Patents Issued in June 1, 2021
  • Patent number: 11020283
    Abstract: A manufacturing device is provided, within a range in the rotation direction of the upper half of an anvil roll, in the order from the upstream side in the rotation direction of the anvil roll, with a first sheet feeding unit, a recess forming unit, a particulate material feeding device, and a second sheet feeding unit and further a welding unit provided on the downstream side of the second sheet feeding unit in the rotation direction. The anvil roll has a large number of concaves, projections provided in a portion among the concaves, so as to surround each of the concaves, and a unit to suck air in the concaves. For each concave, the projections are minute dot-shaped projections arranged only in one row at intervals in the direction surrounding the concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadanao Manabe, Ryoichi Ochi
  • Patent number: 11020284
    Abstract: An absorbent article has one or more fluid filter layers to inhibit electrode traces from being exposed to low volumes of fluid to reduce the number of false positives that are indicated by an RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad. An antenna inlay has a sacrificial trace portion to permit testing for proper operation of an RFID chip electrically coupled to the antenna inlay, After testing, the sacrificial trace portion is severed. A fluid barrier layer blocks fluid from reaching portions of electrode traces that are located on a backsheet outside a periphery of an absorbent core of an incontinence detection pad. The power at which an antenna transmits to wirelessly energize a passive RFID tag of an incontinence detection pad is controlled to reduce the number of false positives indicated by the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan S. Severns, James D. Voll, Brett A. Knittle, Gavin M. Monson, John V. Harmeyer, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Frank E. Sauser, Joseph T. Canter, Yongji Fu, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Ribble, Neal Wiggermann, John D. Christie, Dan R. Tallent, Marwan Nusair, Edward J. Koors
  • Patent number: 11020285
    Abstract: A clip-on module having a specialized housing design, probe contacts, switches, various advertising modes, and various configurations of signal repeaters is disclosed. The module is utilized via attachment to a specialized garment worn by a human patient. To properly apply the housing to the garment, a user will squeeze the module to open using tactile features embedded within the housing, locate the module, and then press-clamp the module to close and attach it. A plurality of probe contacts within the module have sharpness requirements for penetrating one or more layers of the garment while still maintaining low resistance, and will work with a backing material for probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BioLink Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Roger King, Doug Jackson, John Naber, Jason Heyl
  • Patent number: 11020286
    Abstract: Exemplary wearable articles including regions with differing visual patterns are disclosed. In one embodiment, an article may comprise an elasticated front chassis region and an elasticated front waistband region, a rear region, a crotch region, and an absorbent body disposed at least partially within the crotch region. The front chassis and front waistband regions may comprise a plurality of elastomeric strands disposed between a first material and a material and are bonded together by a plurality of discrete bonds, at least some of which entrap the strands. The strands of the front chassis region are spaced apart a first distance, while the strands of the front waistband region are spaced apart a second distance, with the second distance being less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Ross T. Kaufman, Kelly D. Farmer, Joseph D. Coenen, Jerry L. Hameister
  • Patent number: 11020287
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; and a component comprising a base design, wherein the base design comprises one or more design elements and a camouflaged code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Kent, Taylor Javier Morris, John Andrew Strasemeier, Shahram Jahanian, Marita Susanna Hergert, Daniel Howard Hill
  • Patent number: 11020288
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a body contacting surface a garment contacting surface; and an absorbent core disposed therebetween is disclosed. The body contacting surface has first and second layers, with each layer having a pair of first longitudinal side edges and second longitudinal side edges, respectively. The garment contacting surface has a garment contacting layer with a plurality of graphic elements and a pair of garment layer longitudinal side edges. The absorbent core has a pair of core longitudinal side edges. Extending laterally outwardly from the article are a pair of flaps formed from a portion of the garment contacting layer and the second layer. A portion of a circumferential edge of the article is formed by each of the pair of second longitudinal side edges and the pair of garment layer longitudinal side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tsunetoshi Miura, Kensuke Ito, Akiko Sasaki, Yoshiko Nakao, Shuri Kondo, Koichi Tomi
  • Patent number: 11020289
