Patents Issued in May 2, 2024
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Publication number: 20240139363Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reprocessing single-use medical devices. The method can include removing a coating from a single-use medical device, validating the removal of the coating, cleaning the single-use medical device, and applying a new coating to the single-use medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Blessan C. Joseph, Rafal Chudzik, Haley C. Ellis
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Publication number: 20240139364Abstract: A cleaning and disinfection system. More particularly, aspects of the invention relate to a system and method for enhancing the Environment, Social, Governance of a company through autonomous cleaning and disinfection mobile robots. In particular, cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing public space in mass transportation, for example railway system, by using the autonomous cleaning and disinfection mobile robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: AVALON STERITECH LIMITEDInventors: Wai Hong HO, Johnson Yiu-Nam LAU, Kar Yun LEE
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Publication number: 20240139365Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an automated disinfection system for a CT patient table, where the automated disinfection system for a CT patient table includes: a disinfection mechanism disposed above the CT patient table; a detection mechanism, disposed on the disinfection mechanism and configured to detect a position of the CT patient table; and a control mechanism, configured to communicate with the disinfection mechanism by using a communication interface, so as to control start/stop and operation of the disinfection mechanism, where the disinfection mechanism is configured to perform horizontal movement and vertical movement during scanning gaps of a plurality of patients, so as to disinfect a use surface of the CT patient table. The disclosure enables rapid and automated disinfection on the use surface of the CT patient table during scanning gaps of a plurality of patients, thereby reducing a risk of cross-infection and saving manpower.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd.Inventors: Wei Wang, Min Sun, Hong De Mu, Jie Qing Liu, Chang Qing Teng, Yi Zhi Ma
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Publication number: 20240139366Abstract: A modular aromatherapy essential oil diffuser mainly includes a universal spray module having a first end having a universal connector for docking with a commercially available aromatherapy container, a second end having a nozzle, the nozzle is disposed with an atomizing sheet, and a housing which is a shell with a shape appearance and disposed therein a storage space to be connected and accommodated corresponding to a periphery of the universal spray module, wherein a circuit board is disposed in the housing to be electrically connected to the universal spray module; a power socket is disposed on the housing to supply external power to the circuit board; and a power switch is disposed on the housing to control a switch action of the circuit board. Accordingly, the universal spray module can be easily integrated and directly installed in various housings, effectively speeding up development and improving efficiency in commercial production.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: HSUAN-YU CHAO
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Publication number: 20240139367Abstract: The present application discloses a ceiling-mount air disinfector, i.e., an air disinfection troffer, including: a housing; a first air outlet and a first air inlet respectively near two opposing ends of a side of the housing; a filter covering the first air inlet; a cross flow fan located near the first air outlet, and an air disinfection apparatus disposed in the housing including an ultraviolet disinfection mechanism and an air rectifying chamber, said air rectifying chamber including a plurality of air ducts configured in parallel. In operation, ultraviolet light and air flow are introduced into the air ducts, traveling toward each other along a long side of the air ducts so that maximized air-light interaction time is achieved for the best disinfection efficacy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: JIANPING ZHANG, HUAZHONG DENG, LING ZHOU, YING GAO
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Publication number: 20240139368Abstract: An air purifying performance evaluation device includes a chamber which accommodates an inspection object, a stirring fan which circulates air inside the chamber, a sterilizer configured sterilize microorganisms inside the chamber, a microorganism injector which injects microorganisms from the outside of the chamber into the inside of the chamber, and a sampling assembly which obtains a sample of microorganisms inside the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Jaeeun KIM, Joonseon JEONG, Jinkyu KANG, Dongwook KIM
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Publication number: 20240139369Abstract: A system and method for removing unwanted particles and pathogens, including but not limited to viruses, from a volume of gas. The system exhibits low resistance to air flow, allowing a high volume flow and rate of gas volume to be processed. Cold surfaces reduce the temperature of incoming gas causing condensation of water from the gas. The condensate contains unwanted particles and pathogens that have been removed from the volume of gas. The condensate is caused to pass over heated surfaces that comprising a hydrophobic coating, and also comprising catalytic surfaces with anti-viral coatings to neutralize contagions. Micro-spray nozzles, which may incorporate ionization, may be utilized to spray collected water onto the heated surfaces where the contagion may be utilized. The system may comprise multiple stages. The system provides better contagion neutralization and higher flow rates than prior art systems while using less energy, and producing less noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: FACE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Clark D. BOYD, Bradbury R. Face
