Patents Issued in June 1, 2021
  • Patent number: 11020232
    Abstract: An orthopaedic prosthesis for use in a hip replacement surgery. The orthopaedic prosthesis includes a metallic foam shell and a metallic core. The metallic core includes a neck configured to receive a femoral head component and a stem extending through the metallic foam shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: John M. Armacost, Ryan C. Keefer, Jeffrey A. McAnelly
  • Patent number: 11020233
    Abstract: A fixation device for a knee replacement. The fixation device includes a stem configured to be fixedly attached to one of a tibial component of the knee replacement and a femoral component of the knee replacement. The stem has a continuously tapered outer surface and has a distal end that is distal to said one of the tibial component and the femoral component. A tapered projection is positioned on the continuously tapered outer surface and is tapered in the same direction as the continuously tapered outer surface. The stem and the tapered projection are configured so that the continuously tapered outer surface and the tapered projection engage a patient's bone when the stem is inserted into a bone canal within the patient's bone. In addition, the continuously tapered outer surface of the stem at the distal end of the stem and the tapered projection are configured to mechanically fix the knee replacement to the patient's bone by being wedged within the bone canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Aaron Marlow
  • Patent number: 11020234
    Abstract: An orthopedic implant apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a body, said body having a generally cylindrical shape and comprising a first material, a flat bottom surface, a concave upper surface disposed opposite said bottom surface, and a longitudinal axis disposed through the center of said body; a cylindrical bore, said bore disposed along said longitudinal axis through said top surface of said body; a cylindrical plug, said plug comprising a second material and disposed within said bore of said body; and at least one stem, said at least one stem connected to said bottom surface of said body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Brian C. Hodorek, Matt J. Purdy, J. Michael Wiater, Anand M. Murthi, Matthew J. Smith, Derek J. Cuff, Andrew Jawa
  • Patent number: 11020235
    Abstract: A two part annulus repair rivet for repairing a defect in the annulus of an intervertebral disc includes a first part delivered through a port and adapted to be positioned at an internal surface of an annulus adjacent a defect and a second part adapted to be positioned on an external surface of the annulus adjacent the defect. The first and second parts are secured together, repairing the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Seifert, Sean Suh, Mark Weiman
  • Patent number: 11020236
    Abstract: The present invention is an implant for bone. The current implant is particularly useful in spinal surgical procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Todd Shanks
  • Patent number: 11020237
    Abstract: An intervertebral fusion cage that is adapted to contain an inserter within its inner volume during insertion of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: John C. Voellmicke
  • Patent number: 11020238
    Abstract: An interbody fusion device including a body member, at least one side member engaging the body member, and at least one movement mechanism that engages at least one side member and the body member. A surgical method for maintaining a space between two vertebral bodies in a spine, including the steps of obtaining a medical device, such as an interbody fusion device, and inserting and coupling an expansion tool into an opening within the medical device. The surgical method also including slidingly inserting the medical device into a space between two vertebral bodies and rotating the expansion tool to move the at least one side member in a direction relative to the body member. The method may further include detaching the expansion tool from the medical device and removing the tool from the space between the two vertebral bodies in the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BIOSPINE, LLC
    Inventors: Ross R Nichols, Brian G Emerick, Daniel Refai
  • Patent number: 11020239
    Abstract: An expandable spinal implant is provided having first and second endplates hinged along one end and an expansion mechanism disposed therebetween configured to expand the first and second endplates from each other to provide a lordotic angle of up to 60 degrees. Various implants, systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Keith E. Miller, Cristian A. Capote, Zain Noordin
  • Patent number: 11020241
    Abstract: A spinal interbody implant includes a two-component cage and expander. The two-component cage, when assembled, accepts the expander through a reverse dovetail configuration between the assembled cage and the expander. The expander has a pair of legs that move within and along lateral channels formed by and between the two cage components for increasing the height of the two cage components relative to one another. The amount of expansion of the cage is determined by the height of the pair of expander legs. The cage accepts different expanders each having pairs of legs of different heights in order to provide different amounts of cage expansion and thus the interbody implant. The front of each expander leg is arch shaped for reception in the lateral channels of the assembled cage and to progressively expand the two cage components relative to one another as the expander is received by the assembled cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: LIFE SPINE, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel P. Predick
  • Patent number: 11020242
    Abstract: Surgical tools which are used to separate from one another a femoral cup and an acetabular ball in an implanted hip replacement prosthesis. At its distal end, elements of the surgical tool engage the femoral cup and the acetabular cup. When proximal handles of the tool are squeezed toward one another, the engagement elements move away from one another. Thus, a surgeon is able to separate the femoral cup and the accetabular ball from one another without pulling the acetabular cup away from the acetabulum or the femoral cup and/or femoral implant away from the femur, thereby accomplishing the separation without disrupting any bone ingrowth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HIP INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY, LLC.
