Patents Issued in March 11, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210068579
    Abstract: A kettle includes a kettle body and a kettle lid. A water fill inlet is defined through the kettle lid and the kettle lid further comprises a water filling flap movably disposed below the water fill inlet for movement between a sealing position and an unsealing position with respect to the inlet. A closure mechanism is configured to apply a resilient drive force to bias the water filling flap toward its sealing position so as to enable the water filling flap to seal the water fill inlet. The water filling flap is configured to be moved toward its unsealing position to open the water fill inlet under the weight of water in the water fill inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: TopNet, Inc. DBA Ovente
    Inventors: Yuejun Dong, Yingli Yu
  • Publication number: 20210068580
    Abstract: A used capsule moving assembly includes a capsule blocking device leaving a capsule opening accessible, a used capsule moving device supporting the capsule blocking device and moving the capsule blocking device by taking it in front of a cutting device to partially open a capsule lid, in front of an emptying device to empty a used or extracted or exhausted substance, including used ground coffee, from a capsule body without breaking or destroying the capsule body, and in front of a capsule collection device to collect the capsule body emptied of the used or extracted or exhausted substance. The used capsule moving device displaces the capsule blocking device along a linear path at least when the capsule blocking device is placed so as to take the capsule body with the longitudinal capsule axis thereof in front of each of the cutting, emptying, and collection devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Alessandro BENEDETTI, Lucius Theodorus VINKENVLEUGEL, Hermen Hendrik PIJLMAN, Andreas Jacobus Louis NIJSEN, Marco Alexander VOOGSGERD
  • Publication number: 20210068581
    Abstract: A multi-position shuttle valve assembly includes a housing with at least one flow path and a shuttle. The at least one flow path is configured to receive steam from a froth heater of an aircraft brewing apparatus. The at least one flow path is configured to direct the steam to the defined cavity. The shuttle is configured to divert the steam to a froth wand when the shuttle is in a first position. The shuttle is configured to divert the steam to a froth module installed on the housing when the shuttle is in a second position. A translation of the shuttle between the first position and the second position is dependent on the froth module being installed on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Byron A. Devlin, Anthony D. Serfling, Keith R. DeBald
  • Publication number: 20210068582
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system for simulating functions, such as recognition and determination, of the human brain by using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning, and an application thereof. Provided are an automatic cooking device and method for selectively emitting light of different wavelength bands to a food material, identifying the food material by obtaining information about the food material, based on reflected light, and controlling a cooking process of the food material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-ki JUNG, Jun-beom HAN, Sang-min LEE, Byeong-hoon KWAK, Joon-hyun LEE, Sung-hoon YIM
  • Publication number: 20210068583
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the invention relates to an assembly (1) comprising a cooking pot (2) and a corresponding pot lid (3), for closing off the cooking pot, in which the assembly is provided with a vapour passage (14) for leading vapour out of the assembly. In particular, said vapour passage extends in the direction of the cooking pot. In further aspects, the invention relates to a method for downdraft extraction of vapour, and to a cooking pot (2) and a pot lid (3), which preferably are appropriate for use in said assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Rafael VANTHOOR
  • Publication number: 20210068584
    Abstract: According to one example, a removable lid for a container of a vessel includes a valve configured to selectively allow air to vent out of a fluid retaining interior region of the container when the lid is positioned on the container. The valve includes an opening that extends entirely through a thickness of a portion of the lid, and a valve plug. The valve plug includes a valve top portion that extends vertically above a top surface of the portion of the lid, a valve bottom portion, and a valve central portion. The valve top portion is configured to be contracted, by a downward pressure, into a more vertically compact shape. The valve top portion is further configured to, absent the downward pressure, expand back upwards out of the more vertically compact shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Meyer Intellectual Properties Ltd.
