Patents Issued in May 2, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240138994
    Abstract: An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial insert and a femoral component configured to articulate on the tibial insert. The tibial insert includes a lateral articular surface and medial articular surface that is asymmetrically shaped relative to the lateral articular surface. The medial articular surface is shaped to reduce anterior translation of a medial condyle of the femoral component, while the lateral articular surface is shaped to allow a lateral condyle of the femoral component to pivot, relative to the medial articular surface, along an arcuate articular path. Additionally, one or both condyles of the femoral component may include a femoral articular surface having a curved femoral surface section defined by a continuously decreasing radius of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mark A. Heldreth, Travis D. Bennett, Amitkumar M. Mane, Michael J. Rock, Thomas E. Wogoman, Stephen E. White
  • Publication number: 20240138995
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an ankle prosthesis containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and a preparation method thereof, the preparation method comprises: using zirconium-niobium alloy powder as a raw material, conducting a 3D printing for one-piece molding to obtain an intermediate products of the talus part and tibial part, and performing Sinter-HIP, cryogenic cooling and surface oxidation to obtain talus part and tibial part. The talus part is connected with the tibial part in a sliding mode; a bone trabeculae is respectively arranged on the lower surface of the talus body and the outer surfaces of the two first fixations, and on the upper surface of the tibial body and the outer surfaces of the two second fixations as well, so as to improve bone ingrowth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaojing ZHU, Jieru HUANG, Ping YE, Jing ZHAO, Lu LIU
  • Publication number: 20240138996
    Abstract: A variable lordosis endplate that may adjusted from 0 to 30 degrees using a mechanical drive that allows the spine's angle to be physically adjusted in-situ. The variable lordosis endplate may be quickly attached to either end, or both ends, of the central column. The variable lordosis endplate can be attached in orientations of every 15 degrees. The variable lordosis endplates' lordotic angles may be on either end of the column independently from one another. By attaching a variable lordosis endplate to both ends of the column, hyper-lordotic angles may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Astura Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Dusterhoft, Thomas Purcell
  • Publication number: 20240138997
    Abstract: A spinal fixation system includes an expandable disc replacement body and an adjustment mechanism. The expandable disc replacement body includes a first wall, a second wall, a hinge connecting the first wall and the second wall, and a first bone-screw receiving section at a proximal end of the first wall. The adjustment mechanism is positioned between the first wall and the second wall, and an angle between the first wall and the second wall can be varied by movement of the adjustment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Brett Freedman, April V. Krivoniak, Kendall D. Dennis
  • Publication number: 20240138998
    Abstract: Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. A pedicle-based intradiscal implant for stabilizing an inferior vertebra and a superior vertebra may include a bendable rod configured to engage bone, a bone fastener defining a channel for receiving the bendable rod, and a locking cap for securing the bone fastener and the bendable rod. The implant may be positioned through a pedicle of an inferior vertebra and the bendable rod may be deployable into the vertebral body of the inferior vertebra, through the disc space, and into the vertebral body of the superior vertebra to stabilize the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Weiman, Myles Sullivan, Carly Taubenkraut, Chad Glerum, Corbett McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20240138999
    Abstract: Medical devices suitable for implantation in spaces between bones are described. An example medical device suitable for use as an intervertebral spacer includes a main body having an exterior proximal wall, an exterior distal wall, a first exterior lateral wall, a second exterior lateral wall, an upper surface, a lower surface, an interior proximal wall, an interior distal wall, a first interior lateral wall, a second interior lateral wall, and a longitudinal axis. The interior proximal wall, the interior distal wall, the first interior lateral wall, and the second interior lateral wall cooperatively define an interior cavity. The first and second exterior lateral walls are outwardly directed at an angle from the lower surface to the upper surface relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: DeGen Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Rakesh P. Chokshi
  • Publication number: 20240139000
