Patents Issued in September 29, 2022
  • Publication number: 20220304760
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus for concurrently transporting a patient and a medical device includes a base and an intermediate frame coupled to the base and further includes a support assembly coupled to the intermediate frame. The support assembly supports the medical device for concurrent movement with the patient support apparatus. The support assembly includes a track extending between first and second track ends with at least one curvilinear region defined therebetween and includes a carrier for selective movement between the ends. The support assembly also includes a mount coupled to the track and configured to support the medical advice. The support assembly further includes a retainer operatively attached to the carrier with the carrier operable between an engaged state to inhibit relative movement of the carrier along the track and a disengaged state to permit movement of the carrier along the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Shawn Trimble
  • Publication number: 20220304761
    Abstract: Packaging systems and surgical kits for a tool that has a cutting bur and a shaft. A casing includes a distal section defining a cavity to receive the cutting bur of the tool. A proximal section is coupled to the distal section and receives the shaft of the tool. The proximal section is detachable from the distal section. At least a portion of the distal section comprises a colored indicator to provide a visual indication of a location of the cutting bur of the tool. Instructions are provided on the proximal section and the instructions illustrate one or more steps for installing the tool to a surgical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Stryker European Operations Limited
    Inventors: Michael Moloney, Conor O'Donovan
  • Publication number: 20220304762
    Abstract: An endoscope tray is provided. The tray comprises an interior for storage of an endoscope. The interior has an upstanding element having a top surface, and a plurality of apertures disposed on at least a portion of the top surface of the upstanding element to facilitate drainage of fluids. Systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Jackson, Gary Spencer, Colin Oxford, Stephen Nichols
  • Publication number: 20220304763
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a disposal container system enabling storage of used or contaminated articles having a generally flat, strip-shaped configuration, such as diagnostic biosensors. The disposal container is removably mountable to a supply container, and has an insertion portion provided in a wall of the disposal container. The insertion portion has a contour configured externally to guide deposit of a flat, strip-shaped article through a narrow slit, the contour further configured internally to deflect any loose articles in the interior space of the disposal container away from any accidental alignment with the slit which would cause free extraction of the articles. The disposal container may be configured for engagement with a supply container, such as a round or non-round vial, in a bottom-cap configuration or in a side-by-side configuration, by way of an engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Alain Jean Marie Cadio, Ernest Graeme Harvey, Justin David Adams, Vijay Thambiah
  • Publication number: 20220304764
    Abstract: A liner for an endoscope storage tray is provided. The liner has an interior comprising a flexibly deformable material substantially impermeable to fluids and an absorbent material disposed within or attached to at least a portion of the flexibly deformable material. The liner is configured to temporarily line at least an interior of the endoscope storage tray. Systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Jackson, Joshua J. Korth, Gary Spencer, Stephen Nichols
  • Publication number: 20220304765
    Abstract: A system for preventing unwanted tissue migration in surgical staplers includes a surgical stapler having an end effector including an upper jaw and a lower jaw. A distal end of the upper jaw is connected to a distal end of the lower jaw, and a proximal end of the upper jaw is connected to a proximal end of the lower jaw. First and second tissue stops are formed on the distal and proximal ends of the lower jaw, respectively. The second tissue stop and the proximal end of the upper jaw define a no cut zone when the surgical stapler is in an open position. The surgical stapler also includes a tissue cutting device disposed within the lower jaw for resecting tissue. The system also includes a warning, blocking, impeding, or barrier forming device for preventing the unwanted migration of tissue into the no tissue zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Mark S. Ortiz, Jonathan R. Thompson, Richard P. Nuchols, Caleb J. Hayward, Robert T. Means, III, Saylan J. Lukas
  • Publication number: 20220304766
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating nephrolithiasis and protecting the urothelium and inner lining of the kidney from thermal damage during lithotripsy by use of a thermosensitive bio-adhesive hydrogel. The described method dramatically improved the efficiency and effectiveness of stone clearance compared to conventional techniques while providing protection to the urothelium from potentially damaging temperature spikes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: UROGEN PHARMA LTD., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ralph V. CLAYMAN, Pengbo Jiang, Mark Schoenberg, Omer Tsipori
  • Publication number: 20220304767
