Patents Issued in April 30, 2024
  • Patent number: 11969279
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system having a detector able to move relative to the subject. A contrast agent can be injected into the subject and image data can be acquired with the contrast agent in various phases of the subject. A volumetric model of multiple phases can be reconstructed selected reconstruction techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Helm, Shuanghe Shi
  • Patent number: 11969280
    Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CLEERLY, INC.
    Inventors: James K. Min, James P. Earls, Hugo Miguel Rodrigues Marques, Ben Hootnick
  • Patent number: 11969281
    Abstract: An image generation unit generates a contrast-reduced image in which contrast in a region other than a soft part is reduced in a radiographic image indicating a subject including the soft part and a bone part. A body thickness derivation unit derives the body thickness of the subject based on the contrast-reduced image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11969283
    Abstract: A conversion device (20) is operable to perform a learning-based method of generating a synthetic electron density image (sCT) of an anatomical portion based on one or more magnetic resonance, MR, images. The method is processing-efficient and capable of producing highly accurate sCT images irrespective of misalignment in the underlying training set. The conversion device (20) receives and installs a machine-learning model (22) trained to predict coefficients of an image transfer function (24). The conversion device (20) then receives a current set of MR images (MRI) of the anatomical portion, computes current coefficients ([C]) of the image transfer function (24) by operating the machine-learning model (22) on the current set of MR images (MRI), and computes a current sCT image of the anatomical portion by operating the current coefficients ([C]), in accordance with the image transfer function (24), on the current set of MR images (MRI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SPECTRONIC AB
    Inventor: Carl Siversson
  • Patent number: 11969284
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a state transition mode selection unit configured to select a state transition mode from among a first state transition mode of changing from a stand-by state to a ready-for-imaging state based on irradiation preparation start information about a radiation generation apparatus and a second state transition mode of changing from the stand-by state to the ready-for-imaging state based on other information excluding the irradiation preparation start information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tadahiko Iijima
  • Patent number: 11969285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the dose adjustment device mountable to diagnostic radiation equipment and the dose adjustment system which allows radiation exposure in each portion of in the irradiation area to be prevented, and are configured as modules that are attachable to diagnostic radiation equipment, thus having the effect of allowing a radiation shielding function to be easily added to existing equipment without changing the structure thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Seung Woo Park, Jong Hyun Back
  • Patent number: 11969286
    Abstract: A system for visualization and quantification of ultrasound imaging data according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include a display unit, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display unit and to an ultrasound imaging apparatus for generating an image from ultrasound data representative of a bodily structure and fluid flowing within the bodily structure. The processor may be configured to estimate axial and lateral velocity components of the fluid flowing within the bodily structure, determine a plurality of flow directions within the image based on the axial and lateral velocity components, differentially encode the flow directions based on flow direction angle to generate a flow direction map, and cause the display unit to concurrently display the image including the bodily structure overlaid with the flow direction map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hua Xie, Shiying Wang, Sheng-Wen Huang, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Keith William Johnson, Liang Zhang, David Hope Simpson
  • Patent number: 11969287
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence ultrasound-medical-diagnosis apparatus and a remote medical-diagnosis method using the same. The apparatus can automatically diagnose diseases based on ultrasound medical examinations and ultrasound image processing. The ultrasound-medical-diagnosis apparatus includes a semantic segmentation artificial intelligence network configured to perform labeling on visualized organs of a patient using mutually different colors to detect a position of an organ of interest displayed on the ultrasound image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventor: Jae-Chern Yoo
  • Patent number: 11969288
    Abstract: A three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging method includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a fetal head; receiving an ultrasonic echo, obtaining an ultrasonic echo signal, and obtaining the three-dimensional volume data of the fetal head according to the ultrasonic echo signal; according to the characteristics of a median sagittal section of the fetal head, detecting the median sagittal section in the three-dimensional volume data; and displaying the median sagittal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxian Zou, Muqing Lin, Zhijie Chen, Yi Xiong, Bin Yao
  • Patent number: 11969289
    Abstract: Systems and methods of predicting future medical events are based on the processing of medical image. The prediction of premature birth and estimation of gestational age based on ultrasound images are presented as illustrative examples. The new abilities to estimate the probability of future medical events, before they otherwise could be predicted, provides new avenues for the development of preventative treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ultrasound AI Inc.