    Abstract: Tools adapted for spinal surgery are provided. More specifically, provided herein are apparatuses, systems, kits and methods for accurate, rapid and reliable placement of surgical cages or other medical implants in a patient's spine, and delivery of bone graft material thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SPINAL SURGICAL STRATEGIES, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION D/B/A KLEINER DEVICE LABS
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Kleiner, Michael J. Milella, Edward J. Grimberg, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240139001
    Abstract: A prosthetic feedback device to be associated with a prosthesis equipped with a motor for controlling the same prosthesis is provided The device includes an attachment body configured to be in direct contact with the user; at least one air chamber interposed at least partially between the body and the user; an inflation circuit for inflating the chamber; and a circuit board to control the inflation of the chamber by the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Federica BARONTINI, Antonio BICCHI, Matteo BIANCHI, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI, Cristiano PETROCELLI, Mattia POGGIANI
  • Publication number: 20240139002
    Abstract: An implant in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes proximal and distal end portions spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal axis and configured to be deployed at first and second airways, respectively, of a bronchial tree, the second airway being of a greater generation than the first airway. The implant includes a wire extending along a wire path within a tubular region coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis. The wire includes first and second legs alternatingly disposed along the wire path and extending distally and proximally, respectively, in a circumferential direction about the longitudinal axis. The implant is configured to transition from a low-profile delivery state to an expanded deployed state at a treatment location and to allow mucociliary clearance from immediately distal to the implant to immediately proximal to the implant while the in deployed at the treatment location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Martin L. Mayse, Karun D. Naga, Hanson S. Gifford, III, Steven W. Kim, Michael Hendricksen, Douglas S. Sutton, Nifer Beth Goldman, Patrick P. Wu, Jagannath Padmanabhan
  • Publication number: 20240139003
    Abstract: Provided is a bioresorbable stent including a stent substrate including a bioresorbable polymer and a contrast medium containing an iodine component, coated on the stent substrate. Since the stent according to the present invention is absorbed in and removed from the human body after a predetermined time, it has excellent biodegradability since it has improved radiopacity by iodine contrast medium coating, it has a high radiography contrast and is very efficient even when a procedure is performed with real time radiography, and since it has low foreshortening and high flexibility, radial force, and re-coil, it may be useful for insertion into a blood vessel having a small diameter, an acute occlusive lesion, an imminent occlusive lesion, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Myung Ho JEONG, Dae Sung PARK, Jae Un KIM, Mun Ki KIM, Doo Sun SIM, Kyung Hoon CHO, Dae Young HYUN, Jun Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240139004
    Abstract: A diametric adjustment mechanism for an implantable medical device including a track defining a series of diametric setpoints, including a first diametric setpoint and a second diametric setpoint, a rider engaged with the track such that the rider is selectively movable along the track from the first diametric setpoint to the second diametric setpoint and from the second diametric setpoint to the first diametric setpoint, and a biasing element biasing the rider toward the first diametric setpoint when the rider is at the second diametric setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: John M. Brinkmann, Paul D. Goodman
  • Publication number: 20240139005
    Abstract: An alignment tool includes a body and a plurality of securement arms extending from the body, each of the plurality of securement arms adapted to releasably secure the alignment tool relative to a loader. The alignment tool includes a plurality of alignment arms extending from the body, each of the plurality of alignment arms including a first end having an alignment slot and an opposing second end including a handle portion, the plurality of alignment arms movable between a closed configuration defining a minimum distance between the first end of each of the plurality of alignment arms and an open configuration defining a maximum distance between the first end of each of the plurality of alignment arms. The plurality of alignment arms are biased into the closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Tim O'Connor, Enda Hannon, John Lardner, Declan Loughnane, Pearse A. Coffey
  • Publication number: 20240139006