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Publication number: 20240139370Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparation method of a titanium implant with a surface coating in a crater-like porous shape. A titanium substrate is subjected to polishing, cleaning, and first drying in sequence to obtain a pretreated titanium substrate. This step eliminates an influence of roughness and surface impurities of the titanium substrate on roughness and a structure of a coating formed on a surface of the titanium substrate after micro-arc oxidation, so as to obtain a titanium implant with a specific structure and a desirable biological performance. The micro-arc oxidation is conducted using the pretreated titanium substrate as an anode and iron as a cathode in an electrolyte containing sodium phosphate. In this step, a micro-arc oxidation coating is formed on the surface of the titanium substrate to obtain the titanium implant with a surface coating in a crater-like porous shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Xiaohong CHEN, Binbin KANG, Fengcang MA, Shaoli FU, Haochen WU
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Publication number: 20240139371Abstract: A medical device comprising one or more polyhydroxyurethane (PHU) and a method of manufacturing thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Patrizio LANCELLOTTI, Cécile OURY, Christine JEROME, Christophe DETREMBLEUR, Abdelhafid AQIL, Sofia MELO, Anna PIERRARD
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Publication number: 20240139372Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for depositing polymer and/or other layers onto surfaces of, for example, implantable medical devices. In some embodiments, the polymer and/or other coating layers are deposited via plasma polymerization deposition. In some embodiments, primer layers are deposited via plasma polymerization deposition. A coating layer can be formed over a primer layer. The deposited layers can be bioresorbable and/or bioabsorbable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Ni Ding, Vincent James Gray
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Publication number: 20240139374Abstract: Disclosed herein is use of collagen particles for preparation of a medicament for inducing hair follicles neogenesis or angiogenesis in a subject. The collagen particles in the present application have a diameter of about 10-200 ?m. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the collagen particles are administered to the subject in an amount of about 0.1 mg/cm2 to about 1,000 mg/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Dar-Jen HSIEH, Yun-Ju CHEN, Chao-Yi WEI
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Publication number: 20240139376Abstract: The invention features compositions and methods for repairing musculoskeletal defects or injuries using a bioactive scaffold comprising fibrinogen, thrombin, SDF-1 and/or KGN as well as methods of making the scaffold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Chathuraka Teekshana JAYASURIYA, Daniel S. YANG
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Publication number: 20240139377Abstract: Provided herein is a system, e.g., a living electrode, comprising a biocompatible construct comprising a matrix, and a plurality of auditory neurons. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the system, and methods of using the same for implantation in a subject, for modulating an auditory neuron in the subject, and/or for treating or alleviating a symptom of a hearing loss disorder. Further provided herein are kits comprising the system described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Daniel Kacy Cullen, Jason Brant, Oladayo Adewole
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Publication number: 20240139378Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to engineered tissues and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and systems for engineering a biosynthetic vascular network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Ming-Sing SI, Josue CHERY, Shuyun WANG
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Publication number: 20240139379Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions, apparatus and methods for generating one or more scaffolds, including: mixing a hydrogel material and/or an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein in an aqueous solvent to generate an aqueous process solution; and cryoelectrospinning the aqueous process solution onto a plurality of conductive probes extending from a conductive surface of a collector plate disposed within a process chamber under conditions sufficient to generate one or more scaffolds configured to mimic a preselected soft tissue decellularized extracellular matrix. Scaffold compositions are also provided having preselected or tuned characteristics. The scaffolds provide a promising stromal cell delivery vehicle for the remediation of fibrosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Susan Sharfstein, Yubing Xie, Pujhitha Ramesh, James Castracane, Melinda Larsen, Nicholas Moskwa