    Abstract: An absorbent product comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core, the absorbent core comprising an absorbent structure comprising one or more stratum comprising one or more enrobeable elements, wherein a smooth transition zone is exhibited between an acquisition portion of the absorbent structure and a storage portion of the absorbent structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Vito Carla, Jan Claussen, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11020290
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a material for an absorbent article, the material having an organic hydrophobic antimicrobial agent and a hydrophilic non-volatile organic solvent. The material for an absorbent article is preferably manufactured by a method having a step of applying an antimicrobial agent solution to a material for an absorbent article, the antimicrobial agent solution being formed by dissolving an organic hydrophobic antimicrobial agent in a hydrophilic non-volatile organic solvent. The present invention also discloses an absorbent article in which the material for an absorbent article is used. The absorbent article is preferably manufactured by using a method having a step of making an absorbent core contain an antimicrobial agent solution formed by dissolving an organic hydrophobic antimicrobial agent in a hydrophilic non-volatile organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Tsuji, Takashi Itoi, Ichiro Mori, Satoshi Ishioka, Katsushi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11020291
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to improve the diffusibility of body fluid such that the body fluid can be quickly absorbed. The sanitary napkin 1 represented by FIG. 3 includes an absorbing body 4 with a highly water-absorbent polymer 12 interposed between an upper layer sheet 10 disposed on the skin side and a lower layer sheet 11 disposed on the non-skin side. The upper layer sheet 10 has a plurality of first protrusions 14 forming first space parts 13 that are to be filled with the highly water-absorbent polymer and that expand to the skin side, and a plurality of second protrusions 16 forming second space parts 15, each of which having a smaller volume than each of the first space part 13, that are to be filled with the highly water-absorbent polymer and that expand to the skin side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoko Konawa
  • Patent number: 11020292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible rack for storing and transporting cadavers and human bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TRAILERLOGIC, LLC
    Inventor: Michael P. Richardson
  • Patent number: 11020293
    Abstract: A person handling apparatus includes a deck with a seat section, a leg section, and a back section. The back section is pivotally mounted to the seat section. The leg section has a proximal end pivotally mounted to the seat section and a cantilevered end spaced a first distance from its proximal end. The seat section, the leg section, and the back section are arranged to lie in a common plane when the deck is in a supine configuration to support a person in a supine position. First and second leg assemblies are pivotally mounted to the deck to move between (1) first deployed positions wherein the first and second leg assemblies are angled relative to the deck when the deck is in the supine configuration to support the deck in a raised composition and (2) second deployed positions when the deck is supported in the chair configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Martin W. Stryker, Ross Timothy Lucas
  • Patent number: 11020294
    Abstract: Provided are a mobility and a mobility system which enable a person who requires nursing care with a deteriorated bodily function or cognitive function to lead a life with greater independence. The drive and travel of the mobility by the travel drive unit are controlled by adjusting the current travel state of the mobility to an optimal travel state for ensuring safety while reflecting the user's intention based on the current operation instruction detected by the operation unit, the command signal generated by the voluntary control unit, the travel environment sensed by the environment sensing unit, and the respective types of environmental information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: CYBERDYNE INC., UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Sankai
  • Patent number: 11020295
    Abstract: A patient support system comprises a patient support apparatus for patients. The patient support apparatus also comprises an actuatable device that perform one or more predetermined functions on the patient support apparatus. A controller is provided to control the rate of operation of the actuatable devices based on a user input or a patient condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Darren G. Schaaf, Anish Paul, Krishna Bhimavarapu, Daniel V. Brosnan, Aaron Douglas Furman
  • Patent number: 11020296
    Abstract: A urinal holder is provided. The urinal holder comprises a housing having a sidewall and a pair of opposing open ends. The sidewall defines an interior volume, such that the interior volume of the housing slidably receives a handle of a bedside urinal container. A dial is affixed to an outer surface of the housing, wherein the dial rotates the orientation of a longitudinal axis of the housing. A button is disposed on the dial that selectively locks and unlocks rotational movement of the dial. A fastener is disposed on a bottom end of the dial, wherein the fastener secures the dial to a surface. The fastener can be a magnet that secures the attachable bedside urinal holder to a metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Val D. Burton