    Abstract: A system and method for deployment of one or more stents at a bifurcation uses a balloon catheter with distal and proximal guidewire ports that are guided by first and second guidewires. The first and second guidewires are directed into first and second side branches at the bifurcation. The catheter is guided by a combination of the first and second guidewires after inserting the first guidewire through the distal guidewire port and the second guidewire through the proximal guidewire port. The combination of the proximal guidewire port and the second guidewire halts advancement of the catheter and the stent it carries beyond an ostium of the first side branch. Additional stents can be delivered to a second side branch and a main branch using the first and second guidewires without re-positioning of the guidewires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Subeer WADIA
  • Publication number: 20240139007
    Abstract: A stent delivery system comprising a balloon catheter having a catheter shaft with a balloon mounted on a distal end with a self-expanding stent positioned on the catheter shaft proximal to the balloon (tandemly) with a delivery sheath covering the self-expanding stent. In use, the stent delivery system is advanced on the guidewire to the target lesion and the balloon is inflated to dilate the lesion. The balloon is deflated and advanced distally past the lesion until the self-expanding stent positioned proximate the lesion. The sheath is withdrawn, releasing the self-expanding stent to expand and contact the lesion. Once the self-expanding stent has expanded, the stent delivery system and guidewire are withdrawn from the lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Kai Medtech LLC
    Inventors: Linh Dinh, Joshua Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20240139008
    Abstract: A tubular indwelling device is accurately placed at a placement target site in a biological lumen. A catheter (1) is a catheter for delivering a colonic stent (2) to be placed in a biological lumen, including: a sheath (11); an inner tube (12) configured to be movable in the sheath in an axial direction; and converting means (20) capable of maintaining at least a portion of the colonic stent in the axial direction in a contracted state in a state in which the colonic stent is released from the sheath and converting the portion from the contracted state to an expanded state. The inner tube is provided with a guide rib (30) that holds the converting means, and the guide rib is formed to be able to position the colonic stent in the contracted state in an axial direction of the inner tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SB-KAWASUMI LABORATORIES, INC., SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masako Miyahisa, Tomoaki Yokota
  • Publication number: 20240139009
    Abstract: A conveying device and a medical device. The conveying device includes a catheter mechanism and a limiting body; wherein the catheter mechanism comprises an inner tube assembly and an outer tube, and the outer tube is sleeved on the inner tube assembly and is configured to be movable along an axial direction of the inner tube assembly; the limiting body is connected to a distal outer surface of the inner tube assembly and is configured to expand or contract along a radial direction of the inner tube assembly; the conveying device is configured such that the catheter mechanism is configured to load the medical stent and to release the medical stent when the outer tube moves from distal to proximal, and the limiting body is configured to expand when the medical stent is released so as to position the medical stent in a target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yang CAO, Yu ZHANG, Jinyao WANG, Qing ZHU
  • Publication number: 20240139010
    Abstract: A gastric bypass device includes an occlusion device that is adapted to be deployed relative to a patient's pyloric sphincter and a liner that extends distally from the occlusion device. A tether extends from the occlusion device. A dynamic leash may be secured relative to the occlusion device and may work in conjunction with the tether to help hold the occlusion device in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Roger W. McGowan, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, Alexander James Wiedmann, Daniel Lee Krautkremer, Jessica Brand
  • Publication number: 20240139011
    Abstract: A gastric bypass device includes an occlusion device that is adapted to be deployed relative to a patient's pyloric sphincter, an anastomosis anchor that is adapted to be deployed relative to an anastomosis between the patient's stomach and their small intestine, and a tether that extends through the patient's small intestine between the occlusion device and the anastomosis anchor. A dynamic leash may be secured relative to the occlusion device and may work in conjunction with the tether to help hold the occlusion device in place. The gastric bypass device may be deployed using a variety of methods including a push-pull wire method, a rail method, a garage method, a two-piece method and a comprehensive method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Roger W. McGowan, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, Daniel Lee Krautkremer, Jessica Brand, Alexander James Wiedmann, Andrew O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20240139012
