Patents Issued in January 2, 2024
  • Patent number: 11857744
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns embodiments of multi-lumen cannulae that can be used in various different medical procedures. The multi-lumen cannulae can comprise an elongated body comprising multiple different ports that connect to various different sidewall lumens contained within the elongated body. The multi-lumen cannulae can also comprise a central lumen that extends through the entire elongated body and can be fluidly connected to the various different sidewall lumens. The multi-lumen cannulae can further comprise two balloons on an exterior of the elongated body, which can be used to isolate a right atrium of a patient's heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William T. Biller, Manouchehr A. Miraki
  • Patent number: 11857745
    Abstract: A method for treating pleural effusion in a patient, the method comprising: providing a valve comprising: a body having a distal end, a proximal end and a lumen extending therebetween; an inlet disposed at the proximal end of the body, the inlet being fluidically connected to the lumen; an outlet disposed at the distal end of the body, the outlet being fluidically connected to the lumen; and at least one valve element disposed in the lumen of the body, the at least one valve element being a one-way valve element configured to permit the passage of fluid in a single direction through the lumen of the body; and implanting the valve in the body of the patient such that the inlet of the valve is fluidically connected to the pleural cavity of the patient, and such that the outlet of the valve is fluidically connected to a second body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Albertus Scheule, Egon Wiest
  • Patent number: 11857746
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleansing wounds, in which wound exudate is removed from a wound bed and selectively cleansed and returned to the wound. The cleansing means removes materials deleterious to wound healing, and the cleansed fluid, still containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing, is returned to the wound bed. The associated wound dressing and cleansing means are conformable to the wound, and may have irrigant fluid circulated from a reservoir by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
    Inventors: Patrick Lewis Blott, Bryan Greener, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Derek Nicolini, Tina Michelle Walker, Julian Lee-Webb
  • Patent number: 11857747
    Abstract: A dispenser actuator assembly (100) for actuating a dispenser (10) is disclosed. The dispenser (10) is in the form of a glass ampoule assembly (10) having a rupturable glass ampoule (12) containing a flowable material (M). The glass ampoule (12) is contained within an outer container (14) wherein the outer container (14) has a first open end (22) and a second closed end (24). The glass ampoule assembly (10) has an applicator (16) positioned in the first open end (22). The dispenser actuator assembly (100) has a base member (102) configured to mount on the outer container (14). The dispenser actuator assembly (100) also has an actuator assembly (104) operably connected to the base member (102) wherein the actuator assembly (104) has a first actuator arm (132a) and a second actuator arm (132b) each pivotally connected to the base member (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: James Alexander Corporation
    Inventors: James Wittes, Richard James May, Philip Blyskal, David Robinson, Jeffrey Rendano
  • Patent number: 11857748
    Abstract: Methods and devices that provide enhanced delivery of a composition to a body region of a patient utilizing radiofrequency energy include directing a first electrode and a second electrode coupled to a radiofrequency energy source to a location proximate to the body region. Radiofrequency energy is provided in modulated pulses from the radiofrequency energy source to the body region from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode to provide a delivery condition configured to enhance delivery of the composition. The composition is delivered proximate to the body region using a composition delivery element. Devices for enhance composition delivery are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ASAHI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Ogata, Xiang Ian Gu, Steven Meyer
  • Patent number: 11857749
    Abstract: An adapter for use with a tattoo machine is disclosed. The adapter may enable a tattoo machine configured with a wireless battery pack to switch to a wired configuration by removing the wireless battery pack and replacing it with the adapter. One end of the adapter may be affixed to a portion of the tattoo machine so that the adapter may deliver power to the componentry of the tattoo machine to facilitate the operation of the tattoo machine. The other end of the adapter may include a connector for enabling connection of the adapter to a power supply or power source so that power may be delivered from the power supply or power source through the adapter and to the tattoo machine. When the tattoo machine is powered, the motor of the tattoo machine may reciprocate a needle included in a needle cartridge affixed to the tattoo machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FK Irons Inc.
