Patents Issued in January 11, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240009380
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a packaged medicine administration device that includes a medicine administration device including an outer tube filled with a medicine, and a puncture device for medicine administration; a cylindrical case encapsulating and holding the medicine administration device; and a package accommodating the cylindrical case-encapsulated medicine administration device encapsulated and held by the cylindrical case, the package being sealed, the manufacturing method including: a step of preparing the cylindrical case-encapsulated medicine administration device; a step of adding hydrogen peroxide to a site to be located on an inner side of the cylindrical case; a step of accommodating the cylindrical case-encapsulated medicine administration device in the package; a step of sealing the package; and a step of sterilizing the cylindrical case-encapsulated medicine administration device with a hydrogen peroxide atmosphere formed by the added hydrogen peroxide in a state in which the package is sea
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kimiya MORI
  • Publication number: 20240009381
    Abstract: Provided is a drug hypersensitivity prevention system. A drug hypersensitivity prevention system according to an embodiment of the present application may comprise: a first fluid storage unit 10; a second fluid storage unit 20; a control device 30 including a first pump 31 installed in a discharge line connected to the first fluid storage unit 10 so as to control an amount of a first fluid discharged from the first fluid storage unit 10, and a second pump 32 installed in a discharge line connected to the second fluid storage unit 20 so as to control an amount of a second fluid discharged from the second fluid storage unit 20; a mixing unit 40 in which the first fluid discharged from the first fluid storage unit 10 and the second fluid discharged from the second fluid storage unit 20 are mixed; a pouch 50 connected to the mixing unit 40; and a catheter 60 connected to the mixing unit 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hye-Ryun KANG, Jung Chan LEE, Kyoung Jin LEE, Byeong Chic CHO, Sung Ho KO
  • Publication number: 20240009382
    Abstract: A detachable component of a wearable medical device in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a housing and a latch operably associated with the housing. The latch includes a cam having a first position at which the cam projects outwardly from the housing, a second position at which the cam is shifted inwardly relative to the first position, and a third position at which the cam is shifted inwardly relative to the second position. The cam is resiliently biased from the second position toward the first position. Fully actuating the cam moves the cam from the first position to the second position. The detachable component further includes a handle accessible from outside the housing. The handle is movable in an actuating direction to move the cam from the first or second position to the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: GianCarlo Seixas, Matthew William Yavorsky, Lauren N. Knop, Jonathan Scott Yeager, Rachel Katherine Brockman
  • Publication number: 20240009383
    Abstract: A metering pump for a medical injector includes a housing, a sleeve at least partially received within the housing, a piston at least partially received within the sleeve, and an interlock. The piston has a first position where the chamber has a first volume and a second position where the chamber has a second volume, with the first volume larger than the second volume. The sleeve has a first rotational position where an inlet is in fluid communication with the chamber, a second rotational position where an outlet is in fluid communication with the chamber, and a third rotational position where the inlet and outlet are isolated from the chamber. The interlock includes an elastomeric member and a protrusion, where engagement between the elastomeric member and the protrusion is configured to restrict movement of the sleeve until the sleeve overcomes a predetermined torque value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: David James Coleman, Steve Beguin, Elaine Huggard, Katie Fisher
  • Publication number: 20240009384
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a housing, a reservoir positioned within the housing and configured to receive a fluid, a fluid line in fluid communication with the reservoir, a delivery sub-system configured to deliver a fluid from the reservoir to the fluid line, an insertion mechanism including a cannula in fluid communication with the fluid line, with the insertion mechanism configured to move the cannula from a retracted position where the cannula is positioned within the housing to an extended position where at least a portion of the cannula is positioned outside of the housing, a sensor configured to detect when air is present within the fluid line, and control electronics configured to actuate the insertion mechanism based on a signal from the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Danielle Aboud, Steve Beguin
  • Publication number: 20240009385
