Patents Issued in October 24, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240350735
    Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament includes a container including a closure and a stopper configured to move within the container from a pre-use position to a post-use position. The system includes a drive assembly configured to move the stopper between first and second positions, and a spacer assembly engaged with the stopper configured to be engaged by the drive assembly. The spacer assembly includes a first spacer portion received within the stopper, a second spacer portion spaced from the first spacer portion, an inner plunger, and a spacer shuttle received by the inner plunger. The inner plunger, the spacer shuttle, and the second portion are configured to move relative to the stopper, where movement of the second spacer portion is restricted by the spacer shuttle, movement of the spacer shuttle is restricted by the inner plunger, and movement of the inner plunger is restricted by the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Vincent Quinn, Trivikrama Bhanoji Pala, Philip Song, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Peter Quinn
  • Publication number: 20240350736
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an activation member for a medicament delivery device comprising an outer part and an inner part coaxially connected to the outer part. The outer part comprises a needle cover contact surface and the inner part comprises at least one flexible arm having an inclined end surface and a plunger rod support at its distal end. The inner part further comprises at least two spring supports configured to support a distal end of a drive spring of the medicament delivery device. The plunger rod support is configured to engage with a plunger rod of the medicament delivery device in order to inhibit a proximal movement of the plunger and the inclined end surface is configured to interact with a distal end part of the medicament delivery device, thereby disengaging the plunger rod support from the plunger rod, when the activation member is distally displaced by a needle cover of the medicament delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel Carlsson
  • Publication number: 20240350737
    Abstract: A sub-assembly of a medicament delivery device is disclosed having a first part containing a first fastener and a second fastener; a second part of the medicament delivery device sub-assembly having a first counter fastener and a second counter fastener; and a space between the first part and the second part; wherein the space is configured to accommodate a medicament container; wherein the medicament delivery device sub-assembly can have a shipping configuration where the distally directed surface of the first part abuts the proximally directed surface of the second part so that the first part and the second part are detachably attached to each other and an assembled configuration where the fastener of the first part abuts the counter fastener of the second part so that the first part and the second part are undetachably attached to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Ming-Ting Yin, Yen-Chun Chen
  • Publication number: 20240350738
    Abstract: An injecting device comprises a reservoir for containing a medicament, a needle in communication with the reservoir and configured to deliver the medicament to a patient's body, a capacitance sensor disposed adjacent to the needle, and a plunger rod assembly comprising a housing and a piston, the housing and piston being configured to transition between a locked condition in which the piston and the housing are coupled to move together, and an unlocked condition in which the piston is capable of translating relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: John B. Cline, Jeffrey C. Givand, Guangli Hu, Edward Yeung
  • Publication number: 20240350739
    Abstract: A stopper for use in injector devices, where the stopper having an outer side configured for engagement with an interior bore of a barrel of the injector device. The stoppers may include an elastomer body, a multi-layer barrier coupled to the elastomer body, the multi-layer barrier having an inner surface oriented toward the elastomer body and an outer surface oriented away from the elastomer body, the multi-layer barrier including a first layer and a second layer, the first layer defining the inner surface and the second layer defining the outer surface, and the multi-layer barrier having at least one micro feature formed by the first layer, the at least one micro feature including one or both of a micro groove and/or a micro rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Edward C. Gunzel, William G. Hardie
  • Publication number: 20240350740
    Abstract: The invention provides a syringe for use in an ophthalmic injection. The syringe comprises a body, a stopper and a plunger. The body comprises an outlet at an outlet end and the stopper is arranged within the body such that a front surface of the stopper and the body define a variable volume chamber from which a fluid can be expelled though the outlet. The plunger comprises a plunger contact surface at a first end and a rod extends between the plunger contact surface and a rear portion. The plunger contact surface is arranged to contact the stopper but not couple thereto, such that the plunger can be used to force the stopper towards the outlet end of the body, reducing the volume of the variable volume chamber, but not to move the stopper away from the outlet end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew BRYANT, Heinrich BUETTGEN, Wolfgang Papst, Marie Picci
  • Publication number: 20240350741