    Inventor: Robert S Bunn
  • Patent number: 11969291
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to display, as a live image, an image that data output from an ultrasonic probe represents; recognize an image type of the live image; extract, out of past data collected before the live image, data at least a part of which is in common to the image type of the live image; and display an image that the extracted data represents on the same screen as that of the live image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Akiyama, Nobuhide Ooi, Koji Ando, Kodai Hirayama
  • Patent number: 11969292
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2) and a diagnostic apparatus main body (3) that are wirelessly connected, the ultrasound probe (2) includes a detection unit (16) that generates complex baseband signals, an averaging unit (17) that averages the complex baseband signals at a plurality of sampling points in a Doppler gate set on a B-mode image to acquire average complex baseband signals, and a probe-side wireless communication circuit (20) that wirelessly transmits the average complex baseband signals, and the diagnostic apparatus main body (3) includes a main body-side wireless communication circuit (31) that receives the average complex baseband signals, and a Doppler image generation unit (33) that performs a frequency analysis on the average complex baseband signals to generate a Doppler image, and displays the Doppler image on a monitor (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yukiya Miyachi
  • Patent number: 11969293
    Abstract: Methods and systems for utilizing myocardial strain imaging in an inverse framework to identify mechanical properties of the heart and to determine structural and functional milestones for the development and progression to heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: William M. Torres, Francis G. Spinale, Tarek M. Shazly
  • Patent number: 11969295
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic device includes a transmitter that causes an ultrasound probe including a plurality of transducers aligned in an azimuth direction to perform a plurality of set transmissions including a plurality of types of ultrasound transmissions for a transmission line which is common, while changing a position of the transmission line in the azimuth direction, a receiver that acquires, from the ultrasound probe, received signals based on reflected waves for the plurality of types of ultrasound transmissions and generates a plurality of types of acoustic line signals, and a hardware processor that generates an imaging signal based on the plurality of types of acoustic line signals. During a time interval between the plurality of types of the ultrasound transmissions in a first set transmission, the transmitter performs at least one of the plurality of types of ultrasound transmissions in a second set transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11969296
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus 1 includes a transducer array 2, a transmission unit 3 that transmits a set of a first ultrasonic pulse FP and a second ultrasonic pulse SP having phases inverted from each other on the same scanning line from the transducer array 2 into a subject N times to be equal to or greater than at least two times, a reception unit 4 that acquires reception signals from a signal output from the transducer array 2, which receives an ultrasound echo, a quadrature detection unit 5 that acquires an IQ signal string corresponding to the first ultrasonic pulse FP and an IQ signal string corresponding to the second ultrasonic pulse SP by performing quadrature detection in a determined range on the reception signals, and a bubble signal likelihood calculation unit 6 that calculates a bubble signal likelihood based on the IQ signal strings acquired by the quadrature detection unit 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masafumi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11969297
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for limiting the grip force generated by closing robotic wrist jaws while operating in position mode in which the jaws are commanded to a desired jaw angle prior to being commanded to generate a grip force. In the positional mode, the desired jaw angle is above a threshold that corresponds to an angle at which both jaws are just simultaneously in contact with an object between the jaws or, if there is no object to grasp, when the jaws begin to touch each other. A feedback loop may analyze the desired jaw angle and the measured grip force to determine if the jaws are closing in the position mode and if the measured grip force exceeds a maximum grip force threshold. If so, the feedback loop may calculate a grip force error to limit the measured grip force to the maximum grip force threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Verb Surgical Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Ignacio Ergueta Tejerina, Alireza Hariri
  • Patent number: 11969298
    Abstract: Surgical instruments include a first drive assembly having a first drive gear and a lockout mechanism positioned for releasable engagement with the first drive assembly to inhibit rotation of the first drive gear. The lockout mechanism includes a pawl and an actuator means for moving the pawl from a first position in engagement with the first drive gear to a second position spaced from the first drive gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Justin Williams, Joseph Eisinger, Michael Ingmanson, Kelly Azeredo, Thomas Wingardner, David Valentine, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11969299