    Inventor: Stanley Kin Sui Cheng
  • Publication number: 20210068585
    Abstract: Electromechanical Actuator for Rotating Grills refers to an electromechanical actuator used in rotating grills, barbecue grills, roasters or ovens for domestic or commercial purposes, enabling the use of this equipment in places or situations where there is no electricity available. The electromechanical actuator provides actuation by the use of batteries of any voltage, directly coupled to the grill's rotation system, composed of a small motor connected to a compartment where the batteries are placed, containing an actuation button. A single electromechanical actuator can be used for the rotating motion of rotating grills, barbecue grills or roasters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Vector Indústria de Produtos Metalúrgicos Ltda
    Inventor: Eliane Luisa Stocker
  • Publication number: 20210068586
    Abstract: An express barbeque for cooking food includes a housing including a base and a lid with a cooking chamber therein. A grill is positionable in the base to support the food, with a food splatter area defined about the grill. Heat distributors are positioned about the cooking chamber offset laterally from the food splatter area. Each of the heat distributors includes a perforated pipe and a corresponding heat diverter. Each of the perforated pipes is shaped to receive heat from a heat source, and each has the corresponding heat diverter positioned thereabout to pass the heat from the perforated pipe through the cooking chamber whereby cooking of the food is facilitated. A cooking drawer may be slidably retractable from the housing. The cooking drawer may include the upper grill and a lower drip tray. The lower drip tray is connected below the grill to catch drippings therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ehsan Sean Yaghotian, Mohammad Ali Yaghotian
  • Publication number: 20210068587
    Abstract: Provided is a portable grill device including at least one substantially vertical, flat heat source, at least one support for food to be grilled that is arranged in front of the heat source, at least one drive unit for rotating the at least one support for food to be grilled about a substantially vertical axis of rotation, and a power supply for supplying the drive unit with the power required for the operation thereof. The portable grill device includes at least one adjustment unit which is designed to steplessly adjust a spacing between the at least one heat source and the at least one support for food to be grilled, during operation of the grill device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Lange, Stefan Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20210068588
    Abstract: An outdoor cooker includes an air frying apparatus with a blower, a heater, and a cooking chamber. The cooking chamber has a perforated basket for receiving foodstuff. The blower is adapted to force air through the heater to become heated, into the cooking chamber to air fry the foodstuff, and then back through the heating element in a continuous cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Team International Group of America Inc.
    Inventors: Arno He, Uri Murad
  • Publication number: 20210068589
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for improved charcoal grill assembly. The assembly is a universal assembly which allows consumers to have a single assembly instead of various types of smokers, gas grills, electric grills, charcoal grills or combination grill. The invention provides a consistent and long-term assembly as compared to one-time useable aluminum assemblies. It is designed to cook user's food with charcoal in any type of grill or various smokers without leaving any ashy mess. The assembly is highly portable, easy to install and provides legs option to elevate or lower the assembly as per requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Jason Perry
  • Publication number: 20210068590
    Abstract: An insert is provided for use in a cooking apparatus that alters the pressure profile, air velocity profile, and airflow pattern within said cooking apparatus in order to achieve a cyclonic air profile around food to be cooked. The insert includes a ring-shaped insert body formed by a continuous sidewall. The sidewall has an external surface and an internal surface, and a top end and a bottom end. The insert also includes a deflection plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: Desora, Inc., Premier Specialty Brands, LLC d/b/a Kamado Joe Company
    Inventors: Robert Brennan, Elizabeth O. Ogunbiyi, Michel N. Maalouly, Kevin K. Parker
  • Publication number: 20210068591
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to food preparation systems and associated automated gantry systems. An example automated food preparation system may include a housing that supports one or more baskets therein and a gantry system. The gantry system may include a retrieval arm and a drive system operably coupled with the retrieval arm. The drive system may cause movement of the retrieval arm in at least two directions relative to the housing. In operation, the retrieval arm may engage a basket and cause movement of the basket about the housing. In some instances, an ejection mechanism is provided that receives the basket from the retrieval arm and causes removal of the contents of the basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan HenneBarrows, Harrison Goldberg, Aaron Hill, Brandon Whitt
  • Publication number: 20210068592
    Abstract: A soaking chair comprising: a bucket seat comprising a seat back, a seat surface, and two armrests; and a support structure; wherein the chair is suitable for use in a shower; and wherein the seat surface comprises a reservoir and a moveable dam panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Paula Jo Hennessy
  • Publication number: 20210068593