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Publication number: 20240139380Abstract: Viscoelastic hydrogel microparticles are used for repair of tissue defects and injuries or filling and occlusion of anatomical structures. These are administered as a microparticle suspension using a catheter, syringe, steerable catheter tip, or comparable technology into the site, where they can be further stabilized by crosslinking or sealing, or through incorporation of a support or encapsulating structure. Materials and methods for solidifying, stabilizing and sealing these materials can be used that are also biocompatible and easily deployed with catheters in the body. The micron sized interstitial spacing provides a scaffold for ingrowth and migration of cells into the gel matrices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Keegan Mendez, Ellen Roche, Connor Verheyen, Jennifer Lewis, Markus Horvath, Sophie Wang, Sebastien Uzel
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Publication number: 20240139381Abstract: Disclosed herein is a conduit embedded with a biocompatible polymer for use in devices such as artificial tissues and organs. Also disclosed are methods of making such conduits.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Charles C. Klassen
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Publication number: 20240139382Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coated medical device allowed to have not only sufficient hydrophilicity and lubricity but also a lipid adhesion inhibiting capability, and to provide a simple method for manufacturing the device. The present invention provides a coated medical device and a method for manufacturing the same, the coated medical device including a medical device and a hydrophilic polymer layer coating the surface of the medical device; wherein the hydrophilic polymer layer contains a hydrophilic polymer A, the hydrophilic polymer A containing, as monomer units, a compound a1 having a specific structure and a compound a2 having an amide group; and wherein the copolymerization ratio of the compound a1 to the compound a2 is 1/99 to 99/1 by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Rumiko KITAGAWA, Masataka NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240139383Abstract: Medical articles formed from ionically bonding an ionic compound and an active agent provide enhanced properties. The ionic compound comprises an ionic additive incorporated into a base polymer. The ionic additive may be one or more of an anionic additive, a cationic additive, and a zwitterionic additive. Medical articles herein have antimicrobial, anti-fouling, and/or antithrombotic characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: He Bai, James Joseph Semler
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Publication number: 20240139384Abstract: A coating film on an elongated medical device is composed of a polymeric material that has been crosslinked by a structure given by any of formulas (1) to (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soichi FUTAMI, Yumi TAKATA, Shinpei YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240139385Abstract: Described herein are methods for controlling the release of nitric oxide from a nitric oxide releasing material. The method involves exposing the nitric oxide releasing material to light having a discrete wavelength, wherein the nitric oxide releasing material comprises a (i) a polysiloxane network and (ii) a plurality of nitric oxide-donating moieties covalently bonded to the polysiloxane network. The tunability of nitric oxide release from the nitric oxide releasing materials described herein provides unique therapeutic profiles that correspond to endogenous thresholds of nitric oxide for desired physiological response. The methods described herein can prevent bacterial growth as well as the formation of biofilms and fibrinogen on articles such as, for example, medical devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Hitesh HANDA, Mark GARREN, Elizabeth J. BRISBOIS, Megan Elizabeth BROOKS, Morgan Musialowski ASHCRAFT
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Publication number: 20240139386Abstract: A method for controlling generation of biologically desirable voids in a composition placed in proximity to bone or other tissue in a patient by selecting at least one water-soluble inorganic material having a desired particle size and solubility, and mixing the water-soluble inorganic material with at least one poorly-water-soluble or biodegradable matrix material. The matrix material, after it is mixed with the water-soluble inorganic material, is placed into the patient in proximity to tissue so that the water-soluble inorganic material dissolves at a predetermined rate to generate biologically desirable voids in the matrix material into which bone or other tissue can then grow.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: James A. WALLS
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Publication number: 20240139387Abstract: Provided are methods, devices and compositions for reducing and/or inhibiting postsurgical tissue adhesion using a hydrogel film disposed onto a target tissue, thereby providing an adhesion barrier that remains over said target tissue for a prescribed period of time. In some embodiments, the hydrogel film is formed by the gelation of a pre-gel mixture applied onto the target tissue as a plurality of particles having an average maximum dimension, such as diameter, of at most about 500 ?m. In some embodiments, the hydrogel film has a minimum storage modulus of 100 Pa. In some embodiments, the pre-gel mixture comprises an ECM digest having a collagen to carbohydrate ratio (by mass) of at least 70:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Timothy J. KEANE, JR., Peter Alexander SMITH, Stephen G. RAMON