    Abstract: A driving structure of a drug infusion device, includes at least one driving unit and at least one driving wheel; a linear actuator connected with the driving unit; a switch unit electrically connected with the linear actuator; a power supply, the power supply, the switch unit and the linear actuator electrically connected to form a power supply circuit; and a program unit, including a timer electrically connected to the switch unit, when the timer works, the switch unit is closed to turn on the power supply circuit, and the linear actuator is powered; when the timer stops working, the switch unit is opened to disconnect the power supply circuit, and the linear actuator stops being powered, which makes the infusion device have multiple different infusion modes and improves user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Cuijun YANG
  • Publication number: 20240009386
    Abstract: A bilaterally driven drug infusion system, includes: an infusion unit, including a drug storage unit; a piston and a driving wheel respectively connected with a screw, the driving wheel, provided with wheel teeth, driving the screw movement by rotation, the piston arranged in the drug storage unit, the screw advancing the piston to move; a driving unit, cooperated with the driving wheel; a power unit, connected to the driving unit; a control unit, controlling the driving unit to output forces in two different directions on the driving unit; and sensing unit, operatively connected to the control unit and used to sense or recognize the user's body movements, and different body movements represent different functional instructions, and according to the body movement sensed or recognized by the sensing unit, the control unit controlling the infusion unit to execute corresponding functional instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Cuijun Yang
  • Publication number: 20240009387
    Abstract: An infusion pump, including a housing, a user interface, a motor and a set of drive components, and a controller. The housing enables selective stacked attachment with other infusion pumps. The housing includes a top portion with a handle integrated into an outer surface that partially defines a generally U-shaped retaining feature. The housing also includes a bottom portion with a generally U-shaped projection that is contoured to selectively mate with the retaining feature of another infusion pump. The user interface provides a front side to the housing that receives commands regarding infusion pump operation. The motor and set of drive components are at least partially located within the housing and mechanically direct infusion of infusate. The controller is located within the housing and that controls operation of the motor and the set of drive components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Grant A. Adams, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Manfred Maiers, Walter Dobrovolny, Eric Wilkowske
  • Publication number: 20240009388
    Abstract: A flow control device includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a chamber interposed between and defined by the upper and lower housings, and a valve member. The upper housing includes a primary inlet having an internal surface defining a cavity and a secondary inlet. The lower housing defines an outlet of the flow control device. The chamber fluidly connects the primary and secondary inlets with the outlet. A valve member is reciprocally disposed at least partially in the cavity and partially in the chamber to (i) selectively permit fluid flow in the primary inlet in a first direction when a fluid level in the chamber is below a predetermined level, and (ii) prevent fluid backflow in a second direction opposite to the first direction when the fluid level in the chamber is above the predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Amarsinh Deeliprao JADHAV
  • Publication number: 20240009389
    Abstract: Devices and methods detect an empty reservoir condition in an infusion pump using pump measurements such as motor current during aspiration. An infusion pump obtains and analyzes pump measurements indicative of pressure during aspiration and determines whether pump measurements satisfy metrics corresponding to an empty reservoir condition such as pressure threshold corresponding to a pump measurement value exceeded when the reservoir is empty, a range of pump measurement values indicating a pressure above normal operating pressure of the pump, and a designated shape of a signal waveform corresponding to the pump measurements indicating a pressure above normal operating pressure of the pump. Devices and methods can be configured to disregard one or more of the pump measurements obtained during one or more portions of the duration of the aspirate operation characterized by transient increases therein from normal operation of the pumping mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Scott STEWART
  • Publication number: 20240009390
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for detecting and handling occlusions in the fluid path of the drug delivery device. The system includes a sensor disposed in-line with the fluid path for determining a change in pressure within the fluid path. The system further includes a machine learning model for analyzing readings from the sensor to detect and classify an occlusion in the fluid path based on the time series of readings from the sensor indicating a change in pressure. The system further takes remedial action to either compensate for the occlusion, clear the occlusion, or inform the user of the existence of the occlusion and recommends a course of action to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: James CAUSEY, John D’ARCO
  • Publication number: 20240009391
