Patents Issued in April 14, 2022
  • Publication number: 20220111136
    Abstract: A manifold for a medical waste collection apparatus includes a fluid path connection portion and a storage connection portion. The storage connection portion includes a mounting connector in communication with the fluid path connection portion and coupled with the mounting base of the waste collection apparatus, and a docking valve arranged inside a connector cavity defined by inner walls of the connector. The docking valve is in an open state when the mounting connector is coupled with the mounting base, and a passage is formed between the storage connection portion and a waste collection container in the waste collection apparatus. The docking valve is in a closed state to close the connector cavity when the mounting connector is decoupled. The connection port between the manifold and the apparatus does not require manual opening or closing, thereby preventing waste from contaminating the environment, equipment and personnel, and enhancing convenience of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hongqi LIANG, Richard Ya LEE
  • Publication number: 20220111137
    Abstract: A manifold for a medical waste collection system. A filter element is disposed within a housing and includes a basket, and a seal retaining element coupled to the basket. The seal retaining element supports the seal in sealing engagement with a rim of the housing. The basket may be disposed within a body portion of the housing, and the seal retaining element may be disposed within a first leg of the housing. The seal may define a groove, and the seal retaining element may be partially disposed within the groove. The seal retaining element may define an aperture, and a tongue of the seal may be resiliently deflected into the aperture by an inner surface of the housing. The seal may have a width greater than a height to be noncircular, and may include flaps defining a seal aperture oriented widthwise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Zollinger
  • Publication number: 20220111138
    Abstract: A dressing for treating a tissue site with negative pressure includes a manifold having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The dressing also includes a first layer adjacent to the first surface and a second layer adjacent to the second surface. The first layer and the second layer each include a polymer film. The dressing also includes a plurality of fluid restrictions in the polymer film adjacent to at least the first surface, and a plurality of bonds between the first layer and the second layer. The plurality of bonds defines separable sections of the manifold. Each of the separable sections of the manifold has at least one rounded edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Mark ROBINSON, Christopher Brian LOCKE, Diwi L. ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20220111139
    Abstract: Holder devices are described herein that are configured to secure auto-injection devices to a smartphone or a protective phone case. In some implementations, the device may include a body portion configured to secure an auto-injectable device and a coupling mechanism coupled to the body portion and configured to attach to one or more of a smartphone or a protective case associated with the smartphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Marnie P. Fireman
  • Publication number: 20220111140
    Abstract: A drug infusion set is provided, in which a catheter fixing unit and a drug infusion unit are mounted/unmounted, the catheter fixing unit includes a body member, which includes a guide unit, in which a receiving space is formed in a downward direction from an upper surface; a drug injection unit, in which an accommodation space is formed in a horizontal direction from the other side to communicate with the guide unit, and into which the drug infusion unit is inserted; and a catheter insertion unit, which extends in a downward direction of the guide unit; a guided insertion member, which is provided with a guide needle, inserted into the guide unit; first and second sealing members, which are inserted into the accommodation space of the guide unit and the drug injection unit; and a catheter, which is inserted into the catheter insertion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SOOIL Development Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Soo-Bong Choi
  • Publication number: 20220111141
    Abstract: A cleanable and reusable device which is attachable on an IV pole for holding multiple different instruments and articles such as an ether screen, a pacemaker, additional IV bags, and/or a transesophageal echo probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Allen Currie Millar
  • Publication number: 20220111142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical infusion pump holder wearable as a glove, band, or sleeve that fits over the hand, arm, or leg of a patient and holds a medical infusion pump stationary proximate an injection site on the patient while the patient's arms or legs are in motion. The medical infusion pump holder comprises a receptacle that is formed from a flexible mesh material having a plurality of holes dispersed throughout. The medical infusion pump is inserted into the receptacle with only the intravenous drug delivery tube egress from the receptacle. A bottom seal is integrated around the periphery of the bottom end and closes the bottom end, and a top seal is fastened around the periphery of the top end. The top seal is stretchable and under a no-load condition draws the top end substantially closed retaining the medical infusion pump inside the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Senerchia
  • Publication number: 20220111143
