Patents Issued in December 29, 2020
  • Patent number: 10874520
    Abstract: A device provides a variety of fracture fixation options should a fracture occur after total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty, and provides associated methods and apparatus for application of provided fixation. The ability to pre-engineer fracture fixation contingent solutions into femoral or tibial components provides for a distinct clinical advantage in the planning and execution for periprosthetic fracture fixation. Said methods and apparatus include targeting devices which allow for intimate association of fixed angle locking screws in pre-drilled holes in an existing prosthetic, femoral nail, or other components including additional fixation components. Such apparatus and methods further include the use of alignment devices and other components to allow for ease of repair of fractures utilizing the pre-engineered solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Genesis Medical Devices LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Nick Segina, James A. Proctor, Jr., James Arthur Proctor, III
  • Patent number: 10874521
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant includes a core member operably coupled between an upper and a lower base member. An outer cavity extends between the core member upper end and lower end, and radially between the inner cavity and an outer surface of the core member. A core member inner wall is formed between the inner and an outer cavity, and a core member outer wall is formed between the outer cavity and the outer surface of the core member. A first locking member is positioned on at least one of the core member upper end and the core member lower end and at least one second locking member is positioned on an inner surface of at least one of the upper and lower base member for locking engagement. The upper and lower end of the core member are oriented at a lordotic angle ranging from 1 degrees to 20 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: UKI LLC
    Inventor: Kidong Yu
  • Patent number: 10874522
    Abstract: A spacer for separating bones of a joint, the spacer includes a frame having a longitudinal axis, and ramped surfaces. An endplate configured to engage a bone of the joint has ramped surfaces mateable with the ramped surfaces of the frame. When the endplate is moved relative to the frame in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the frame, the endplate is moved in a direction away from the frame to increase the height of the spacer. A second endplate configured to engage a second bone of the joint can be similarly configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Weiman
  • Patent number: 10874523
    Abstract: A spacer for separating bones of a joint, the spacer includes a frame having a longitudinal axis, and ramped surfaces. An endplate configured to engage a bone of the joint has ramped surfaces mateable with the ramped surfaces of the frame. When the endplate is moved relative to the frame in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the frame, the endplate is moved in a direction away from the frame to increase the height at least one end of the spacer. A second endplate configured to engage a second bone of the joint can be similarly configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Weiman, Kurt Faulhaber
  • Patent number: 10874524
    Abstract: An expandable interbody device for use in the spine is configured to fit through Kambin's Triangle. The expandable interbody device can include a body defining a front end, a rear end and a plurality of sidewalls spanning between the front and rear ends, an expandable member pivotally attached to the body such that the expandable member pivots outwardly from one of the plurality of sidewalls and a screw threaded into the body through the rear end thereof. The expandable member defines an actuator flange that projects into the body. The screw abuts the actuator flange such that contracting the screw into the body causes the expandable member to pivot outwardly from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Spineology Inc.
    Inventor: Todd M. Bjork
  • Patent number: 10874525
    Abstract: A surgical instrument (1) for knee balancing, comprising: a static tibial element (2) including a base and a tibial paddle (21); a femoral element (3) including a femoral paddle (31) and a femoral arm; a movable element (4) including a guide (40) movable in translation on the base according to a longitudinal axis (AL), wherein the femoral element is pivotally mounted on said movable element according to an anterior-posterior axis (AP), and a transverse arm; a system (5) for setting the mobility of said guide in order to provide a distraction function; a reversible blocking system coupled between the transverse arm and the femoral arm to pivotally immobilize the femoral element with respect to the movable element in a reversible manner in order to set the pivot angle of the femoral paddle with respect to the tibial paddle at different angle values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: AMPLITUDE
    Inventors: Bernard Lerat, Sylvain Thibaut, Nicolas Goubet
  • Patent number: 10874526
    Abstract: An intervertebral stabilization implant and an intervertebral stabilizer insertion tool are disclosed. The insertion tool inserts the implant between the posterior peripheral regions of two vertebral bodies, and has elements allowing the insertion tool to position the implant and remove the implant if necessary. The insertion tool engages interior surfaces of an interlockable implant cavity to reduce the amount of space necessary to position the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: John W. McClellan
  • Patent number: 10874527
    Abstract: A guide and a method for locating a cutting block on a resected distal surface of a patient's femur in a knee replacement procedure. The guide includes a first body part for positioning over the resected distal surface. The first body part includes a pair of posteriorly extending feet for engaging with the posterior condyles of the femur. The guide also includes a second body part for positioning over the resected distal surface. The second body part includes at least one pair of locator holes for locating fastener pins by which the cutting block can be fastened to the resected distal face. The first body part is removably attachable to the second body part in a plurality of discrete positions for selectively angling the second body part with respect to an anatomical feature of the patient when the feet of the first body part are engaged with the posterior condyles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Fulton, Michael Reeve
  • Patent number: 10874528