  • Patent number: 11020297
    Abstract: A patient support system comprises a patient support apparatus for patients. The patient support apparatus comprises a base and a patient support surface supported by the base. The patient support apparatus also comprises side rails that move between raised and lowered positions. One or more actuators are coupled to each of the side rails. A controller communicates with the actuators to raise and lower the side rails, either without any manual assistance from the user, or with manual assistance from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Ammon K. Wright
  • Patent number: 11020298
    Abstract: According to certain arrangements, a conditioner mat for use with a bed assembly includes an upper layer comprising a plurality of openings, a lower layer being substantially fluid impermeable, at least one interior chamber defined by the upper layer and the lower layer and a spacer material positioned within the interior chamber. In one embodiment, the spacer material is configured to maintain a shape of the interior chamber and to help with the passage of fluids within a portion of interior chamber. The conditioner mat can be configured to releasably secure to a top of a bed assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Brykalski, David Marquette, John Terech, Robert Vidojevski
  • Patent number: 11020299
    Abstract: A patient support is provided. The patient support may include a plurality of inflatable members. The plurality of inflatable members may include a core including a resilient material. The patient support may be controlled with a first controller positioned within an envelope of the patient support. The patient support may include a detector to detect when an external controller is coupled to the patient support, the patient support being controlled by the second controller when the second controller is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KAP Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Raj K. Gowda, Dan F. Rosenmayer
  • Patent number: 11020300
    Abstract: A toilet safety arm accessory device comprises a frame that fits around a toilet and a pair of arms coupled thereto allows a user to apply a pulling force onto the device to allow the user to seat him or herself onto a toilet and/or to rise therefrom. The device, which the user grips in lowering and raising himself on and from the toilet. The device may be installed onto a toilet without the use of any tools or hardware and thus does not result in any damage, destruction, or other modification to or of the subject toilet. The toilet safety arm accessory device may also comprise elements of the device that may be added to existing toilet safety devices to allow a user to apply a pulling force and otherwise improve leverage needed to lower him or herself from a toilet and/or raise him or herself from a toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Jeff Wiewiura
  • Patent number: 11020301
    Abstract: The present invention is a support apparatus for an attendant manually transporting an individual from a first rest surface to a second rest surface, the support apparatus including a flexible planar element with a thickness dimension, the flexible planar element having a first end portion and an opposing second end portion, and a first side margin portion and an opposing second side margin portion, that all combine to form a peripheral portion of the flexible planar element. Further included is a flexible annular beam that is disposed on the peripheral portion, the beam having a short beam dimension thicker than the flexible planar element thickness dimension, wherein operationally the beam helps give a degree of stiffness to the flexible planar element and helps to provide a grasping handhold for the attendant along the peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Nancy Jo Messerschmidt
  • Patent number: 11020302
    Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a cushion defining a cushion niche and configured to be positioned under and support a backside of an individual. The toilet assembly also includes a waste collection receptacle having a receptacle body defining a sump configured to hold human waste. The waste collection receptacle is characterized by an external contour configured to selectively fit into the cushion niche and facilitate removal of the receptacle from the cushion niche when the cushion is positioned under the backside of the individual. The toilet assembly additionally includes a receptacle lid configured to be selectively opened to expose the sump and closed to hermetically seal the sump when the receptacle is positioned inside the cushion niche. A method of managing toiletry needs of an individual using the toilet assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Natasha Gradov
  • Patent number: 11020303
    Abstract: A limb support apparatus and corresponding methods for making same are disclosed. The limb support can comprise a shell for supporting a patient's limb during treatment, examination, and/or recovery. The shell can comprise at least one padding configured to protect the patient's limb. The padding can be secured to the shell using one or more mounting structures included in the padding. The mounting structures are configured such that they are received by corresponding mounting openings and/or features in the shell. An interference fit between the mounting structures and mounting openings/features secures the padding against the shell, thereby preventing the padding from inadvertently moving or sliding on the shell. Embodiments disclosed herein eliminate the need for traditionally used fasteners that are often difficult to clean and sterilize, thereby improving the quality of patient care and facilitating cleaning of patient and/or operating rooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Kyra Medical, Inc