    Abstract: A fully implanted automatic disorder response system is devised to act as a backup “immune” system, automatically detecting and dispensing an enzyme, for example, deficient due to an inborn error of metabolism. In response to a disease, the agent released is one or more drugs. By directly pipeline-targeting agents through a closed system of drug reservoirs, fluid and electrical lines, and leak-free, durable, and safe tissue connectors to the site of disease, the system achieves a level of efficiency critically superior to the systemic dispersal of an agent into the circulation, fundamentally liberalizing the use of drugs. In comorbid disease, each morbidity is assigned to an arm or channel in a hierarchical control system. Beginning with symptomatic indicia sensors, data is analyzed and passed up through successively higher-level nodes that generate a cross-morbidity view passed up to an implanted microprocessor which effectuates a release of drugs calculated to optimize homeostasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: David S. Goldsmith
  • Publication number: 20220111144
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes identifying a reference insulin absorption curve for a patient based on demographic data of the patient, identifying a contextual adjustment factor based on current contextual information for the patient, obtaining an adjusted insulin absorption curve based on the reference insulin absorption curve and the contextual adjustment factor, and causing insulin delivery to the patient based on the adjusted insulin absorption curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Boyi Jiang, Yuxiang Zhong, Pratik J. Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20220111145
    Abstract: An auto-injector for receiving and operating a syringe, the auto-injector comprising: a housing for receiving the syringe, the housing comprising a main body and a hinged door operable into an open position and a closed position, wherein the syringe is receivable within the housing when the hinged door is in the open position; at least one charging link connected between the main body and the hinged door, wherein the connection of the charging link to the main body and/or the connection of the charging link to the hinged door is a slidable connection configured to slide on opening and closing of the hinged door and configured to couple to the at least one drive spring for priming thereof on opening and/or closing of the hinged door, the at least one drive spring being configured on activation of the auto-injector to drive a plunger driver forward within the auto-injector to operate the syringe received within the auto-injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Paul McPherson, Robert Bruns
  • Publication number: 20220111146
    Abstract: A communication device arranged for transmitting information from a medicament delivery device is presented. The communication device includes at least one translation detection arrangement, configured to detect a translation of at least one physical part of the medicament delivery device by utilization of a resilience and an electrical conductivity for at least one spring of the medicament delivery device. The communication device also includes at least one change of state detection unit, configured to detect at least one change of state for the medicament delivery device based on the detected translation. The communication device further includes at least one activation unit, configured to activate the at least one change of state detection unit based on the at least one detected translation. The communication device also includes at least one transmission unit configured to provide a wireless transmission of information related to the at least one change of state to an external receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Säll, Daniel Carlsson
  • Publication number: 20220111147
    Abstract: A therapeutic agent delivery system comprises a housing. A therapeutic agent delivery assembly is carried by the housing. The therapeutic agent delivery assembly comprises a chamber having a passageway. A therapeutic agent is carried in the passageway, and a needle is in communication with the passageway. The therapeutic agent delivery assembly may be translatable relative to the housing from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. Actuation of a user input may translate the therapeutic agent delivery assembly from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration. An input restraint may be rotatable relative to the housing from a first rotational configuration to a second rotational configuration. In the first rotational configuration the input restraint may inhibit actuation of the user input, and in the second rotational configuration the input restraint may permit actuation of the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: William Godwin ATTERBURY, Corrie Jo BENNISON, Jeffrey LeClair ELLIS, David Arthur HOLLEY, Beverly Ann PIATT, John Paul TALLARICO
  • Publication number: 20220111148
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating a continuous glucose sensor, including a receiver, a medicament delivery device, and optionally a single point glucose monitor are provided. Manual integrations provide for a physical association between the devices wherein a user (for example, patient or doctor) manually selects the amount, type, and/or time of delivery. Semi-automated integration of the devices includes integrations wherein an operable connection between the integrated components aids the user (for example, patient or doctor) in selecting, inputting, calculating, or validating the amount, type, or time of medicament delivery of glucose values, for example, by transmitting data to another component and thereby reducing the amount of user input required. Automated integration between the devices includes integrations wherein an operable connection between the integrated components provides for full control of the system without required user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Brauker, Mark A. Tapsak, Sean T. Saint, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Paul V. Neale, Peter C. Simpson, Michael Robert Mensinger, Dubravka Markovic