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a microcontroller, a pressure sensor, and/or a fluid pathway including a reservoir, a pump downstream of the reservoir, and/or a fluid line downstream of the pump. The reservoir may be configured to receive a fluid. The pump may be configured to deliver the fluid from the reservoir to the fluid line. The pressure sensor may configured to measure a pressure in the fluid pathway. The microcontroller may be programmed and/or configured to: receive, from the pressure sensor, the pressure measured in the fluid pathway; determine, based on the pressure measured in the fluid pathway, whether the reservoir is empty of the fluid; and/or control an output device to provide an indication associated with the determination of whether the reservoir is empty of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Steve Beguin, Sean McGrath
  • Publication number: 20240009392
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may determine anticipated basal insulin delivery action to a user from an insulin delivery device over a future time window. Indications of the anticipated basal insulin delivery action over the future time window may be output to the user. The exemplary embodiments may determine the anticipated basal insulin delivery action over the future time window based on a rate of change (ROC) of glucose level of the user by the insulin delivery device, a most recent (“current”) glucose level for the user and insulin on board (IOB) for the user. The exemplary embodiments may also determine whether the user is likely to experience a undesired high glucose level (e.g., hyperglycemia) and/or an undesired low glucose level (e.g., hypoglycemia) during the future time window. The exemplary embodiments may output recommendations based on the projected glucose levels of the user over the future time window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Joon Bok LEE, Joshua WILLIAMS, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG, Ashutosh ZADE
  • Publication number: 20240009393
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide bolus dosage calculations by a control algorithm-based drug delivery system that provides automatic delivery of a drug, such as insulin or the like, based on sensor input. Blood glucose measurement values may be received at regular time intervals from a sensor. Using the blood glucose measurements, the control algorithm may perform various calculations and determinations to provide an appropriate bolus dosage. The appropriate bolus dosage may be used to respond to a trend in a trajectory of blood glucose measurements. In addition, a bolus dosage may also be determined by the disclosed device, system, method and/or computer-readable medium product in response to an indication that a user consumed a meal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, Joon Bok LEE, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20240009394
    Abstract: An insertion mechanism for a drug delivery device including a reservoir and a pump configured to deliver fluid from the reservoir includes a fluid path configured to be in fluid communication with the reservoir, an activation member in fluid communication with the fluid path, and an energy storage member connected to the activation member. The energy storage member has a stored state and a released state, where the energy storage member transitions from the stored state to the released state when fluid from the reservoir contacts the activation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Danielle Aboud, Steve Beguin
  • Publication number: 20240009395
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) vials such as pre-filled vials containing a vaccine or other medicament via utilization of an assistive dispensing device to selectively compress the fluid reservoir of the BFS vial is shown and described. The assistive dispensing device includes one or more protrusions to aid in applying compressive force to assist in dispensing the liquid from the vial, and may also include a first dosage setting member and a second dosage setting member, that engage each other to limit movement of the one or more protrusions when the proper compression force has been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Marc Koska, Max Hannon
  • Publication number: 20240009396
    Abstract: A drug delivery system includes a medical delivery device, a dispersed substance, a liquid dispersion medium and a balloon catheter. The medical delivery device includes a first housing member, a second housing member and a push mechanism. The first housing member defines a first storage chamber, and the second housing member is disposed over the first housing member and defines a second storage chamber. In a first operational configuration, the first storage chamber is not in communication with the second storage chamber. In a second operational configuration, the first storage chamber is in communication with the second storage chamber, allowing the liquid dispersion medium in the first storage chamber to enter the second storage chamber to be mixed with the dispersed substance to produce a dispersion system. In a third operational configuration, the push mechanism drives the first housing member to move relative to the second housing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Qiran DU, Meng LI, Junfei LI
  • Publication number: 20240009397