    Abstract: Ankle foot orthosis and methods of manufacturing an ankle foot orthosis. In one embodiment, an ankle foot orthosis is disclosed that includes a foot plate constructed to have both a trimmable portion and a non-trimmable portion. The ankle foot orthosis includes a spiral strut coupled with either the hindfoot region of the foot plate laterally of a mid-line for the foot plate or the midfoot region of the foot plate laterally of the mid-line. The spiral strut includes a transition portion that spirals by approximately sixty-five degrees (65°) over less than one-hundred sixty millimeters (160 mm) in height from the bottom surface of the foot plate. The spiral strut also includes an adjustable portion that enables a cuff coupled thereto to be height adjustable. Methods of manufacturing the aforementioned ankle foot orthoses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Arni Thor, Efrain Navarrete
  • Publication number: 20240139013
    Abstract: A wrist device, system, or method for compressing a wrist that includes a shell, a compression mechanism, and an actuator. The shell is shaped to conform to the wrist, has a radius side and an ulna side opposite the radius side, and a thumb support. The compression mechanism is associated with the radius and ulna sides of the shell. The actuator is associated with the shell and is configured to provide compression in a radioulnar direction to opposing sides of the wrist via the compression mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Zong-Ming Li
  • Publication number: 20240139014
    Abstract: A hinged ankle brace including a foot bed member and an ankle cuff which are hinged together by flexible joint members. The flexible joint members yieldably resist hinged movement between the foot bed member and the ankle cuff in a plantarflexion and dorsiflexion direction. The design of the upper ends of the medial and lateral wings of the foot bed member and the ankle cuff permit a limited amount of inversion and eversion movement between the foot bed member and the ankle cuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Doak Ostergard
  • Publication number: 20240139015
    Abstract: An abductor pillow assembly having an abductor pillow removably attached to a panel assembly. The panel assembly has a waist panel, a central web and a thigh panel connected as one integrated panel. The panel assembly also includes a waist strap configured to encircle a user's waist and a thigh strap configured to encircle a first leg (upper thigh) of a user. The abductor pillow includes a main body and an abductor strap. The abductor strap passes through a slot in the main body and attaches at either end to the panel assembly, securing the abductor pillow to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Bryan E. Kilbey, Jorge Chahla
  • Publication number: 20240139016
    Abstract: A garment for supporting posture of an individual includes a form-fitting portion. The form-fitting portion includes an upper and lower body section each having an interior and exterior surface area. A support structure includes an elastomeric band body and is affixed to the exterior surface area of the form-fitting portion. The support structure is positioned on an upper and lower body section of the form-fitting portion. A method of forming a garment for supporting posture of an individual includes providing a form-fitting portion having upper and lower body sections, where each of the upper and lower body sections have interior and exterior surface areas. A support structure is affixed to the exterior surface area of the form-fitting portion, where the support structure includes an elastomeric band body and is positioned on an upper body section and a lower body section of the form-fitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Pro-NMT, Inc.
    Inventor: Barrence Baytos
  • Publication number: 20240139017
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, a novel scoliosis brace includes inflatable pressure bladders which are cyclically controlled and monitored to increase and decrease pressure over a given treatment period. A treatment protocol monitors and tracks the quality and quantity of brace “wear time” to provide better data for modifying and/or increasing bladder pressures and cycle times over a long-term bracing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: D. Barry McCoy
  • Publication number: 20240139018
    Abstract: Provided is a finger tendon sheath brace capable of adjusting fixing pressure, including a brace fixing plate, a compression screw, a compression plate, an adjustable pressure push rod and a spring. The brace fixing plate is configured as a fixing structure for accommodating a finger to extend in the finger tendon sheath brace, and is provided with a threaded opening in a center of the brace fixing plate in a vertical direction perpendicular to the finger. The compression screw is embedded in the threaded opening of the brace fixing plate through threads to make an end of the compression screw slightly higher than the brace fixing plate and a head end of the compression screw pass through the brace fixing plate and enter a cavity for accommodating the finger. The compression plate is connected with a head end of an adjustable pressure push rod inner sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Shen LIU, Xuanzhe LIU, Weiguang YIN, Cunyi FAN, Wei WANG
  • Publication number: 20240139019