    Abstract: A syringe includes a barrel and a plunge rod axially translatable within the barrel. The plunge rod includes a plunge end extending outside the barrel. A smart cap is coupled to the plunge end of the plunge rod. The smart cap includes a spring, a conductive plate coupled to the spring, a spacer, a battery holder, a battery, a measuring device, and a cap. The battery holder is disposed axially closer to the plunge end than the spacer, and the battery holder is adjacent a first surface of the battery. The measuring device is disposed axially closer to the plunge end than the battery holder, and the measuring device is adjacent a second surface of the battery. The cap is axially aligned with the plunge rod. The cap encompasses each of the spring, the conductive plate, the spacer, the battery holder, the battery, and the measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Marco De Angeli, Antonino Bongiovanni
  • Publication number: 20240350742
    Abstract: An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) is present having a tubular chassis telescopable in a tubular case, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged relative to the chassis inside the case, where the carrier is adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle. The injector also has a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier. A control spring is arranged around the carrier for translating the carrier in a proximal direction (P) for insertion of the needle through the chassis into an injection site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Francis Brereton, Thomas Kemp, Rosie Burnell, Matthew Ekman
  • Publication number: 20240350743
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cap assembly (1) for a medicament delivery device (6), the cap assembly comprising a tubular body (4) and a first lid (2), wherein the tubular body (4) comprises a proximal opening (7) for receiving a proximal part of a medicament delivery device, wherein the tubular body (4) is expandable in a longitudinal direction; and wherein the cap assembly is configured to change shape from a first, not expanded, configuration for protecting a medicament delivery member of the medicament delivery device prior to use to a second, expanded, configuration for storing the medicament delivery device (6) after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Lucas Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20240350744
    Abstract: A needle assembly includes a needle, a cannula into which the needle is inserted, a driving member generating driving force to move the needle and the cannula, and a holder on which the driving member is supported, in which the holder rotates to move the needle and the cannula in a direction, and the holder further rotates to move the needle in another direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Kwang Sik YUN, Do Kyung LEE, Jun Hyuk JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240350745
    Abstract: A fluid injection system and a fluid verification system for determining the operating status of the fluid injection system, for example by confirming that a fluid reservoir, containing a fluid for injection, is fully filled with fluid and has free space (i.e., air) near the distal end thereof when the syringe is provided in an upright position nor contains air bubbles. Imaging processing techniques, methods, and systems are also provided to determine various injection parameters and to verify the type and certain properties of fluid that is present within the fluid reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin COWAN, Michael SPOHN, Michael McDermott
  • Publication number: 20240350746
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for delivering a drug into a target volume of a subject includes an ultrasound scanner for performing a volume scan of a predetermined volume of the subject, a computing device for generating a 3D model of the predetermined volume and computing navigational data to reach the target volume from an entry orifice of the volume of the subject, a housing, for accommodating a barrel, to which a sheath is detachably attached, and a drug delivery device for delivering the drug at one or more locations in the target volume, wherein the drug delivery device is configured for delivering a predetermined volume of drug at one or more locations in the target volume of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Arun Paliakkara JOSE, Suraj Rajan Kanyan KANDI, Prajna Umanatha SHETTY, Sanjay GIRISH
  • Publication number: 20240350747
    Abstract: Intranodal needle and method of using the same. The present disclosure includes disclosure of a method, comprising inserting a tip of a needle through the skin and into a tissue selected from the group consisting of a lymph node and a thoracic duct, and delivering an immune modulating agent through the needle and into the tissue to treat at least one immune disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Ghassan S. Kassab
  • Publication number: 20240350748
    Abstract: Needle spacers for use in administering subcutaneous injections, as well as subcutaneous injection systems including such needle spacers, are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the needle spacer comprises a first portion configured to engage a hub of a needle that comprises such a hub; and a second portion coupled to the first portion and extending distally therefrom, the second portion including a skin-contacting surface disposed on a distal end thereof, wherein the skin-contacting surface is configured to engage a surface of skin of a subject. The second portion is configured to maintain a predetermined distance between the hub of the needle and the surface of the skin, and to permit insertion of the needle to a depth of about 4 mm to about 8 mm below the surface of the skin during administration of a subcutaneous injection via the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel HALBIG, Matthew PAUSLEY, Thomas MADDEN, Alexander ROUMANIDAKIS, Sarah ELLIS, Eric HOLOWKA, Trevor LANGLEY, Jessica MASTROPIETRO, Megan THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20240350749
    Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device comprising a case adapted to hold a container with a medicament and having a needle, a needle sleeve telescopically coupled to the case and having a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a second extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a first indicia disposed on the needle sleeve which is visible in the first extended position and the second extended position, and a second indicia disposed on the needle sleeve and not visible in the first extended position and visible the second extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan Riedel, Steffen Raab, Kerstine Hemmann, Michael Caspers, Katja Hoerhold, Daniel Kerkow
  • Publication number: 20240350750
    Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device comprising a case adapted to hold a container with a medicament and having a needle, a needle sleeve telescopically coupled to the case and having a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a second extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a first indicia disposed on the needle sleeve which is visible in the first extended position and the second extended position, and a second indicia disposed on the needle sleeve and not visible in the first extended position and visible the second extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan Riedel, Steffen Raab, Kerstine Hemmann, Michael Caspers, Katja Hoerhold, Daniel Kerkow
  • Publication number: 20240350751
    Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device comprising a case adapted to hold a container with a medicament and having a needle, a needle sleeve telescopically coupled to the case and having a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a second extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a first indicia disposed on the needle sleeve which is visible in the first extended position and the second extended position, and a second indicia disposed on the needle sleeve and not visible in the first extended position and visible the second extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan Riedel, Steffen Raab, Kerstine Hemmann, Michael Caspers, Katja Hoerhold, Daniel Kerkow
  • Publication number: 20240350752
    Abstract: A valved holding chamber has an input end and an output end, which includes an inhalation valve and a user interface. The inhalation valve defines a first inhalation flow path between the input end and the user interface. A flow channel includes an inlet in flow communication with the holding chamber and an outlet in flow communication with the user interface downstream of the inhalation valve, wherein the flow channel bypasses the inhalation valve and defines a second inhalation flow path between the input end and the user interface. A flow indicator is positioned in the flow channel. A second flow channel, with a second flow indicator dispose therein, may define a third inhalation flow path between the input end and the user interface separate from the first and second inhalation flow paths. The inhalation valve, first flow indicator and second flow indicator may have different flow resistances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Trudell Medical International Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Gravett, Emmanuel Marbina
  • Publication number: 20240350753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a respiration device having a respiration unit for generating an airflow for the respiration and having a monitoring unit. The monitoring unit is used to detect a respiration parameter and to classify events in the respiration on the basis of monitoring of the respiration parameter. In this case, the monitoring unit is configured to carry out an event analysis to recognize an occurrence, which is characteristic for Cheyne-Stokes respiration, of chronologically successive events and for this purpose to ascertain the period length thereof and to compare them to one another and to register the presence of Cheyne-Stokes respiration when the compared period lengths each deviate by less than 40% from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Benno DOEMER, Dominic KLAUSMANN
  • Publication number: 20240350754
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an imaging system, including: a scanning cabin management module configured to manage at least one scanning cabin, wherein each of the at least one scanning cabin is configured to place a subject; an imaging module configured to perform a scanning on the subject in the scanning cabin; and a control module configured to control the scanning cabin management module and/or the imaging module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: WUHAN UNITED IMAGING LIFE SCIENCE INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfeng LIANG, Feng WANG, Yao XING, Hailiang KE
  • Publication number: 20240350755
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical ventilator (1) configured to provide respiratory assistance to a person in cardiac arrest, comprising a motorized blower (2), a gas circuit (3), and storage means (4) for storing ventilation modes (MV1, MV2) to be implemented during cardiac massage or in the absence of cardiac massage, in particular during an RSCA. Selection means (5; 5.1, 5.2) for selecting a ventilation mode (MV1, MV2) enable a user to select one of the stored ventilation modes, and control means (6) control the motorized blower (2) in response to the user's selection of one of said ventilation modes (MV1, MV2), so as to supply the gas at the desired low and high pressures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Arnaud LESIMPLE, Marceau Rigollot, Jean-Christophe Richard, Alexandre Brock, Cyril Lhuillery
  • Publication number: 20240350756
    Abstract: A method for determining a gas concentration in a ventilation system comprises receiving a first signal, which indicates a gas concentration measured by a gas sensor at at least one first point in a secondary line, in a signal processing device; generating a second signal, which indicates an estimated gas concentration at at least one second point, differing from the first point, in a main line, from the first signal by the signal processing device. The main line connects a fitting of a ventilator for providing a respiratory gas to a patient interface and the secondary line branches off from the main line so that the respiratory gas can flow at least partially through the secondary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Petrus Johannes Josephus BORM