    Abstract: A pre-filled medical delivery assembly assembled and configured to allow delivery of a single dose of a therapeutic agent (e.g., vaccine, drug, medicament, etc.) from a Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) vial to a patient may include a multi-bevel cannula piercing element such as for rotational axial engagement to pierce a seal of the BFS vial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hanjin In, Marc Andrew Koska, Jeff Price
  • Publication number: 20240009398
    Abstract: Systems and methods for disabling Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) vials such as pre-filled vials containing a vaccine or other medicament via utilization of an assistive dispensing device to selectively compress the fluid reservoir of the BFS vial. The assistive dispensing device can aid in applying compressive force to assist in dispensing the liquid from the vial, and may also be utilized to lock in a mated position so that the BFS vial may not be reused and/or is otherwise readily identifiable as having already been administered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Marc Andrew Koska, Max Hannon
  • Publication number: 20240009399
    Abstract: A needleless skin deep filler injection device includes: a gun body, where an accommodating cavity is provided in the gun body; an injection tube provided at a front end of the gun body and configured to store a to-be-injected liquid; an injection driving structure provided in the accommodating cavity, connected to the injection tube through a liquid pushing rod, and configured to inject the to-be-injected liquid in the injection tube; a negative-pressure freezing structure sleeved on a front end of the injection tube and configured to form a negative pressure between an injection port of the injection tube and a human skin for cooling; and a knock wall-breaking structure provided in the accommodating cavity, connected to a wall of the injection tube, and configured to transfer low-frequency vibration to the human skin through the injection tube and the negative-pressure freezing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI CICI BEAUTY AND SLIM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yongxing YAN
  • Publication number: 20240009400
    Abstract: Devices and methods for sterile sampling from automated cell engineering systems are provided. Sterile sampling devices are configured to maintain sterility of a sample reservoir during intake and expulsion of fluids or other material to the sterile sampling devices. Methods provided herein employ sterile sampling devices to achieve the sterile withdrawal and sterile injection of materials and fluids to and from an automated cell engineering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Chase MCROBIE, Raelyn DANIELS, Matthew HEWITT
  • Publication number: 20240009401
    Abstract: Single use hydraulic drive devices and single use large volume injectors are described. A method for single use hydraulic drive including releasing a holding device to move a catalyst coated portion of a rod into a reagent filled chamber, generating pressure in the chamber due to at least one of gas creation and thermal expansion from a chemical reaction between the catalyst coated portion and the reagent, hydraulically displacing a moveable object in hydraulic communication with the chamber, and stopping further chemical reaction when the pressure exceeds a holding device force threshold to enable the holding device to re-hold a retracted catalyst coated portion of the rod outside of the chamber. The self-regulating pressure in the chamber enables a controlled rate of hydraulic displacement of the moveable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Nypro Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua Coyne
  • Publication number: 20240009402
    Abstract: A safety device for a needle of a medical device is provided. The safety device includes: a ring arranged to be fixed with regard to the needle, a shield arranged to be mounted on the ring by a pivot link so as to define a closed position in which the shield covers the needle and an open position, and a protective cap configured to surround the needle and to accommodate at least part of the shield in the closed position. The ring and the shield further include a locking unit adapted to lock the shield to the ring in the closed position. The protective cap and the shield include a releasing unit adapted to release the locking unit during a portion of a removal movement of the protective cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Franck Carrel
  • Publication number: 20240009403
    Abstract: A therapeutic agent delivery system includes a therapeutic agent delivery assembly carried by a housing. The therapeutic agent delivery assembly includes a chamber including a passageway, a therapeutic agent carried in the passageway, and a needle in communication with the passageway. The therapeutic agent delivery assembly is translatable relative to the housing from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration, and from the deployed configuration to a retracted configuration. The system further includes a user input configured to be actuated by a user, and actuation of the user input translates the therapeutic agent delivery assembly from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration. The system further includes a retraction mechanism that translates the therapeutic agent delivery assembly from the deployed configuration to the retracted configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: William Godwin ATTERBURY, Corrie Jo BENNISON, Yelena N. DAVIS, David Arthur HOLLEY, John Paul TALLARICO, Jessica Diane YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20240009404