    Inventors: Howard P. Miller, Thomas K. Skripps, Justin McCarthy
  • Patent number: 11020304
    Abstract: A surgical positioning frame for supporting a patient includes a main beam having an axis of rotation relative to support structures. The main beam rotates the patient between a prone position and a lateral position. The main beam including a conforming main beam portion extending between the first and second support arms. The conforming main beam is preferably configured to allow a surgeon access to one lateral side of the patient and a surgical assistant access to the other lateral side of the patient with limited interference thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Roy K. Lim, Matthew M. Morrison, Thomas V. McGahan, Richard A. Hynes
  • Patent number: 11020305
    Abstract: An apparatus for placing pressure on a plurality of trigger points includes a support, a first pressure element, and a second pressure element. The first pressure element is carried by the support. The second pressure element is carried by the support. The first pressure element is moveable with respect to the support, and the second pressure element is moveable with respect to the support. The first pressure element and the second pressure element are also moveable with respect to each other. The support has a length so that the support can be attached around a lower portion of the trunk of a human body. The first pressure element and the second pressure element are shaped to apply an external force to at least two portions of the human body proximate to where a psoas muscle, an Iliacus muscle, and a rectus femorus muscle intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: David Lunsford
  • Patent number: 11020306
    Abstract: An unweighting device of the present specification. The unweighting device generally includes a standalone cage system having a rail, or a plurality of rails, allowing a user to connect thereto. The user of the unweighting system wears a harness. The harness connect to a plurality of flexible bands which connect directly to a roller subassembly. The roller subassembly, which connects to the rail or rails of the cage, allow the user to move in a lateral direction. The bands connected to the user allow the user to move in an up and down direction thereby, when combined with the rolling movement, provide for dynamic movement of the user when using the unweighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Dynamic Movement Frameworks, LLC
    Inventor: Leonard Van Gelder
  • Patent number: 11020307
    Abstract: An assist system includes a fist belt worn on an upper body part of a user, a second belt worn on a knee of the user, a wire, a motor coupled with a first end of the wire and disposed on the first or second belt, a drive controller that controls drive of the motor, a gyro sensor that is disposed on the second belt and that measures an angular velocity about a direction perpendicular to the direction of the wire, and a controller. When the angular velocity is greater than or equal to a first threshold with a first tension being applied to the wire using the motor, the controller outputs first information. A second end of the wire is coupled with the second belt when the motor is disposed on the first belt but coupled with the first belt when the motor is disposed on the second belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Murakami, Stephen John, Mayumi Komatsu, Jun Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11020308
    Abstract: An ambulatory aid, such as a crutch, including a pair of support members connected by a load bearing handle member, and terminating at a first end with a top axilla-conforming member, and a second end with a foot piece. The crutch is used as a straight arm crutch, in which a user's weight is distributed in the hand to keep the arm straight, while preventing any load on the shoulder girdles. The crutches are configured to fit close to the body, to centralize the base of support, and keep the center of gravity lower, thereby keeping the body aligned as designed, and keeping the pectoral and pelvic girdles aligned. Proper body alignment during use results in greater stability and equilibrium of the user compared to traditional “tri-pod” creating crutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Aligned As Designed, LLC
    Inventor: Linda Smith Swerdlow
  • Patent number: 11020309
    Abstract: An attachment to a mobility aid, such as a walker, wheeled walker or rollator, or wheelchair that automatically positions a slip resistant surface under the foot of the user. Cleats or a cleat head with retractable cleats are attached to the slip resistant surface. The distance the slip resistant surface is from the mobility aid is adjustable to suit the user. A retractable slip resistant surface attachment is removably attached to sides of the mobility aid. A sliding channel bracket is slidably attached to an attachment panel permitting the sliding channel bracket to be adjusted longitudinally. A slip resist surface is moved freely back and forth with a retraction mechanism. Adjustable, secure footing is obtained on wet or slippery surfaces preventing falls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel J. McGuire
  • Patent number: 11020310
