Patents Issued in September 26, 2024
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Publication number: 20240315655Abstract: A method for cerebral vessel calcification detection and classification includes the steps of: receiving a set of input Computed Tomography (CT) images representing consecutive slices of a 3D volume of cerebral vessels; performing a region of interest regression to determine a ROI within the input CT images that is a cuboid that contains a circle of Willis; performing calcification detection based on the ROI within the input CT images, by means of: a segmentation procedure and/or an anomaly detection procedure; and performing quantification of the predicted locations of vessel calcifications to indicate at least one of: a volume or intensity of individual calcifications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Kris B, SIEMIONOW, Paul LEWICKI
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Publication number: 20240315656Abstract: A compression member puts a breast disposed between a radiation source and a radiation detector into a compressed state, and includes a first marker that is formed of a first material, which is visible in an ultrasound image and is not visible in a radiation image, and of which a position in the compression member is discriminative, and a second marker that is provided at a position, which does not affect an image interpretation of the radiation image, and is formed of a second material which is visible in the radiation image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Atsushi OSAWA, Hisatsugu HORIUCHI, Keiji TSUBOTA, Sayaka SAITO
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Publication number: 20240315657Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for data correction. The method is applied to a medical scanning device including a ray emitting device and a detector. The detector may include a plurality of detector pixel units. The method for data correction may include obtaining spatial positions of the plurality of detector pixel units; determining cosine correction data based on the spatial positions of the plurality of detector pixel units and a spatial position of a focal point of the ray emitting device; determining response data to be corrected of the detector; determining target data by correcting the response data to be corrected using the cosine correction data; determining one or more correction coefficients corresponding to the plurality of detector pixel units based on the target data; and correcting response data of a subject to be detected based on the one or more correction coefficients.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: WUHAN UNITED IMAGING LIFE SCIENCE INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tan XU, Wenting XU, Wei YANG
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Publication number: 20240315658Abstract: A radiographing apparatus for performing radiographing includes a first communication unit that transmits a radiation image captured in the radiographing via first wireless communication with an access point, a second communication unit that transmits information and receive the information about an establishment of the first wireless communication via second wireless communication with a communication device, and a control unit configured to control the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication. In a case where the radiation image transmission is being performed via the first wireless communication, the control unit performs control to disable at least one of transmission of the information and reception of the information via the second wireless communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: HIDEAKI MORITA, TOSHITAKA NORO, ASATO KOSUGE
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Publication number: 20240315659Abstract: A method for operating a computed tomography facility includes, during an imaging process, dividing detector data into: (1) a first data stream with first detector data sufficient for the reconstruction of an evaluable computed tomography image dataset after completion of the raw data acquisition with the at least one X-ray detector with a data transmission rate corresponding at most to the maximum transmission rate; and (2) a second data stream comprising the remaining detector data as second detector data. The method further includes: transferring the first data stream as a real-time transmission directly to a computing facility via a communication path; storing the second detector data in a temporary storage facility; and, after completion of the raw data acquisition with the at least one X-ray detector and the transmission of the first data stream, transmitting the second detector data to the computing facility via the communication path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Björn Kreisler, Benjamin Schweikert, Florian Wolz
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Publication number: 20240315660Abstract: Device and system for detecting sounds from the subject's body are disclosed. The device may include: a support configured to be removably attached to a subject's body or a subject's clothing; an acoustic sensor connected to the support and configured to detect sounds from within the subject's body and generate an output signal; an acoustic waveguide connected to the support and configured to guide the sounds from within the subject's body to the acoustic sensor; a digital storage unit connected to the support; and a processor connected to the support and configured to: at least one of: save at least a portion of the output signal in the digital storage unit; preprocess the output signal, and analyze the output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: CARDIOKOL LTD.Inventors: Alon David GOREN, Amir BEKER, Yirmi HAUPTMAN, Eli ATTAR