  • Publication number: 20220111149
    Abstract: A device that regulates, monitors, and provides data on the progress of a large-volume injector during its injection sequence. The device comprises an injector and a monitor assembly. The injector has a syringe having a plunger, and a biasing device that biases the plunger through the syringe. The monitor assembly comprises a resistance unit configured to resist movement of the plunger, a gear connected to the plunger by the resistance unit, and a control unit configured to monitor the position, and regulate the rotation, of the gear. Wherein linear movement of the plunger causes the gear to rotate so that the control unit generates information on the position of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Haiming Wu
  • Publication number: 20220111150
    Abstract: A syringe assembly, comprising a syringe barrel having a forward end and a rearward end and being arranged along a longitudinal axis; a restricting element, moveably supported onto a portion of the syringe assembly and positionable in one of an injection disabling position and an injection enabling position in different operative orientations of the syringe assembly; a plunger rod assembly displaceable within the syringe barrel and operatively coupled with the restricting element; the plunger rod assembly having a restricting feature adapted to cooperate with the restricting element, such that when the restricting element in the injection disabling position, the plunger rod assembly is permitted to be displaced axially forwardly only up to a certain longitudinal extent relative to the syringe barrel and when the restricting element is in the injection enabling position, the plunger rod assembly is permitted to be further displaced axially forwardly relative to the syringe barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Gad Lewkonya, Ehoud Carmel, Lior Raday, David Daily, Guy Keenan, Nir Benarous, Hagay Drori
  • Publication number: 20220111151
    Abstract: A multiple pen needle or syringe needle storage and dispensing system where a plurality of needle devices such as pen needles including a cover can be disposed on strip, where the strip serves a seal for multiple needle devices. Each needle device can be peeled off the strip unsealed for immediate use for example in an injections device, or separated from the strip sealed for later use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Peter A. GIRGIS
  • Publication number: 20220111152
    Abstract: A dmg delivery device includes a housing, a syringe assembly comprising a barrel, a stopper, and a cannula, with at least a portion of the syringe assembly positioned within the housing, a drive assembly configured to move the stopper within the barrel upon actuation of the drive assembly, with at least a portion of the drive assembly positioned within the housing, a lever actuation member moveable between a locked position where actuation of the drive assembly is prevented and a released position where actuation of the drive assembly is allowed, and a needle cover having a pre-use position where the cannula is positioned within the needle cover, an actuation position where the needle cover is configured to actuate the drive assembly, and a post- use position where the cannula is positioned within the needle cover. The needle cover is configured to engage the lever actuation member and move the lever actuation member to the released position when the needle cover is in the actuation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas Besson, Adrien Plouvier
  • Publication number: 20220111153
    Abstract: Provided herein is a subassembly for a drug delivery device, including a housing, a displaceable needle cover having a distal end having a flange, the needle cover being received within the housing and configured to have a pre-use position in which the needle cover extends from the housing and a use position in which the needle cover is at least partially displaced into the housing. Displacement of the needle cover into the housing actuates the drug delivery device. The subassembly further includes a cap assembly, comprising configured to prevent movement of the needle cover to the use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Pierre Ducarouge
  • Publication number: 20220111154
    Abstract: An injection device comprising a cap for removing a needle protection cap from a product container, and a method for assembling an injection device. The cap comprises an engaging element for removing the needle protection cap from the product container when the cap is removed from the injection device. The engaging element can be deformed in such a way that the engaging element can be moved from a distanced position, in which the engaging element is radially distanced from the needle protection cap, into an engagement position, in which the engaging element engages with the needle protection cap, with the engaging element being deformed when the cap is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Felix Groetzbach, Markus Tschirren, Stefan Burren, Urs Kloetzli, Peter Stettler, Benjamin Loretz
  • Publication number: 20220111155
    Abstract: Device for preventing needle reuse and injury has a needle cap or enclosure, a body, and a needle. The needle cap and/or body is movable relative to the other from (i) a first position wherein the needle is received within and enclosed by the needle cap to prevent needle injury; (ii) to a second position wherein the needle is passed through the needle cap to penetrate tissue; and (iii) to a third position wherein the needle is within and enclosed by the needle cap, and the needle cap and body are locked to prevent needle reuse and injury. The needle cap conceals the needle from view before, during and after the patient injection. An intra-needle one-way valve allows liquid flow therethrough in a direction from an inlet toward an outlet of the needle, and prevents liquid flow in an opposite direction to prevent cross-contamination between the needle and a syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Julian V. Chan