    Inventors: Zafer Termanini, Brian Vanhiel
  • Patent number: 11020243
    Abstract: A surgical tool for extracting an acetabular ball from an acetabular cup in an implanted hip prosthesis wherein the from acetabular ball is affixed by means of a Morse taper to a stem extending from bottom of the concave portion of the acetabular cup. The surgical tool enables a surgeon to remove the ball without pulling on the acetabular cup and without disrupting any bone ingrowth because the tool maintains pressure on the cup while exerting an opposing pressure pulling on the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HIP INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY, LLC.
    Inventors: Zafer Termanini, Brian Vanhiel, Linda Braddon
  • Patent number: 11020244
    Abstract: A bone harvester and bone marrow removal system. The bone harvester can include a body defining a channel extending longitudinally therethrough from a distal to a proximal portion of the body. The distal portion can include a cutting tip. Bone marrow may be drawn through the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Barry Bays, David L. Brumfield, Joe William Ferguson, Carlos Eduardo Gil
  • Patent number: 11020245
    Abstract: A hip joint navigation system is provided that includes a base having at least one channel disposed therethrough for receiving a pin for mounting the base to the pelvis. A mount feature is disposed on a top surface. A registration jig is configured to couple with the base and to engage anatomical landmarks. In some aspects, a patient specific jig system for hip replacement is provided including an engagement surface formed to closely mate to acetabular bone contours of a specific patient and a registration feature configured to be in a pre-determined orientation relative to an acetabulum the patient when the jig is coupled with acetabular bone contours of the specific patient. In other aspects, methods of using the systems are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: OrthAlign, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas van der Walt, Jonathan Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11020246
    Abstract: A force and rotation sensing device can be suitable for measuring a force within a knee joint. A force sensor can measure a force exerted between opposing surfaces of a housing. A force display positioned on the housing can visually represent a value of the measured force, such as with a dual-sided light-emitting diode display that is visible from opposing sides of the housing. A first rotation sensor can measure a flexion/extension position of the housing. A flexion/extension display can visually represent a value of the measured flexion/extension position. In some examples, a zero button can set a reference orientation of the housing, so that the first rotation sensor can measure the flexion/extension position as a relative rotation with respect to the reference orientation. In some examples, circuitry can wirelessly transmit data corresponding to the value of the measured flexion/extension position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Johannaber, Rida Hariri, Derek Dalbey, John Minck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11020247
    Abstract: The current document is directed to a two-way, by-passable, overrunning clutch incorporated within a mechanical prosthetic knee that provides functionality similar to a biological knee or incorporated in another articulated device, such as a robotic or orthotic articulated device or member. The currently disclosed two-way, by-passable, overrunning clutch allows for two-way free rotation when disabled, but, when enabled, prevents rotation in one direction while allowing free rotation in the other direction. In the mechanical prosthetic knee, the two-way, by-passable, overrunning clutch is enabled by application of a mechanical force and disabled by removal of the mechanical force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Paul Pomeroy
  • Patent number: 11020248
    Abstract: A prosthetic foot comprising a vacuum system configured to attach to a vacuum attachment apparatus and a residual limb. The prosthetic foot may comprise a resilient bottom member, a resilient top member, and a vacuum system. The resilient bottom member may comprise a front end and a rear end. The resilient top member may comprise a front end and a rear end and the front end of the resilient top member may be connected to the front end of the resilient bottom member. The vacuum system may be coupled to an underside of the rear end of the top member. The vacuum system may comprise a compressible member, a chamber located within the compressible member, a universal valve system received within the compressible member, a passageway connecting the valve system and the chamber, and an air return coupled to the valve system and the vacuum attachment apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Proteor USA, LLC
    Inventors: Kodi Nixon, Brian Werner, James M. Scott, Gene Parker
  • Patent number: 11020249