    Abstract: A self-operated apparatus particularly adapted for massaging a user's wrist and forearm affected by repetitive strain injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome comprises two clamping arms hingedly joined at one end and provided with cooperating handles at the other ends. Rollers and balls are mounted on opposite median sections of the arms. The hinged ends of the arms are universally attached to a support that can be strapped over the user's thigh, whereby an arm can be adjustably clamped between the sets of rollers and balls by bringing the two handles together and the arm and wrist massaged by translating and rotating movements of the arm along an axis perpendicular to the mounting axes of the rollers and balls. Either of the arms may include a latching mechanism operable between an open position and a closed position. When in the open position, the massaging member is removable from the arm and may be replaced by a different massaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Armaid Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Cross
  • Patent number: 11020311
    Abstract: A therapeutic device for stimulating the anatomy of the cervical spine and neck is provided and includes a housing having an upper portion configured for receiving and cradling the cervical spine and the neck. The therapeutic device includes a motorized rotor assembly having a plurality of rollers. The rotor assembly rotating about a first axis and the plurality of rollers rotating independently from one another and about axes spaced from the first axis. The rotor assembly is configured to transmit percussive energy to the cervical spine and the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald G. Hotchkiss, Gregory S. Marler
  • Patent number: 11020312
    Abstract: Techniques and devices for extending a piston, for example connected to a medical device such as a mechanical CPR device, to accommodate different sized patients, are described herein. In some cases, a piston of a mechanical CPR device may include an inner piston at least partially slidable into an external piston sleeve. In one aspect, an external piston spacer may be attached to an outward surface of the inner piston to extend the length of the piston. In another aspect an internal bayonet sleeve may contact one or more locking rods at various positions, enabling adjustment of the length of the inner piston. In yet another aspect, a piston adapter may be removably attached to the end of the piston. In all aspects, the change in length of the piston may be detected and used to modify movement of the piston, for example to more safely perform mechanical CPR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Anders Jeppsson, Marcus Ehrstedt
  • Patent number: 11020313
    Abstract: A system includes a guidance device that provides feedback to a user to compress a patient's chest at a rate of between about 90 and 110 compressions per minute and at a depth of between about 4.5 centimeters to about 6 centimeters. The system includes a pressure regulation system having a pressure-responsive valve that is configured to be coupled to a patient's airway. The pressure-responsive valve is configured to remain closed during successive chest compressions in order to permit removal at least about 200 ml from the lungs in order to lower intracranial pressure to improve survival with favorable neurological function. The pressure-responsive valve is configured to remain closed until the negative pressure within the patient's airway reaches about ?7 cm H2O, at which time the pressure-responsive valve is configured to open to provide respiratory gases to flow to the lungs through the pressure-responsive valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Keith G. Lurie, Anja Metzger
  • Patent number: 11020314
    Abstract: A method to reduce brain injury and brain swelling includes performing active compression decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation on an individual in a supine position. The individual's head, shoulders, and heart are elevated relative to the individual's lower body. The head is elevated to a height of between about 20 cm and 30 cm above the horizontal plane and the heart is elevated to a height of between about 3 cm and 10 cm above the horizontal plane. Chest compressions are performed on the individual and actively decompressing the individual's chest while the individual's head, shoulders, and heart are elevated. Intrathoracic pressure of the individual is regulated using an intrathoracic pressure regulation device both while the individual is in the supine position and while the individual's head, shoulders, and heart are elevated relative to the lower body, thereby reducing brain edema during CPR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Keith G. Lurie
  • Patent number: 11020315
    Abstract: A water jet assembly includes a faceplate with at least one opening, a housing constructed to cooperate with the faceplate, and a mover disposed within a chamber of the housing. The mover is configured to move between a first position adjacent the at least one opening of the face plate and a second position offset from the faceplate to provide a variable volume within the chamber. The water jet assembly also includes an exciter connected to the housing and configured to transition the mover between the first position and the second position to increase and decrease the volume to move fluid into and out of the chamber via the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Brooks Stevens, Inc.