  • Publication number: 20220111156
    Abstract: Systems and methods encourage users to rotate injection sites and avoid lipodystrophy. Sleeves and/or lost-tooth gear dials and/or microswitches in or on injection pens or their caps, on vials, and on other portable devices manually adjust an indicator before or after an injection to show a current or next injection site in accordance with a site rotation plan. Injected medicine packaging and related printed indicia encourage site rotation. Optical devices employing optical mouse or projection technology help locate and/or distribute injection sites within a body area. A mobile phone app tracks injections and locations to select next injection site, and can use imaging to locate a target injection site and optionally diagnose lipodystrophic conditions and record them. Tactile and print media educational tools are presented to help users palpate and identify lipos in body areas having injection sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sudarsan SRINIVASAN, Michael A. DIBIASI, Amit LIMAYE, Brendon HILL, Sean SULLIVAN
  • Publication number: 20220111157
    Abstract: The present invention is a handheld device used to deliver hyaluronic acid to the skin and is used in the dermatology field and as an aesthetic treatment. The present invention uses pressure to launch a hyaluronic acid mixture into the skin that is better tolerated and less painful than conventional hypodermic needle procedures. The present invention is a non-invasive tool that delivers hyaluronic acid into the skin through the use of pressure as opposed to a hypodermic needle, thereby significantly decreasing the likelihood of damage to the skin when compared to a hypodermic needle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: MAYRA JIMENEZ
  • Publication number: 20220111158
    Abstract: Provided herein is a delivery device and vaporizable formulations that provide users or patients with the ability to safely, reliably, and conveniently obtain a high-quality, therapeutic vapor comprising an ayahuasca-like substance. The delivery device includes a chamber coupled to a power unit capable of providing power to vaporize the formulations for consumption of the substance in a consistently desirable and safe manner. Further included are kits and methods of treating psychological disorders using the delivery device and vaporizable formulations provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Gregory Ellis
  • Publication number: 20220111159
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatus and methods for verifying the concentration of mixed gas to be used for ophthalmic administration. In an embodiment is provided a method that includes introducing a first portion of mixed gas into a chamber, determining a temperature change of the first portion which is indicative of a parameter of the first portion, determining that the parameter satisfies a predetermined value, and introducing a second portion of mixed gas into a patient's eye. In another embodiment is provided a method that includes exposing an element inside a chamber to a first portion of mixed gas, determining a change in a physical characteristic of the element that changes in response to a stimulus, the physical characteristic indicative of a parameter of the first portion, determining that the parameter satisfies a predetermined value, and introducing a second portion of mixed gas into a patient's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Conrad Sawicz
  • Publication number: 20220111160
    Abstract: A vaporization apparatus includes a control unit configured to receive a pod or cartridge. The control unit is configured to communicate with the pod or cartridge. The vaporization apparatus further includes an electronic controller configured to authorize use of the control unit to vaporize a substance within the pod or cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Son Dang, Clint Erickson, Hung V. Nguyen, Mai Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20220111161
    Abstract: A battery for a vaporization apparatus includes a data storage device configured to read authorization data for an authorized user of the vaporization apparatus and a user interface configured to receive a security input from a user. The battery also includes an electronic controller configured to communicate electronically with the user interface and the data storage device, wherein the electronic controller is further configured to receive the security input from the user interface, compare the received security input with the authorization data to identify the authorized user in an authentication process, and authorize use of the vaporization apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Hawkes, Mai Nguyen, Sean Dang
  • Publication number: 20220111162
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for facilitating intranasal treatment of a patient's sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess. The apparatus includes an intranasal spray delivery device configured to contain a spray composition, atomize the spray composition, and deliver the atomized spray composition to the sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess of the patient. In certain examples, the spray composition includes about 2.5% lidocaine and about 0.10% maltoside. A method is also provided and includes providing, in a solution, about 2.5% lidocaine, providing, in the solution, about 0.10% maltoside, and placing the solution in an intranasal spray delivery device configured to contain the solution and deliver the solution to the sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen J. Eldredge, Dean L. Howes, Wade Cooper