    Abstract: Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for disposal of medical sharps. In particular, provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for safe and efficient destruction of medical and research sharps (e.g., needles).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: ERIN Elizabeth Christiansen, RAY MCMULLEN, FERNANDO BUARQUE, GARY HASSEBROEK, SCOTT KALPIN, BRAD MILOS, GREG BROGE
  • Publication number: 20240009405
    Abstract: A needle and a syringe using the same according to the present disclosure include a needle provided in a device for injecting a medicinal liquid through a skin layer, and including outlets formed along the longitudinal direction of the needle between one end of the needle connected to an accommodating part of the device containing the medicinal liquid and the other end of the needle for penetrating the skin layer, so that the medicinal liquid is evenly injected into a skin tissue in the lower portion of the skin layer, wherein the outlets are formed in a first section between the other end and a location corresponding to a tendon membrane located inside the skin tissue in a state of penetrating the skin layer, and a second section between the location corresponding to the tendon membrane and the one end, respectively, so that the medicinal liquid is evenly injected around the tendon membrane, and a syringe using such needle is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Seong Taek Kim, Joon Sang Lee
  • Publication number: 20240009406
    Abstract: A novel hemostasis valve-equipped indwelling needle that is capable of discharging air in an internal flow path includes a cannula to be inserted percutaneously into a blood vessel on a distal end side thereof, a link connector on a proximal end side thereof, an internal flow path extending from the cannula to the link connector, and a hemostatic valve disposed inside the link connector. An air vent passage that allows the internal flow path to communicate with an external space is formed in the link connector further on the cannula side than the hemostatic valve, and a filter that allows gas to pass through but does not allow liquid to pass through is mounted in a compressed state on the air vent passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAGAMI, Shingo SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240009407
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to access devices configured to access a subcutaneous medical device. The access device can include a needle supported by a needle hub and in some embodiments a housing slidably engaged therewith and configured to align the needle axis at a predetermined angle. The access device can include an indicator system configured to detect when the needle is correctly aligned with a target window of a port. This can allow for smaller, lower profile ports with smaller target windows while mitigating mis sticks. The indicator system can be contained within the access device little or no increase to the overall size of the access device. The indicator system can employ various modalities including capacitance, induction, magnetic, thermal, acoustic, or radio frequency (RF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ericka J. Prechtel, Andrew C. Sheffield, Brenda L. F. Fedor
  • Publication number: 20240009408
    Abstract: Drug delivery hubs are described herein. The drug delivery hub includes a hub housing, a reservoir, a nebulizer channel, and a gas channel. The hub housing defines a housing volume. The hub housing is configured to directly couple with a mask defining a patient cavity. The reservoir is disposed at least partially within the housing volume. The reservoir includes a reservoir volume configured to dispense a medicament. The nebulizer channel is in fluid communication with the reservoir volume and configured to be in fluid communication with the patient cavity when the hub is coupled with the mask. The gas channel is in fluid communication with the nebulizer channel. The gas channel is configured to direct a gas flow toward the patient cavity through the nebulizer channel, drawing a portion of the medicament from the reservoir through the nebulizer channel with the gas flow toward the patient cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher M. VARGA, Ryan G. REDFORD, Thomas DILLINGHAM, Brian W. PIERRO
  • Publication number: 20240009409
    Abstract: Various exemplary drug delivery devices (500, 700) with reusable components (512, 702) and disposable components (504, 704, 706), drug products utilizing the same, and methods of using drug delivery devices with reusable components and disposable components are provided. In general, a nasal drug delivery device is configured to deliver a drug therefrom and includes one or more disposable components and one or more reusable components. The one or more disposable components are releasably coupled to the one or more reusable components. After the drug is delivered from the drug delivery device, the one or more disposable components can be detached from the one or more reusable components. Another one or more disposable components can then be releasably coupled to the one or more reusable components and the drug delivery device used to again deliver a drug therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael CANNAMELA, Hong YAN, Dolores PEREZ, Jimmy Vinh Hoang CASSEBEE, Emma Louise HUBERT, Steven M. VESOLE, Shagun POPLI, Jingli WANG
  • Publication number: 20240009410