    Abstract: An operating microscope includes an objective lens, a first illumination optical system, a deflector, and an observation optical system. The first illumination optical system is arranged coaxially with an optical axis of the objective lens and is configured to be capable of illuminating first illumination light onto an eye to be operated through the objective lens. The deflector is configured to deflect returning light of the first illumination light in a direction intersecting the optical axis, the returning light being incident from the eye to be operated through objective lens. The observation optical system is configured to be capable of guiding the returning light deflected by the deflector to an eyepiece lens or an imaging element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro OHMORI
  • Publication number: 20220304768
    Abstract: An imaging system, including a head-mounted display worn by a system operator. A marker defines a plane when attached to a human subject. Optically reflective elements are disposed on the marker and on opposing sides of the plane in a non-symmetrical arrangement with respect to the plane. A memory stores a graphical representation of a tool used in a procedure performed on the human subject, and an image of anatomy of the human subject. A camera attached to the display acquires an image of the marker and the tool. A processor analyzes the image to identify the plane and to identify a side of the plane wherein the camera is located, and to render to the display the image of the anatomy of the human subject with the graphical representation of the tool superimposed thereon from a point of view in the identified side of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Nissan Elimelech, Stuart Wolf, Nitzan Krasney
  • Publication number: 20220304769
    Abstract: An illustrative surgical system may access a plurality of images captured outside a structure within a patient; detect a difference between spectral reflectances of scenes captured in the plurality of images; and identify, based on the detected difference between the spectral reflectances of the scenes captured in the plurality of images, pixels in at least one of the plurality of images that correspond to structure tissue of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Ian E. McDowall, Jonathan M. Sorger
  • Publication number: 20220304770
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may be drawn to brachytherapy markers. Exemplary markers may include an inner ring consisting of one or more of copper, brass, gold, silver, or titanium; an outer coating consisting of one or more of nickel or iron oxide, wherein a thickness of the outer coating may be about 1 ?m to about 30 ?m; and a central opening, wherein a diameter of the central opening may be about 0.50 mm to about 3.00 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jeroen Anton SCHUURMAN, Wim DE JAGER, Martin VAN DEN BERG, Johan HENNING
  • Publication number: 20220304771
    Abstract: A position adjustment apparatus for adjusting a position of a detection device, and a magnetocardiography instrument are provided. The position adjustment apparatus includes: two support assemblies, a lifting frame, and at least one height adjustment assembly. The position adjustment apparatus of the present disclosure enables free control over the height of the lifting frame by providing support rods and the height adjustment assembly comprising a pulley block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Beijing X-Mag Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Bin Cai
  • Publication number: 20220304772
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a light guide includes an emitter and a light guide body optically coupled to the emitter. The light guide body may define a cylindrical body that tapers along an angled plane from a top end towards a bottom end. The bottom end may define a light entrance to the light guide body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Oscar C. Senff, Ryan Chase Kelley
  • Publication number: 20220304773
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for orthodontic treatment planning and orthodontic treatment are disclosed herein. Various embodiments of the present technology, for example, are directed to a method of obtaining data characterizing movements of a patient's teeth from original positions to desired, final positions. In some embodiments, the method can include identifying one or more components of the movements, evaluating the movements, and/or modifying the movements. A method in accordance with several embodiments of the present technology can comprise obtaining an orthodontic treatment plan, which can include one or more suggested interventions to accomplish the tooth movements, a design of such intervention(s), and/or other useful information regarding the orthodontic treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: James Sylvester Wratten, JR., Seyed Mehdi Roein Peikar, Yuchen Xu, Muhammad Fawwad
  • Publication number: 20220304774
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for orthodontic treatment planning and orthodontic treatment are disclosed herein. Various embodiments of the present technology, for example, are directed to a method of obtaining data characterizing movements of a patient's teeth from original positions to desired, final positions. In some embodiments, the method can include identifying one or more components of the movements, evaluating the movements, and/or modifying the movements. A method in accordance with several embodiments of the present technology can comprise obtaining an orthodontic treatment plan, which can include one or more suggested interventions to accomplish the tooth movements, a design of such intervention(s), and/or other useful information regarding the orthodontic treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: James Sylvester Wratten, JR., Seyed Mehdi Roein Peikar, Yuchen Xu, Muhammad Fawwad
  • Publication number: 20220304775
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for analyzing a patient's dental arches in order to generate a treatment plan for the dentition. In particular described herein are methods and apparatuses for determining accurate standardized tooth numbering even when there are missing and/or supernumerary teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher E. CRAMER