    Abstract: A nasal dilator with improved functionality by virtue of a resilient element comprised of at least three resilient bands, a first outer resilient band that is secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member, a second outer resilient band that is spaced apart from the first resilient band and is secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member and at least one intermediate resilient band positioned between said first and second outer resilient bands that is spaced apart from both first and second outer resilient bands and is also secured to run along the length of the nasal dilator truss member. The intermediate resilient band or bands alters the force vector characteristics of the nasal strip as a whole, thereby providing targeted spring force to a more concentrated area of the nose when in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph A. Matthias, Yu Y. Shao, Snigdha Mishra
  • Publication number: 20240139020
    Abstract: A reconfigurable sling assembly. The sling assembly is configured to attach to a separate belt assembly worn around a user's waist. The medial portions of the sling assembly can be selectively attached to the belt assembly. The sling assembly includes a strap for adjustably securing the user's upper arm in a position adjacent to the torso. The sling has a conventional loop arrangement for encircling and securing the lower arm. However, the loop arrangement can be placed in one of two states. In a closed state, the loop arrangement secures the lower arm against the belt assembly and inhibits any significant motion of the lower arm. However, in an open state of the loop arrangement, the lower arm is released from the sling and is free to move. In the open state the upper arm is preferably still restrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Bryan E. Kilbey
  • Publication number: 20240139021
    Abstract: A drainage bag system for urinary collection includes a urinary drainage bag having a first inlet and an inlet valve for regulating a flow of urine from a catheter into the urinary drainage bag via the first inlet, an outlet, and an outlet valve for regulating a flow of urine out of the urinary drainage bag. The drainage bag system further includes a receptacle bag of a foil or sheet material for emptying the urinary drainage bag and having a receptacle compartment for storing urine and a connector for providing a connection between the receptacle bag and the urinary drainage bag. The connector provides a second inlet constituting a receptacle inlet to the receptacle compartment when connected to the receptacle bag such that urine can flow into the receptacle compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: CURAS LTD.
    Inventor: Casper Lykkegaard Købke
  • Publication number: 20240139022
    Abstract: A personalized ostomy appliance, including a baseplate, leveraging three-dimensional (“3D”) scanning, computer-aided design modeling, and 3D printing technology, to empower patients to improve quality of life and decrease ostomy complications. In embodiments, the process uses 3D scanning technology to create a raw peristomal mesh. In embodiments, this mesh is filtered using a smoothing and splicing algorithm with patient-specified preference variables. In embodiments, this personalized filtered mesh is then used in a subtractive manufacturing process, including applying a laser cutter or blade press, to alter an ostomy baseplate. The personalized filtered mesh can also used to 3D print a personalized ostomy template that improves fit of the baseplate using a retraction method. This process can be applied to wound care with negative pressure vacuum therapy and fistula management systems wherein a vacuum or pouch baseplate is generated for improved fit and healing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Adam Goode, Christopher Arena, Robert Fippinger
  • Publication number: 20240139023
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are related to fluid collection devices having a continuous fluid permeable body with multiple arms, and related systems and methods. A urine collection device includes a fluid impermeable barrier, a fluid permeable body, and a tube. The fluid permeable body is positioned within a chamber defined by the fluid impermeable barrier and includes a distal portion positioned at least partially in or proximate to the distal end of the fluid impermeable barrier, and multiple arms extending from the distal portion towards a proximal end of the fluid impermeable barrier. The tube extends into the chamber and has an end positioned proximate to the distal end of the fluid impermeable barrier. The tube includes a tube opening proximate to the end of the tube and at least a portion of the fluid permeable body is positioned between the fluid impermeable barrier and the end of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Camille Rose Newton, Serena Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20240139024