    Abstract: A prosthetic foot has a frame, a forefoot keel, a heel keel, and an adjustable spring member. The frame couples to a prosthetic leg. The forefoot keel includes a first resilient substrate extending from the frame to the anterior end of the foot. The heel keel member includes a second resilient substrate extending from the frame to the posterior end. The first and second resilient substrates are load bearing substrates for a walking human. The adjustable spring member includes a third resilient substrate and a brake. The third resilient substrate has a first end directly or indirectly coupled to the brake, and a second end coupled to the forefoot keel proximate to the anterior end. The third resilient substrate extends through or around the first resilient member and the second resilient member. The brake provides resistance to the travel of the first end of the third resilient substrate in the superior direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Matthew J. Habecker
  • Patent number: 10874529
    Abstract: A prosthetic foot cover for a prosthetic foot having a sagittal plane and a plantar surface including a first cover component having a first internal cavity and being adapted to receive and cover a first portion of the prosthetic foot, a second cover component having a second internal cavity and being adapted to receive and cover a second portion of the prosthetic foot, and a means for detachably attaching the first cover component and the second cover component to the prosthetic foot. The first internal cavity has a first internal cavity contacting surface that directly contacts the first portion of the prosthetic foot, and the second internal cavity has a second internal cavity contacting surface that directly contacts the second portion of the prosthetic foot. A method for installing the prosthetic foot cover on the prosthetic foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Fillauer Composites LLC
    Inventors: Eric Rubie, Phillip Thompson
  • Patent number: 10874530
    Abstract: Methods of bionic control of a device include passing an alternating current through a muscle to cause the muscle to contract, recording an electrophysiological signal from the contracting muscle, processing the electrophysiological signal to determine a measurement of electrical impedance, forwarding the measurement of electrical impedance to a controller, and controlling the device with a control action. A change of electrical impedance during muscle contraction is used as a basis for the control action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Sergey Igorevich Shchukin, Aleksandr Viktorovich Kobelev, Igor Konstantinovich Sergeev, Oleg Stepanovich Naraykin
  • Patent number: 10874531
    Abstract: A prosthesis for a residual limb includes an element for receiving a stump fitted on or established by a support part, a distal prosthetic part, and an absorbing system. The distal prosthetic part is assembled on the support part by a pivot link forming a joint to enable flexion or extension of the distal prosthetic part with respect to the element for receiving. The absorbing system absorbs the flexion or extension efforts and is connected to the distal prosthetic part and to one of a rod or a lever that is pivotally fitted on the distal prosthetic device. The rod is mounted to the lever and to the support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Pierre Chabloz, Christian Will, Martin Pusch, Herman Boiten
  • Patent number: 10874532
    Abstract: An implantable medical device that is fabricated from materials that present a blood or body fluid or tissue contact surface that has controlled heterogeneities in material constitution. An endoluminal stent-graft and web-stent that is made of a monolithic material formed into differentiated regions defining structural members and web regions extending across interstitial spaces between the structural members. The endoluminal stent-graft is characterized by having controlled heterogeneities at the blood flow surface of the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Vactronix Scientific, LLC
    Inventors: Julio C. Palmaz, Eugene A. Sprague
  • Patent number: 10874533
    Abstract: A plastic covered stent for aortic dissection and an aortic dissection stent are disclosed. The plastic covered stent for aortic dissection includes a tubular membrane and multiple annular stents sequentially sutured on the membrane along an axial direction. Part of the annular stents on the membrane are semi-suture stents. Each semi-suture stent has non-suture zones separable from the membrane. When the plastic covered stent is bent, the membrane corresponding to the non-suture zones at an inner bending side of the plastic covered stent is separated from the semi-suture stents and folded inwardly. The semi-suture stents are distributed on a bending portion of the plastic covered stent for aortic dissection after being implanted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HANGZHOU WEIQIANG MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiguo Fu, Yongsheng Wang, Jianmin Li, Tingchao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10874534
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double stent comprising coaxially arranged stents, wherein a first membrane (4) being arranged between a first inner stent (2) and at least two outer stents (3), and a second membrane (5) being arranged on the outer stents (3), with the membrane ends of the first (4) and second membrane (5) being brought together at the ends of the stents (2, 3) and folded around to the inside of the first stent (2) and clamped securely under flexible tongues (6) of the first stent (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MOB.ING GMBH
    Inventor: Malte Neuss
  • Patent number: 10874535
    Abstract: The invention is suitable for use in medicine for maximally precise, safe and quick positioning a coronary stent in case of simple and complicated anatomical lesions of the coronary bed as well as for stenting renal, visceral arteries. The claimed device comprise a body with a tail portion, a screw rotation wheel, a screw, a slider with a cam, a bush with clip and a rubber coupling provided thereon, a wedge comprised of two members, a spring and a lock button arranged in the body. In preparation to use the device, the coronary stent on the delivery system is first successively introduced into the device whereafter the coronary stent on the delivery system is manually advanced to the affected area of the coronary artery, the delivery system is locked in the device and the stent is positioned within the coronary artery by means of the rotation wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SEVEN SONS LTD.