    Inventors: Gaston Siciliano, Lester Perez, Fernando Diaz, Adriano Mendoza, Juan Martino, Roberto Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11857750
    Abstract: A vascular access system can include a port configured to be implanted outside of a target body lumen, at least one conduit fluidly connected to the port, and at least one one-way valve proximate the distal end of the conduit and within the fluid pathway of the sidewall of the conduit. The system can also include a gateway element comprising a through lumen operably connected to an outer diameter of the conduit, the gateway element comprising a first radially compressed configuration in which the gateway element causes occlusion within the through lumen, and a second radially expanded configuration in which the gateway element permits passage of fluids within the through lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mahmood Razavi, Bhavraj Khalsa, Meena Michael Archie
  • Patent number: 11857751
    Abstract: A closure assembly for a medical dispenser having tamper evident characteristics including a flexible tip cap dimensioned to be independently used with different sized medical dispensers. The tip cap is operatively disposed in enclosing relation to a discharge port of the medical dispenser and a retainer is disposed in surrounding relation to said tip cap concurrent to the operative disposition thereof relative to the discharge port. The retainer includes a clamping structure disposed in clamping relation to an exterior of said tip cap, wherein the clamping relation disposes the interior of the tip cap into fluid sealing engagement with the discharge port. After removal of the discharge port, reinsertion thereof is prevented by deformation of the tip cap into an insertion blocking concurrent to maintenance the clamping relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Patrick Vitello
  • Patent number: 11857752
    Abstract: An intermittent, injection port assembly includes a flexible valve member of the type which is laterally deflected when moved from a closed position to an open position. A high flow non-tortuous flow passage is provided through the injection port assembly by a plurality of lateral passages bypassing a base which supports the flexible valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RyMed Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Dana Wm. Ryan
  • Patent number: 11857753
    Abstract: A disinfection tip is described for disinfecting a threaded connector of a syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Kevin M. Ryan
  • Patent number: 11857754
    Abstract: A closure container that can house a preset drug applicator in an easily accessible manner with tamper evidencing means. The closure container contains a plurality of dosing ribs and a retainer to retain the syringe in a preset dosage amount and preferably has a window to view the barrel of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Hirschmann, Robert Hacker, Robert Fesus, Christopher Grimes, Hannah Talbot Aiken
  • Patent number: 11857755
    Abstract: Via communications with an association management resource, an operator of a respective fluid delivery system can associate a medical device (fluid pump) with a particular entity such as a patient, location, one or more other medical devices, the caregiver, etc. Thereafter, the operator of the fluid delivery system is able to better manage use of the fluid delivery system based on relevant medical information, which is accessible as a result of creating the association. For example, the association management resource gathers and stores information associated with the entity prior to the operator providing the input associating the fluid delivery system with the entity. After the operator of the fluid delivery system creates the association, the medical information associated with the entity is immediately available to the fluid delivery system and/or corresponding operator of the fluid delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC
    Inventors: George W. Gray, William C. McQuaid, Jesse E. Ambrosina
  • Patent number: 11857756
    Abstract: A rotary pump for a fluid metering system is provided. The rotary pump reciprocates, and is reversed by a signal from a limit switch that is deflected by an actuator arm on a rotating sleeve of the pump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Pizzochero, J. Richard Gyory, Kenneth Focht, Justin Fisk, Joseph Gordon, Matthew Perry, Ajit D'Souza, Christopher Petroff
  • Patent number: 11857757
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided herein for delivering medication (e.g., insulin) via a wearable pump having a patch-style form factor for adhesion to a user's body. The reusable pump may be coupled to a disposable cap housing a microdosing system for delivering precise, repeatable doses of medication to a cannula configured to deliver medication to a target infusion area beneath the user's outer skin layer. The system further may include an applicator for inserting the cannula into the user's skin and/or applying an adhesive pad to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care Switzerland Sàrl
    Inventors: Pierre Fridez, Benjamin Pruijs, Nathanael Sigg, Antoine Barraud, Christophe Satorre, Fabien Berrettoni, Alain Woodtli
  • Patent number: 11857758
    Abstract: An implantable drug delivery device and method for delivering a drug to a living body. The device includes a housing having at least one opening, a reservoir within the housing adapted to contain the drug, a temporary seal closing the at least one opening of the housing, and a heating element in thermal contact with the temporary seal. The heating element is adapted to generate heat in response to a magnetic field to melt the temporary seal and release the drug within the reservoir through the at least one opening of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hyowon Lee, Bahar Dhowan
  • Patent number: 11857759