    Inventors: George C. Konstantakis, Roberto Berritta, Ryan M. Damm, Steven M. Lippincott, Brian W Hubbard
  • Patent number: 11020316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing device, a valve, a containing apparatus having same, a contents moving apparatus, and a contents apparatus, comprising a passing operation unit provided in the housing, for moving and guiding contents, wherein the passing operation unit comprises a contents passing means for moving the contents. Unlike conventional art, the present invention may secure a space for passing contents while preventing reception of contents, which exceeds a demand, by adjusting a passing space and a receiving space, stably induce passing of a demanded amount of contents within a predetermined range, and prevent remaining of contents more than necessary by limiting the space for receiving the contents, thereby enabling adjustment of the amount (number) of contents being received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Kyungdo Park
  • Patent number: 11020317
    Abstract: Coated pharmaceutical packages are disclosed. The coated pharmaceutical packages may include a glass body comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The glass body may be a glass container formed from a borosilicate glass composition and the first surface is an exterior surface of the glass container. A low-friction coating may be positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the glass body. In embodiments, the low-friction coating may be a fluoropolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
  • Patent number: 11020318
    Abstract: A push release closed system drug transfer apparatus for easy and secure drug transfer includes a cylindrical housing having a cylindrical housing having a top end, an outer wall, and a bottom end forming an inner cavity. The top end has a syringe aperture to receive a syringe. A needle tube is coupled to the cylindrical housing and extends from the syringe aperture to a principal aperture to receive a needle of the syringe. An inner cylinder is configured to selectively engage connector of a vial. An ejector spring moves the inner cylinder from a compressed position to an alternate decompressed position. A lock mechanism and a release secure the inner cylinder in the compressed position and alternatively free the inner cylinder to move to the alternate decompressed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: John Santos
  • Patent number: 11020319
    Abstract: A tamper-resistant pill and/or capsule dispenser for attachment to an electronic control and communication unit including inter alia, an electric actuator mechanism, a microprocessor, a graphical user interface and a communications unit, the dispenser including sensors operative under control of said electronic control and communication unit to monitor and dispense prescribed dosages of medications or vitamin supplements in pill and/or capsule form and help control, track and maintain a record of pills and/or capsules dispensed to a patient to ensure that the dispensed product is not improperly removed from or replaced in the dispenser, said dispenser comprising: a generally cylindrical housing having an open top, and a generally closed bottom, except for a pill dispensing opening formed in a lower side portion of the cylindrical housing; a cylindrical sleeve open at its top end and closed at its bottom end, said sleeve being eccentrically disposed within said cylindrical housing and away from the side of sai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Jamil Mogul
  • Patent number: 11020320
    Abstract: A pill dispenser includes a housing and a slidable drawer with a dispenser cup therein. A storage cup is fixed within the housing. The pill dispenser also includes a movable probe, a flexible tip on the probe, and a suction pump in fluid communication with the flexible tip. The pill dispenser may be configured for and/or methods of operating the pill dispenser may include rotating the probe a position above the storage cup, translating the probe downward into the storage cup, and activating the suction pump. While the suction pump is active, the probe is translated to the position above the storage cup, rotated to a position above the dispenser cup, and translated downward into the dispenser cup. The suction pump is deactivated when the flexible tip is within the dispenser cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Susheel Panda, Gaurav Kumar Verma, Nithin Naga Venkata Yalamanchili, Srikanth Raavi Venkata, Rafi Shaik Mahammed, Abdel Hamad
