over a portion of a monitoring cycle to calculate short intervals of drainage for every monitoring cycle necessary to produce the desired pressure correction. The system operates to significantly reduce the time during which draining occurs allowing tissue surrounding the catheter to rebound from the catheter holes returning to its normal position for a sufficient amount of time to recover its normal shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Bermans Iskandar, Joshua Medow, Christopher Luzzio, John Webster, Madison Shokoueinejad Maragheh, Fa Wang, Xuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20200289804Abstract: A flora treatment of the invention includes a step (A) in which an instrument is introduced into a lumen; a step (B) in which the instrument is made to reach an intestinal cecum; a step (C) in which an appendico is recognized; and a step (D) in which probiotics is supplied to the appendico.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yumiko AWAU, Takeo SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200289805Abstract: Among other things, a system and a method are provided for generating space-filling foam for treating vulvodynia with medication compounded of multiple reactants; the system comprises an aerosol surmounted on a vulva-enclosing container configured to seal the vulva; the actuator on the aerosol operates a one-way valve to dispense said space-filling foam; and the method includes the following steps: selecting the vulvar cap delivery dispenser, affixing the dispenser over the vulva, depressing the pressure-sensitive switch operating the valve to deliver the appropriate quantity of medication in a space-filling foam, removing the delivery dispenser, and cleansing the dispenser; repeating the procedure according to a treatment regimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Bryan Alan Hill, Danijela Ivelja-Hill
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Publication number: 20200289806Abstract: An apparatus for treating a tissue site includes a dressing, an oxygen source, a valve, and a negative-pressure source. The dressing is configured to be sealed around the tissue site. The oxygen source is fluidly coupled to the dressing and configured to provide a low flow of oxygen. A first port of the valve is fluidly coupled to the dressing and the valve moves between a closed position preventing flow through the valve and an open position permitting flow through the valve. The negative-pressure source is fluidly coupled to a second port of the valve and provides negative pressure to the second port of the valve at a non-therapeutic level. The valve separates the negative-pressure source from the dressing and selectively opens when a positive pressure is applied on an upstream side of the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Christopher Brian LOCKE, Justin Alexander LONG, Kristine M. KIESWETTER
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Publication number: 20200289807Abstract: Methods for limiting dissipation of neurotoxins and dermal fillers from an injection site are disclosed, which includes applying a repellant electric field to the skin around the injection site to limit dissipation of an injected neurotoxin or dermal filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Hal William Gibson
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Publication number: 20200289808Abstract: An applicator and method for applying a microneedle array to skin. The applicator can include a body having a first portion and a second portion defining a cavity, the second portion having a slot presented on an outside surface for insertion of the microneedle array into the cavity. The first portion and the second portion are slidable relative to one other along an axis enabling the body to be in an unprimed configuration and a primed configuration. The applicator further includes a door operable with the second portion, the door being movable from a first door position to a second door position, wherein when the device is in the unprimed configuration, the door at least partially obstructs the slot and access into the cavity. When the device is in the primed configuration, the door does not obstruct the slots and enables access into the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: KINDEVA DRUG DELIVERY L.P.Inventors: CRAIG S. MOECKLY, MICHAEL J. FRITS, STEVEN P. GOWERS, GREGORY R. LEY, RICHARD R. MATHIAS, ROBERT G. M. SELBY, RYAN PATRICK SIMMERS, MICHAEL B. SIVIGNY, DANIEL G.T. STRANGE
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Publication number: 20200289809Abstract: A functional member includes: a plurality of microneedles on a surface. Further, the microneedles adjacent to each other are spaced apart by a pitch ranging from 1 to 500 ?m, and the microneedles have a diameter ranging from 0.25 to 250 ?m and have a height ranging from 5 to 200 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaki IWAMA
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Publication number: 20200289810Abstract: An integrated multi-lumen tubing includes two or more lumens. A webbing is provided between each of said two or more lumens and holding the two or more lumens together as a ribbon. A set of terminations are provided at opposing ends of each of the two or more lumens. A sheath can also be provided surrounding the two or more lumens. A system for supply of intravenous fluid and vacuum to a patient includes the aforementioned integrated multi-lumen tubing. An intravenous bag or bottle is provided that is in fluid communication with an infusion pump. The integrated multi-lumen tubing connects the infusion pump and a vacuum pump to a percutaneous access device (PAD). A method of using said integrated multi-lumen tubing to delivery simultaneously two or more inputs into a subject in need thereof is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: VIADERM LLCInventor: Allen B. Kantrowitz