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Publication number: 20240315661Abstract: A device for performing active auscultation comprising: a main body; a body attachment structure; and one or more wings; wherein said main body comprises memory, battery, IMU, transceiver, and DSP; wherein said one or more wings comprise a microphone wing and a speaker wing; wherein said microphone wing comprises one or more microphones; wherein said speaker wing comprises a speaker; wherein said one or more wings comprise a temperature sensor; wherein said main body is configured to engage said body attachment structure; wherein said body attachment structured is configured to engage, on a first side said main body, and on a second side an animal body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: Maria ARTUNDUAGA
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Publication number: 20240315662Abstract: The present invention relates to a telemedicine stethoscope device that facilitates remote medical consultations by enabling the transmission of bodily sounds from a patient to a healthcare provider through an electronic device. The device consists of a skin contact element designed to establish a secure interface with the patient's skin, a walled structure that connects the skin contact element to a base, and a detachable coupling mechanism incorporated into the base for removably attaching the device to an electronic device. A diaphragm membrane, made of a flexible material and positioned orthogonally within the path between two openings, forms a sound chamber with the hollow space to effectively transmit sound vibrations from the patient's skin through the device to the microphone of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Haluk Un, MUSTAFA YASAR SIR
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Publication number: 20240315663Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a mechanical analysis for determining a kinetic value, such as pressure, from ultrasonically measured Lamb wave speed in a pressurized biological compartment. Acoustoclastic analysis of Lamb waves may be used to determine pressure in a biological compartment, such as with a spherical pressure-vessel analysis. Non-invasive pressure estimation is provided in biological compartments which is relevant to a range of biological structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Mostafa Fatemi, Azra Alizad, David P. Rosen
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Publication number: 20240315664Abstract: Systems and methods of predicting future medical events are based on the processing of medical images. 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: Robert S Bunn
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Publication number: 20240315665Abstract: A cranial implant that facilitates functional ultrasound imaging is disclosed. The example cranial implant replaces a section of a skull. The cranial implant in includes a support section shaped to replace a removed section of the skull. The implant includes a window of sonolucent material allowing functional ultrasound imaging through an ultrasound probe on the window. The window is shaped to allow access to a region of interest in the brain from the ultrasound probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Sumner L. Norman, Claire Rabut, Whitney S. Griggs, Richard A. Andersen, Mikhail G. Shapiro, Charles Liu
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Publication number: 20240315666Abstract: A system and method for identifying a target probe from a plurality of probes collaborating with an examination device, where the system includes an identification element configured to be associated with the target probe, at least one probe-holder configured to be associated with the examination device and to support the target probe, a reader associated with the probe-holder and configured to communicate with the identification element of the target probe, and a signaling element configured to communicate with the reader and configured to emit a signal destined for a user of the system according to the communication between the reader and the target probe identification element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Etienne ROUSSEAU, Hélène SPORTOUCHE
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Publication number: 20240315667Abstract: An ultrasound probe with thermal management and methods for using and manufacturing the same are described. In some embodiments, an ultrasound probe includes electronics configured to control transmission and reception of ultrasound signals and a battery configured to provide power to the electronics. The ultrasound probe also includes a battery holder configured to house the battery and transfer heat away from the electronics and an enclosure configured to establish a seal that isolates the electronics from the battery and an environment external to the ultrasound probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: SAEED ALIAKBARI
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Publication number: 20240315668Abstract: Provided are a control method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that enable a user to smoothly start an examination even in a case where there are a plurality of ultrasound probes or a plurality of apparatus bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Keiji TSUBOTA