    Abstract: A combination shower and toilet is disclosed. The device comprises a base, a toilet bowl extending from the base, a shower head coupled to the base, a pivoting curtain rod coupled to the base, and a shower curtain coupled to the curtain rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Wilco Partnership, LLC
    Inventor: Gregg Williams
  • Publication number: 20210068594
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) dispenser that includes low cost electronic components that can read and write to the tag of a refill cartridge. In one embodiment, the reader utilizes a multi band pass filter to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. In another embodiment, the controller utilizes an internal comparator to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. The dispenser in both embodiments also includes a pair of transistors that write to the RFID tag of the refill cartridge. A dispenser according to the invention also includes the capability to read and/or write to tags upon cartridges employed by the dispenser, and augmenting the operation of the dispenser as a function thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jackson W. Wegelin, Aaron R. Reynolds, Chip W. Curtis
  • Publication number: 20210068595
    Abstract: A separation unit is provided for separating a web material having a web width along preformed lines of weakness. The separation unit includes at least a first shaft extending along a first longitudinal axis and at least a second shaft extending along a second longitudinal axis in parallel with the first shaft. The separation unit also includes at least one first protrusion element extending perpendicularly from the first shaft and being arranged to be rotatable about the first longitudinal axis, and at least one second protrusion element extending perpendicularly from the second shaft and being arranged to be rotatable about the second longitudinal axis. The separation unit further includes at least one contact element being arranged in biased abutment against at least one of the first and second protrusion elements in a direction perpendicular to the first or second longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Björn Larsson
  • Publication number: 20210068596
    Abstract: A dispenser and a stack combination. A dispenser that contains a stack of sheet products and which defines a dispensing path from a product reservoir containing and holding the stack to a dispensing opening through which the sheet products are dispensed. A stack of interfolded webs wherein the lines of weakness of one web are offset from the lines of weakness of another web in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Björn LARSSON
  • Publication number: 20210068597
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a toilet seat assembly installation structure convenient for disassembly and assembly, which comprises fixing members fixedly installed on a toilet seat; a hinge base including hinge portions and installation portions, the hinge portions hinging with a cover plate, the installation portions engaging with the fixing members; and snap-in connection members configured to detachably and position-limitedly installed on the installation portions along a vertical direction so that the snap-in connection members are fixedly engaged with the fixing members, or to detachably and position-limitedly installed on the fixing members along the vertical direction so that the snap-in connection members are fixedly engaged with the installation portions. The toilet seat assembly installation structure is easy to operate, can be dissembled and assembled by inserting/removing the hinge base into/from the fixing members, and is stable and reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jiebin Wu, Xiaomeng Lin, Weiquan Xie
  • Publication number: 20210068598
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having: a profile extending between a profile nozzle end for attachment of a nozzle and a profile handle end for attachment of a first handle; a housing attached to the profile and having a motor fan unit for generating an airflow, a housing air outlet; and a housing air inlet, and an airflow channel extending from the profile nozzle end to the housing air outlet via the housing air inlet, for allowing an airflow from the first profile end to the housing air outlet. The housing is movable along the profile, and has a second handle operable by a user to move the vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventors: Jonas Kristiansson, Jesper Hederos
  • Publication number: 20210068599
    Abstract: A floor cleaner including a recovery. The recovery tank is configured to contain a fluid drawn through a suction inlet from a surface to be cleaned by a vacuum source. The recovery tank includes a shutoff float. The shutoff float is movable between a first position and a second position. The shutoff float includes a float body, a float closure, and a first interconnecting member. The first interconnecting member engages a second interconnecting member to retain the float in the first position. In the first position, the shutoff float is spaced a distance from the suction air outlet, allowing air flow through the suction air outlet. The first interconnecting member engages the second interconnecting member to retain the shutoff float in the first position. In the second position, the shutoff float is adjacent the suction air outlet, inhibiting air flow through the suction air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Robert McRorie
  • Publication number: 20210068600