    Abstract: An intrauterine contraceptive system may include a contraceptive intrauterine device, a retrieval thread permanently attached to the intrauterine device and an insertion device for inserting the intrauterine device into a uterus. The system may also include a release thread releasably coupled with the intrauterine device. The intrauterine device may be deployable out of a distal end of the insertion device and may be configured to change from a delivery configuration when housed in the insertion device to a deployed configuration when deployed in a uterus. The retrieval thread and the optional release thread may be at least partially housed within the insertion device during insertion of the intrauterine device into the uterus. The release thread may extend from the intrauterine device through the insertion device to an attachment point at or near a proximal end of the insertion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Michael TAL, Bob H. KATZ, Mark James DeBISSCHOP
  • Publication number: 20240139025
    Abstract: Caps and other luer taper medical devices having a volume displacing protrusion are described. The volume displacing protrusion can extend in an axial direction away from an end wall inside the female hub and be configured to create a seal that can be substantially airtight with a distal end of a syringe that is engaged with the cap or other luer taper medical device. The volume displacing protrusion of the cap or other luer taper medical device can create a seal with a distal end of a syringe before an outside surface of the syringe tip creates a seal with the luer taper of the female hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Leonid E. Lerner
  • Publication number: 20240139026
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens for treating myopia comprising: a base lens with a front surface, a back surface, and a first power profile selected to correct or substantially correct for a distance refractive error of the eye; one or more myopia control elements on at least one of the front and back surfaces of the lens; a first viewing region having a dimension selected based, at least in part, on a concentration of a pharmaceutical agent for use in conjunction with an ophthalmic lens, the first viewing region being configured to minimize, reduce and/or eliminate vision disturbances for distance vision; and a second viewing region comprising a power profile that is relatively more positive compared to the first viewing region; wherein at least one of the size of the second viewing region and the relatively more positive power of the second viewing region is selected based, at least in part, on the concentration of the pharmaceutical agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Arthur Back, Padmaja Rajagopal Sankaridurg, Cathleen Fedtke
  • Publication number: 20240139027
    Abstract: An apparatus to treat a patient comprises a container to receive fluid of a device implanted in the eye. The fluid of the device can be analyzed to determine a component of the vitreous humor of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Signe Erickson, Darren Doud, Eugene de Juan, JR., Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich, Kathleen Cogan Farinas
  • Publication number: 20240139028
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a proximal shaft configured to mechanically couple to a motor, a first universal joint, a middle shaft coupled to the proximal shaft via the first universal joint, a housing having a bore, a second universal joint within the bore, a distal shaft coupled to the middle shaft via the second universal joint, and a connector disposed over the distal shaft. The bore limits a downward tilt of the distal shaft such that, as a rotor approaches the distal shaft, the distal shaft becomes axially aligned with the rotor by virtue of the proximal end of the rotor entering the connector or vice versa. A spring connected proximally to the connector and distally to the second universal joint is configured to decompress, thereby reversibly coupling the connector to the proximal end of the rotor, upon the motor rotationally aligning the connector with the proximal end of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Shechtman, Ilya Sitnitsky, Assaf Govari, Stanislav Katzir, Elad Avraham Diukman
  • Publication number: 20240139029
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to adjustable shunts for treating glaucoma. In particular, some embodiments provide shunts having a plurality of individually actuatable flow control elements that can control the flow of fluid through associated ports and/or flow lumens. For example, each individually actuatable flow control element can be actuated to modify a flow of a corresponding port and/or flow lumen. The individually actuatable flow control elements may be actuated along a given actuation axis. A flow control assembly may include a plurality of flow control elements arranged about a collection region. Accordingly, the shunts described herein can be manipulated into a variety of configurations that provide different drainage rates based on a degree to which the ports and/or flow lumens are blocked or unblocked, therefore providing a titratable glaucoma therapy for draining aqueous from the anterior chamber of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Chang, Claudio Argento, Katherine Sapozhnikov, Tom Saul, Richard Lilly
  • Publication number: 20240139030
    Abstract: The present invention is a device that is used for glaucoma management by using an adjustable drainage device. And this device has an indicator to help patient checking the intraocular pressure hence seeking medical advice immediately as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Rakan Alhourani
  • Publication number: 20240139031