    Abstract: A tool includes a working end determining device arranged in a shaft region or gripping region thereof for determining and/or detecting a working end of the tool. The working end determining device includes a writable and/or readable data storage device that stores data relating to the working end of the tool. The working end determining device provides data externally with reference to the working end of the tool for detecting the working end of the tool. The working end determining device can be a communication device that includes the data storage device and an antenna device. Alternatively, the working end determining device can be a unit integrated into the tool that is connected to an external control device via an electrical contacting. The integrated unit includes a resistor determining the working end of the tool and/or a storage device storing data with respect to the working end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Frederick Lenzenhuber, Andre Bürk
  • Patent number: 11969300
    Abstract: An implantable medical lead may include an electrode at a distal portion of the lead that is configured to monitor or provide therapy to a target site. The lead may include a visible indicator that is visible to the naked eye of a clinician at a medial portion of the lead that is configured to indicate when the electrodes of the lead are longitudinally and radially aligned properly to monitor or treat the target site. A clinician may insert the lead into the patient using an introducer sheath inserted to a predetermined depth into the patient and subsequently aligning the distal portion of the lead by orienting the indicator at an entry port of the introducer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: George W. McFall, Thomas D. Brostrom, Mark T. Marshall, Dina L. Williams, Megan Harris, Keith D. Anderson, Maggie J. Pistella
  • Patent number: 11969301
    Abstract: A smart flexible operating room lighting system with a control system utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) modules may be coupled to a wall, ceiling, or fixture of and mobile in a facility. The lighting system can modularly accommodate multiple illumination arms and incorporate microphones thereon, permitting the vocal control using the control system for hands free operations. The control system controls the movements of the illumination arms to desired positions and orientations via motor-driven actuators and position sensors thereon. The lighting system may include a speaker and a camera to facilitate two-way communications with a user via the control system to facilitate demonstrations for individuals undergoing tutelage in the facility. Further, a cover with a transparent front end may be provided to be slipped over the lighting system and securing through a cover fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Mauricio Szuchmacher
  • Patent number: 11969302
    Abstract: An electrode connector device for an implant. A radiographic marker is integrated in a metal conducting element. There is also described an implant with an electrode connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Henschel, Marina Ruschel
  • Patent number: 11969303
    Abstract: A support structure associable with a portion of the human body and usable for supporting a surgical device includes a frame delimiting at least one opening defining an area of surgery, wherein the frame has an upper support portion and a lower portion, means for connecting the frame to the predefined portion of the human body, wherein the connecting means include at least one support operatively connectable, in a removable manner, to the frame and to a predefined portion of the human body, without requiring any percutaneous intervention, and the at least one support is configured for allowing the removal of the frame from the predefined portion of the human body and for providing a reference for the exact repositioning of the frame along the predefined portion of the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TECRES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Faccioli, Renzo Soffiatti
  • Patent number: 11969304
    Abstract: An instrument bridge to elevate and protect the tips of surgical instruments placed in a surgical instrument tray is disclosed. The instrument bridge provides a rigid stand that is configured to elevate and protect the tips of surgical instruments secured onto a sterilization/instrument stringer or loosely placed into the surgical instrument tray with their tips elevated and placed onto the instrument bridge. The instrument bridge is a rigid medical instrument stand that is made of either stainless steel or plastic material. The stainless steel instrument bridge is reusable, works with all types and lengths of instruments, and can be sterilized. The plastic instrument bridge is a single-use medical instrument stand that is disposable, can be sterilized and works with all types and lengths of instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: John Dawoodjee
  • Patent number: 11969305
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining a digital preoperative dental model of a patient, designing a guide appliance set on the digital preoperative dental model according to a surgical plan for the patient, and storing the design of the guide appliance set in a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) compatible file format. Designing the guide appliance set may include designing a base frame configured to engage an oral structure of the patient without obstructing a planned surgical site region of an alveolar ridge, designing an uppermost surface of the base frame to, at least in an area adjacent to the planned surgical site region, terminate below the alveolar ridge when the base frame is engaged with the oral structure, designing at least one attachment that is releasably attachable to the base frame, and designing the at least one attachment to be fully received in a mouth when attached to the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: IBUR, LLC