    Inventor: Ilia Vladimirovich Semisynov
  • Patent number: 10874536
    Abstract: An intraluminar method of treating obesity of a patient, having a stomach with a food cavity, is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of creating a pouch made of a stomach wall portion of the patient, closing the pouch by sutures, staples or a fixation device, and placing a volume filling device in the pouch before or after closing the pouch, and thus investigating the volume filling device in the pouch such that an outer surface of the volume filling device rests against an outer surface of the stomach wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 10874537
    Abstract: Intragastric volume-occupying devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. The devices, which are inflated by carbon dioxide, include an aluminum or silicon oxide barrier layer providing carbon dioxide retention and an alkylene vinyl alcohol polymer layer providing structural integrity in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Brister, Kaushik A. Patel, Andrew P. Rasdal, Nelson Quintana, Neil R. Drake, Antonio C. Llevares, Dubravka Markovic, Amy D. L. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: 10874538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodily opening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connected to a distal member by a tether. The proximal member is formable from an elongated and narrower configuration to a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach, the device may be arranged transluminally with the distal member disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against the pyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing or delaying the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BAROnova, Inc.
    Inventors: David Needleman, Alex Roth, Daniel R. Burnett, Jimmy Van Westenberg, Kobi Iki
  • Patent number: 10874539
    Abstract: Configurable orthoses having a high degree of independent adjustability of various parameters are provided. In the example of a rehabilitation-evaluation ankle-foot orthosis (REAFO), these parameters may include calf band anteroposterior, height, width, sagittal tilt, coronal tilt, and mediolateral displacement adjustments; mediolateral displacement adjustments of a supramalleolar support; heel width/stirrup separation adjustment; and sagittal active joint resistance and neutral angle adjustments. Calf band mediolateral displacement adjustment may be provided by a lockable four-bar pivoting frame linkage of the REAFO. In one aspect, the configurable orthosis is used in conjunction with a plastically deformable precursor member to facilitate the design and manufacture of a definitive orthosis customized for a particular patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Becker Orthopedic Appliance Company
    Inventors: Nicholas LeCursi, Beatrice Janka, Alec Bashore, Nicholas Zalinski, Rodger Broick, James Campbell
  • Patent number: 10874540
    Abstract: An ostomy pouching device is configured to allow two-way flow of gas between the device and a stoma bag (100). A check valve (104) is configured to allow ambient air into a channel of the device, and thereby into the stoma bag, when a pressure of the gas in the channel is less than a pressure of the ambient air; another check valve (105) is configured to allow gas to flow into a deodorizing reactor (110) when a pressure of the gas in the channel is greater than a pressure of the ambient air. The deodorizing reactor includes a plasma reactor configured to generate plasma in the channel for deodorizing the gas in the channel before being expelled from the device into the ambient air. The plasma reactor is preferably a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor. It may also include a secondary active carbon filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
    Inventors: Job Beckers, Gerrit M. W. Kroesen
  • Patent number: 10874541
    Abstract: An ostomy bag can include one or more sensors for measuring one or more metrics. An ostomy wafer can also include one or more sensors for measuring one or more metrics. The sensors can be temperature sensors and/or capacitive sensors, for example, and the metrics can include bag fill, leakage, skin irritation, and phase of stoma output, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: 11 Health and Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Michael Seres, Anupriya Jai Tilak Naik, David Ramirez-Ayala, Yumeng Wu, Bryan Went, Erick Went, Sabrina Kaefer, Irina Dorofeeva, Tianbin Zhao
  • Patent number: 10874542
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for controlled delivery of a therapy, such as a stimulant, to a mouth of a subject via an oral device positioned in a secured configuration in the mouth. At least one of a tongue position stimulator (TST) and tongue position sensor (TSE) is provided, according to certain aspects. According to another aspect, a stimulus is delivered to the mouth and/or tongue via a mouthpiece secured to the subject's teeth. In another regard, a stimulus is delivered that generates a natural response to eliminate or reduce sleep disorders, such as for example at least one of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Split Rock Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hermanson, Amit Rajguru
  • Patent number: 10874543