  • Publication number: 20240350757
    Abstract: A “bag ventilator assembly” includes a compression bag, a manifold, a breathing interface, and a sensor. The compression bag is configured to be attached to deliver a breathing gas to the manifold and has an air inlet and an air outlet. The air inlet includes a one-way valve that allows air to flow into the compression bag from the ambient as the compression bag expands, and the manifold is connected to the air outlet of the compression bag. The breathing interface is configured to be attached to the air outlet of the manifold to receive the breathing gas from the manifold, and the sensor is configured to be secured to the air inlet on the compression bag such that the sensor can sense air entering the compression bag while remaining isolated from exhaled air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: safeBVM Corp
    Inventor: Prathamesh PRABHUDESAI
  • Publication number: 20240350758
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide communications among respiratory therapy device (“TD”), server and intermediary (e.g., a control device (“CTLD”) for the therapy device) to improve security. More secure communication channel(s) may be established using shared secrets derived with different channels. The communications may include transmitting therapy data from TD to server for authentication. The CTLD may receive the data and a nonce from a server. The CTLD receives from the TD a signing key dependent on the nonce and a secret shared by TD and server. The CTLD generates an authorisation code with received therapy data and the key for authentication of the data by the server upon its receipt of the code and data. The server computes (1) a key from the nonce and the secret known to TD, and (2) another authorisation code from received therapy data and the key. Data authentication may involve comparing received and computed codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Brian HICKEY, Christopher John ROBERTS, Chinmayee SOMAIYA, Wendall Eric TRULL, Luke Anthony TUCKER, Amila Jeewaka FERNANDO
  • Publication number: 20240350759
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of monitoring oxygen at a patient to determine spontaneous breathing with a patent airway. The method includes the steps of providing a gas flow to a patient's airway, the gas flow including a predetermined fraction of oxygen, monitoring the fraction of oxygen at the patient's airway, generating a waveform representing the fraction of oxygen at the patient's airway, and determining whether the patient is spontaneously breathing with a patent airway based on the waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Cameron Leslie MATTHEWS, Rachael GLAVES, Lindy Talia LOWENSTEIN, Gareth Thomas MCDERMOTT
  • Publication number: 20240350760
    Abstract: A pneumatic system (55) for an anesthesia system, includes an internal closed-circuit system (34) and with an external closed-circuit system (54). The internal closed-circuit system (34) has a flush valve assembly (49). The flush valve assembly (49) can be brought into an open state by a control unit (200) on the basis of a current tidal volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas BRANDT, Peter BACH, Dennis STURM
  • Publication number: 20240350761
    Abstract: A therapeutic intubation device may comprise a tube, a first probe channel, a second probe channel, a first probe and a second probe. In various embodiments, a tube may have an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end. The body may define a first channel between the proximal end and the distal end. A first probe channel may be defined in the body. A second probe channel may be defined in the body. A first probe may comprise a first body portion and a first end portion, the first end portion comprising a first ultraviolet-c (“UVC”) light emitting device. The first probe may be installable on the first probe channel such that the first end portion of the first probe is adjacent the distal end of the tube during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew Corey
  • Publication number: 20240350762
    Abstract: Intubation devices and methods of intubating a patient are provided. The intubation devices include a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) component having a mask portion and a tube portion and an endotracheal tube (ETT) component positioned in the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) component having a translatable and/or rotatable endotracheal tube. The endotracheal tube can be translated and/or rotated by a manipulation rod extending through the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) component and mounted to the endotracheal tube (ETT). The intubation devices may include inflatable cuffs adapted to manipulate the positioning or orientation of the endotracheal tube and/or to seal openings about the endotracheal tubes. Various ports, passages, and conduits are provided to enhance the use and manipulation of the intubation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Epic Airway Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sridhar R. Musuku, Divya Cherukupalli
  • Publication number: 20240350763
    Abstract: A patient interface includes a mask body, an elbow, a connector and a conduit. Any one or more of the mask body, the elbow, the connector and the conduit includes a bias flow vent. The bias flow vent is configured to deform with the application of pressure but not fully collapse such that an orifice size defined by the bias flow vent can vary with the application of pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Brett John HUDDART, Andrew Paul Maxwell SALMON, Matthew James PEDERSEN, Hamish Joshua ROSE, Fadi Karim Moh'd MASHAL, Thomas Mark RICHARDSON, Simon MITTERMEIER, Max Leon BETTERIDGE