  • Publication number: 20220304776
    Abstract: Provided are a composition for forming a transparent orthodontic device, a method of preparing a transparent orthodontic device, and a transparent orthodontic device prepared by using the method. The composition includes 100 parts by weight of a first photocurable compound represented by Formula 1, 35 parts by weight to 75 parts by weight of a second photocurable compound represented by Formula 2, 15 parts by weight to 65 parts by weight of a third photocurable compound represented by Formula 3, 5 parts by weight to 40 parts by weight of a fourth photocurable compound represented by Formula 4, and 1 part by weight to 15 parts by weight of a fifth photocurable compound represented by Formula 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: ODS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Won PARK
  • Publication number: 20220304777
    Abstract: A rapid maxillary expander according to an embodiment of the present invention has a structure in which teeth pressing portions are in surface contact with the inner surfaces of teeth and press the teeth outward, instead of a structure in which the teeth pressing portions surround the entire portions of the teen and the gums. Accordingly, a treatment operation may be facilitated, and the foreign body sensation of a patient may be reduced. In addition, since the teeth pressing portions are not exposed to the outside of the teeth, the aesthetic appearance of the patient is not impaired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Taek Rim YOON, Ji Hye YOON, Gyeong Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20220304778
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing customized ceramic labial/lingual orthodontic brackets by additive manufacturing may comprise measuring dentition data of a profile of teeth of a patient, based on the dentition data, creating a three dimensional computer-assisted design (3D CAD) model of the patient's teeth, and saving the 3D CAD model, designing a virtual 3D CAD bracket structure model for a single labial or lingual bracket structure based upon said 3D CAD model, importing data related to the 3D CAD bracket structure model into an additive manufacturing machine, and directly producing the bracket with the additive manufacturing machine by layer manufacturing from an inorganic material including at least one of a ceramic, a polymer-derived ceramic, and a polymer-derived metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: LightForce Orthodontics Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Griffin, III, Kelsey Petersen
  • Publication number: 20220304779
    Abstract: A method including fixing a dental drill template with a fixation pin including a rod and a head attached to the rod. The dental drill template can be fixed by inserting the rod into the drill template or a sleeve provided in the drill template such that a bearing surface of the head bears at least partially on the drill template. The rod has a shape of an essentially circular cylinder and extends from the bearing surface of the head at an essentially right angle. A diameter of the head at the bearing surface is larger than the diameter of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: STRAUMANN HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Edmund SUTER, Steffen KÃœHNE, Patrick STREFF
  • Publication number: 20220304780
    Abstract: Device and method for the retrieval of osseointegrated dental implants by combining thermal energy and ultrasonic vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Ziyad Samir HAIDAR
  • Publication number: 20220304781
    Abstract: An improved dental impression tray system provides a way to accommodate multiple arch sizes. The tray is adjustable and has an anterior section with two distal ends and and a posterior section with two distal ends. The two sections are connected together at their distal ends. A mesh membrane extends between the sections to maintain the impression material. The ends of the posterior section include a plurality of vertical pins and a vertical opening is located adjacent each distal end of said anterior section. To adjust the size of the tray, the distal ends of the anterior section can be disconnected from said distal ends of the posterior section and then reconnected by inserting the pins into the opening. Further size adjustments can be made by removing additional pins and inserting the next remaining pins into the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: James C. DiMarino
  • Publication number: 20220304782
    Abstract: Using a configuration recommendation module, a recommendation for configuring a dental manufacturing system is proposed. The recommendation takes into consideration user-specific information such as preferred dental practitioner tools, preferred restoration esthetics and dynamic and static inputs automatically retrieved by a CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing) resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Evgenij Derzapf, Marius Reining, Frank Seibert, Hans-Christian Schneider
  • Publication number: 20220304783
    Abstract: Provided is a dental model in which a model tooth having a root portion similar to an actual tooth is attachable to and detachable from a gum portion, and an articulator. A dental model 1 according to the present disclosure includes: a gum portion 12 in which an insertion hole 20 to which a model tooth 50 is to be inserted is provided; and a lid portion 18 provided on an oral side of the insertion hole 20 in the gum portion 12, in which the lid portion 18 constitutes a part of the gum portion 12 in a closed state, and provides a recess portion 18b that is continuous from the insertion hole 20 and exposes at least a part of a root portion of the model tooth in an opened state, and in which the lid portion 18 is configured to be opened and closed relative to another portion of the gum portion 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: NISSIN DENTAL PRODUCTS INC., Kilgore International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael GREGORY, Koshiro MATSUO, Teruyuki IWASAKI, Yuhei MATSUOKA, Michiyuki WADA, Atsushi TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20220304784