  • Patent number: 11020321
    Abstract: A method of operating an enteral feeding pump to deliver fluid through a pump set, the method comprising determining with a controller of the enteral feeding pump if an occlusion exists in the pump set based on the controller monitoring a sensor signal from a sensor indicative of a rotational position of a rotor of the pump during operation of a motor of the pump to rotate the rotor at a reduced output less than a feeding output for rotating the rotor to produce fluid flow in the pump set during a feeding cycle, the motor operating at the reduced output for a shorter period of time than the feeding output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KPR U.S., LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Hudson
  • Patent number: 11020322
    Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: computing a target nutritional goal to reach at an end of a time interval based on a real time energy expenditure of a patient, wherein the target nutritional goal comprises a volume to be delivered (VTBD) by the end of the time interval corresponding to a target amount of energy expenditure of the patient over the time interval, computing a target feeding profile defining a target feeding rate for enteral feeding of the patient for reaching the VTBD by the end of the time interval, continuously monitoring the real time energy expenditure, adapting the target nutritional goal and corresponding VTBD to compute a maximum VTBD to reach at the end of the time interval according to the monitoring, and dynamically adapting the target feeding rate and the corresponding target feeding profile for a remaining portion of the time interval for reaching the maximum VTBD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ART MEDICAL Ltd.
    Inventors: Lirón Elia, Gavriel J. Iddan
  • Patent number: 11020323
    Abstract: Aqueous solution of a transition and main group metal salt for use as conditioning agent in dental restoration therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Delphine Catel, Thorsten Bock
  • Patent number: 11020324
    Abstract: Two-part dual-curing dental compositions containing a hydroperoxide, a thiourea derivative and an acetylacetonate salt as redox radical initiator system, are provided. The dental compositions may contain an acidic monomer for use as a self-adhesive cement. The dental compositions possess enhanced shelf-life stability for working/setting time, bonding strength, color stability, slump, flexural strength/modulus, and when kept at 50° C. for more than 16 weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Long Ling, Yulin Chen, Yumeng Ma
  • Patent number: 11020325
    Abstract: An external preparation for skin and an aerogel paste are provided. The external preparation for skin comprises aerogel powder and a solvent. The aerogel powder includes a mixture of aerogel particles having a hydrophilic functional group on a surface thereof and aerogel particles having a hydrophobic functional group on a surface thereof. The hydrophilic functional group is a hydroxy group, and the hydrophobic functional group is hydrogen, a C1 to C18 alkyl group, a silyloxy group represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, or a combination thereof: [Chemical Formula 1] *—OSiH(3-n)R1n wherein R1 is a C1 to C18 alkyl group, n is an integer ranging from 0 to 3, and * denotes a bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventor: Tae-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11020326
    Abstract: The hollow particles according to the present invention has a balloon structure which includes a cavity inside a shell, and include convex portions with a size of 3 to 100 nm on the surface. The particles have a true specific gravity of 0.3 to 3.0 g/cm3, a specific surface area (m2/cm3) per unit volume calculated by a BET method of not less than 0.5 and less than 60, and an average particle diameter (d1) of 1 to 20 ?m. Cosmetics containing such hollow particles have a soft texture property similar to plastic beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Naoyuki Enomoto, Ikuko Shimazaki, Kenichi Suemitsu
  • Patent number: 11020327