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Publication number: 20240139388Abstract: A breastpump for expressing human breastmilk comprises a housing, a pump chamber with a driven pump membrane for producing a vacuum, and a breast shield with an interior for receiving a mother's breast. Expressed milk flows from the interior into the pump chamber through a milk channel, said pump chamber having an outlet opening through which expressed milk flows from the pump chamber into a milk collection container. The breastpump comprises a multipart hygiene module comprising a first part with a flow opening for connecting to the interior, a valve body with at least one valve and a second part with a rigid cup for forming the pump chamber. The valve body is arranged between the first and second part and the hygiene module as a whole is connectable to the housing of the breastpump in a sealing and detachable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: André Schlienger, Sebastian Höner, Mario Rigert, Armin Felber, Marco Steiner
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Publication number: 20240139389Abstract: An improved breast pump flange assembly, flexible membrane and method of use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the breast pump flange assembly includes a flanged housing having an interior chamber extending therethrough. The flanged housing including an upper receiving portion having a first diameter, a substantially tubular middle portion having a second diameter, and a substantially tubular lower connecting portion having a third diameter. In some embodiments, the breast pump flange assembly further includes a flexible membrane having an opening extending therethrough. The flexible membrane having one or more support pad positioned at least partially around the opening of the tubular middle portion of the flanged housing. The support pad configured to simulate the sensation of a baby's mouth on a breast, causing the breast to be massaged by intermittent suction action produced by a breast pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Marcella Lee Post, Tina Louise Michael-Shine
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Publication number: 20240139390Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine comprising a balancing system that has at least one balancing chamber for a volumetrically exact supply and removal of dialysis solution to and from a dialyzer fluidically connected to the balancing system in operation; a water inlet system connected to the balancing system for the supply of fresh dialysis liquid, with the water inlet system having an apparatus for degassing water that is connected to an air separator of the dialysis machine, with a first subsection of the air separator serving as a mixing chamber and being connectable to at least one concentrate source via at least one concentrate line and being in fluid communication with the balancing system via at least one dialysate line, wherein the filling volume of a balancing chamber corresponds to or exceeds the sum of the volume of the mixing chamber and the inner volume of the dialysate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Peter KLÖFFEL, Tilman STÄBLEIN, Andreas SYFONIOS, Dirk HÜMMER, Tobias IRRGANG, Benedict GLASER
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Publication number: 20240139391Abstract: Disclosed is a blood oxygenator. The blood oxygenator includes a blood inlet chamber, and a housing. A hollow cavity is arranged in the housing, and includes a heat exchange zone and a gas exchange zone. Multiple heat exchange filaments are arranged in the heat exchange zone. Multiple hollow fibrous membrane fibers are arranged in the gas exchange zone. The blood inlet chamber includes an inverted conical side wall and an end surface hermetically connected to an opening at one end of the inverted conical side wall, an opening at the other end of the inverted conical side wall is hermetically connected to one end of the housing, and the other end of the housing is hermetically connected with a cover body. The cover body is provided with a blood outlet, and the end surface is provided with a spiral liquid inlet pipe coaxial with the blood inlet chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Zengsheng CHEN, Yubo FAN, Xiaoyan DENG
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Publication number: 20240139392Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for the treatment of edema. In one aspect a method for implanting an indwelling catheter within a vein of a patient is provided. The catheter can extend from a position upstream of at least one outflow port of a duct of the lymph system to a terminal position downstream of the at least one outflow port. In use, a first restriction can be created within the vein proximal to a distal region of the catheter. The first restriction can define a localized low pressure zone distal of the restriction and within a portion of the vein housing the catheter. The low pressure zone can be adjacent to the at least one outflow port to enable fluid to pass from the at least one lymph duct outflow port into the vein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Yaacov Nitzan, Menashe Yacoby, Tanhum Feld
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Publication number: 20240139393Abstract: Provided herein are bedside systems and methods for performing customized cell-based therapies and treatments in a patient-connected, closed-loop continuous-flow manner, including cellular modifications and treatments, e.g., to produce chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) cells among other cellular modifications and treatments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Lupagen, Inc.Inventors: David PERITT, Nripendra DAS