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes embodiments directed to an oral irrigator assembly. The oral irrigator assembly may include a base including a pressure assembly, a fluid reservoir removably coupled to the base, an oral irrigator handle fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir and the pressure assembly, and a control assembly including a push button at least partially surrounded by a knob. The oral irrigator handle may be adjustably coupled to the base via a magnetic attachment. The push button may be arranged to engage a power button to turn the oral irrigator assembly on and off. The knob may be coupled to the pressure assembly to adjust at least one of a pressure and a volume of a fluid expelled through the oral irrigator handle upon movement of the knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Robert WAGNER, Christina MCCLARD
  • Publication number: 20220304785
    Abstract: A method (300) for determining a brushing angle of an oral care device (10) is provided. The method includes the steps of: generating (310), by a controller (30) of the oral care device, a drive signal to move a drive train (24) and produce a motion of a bristle field (18) of the oral care device; measuring (320), via a sensor (28), force applied by a user to the bristle field of the oral care device; and determining (330), by the controller of the oral care device, a brushing angle of the bristle field relative to a surface of the user's oral cavity based at least in part on the generated drive signal and the measured force to the bristle field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Taylor BEVIS
  • Publication number: 20220304786
    Abstract: A system for delivering an oral moisturizer is disclosed having an appliance disposed inside a user's mouth having a reservoir for receiving a predetermined amount of a product. The reservoir having ports for delivering the product into the user's mouth at a predetermined rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Matthew Ciesicki
  • Publication number: 20220304787
    Abstract: A vaccine spray equipment includes a frame, a conveying device, a spray device and two liquid supply devices. The conveying device is disposed on the frame, and is configured to support and convey a chick frame. The spray device is provided on the frame and includes two rows of spray heads provided along the conveying direction perpendicular to the conveying device, the two rows of spray heads are provided side by side above the conveying device. The two liquid supply devices are provided on the frame. The two liquid supply devices are respectively connected to the two rows of spray heads in a one-to-one correspondence, and each of the liquid supply devices is configured to provide the spray device with vaccine suspension liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: FOSHAN STANDARD BIO-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhijian TAN, Yabiao WENG, Lidan LIU, Li ZENG, Xinlin ZHONG, Yicun LIN, Zhengpeng LIANG
  • Publication number: 20220304788
    Abstract: A therapeutic pet pillow and harness is disclosed that assists in maintaining a desired head elevation for a pet to assist pets with a decreased esophageal muscle motility. The therapeutic pet pillow and harness aids in upper digestive system functions my imparting the elevated head positioning during resting periods for the pet. The elevated head positioning helps to decrease the possibility of fluid collection in the esophagus resulting in regurgitation, aspiration and/or failure to thrive. The therapeutic pet pillow and harness includes a cushion having an opening dimensioned to encircle a neck of the pet with an easement between an inner circumferential aspect of the opening. The harness assembly retains the cushion to the pet. A parting line allows the cushion to be opened to facilitate placement of the therapeutic pet pillow and harness about the neck of the pet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Jamie C. Miller
  • Publication number: 20220304789
    Abstract: A leech therapy device adapted to latch a medicinal leech to a predetermined wound site is provided. The leech therapy device incudes a conduit extending between a first end to a second end; an inner diameter of the conduit dimensioned to receive a medicinal leech, the inner diameter being less than twice a girth of the medicinal leech; and a cutout provided in the conduit closer to the first end than the second end; the cutout extending over a surface area between 100 and 150 squared millimeters. Wherein a user places a medicinal leech into the inner diameter, wherein a head of the medicinal leech is adjacent to the cutout, and then the user selectively positions said leech therapy device so that the cutout substantially circumscribed the wound site so that the medicinal leech can engage the wound site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Eyal Israely
  • Publication number: 20220304790
    Abstract: A veterinary medical device (1) to remove deposits of substances colonizable by pathogens; the device (1) having a support (10) that is elongated according to a given direction (D) and has an end section (11) longitudinally delimited by a rounded end (12) and by a bottom portion (14); the end section (11) comprising two faces (110) (112) opposite to one another which develop between the end (12) and the bottom portion (14); a first face (110) of the two opposing faces (110)(112) having a wedge-shaped cuspate lug (1100) and a second face (112) of the two opposing faces (110)(112) having a pair of projections (1120)(1120) arranged and shaped symmetrically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Carlo ERCOLANI