    Inventors: Randall C. Groscurth, Shoko U. Groscurth
  • Patent number: 11969306
    Abstract: Oral hygiene monitoring system is disclosed to track motion and orientation of an oral hygiene device. The control system may process data output from a motion sensor to determine position and orientation of an oral hygiene device with respect to a user's mouth. In some examples, the system may use machine learning techniques to identify position and orientation, brush stroke type, and other specific actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KOLIBREE SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Serval, Yann Nicolas, Léonie Williamson
  • Patent number: 11969307
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush head includes a brush body and an insertion block. An upper part of the brush body is provided with bristles and a lower part of the brush body is provided with an insertion chamber. The insertion block is inserted into the insertion chamber and defines an insertion channel for inserting of a movement therein, wherein an outer wall of the movement abuts an inner wall of the insertion channel. A connecting section above the insertion channel is provided on an upper part of the insertion block. An adhesive section is provided on an upper part of the connecting section for fixing an outer wall of the adhesive section to an inner wall of the insertion chamber. A clamping section is provided on a lower part of the connecting section for fixing an outer wall of the clamping section to the inner wall of the insertion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lesky (Shenzhen) Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhi Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11969308
    Abstract: The spinning electric toothbrush is a medical device. The spinning electric toothbrush is adapted for use on the teeth of a patient. The spinning electric toothbrush comprises a brush structure, an electric motor, a control circuit, and a housing. The housing contains the brush structure, the electric motor, and the control circuit. The electric motor rotates the brush structure. The control circuit controls the operation of the electric motor. The control circuit provides the electric energy necessary to power the operation of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Henry McLaughlin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11969309
    Abstract: A system for repositioning teeth a patient from an initial tooth arrangement to a final tooth arrangement includes a plurality of incremental position adjustment appliances, each having an arrangement of cavities shaped to receive and reposition teeth of the patient. The cavities in at least one appliance in the system have a different geometry than that of at least one other appliance in the system. At least some of the appliances in the system are successively worn by the patient to exert force on at least one tooth and move the teeth of the patient from a first arrangement to a successive arrangement different from the first arrangement. The system includes a first multilayer shell with a bending stiffness factor less than about 0.1 GPa*mm3 and an elastic modulus no greater than about 1.5 GPa; and a second shell with a bending stiffness factor greater than 0.1 GPa*mm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
    Inventors: Ta-Hua Yu, Jennifer L. Cook, Karl J. L. Geisler, Paul A. Sevcik, Bruce R. Broyles, Jennifer K. Tully
  • Patent number: 11969310
    Abstract: A physical model of at least a portion of a patient's dentition has model dental surfaces corresponding to real dental surfaces of the patient's dentition. The physical model includes one or more targets, each configured for facilitating placement of an orthodontic appliance on the model at a desired location. The targets lack mechanical stops that are outwardly protruding from the original model dental surfaces. Also provided are a method of manufacturing a physical model for use in indirect bonding procedures, a method for indirect bonding for use in an orthodontic procedure, a method for providing an indirect bonding transfer tray for use in an orthodontic procedure, and a system for providing a physical model for use in indirect bonding orthodontic procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Avi Kopelman
  • Patent number: 11969311
    Abstract: Dental attachment placement apparatuses with one or more replacement attachment systems for providing one or more replacement dental attachments. The replacement attachment systems may include a body that is configured to orient and align the apparatus with respect to the teeth. The apparatus may include one or more primary dental attachments coupled to the body, where the body is configured to position the primary dental attachments adjacent to the teeth for bonding. The replacement system can be configured to replace the primary dental attachments and align replacement dental attachments with respect to the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Webber, Siobhan O'Leary
  • Patent number: 11969312
    Abstract: An orthodontic abutment that includes a base suitable for fixing the orthodontic abutment to an implant, a cap fixed to the base and a set of retention elements arranged along a side wall of the cap. The set of retention elements is suitable for receiving orthodontic elements and includes: a bracket with wings, a hook arranged under one of the wings of the bracket, a projection arranged on the cap oppositely to the bracket, a hollow tube formed inside the projection, a curved rod hook arranged on the projection below the hollow tube, and a button with an eyelet arranged above the hollow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HCENTRUM SP. Z O. O.