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser treatment delivers patterned laser energy to an eye of a patient. A pattern-scanning laser device of the laser treatment system includes a laser module, a scanning module and delivery optics. The laser module generates laser energy (e.g. via a green laser diode), which is directed to the scanning module via a fiber optic cable. The scanning module produces the patterned laser energy by reflecting the laser energy into the delivery optics at different angles via a dielectric MEMS scanning mirror. The delivery optics includes an F-theta lens, a motorized and wirelessly-controlled spot-size selector module, and a focusing lens. A mobile computing device receives parameter information via a graphical user interface or voice control and sends the parameter information to the pattern-scanning laser device. In response to receiving activation signals from an activation unit, the pattern-scanning laser device emits the patterned laser energy based on the parameter information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Buss, Greg Fava, Mariafernanda Vilera Suárez, Peter Skovgaard
  • Publication number: 20240139032
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are configures to measure an eye without contacting the eye with a patient interface, and these measurements are used to determine alignment and placement of the incisions when the patient interface contacts the eye. The pre-contact locations of one or more structures of the eye can be used to determine corresponding post-contact locations of the one or more optical structures of the eye when the patient interface has contacted the eye, such that the laser incisions are placed at locations that promote normal vision of the eye. The incisions are positioned in relation to the pre-contact optical structures of the eye, such as an astigmatic treatment axis, nodal points of the eye, and visual axis of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: David D. Scott, Javier Gonzalez, David Dewey, Noah Bareket, Georg Schuele
  • Publication number: 20240139033
    Abstract: An arrangement for laser treatment of vitreous floaters. The arrangement for laser vitreolysis of an eye includes an OCDR system, a laser system having a deflection unit, optical elements that couple the OCDR system and the laser system, a display unit and a central control and operating unit. The OCDR system is configured to localize the position of a floater along the optical axis of the OCDR system. The laser system is configured to destroy the floaters by application of laser pulses, and the central control and operating unit is configured to focus the laser system onto the position of the floater and to activate it, in particular when the position of the laser focus and the floater match in a sufficient manner. The present invention relates to an arrangement for the gentle, low risk and painless laser treatment of vitreous floaters, which allows a partially or fully automated therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Martin HACKER, Manfred DICK
  • Publication number: 20240139034
    Abstract: An earpad comprising one or more acoustic resonators coupled to a contact face of the earpad that is configured to interface with a user's head, the acoustic resonators being configured to attenuate leakage of parasitic sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Falk-Martin HOFFMANN
  • Publication number: 20240139035
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to sealing compositions for negative pressure treatment systems and wound dressing systems, devices containing the same, apparatuses, uses and methods for creating a main wound dressing portion for use in wound care, more particularly for sealing a trimmable dressing, having a main dressing portion or cell in fluid (e.g., gas) communication with additional dressing portions or cells, for use in wound care, more particularly that may be used for the treatment of wounds. In particular, some embodiments are directed to compositions for improving the versatility of wound dressings for wounds of different shapes or sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Sarah Jenny Collinson, Nicholas Charlton Fry, Philip Gowans, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Marcus Damian Phillips
  • Publication number: 20240139036
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Sarah Marie WADE, Tina Marie GLAHN, Gary Dean LAVON, Diana Woehnl JURATOVAC, Kaoru ISHIHARA, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Ronald Joseph ZINK, Anna Elizabeth MACURA
  • Publication number: 20240139037
    Abstract: An array including at least two absorbent articles produced by the same manufacturer and/or sold under the same brand name is provided. Each absorbent article has side members made with an ultrasonically bonded laminate. The ultrasonically bonded laminates in the absorbent articles are different, and thereby are distinguishable, by two or more features selected from: ultrasonic bond shape, ultrasonic bond pattern, presence of frangible bonds, elastic film basis weight, first nonwoven primary bond pattern, and first nonwoven basis weight. At least one dimension of the first absorbent article may also be different than at least one dimension of the second absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Astrid Annette SHEEHAN