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Publication number: 20240139394Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to adsorb calciprotein particles. An adsorbent for calciprotein particles of the present invention is characterized in that the surface of a water-insoluble carrier is covalently bonded, through a hydrocarbon group, to at least one selected from the group consisting of amino group, carboxyl group, phosphate group, phosphono group, phosphino group, and thiol group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, BROAD BEAN SCIENCE CO., LTD.Inventors: Ai YONEZAWA, Kana WATANABE, Makoto KUROO
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Publication number: 20240139395Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element which is configured in the form of a pocket or a tube with an inner space extending in a longitudinal direction and has a multilayer structure which has a permeable outer layer, a permeable inner layer and at least one intermediate layer arranged between the outer layer and the inner layer, which is configured as a fine-pored filter element, wherein the filter element has a predetermined axial length, and wherein the outer layer and the inner layer have the predetermined axial length.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Sefar AGInventor: Hansjörg DÜR
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Publication number: 20240139396Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for assessing a measured pressure value, with the provision of a blood treatment apparatus, connectable to a blood tubing set which includes an arterial blood line and a venous blood line, wherein the blood treatment apparatus further includes a blood pump, pressure meter for measuring the pressure in the blood lines, in each case with the determination of at least one pressure measurement value, an alarm output device for outputting an alarm based on the pressure measurement value and a control device for controlling or regulating the blood pump. The method includes providing an alarm criterion memory for defining an alarm event and providing a reference data memory. The method encompasses measuring the prevailing pressures, assessing the determined pressure measurement values using alarm criteria, and repeating the pressure measuring processes at certain conveying rates of the blood pump to assess whether it is a false alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Pascal Kopperschmidt
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Publication number: 20240139397Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for temporarily interrupting an extracorporeal treatment of blood of a patient by use of a blood treatment apparatus. The method comprises activating or controlling a control device provided and configured to bring the blood treatment apparatus into a state in which the blood treatment session of the patient can be interrupted with the intention to continue the blood treatment session. The present invention further relates to a control device, a blood treatment apparatus, a digital storage means, a computer program product as well as a computer program.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Uwe Hermann, Sabine Kipp, Christine Nachbaur-Sturm, Thomas Pusinelli, Martin Gruendken, Georg Verch
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Publication number: 20240139398Abstract: A blood processing device includes a pump system, a valve system, a centrifuge, and a controller configured and/or programmed to control the operation of the pump system, the valve system, and the centrifuge to execute a blood separation procedure. The blood separation procedure executed by the controller includes pumping blood into the centrifuge at an inflow rate, separating the blood in the centrifuge into red blood cells and plasma, with an interface between the red blood cells and plasma located at an interface position within the centrifuge, and pumping at least a portion of the red blood cells and at least a portion of the plasma out of the centrifuge. The controller is configured and/or programmed to employ an inflow rate and/or an interface position that is based at least in part on the temperature of the blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Benjamin E. Kusters, Richard I. Brown, Kyungyoon Min
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Publication number: 20240139399Abstract: Described are embodiments that include methods and devices for separating components from multi-component fluids. Embodiments may involve use of separation vessels and movement of components into and out of separation vessels through ports. Embodiments may involve the separation of plasma from whole blood. Also described are embodiments that include methods and devices for positioning portions, e.g., loops, of disposables in medical devices. Embodiments may involve use of surfaces for automatically guiding loops to position them into a predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Thomas J. FELT, Dennis J. HLAVINKA, Brian M. HOLMES
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Publication number: 20240139400Abstract: A method of processing blood or a blood product using an automated system includes displaying on a display a listing of a plurality of blood processing procedures that may be performed using the system and receiving operator input selecting one of the blood processing procedures that is to be performed. The method includes displaying on the display a list of parameters that are associated with the selected blood processing procedure and receiving operator input selecting a plurality of the parameters that are to populate the display during performance of the procedure. The method includes receiving operator input indicating a format in which the selected parameters are to be presented on the display. The method includes displaying values for the selected plurality of parameters in the indicated format during performance of the specified procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Fenwal, Inc.Inventor: Matthew J. Schoonover