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Publication number: 20240315669Abstract: A wireless probe includes a housing having a length in a first direction, a first transducer located at one end of the housing in the first direction, a circuit board located inside the housing and electrically connected to the first transducer, and a battery located between the first transducer and the circuit board inside the housing and having a length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the housing is configured to allow the battery to be inserted and separated along the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.Inventors: Minho Heo, Sokjae Shin, Hyungwon Yoon, Yonghyun Kim, Jungmin Kim, Jaehan Jeon, Yongkwan Kim
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Publication number: 20240315670Abstract: An intravascular ultrasound catheter is provided that includes multiple transducers placed facing the same radial angle or radially offset from each other. The transducers are disposed on planar surfaces that are offset from a centerline, which is orthogonal to an axis of the catheter. The planar surfaces can be offset from the centerline between ?10 and 10 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.Inventors: Paul F. Chouinard, Brady Scott Logan
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Publication number: 20240315671Abstract: A PMUT includes a substrate being doped and having a plurality of conductive vias formed therein, each conductive via formed of a portion of the substrate extending completely from a back side of the substrate to a front side of the substrate and being encircled by an isolating structure that electrically isolates that portion of the substrate from other portions of the substrate. An insulating layer stacked on the front side of the substrate and has through-holes therein over the plurality of conductive vias. An interconnection layer is stacked on the insulating layer and is connected to the plurality of conductive vias. A membrane carried is by the interconnection layer and underlying substrate, the membrane being shaped so as to delimit a chamber. A piezoelectric stack formed on the membrane over the chamber and vibrates the membrane in response to application of an alternating voltage to the piezoelectric stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Federico VERCESI, Giorgio ALLEGATO, Tarek AFIFI AFIFI, Sonia COSTANTINI
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Publication number: 20240315672Abstract: Examples of this disclosure include a medical imaging system having a control module, a foldable touchscreen with at least a first touchscreen section and a second touchscreen section extending from the first section and being tiltable relative to the first section. The control module has a watertight surface resistant to liquids and configured to be cleanable by disinfectant liquid on the first and second sections, and between the two sections. Other examples include a method for medical imaging that includes displaying a first image generated by the imaging system on the third section of the system, duplicating the first image, displaying the first duplicated image on at least one of the first section and the second section such that a user can at least one of mark an area on the latter and have annotation options, and in response, processing the first image using a predefined algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Etienne ROUSSEAU, Damien MAJOREL
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Publication number: 20240315673Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for extracting breathing pattern data from ultrasound images for aiding downstream clinical patient management, including detecting a trigger event indicative of a breathing pattern from at least one of an audio-based trigger and an image-based trigger from an ultrasound video stream. The presently disclosed technique may further include identifying a breathing pattern in the ultrasound video stream responsive to detection of the trigger event. The presently disclosed technique may also include extraction of at least one breathing-related parameter and the generation of a record with the at least one breathing-related parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Shyam Bharat, Sven Peter Prevrhal, Jochen Kruecker, Seyedali Sadeghi, Claudia Errico
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Publication number: 20240315674Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method produce attenuation coefficient maps of a region of interest in an ultrasound image. In order to detect the presence of elevation aperture blockage, the system estimates attenuation coefficients by two different methods. The estimates produced by the two different methods are combined to produce a metric, which is evaluated as a function of depth. If the metric satisfies one or more criteria of measurement bias, elevation aperture blockage is identified and an alert of the blockage is produced for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Hua Xie, Man Nguyen, Jean-Luc Francois-Marie Robert, William Tao Shi, Claudia Errico
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Publication number: 20240315675Abstract: A biopsy device for sampling cells or tissue in a subject, the biopsy device comprising: a tubular member defining a lumen; and an elongated member movably arranged within the lumen of the tubular member, wherein a distal portion of the elongated member comprises a tissue capture arrangement including a plurality of rigid protrusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Mikael SANDELL, Niclas ROXHED, Göran STEMME, Staffan HOLMIN, Stefan JONSSON, Wouter METSOLA VAN DER WIJNGAART