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Publication number: 20200289811Abstract: Methods and apparatus for cleaning a central venous catheter port are disclosed. An apparatus includes a body, a coupling configured to connect the body to the hub, a cleaning cap coupled to the body, and an actuator disposed within the body for rotating and translating the cap relative to the hub. The cleaning cap includes a cap body defining a cavity and a cleaning member disposed within the cavity, the cleaning member having threads that engage with the threads on the hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Children's Medical Center CorporationInventors: John Kheir, Pierre DuPont, Asghar Ataollahi, Sarah Ward Goldberg, Brian D. Polizzotti
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Publication number: 20200289812Abstract: A connector which couples to an outlet conduit to decrease an outlet conduit passageway pressure differential between outlet conduit opposing first and second ends, whereby the connector includes a mixing chamber having a first inlet port in fluidic communication with a connector first open end and the mixing chamber; an outlet port in fluidic communication with the mixing chamber and a connector second open end; and a second inlet port in fluidic communication with the connector second open end and the mixing chamber. Additionally, a connector including a connector internal surface defining a connector passageway which communicates between connector first and second open ends; and a sensor module operatively coupled to the connector passageway to sense a parameter of a first fluid flowing in a first fluid flow path through the connector passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: WilMarc Holdings, LLCInventors: Paul C. Ciccone, William A. Coulson, Marcia Coulson
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Publication number: 20200289813Abstract: A electrical treatment device (100) includes a band-like member (20), a first electrode portion (41), a second electrode portion (42), a first mark portion (31) configured to be aligned with a specific position of a right lower limb when the band-like member (20) is wrapped around the right lower limb such that the first electrode portion (41) is guided to a first target position and the second electrode portion (42) is guided to a second target position, and a second mark portion (32) configured to be aligned with a specific position of a left lower limb when the band-like member (20) is wrapped around the left lower limb such that the first electrode portion (41) is guided to a third target position and the second electrode portion (42) is guided to a fourth target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Tamaki ITO, Tsuyoshi OGIHARA, Taiki YUKUTAKE
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Publication number: 20200289814Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for stimulating peripheral nerves in the fingers or hand to treat tremor are described. For example, a wearable ring device for delivering electrical stimulation to sensory nerves in a patient's finger can include an annular ring having a plurality of electrodes and a detachable unit having a power source and a pulse generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Samuel Richard Hamner, Kathryn H. Rosenbluth, Serena HanYing Wong, Swaril Mathur, Paula Jean Chidester, Terence D. Sanger
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Publication number: 20200289815Abstract: Provided herein are a method and system are provided for the localization of clinically relevant electrophysiological signals necessary for the proper placement of the electrodes for nervous system stimulation. The system provides electrical and mechanical means to stimulate or excite neural structures in order to elicit specific neural responses. The method can include mechanical vibratory stimulation, cutaneous electrical stimulation, electrical stimulation of the peripheral nerves, or photic stimulation, and recording of local field potentials and extracting evoked potentials in response to stimulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Erwin B. Montgomery, JR., He Huang
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Publication number: 20200289816Abstract: Implantable leadless cardiac pacing systems and methods for providing substernal pacing using the leadless cardiac pacing systems are described. In one embodiment, an implantable leadless cardiac pacing system includes a housing, a first electrode on the housing, a second electrode on the housing, and a pulse generator within the housing and electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. The housing is implanted substantially within an anterior mediastinum of a patient and the pulse generator is configured to deliver pacing pulses to a heart of the patient via a therapy vector formed between the first and second electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Amy E. Thompson-Nauman, Melissa G.T. Christie, Paul J. DeGroot, Rick D. McVenes
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Publication number: 20200289817Abstract: Chronic pain management can be achieved by electrically anesthetizing a peripheral nerve with on-demand electrical nerve block (OD-ENB). OD-ENB can be provided by an implantable capsule. Externally, at least a portion of the capsule can be constructed of a conductive membrane and the rest of the capsule comprises a biocompatible material. A blocking electrode contact, a return electrode contact, and a powering/communication component can be within the capsule. The blocking electrode contact can deliver a direct current (DC) through a portion of the conductive membrane to block conduction in the neural tissue to provide the OD-ENB. The return electrode contact can receive a return current from the neural tissue through another portion of the conductive membrane. The powering/communication component can communicate with one or more external components located external to the patient's body to receive a power signal. Notably the capsule has no internal battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Tina L. Vrabec, Kevin L. Kilgore, Jesse S. Wainright, Niloy Bhadra