    Abstract: A rolling brush assembly includes a rolling brush having a rolling brush roller, at least two brush bars, and a protruding strip extending lengthwise along an axis. Each brush bar extends lengthwise in a longitudinal direction of the rolling brush roller. The brush bars are arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction of the rolling brush roller with the protruding strip located between adjacent two brush bars. The at least two brush bars are fixed on the rolling brush roller in one of a flocking or an inserting manner. An engagement portion is formed between the brush bars and the rolling brush roller. A distance from an outer end of the engagement portion to the axis is less than a distance from an outer end of the protruding strip to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Zhenyu Xing, Dezhi Gu, Yewei Xue
  • Publication number: 20210068601
    Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner has a housing, an agitator rotatably mounted within the housing, and first and second debris removal members. The first debris removal member is movable relative to the second debris removal member between a first position in which the first) and second debris removal members are spaced apart to define a debris collection channel, and a second position in which the first and second debris removal members are contiguous or overlapping. Movement of the first debris removal member from the first position toward the second position removes debris from the debris collection channel, and movement of the first debris removal member is governed by rotation of the agitator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Clifford CARTER
  • Publication number: 20210068602
    Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner has an agitator rotatably mounted within a housing. The agitator has a main body having a wall, and bristles mounted adjacent the wall. Tips of the bristles are located at a first radial distance from a central longitudinal axis of the agitator. A tip of the wall is located at a second radial distance from the central longitudinal axis. The bristles have a first configuration in which the first radial distance is greater than the second radial distance, and a second configuration in which the first radial distance is less than or equal to the second radial distance. The bristles flex from the first configuration to the second configuration when the bristles move into contact with a surface to be cleaned, and flex from the second configuration to the first configuration when the bristles move out of contact with the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Clifford CARTER
  • Publication number: 20210068603
    Abstract: A cleaning device and a method therefor are provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting container and a docking station to which the dust collecting container is coupled. The docking station includes a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting container to inside of the docking station, a collector configured to collect a foreign substance that is moved together with the air by driving of the suction device, a suction flow path along which air moves inside the docking station, a flow adjusting device configured to open or close the suction flow path, and at least one processor configured to control the suction device to operate based on the dust collecting container being coupled to the docking station, and control the flow adjusting device to periodically open and close the suction flow path in a state in which the suction device operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yoonkyung CHO, Seehyun KIM, Jongsoon KIM, Gihyeong LEE, Seongu LEE, Ahyoung LEE, Jaeshik JEONG, Seungryong CHA
  • Publication number: 20210068604
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaner. The cleaner according to an embodiment includes a main body, a suction device configured to suck dust outside the cleaner, a dust detection sensor including a light emitting element and a light receiving element disposed adjacent to the suction device, a dust container configured to store sucked dust through the suction device, and a processor configured to identify a dust inflow state and a dust amount of the dust container based on a voltage value output from the light receiving element, and control an operation of the cleaner based on the identified dust inflow state and dust amount, wherein the light emitting element and the light receiving element are disposed at an outside of the dust container in a direction toward an inlet of the dust container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeayun SO, Jinhee KIM, Jihye SEO, Yeonkyu JEONG, Jaeyoul JEONG
  • Publication number: 20210068605
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a moving apparatus for cleaning, a collaborative cleaning system, and a method of controlling the same, the moving apparatus for cleaning including: a cleaner configured to perform cleaning; a traveler configured to move the moving apparatus; a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus; and a processor configured to identify an individual cleaning region corresponding to the moving apparatus among a plurality of individual cleaning regions assigned to the moving apparatus and at least one different moving apparatus based on current locations throughout a whole cleaning region, based on information received through the communicator, and control the traveler and the cleaner to travel and clean the identified individual cleaning region. Thus, the individual cleaning regions are assigned based on the location information about the plurality of cleaning robots, and a collaborative clean is efficiently carried out with a total shortened cleaning time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Injoo KIM, Jeayun SO, Jinhee KIM, Dongmin SHIN, Sangsik YOON, Jusang LEE, Hwan CHANG, Junpyo HONG
  • Publication number: 20210068606
    Abstract: A cleaning robot having an improved structure capable of improving a user convenience and method for controlling the same are disclosed herein. A cleaning robot includes a main body to form an outer appearance and having an inlet port provided to suck a foreign matter present in a cleaning area, an operation unit detachably coupled to the main body and provided to be gripped, at least one motion sensor provided to detect a motion of the operation unit, and a control unit electrically connected to the at least one motion sensor to drive a driving motor of the main body based on the motion of the operation unit detected by the at least one motion sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hun LEE, Heum Yong PARK, Chang Yeong KIM, Jae Youl JEONG, Young Do KWON, Jin Wook YOON