  • Publication number: 20220304791
    Abstract: The invention provides a stepping doser. The doser comprises a bearing component, a dosing catheter, wiring tubes, a threaded rod, a nut, a signal recorder and a connecting rod; wherein the middle socket of the threaded rod is sheathed with a nut, the lower end of the threaded rod contacts the lower inner wall of the bearing component, the upper end of the threaded rod penetrates the upper part of the bearing component, and the upper end of the threaded rod is provided with a driving structure; The bearing component is also provided with a limit stop for limiting the rotation of the nut so that when the threaded rod rotates, the nut can move up and down; when the nut moves up and down, the dosing catheter can move up and down. The dosing catheter can be stepped with this doser, allowing dosing in a larger area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Dan LV, Yang ZHAN, Yuyao SUN, Yulin OUYANG
  • Publication number: 20220304792
    Abstract: Vaginal dilator assemblies, devices and kits. Assemblies can include a base, and an adapter. The base can have an inner portion and the adapter can have an outer portion that is complimentary to the inner portion of the base such that the adapter is non-rotatably fitted into the base. Vaginal dilator devices can include a base defining a recess aligned with the longitudinal axis of the base. The recess can have a plurality of step tapered sections. Vaginal dilator kits are also provided that include a plurality of vaginal dilators having different diameters. Each of the plurality of vaginal dilators is configured to be axially aligned and securely fitted into one of the step tapered sections of the recess of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Hodge, Colleen Lindo, Gabriel Del Corral, Angela Jaimes
  • Publication number: 20220304793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10) for facilitating the implantation of a surgical mesh (1) having at least one barbed face (2), said device comprising: said surgical mesh (1), at least one biocompatible film (11, 11a, 11b) shaped and dimensioned to at least partially cover said barbed face (2), at least one cable (12) arranged to removably attach said film (11, 11a, 11b) to said barbed face (2) of said mesh (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Genevieve Doucet
  • Publication number: 20220304794
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and compositions for treatment are provided. The methods can be used to stretch and completely or nearly completely wrap a composition around an implant or tissue expander. The systems can be used to protect an implant or tissue expander by completely or nearly completely wrapping a composition around the implant or tissue expander. The compositions can be used to completely or nearly completely wrap around an implant or tissue expander to provide support and protection to the implant or tissue expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kai-Roy Wang, Sangwook Park, Aaron Barere
  • Publication number: 20220304795
    Abstract: An endoprosthesis configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration may include a tubular scaffold formed from a single filament knitted about a central longitudinal axis and defining a length from a proximal end to a distal end, the tubular scaffold including a plurality of rows of loops and a plurality of rows of rungs arranged around the central longitudinal axis in an alternating fashion; and a polymeric covering extending along the tubular scaffold. Each row of loops and each row of rungs extends longitudinally along the tubular scaffold between the proximal end and the distal end. The tubular scaffold includes a first cutout region extending along a majority of the length of the tubular scaffold and a second cutout region extending along a majority of the length of the tubular scaffold. The polymeric covering is uninterrupted along the first cutout region and the second cutout region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Burke, Daniel Tuck, Molly Solomon, Robert Sears
  • Publication number: 20220304796
    Abstract: A bile duct stent and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The bile duct stent having a backflow preventing means according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a cylindrical body having a mesh structure formed by zigzagging metal wires of a shape memory alloy on a plurality of pins each disposed in a circumferential direction X and a longitudinal direction Y of a cylindrical jig; a film portion coated on cells of the metal wires of the mesh structure; and a backflow-preventing pattern film in which a hole is formed in the film portion of each cell formed at an outlet end of the cylindrical body and threads (Lasso) fixed by zigzagging to the cells of the metal wires in the circumferential direction by passing through any one hole (h) cross the outlet end one time or more to form a network structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tae Jun SONG, Jae Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20220304797
    Abstract: Disclosed is a covered stent (100), including a hollow tubular main body (10), and a window (20) provided on a side wall of the tubular main body (10). An elastic supporting member (30) is provided at a periphery of the window (20); an imaging member (40) is provided on the elastic supporting member (30); and at least part of the imaging member (40) is movably connected to the elastic supporting member (30). Since the imaging member (40) and the elastic supporting member (30) are located at the periphery of the window (20), the imaging member (40) and the elastic supporting member (30) enable the periphery of the window (20) to simultaneously have a good imaging performance and a good supporting performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Shenzhen Lifetech Endovascular Medical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Benhao Xiao, Caiping Liu