    Abstract: This disclosure addresses a monitoring device for an infusion system. The device is typically used with an infusion device utilizing a clear reservoir bag holding the supplied fluid. The device uses light sources and sensors to accurately determine the level of the fluid, the amount of fluid being supplied, and when replenishment of the fluid is required. In addition, the device may utilize ultrasound sources and sensors as backups to the light system. The device further includes a data processing module that gathers, stores, and reports data relative to the fluid flow properties of the infusion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Vincent Shiau
  • Patent number: 11857760
    Abstract: A fluid sensing apparatus and method for detecting pressure and a presence of a bubble within a fluid tube. The fluid sensing apparatus comprises a housing configured to receive a portion of the fluid tube and to house a pressure sensor and an ultrasonic transmitter. The pressure sensor is positioned adjacent the fluid tube and is configured to receive a pressure sensor signal, which correlates to a detected pressure differential within the fluid tube. A controller transmits a drive signal to the ultrasonic transmitter, which emits ultrasonic waves through a portion of the fluid tube and to the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor receives both the ultrasonic waves and the pressure sensor signal, and subsequently transmits an output signal to the controller. In a presence of the detected pressure differential or the bubble within the fluid tube, the output signal will exhibit a DC shift or a distortion of signal characteristics of the output signal, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Walker Brown, Adam D. McBrady
  • Patent number: 11857761
    Abstract: Check valves are described herein. A check valve includes an inlet body, an outlet body, a valve body, a valve member, and a wiping extension. The inlet body defines an inlet portion. The outlet body defines an outlet portion. The valve body is coupled between the inlet bod and the outlet body. The valve body defines a valve cavity. The valve cavity is in fluid communication with the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The valve member is disposed within the valve cavity. The valve member is configured to permit flow from the inlet portion to the outlet portion and prevent flow from the outlet portion to the inlet portion. The wiping extension extends from the valve body toward the valve member. The wiping extension is movable relative to the valve member to dislodge particulate from the valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhanupratapsingh Dharmendrasingh Thakore, Kanjimpuredathil Muralikrishna Menon
  • Patent number: 11857762
    Abstract: An integrated intravenous (IV) administration set includes a flow stop having a tubing fitment and a housing, the flow stop configured, in a first position, to prevent a flow of a fluid through the tubing, and in a second position, to permit the flow of the fluid through the tubing, the tubing fitment comprising a protrusion configured to receive a tubing. The IV administration set also includes an electronic flow sensor disposed within the housing, the electronic flow sensor configured to measure a flow of a fluid in the tubing, and one or more conductive connections configured within the housing and configured to provide electrical power to the electronic flow sensor. The flow stop is shaped to be loaded and engaged to a receptacle of an infusion device, and shaped to cause, when loaded and engaged, the one or more conductive connections to engage with a corresponding conductive connection provided by the infusion device to activate the flow sensor based on a power flow from the infusion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Abal, Brendan John Burgess, Ramkumar Subramanian, Jay Jyotindra Dave
  • Patent number: 11857763
    Abstract: A method may include displaying to a user an interface at which the user inputs a fear of hypoglycemia index (FHI), the FHI corresponding to an acceptable probability of a blood glucose level being below a threshold blood glucose level. The method may also include receiving blood glucose data for a person with diabetes (PWD). The method may additionally include calculating a probability of the PWD having a blood glucose level below the threshold blood glucose level based on the variability of the received blood glucose data. The method may also include setting one or more target blood glucose levels to align the probability of the PWD having a blood glucose level below the threshold blood glucose level with the acceptable probability associated with the user input FHI. The method may additionally include delivering insulin, using the insulin delivery device, based on the target blood glucose level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Insulet Corporation
    Inventors: Lane Desborough, Bryan Mazlish
  • Patent number: 11857764
    Abstract: Missed meal bolus reminders or alerts require a user to access the user's pump and/or remote control to clear the reminder/alert even when the user skipped a meal such that no meal bolus was needed. CGM data can be leveraged such that the missed meal bolus alert is only triggered when glucose levels rise in response to consuming the meal within the programmed time window. Therefore, the alert is only provided when a meal is actually consumed and no bolus has been delivered. This further allows the user to be alerted sooner, i.e., as soon as glucose levels rise a predetermined amount or passed a predetermined threshold indicating consumption of a meal as opposed to only at the end of the programmed window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Harris
  • Patent number: 11857765
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method comprises obtaining current operational context information associated with a sensing device; obtaining an expected calibration factor parameter model associated with a patient; calculating an expected calibration factor value based on the expected calibration factor parameter model and the current operational context information; obtaining one or more electrical signals from the sensing device, the one or more electrical signals having a signal characteristic indicative of a physiological condition; converting the one or more electrical signals into a calibrated measurement value for the physiological condition using the expected calibration factor value; and outputting the calibrated measurement value for the physiological condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Varsavsky, Yunfeng Lu, Keith Nogueira, Jeffrey Nishida