    Inventors: Hanna Jasinska, Przemyslaw Jasinski
  • Patent number: 11969313
    Abstract: A surgical procedure for repairing and stabilizing an injured (torn, partially torn, or otherwise injured) cranial cruciate ligament in the canine stifle joint. The procedure strategically implants multiple filaments with increased tensile strength along multiple separate extra-capsular loading pathways that divide and distribute the load on the canine's stifle joint in different planes and directions for greater overall stability and strength of the repair. The filaments are anchored at multiple strategic points to stabilize the canine stifle joint. The repaired stifle joint requires multiple points of failure in the implanted filaments for the procedure to fail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas J. Murtha, III
  • Patent number: 11969314
    Abstract: A method for treating spermatozoa of an animal includes: irradiating the spermatozoa with light having wavelengths in a range of 390-420 nm at a fluence effective to increase motility of the spermatozoa by 75% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nishizono, Yasuo Fujikawa, Tomohiro Tsurumoto
  • Patent number: 11969315
    Abstract: A wound dressing having a chromic material responsive to at least one stimuli. In one or more embodiments, a plurality of individual liquid expandable articles introduce the chromatic material to the wound. The individual liquid-expandable articles release stored mechanical energy and mechanically expand into expanded articles upon contact with a liquid associated with the wound. In response to the chromic material receiving the at least one stimuli the chromic material provides a color change evidencing how long the expanded articles have been in contact with the wound and where the expanded articles are within the wound. In one or more embodiments, determinations may be made about removing the expanded articles from the wound based on the color of the chromic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Isabella R Lafferty
  • Patent number: 11969316
    Abstract: A compression stocking having shape memory, heat-shrinkable thermoplastic material, wherein said stocking is configured to establish, in use, a compression contact with at least one of a leg and a foot of a user upon the application of an amount of heat to the shape memory, heat-shrinkable thermoplastic material, wherein the thermoplastic material is a polymer that has a glass transition temperature below ?10° C., has crystallinity with a melting temperature (Tm) between 30-50° C. and a heat of fusion of at least 10 J/g, as determined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) (?40° C./10.0 (K/min)/100° C.) as set out by the ASTM D3418:2003.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TELAS B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Hectors, Piet Smeets, Jaap Renkema
  • Patent number: 11969317
    Abstract: A wound dressing includes an inelastic absorbent layer, an elastic film, and a plurality of welds. The inelastic absorbent layer is configured to absorb wound fluid and has a first side and a second, wound-facing side. The elastic film is configured to elastically stretch when a stretching force is applied to the wound dressing and elastically recover when the stretching force is removed. The plurality of welds fix the elastic film to the first side of the inelastic absorbent layer such that the elastic film and the inelastic absorbent layer elastically stretch and elastically recover as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Christopher B. Locke, Benjamin A. Pratt, Alexander Waite
  • Patent number: 11969318
    Abstract: A releasable medical drape, and systems and methods having the same, includes at least a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a soft-gel layer having a plurality of apertures. The soft-gel layer is configured to be disposed adjacent to a tissue site. A portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extends through the plurality of apertures in the soft-gel layer to contact the tissue site. The soft-gel layer forms a good seal with the tissue site and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extending through the plurality of apertures forms a firm—but releasable—coupling with the tissue site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Timothy Mark Robinson, Li Yao
  • Patent number: 11969319
    Abstract: A system for providing a force to a desired area on a curved body part of a person includes a dressing assembly shaped and configured to be placed on the desired area of the person, a releaseable circumferential member surrounding the curved body part that holds the dressing assembly against the desired area, a sealing subsystem for providing a fluid seal over the dressing assembly and the person's skin, and a reduced-pressure subsystem for providing a reduced pressure to the dressing assembly. When reduced pressure is supplied, the system generates the force against the desired area on the curved body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert Peyton Wilkes, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11969320