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device including a power cell and a vaporizer, wherein the vaporizer includes a heating element, a vaporization cavity, and an airflow channeler, wherein the airflow channeler is situated outside of the vaporization cavity, and wherein the heating element and a heating element support configured to support the heating element are situated within the vaporization cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher LORD
  • Publication number: 20240009411
    Abstract: A slow release apparatus for slowly releasing a compound in a nasal passage. The apparatus comprises a connection mechanism, two expansion mechanisms, and two release mechanisms; two ends of the connection mechanism are respectively integrally or detachably connected to the two expansion mechanisms that are symmetrically arranged in nasal passages at two sides; and the two release mechanisms are symmetrically arranged, and each release mechanism is correspondingly provided in one of the expansion mechanisms. The slow release apparatus is convenient to carry, and capable of slowly releasing a compound in the nasal passage and synchronously expanding the nasal passage to ensure smooth breathing, while considering functionality, practicability and comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Lei Wang
  • Publication number: 20240009412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-stage blower apparatus 120 for a ventilator for providing a respiratory gas for a patient having a multi-part blower housing 121 comprising at least one first housing part 122 and a second housing part 132. A gas inlet 123 for the respiratory gas is provided on the first housing part 122 and a gas outlet 133 for the respiratory gas is provided on the second housing part 132, wherein the blower apparatus 120 comprises a first blower wheel 140 and a second blower wheel 150. The first blower wheel 140 or the second blower wheel 150 are arranged in sections in the first housing part 122 and are arranged in sections in the second housing part 132.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IMTMEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Dieter WILDHABER
  • Publication number: 20240009413
    Abstract: A method includes retrieving a lung volume waveform from an electrical impedance tomography device. The method further includes retrieving at least one of a flow waveform and a pressure waveform. The method also includes aligning the lung volume waveform and the at least one of the flow waveform and the pressure waveform with respect to time. The method further includes comparing the lung volume waveform and the at least one of the flow waveform and the pressure waveform. The method also includes determining if an asynchronous respiratory event occurred based on comparing the lung volume waveform and the at least one of the flow waveform and the pressure waveform. The method further includes classifying the asynchronous respiratory event. The method also includes providing an alert identifying the asynchronous respiratory event. A system includes a receiver, a processor, and a memory device configured to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa
  • Publication number: 20240009414
    Abstract: An airway adjunct or airway assembly that comprises a gas administration tube and a gas sampling tube can be utilized to improve health care to a patient. The gas administration tube may be connected, for example, to an oxygen source. The gas sampling tube may be connected, for example, to capnography equipment. Internal terminal ends of the gas administration tube and gas sampling tube can be longitudinally offset from one another within the airway assembly, which may reduce diffusion of the exhaled gas to be sampled, thereby increasing monitoring accuracy. Some embodiments of the present disclosure comprise an airway adjunct adaptable to attach into or onto various types of airway devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Cody Birch, Thomas G. Kotoske
  • Publication number: 20240009415
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling breathing of a patient to maintain specified levels of CO2 in arterial blood. In one exemplary embodiment a respiratory conduit is configured to be coupled at one end to a patient interface device that is, in turn, coupled to the patient's breathing airway. The respiratory conduit is configured at the opposing end to be coupled to a pressurized air generating device. A control device is positioned in the respiratory conduit between the patient interface device and the pressurized air generating device and includes one or more vent apertures that allow a predetermined amount of exhaled air from the patient to escape from the respiratory conduit while retaining a predetermined fraction of the exhaled air to reintroduce to the patient during the next inhale. In this manner the system provides for a predetermined percentage of CO2 to be rebreathed by the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jeff Quinn, Robert O. C. duBois, Robert W. Daly
  • Publication number: 20240009416
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a first real-time video of at least a portion of a face of a user, at least a portion of a head of the user, or a combination of the at least a portion of the face and the at least a portion of the head of the user. The first real-time video is modified by superimposing a virtual user interface. A second real-time video of at least a portion of a face of a user, at least a portion of a head of the user, or a combination of the at least a portion of the face and the at least a portion of the head of the user is displayed. The user in the second real-time video wearing a physical user interface. Feedback is provided to the user in real time on the second real-time video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Stewart Joseph WAGNER, Michael Christopher HOGG