  • Publication number: 20240350764
    Abstract: A pressure safety device is used with a bag valve mask (BVM) for preventing over-pressurization. The BVM includes a bag assembly having a bag connector for detachably mating to a mask connector on a patient mask. The pressure safety device has a housing with a bag port, a mask fitting, and a flow path from the bag port to the mask fitting. The bag port detachably connects to the bag connector on the BVM, and the mask fitting detachably connects to the mask connector on the BVM. The pressure safety device includes an automatic flow reduction valve located on the flow path in the housing and impedes flow when pressure on a bag connector side of the valve exceeds a maximum threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: safeBVM
    Inventors: Prathamesh P. PRABHUDESAI, Haris Shekhani, Iordache F. Tirdea, Nadia Alam, Amrita Bhowmick, Ananya Gupta, Liuyi Meng
  • Publication number: 20240350765
    Abstract: An aromatherapy product may have an aromatherapy oil configured for releasing an aroma when exposed to an outside environment. The aromatherapy product also may include a carrier, the carrier having an absorption portion for receiving a predetermined amount of the aromatherapy oil, where the absorption portion includes a wood-based fabric. The wood-based fabric may include, and in some cases may consist of, bamboo. The aromatherapy product may be individually packaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: ORLANDO HEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: Keely DeGroot, Anthony Mango, Alison Ruiz, Kelly Kollstedt, Jennifer Wittenberg, Ellen Reising, Curtis Chadderdon, Joanne Pizzo
  • Publication number: 20240350766
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for receiving and processing video content to aid in a user's rest cycles, such as sleep and wake cycles. Video content may be received and processed to determine information related to a plurality of pixels to be displayed on a screen. Each of the plurality of pixels may have a corresponding color value. A time of day when the video content is to be displayed is determined, and compared to a current time of day. Based on the comparison or other data, a color value of one or more of the pixels can be adjusted or changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Adam Eng, Glenn Barnett
  • Publication number: 20240350767
    Abstract: A guide tube assembly for transcatheter treatment system has opposing distal and proximal ends. The distal section of the guide tube assembly has a curved extension including a first curved section, which is configured to have a bend angle by pre-shaping and/or bending, and a second curved section, which is located at a distal end of the first curved section and configured to have a bend angle by bending. The first curved section and the second curved section are located in different planes and provided by one or two tubes respectively which are movably inserted one in the other. The guide tube assembly is more suitable for interventional operations in complex physiological structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Nan Shao, Yang Li, Zhenping Zhuang, Peng Zhu, Fanbo Hu, Jianfeng Zeng, Yijie Gan
  • Publication number: 20240350768
    Abstract: A rigidizing device includes an elongate flexible tube, a braid layer positioned over the elongate flexible tube, an outer layer over the flexible tube and the braid layer, and an inlet between the elongate flexible tube and the outer layer and configured to attach to a source of vacuum or pressure. The braid layer has a plurality of strands braided together at a braid angle of 5-40 degrees relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate flexible tube when the elongate flexible tube is straight. The rigidizing device is configured to have a rigid configuration when vacuum or pressure is applied through the inlet and a flexible configuration when vacuum or pressure is not applied through the inlet. The braid angle is configured to change as the rigidizing device bends when the rigidizing device is in the flexible configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Q. TILSON, Stephen J. MORRIS, Garrett J. GOMES, Adam S. WIGGINTON, Mark C. SCHEEFF, Charles S. LOVE
  • Publication number: 20240350769
    Abstract: A catheter (102) includes an elongate body (108) extending from a proximal end to a distal end, a distal portion (108b), and a therapeutic assembly (112) at the distal portion of the elongate body, wherein the therapeutic assembly comprises a chemical chamber configured to supply a predetermined volume of chemical agent to tissue adjacent the therapeutic assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Enda Carter
  • Publication number: 20240350770
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a medical device is provided. The method implemented by a calibration engine executed by one or more processors. The method includes capturing one or more voltage measurements by one or more components of a catheter, estimating calibration data based on the one or more voltage measurements, and outputting the calibration data to the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Osadchy, Meir Bar-Tal, Avram Dan Montag
  • Publication number: 20240350771
    Abstract: A medical system includes a driving unit including a drive source and a first member, a bendable unit that includes a bending portion, a linear body, and a second member and that is attachable to and detachable from the driving unit, and a control portion. In a state in which the bendable unit is attached to the driving unit, the first member and the second member engages with each other such that the first member and the second member integrally move in the longitudinal direction. The control portion is configured to, in a case where the bendable unit is attached to the driving unit, move the first member toward a position in the longitudinal direction where the first member is capable of engaging with the second member, by the drive source and in accordance with a position of the second member in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: RYO IWASAWA, ISAO MATSUOKA, KOSUKE FUJIMOTO, YASUMICHI ARIMITSU, DAISUKE KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240350772