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Publication number: 20240315676Abstract: A hybrid image based on different tissue specimen images is generated to compensate for blood and other fluids that interfere with imaging. Specimen is deposited into tray with fluid. X-ray and camera imaging devices acquire images of specimen and fluid. X-ray and optical images are processed for generation of hybrid image. Transparency modifications allow for multiple and different images to contribute to depiction of specimen edges or boundaries that would otherwise appear less clear in x-ray image due to interfering fluid. Transparency modifications in hybrid image also provide for sufficiently high transparency in certain optical image portions that would otherwise be opaque so that objects of interest depicted in x-ray image but not optical image are visible.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Hologic, Inc.Inventor: Biao CHEN
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Publication number: 20240315677Abstract: A biopsy forceps device includes a control member; a yoke coupled to the member; jaws coupled to the yoke; and a capsule. In an open configuration, the jaws are separated to receive target tissue. In a closed configuration, cutting edges of the jaws are moved toward one another to cut tissue. The capsule slidably receives the yoke and a portion of the jaws. The jaws are constrained to the closed configuration when withdrawn proximally to a first position within the capsule. When the jaws are moved to a second position, portions of the jaws are freed from the constraint capsule and spread apart. When the yoke and the jaws are moved distally and the jaws move to the open configuration, a tissue contacting structure of the yoke extends distally to engage tissue between the jaws to anchor the engaged tissue again lateral movement as the jaws contact the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Deepak Kumar SHARMA, Hitendra PUROHIT
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Publication number: 20240315678Abstract: A connection arrangement for a surgical instrument or in a surgical instrument, includes an instrument base which is designed for controlling and/or operating a high-frequency tool of the surgical instrument, and a connection body of a high-frequency connector. The connection body is designed for predetermined orientation in a connection axis of the high-frequency connector within the instrument base. The instrument base forms a receptacle for the connection body and the receptacle has an orientation portion. The connection body has a corresponding orientation portion. The connection body, by insertion into the receptacle by the orientation portions, can orient itself at a predetermined angle of rotation on the connection axis. The invention further relates to a surgical instrument having a connection arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Lisa DIETERLE, Sven GRÜNER
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Publication number: 20240315679Abstract: Provided herein is a system with a safety lock that is configured to at least partially prevent use of a surgical instrument. A foot switch assembly is operably configured to control the surgical instrument and has multiple switches. A memory is present for storing a predetermined switch sequence associated with the switches of the foot switch assembly, as well as a control unit that is configured to determine whether a series of input switch actuations from the foot switch assembly corresponds to the predetermined switch sequence, and if so, deactivating the safety lock in response to the series of input switch actuations corresponding to the predetermined switch sequence. Also provided are various embodiments of a foot switch assembly for controlling a surgical instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Crea IP B.V.Inventor: Adriaantje Coliene Dam-Huisman
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Publication number: 20240315680Abstract: A wearable foot controller for a surgical instrument may include a body configured to be worn on a foot and including a heel portion and a ball portion on an opposite end of the body from the heel portion, a heel pressure sensor, a ball pressure sensor, a heel movement sensor, a ball movement sensor, and a processor. The processor may be configured to generate control data for the surgical instrument based upon the ball movement sensor responsive to an activation state the heel pressure sensor, and based upon the heel movement sensor responsive to an activation state of the ball pressure sensor. The processor may also be configured to communicate the control data from the processor to the surgical instrument via a communications link.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: Oliver Filutowski
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Publication number: 20240315681Abstract: A supporting apparatus configured to support a unit including a bend body includes (i) a drive member configured to rotate around a rotational axis, (ii) a transmission member configured to be moved in a direction of the rotational axis by rotation of the drive member, and (iii) a driven member for bending the bend body, the driven member being configured to be moved in the direction of the rotational axis by movement of the transmission member. The drive member and the driven member are supported by a first supporting member and a second supporting member having the same shape as the first supporting member. The first supporting member and the second supporting member are engaged with a coupling member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: KATSUHIKO OBA, YUSUKE NIIKAWA, ISAO MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20240315682Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laparoscopic applicator for dispensing a substance, e.g. a substance comprising a haemostatic agent, at a selected site by means of a surgical robotic arm, the laparoscopic applicator comprising a delivery tube configured for holding the substance under a pressure; and an applicator tip connected to a distal end of the delivery tube, wherein the applicator tip is configured for being controllable operated by the robotic arm by being spatially manipulated by the robotic arm, and controllably releasing the substance from the delivery tube by the robotic arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Peter Lund Hammershøj, Henning Uzoma Igwebuike, Lisbeth Nøhr Demant, Christian Brüel, Mikael Engmark, Vikram Kjøller Bhatia, Lars Tamstrup Axelsson