  • Publication number: 20220111163
    Abstract: A device for assisting respiration (e.g., a respirator) is configured to send an air flow, generated by a fan, into a conduit. The conduit extends between the respirator and a respiratory mask, configured to be used by a user. The respirator comprises an enclosure extending around a longitudinal axis. The enclosure comprises an air inlet configured to admit air into the enclosure. An upstream air circulation zone extends between the air inlet and the fan. An air outlet is configured to be connected to the conduit so that, when the fan operates, air flows in series from the air inlet through the upstream air circulation zone. The fan is arranged in a ventilation chamber. The ventilation chamber is maintained by a first flexible membrane and by a second flexible membrane extending at a non-zero distance from the first membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SLEEPINNOV TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nikolaï Hungr, Jérôme Argod
  • Publication number: 20220111164
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of operating a breathing apparatus comprising measuring a baseline breath flow parameter being respiratory rate and/or tidal volume or a parameter derived therefrom, varying the flow rate provided by the breathing apparatus, measuring a current breath flow parameter being respiratory rate and/or tidal volume or a parameter derived therefrom, comparing the baseline and current breath flow parameters, and altering operation of the breathing apparatus based on the comparison. The invention also comprises a breathing apparatus that implements the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Stanislav TATKOV, Kevin Peter O'DONNELL, Sheng FENG
  • Publication number: 20220111165
    Abstract: The invention discloses a single multi-ventilator for treating multiple patients using one ventilator device. Potentially, the single disclosed multi-ventilator can be used to ventilate an entire department of patients using personalized ventilation parameters and settings. In case of emergency, such as Covid-19, health care system may be overwhelmed by a number of patients requiring ventilator medical care to keep them alive. In such a situation, a presented ventilator solves a problem of choosing which patients will receive a ventilator treatment and which will not. The invented ventilator provides individualized artificial ventilation care for multiple connected patients to it according to parameters determined and set by a physician. It is important to mention that control means and main processing means will be centralized in our invention, which is another advantage of the invented ventilator. Separate inspiration and expiration lines make the ventilator safe to use and easy to clean and to disinfect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: David Myr
  • Publication number: 20220111166
    Abstract: A system for providing continuous positive air pressure therapy is provided. The system includes a flow generator, a sensor, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to control operation of the flow generator based on sensor data. The computing device is further configured to display, on a display device, one or more questions relating to demographic and/or subjective feedback; responsive to displaying the one or more questions, receive one or more inputs indicating answers to the one or more questions; transmit the answers to a remote processing system; receive, from the remote processing system, settings determined based on the transmitted answers; and adjust control settings of the system based on the received settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory Robert PEAKE, Nathan Zersee LIU, Sakeena DE SOUZA, Andrew WEALE, Peter James DASSOS
  • Publication number: 20220111167
    Abstract: A device for diagnosing the ventilatory efficacy of a patient under respiratory assistance, said device being intended to cooperate with a system for ventilating the patient, the device having: a bidirectional thermal mass sensor for measuring, in real time, the air flows during insufflation and during exhalation, an electronic casing connected to said sensor and configured to receive and process data relating to the air flows measured by the sensor, the electronic casing having: i. a user interface comprising a display device and data input means, ii. a data-processing center, the data-processing center functioning according to programmed algorithms for acquiring, processing and displaying the data, for analyzing the efficacy of the ventilation in real time, and for managing alarms, and iii. means for supplying electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: ARCHEON, UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER REGIONAL UNIVERSITAIRE DE BESANCON
    Inventors: Abdo KHOURY, Alban DE LUCA, Fatimata Seydou SALL, Lionel PAZART, Gilles CAPELLIER, Pierre-Edouard SAILLARD, Florin Dan NITA, Jean-Francois VINCHANT
  • Publication number: 20220111168
    Abstract: A laryngeal mask airway device includes an airway tube and a laryngeal mask placed at a distal end of the airway tube. The distal end of the airway tube opens inside the laryngeal mask. The device includes a connector placed at a proximal end of the airway tube. The connector is in fluid communication with the laryngeal mask through the airway tube and is configured to be connected to a ventilation equipment. The device includes a movable element placed in the laryngeal mask and configured to steer a tip of a catheter passing through the airway tube. The device further includes a control element mounted on the proximal end of the airway tube and a motion transmission device operatively connected to the movable element and to the control element to move the movable element and to steer the tip of the catheter by acting on the control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.P.A.