    Abstract: An actuator includes a plurality of power transmitters configured to transmit power sequentially, and an elastic element configured to connect a first power transmitter and a second power transmitter that are adjacent to each other and perform a coaxial rotation motion, among the plurality of power transmitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongwon Lee, Youngjin Park, Youn Baek Lee, Jeonghun Kim, Se-Gon Roh, Minhyung Lee, Byungjune Choi, Hyun Do Choi
  • Patent number: 11020250
    Abstract: Prosthetic and/or orthotic devices (PODS), control systems for PODS and methods for controlling PODS are provided. As part of the control system, an inference layer collects data regarding a vertical and horizontal displacement of the POD, as well as an angle of the POD with respect to gravity during a gait cycle of a user of the POD. A processor analyzes the data collected to determine a locomotion activity of the user and selects one or more control parameters based on the locomotion activity. The inference layer may be situated between a reactive layer control module and a learning layer control module of the control system architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Össur Iceland ehf
    Inventors: David Langlois, Matheson Rittenhouse, Yves Roy
  • Patent number: 11020251
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided to cushion between a prosthetic socket and an amputee's residual limb. A plurality of putty-filled packets are assembled into a liner that, when assembled, provides a generally smooth contact surface toward the residual limb. At least one of the packets has a fluid bladder positioned between the putty material and the socket, and the fluid volume in the bladder can be adjusted to affect the fit of the assembly on the residual limb. Methods of fabrication, fitting, and use of such prosthetic devices are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Van L Phillips
  • Patent number: 11020252
    Abstract: A stent assembly includes a framework having a tubular rest shape that defines a longitudinal axis, has an external surface that defines an expanded perimeter, and an internal surface that defines a passageway. The framework has a folded shape with a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis that fits in a closed shape having a perimeter that is smaller than the expanded perimeter. The stent assembly has a constrained configuration characterized by the framework being held in the folded shape by a trigger wire supporting sheer stress by being in contact with interlaced loops of the framework. The stent assembly has an unconstrained configuration characterized by the framework being in the tubular rest shape with the trigger wire out of contact with the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jeffry Scott Melsheimer
  • Patent number: 11020253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-hole stent for digestive organs, the multi-hole stent including: a body configured to form a plurality of cells through the intersection of wires and to be provided in a hollow cylindrical shape; and a film configured to be installed in contact with the inner surface of the body; wherein one or more discharge holes are formed in the film. The multi-hole stent for digestive organs is placed in a stenotic region in a biliary track, and can thus secure a discharge path by restoring a narrowed diameter. Furthermore, the film is installed on the inner surface of the body, and can thus prevent the entry of a lesion into the stent and re-stenosis attributable to the growth of the lesion and can thus provide discharge paths for body fluids generated from side branches through the discharge holes formed in the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: M.I. TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hun Kuk Park, Bong Seok Jang, Ho Yun, Jong Pil Moon, So Mi Ji, Kyoung Sub Shin, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11020254
    Abstract: A thin-film covered stent device may include a thin-film mesh and a stent backbone covered by the thin-film mesh, thereby forming a dual-layer stent structure. The thin-film covered stent device may have smaller pores and a high pore density compared to conventional stents. For example, the thin-film covered stent device may have a slit length of between 50 and 250 micrometers and a pore density of between 134 and 227 pores per mm2. The thin-film covered stent device facilitates rapid healing of tissue defects such as those encountered during the endovascular treatment of an aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Monarch Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Kealey, Ian A. Cook, Vikas Gupta
  • Patent number: 11020255
    Abstract: Mechanisms for pulling a tensile member a predetermined distance from a medical device having an intracorporeal end and an extracorporeal end are disclosed. Such mechanisms may be safely operated using a robot, two hands, or in some embodiments, only one hand. Such mechanisms may include one or more cams, drums, or pulley-like members and a lever, and may be physically coupled to an extracorporeal portion of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CARDINAL HEALTH SWITZERLAND 515 GMBH
    Inventors: Cesar Rincon, Matthew Krever, Daniel Olsen, Edward Johnson