  • Publication number: 20220304798
    Abstract: Vascular prosthesis includes a luminal graft component defining a graft fenestration, at least one support disk fenestration, and a moveable disk defining a moveable disk opening, wherein the graft fenestration, the support disk fenestration and the moveable disk opening are all aligned, and the moveable disk is sandwiched between the support disk and the luminal graft component or between two of the support disks. The moveable disk is moveable between the support disk and the luminal graft component. The support disk is fixed to the luminal graft component. The vascular prosthesis is implanted by a method that includes directing the vascular prosthesis to an aneurysm site of a patient, and then implanting a branch prosthesis through the graft fenestration and into an arterial branch, whereby the moveable disk opening moves within the support disk fenestration to properly align the branch prosthesis with the arterial branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Samuel Arbefeuille
  • Publication number: 20220304799
    Abstract: An intraocular lens system for implantation in an eye is provided. The intraocular lens system has a ciliary body implant with a ciliary magnet element, the ciliary body implant being implantable in the eye such that the ciliary magnet element at least partially follows the movements of the ciliary body of the eye. The intraocular lens system also includes an intraocular lens with a lens magnet element. The ciliary body implant and the intraocular lens are formed separately from each other and the intraocular lens system is adapted to control a refractive effect of the intraocular lens via an interaction between the ciliary magnet element and the lens magnet element in the eye. The disclosure also relates to a ciliary body implant and an intraocular lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Jan Buchheister
  • Publication number: 20220304800
    Abstract: A clip or clamping devices for use in shaping a valve (such as, for example, the aortic valve) to address valvular malfunction. Each clip is implanted into the valve by positioning the clip over a commissure to partially or completely close an interleaflet triangle. Each clip has arms, a blade or paddle disposed at the distal end of each arm, rings attached along an outer surface of each of the arms, and a proximal attachment mechanism attached at a proximal end of the clip. Each clip can have a tension component configured to urge the two arms together into a clamped configuration. Each clip can be introduced by catheter and can be manipulated via strings and guide wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Wassef Karrowni, Mirna Karouni
  • Publication number: 20220304801
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent body for supporting prosthetic valve leaflets and an anchoring frame for anchoring the stent body to annulus. The anchoring frame is configured at a pre-set position located close to an outflow tract, the stent body is configured on an outer side of the anchoring frame and at a pre-set position located far away from the outflow tract, and the anchoring frame abuts against and is connected to the stent body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI TRULIVE MEDTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20220304802
    Abstract: This invention relates to the design and function of a compressible valve replacement prosthesis, collared or uncollared, which can be deployed into a beating heart without extracorporeal circulation using a transcatheter delivery system. The design as discussed focuses on the deployment of a device via a minimally invasive fashion and by way of example considers a minimally invasive surgical procedure preferably utilizing the intercostal or subxyphoid space for valve introduction. In order to accomplish this, the valve is formed in such a manner that it can be compressed to fit within a delivery system and secondarily ejected from the delivery system into the annulus of a target valve such as a mitral valve or tricuspid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Tendyne Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Vidlund, Kemal Schankereli, Lucian Lozonschi, Georg Lutter
  • Publication number: 20220304803
    Abstract: A medical device for treating a heart valve insufficiency, with an endoprosthesis which can be introduced into a patient's body and expanded to secure a heart valve prosthesis in the patient's aorta. In an embodiment, the endoprosthesis has a plurality of positioning arches configured to be positioned with respect to a patient's aorta and a plurality of retaining arches to support a heart valve prosthesis. The endoprosthesis includes a first collapsed mode during the process of introducing it into the patient's body and a second expanded mode when it, is implanted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Volker GUYENOT, Thomas PESCHEL, Christoph DAMM, Hans-Reiner FIGULLA, Markus FERRARI, Johannes JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220304804
    Abstract: A rod (508) is transfemorally advanceable to the heart. An implant (460) comprises (i) a first frame (462), compressed around a first longitudinal site of a distal portion of the rod, (ii) a second frame (464), compressed around a third longitudinal site of the distal portion, (iii) a valve member (50), disposed within the second frame, and (iv) a flexible sheet (466), coupling the first frame to the second frame, and disposed around a second longitudinal site of the distal portion, the second longitudinal site being between the first longitudinal site and the third longitudinal site. An extracorporeal controller (569) is coupled to a proximal portion of the rod, and is operably coupled to the distal portion of the rod. Operating the controller bends the distal portion of the rod causing articulation between the frames. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: CARDIOVALVE LTD.