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Publication number: 20240315683Abstract: Electroadhesion, adhesion induced by an electric field, occurs between non-sticky cationic and anionic hydrogels. When gel and tissue are placed under an electric field, the pair strongly adhere, and the adhesion persists indefinitely thereafter. Applying a direct current (DC) field with reversed polarity elimi-nates the adhesion. The use of electroadhesion can seal cuts or tears in tissues or model anionic gels. In an example, electroadhesion works with the aorta, cornea, lung, and cartilage. In another example, electroadhered gel-patches provide a robust seal over openings in bovine aorta, and a gel sleeve is able to rejoin pieces of a severed gel tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Leah K. Borden
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Publication number: 20240315684Abstract: An instrument is used to spray a plurality of mutually reactive liquids by means of at least one swirling gas stream and to mix them outside the nozzle arrangement of the instrument. The nozzle arrangement of the instrument has a nozzle body with at least one liquid outlet, through which one or more liquids can be dispensed, and a gas outlet arrangement, through which the at least one swirling gas stream can be dispensed, the gas outlet arrangement enclosing the at least one liquid outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Frank STRAUB, Andreas FECH
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Publication number: 20240315685Abstract: A medical device is provided in which one or both ends of the device encourage the formation of tissue across substantially the entire area of the respective end that is exposed to the blood flow for reducing the risk of a thrombotic embolism. The medical device includes a tubular structure having at least one expanded volume portion and a tapered transition portion. The tubular structure may be made through the braiding of a number of strands, and a first end feature may be used to secure the proximal strand ends. The proximal strand ends may be secured via the proximal end of the first end feature, such that the tapered transition portion is formed over the circumferential surface of the first end feature, and only a proximal end surface (or a portion of the proximal end surface) of the first end feature is exposed to the path of flowing blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: Mathias C. Glimsdale
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Publication number: 20240315686Abstract: A retractor assembly includes a retractor body assembly includes first and second primary retractor blade assemblies and first and second secondary blade assemblies that each have a base portion and a blade portion. The base portions of the blade assemblies may be connected to form a ring, and the ring may be inserted into an incision formed in a patient. The blade portions of the blade assemblies may then be folded towards and secured to a ring assembly, with the blade portions retracting tissue around the incision.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: Jude S. Sauer
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Publication number: 20240315687Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tissue traction device, e.g., for endoscopic tissue dissection. For example, a tissue traction device may include a first clip comprising opposable jaws. The device may include a traction band having a first end, a second end, a length therebetween and extending along a longitudinal axis. The band may have a first aperture at the first end. A second aperture may be at the second end of the band. A first jaw of the opposable jaws of the first clip may be disposed through the first aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Danny Lee, John Unger, Anne Sluti, Kathleen M. Laliberte, Talha Riaz, Tracy Andreotti, Routha Sim, Juan C. Rodriguez Salazar, Caroline Riedel, Jose L. Garcia-Cordero, Ryan V. Wales
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Publication number: 20240315688Abstract: A reinforced surgical pad device can comprise a surgical pad configured to be positioned over an opening in a target tissue, and a reinforcement member configured to be associated with the surgical pad. The reinforcement member can comprise a central portion being configured to be associated with the surgical pad, and a circumferential portion around the central portion, at least a portion of the circumferential portion being configured to extend laterally beyond an outer edge of the surgical pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, JR., Stephen Cournane
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Publication number: 20240315689Abstract: Tissue repair systems which use knotless all-suture anchors and have the ability to lock multiple repair sutures within the anchor construct. The anchor construct includes a tension suture wrapped or looped upon itself to create an open eyelet, through which multiple repair sutures originating in soft tissue are passed. The location of the eyelet may be anywhere inside the all-suture anchor or adjacent to the exterior of the anchor body. Tensioning of the tension suture causes the eyelet to restrict movement of the repair sutures and secures them within or against the anchor body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: David GREGOIRE, Vincent TANGHERLINI, Ian LO, Christopher RODRIGUEZ, Tri NGUYEN