  • Patent number: 11020256
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide end to end stabilization support to the operational catheter and reduce the need to stabilize or push from the lateral wall of the aorta during coronary interventions. This reduces the potential for stroke from plaque breaking off the wall of the aorta during intervention procedures. A support and stabilization wire having one end at the femoral percutaneous access and the second end at a radial percutaneous access is established for end to end stabilization. A bifurcated catheter having a wide lumen for procedural catheters and a narrow lumen for the support wire or catheter is advanced over the support wire to the aortic arch. A procedural catheter and a variety of different shaped guide wires may be deployed from the wide lumen of the bifurcated catheter into the right or left coronary artery to accommodate a range of aortic anatomical considerations during the coronary interventions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: RAM MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Mubin I. Syed
  • Patent number: 11020257
    Abstract: A pre-loaded stent graft delivery device and stent graft, the stent graft delivery device. The stent graft has at least one fenestration or side arm and the fenestration is preloaded with an indwelling guide wire. Indwelling access sheaths are provided within auxiliary lumens of a pusher catheter and dilators are preloaded into the access sheaths along with the indwelling guide wire. The auxiliary lumens have an oblong cross-section. A handle assembly at a distal end of the guide wire catheter. The handle includes a multiport manifold with access ports to the auxiliary lumens in the pusher catheter. Upon deployment of the stent graft, the indwelling guide wire can be used to facilitate catheterization of a side branch or target vessel through the fenestration or be used to stabilize the access sheath during catheterization, advancement of the access sheath into the target vessel and deployment of a stent therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Cook Medical Technologies LLC, University of Massachusetts Medical School
    Inventors: Blayne A. Roeder, Andres Schanzer
  • Patent number: 11020258
    Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of acid reflux disease has an implantable movement restriction device adapted to be at least partly invaginated by a patient's stomach fundus wall. A substantial part of the outer surface of the movement restriction device is adapted to rest against the stomach wall without injuring the latter in a position between the patient's diaphragm and at least a portion of the lower part of the invaginated stomach fundus wall, such that movement of the cardiac notch of the patient's stomach towards the patient's diaphragm is restricted, to thereby prevent the cardia from sliding through the patient's diaphragm opening into the patient's thorax, so as to maintain the supporting pressure against the patient's cardia sphincter muscle exerted from the patient's abdomen. The movement restriction device has a size of at least 125 mm3 and a circumference of at least 15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 11020259
    Abstract: An intragastric device includes an elongated member having a proximal end and a distal end and an anchor connected to the elongated member. The anchor includes a stem, a first arch and a second arch, and a curvilinear element. The stem includes a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the stem is attached to the proximal end of the elongated member. Each arch has first and second ends and a proximal peak therebetween. The first end of each arch is attached to the proximal end of the stem, and the second end of each arch extends radially away from the stem. The curvilinear element connects the second end of the first arch to the second end of the second arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Endosphere, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Binmoeller, James T. McKinley, Fiona M. Sander, John P. Lunsford, Hoang G. M. Phan, Christopher Thorne, Nam Q. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11020260
    Abstract: A navel retainer and related techniques are disclosed. The retainer may be configured to be deployed within a navel such that its body portion interfaces with tissue therein. In some embodiments, the retainer may include an adjustment mechanism configured to expand and collapse the size and, optionally, geometry of the body portion. In some embodiments, the retainer may be a resilient element, allowing it to be temporarily compressed and subsequently allowed to expand in size, in some cases also optionally changing its geometry. In either manner, the retainer may be adjusted in size and/or geometry to buttress the tissue of the navel, minimizing or otherwise reducing opportunity for navel contracture during a healing process. After a desired navel size and shape are achieved, a separate maintenance device optionally may be deployed within the navel. The retainer optionally may be configured to host or otherwise serve as a navel adornment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Pamela Thornton