  • Patent number: 11857766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (IO) for manually inserting a plunger-type stopper into a syringe cylinder, comprising a receptacle (18) designed to hold the syringe cylinder; a tubular barrel (30) designed to accommodate the plunger-type stopper in its interior, a holding device (28) designed to hold the barrel, and a moving device (40, 42, 44, 46, 48) designed to move the plunger-type stopper; the holding device (28) having an actuation portion (34) for moving the barrel (30) relative to the plunger-type stopper. The present invention further relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Brugger, Margit Klotz
  • Patent number: 11857767
    Abstract: An injector includes a body, an injection needle movably mounted to the body and a pathway within the body sized for receiving either of a first cartridge or a differently dimensioned second cartridge therein. The pathway includes a coupler mounted at a distal end that is engageable with the first cartridge or the second cartridge for to fluidly connect with the injection needle. At least two adapter collars are mounted within the pathway. A first adapter collar is configured to receive either one of the two cartridges therethrough upon insertion into the pathway, and configured to engage a portion of the first cartridge to stabilize the first cartridge within the pathway. A second adapter collar is also configured to receive either one of the two cartridges therethrough upon insertion into the pathway, but configured to engage a portion of the second cartridge to stabilize the second cartridge within the pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: West Pharma. Services IL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yossi Bar-El, Igor Isakov, Lior Barchen
  • Patent number: 11857768
    Abstract: A filtering needle assembly for use in administering a liquid payload, including: a needle and connector portion; a filtering needle body cap; a seal plug, and a filter: The seal plug initially lacking a needle channel so that a distal end of a hollow needle must be forced through the distal end of the seal plug while the seal plug is retained by a holding tool with a hollow midline of adequate depth to receive the protruding end of the hollow needle. An attempt to reuse the filtering needle assembly with a second insertion of a hollow needle into the filtering needle assembly will not work as the distal end of the hollow needle will push the seal plug distally rather than traverse the seal plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CARRTECH Corp.
    Inventors: Charles Edward McCall, Jr., Theodore Jay Mosler, James Kevin Fentress, Megan Anderson Conley, Sue Ellen Carr
  • Patent number: 11857769
    Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament includes a housing, a container configured to receive a medicament including a stopper configured to move within the container and a closure, a needle in fluid communication with the container, a spacer configured to be engaged with the stopper, a first plunger, a first spring configured to bias the first plunger in an axial direction, second plunger disposed about the first plunger, a second spring configured to bias the second plunger in an axial direction. The first plunger is configured to move the spacer and the container relative to the housing via the first spring to establish fluid communication between the container and the patient needle, and the second plunger is configured to move the spacer and the stopper relative to the container via the second spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Gareth James Lewis, James Alexander Senior
  • Patent number: 11857770
    Abstract: A medication delivery device including a device body and a dose setting component coupled to the device body. Component is rotatable relative to the device body in relation to an amount of a set or delivered dose. An annular sensed element, such as a metal or magnetic ring, is positioned on a proximal surface of the dose setting component. A carrier secures the sensed element to the dose setting component. The carrier includes a proximal overlapping support that is contactable against the sensed element opposite the proximal surface of the dose setting component. The carrier is configured to axially and rotationally fix the sensed element to the dose setting component. The device may include a dose detection system operable with the sensed element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Roy Howard Byerly, Timothy Mark Blum
  • Patent number: 11857771
    Abstract: A three-position plunger is provided including a sleeve having an opening at a distal end, a pre-load cavity proximal to and in communication with the opening, a first cavity proximal to and in communication with the pre-load cavity, a second cavity proximal to and in communication with the pre-load cavity, and at least one rib. The rib(s) is generally aligned with the first cavity. The plunger further includes an insert configured to be displaced from the pre-load cavity to the first cavity and from the first cavity to the second cavity. The insert is configured to provide support for the compression of the rib(s) when the insert is positioned in the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIO2 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Bernard Sol, Robert J. Pangborn, Robert S. Abrams, Joseph W. Rogers, Peter J. Sagona, Michael J. Mims
  • Patent number: 11857772
    Abstract: A needle shield remover for removing a needle shield from a syringe. The needle shield remover comprises a receiving means to receive at least part of the needle shield, removing means to detach the needle shield from the syringe whilst it is present in the receiving means; and retaining means to temporarily retain the needle shield in the receiving means after removal of the syringe. Temporarily retaining the needle shield in the needle shield remover allows the needle shield remover to be reused. Additionally, by retaining the needle shield the needle shield remover prevents the needle shield from being lost or dropped on the floor when it is not retained within the needle shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventor: Robert William Bruns