  • Publication number: 20240009417
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium, a system and a method are provided for identifying a grip technique being applied to a face mask. The mask is for sealingly engaging a face along a periphery around the nose and mouth. The method comprises the steps of comparing pressure data indicative of a pressure distribution applied along the perimeter with distribution patterns distinctive of different grip techniques; recognizing or detecting which of the grip techniques is being applied on the basis of an outcome of the comparing; and providing an indication of the recognized grip technique to a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mathieu LEONARD, Laurent DESMET, Mayank SHARMA
  • Publication number: 20240009418
    Abstract: A cushion for use in providing a regimen of respiratory therapy to a patient includes a base that defines a main cavity therein an aperture for receiving a flow of breathing gas. A pair of nasal pillows each extend from the base, each having a cone-shaped head that tapers inward and upward from a base portion, that extends directly from the base, to a top opening. Each head is formed to engage an inner portion of a nare of the patient. Each head defines a passage extending between the main cavity and the top opening for further conveying the flow of breathing gas from the main cavity to a nasal passage of the patient. Each base portion includes an inner edge positioned near the center of the cushion that merges with the hollow base and an opposite outer edge spaced upward from an outer surface of the hollow base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: JONATHAN SAYER GRASHOW, ROBERT EDWARD O'GRADY
  • Publication number: 20240009419
    Abstract: There are provided a gas supply apparatus and a gas supply method that are capable of supplying hydrogen gas of a highly accurate and stable hydrogen gas concentration to a body. A ventilator 100 that supplies oxygen-containing gas and hydrogen gas includes a hydrogen gas delivery unit 8 that delivers the hydrogen gas taken in to outside of the ventilator 100, and a control unit 22 that adjusts an amount of the hydrogen gas taken into the hydrogen gas delivery unit 8. The control unit 22 adjusts the amount of the hydrogen gas taken into the hydrogen gas delivery unit 8 based on a flow rate of the oxygen-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: MiZ Company Limited
    Inventors: Fumitake SATOH, Bunpei SATO, Yusuke ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240009420
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates, in certain embodiments, to light-based treatments. In some case, a subject having or at risk for a condition such as insomnia can be treated, e.g., with light, such as green light. Other conditions include sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and other indications. In some cases, the light that is administered to the subject may be green light, or the light may have a characteristic wavelength only in a wavelength range between 510 nm and 550 nm with a bandwidth no larger than 20 nm full-width-half-maximum. Other embodiments described herein are generally directed to systems for treating such conditions, kits for treating such conditions, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: Haven Technologies Inc., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Rami Burstein, Mark Severs, Jeff Sheely, Ajay Shashidar Kori
  • Publication number: 20240009421
    Abstract: An emotional care apparatus based on a sound and a method thereof are provided. The emotional care apparatus includes a sound output device that outputs a sound to speakers and a processor electrically connected with the sound output device. The processor selects an emotional care mode, separates a sound source for each instrument from music content based on the emotional care mode, distributes the sound source for each instrument to the speakers, and controls the sound output device to play and output the sound source for each instrument to the distributed speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Tae kun Yun, Eun Soo Jo, Dong Chul Park, Eun Ju Jeong, Ji Yeon Shin
  • Publication number: 20240009422
    Abstract: A urinary catheter assembly is described which includes a urinary catheter having a catheter shaft, and an introducer device. The introducer device includes a splitable tubular sheath, and is arranged to accommodate at least a part of the catheter shaft for insertion into the urethra, and subsequent removal. At least a part of an outer surface of the tubular sheath is provided with a hydrophilic coating or surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jan UTAS, Martin LOVMAR, Hans TÖRNEROOS, Niall GALLOWAY
  • Publication number: 20240009423