    Abstract: A nerve tissue stimulator configured for contacting to or insertion in the body of a subject to stimulate a tissue therein, said probe comprising: (a) a support configured for contacting to or positioning adjacent a tissue of said subject; (b) at least one thermoelectric device (TED) on said support and positioned for thermally stimulating said nerve tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Scion Neurostim, LLC
    Inventor: Lesco L. Rogers
  • Patent number: 10874544
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically producing and monitoring a cryotherapy session within a chamber includes a plumbing system coupled to the chamber for cooling the chamber. A central controller may be coupled to the plumbing system. The central controller may be operable for: initiating the cryotherapy session within the chamber with a cryogenic gas flowing through the plumbing system for cooling the chamber to a first temperature; determining if the first temperature has been reached within the chamber; determining if a check-in command has been received for the cryotherapy session; and stopping the cryotherapy session after a predetermined period of time. The central controller may initiate a pre-cooling session for cooling the chamber to a second temperature which is different than the first temperature; and determine if the second temperature has been reached in the chamber. The pre-cooling session generally occurs prior to the cryotherapy session for removing ambient heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: IMPACT CRYOTHERAPY, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene L. Guertin, Thomas S. Sanders
  • Patent number: 10874545
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, and method of manufacture of a heat exchanger configured to be placed into contact with an object to regulate the temperature of the object. The heat exchanger comprises a layer of material defining a passage through which a heat transfer fluid may flow. The material layer has a first side for contact with the object; and a second side which, in use, will face away from the object. The first side has a relatively high coefficient of thermal conduction. The second side has a relatively low coefficient of thermal conduction compared to the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: PAXMAN COOLERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Ertugrul Unver, Glenn Alan Paxman, Neil Eric Paxman
  • Patent number: 10874546
    Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a convective system including an inflatable convective device and a manifold. The inflatable convective device has a pneumatic structure and two openings into the pneumatic structure. The hose manifold includes a hose connector configured to connect to a hose, two outlet connectors configured to connect to the two openings respectively, where the hose connector and the two output connectors are in fluid connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGregor, James E. Nash
  • Patent number: 10874547
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to therapeutic articles comprised of carbonaceous blend textile materials comprising yarns having about 25 to 100 weight % carbonaceous fiber and about 0 to 75 weight % fiber made of polyester, nylon, rayon, lyocell, cellulose, wool, silk, linen, bamboo, m-aramid, p-aramid, modacrylic, novoloid, melamine, regenerated cellulose, polyvinyl chloride, antistatic fiber, poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO), polybenzimidazole (PBI), polysulphonamide (PSA), and combinations thereof, or other fibers not listed that are capable of being made into yarn and textile fabrics that are knit, woven, or nonwoven, and wherein the fabric has a weight from about 3 oz/yd2 to about 20 oz/yd2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: David L. Burge, Catherine M. Burge
  • Patent number: 10874548
    Abstract: An injectable formulation of therapeutic agent may comprise the therapeutic agent and a stabilizer such that a substantial portion of the stabilizer remains in the therapeutic device to stabilize the therapeutic agent when the therapeutic agent is released from the therapeutic device. The injectable formulation may comprise one or more of binding agent particles or erodible material particles, such that the formulation can be injected into the therapeutic device. The binding agent particles can bind reversibly to the therapeutic agent so as to modulate release of the therapeutic agent, and the erodible material particles can generate protons of an acid so as to increase stability of the therapeutic agent and may modulate release of the therapeutic agent. The therapeutic agent can be combined with one or more of the stabilizer, the binding agent particles or the erodible particles to increase stability of the therapeutic agent and may modulate release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ForSight Vision4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Steven M. Chamow, Kathleen Cogan Farinas, K. Angela Macfarlane, Cary J. Reich, Randolph E. Campbell, Signe Erickson, Blaine Bueche
  • Patent number: 10874549
    Abstract: A vitrectomy apparatus is provided, including a disposable cutter that incorporates a linear voice coil motor to generate consistent and rapid guillotine action without the use of a rotary motor or traditional linear motor. The apparatus includes voice coil actuator to provide for a forward and backward reciprocating motion cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott G. Strayer, Lauren M. Hickey
  • Patent number: 10874550