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Publication number: 20240139401Abstract: Devices used to collect bodily fluids are disclosed. The devices may include a fluid bag and a transformable hanger for mounting the fluid bag to a support structure such as a hospital bed rail. The fluid bag can include a first fluid compartment and a second fluid compartment. The devices may further include a displaceable front cover and a back cover to obscure the bodily fluids from observation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Earl G. Christensen
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Ultraportable and Adjustable Nose, Ear, and Wound Aspirator and Irrigator Device and Related Methods
Publication number: 20240139402Abstract: An aspiration and irrigation ultraportable device is disclosed. The device is configured to aspirate and irrigate alone or sequentially. The device comprises a digitally adjustable dry/wet vacuum and a spray/irrigator assembly that is powered by rechargeable batteries. The device has at least one easily disposable and cleanable aspirant/irrigant reservoir. The present invention relates to the field of medicine specially related to outpatient and in-home settings of aspiration and irrigation of nose, ear, open wounds, and other body fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Medhat N. Elmasry -
Publication number: 20240139403Abstract: A catheter or shaft, such as a distal access support or aspiration catheter, is provided that is configured to be advanced at least partially within a patient. The catheter or shaft may include a flexible and hollow shaft including a proximal end and a distal end. The flexible and hollow shaft may include a slotted portion with a plurality of slotted openings, the slotted portion including a first segment with a first pattern of slotted openings and a second segment extending proximally relative the first segment with a second pattern of slotted openings different from the first pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: eLum Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Quang Tran, Noelle Bagnall, Victor Barajas
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Publication number: 20240139404Abstract: A canister for use with a wound therapy system includes first and second compartments configured to receive and contain wound exudate, and an airflow pathway. The airflow pathway includes a planar region positioned between the first compartment and the second compartment, an inlet extending from a first end of the planar region at an obtuse angle relative to the planar region, an outlet at a second end of the planar region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Thomas Alan EDWARDS, Benjamin A. PRATT, Dominic NOLAN
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Publication number: 20240139405Abstract: An accessory (60) configured to be attached to a medical device (10) to disinfect a skin surface or a portable medical device surface (54). The accessory (60) comprising a plurality of disinfecting materials (68), and a mounting mechanism (62) that is configured to attach and detach the accessory (60) to the medical device (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Jeremy GARTNER, Maryann FAM, Peter GIRGIS
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Publication number: 20240139406Abstract: A therapeutic device for treating an acute medical condition of a patient such as cardiac arrest is provided. The device also includes a plurality of medication reservoirs, each reservoir including a conduit, wherein each reservoir holds a predetermined medication that may be used to treat the condition. A manifold is connected with the reservoirs via their respective conduits. One or more medication pumps are in fluid connection with respective ones of the reservoirs. A delivery line is connected with the manifold to deliver fluids from the manifold to the patient intravenously.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: CORVICTUS, LLCInventors: Samuel MACKENZIE, John MACKENZIE
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Publication number: 20240139407Abstract: A tube connector for an infusion tube is connectable to an infusion container. The tube connector has a first fluid opening that is connectable to the infusion tube or to a drip chamber connected to the infusion tube to provide a first fluid connection between the infusion container and the infusion tube. The tube connector has a second fluid opening connectable to the infusion tube to provide a second fluid connection between the infusion container and the infusion tube. The tube connector has a blocking device configured to block a fluid connection between the infusion tube connected to the second fluid opening and the infusion container connected to the tube connector to prevent a release of fluid from the infusion container into the infusion tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Karl Martin Berg, Florin Kopp
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Publication number: 20240139408Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can be used to determine a user's total insulin load (TIL) that provides an accurate indication of the insulin previously delivered to the user's body which has not yet acted. In particular embodiments, the TIL can account for both the bolus deliveries and the basal deliveries that have occurred over a period of time. Such information may be useful, for example, when the infusion pump is operated in conjunction with a continuous glucose monitoring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventor: Mark C Estes