  • Publication number: 20210068607
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes an elongated body, a pair of end caps, a filling member, an internal compartment, and an opening. The elongated body includes a first end a second end. The pair of end caps includes a first end cap and a second end cap. The internal compartment traverses through the elongated body. The internal compartment is extended from the first end to the second end. The filling member is positioned within the internal compartment. The first end cap is terminally connected around the first end. The second end cap is terminally connected around the second end. The opening traverses into the internal compartment through the elongated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Brenda Stone
  • Publication number: 20210068608
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a floor includes providing a floor cleaning apparatus with a cleaning pad having at least two parallel strips of material including at least one strip of relatively lower absorbency material, and at least one strip of relatively higher absorbency material. All of the strips of relatively lower absorbency material and relatively higher absorbency material are substantially equal height and form a substantially coplanar floor engaging surface. The floor engaging surface has a total surface area formed by the strips of relatively lower absorbency material and relatively higher absorbency material that comprise most of the total surface area of the floor engaging surface. A cleaning pad displacement apparatus is also provided. The method of cleaning the floor further incudes displacing the cleaning pad across the floor with the cleaning pad displacement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Todd Weyhmiller
  • Publication number: 20210068609
    Abstract: A hands-free, easy to use, manufacture and assemble upright dustpan with a hinged back door. The dustpan can pivot on the main body and the hinged back-door can be locked or unlocked via a latching mechanism and a trigger, all located on the dustpan's main body. When the latching mechanism is triggered, the hinged back door opens either under its own weight or under the weight of the debris and thus allows debris to leave the compartment and fall into the waste receptacle when the dust pan is held above the waste receptacle in pivoted orientation. The trigger can be actuated by the edge of the waste receptacle, or any rigged body. Whereas the hinged back door can be closed back by tapping on the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: BILAL ARSHAD BAJWA, MOHAMMAD SAFARISH
  • Publication number: 20210068610
    Abstract: A method for reducing auto-dosing fluctuation of a washing machine equipped with an automatic dosing device, by using a liquid detergent with a relatively low high-shear viscosity. A cleaning system including a washing machine equipped with an auto-dosing device, in combination with a liquid detergent characterized by a relative low high-shear viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ming TANG, Xiaolin YANG
  • Publication number: 20210068611
    Abstract: A fluid flow structure for a washing machine is located within a wash tank of the washing machine, which includes a fluid flow guide surface, and a support for the guide surface. The guide surface includes at least one region contoured inconsistently from the contour of at least one corresponding wall of the washing machine wash tank. The contour of the guide surface is generally curved so as to aide in reducing and/or preventing the pinning of items that often occurs in rectangular wash tanks of the prior art. The support for the guide surface creates a gap between the guide surface and at least one wall of the washing machine wash tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: John W. CANTRELL, Mark CHURCHILL, David Robert GAST, Michael P. LICATA, Joshua H. HUISENGA, John N. MCCREIGHT, Bryon J. London
  • Publication number: 20210068612
    Abstract: A method and a dishwasher capable of analyzing the closure state of the filter of the dishwasher by using a deep neural network model trained through machine learning of artificial intelligence is provided. The dishwasher may include a microphone configured to obtain a drainage sound signal generated by draining washing water through the filter during operation of the dishwasher, a processor configured to analyze the degree of closure of the filter based on the drainage sound signal, and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm if the degree of closure is a greater than or equal to a predetermined level. The operational state of the dishwasher may be analyzed based on a drainage sound of the washing water drained to the filter by the degree of closure of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Yun Sik PARK
  • Publication number: 20210068613
    Abstract: A compact handheld cleaning device 10 comprises a cleaning element 12; a motor 16 to drive the cleaning element 12; a housing 14 to house the motor 16; a first battery portion on a first side of the motor; and a second battery portion on an opposing side of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Jethro Bennett
  • Publication number: 20210068614
    Abstract: A system for preventing inadvertent actuation of a medical device. The system includes an elongate tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The lumen is configured to receive a medical device configured to transition between an actuated state and an inactive state. The device further includes a detection system configured to determine a position of a distal end of the medical device relative to the distal end of the elongate tube. The detection system includes a transmitting element and a receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas ZAPPIA, Brian MacLEAN