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a surgical procedure is provided. The surgical procedure may be a phacoemulsification procedure but other procedures may employ the techniques disclosed. The design includes sensing, within the surgical site, for a material change in fluid flow relative to a predetermined threshold. Upon sensing the fluid flow materially differs from the predetermined threshold, the design temporarily increases aspiration vacuum pressure to the surgical site above a predetermined upper threshold toward a maximum vacuum level. The design applies electrically generated disruptive energy, including but not limited to laser and/or relatively low power ultrasonic energy, to the surgical site from a first point in time measured from when aspiration vacuum pressure is above the predetermined upper threshold to a second point in time where pressure falls below a predetermined lower threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Rockley, Han Bor Fam
  • Patent number: 10874551
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a surgical procedure is provided. The surgical procedure may be a phacoemulsification procedure but other procedures may employ the techniques disclosed. The design includes sensing, within the surgical site, for a material change in fluid flow relative to a predetermined threshold. Upon sensing the fluid flow materially differs from the predetermined threshold, the design temporarily increases aspiration vacuum pressure to the surgical site above a predetermined upper threshold toward a maximum vacuum level. The design applies electrically generated disruptive energy, including but not limited to laser and/or relatively low power ultrasonic energy, to the surgical site from a first point in time measured from when aspiration vacuum pressure is above the predetermined upper threshold to a second point in time where pressure falls below a predetermined lower threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Rockley, Han Bor Fam
  • Patent number: 10874552
    Abstract: Ocular lens cutting devices and methods for cutting and removing tissue such as lens fragments from an eye of a patient are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ocular lens cutting device includes an outer member and an inner member positioned within the outer member. The outer member and the inner member can each include at least one cutting edge. The at least one cutting edge of the outer member and the at least one cutting edge of the inner member can cooperate to form a cutting structure as the inner member moves with respect to the outer member. The ocular lens cutting device can also be connected to a vacuum source which can allow the ocular lens cutting device to grasp the tissue to be cut and remove the cut fragments from the surgical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Trent Spencer Wells, Matthew T. McCormick, Ralph Kerns, Mark S. Humayun
  • Patent number: 10874553
    Abstract: System and method for making incisions in eye tissue at different depths. The system and method focuses light, possibly in a pattern, at various focal points which are at various depths within the eye tissue. A segmented lens can be used to create multiple focal points simultaneously. Optimal incisions can be achieved by sequentially or simultaneously focusing lights at different depths, creating an expanded column of plasma, and creating a beam with an elongated waist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel V. Palanker, Mark S. Blumenkranz, David H. Mordaunt, Dan E. Andersen
  • Patent number: 10874554
    Abstract: A probe tip assembly includes an optical fiber for channeling light energy and a straightening tube circumscribing at least a portion of the optical fiber. The straightening tube includes a first metallic material and is moveable between a first position and a second position. The tip assembly also includes a guiding member circumscribing the optical fiber and the straightening tube. The guiding member includes a second metallic material and a curvable portion configurable between a pre-formed curved state defining a radius of curvature and a straightened state. The guiding member also includes a plurality of notches, wherein, as the straightening tube is retracted from the first position to the second position, the guiding member transitions from its straightened state to its pre-formed curved state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: XRV-IP, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Easley, Matt LaConte
  • Patent number: 10874555
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide compositions, methods, and uses for treating skin wounds, including chronic wounds such as venous ulcers. Certain embodiments provide methods for treating a skin wound, where the entire wound is exposed to zinc, especially in the form of zinc gauze. Certain embodiments provide methods for treating a skin wound, where only a peripheral rim of the wound is exposed to zinc, especially in the form of zinc oxide gauze. Other embodiments provide wound dressings and wound dressing kits, where the dressing and dressing kits include central gauze free of zinc to contact a central drainage zone of the wound and a second zinc gauze to contact a peripheral healing zone of the wound. In certain embodiments, the central gauze is optional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Stoecker & Associates LLC
    Inventor: William Van Dover Stoecker
  • Patent number: 10874556