  • Patent number: 11857773
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a syringe safety cap and a safety syringe including the same. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a syringe safety cap including a base portion having a mounting portion to be mounted on a cylinder of a syringe, a link portion rotatably connected to the base portion, a first elastic portion configured to provide a rotational force so that the link portion rotates with respect to the base portion, a safety cover portion rotatably connected to the link portion, detachably fixed to the base portion, and configured to, when detached from the base portion and rotating, surround an injection needle of the syringe, and a second elastic portion configured to provide a rotational force so that the safety cover portion rotates with respect to the link portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAEWOONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Duck Soo Lim, Jun Sik Kim, Ji Young Oh, In Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11857774
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method and apparatus for venting of intravenous tubing to remove air bubbles, and more particularly, to a venting valve that allows air bubbles to escape along a venting path while not permitting fluid passage through the venting path. An example air extraction device may include: a chamber; a fluid inlet to convey fluid from intravenous tubing into the chamber; a fluid outlet to convey fluid from the chamber to intravenous tubing for supplying to a patient; a top portion of the chamber; a branch tube extending from the top portion of the chamber, where the branch tube receives air from the fluid in the chamber; and a ball received within the chamber, where the ball is configured to rise with an influx of fluid to the chamber from the fluid inlet and to seal off the branch tube from the chamber in response to the fluid level rising to the top portion of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrey Suprun, David Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 11857775
    Abstract: A fluid flow system and a method for detecting air bubble and liquid are provided. The fluid flow system comprises a force sensor configured to monitor at least one of an air bubble or an occlusion in a flow tube. The fluid flow system comprises a controller to execute the method. The controller is configured to monitor an output signal of a force sensor of the fluid flow system, and the output signal comprises an Alternating Current (AC) component and a Direct Current (DC) component, and detect a change in the output signal to a new output signal based on a number of transitions to the new output signal, and a time duration of the new output signal. The controller compares the change in the output signal with one of a predefined number of transitions or a predefined time and determines a new threshold when the change in the output signal exceeds one of the predefined number of transitions or the predefined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kuna V S R Kishore, Abhishek Joshi, Kumaran S Narasimhan, Kaligaselvi Lenin, Manjunatha Hm, Varun Thakurta, Sudheer Beligere Sreeramu
  • Patent number: 11857776
    Abstract: Fluid management systems are disclosed that include software-controlled, electro-mechanical devices used in combination with single-use or multi-use tubing sets. Functions of the fluid management systems can include fluid pressurization, fluid warming, fluid deficit monitoring (including flow-based and weight-based), suction, fluid collection, and fluid evacuation (including indirect-to-drain and direct-to-drain options). The systems can be configured based on the surgical environment (e.g., operating room or physician office) as well as other user needs and/or preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin T. Lorman, Matthew R. Biats, Paul A. Marijan, Jeffrey P. Minnich
  • Patent number: 11857777
    Abstract: A blood flow assist system can include an impeller assembly including an impeller shaft and an impeller on the impeller shaft, a primary flow pathway disposed along an exterior surface of the impeller. The system can include a rotor assembly at a proximal portion of the impeller shaft. A secondary flow pathway can be disposed along a lumen of the impeller shaft. During operation of the blood flow assist system, blood can be pumped proximally along the primary flow pathway and the secondary flow pathway. The system can include a sleeve bearing distal the impeller. The system can include a drive unit having a distal end disposed distal a proximal end of the second impeller. The drive unit comprising a drive magnet and a drive bearing between the drive magnet and the impeller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PROCYRION, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald G. Earles, Jason J. Heuring, Christopher A. Durst, Omar Benavides
  • Patent number: 11857778
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating symptoms of an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease in a patient with transcutaneous stimulation of a peripheral nerve are disclosed. The method can include any number of positioning a first peripheral nerve effector on the patient's skin to stimulate the peripheral nerve of the patient, delivering a first electrical nerve stimulation signal transcutaneously to the peripheral nerve through the first peripheral nerve effector, and modifying at least one brain or spinal cord autonomic feedback loop relating to release of neurotransmitters from the autonomic nervous system that modulate synthesis of inflammatory biomarkers and reduce inflammation relating to the inflammatory gastrointestinal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cala Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Richard Hamner, Erika Kristine Ross, Kathryn H. Rosenbluth
  • Patent number: 11857779