  • Publication number: 20210068615
    Abstract: A system for performing a medical procedure on a patient includes an articulating probe assembly and at least one tool. The articulating probe assembly comprises an inner probe comprising multiple articulating inner links, an outer probe surrounding the inner probe and comprising multiple articulating outer links, and at least two working channels that exit a distal portion of the probe assembly. The at least one tool is configured to translate through one of the at least two working channels. A feeder controls the articulating probe assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph M. Johnson, Paul Sinclair, Mike A. Ciavaglia, Ian J. Darisse, Nick Coussens, Anthony Richard Polakowski, Anish Mampetta
  • Publication number: 20210068616
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; and a channel fixing portion disposed on an outer periphery of the insertion portion and configured such that a part or all of a long channel tube is fixed in a state of being embedded in a distal end portion of the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eijiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20210068617
    Abstract: An exemplary medical system includes a first electrical circuit on a printed circuit board (PCB) and configured to generate data, a second electrical circuit on the PCB and electrically isolated from the first electrical circuit, and a radio frequency (RF) communication interface assembly on the PCB. The RF communication interface assembly includes an RF transmitter electrically coupled to the first electrical circuit and electrically isolated from the second electrical circuit, an RF receiver out of direct RF signal path alignment with the RF transmitter, electrically coupled to the second electrical circuit, and electrically isolated from the first electrical circuit, and a waveguide between the RF transmitter and the RF receiver and configured to guide an RF signal representative of the data between the RF transmitter and the RF receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Derek C. Liou, John A Barton, Matthew M. McConnell, Kierstin Gray Parrish
  • Publication number: 20210068618
    Abstract: An insertion instrument includes an insertion portion, a tubular member that rotates about a longitudinal axis by a transmitted driving force, a flange portion that holds a position of the tubular member at an outer periphery of the insertion portion, a tapered portion having an outer diameter that gradually decreases toward a proximal end side, and an adhesive layer formed to smoothly connect a proximal end portion of the tapered portion and an outer periphery of the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kimihiko NAITO
  • Publication number: 20210068619
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a direction conversion module for converting rotational motions of the upper and lower sprockets to linear motions of the upper and lower chains while maintaining linear states of the upper and lower chains pulled, and pushed upon rotational operation of the operation part, in which the direction conversion module includes: first and second connection blocks for connecting both ends of the upper chain to one end of each of the first and second connection wires of the operation part, and third and fourth connection blocks for connecting both ends of the lower chain to one end of each of the third and fourth connection wires of the operation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kyong Min Shin, Sung Hwan PARK, Hyun Soo JI
  • Publication number: 20210068620
    Abstract: A surgical instrument including an articulating region. An outer tube and an inner tube are axially fixed to one another distal to the articulating region and axially movable relative to one another proximal to the articulating region. Relative movement of the inner and outer tubes provides for articulation of the articulating tube assembly to a curved configuration. A working tool may be removably directed through a central cannula defined by the inner tube. The working tool may include a shaft having a flexible region configured to be arranged within the articulating region. The shaft may rotate within the inner tube with the articulating tube assembly in the curved configuration. The working tool may include a housing hub configured to be coupled with a handle to removably position the flexible region within the articulating region. Multiple working tools may be interchangeably directed through the central cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: James G. Walen, Bryan G. Deeny, Gerard Nunan
  • Publication number: 20210068621
    Abstract: A detachable endoscope includes an insertion unit including an illuminating and image pickup unit, an operation unit configured to bendingly operate a front end of the insertion unit, and a detachable unit configured to detachably couple the insertion unit and the operation unit to each other, wherein the detachable unit includes: a first detachable module disposed at the insertion unit; and a second detachable module disposed at the operation unit, wherein the first detachable module includes: a first module main body disposed within a rear end of the insertion unit and having first, second, third and fourth rectilinear guide through-bores penetratingly formed longitudinally therein, and a central opening penetratingly formed at a center of the main body in a thickness direction of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kyong Min SHIN, Sung Hwan PARK, Hyun Soo JI
  • Publication number: 20210068622