  • Publication number: 20240139038
    Abstract: In order to provide a novel determination device capable of determining the type of excretion by a subject and a related technology thereof, a determination device includes at least one processor, and the at least one processor carries out a determination process of determining the type of excretion by a subject by referring to a first gas concentration, which is a gas concentration detected by a first gas sensor, and a second gas concentration, which is a gas concentration detected by a second gas sensor that is disposed at a position farther from the subject than a position at which the first gas sensor is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka SHIRAKI, Yoshihisa SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240139039
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to combinations, assemblies, and methods of assembly of a reusable absorbent carrier insert and disposable insert combination comprising a reusable absorbent carrier insert and a disposable insert. The reusable absorbent carrier insert comprises a carrier portion and has a first capacity-to-caliper ratio. The disposable insert comprises an absorbent material and has a second capacity-to-caliper ratio. The disposable insert is configured to be received and contained within the carrier portion of the reusable absorbent carrier insert to form the reusable absorbent carrier insert and disposable insert combination. The first length is greater than the second length, the first width is greater than the second width, and the first capacity-to-caliper ratio is less than the second capacity-to-caliper ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yin CHEN, Udo Friedel SCHOENBORN
  • Publication number: 20240139040
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a nonwoven fabric that is bulky, has excellent softness, and has high strength. Provided is a nonwoven fabric in which the points at which heat fusible composite fibers intersect with each other are fused by heat. The nonwoven fabric has a high-density-side surface layer where the fiber density is 5 to 20 fibers/mm2. The ratio of the fiber density of the high-density-side surface layer and the fiber density of a low-density-side surface layer of the nonwoven fabric is 1.4 or less. The strength per unit basis weight of the nonwoven fabric is 0.40 N/50 mm or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: JNC CORPORATION, JNC FIBERS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokazu TERADA
  • Publication number: 20240139041
    Abstract: A feminine hygiene pad is disclosed. The disclosed pad has a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, and has a topsheet including a nonwoven web, a backsheet, and an absorbent structure between the topsheet and the backsheet. The nonwoven web includes at least a first arrangement of first apertures having a first average size, and a second arrangement of second apertures having a second average size. The first average size is greater than the second average size. The first arrangement occupies a rectangular central region centered about the longitudinal axis and straddling the lateral axis. The first average size is 0.4 mm2 to 0.6 mm2; and the central region has an Average Percent Open Area of 1 to 12 percent. The second arrangement occupies one or more regions laterally and/or longitudinally outboard of the central region, and the second average size is 0.05 mm2 to 0.2 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Debora Christine EBERT, Misael Omar AVILES, Rong DENG
  • Publication number: 20240139042
    Abstract: Improved absorbent core components including multiple layers configured to enhance fluid handling properties. The layers include absorbent material layers, with or without absorbent material-free lanes. The layers also include nonwoven layers, including air-through nonwovens, bulkified nonwovens, slitted nonwovens, and bulky nonwovens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: DSG Technology Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Eugenio G. Varona, Andrew C. Wright, Dennis Smid
  • Publication number: 20240139043
    Abstract: Absorbent bodies and methods of forming absorbent bodies are disclosed. In one embodiment, an absorbent garment comprises a bodyside liner; an outer cover; an absorbent comprising: a top facing material layer, a bottom facing material layer, a lofty nonwoven reinforcing material disposed between the top facing material layer and the bottom facing material layer, absorbent material comprising superabsorbent material disposed between the top facing material layer and the bottom facing material layer and within the reinforcing material; and an acquisition material disposed between the absorbent body and the bodyside liner, wherein a first side of the absorbent body and a second side of the absorbent body are folded onto a central portion forming a folded absorbent body with first and second folded portions with a channel region disposed between the first and second folded portions, and wherein the acquisition material spans across the channel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: YunSeok Jeong, WonYoung Lee, MinHee Lee, SukHee Jung