    Abstract: A wound dressing comprising: an air-impermeable backing sheet having an aperture for attachment of a suction element; an air-permeable screen layer on a wound facing side of the backing sheet; and a substantially air-impermeable hydrogel layer extending across a wound facing side of said screen layer and joined in substantially airtight fashion to a periphery of said backing sheet around said screen layer. Also provided is a wound treatment system comprising a wound dressing according to the invention and a source of suction in fluid communication with said aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KCI USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Howard Lowing
  • Patent number: 10874557
    Abstract: A releasable medical drape, and systems and methods having the same, includes at least a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a soft-gel layer having a plurality of apertures. The soft-gel layer is configured to be disposed adjacent to a tissue site. A portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extends through the plurality of apertures in the soft-gel layer to contact the tissue site. The soft-gel layer forms a good seal with the tissue site and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extending through the plurality of apertures forms a firm—but releasable—coupling with the tissue site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, Li Yao
  • Patent number: 10874559
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for detecting moisture in an absorbent article worn by a wearer including an impedance sensing element and an attachment member for securing the impedance sensing element at a location on an exterior surface of the absorbent article. The impedance sensing element includes electrodes. The electrodes are positioned so as to be capacitively coupled to an interior region of the absorbent article and to measure an impedance of the absorbent article from the location on the exterior surface of the absorbent article. The system may also include an impedance measurement subsystem for measuring the impedance of the absorbent article, and extracting a real component of the impedance and an imaginary component of the impedance for determining a characteristic of the moisture in the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Timothy Ahong, Danny Porthiyas, Zachary Fejes, Sameer Dhar, Jeremy Dabor, Joel Ironstone, Harry Qiu
  • Patent number: 10874560
    Abstract: Sponges suitable for use in medical procedures may include radio-opaque material, and arranged to allow individual sponges in a set, packet or package of sponges to be readily discernable using imaging technology (e.g., X-ray) to allow accurate counting of sponges. The sponges may include wireless transponders, for instance LC resonant and/or RFID transponders. Gauze or similar material is folded to enhance the ability to count the sponges. Sponges are counted and banded or packaged to provide assurance that the count is accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: John Merritt, William A. Blair, Tom Kane, John Buhler
  • Patent number: 10874561
    Abstract: A casting tape package system is provided comprising an outer package defining a first interior portion enclosing a casting tape substrate including curable casting formulation and a second interior portion enclosing a curing agent. In certain embodiments, the curing agent is separated from the casting tape substrate by a barrier which is breakable to release the curing agent to activate the curable casting formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Andover Healthcare, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Murphy, Khaled El-Tahlawy, Julie K. Gatto, James T. Boyle
  • Patent number: 10874562
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a body, a motor, a transmission assembly and two driven components. The motor and the transmission assembly are disposed at the body. The transmission assembly includes a differential, two shafts and two stoppers. The differential is coupled to the motor. The two shafts are respectively coupled to the two opposite sides of the differential. The two stoppers are respectively disposed corresponding to the two shafts. The two driven components are respectively connected to the two shafts. When one of the two shafts is locked by the corresponding stopper, the motor may still drive the other shaft and the driven component connected thereto to rotate relative to the body through the differential. A transmission assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Yi Liang, Ming-Ju Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10874563
    Abstract: Disclosed are provisions for enabling a user of a wheelchair to rapidly outfit a first side of the wheelchair with a first implement or a second implement, both implements having adaptive functionalities, and also for enabling the user to perform the same in conjunction with a second side of the wheelchair. Useful implements include those having: A.) ground-contacting functionalities, such as improving navigation over rough terrain and adding forward stability to the wheelchair, and B.) non-ground-contacting elevated functionalities, including holding an umbrella, carrying an electronic device, or supporting a tray, work surface, or other auxiliary load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen C. Golden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10874564