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein are directed to an endoscopic device with a drip flange, including the assembly and use of the endoscopic device. The endoscopic device with a drip flange may be positioned to abut an aperture into an operative cavity and inserted through the aperture. An endoscopic procedure may be performed, during which fluid moves along an outside surface of the elongate shaft, the fluid moving from the distal end toward the proximal end, and where the fluid is directed to a drip flange coupled to the outside surface of the elongate shaft between the distal tip and a proximal end of the elongate shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Nikolai D. Begg
  • Publication number: 20210068623
    Abstract: An imaging unit used in an oblique-viewing endoscope in which an endoscope axis along a longitudinal direction of a distal end portion of the endoscope and an optical axis of a lens unit cross along an observation direction includes: a semiconductor package including a light receiving surface arranged perpendicularly to the optical axis of the lens unit, an imaging device converting an optical image formed by the lens unit into an image signal, and a sensor electrode on a rear surface; a first circuit board including a first connecting electrode on a front surface and connected to the sensor electrode, and a second connecting electrode on a rear surface on which an electronic part is mounted; and a second circuit board including a first region including a third connecting electrode connected to the second connecting electrode, and a second region including a cable connecting electrode connected to a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu ICHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210068624
    Abstract: A detachable endoscope includes: an operation part for operating the front end of an insertion part having a lighting photographing part to be bent and a detachable unit for detachably coupling the operation part and the insertion part, wherein the detachable unit includes: a first detachable module connected to first, second, third, and fourth operation wires arranged parallel to each other so that the respective one ends are connected to the front end inside the insertion part and provided on the rear end of the insertion part, a second detachable module connected to first, second, third, and fourth connection wires of a direction conversion part for converting a rotational motion into a linear motion in the operation part and provided on the front end of the operation part, and a bending control part for adjusting an angle at which the front end of the insertion part is bent and displaced vertically or horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kyong Min SHIN, Sung Hwan PARK, Hyun Soo JI
  • Publication number: 20210068625
    Abstract: A detachable endoscope having a buffer function includes: an operation part for operating the front end of an insertion part having an illuminating photographing part to be bent and a detachable unit for detachably coupling the insertion part and the operation part, wherein the detachable unit includes: a first detachable module connected to the respective other ends of first, second, third, and fourth operation wires having the respective one ends connected to the front end inside the insertion part and provided on the rear end of the insertion part, and a second detachable module connected to first, second, third, and fourth connection wires of a direction conversion part for converting a rotational motion into a linear motion in the operation part and provided on the front end of the operation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kyong Min SHIN, Sung Hwan PARK, Hyun Soo JI
  • Publication number: 20210068626
    Abstract: A detachable endoscope includes an insertion unit including an illuminating and image pickup unit, an operation unit configured to bendingly operate a front end of the insertion unit, and a detachable unit configured to detachably couple the insertion unit and the operation unit to each other, wherein the detachable unit comprises: a first detachable module disposed at the insertion unit in such a manner as to be connected to respective one ends of first and second operating wire and third and fourth operating wires juxtaposedly arranged in the insertion unit; and a second detachable module disposed at the operation unit in such a manner as to be connected to respective both ends of upper and lower chains wound around upper and lower sprockets of the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: KYONG MIN SHIN, Sung Hwan PARK, Hyun Soo JI
  • Publication number: 20210068627
    Abstract: A laryngoscope assembly having a handle for connection with a laryngoscope blade and wherein the handle includes an additional mechanism for securing the blade to the handle. A locking mechanism is a spring provided for holding the blade in position on the handle and preventing side to side movement of the blade with respect to the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: David Kunelius, Benjamin Beniek
  • Publication number: 20210068628
    Abstract: A distal end cover device includes: a distal end cover main body that is formed of a rigid material having insulation properties, and is fixed to an outer periphery of a distal end portion of an insertion portion in a removably attachable manner; a ring cover that is formed of a material having elasticity and insulation properties, and is fixed to outer peripheries of the distal end portion and the distal end cover main body in a removably attachable manner; a raising base provided to the distal end cover main body; a shaft portion that is provided to the distal end cover main body, and couples the raising base to the distal end cover main body in a displaceable manner (swingably); and an operation wire that is coupled to the raising base, and is configured to be pulled by an operator to move the raising base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji YAMAYA