    Abstract: A gel paste composition including (A) a crosslinking organopolysiloxane and (B) a liquid oil, the crosslinking organopolysiloxane (A) being obtained by reacting an organohydrogenpolysiloxane shown by the following general formula (I) with a polyoxyalkylene compound shown by the following general formula (II) in the presence of a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, the component (A) containing polyoxyethylene units in an amount of 20 wt % or more. As a result, the gel paste composition that contains a crosslinking organopolysiloxane having improved compatibility with ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and water, and thus exhibits excellent dispersibility when blended to a cosmetic thereby providing good feeling and cosmetic sustainability. R1aHbSiO(4-a-b)/2??(I) CcH2c-1O(C2H4O)d(C3H6O)eCcH2c-1??(II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Emi Akabane, Chihiro Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11020328
    Abstract: A cosmetic water-in-oil microemulsion having advantageous rheological properties comprising: i) 20-40% w/w of oil phase ingredients with spreadability value of above 1700 mm2/10 min, ii) 15-35% w/w of oil phase ingredients with spreadability value between 1000 and 1700 mm2/10 min, iii) 1-15% w/w of oil phase ingredients with spreadability value between 500 and 999 mm2/10 min, iv) 0-10% w/w of oil phase ingredients with spreadability value of below 500 mm2/10 min, v) 5-30% w/w of fatty acid ester(s) of glycerol or fatty acid ester(s) of polyglycerol, vi) 5-20% w/w of water, co-surfactant(s) and optionally co-solvent(s), cosmetic active ingredient(s), skin care ingredient(s), water-soluble extract(s) of plant material and cosmetic auxiliary ingredient(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: IONIA AZURÉ AG
    Inventor: Georgios Ionidis
  • Patent number: 11020329
    Abstract: Provided is an oral care composition, e.g., a dentifrice, comprising a calcium abrasive, e.g., calcium carbonate, potassium nitrate (KNO3), and a basic amino acid, in free or salt form, e.g., arginine, in free or salt form, wherein the potassium nitrate is present in an amount of 0.1-1% by weight of the composition and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shashank Potnis, Rolando Plata, Shridhara M Kamath, Nookesh Kotipalli, Manish Mandhare
  • Patent number: 11020330
    Abstract: A personal care composition, comprising a soluble zinc polyphosphate complex made by combining ingredients comprising an organic zinc salt, a plurality of long chain polyphosphates having 6 or more phosphate polymer units, and an aqueous solvent; wherein the relative amount of organic zinc salt and long chain polyphosphates provides a phosphorus to zinc mole ratio of at least 6:1. Also, a method of using the composition for reducing at least one of perspiration or body odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Baohua Qiao, Peter R. Hilliard, Jr., Long Pan, Shiri Nawrocki, Viktor Dubovoy
  • Patent number: 11020331
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cosmetic product capable of making the skin look youthful and producing a natural three-dimensional appearance. The present invention relates to a cosmetic product including two or more phosphors each containing an inorganic compound, wherein the cosmetic product, upon excitation by excitation light having a wavelength of 365 nm, emits an emission spectrum having a fluorescence emission peak in each of the range of 400 to 530 nm and the range of 620 to 720 nm and having an I2/I1 of 1 to 30, where I1 is a maximum emission intensity in the range of 530 to 620 nm and I2 is a maximum peak intensity in the range of 620 to 720 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Koizumi, Momoko Ishikawa, Nanae Ogata, Kenji Mori
  • Patent number: 11020332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an Achillea essential oil comprising at least the following compounds, each preferably present in a proportion of at least 5% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the essential oil: artemisia ketone and chrysanthenone (two combined isomers). The invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising the said Achillea essential oil and to its cosmetic use as antidandruff agent or as deodorant active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Geraldine Lerebour, Pierre Lartaud, Bertrand Lacroix