    Abstract: A seat assist device is described. The seat assist device includes a base, a lift platform having a front portion and a rear portion, with the front portion of the lift platform being pivotally connected with the base. A lifting arm is connected with the rear portion of the lift platform. The lifting arm extends from the lift platform to project beyond the front portion of the lift platform, with the lifting arm terminating in handles for grasping by a user. A lift bar is pivotally connected between the base and the lifting arm, whereby a user sitting upon the seat assist device can press downward on the handles to cause the rear portion of the lift platform to rise and, in doing so, assist the user in rising from a seated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SPLANE DESIGN ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Robson Lindsay Splane, David A. Chen
  • Patent number: 10874565
    Abstract: A patient assisting system includes a frame having a sling assembly attachment point and a lifting arm which is movable relative to the frame and which includes a receptacle. When the sling assembly is attached to the attachment point and extends through the receptacle, a portion of the sling travels through the receptacle as the lifting arm moves relative to the frame. Another embodiment includes exactly one four bar linkage comprised of a frame having an attachment point for a sling assembly, a lifting arm having a receptacle, a lower cross arm and an upper cross arm. The lifting arm is adapted to be movable between a person-seated position and a person-standing position. The receptacle is located along the lifting arm so that motion of the lifting arm causes the receptacle to move along a curved path having a concave side which is person-facing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: LIKO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Anders Joakim Eriksson, Elin K. Dovervik, Gun Blom, Jack Barney Sing, Lars Eklof, Roger Karlsson, Ronnie Arespong
  • Patent number: 10874566
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stand-up wheelchair, comprising a chassis and a stand-up frame articulated to the chassis. The stand-up frame comprises a first and a second parallelogram lever whose front ends are articulated to the chassis and can be pivoted around a first and a second joint point, and upon whose rear ends the backrest is hinged at a third and fourth joint point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Levo AG Wohlen
    Inventor: Thomas Frei
  • Patent number: 10874567
    Abstract: A number of patient beds are disclosed. Some patient beds have siderails that are movable by a patient so that the patient can egress from the bed without interference from the siderails. Various caregiver control panels and patient control panels for controlling features and functions of a patient bed are also disclosed. For example, a cart with caregiver control inputs, including hand inputs on a graphical user interface (GUI) and foot inputs, is disclosed. Patient positioning and transfer devices are also disclosed. Various types of in-bed physical therapy devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Zerhusen, Richard H. Heimbrock, Mark Chiacchira, Nicholas A. Mann, David C. Newkirk
  • Patent number: 10874568
    Abstract: A medical apparatus for standing aid includes a backrest (4) that has at least one side thereof provided with a crank rocker mechanism that includes a crank mechanism (1), a triangle linkage mechanism (2), and a rocker mechanism (3), the crank mechanism (1) is rotatably connected to the triangle linkage mechanism (2) such that an included angle between a second driven link (BE) of the triangle linkage mechanism (2) and the crank mechanism (1) is always smaller than 90°, and the crank mechanism (1) driving the triangle linkage mechanism (2), the rocker mechanism (3) and the backrest (4) connected to the triangle linkage mechanism to perform interactive movement repeatedly along a predetermined curve trajectory in response to a driving force from a drive effect of a driving unit (100), so that the backrest (4) connected to the second driven link (BE) assists a trainee in standing up repeatedly by obliquely supporting the trainee's waist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jiaoyun Yang, Ping Zhao, Aiguo Wang, Ning An
  • Patent number: 10874569
    Abstract: A device for controlling at least one drive device of a surgical table, comprising a control unit for making available an output control signal on the basis of at least a first input control signal. The device is configured in such a way that the drive device is controllable with the aid of the output control signal, and that the drive device is directly controllable with the aid of a second input control signal. The device is characterized in that the control unit receives the second input control signal or a signal based on the second input control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MAQUET GMBH
    Inventors: Heiko Graf, Matthias Jörger, Winfried Wild
  • Patent number: 10874570
    Abstract: A surgical frame and a method for use thereof facilitates transfer of a patient from and to a surgical table/gurney. The surgical table includes a main beam positionable such that a surgical table/gurney with patient laying thereon can be positioned under the main beam. The main beam includes componentry for supporting a patent thereon, and the main beam can be rotated, raised/lowered, and tilted upwardly/downwardly to afford positioning and repositioning of the main beam to facilitate transfer of a patient from the surgical table/gurney to the main beam and transfer from the main beam to the surgical table/gurney.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Roy K. Lim, Matthew M. Morrison, Thomas V. McGahan, Richard A. Hynes