    Abstract: An implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) system includes an ICD implanted subcutaneously in a patient, a defibrillation lead having a proximal portion coupled to the ICD and a distal portion having a defibrillation electrode configured to deliver a defibrillation or cardioversion shock to a heart of the patient, and a pacing lead that includes a distal portion having one or more electrodes and a proximal portion coupled to the ICD. The distal portion of the pacing lead is implanted at least partially along a posterior side of a sternum of the patient within the anterior mediastinum. The ICD is configured to provide pacing pulses to the heart of the patient via the pacing lead and provide defibrillation shocks to the patient via the defibrillation lead. As such, the implantable cardiac system provides pacing from the substernal space for an extravascular ICD system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Thompson-Nauman, Melissa G. T. Christie, Paul J. DeGroot, Rick D. McVenes, Becky L Dolan
  • Patent number: 11857780
    Abstract: Electrical probe assemblies, such as nerve probe assemblies, are disclosed herein. In one example implementation, a nerve probe assembly may include an electrical probe including an electrode disposed on or about an end thereof for electrically stimulating tissue or recording stimulated tissue activity, an axial length of the electrical probe including a shapeable part; a rigid sheathing adapted to cover and thereby inhibit a portion of the shapeable part of the axial length of the electrical probe from being shaped, the portion of the shapeable part covered by the rigid sheathing being adjustable; and a handle and an adjustment structure affixed to respective ones of the electrical probe and the rigid sheathing, the handle and the adjustment structure adapted to cooperate to enable adjustment of the portion of the shapeable part of the axial length of the electrical probe covered by the rigid sheathing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ROCWORKS, LLC
    Inventor: Brett Netherton
  • Patent number: 11857781
    Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a needle tip for application of current, a hand piece, and a skin treatment apparatus that are equipped with a needle in which an electromagnetically-energized active region is formed as a partial region other than a tip end of the needle is exposed in a non-insulated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JEISYS MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Dong Hwan Kang, Hye Jin Sun
  • Patent number: 11857782
    Abstract: Tumor treating fields (TTFields) can be delivered by implanting a plurality of sets of implantable electrode elements within a person's body. Temperature sensors positioned to measure the temperature at the electrode elements are also implanted, along with a circuit that collects temperature measurements from the temperature sensors. In some embodiments, an AC voltage generator configured to apply an AC voltage across the plurality of sets of electrode elements is also implanted within the person's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novocure GmbH
    Inventors: Yoram Wasserman, Zeev Bomzon, Hadas Sara Hershkovich, Ariel Naveh, Moshe Giladi, Eilon Kirson, Golan Bar-Tal, Tali Voloshin-Sela
  • Patent number: 11857783
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementation of a disposable miniaturized implant for treatment of Post-Operative Ileums (POI), a miniaturized implant for treating chronic GI dysmotility (e.g., dysphagia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), nausea, functional dyspepsia, blockage of transit, and gastroparesis, inflammatory bowel disease) and obesity, by providing electrical stimulation to the part of bowel going through surgery to expedite the healing process while recording the smooth muscle activities simultaneously, or providing stimulation on a treatment location of the GI tract or the branch of the vagus nerve. Systems and methods are also provided for non-invasive, transcutaneous stimulation of anatomy within the abdomen of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Yi-Kai Lo, Wentai Liu
  • Patent number: 11857784
    Abstract: A method of conducting a stimulus treatment includes the steps of examining health conditions of a subject to obtain examination data information of the subject, registering the examination data information in an information accumulation device, planning a schedule of the stimulus treatment determined to be suitable for the subject based on the examination data, and conducting the stimulation application treatment by applying a stimulation to a stimulation receiving site of the subject with a stimulation application device so as to increase the blood flow in the subject by 60% or more after the application of stimulation, as compared to the blood flow before the application of the stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Kenji Ryotokuji
  • Patent number: 11857785
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided for transcutaneously delivering energy impulses to bodily tissues for therapeutic purposes, such as for enhancing the body's bone healing process in spinal fusion patients. A therapeutic stimulator system comprises a housing for an energy source and a signal generator. The system further includes one or more electrodes coupled to the signal generator. A processor is coupled to the housing and configured to determine usage levels of the signal generator and/or motion data of the housing. The system may include a mobile device that allows the patient to input user status data, such as pain levels, and compare the user status data with the usage levels and/or the motion data, thereby improving patient compliance with a prescribed therapy regimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Theragen, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Pearce, Jon Christopher McAuliffe
  • Patent number: 11857786
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transdermally providing electrical current to a region of a user's head at high impedance conditions, while maintaining low voltage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NEUROLIEF LTD.