    Abstract: Medical device kits for use in placing, maintaining, altering, and/or removing medical devices in, on, and/or from the body of a patient can include one or more wrap assemblies for use in the placement/maintenance procedure. The one or more wrap assemblies of the medical device kit can include various features to assist the clinician performing the particular procedure, such as a urinary catheterization procedure. A wrap assembly can include a wrap body including a front surface defining an aseptic field for the urinary catheterization procedure, a plurality of pockets on the front surface, and urinary catheterization components disposed in the plurality of pockets, the urinary catheterization components arranged in a predetermined order of use for the urinary catheterization procedure. The wrap assembly can be in a rolled configuration. A method of using the wrap assembly includes unrolling the wrap assembly and removing the urinary catheterization components to perform the procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher K. Brooks, Lyndsay Sweeney, Kelly J. Christian, Jennifer Stryker, Matt Loui
  • Publication number: 20240009424
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catheter system including an outer member, an inner member that translates within a lumen of the outer member, and a stylette configured to fit within a lumen of the inner member. The inner member is translatable within the outer member to selectively extend beyond a distal end of the outer member, and the stylette has greater bending stiffness and/or columnar stiffness than the inner member to assist in navigating the inner member to targeted anatomy. This catheter system can get close to targeted anatomy to allow for better treatment. In particular, the catheter system is useful in adhesive embolization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: John A. Lippert, Edward J. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20240009425
    Abstract: An intravascular access system for facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures within the neurovasculature through an access sheath. The system includes an aspiration or support catheter having a flexible, distal luminal portion having an inner diameter defining a lumen extending between a proximal opening at a proximal end of the luminal portion and a distal opening at a distal end of the luminal portion. The catheter has a rigid spine coupled to at least the proximal end of the luminal portion and extending proximally therefrom. The system includes a dilator having a flexible, distal dilator portion sized to be received within the lumen of the luminal portion. Associated systems, devices, and methods of use are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michi E. Garrison, Tony M. Chou, Scott D. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20240009426
    Abstract: An intravascular device includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of energy transmitting conduits extending within the elongated body. The distal ends of the energy transmitting conduits terminate at different axial locations along the distal end of the elongated body. In one embodiment, the number of energy transmission conduits is only two, such that the number of bends in the compound curve assumed by the distal end of the elongated body is only two, although the number of energy transmission conduits may be any suitable number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: STRYKER CORPORATION, STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Stephen Porter
  • Publication number: 20240009427
    Abstract: A two-step rapid insertion central catheter (“RICC”) system that can include an introducer placement system, a docking station and a catheter placement system. The introducer placement system can place an introducer within a vasculature, which is supported by a docking station that detaches from a distal end of the introducer placement system. A catheter placement system can be configured to couple with the docking station, and a catheter can be advanced through the introducer into the vasculature. The introducer can then be split and retracted before the catheter placement system disengages the docking station. The docking station can be configured to split and disengage from the catheter. The RICC system can include a guidewire hub to prevent guidewire embolisms, collapsible sterile barriers to prevent contamination, and locking features to prevent premature advancement of guidewires, dilators and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Glade H. Howell, Zachary S. Hastings, Kent Diasabeygunawardena, Jon B. Taylor, Taylor C. Tobin, Jacquelyn N. Phelps, Daniel Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20240009428
    Abstract: A plug may be used to plug a proximal end of a flashback chamber or an adapter in an intravenous catheter assembly. The plug may provide air venting of the flashback chamber or the adapter. The plug may include a body and a neck portion extending from the body. The neck portion may include one or more air vent channels, which may be aligned with a longitudinal axis of the plug. The neck portion may include one or more transverse channels, which may provide air venting and/or blood collection in case of leakage of blood into the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Sankaranarayanan Thirumoorthy, Mukilan Balamurugan, Rajdeep Das Pradeep, Darin Vincent, Sivaramakrishnan Balasubramanian
  • Publication number: 20240009429
    Abstract: A guidewire includes a first wire with a first diameter. A second wire is coupled with the first wire and has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter. A winding extends around the second wire to cover a portion of the second wire and leaves a remainder of the second wire uncovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Lim, Xu Chao Wei, Ren Gang