    Inventors: John Kenneth HAINSWORTH, George Robert BUTCHER, Peter Ryan SMITH
  • Publication number: 20220111169
    Abstract: An oral care device for use during intubation. The device can include a first guard, a second guard, a first extension, a second extension, and a central pathway. The first guard can be configured for insertion into an oral cavity of a patient. The first extension and the second extension can each extend from the first guard and can together be configured to engage a dentition of a patient. The second guard can be configured to surround and engage an exterior of an oral cavity of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Derrick Flint
  • Publication number: 20220111170
    Abstract: A sanitary extubation cover used to cover an endotracheal tube and a patient's face in order to accommodate sanitary extubation. The sanitary extubation cover includes a mask and a cover which covers the endotracheal tube. If the patient coughs, the cough would be directed into the mask and the endotracheal tube (which is covered by the cover) but contaminants from the cough would be suppressed from spreading into the open air. The mask can have an air cushion at the bottom of the mask in order to securely press against the patient's face. Th ask can also have a solid silicone base at the bottom of the mask in order to securely press against the patient's face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Rick Samuel, Todd Burlingame
  • Publication number: 20220111171
    Abstract: A cushion assembly for a patient interface includes a foam cushion and an elastomeric support portion configured to support the foam cushion. The foam cushion is more compliant in a nasal bridge region than other regions of the cushion assembly, the nasal bridge region being a region configured to engage the patient's nasal bridge when the cushion assembly is mounted on the patient's face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew EVES, Lemmy NGA, Gerard Michael RUMMERY, Rupert Christian SCHEINER, Shannon DAY
  • Publication number: 20220111172
    Abstract: Provided is a respiratory monitor device, relating to the field of medical devices. The respiratory monitor device comprises an external pipe and a monitor, and the external tubing is detachably connected to the monitor; the external tubing is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, the air inlet is communicated with the air outlet by means of a cavity of the external tubing, and the external tubing comprises a plurality of first through holes; the monitor comprises a plurality of second through holes, the plurality of first through holes and the plurality of second through holes are communicated in one-to-one correspondence when the external tubing and the monitor are connected, and the monitor is used for detecting gas entering the monitor from the through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Qiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20220111173
    Abstract: Gas delivery devices include different examples of nitric oxide (NO) generating systems. Each example of the NO generating system includes a solid, light sensitive NO donor, and a light source that is operatively positioned to selectively expose the solid, light sensitive NO donor to light in order to generate NO gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Gergely Lautner, Blake Stringer, Elizabeth J. Brisbois, Mark E. Meyerhoff, Steven P. Schwendeman
  • Publication number: 20220111174
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides modified polymeric thin-walled tubes with one or more conductive pathways along at least a part of a length or a circumference of the polymeric tube, suitable for use as liners in catheter construction. The one or more conductive pathways are formed of a conductive ink and are on a surface of the polymeric tube and not embedded within the walls of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: John Richard Campanelli, Josh Fogle
  • Publication number: 20220111175
    Abstract: A catheter has a lumen body having a distal end and a proximal end. A hub is connected to the proximal end. The hub includes a luer connection and a vacuum port assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer E. Mitchell, Joseph R. Licwinko, Thomas L. Merrill
  • Publication number: 20220111176
    Abstract: An introducer with a steerable distal tip section is disclosed. The steerable distal tip section may comprise an articulation support member comprising a laser-cut pattern of symmetrical elongated apertures in which the shape of each aperture is defined by at least three radii, a central radii being the largest and two end radii being smaller. This pattern of apertures can minimize ovaling of the cross-sectional shape of introducer shaft over the length of the deflectable section. The introducer can articulate in multiple planes. A tension pull wire can allow the introducer to resist directional bias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Theodore P. Dale, Benjamin E. Morris, Gregory R. Furnish, Asela lndaka D. Gunasekara
  • Publication number: 20220111177
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for removing an embolus in a cerebral vessel of a patient. The assembled system of devices includes a catheter having a catheter lumen and a distal end and a catheter advancement element extending through the catheter lumen. A tapered distal end region of the catheter advancement element extends distal to the distal end of the catheter. The assembled system of devices is advanced together towards an occlusion site in a cerebral vessel of a patient visible on angiogram. The occlusion site includes an angiographic limit of contrast and an embolus downstream of the angiographic limit of contrast. The catheter advancement element is advanced to a location past the angiographic limit of contrast without crossing the embolus. The catheter is advanced to position the distal end of the catheter at a treatment site located past the angiographic limit of contrast and aspiration applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Tony M. Chou, Joey English, Warren T. Kim, Ian J. Clark