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Publication number: 20240139409Abstract: Drug delivery reservoir cassette for a pump is provided. The cassette includes a cassette housing having a front surface, a back surface and lateral sidewalls, the cassette housing defining a transverse axis extending between the lateral sidewalls and a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the transverse axis. The cassette housing includes a cassette body region defining a fluid reservoir chamber therein, and a cassette base region having a boundary configured to be received by the pump, the boundary including a pair of opposing rails disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis. The cassette base region can also include an engagement surface, alignment key, and/or support rib to align the cassette in a receiving region of the pump. A device for delivering a beneficial agent including a pump and cassette is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Phil D. Anderson, Gurjinder Dhami, Scott Smieja, Jeff Schacherl, Matthew Svacina
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Publication number: 20240139410Abstract: Data is received that characterizes infusions administered to a patient among each of a plurality of infusion channels. Thereafter, a plurality of infusion events and respective event times are identified based on the received data. A temporal view of the infusion events can then be displayed in a graphical user interface and/or the temporal view of the infusion events can form part of a report. The temporal view segregates each channel into a separate swim lane with each swim lane visualizing infusion events for the corresponding channel at the respective event times. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Federico Garibaldi, Yared Akalou
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Publication number: 20240139411Abstract: A skin patch drug infusion device includes an infusion mechanism module, provided with multiple first electrical contacts and a first physical component exposed on the surface; a control mechanism module, included a case, and provided with multiple second electrical contacts and an in-position detection module exposed on the surface of the case. The in-position detection module includes a second physical component. When the control mechanism module and the infusion mechanism module are assembled with each other, the first electrical contacts and the corresponding second electrical contacts are squeezed to electrically connect with each other, and the second physical component is operably electrically connected to the first physical component to generate an in-position detection signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Cuijun Yang
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Publication number: 20240139412Abstract: A vascular puncture device is a vascular puncture device that punctures a blood vessel using an inner needle having a sharp needle tip, a flexible outer tube covering the inner needle, a drive unit moving the inner needle and the outer tube, and an imaging unit capable of acquiring a cross-sectional image of a human body in contact with a skin surface and visualizing a distal end of the inner needle, and includes a control unit controlling movement of the drive unit. The control unit calculates one or more of a movement distance and a puncture angle of the drive unit based on a separation distance between the distal end of the inner needle and a distal end of the outer tube, and moves the drive unit to set the drive unit at one or more of the calculated movement distance and the calculated puncture angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: TERUMOKABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takito INUKAI, Takumi FUKUDA, Yoichiro KUWANO
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Publication number: 20240139413Abstract: A method of making a needle guard includes providing a mold having a portion defining a volume, the volume being a hollow cylinder with non-uniform walls with a pair of slots therein, the slots being open at one end and closed at the other end, the pair of slots having a major portion of constant width. The walls are thicker at the other end than at the one end. The method includes filling the volume with polymer and releasing a molded part from said mold and cooling a molded part resulting from the filling and releasing such that temperature that the widths of the pair of slots is non-uniform after cooling. The needle guard has upper and lower jaws defining a channel and coming together at a hinge. A winged needle can be inserted between the jaws, with the wings of the winged needle passing through slots between the jaws.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NxStage Medical, Inc.Inventors: James M. BRUGGER, Christopher D. PIERSON, Steven C. ALFORD
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Publication number: 20240139414Abstract: A medical flow sensor module assembly is part of an installation for patient monitoring and/or patient care. A single-use sensor module has a channel body with a flow channel A flow sensor is used to measure a fluid flow through the flow channel A flow sensor interface is in signal connection with the flow sensor. A reusable housing module of the module assembly serves to accommodate the sensor module. The housing module has at least one electronics unit and an electronics unit interface via which the electronics unit is in signal connection with the flow sensor interface. The housing module has at least two housing sections which enclose the sensor module in a form-fitting manner. This results in an assembly that can be used cost-efficiently.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: RAUMEDIC AGInventors: Lena PIESCHNIK, Susan ZEININGER, Stefan WEISS, Bastian RAMMING, Ricardo EHRENPFORDT, Thomas RUHLAND