    Inventors: Ron Belson, Yaniv Matza, Amit Dar, Amir Cohen
  • Patent number: 11857787
    Abstract: A hearing device is provided. The hearing device comprises a first portion configured to be arranged at a head of a user and to provide a signal to a second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Werner Meskens, Tadeusz Jurkiewicz, Steve Winnal, Limin Zhong
  • Patent number: 11857788
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for reducing or limiting blood loss and reducing bleed time in a subject by combined vagus and trigeminal stimulation. The apparatuses and methods may activate (e.g., electrically) one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve and may concurrently (at overlapping or near-overlapping time) independently activate the vagus nerve. This activation may be invasive or non-invasive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
    Inventor: Kirk R. Manogue
  • Patent number: 11857789
    Abstract: A neurostimulation (NS) system and method are provided. The NS system includes an array of electrodes positioned within a patient. The array of electrodes includes an active electrode. The active electrode is configured to be a cathode electrode located proximate to neural tissue of interest that is associated with a target region. The NS system includes an anode electrode and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) antenna. A control circuit is configured to control delivery of a NS therapy during a therapy delivery interval. The NS therapy is to be delivered between the anode electrode and the active electrode. The NS system develops a residual voltage between the anode electrode and the active electrode over the therapy delivery interval. A current regulator (CR) circuit is connected to the cathode electrode. The CR circuit is configured to control current flow through the cathode electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Boor, Daran DeShazo
  • Patent number: 11857790
    Abstract: Techniques, systems, and devices are disclosed for delivering stimulation therapy to a patient. In one example, a medical device determines a first set of stimulation parameters that define entrainment stimulation pulses configured to entrain electrical activity in a patient. The medical device may control a stimulation generator to generate the entrainment stimulation pulses according to the first set of stimulation parameters. The medical device may further determine a second set of stimulation parameters that define at least one desynchronization stimulation pulse configured to disrupt at least a portion of the electrical activity entrained by the entrainment stimulation pulses. The medical device may subsequently control the stimulation generator to generate the desynchronization stimulation pulse(s) according to the second set of stimulation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Rene A Molina, Robert S. Raike, Scott R. Stanslaski
  • Patent number: 11857791
    Abstract: An implant unit configured for implantation into a body of a subject is provided. The implant unit may include a flexible carrier unit including a central portion and two elongated arms extending from the central portion, an antenna, located on the central portion, configured to receive a signal, at least one pair of electrodes arranged on a first elongated arm of the two elongated arms. The at least one pair of electrodes may be adapted to modulate a first nerve. The elongated arms of the flexible carrier may be configured to form an open ended curvature around a muscle with the nerve to be stimulated within an arc of the curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NYXOAH SA
    Inventors: Adi Mashiach, Itzik Mashiach
  • Patent number: 11857792
    Abstract: Neuromodulation of cranial nerves can be used to treat sleep or breathing disorders, among other diseases and disorders. A neuromodulation system can include a housing configured for implantation in an anterior cervical region of a patient, such as at or under a mandible of the patient, such as at least partially in one or more of a submental triangle, a submandibular triangle, and a carotid triangle. The system can include an electrode lead coupled to the housing, and the electrode lead can include an electrode configured to be disposed at or near a cranial nerve target in the patient. The system can be configured to generate electrical neuromodulation signals for delivery to the cranial nerve target using the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NuXcel2, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Lynn Elliott, Stephen C. Masson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11857793
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and techniques for managing storing sensed information. In some examples, a system includes a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive evoked compound action potential (ECAP) information, wherein the ECAP information comprises information from a plurality of evoked compound action potential (ECAP) signals, receive a trigger signal requesting long-term storage of at least a portion of the ECAP information in the memory, and responsive to receiving the trigger signal, store the at least portion of the ECAP information in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Kelly, Henrique Weh