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Publication number: 20240315690Abstract: Medical devices for applying a cinch to one or more suture and cutting the suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft, a connection sleeve, a cinch sleeve coupled to the connection sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the elongated shaft, connection sleeve, cinch sleeve, and cinch member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, RYAN V. WALES, SEAN P. FLEURY, STAN ROBERT GILBERT
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Publication number: 20240315691Abstract: A closure drive mechanism and a surgical stapler are provided, including: a linkage assembly including a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion, where the first pivot portion is configured to be pivotally connected to the instrument body, and the second pivot portion is configured to be located on a proximal side of the first pivot portion; a movable handle including a first mating portion; a closure drive assembly configured to be pivotally connected to the second pivot portion of the linkage assembly. When the linkage assembly is in a first state and the movable handle rotates in a first direction, the first mating portion drives the linkage assembly to enter a second state, the second pivot portion of the linkage assembly moves proximally and drives the closure drive assembly to move proximally, so the stapler is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: TOUCHSTONE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE CO., LTD.Inventor: Shuicheng DING
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Publication number: 20240315692Abstract: Embodiments include an end effector including an anvil that includes a first end, a second end, and an anvil face positionable on the first side of an anatomical structure, a cartridge operably configured to house a plurality of staples, the cartridge comprising a first end, a second end, and a cartridge face positionable on the second side of the anatomical structure. The end effector includes a blade assembly comprising a blade, a beam, and a nut, the blade comprising a first side and a second side joined at a cutting edge. The end effector includes first and second electrodes coupled to the first side of the blade and an electrosurgical power generating source in electrical communication with the first and second electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Trevor Jon Barton, Adam Robert Dunki-Jacobs, Robert Taylor Means, III, Jonathan Richard Thompson
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Publication number: 20240315693Abstract: A method of installing a stapler reload cartridge in a stapler instrument includes removing a cover from a side of a stapler reload cartridge housing a plurality of staples, the side having a plurality of pusher apertures configured to receive staple pushers during loading of the stapler reload cartridge; after removing the cover, installing the stapler reload cartridge in the stapler instrument by placing the stapler reload cartridge in a jaw of the stapler instrument such that the side having the plurality of pusher apertures faces the jaw; and after installing the stapler reload cartridge in the stapler instrument, removing a staple retainer from a staple ejection side of the stapler reload cartridge, the staple ejection side comprising a plurality of staple apertures configured to eject staples from the stapler reload cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Austin de Maillé, Jorge Alberto Treviño Blanco, Robert Hubler, Babak D. Jasemian, Atal Patel
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Publication number: 20240315694Abstract: A cartridge assembly and a surgical stapler are provided. The cartridge assembly includes: a cartridge including a cartridge surface provided with a plurality of staple cavities, staple mating portions provided on proximal sides of the staple cavities; a plurality of staples located in the staple cavities; an actuation member configured to drive the staples and the staple mating portions to rotate in a first direction when the actuation member moves from a proximal side toward a distal side of the cartridge. After each staple mating portion rotates, the second connecting portion of the corresponding staple is driven by the staple mating portion to move away from the cartridge and then separates from the staple cavity, so the staples can be more easily separated with the cartridge after being closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: TOUCHSTONE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE CO., LTD.Inventor: Shuicheng DING
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Publication number: 20240315695Abstract: The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Theodore W. Ketai, Jacob Greenberg, Daniel Hale, Tanmay Mishra, Gabriel Gonzales, Raghuveer Basude, Michael Hong