    Inventors: Tal HAMMER, Meni Iamberger, Yaron Herman, Yuval Zipory, Eran Hoffer, Michael Albitov, Natalia Kruglova, Tal Reich, Ilia Hariton, Aviram Baum
  • Publication number: 20220304805
    Abstract: A method of preventing paravalvular leakage includes concurrent delivery of a heart valve prosthesis and an annular sealing component. During delivery, the sealing component is moved from a first position to a second position of the heart valve prosthesis which is longitudinally spaced apart from the first position of the heart valve prosthesis. The sealing component is secured around the heart valve prosthesis at the second position by a contoured outer surface of the heart valve prosthesis. The sealing component may be a flexible ring or may be a cylindrical flexible sleeve having a plurality of ribs longitudinally extending over the cylindrical sleeve. The ribs operate to deploy the sealing component such that at least a portion of the cylindrical sleeve buckles outwardly away from the outer surface of the heart valve prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Cynthia Clague, Scott Mosher, Marian Creaven, Declan Costello, Gavin Kenny, Michael Krivoruchko, Adam Shipley, Mark Torianni, Kshitija Garde, Eric Richardson
  • Publication number: 20220304806
    Abstract: A tricuspid valve prosthesis includes a stent body implanted at a tricuspid valve annulus for supporting a prosthetic valve leaflet, and an anchoring structure disposed above the stent body for anchoring the stent body at a native valve annulus for preventing the stent body from displacing, wherein the anchoring structure is configured to be partially attached to a fossa ovalis of an interatrial septum to form a retention force by being attached to the fossa ovalis so that an anchoring effect on the valve prosthesis is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Jiangsu Trulive Medtech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lixuan WEI
  • Publication number: 20220304807
    Abstract: An implantable fluid operated device may include a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly configured to transfer fluid between the fluid reservoir and the inflatable member. The pump assembly may include one or more fluid pumps and one or more valves. One or more sensing devices may be positioned within fluid passageways of the fluid operated device. The electronic control system may control operation of the pump assembly based on fluid pressure measurements and/or fluid flow measurements received from the one or more sensing devices. The pump assembly may include a piezoelectric pump. The one or more sensing devices may include one or more pressure transducers positioned in the fluid passageways, one or more strain gauges measuring deflection of piezoelectric elements, voltage input/output at one or more piezoelectric elements, and other types of sensing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Noel Smith, Keith R. Maile, Thomas Andrew Albrecht, Daragh Nolan, Brian P. Watschke, Thomas Sinnott, Richard Percy, Bryan Duane Johnson, Laurence Norris, John Gildea, Eduardo Marcos Larangeira
  • Publication number: 20220304808
    Abstract: An implantable fluid operated device may include a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly configured to transfer fluid between the fluid reservoir and the inflatable member. The pump assembly may include one or more fluid pumps and one or more valves. The one or more valves may be normally open valves, normally closed valves, or a combination thereof. One or more sensing devices may be positioned within fluid passageways of the fluid operated device. The electronic control system may control operation of the pump assembly based on fluid pressure measurements and/or fluid flow measurements received from the one or more sensing devices. Variable voltage can be applied to the control of the pump and/or the valves based on varying atmospheric conditions and the fluid pressure and/or flow measurements processed by the electronic control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: John Gildea, Noel Smith, Eduardo Marcos Larangeira, Thomas Sinnott, Brian P. Watschke, Daragh Nolan, Natalie Ann Borgos
  • Publication number: 20220304809
    Abstract: Prosthetic component provided with a stem, adapted to be implanted in use at a bone of a patient, such as for example a tibial and/or femoral component of a knee prosthesis or a femoral component of a hip prosthesis or a humeral component of a shoulder prosthesis, or a component of an elbow prosthesis, including a device adapted to externally cover and/or to house at its interior at least the stem of the prosthetic component, wherein the device is in use placed between the prosthetic component and the bone of the patient, suitable to stably constrain in use the prosthetic component to the bone of the patient and to prevent the direct contact between prosthetic component and bone of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Renzo SOFFIATTI, Giovanni FACCIOLI