  • Patent number: 11020261
    Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer. One or more patch assemblies may be removably coupled to the exosuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SEISMIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Melinda Cromie Lear, Katherine Goss Witherspoon, Megan Grant, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Richard Mahoney, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Louis Calvin Fielding, Violet Riggs, Erik Shahoian, Mary Elizabeth Hogue
  • Patent number: 11020262
    Abstract: A garment device and method of manufacture that to support proprioceptive posture rebalance and correction and athletic enhancement and allows and maintains breathability, functionality, range of motion, and aesthetic appeal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: IFGCURE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen H. Liu
  • Patent number: 11020263
    Abstract: An orthopedic insole is provided with an insole having a bottom portion for facing a sole of a shoe; one or more orthopedic pads disposed on the bottom portion of the insole at one or more judiciously selected locations to provide different heights and/or different physical properties. An orthopedic shoe is also provided having an upper; a sole attached to the upper, and the removable insole within the shoe. An orthopedic insole is provided with an insole having a bottom portion for facing a sole of a shoe; a first orthopedic pad disposed on the bottom portion of the insole at a location corresponding to at least one selected from the group consisting of a medial longitudinal arch, a lateral longitudinal arch, and a transverse metatarsal arch of a foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Cluffy, LLC
    Inventor: James Clough
  • Patent number: 11020264
    Abstract: A multi-orientation attachment apparatus constructed of molded silicone or another form of elastomeric substance and configured to be selectively coupled to a variety of hospital surfaces. Embodiments of the present disclosure may include two or more pairs of elongated members being configured to be selectively coupled to a circumference, for instance, a hospital bed rail or an IV pole, at a first end and selectively coupled to form a loop at a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Clinical Biotechnology Research Institute at RSFH
    Inventors: Lauren McNeill, Jill Nichols, Andrea H. Marshall
  • Patent number: 11020265
    Abstract: A body side member of an ostomy appliance that is convertible between a first position in which a user has access to a first film layer for adhering a first adhesive to the skin surface, and a second position in which the user does not have access to the first film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Mireia Gordi Vila
  • Patent number: 11020266
    Abstract: An anti-snoring system that promotes an individual's prolonged sleep. The anti-snoring system is comprised of a vibrating device that is placed on an anti-slip mat that is in turn placed on a position of a bed that will prevent a side sleeper from resting on his or her back. The anti-snoring system promotes side sleeping, a position that maximizes an individual's air intake while sleeping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Jose B Molina
  • Patent number: 11020267
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, as originally conceived, a holder system is given that comprises a main body with a compartment for storing an energy source, such as a heating or cooling pack, and a method for securing the source within the compartment. The main body at one end contains a bottom cord with 2 loops, one at each end. A top drawcord is attached at the opposite end of the main body. Each end of the top drawcord wraps around a host object and is inserted into one of the bottom cord loops. Cord stops attached to each end of the top drawcord cinch the main body, with energy source, around a host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: George Robert Lychock, III
  • Patent number: 11020268
    Abstract: A mouth cooler is provided. The mouth cooler comprises a first peripheral cooling winding shaped and dimensioned to cool the lower and upper jaw, and at least one second cooling winding in arrangement with the peripheral cooling winding shaped and dimensioned to cool at least the blood entry to the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BrainCool AB
    Inventors: Jon Berg, Martin Waleij, Mats Jontell
  • Patent number: 11020269
    Abstract: A treatment system delivers a breathing gas and frozen ice or other particles (FSP) to a bronchus of a lung of a patient in order to induce hypothermia. The breathing gas and the FSP are usually delivered through separate lumens. Clogging of an FSP lumen can be inhibited by heating and/or cooling of the lumen. The temperature of exhaled gases or a body temperature may be measured, and a controller can adjust the duration or rate at which the ice particles are delivered in order to control the patient's core temperature based on the measured temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Qool Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Mirizzi, Pankaj Rathi, Edward J. Hayes, Amir Belson, Jeff Glen Haydon