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Publication number: 20240315696Abstract: A compression staple insertion kit includes first and second elongate handles, each including a handle arm having a proximal end and a distal end, distal from the proximal end. A boss extend is outwardly from the distal end. A central longitudinal axis extends between the arms. The handle arms are pivotally attached to each other at the distal ends at a pivot, which extends along the central longitudinal axis. A slider is slidingly attached to the handle. The slider is movable between a staple securing position at the distal end, wherein proximal ends are biased toward each other and a staple release position toward the proximal end, wherein the proximal ends are biased away from each other. A staple is disposed over the bosses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: David Hannah, John Abraham Perryman, Logan Schlecher, Daniel Ruba
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Publication number: 20240315697Abstract: An implantable medical device, such as a stent, having a dynamic feature allowing movement of one or both of the ends of the implantable medical device relative to the intermediate section therebetween. The implantable medical device may be sized, shaped, configured, and/or dimensioned to hold anatomical structures in apposition. The dynamic section allows relative movement of the apposed anatomical structures without causing migration of the ends of the implantable medical device which are anchored with respect to the anatomical structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: John O'Driscoll, Fionn Stapleton, David Collins, Darren Gerard Curran, Ryan Desmond Lynch, Jack Mitchell
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Publication number: 20240315698Abstract: A method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method can comprise inserting a staple cartridge into a surgical instrument, receiving a first signal from a first RFID tag on a first component of the staple cartridge with an RFID reader system, receiving a second signal from a second RFID tag on a second component of the staple cartridge with the RFID reader system, comparing the first signal and the second signal to stored data for a compatible staple cartridge, and locking a staple firing system of the surgical instrument if the first signal and the second signal do not match the stored data for a compatible staple cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Jason L. Harris
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Publication number: 20240315699Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Publication number: 20240315700Abstract: This invention is an intrasaccular aneurysm occlusion device. A proximal portion of the device has a single layer in a first configuration and multiple layers in a second configuration. The device can have a single-layer globular shape in the first configuration and a double-layer bowl shape in the second configuration. The device can be collapsed, compressed, inverted, and/or folded from the first configuration to the second configuration by the accumulation of embolic material in the aneurysm sac, wherein the embolic material is inserted through an opening in the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Aneuclose LLCInventor: Robert A. Connor
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Publication number: 20240315701Abstract: A sizer may be configured to determine a size of a portion of a heart. The portion of the heart may comprise a left atrial appendage (LAA). The sizer may include an anchor configured to anchor to the heart, and one or more indicators on the elongate body and configured to indicate a size of the portion of the heart.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Manouchehr A. Miraki, Jason Thai Le
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Publication number: 20240315702Abstract: An apparatus that includes a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a hub disposed at the proximal end portion. The hub incudes an inflation port and a flush port. A sheath portion extends from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion and through the hub. The sheath portion includes an inner sheath that defines an inner lumen and an outer sheath that defines an outer lumen. The inner lumen is in fluid communication with the flush port and the outer lumen is in fluid communication with the inflation port. A balloon is disposed at the distal end portion and in fluid communication with the outer lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventor: Arun Goyal
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Publication number: 20240315703Abstract: A radiopaque embolic liquid may include two oppositely charged polyelectrolytes and a chaotropic salt in aqueous solution. Once delivered to a location containing a flow of lower osmolality medium, the polyelectrolytes can quickly undergo complex coacervation, precipitate as a hydrogel and can act as an embolic material. The resulting material is radiopaque i.e., visible in CT scan or radiographic imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Philippe Reb, Meriadeg Thomas
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Publication number: 20240315704Abstract: A clipping device includes a clip including a capsule and a pair of clip arms, proximal ends of which are slidably received within the channel to move the clip arms between an open configuration and a closed configuration. Each of the pair of clip arms includes an elongated opening extending through the proximal ends thereof. A connector includes a central portion received between the proximal ends of the clip arms and a pin extending from the central portion receivable within the opening of each of the clip arms, the connector movable from an unlocked configuration, in which the pin is received within a distal portion of the elongated opening, to a locked configuration, in which the pin is received within a proximal portion of the elongated opening, when a predetermined force is applied thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Laurie A. LEHTINEN, Joseph W. KING, Daniel CONGDON