  • Publication number: 20220111178
    Abstract: A deflectable catheter including an outer member having a proximal portion and a distal portion, an elongated column member extending distally from the outer member and an inner member positioned coaxial with the outer member and attached to the column member. The inner member extends distally of the outer member and has a distal tip portion. A reinforcement member is positioned over the column member to restrict axial movement of the column member such that when one of the inner member or outer member is moved with respect to the other, axial compression of the column member is restricted by the reinforcement member causing the distal tip portion of the inner member to deflect laterally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Agile Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen J. Hebert
  • Publication number: 20220111179
    Abstract: A radial artery catheter adapter comprising, a converter sheath configured to provide access to the radial artery, wherein the converter sheath includes a conduit for a catheter, and the converter sheath is angled around the anatomy such that a first terminus is positioned at least twenty degrees from a substantial portion of the converter sheath a hub for coupling one or more catheters; and an immobilizer configured to stabilize the orientation of the converter sheath and the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Shing Chiu Wong
  • Publication number: 20220111180
    Abstract: A bi-directional cannula feature capture mechanism is described herein. Generally, the capture mechanism comprises an inner housing, an outer housing, and a cannula. The inner housing comprises a proximal and a distal cannula feature mating component. The outer housing is adapted to slidably receive the inner housing in a proximal direction. Additionally, the cannula extends through the inner housing and the cannula's feature has a proximal engagement and a distal engagement. The proximal and distal engagements are respectively configured to irreversibly engage the proximal and distal cannula feature mating components when the cannula tip is moved into a shielded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Jonathan Karl Burkholz
  • Publication number: 20220111181
    Abstract: An introducer sheath may include a displacement sensor that detects displacement of a catheter within the introducer sheath. The displacement sensor may employ induction-based, optical-based or mechanical-based techniques for detecting the displacement. The displacement sensor may include a display on which the detected displacement is presented to a clinician. The displacement sensor may allow the clinician to provide user input to reset the displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Casey Hebert
  • Publication number: 20220111182
    Abstract: Guide wire with conductive element is described herein where the guide wire generally includes a guide wire core, a first insulating layer provided on a surface of the guide wire core, and plural conductive traces provided spaced from each other in a lateral direction of the guide wire core on a surface of the first insulating layer. At least one of the plural conductive traces has a sectional area different from those of the other conductive traces in a transverse-sectional view of the guide wire core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nitin PATIL, Minoru OGAWA, Philip R. HOULE
  • Publication number: 20220111183
    Abstract: The system isolates a clot using a proximal obstruction device, such as a balloon, to stop blood flow. An expandable device is advanced through the clot and is expanded to disrupt the clot from the vessel walls. The expandable device may include the use of tines, a balloon, negative pressure, adhesives, or jet spray to disrupt and dislodge the clot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Brian Gray
  • Publication number: 20220111184
    Abstract: Disclosed is a localized method for treatment of cancer including the steps of providing a drug delivery catheter; navigating the catheter to the bile duct; and delivering a therapeutic agent into the bile duct. According to one aspect of the method, the drug delivery catheter is a multi-occlusion balloon catheter. The multi-occlusion balloon catheter may include at least two balloons. The multi-occlusion balloon catheter may optionally include a pressure transducer between the balloons to optimize delivery technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ramtin AGAH, Imtiaz L. QURESHI, Kamran NAJMABADI, Shaun R. BAGAI
  • Publication number: 20220111185
    Abstract: A balloon catheter having an elongated catheter shaft defining a fluid drainage lumen and a balloon inflation lumen. The balloon catheter includes a fluid drainage port disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the fluid drainage lumen, and a balloon inflation port disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the balloon inflation lumen. A balloon portion is disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the balloon inflation port. A release device is disposed in fluid communication with the balloon portion and the fluid drainage lumen, and includes an activating member. A tether is attached to the activating member of the release device. Tension applied to the tether activates the release device, enabling fluid flow from the balloon portion into the fluid drainage lumen and out of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce A. Gardner, Jeffery A. Gardner, David Allan Swanson