    Abstract: A suboccipital compression pad may include a pad member configured to contact a suboccipital region of a patient. A suboccipital compression pad may include a pair of securing straps extending respectively from opposing ends of the pad member, the pair of securing straps having proximal ends diverging into upper rear straps and lower rear straps to form an open space between the upper rear straps and the lower rear straps such that portions of the upper rear straps are located above ears of the patient and portions of the lower rear straps are located below ears of the patient without covering ears of the patient, wherein one of the upper rear straps and the lower rear straps of the pair of securing straps is configured to be selectively attachable to different locations of a back side of the pad member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Fidelis Medical, LLC, Arrowhead Neuroscience
    Inventors: Javed Siddiqi, Jerry Noel, David Holladay
  • Patent number: 11969321
    Abstract: An absorptive anal hygiene apparatus for anal hygiene includes a sponge body having a body top side, a body bottom side, a body front side, a body back side, a body left side, and a body right side. The body bottom side is larger than the body top side. The sponge body is an absorptive material configured to be inserted within a user's buttocks adjacent the anus to prevent transfer of fecal matter from the user's anus to a user's clothing. A tab is coupled to the body top side of the sponge body. An extraction string is coupled to the tab. The extraction string is pullable to remove the sponge body from the user's buttocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Ian Folmar, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11969322
    Abstract: An absorbent article can have a topsheet layer, a liquid impermeable layer, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet layer and the liquid impermeable layer. The absorbent article can further include an exudate management layer in fluid communication with the topsheet layer. In various embodiments, the exudate management layer can be positioned on a body facing surface of the topsheet layer. In various embodiments, the exudate management layer can be positioned between the topsheet layer and the absorbent core. The exudate management layer has a first component which defines an opening for direct passage of body exudates into the absorbent core. The exudate management layer has a second component which at least partially overlaps the first component of the exudate management layer and further extends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article in a direction towards the posterior region of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Suzanne Marie Schmoker, Heidi Bauerlein Hopkins, Andrew Thomas Hammond, Kyle Mark Barriger, Michael Donald Sperl, Russell J. Brumm, Alyssa Kimberly DeYoung, Ellen E. Pelky, Kimberly M. Downs
  • Patent number: 11969323
    Abstract: Absorbent articles of the present disclosure may be constructed with a secondary liner sheet placed on top of a body facing liner of the articles configured to form a pocket. The pocket provides a barrier, thereby separating a front region of the absorbent articles from a rear region. In this manner, the absorbent articles of the present disclosure may reduce the spread of bodily exudates throughout the articles. The reduced spreading of exudates may help to keep skin healthy by reducing the amount of skin exposed to the skin irritants within the exudates and/or by preventing additional skin irritants from being created by preventing the mixing of BM and urine, at least in proximity to the skin of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: David J. Enz, Patrick R. Lord, Kyle M. Barriger
  • Patent number: 11969324
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a nonwoven topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed therebetween, and a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core is disclosed. The fluid management layer is an integrated nonwoven material having a basis weight in a range of from 40 gsm to 75 gsm and has 10 percent to about 60 percent by weight of absorbent fibers, from between about 15 percent to about 70 percent of resilient fibers, and from between about 25 percent to about 70 percent stiffening fibers. The absorbent article exhibits a third dose acquisition time of less than 10 seconds, more preferably less than 8 seconds, and most preferably less than 7 seconds, and a Rewet of no greater than 0.40 g, more preferably less than about 0.3 grams, or most preferably less than about 0.2 grams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Gerard A. Viens
  • Patent number: 11969325
    Abstract: An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may be included within a configuration of one or more channel portions on the topsheet. Alternatively or in combination, the attenuated region(s) may be included within a hinge portion extending along a wing portion of the topsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Kelyn Anne Arora, Misael Omar Aviles, Lennie CruzMurphy, Antonius Lambertus DeBeer, Adrien Grenier, John Lee Hammons, Emma Lynn Sartini, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 11969326
    Abstract: The absorbent pad has a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. Each layer of the pad has a liquid impervious back sheet. The backsheet or outer layer, which faces away from the wearer when the absorbent article is secured to the wearer, is composed of a moisture-impervious, flexible material. Further, each layer has a moisture pervious inner layer and an absorbent core positioned in between the inner layer and back sheet. The layers are coupled to each other via an adhesive. They can be removed by grasping a tab placed on each layer and pulling the layer away from the unsoiled layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