  • Patent number: 11020270
    Abstract: A vitrectomy instrument and a system including the same are disclosed herein. The vitrectomy instrument includes a handpiece having an outer tube and an inner tube coaxially disposed in the outer tube, the inner tube being slidably displaceable relative to the outer tube; a cutting power generator operatively coupled to the inner tube, the cutting power generator configured to reciprocably drive the inner tube for shearing tissue and/or vitreous; and an ultrasonic generator operatively coupled to the inner tube, the ultrasonic generator configured to vibrate the inner tube for vibratory fragmentation and/or cutting of the tissue and/or the vitreous. The vitrectomy system may include the vitrectomy instrument together with a support sleeve for supporting the vitrectomy instrument to provide increased rigidity to the needle of the vitrectomy instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Gholam A. Peyman
  • Patent number: 11020271
    Abstract: Vitrectomy probes and methods related thereto are disclosed herein. The disclosure describes various example vitrectomy probes having a rotational helical cutter. An example helical cutter includes an outer cutter portion and an inner cutter portion received therewithin. The inner cutter portion is operable to rotationally reciprocate within the outer cutter portion about a longitudinal axis thereof. A helical shearing surface formed at a distal end of the inner cutter portion is operable to sever material entering the cutter via a port formed in the outer cutter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventor: Salomon Valencia
  • Patent number: 11020272
    Abstract: A laser scanner is disclosed. The laser scanner comprises a laser source, a first optical element, and a focusing element. The first optical element is adapted to move along the optical axis of light from the laser source. The focusing element receives laser light from the first optical element and is adapted to move orthogonally to the optical axis. Optionally, the focusing element may include multiple focusing lenses. A first focusing lens may be adapted to move along a first axis which is orthogonal to the optical axis. A second focusing lens may be adapted to move along a second axis which is orthogonal to the optical axis and to the first axis. The laser scanner may also include a second optical element which receives light from the focusing element and is adapted to effectively increase the focal length of the focusing element without increasing its f number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventor: Ferenc Raksi
  • Patent number: 11020273
    Abstract: A laser system calibration method and system are provided. In some methods, a calibration plate may be used to calibrate a video camera of the laser system. The video camera pixel locations may be mapped to the physical space. A xy-scan device of the laser system may be calibrated by defining control parameters for actuating components of the xy-scan device to scan a beam to a series of locations. Optionally, the beam may be scanned to a series of locations on a fluorescent plate. The video camera may be used to capture reflected light from the fluorescent plate. The xy-scan device may then be calibrated by mapping the xy-scan device control parameters to physical locations. A desired z-depth focus may be determined by defining control parameters for focusing a beam to different depths. The video camera or a confocal detector may be used to detect the scanned depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Simoneau, John Scot Hart, Georg Schuele
  • Patent number: 11020274
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fragmenting a lens by a laser cataract surgery system includes a sub-nanosecond laser source generating a treatment beam that includes a plurality of laser beam pulses. An optical delivery system is coupled to the sub-nanosecond laser source to receive and direct the treatment beam. A processor is coupled to the sub-nanosecond laser source and the optical delivery system. The processor includes a tangible non-volatile computer readable medium comprising instructions to determine a lens cut pattern for lens fragmentation and determine a plurality of energies of the treatment beam as a linear function of a depth of the lens cut pattern. The treatment beam is output according to the lens cut pattern and the determined energies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Vankov
  • Patent number: 11020275
    Abstract: A protective goggle assembly having a pair of eye cup assemblies adapted to be easily adjusted by medical personnel. A cooperating ball and socket structure is provided within a housing structure extending from each eye cup assembly and which receive the nose bridge wire ends of a formed nose bridge wire. Each socket ball has a formed channel therethrough to receive the nose bridge wire ends and to provide adjustability. The ball and socket structure permit medical personnel to rotate the nose bridge during a medical procedure without effecting the position of the eye cups covering the patient's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Tom Barrows
  • Patent number: 11020276
    Abstract: Protective eyewear may include an eyewear frame including a left segment extending from a left pivotable temple and a right segment extending from a right pivotable temple. A lens is coupled directly to lower edges of the left and right segments, and the lens is configured to cover both eyes of a user when worn. An uppermost profile of the eyewear includes a discrete central raised portion extending upward from the left and right segments of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: 100% Speedlab, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Blanchard, Ludovic Boinnard, Jerome Jacques Marie Mage
  • Patent number: 11020277
    Abstract: A system for providing a force to a desired area on a curved body part of a person includes a dressing assembly shaped and configured to be placed on the desired area of the person, a releaseable circumferential member surrounding the curved body part that holds the dressing assembly against the desired area, a sealing subsystem for providing a fluid seal over the dressing assembly and the person's skin, and a reduced-pressure subsystem for providing a reduced pressure to the dressing assembly. When reduced pressure is supplied, the system generates the force against the desired area on the curved body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Peyton Wilkes, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11020278
    Abstract: Antimicrobial coating compositions are used to form dried residual antimicrobial coatings on medical dressings including gauze, bandages, gowns and dry wipers. Antimicrobial coating compositions comprise at least one of an organosilane (R1O)3Si—R2—Z, an organic amine R9R10R11N a titanium (IV) species, a 1,2-diol, an ?-hydroxy acid, a ?-hydroxy acid, and an organosilane grafted parylene polymer, wherein R1 is H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl, R2 is a bivalent linker, Z is a nucleophile, leaving group, or quaternary nitrogen substituent and R9, R10, and R11 are independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl or cyclic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ALLIED BIOSCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Grossman, Gavri Grossman, Daniel Moros, Misagh Alipour, Jie Fang
  • Patent number: 11020279
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide hemostatic compositions comprising a plurality of liquid-expandable articles arranged on a backing material. In general, embodiments include methods for treating hemorrhagic injuries. More specifically, there is provided a method to effect rapid hemostatic response and control hemorrhage by introducing a hemostatic composition into a bleeding wound cavity. An embodiment also provides a method of preparing or manufacturing such a hemostatic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: RevMedx, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Barofsky
  • Patent number: 11020280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming a composite structure, preferably for use in an absorbent structure used within the personal hygiene industry, such as for instance feminine hygiene garments, baby diapers and pants and adult incontinence garments. The present invention preferably provides a method and apparatus for depositing and positioning particulate materials in a desired pattern onto a moving carrier layer. The method allows accurate forming of a pattern of particulate material clusters at high production speed having improved attachment properties, with reduced raw material usage and relative low cost. The present invention foresees in the need for improved thin, flexible, lightweight absorbent structure having optimal absorption, distribution and retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ROMANOVA BVBA STARTER
    Inventor: Marleen Van De Maele
  • Patent number: 11020281
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to prevent cutting of the resilient and elastic members by a welding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuko Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11020282
    Abstract: A method for producing a chassis web for a disposable pant article, the method including feeding a first continuous base web in a machine direction; attaching a continuous elastic waistband component to the first base web in an attachment area extending in the machine direction; attaching a second continuous base web to the first continuous base web and the continuous waistband component, covering at least the continuous waistband component, thereby forming a compound base web having first and second side edges, the attachment area being spaced apart from at least one of the first and second side edges of the compound base web; severing the compound base web and the attached waistband component by cutting; shifting positions of the first panel web and the second panel web in a cross machine direction; forming a coherent chassis web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Lucas Bäck, Karin Ljungberg