    Inventor: Amanda Roszkowiak
  • Patent number: 11969327
    Abstract: In an absorbent article, an absorbent core includes first and second layers adjacent to each other in the thickness direction; the first layer has, in a front-body part, a groove extending in the longitudinal direction, penetrating in the thickness direction, and having a terminal end at a rear position and a base disposed adjacent to the rear position of the groove with the terminal end therebetween; the second layer has a groove corresponding part and a base corresponding part at positions overlapping the groove and the base respectively in the thickness direction; and the average density of highly absorbent polymer particles contained in the base and the average density of the highly absorbent polymer particles contained in the base corresponding part are higher than the average density of the highly absorbent polymer particles contained in the groove corresponding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuaki Onishi
  • Patent number: 11969328
    Abstract: A wirelessly powered inflatable medical implant system includes a medical provider software application, a patient external controller and a MR-Conditional, nonferrous pump in reservoir implant. The medical provider software application programs the patient external controller for the patient to transmit wireless power and control signals to circuitry in a pump in reservoir implant. In response, the pump in reservoir implant, containing a fluid reservoir and pump package submerged therein, transfers fluid from the reservoir through tubing, and into one or more inflatable medical implants. Submerging the pump package within the reservoir simplifies surgery in males and pump placement in females and provides pump package heatsinking to limit implant overheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MHN BIOTECH LLC.
    Inventors: Howard S. Newman, Marcel I. Horowitz, Arthur L Burnett
  • Patent number: 11969329
    Abstract: A “dry” packaging in which a prosthetic heart valve is packaged within a container with hydrogel that can be provided in many forms. Certain embodiments include hydrogel that is preloaded with glycerol or the like. The hydrogel regulates the humidity within the container through a diffusion-driven mechanism if a gradient of humidity between the inside and the outside of the hydrogel exists. Humidity regulation is important to prevent the tissue of the valve structure from drying out. When the partially-hydrated hydrogel is present within container, which is saturated with air of a predefined humidity, the water molecules from the air will be absorbed by the hydrogel if the air humidity is high (i.e. when the thermodynamics favor hydrogel hydration) or vice versa. Various embodiments are configured to also house at least a portion of a delivery device for delivering the prosthetic heart valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Ryan, David Clarke, Kshitija Garde, Ya Guo, Benjamin Wong, Yogesh Darekar, Luke Lehmann, Wei Wang, Laura McKinley, Paul Devereux, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
  • Patent number: 11969330
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and kits for facilitating the loading of a prosthesis implant into an implant delivery device for delivering prosthesis implants into surgically-created implant pockets in a subject and for preventing capsular contracture resulting from surgical insertion of prosthesis implants. The loading apparatus may include a receiving portion and, optionally, at least one inclined guide portion. The receiving portion is operable to receive at least a portion of the implant delivery device while the optional at least one inclined guide portion is operable to receive the implant and guide it toward the recessed receiving portion such that the implant is correctly oriented in the implant delivery device. The at least one inclined guide portion may be deployed by operation of a pop-up portion operable to deploy from a substantially flat configuration to an extended deployed configuration comprising at least one inclined guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen David Bresnick
  • Patent number: 11969331
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the intravascular treatment of clot material within a blood vessel of a human patient are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, positioning a distal portion of a catheter proximate to the clot material within the blood vessel. The method can further include coupling a pressure source to the catheter via a tubing subsystem including a valve or other fluid control device and, while the valve is closed, activating the pressure source to charge a vacuum. The valve can then be opened to apply the vacuum to the catheter to thereby aspirate at least a portion of the clot material from the blood vessel and into the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Inari Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Merritt, Jacqueline Macias, Brian Michael Strauss, Thomas Tu, John Coleman Thress, Paul Lubock