    Abstract: An adaptive guiding device includes a hollow flexible catheter, which is pre-shaped and has a bend in a natural state. The distal part of the flexible catheter includes a distal section, the distal section includes a transition segment and a straight segment, the transition segment is bendable so as to change an orientation of the straight segment, and a bending force application point is adjacent to a connection of the transition segment with the straight segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Nan Shao, Yang Li, Zhenping Zhuang, Jianfeng Zeng, Yijie Gan
  • Publication number: 20240350773
    Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter hub, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen. The catheter system may include a first wing extending from the catheter hub, and a second wing opposite the first wing and extending from the catheter hub. The first wing and the second wing may be movable between a collapsed position and a folded position. The first wing may be configured to be coupled to the second wing to secure the first wing and the second wing in the folded position. The catheter system may include an end cap, and the first wing and the second wing may be coupled to the end cap in the folded position. The catheter hub may include a snap feature, and the first wing and the second wing may be coupled to the snap feature in the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Mohankumar Natesan, Edwin Jeyaseelan A., Mukilan Balamurugan, Balaji Kannan, Karthik Bhaskar
  • Publication number: 20240350774
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor device that secures a medical instrument (such as a catheter or the like) in place relative to a skin penetration point using subcutaneous anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Michael S. Rosenberg, Mark R. Christianson
  • Publication number: 20240350775
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates introducer sheath assemblies, and related systems and methods of use. An introducer sheath assembly may include a hub, a cap, an elastomeric member, and a sheath. The elastomeric member may have an hourglass shape disposed in a proximal portion of a lumen of the hub and that is deformable responsive to movement of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Dean Haslam, Jim Mottola, Nicole Willardson, Richard D. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20240350776
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and device to maintain catheter access durably and safely in a patient who may need intermittent percutaneous catheter placements, such as a patient undergoing hemodialysis (HD). The system includes an easily and quickly implantable fully internal catheter device that acts as a place keeper for a venous access pathway that otherwise may be lost over time. In embodiments, the device functions as a portacath, which can be accessed percutaneously to be used for blood draws and intravenous drug administrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Zachary Rattner
  • Publication number: 20240350777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a torque-resistant curved balloon device, comprising a curved balloon and a kink-resistant fixing strip, wherein the curved balloon bends to one side after being inflated, and the inner curve of the curved balloon is connected to the fixing strip at a plurality of points or a whole section. The present invention strengthens the bending force provided by the curved balloon when bending, and enhances the torque resistance of the curved balloon, so that the curved balloon can bend more stably and predictably in accordance with the expected and desired way during the bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Shanghai Keci Medical Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Chengtao Ru, Zhichao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240350778
    Abstract: Disclosed are an atrial shunt apparatus and a mounting method thereof, an atrial implanting device, a medical system, a method for collecting activity information of a heart, and a medical device. This atrial shunt apparatus is used for shunting blood from a left atrium to a right atrium through a hole at an atrial septum of a patient. The atrial shunt apparatus includes a shunt part, the shunt part defines a shunt pathway, and the shunt pathway has a first opening and a second opening. The shunt pathway is configured to communicate with the left atrium and the right atrium through the first opening and the second opening respectively, the first opening is configured to be closer to a head of the patient than the second opening, and/or the first opening is configured to be closer to a front of a body of the patient relative to the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: United InnoMed (Shanghai) Limited
    Inventor: Li WANG
  • Publication number: 20240350779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ventricular drain placement. In order to provide improved guidance in ventricular drain placement for emergency situations, a guiding device (10) for emergency ventricular drain placement is provided comprising an image data input (12), a data processor (14) and an output interface (16). The image data input provides optical sensor-based image data of a head of a subject. The data processor generates an optical shape of the head based on the image data and provides a plurality of datasets of heads with different head shapes, wherein each dataset comprises a spatially assigned trajectory for a ventricular drain placement for the respective head shape. The data processor maps the generated optical shape of the head with at least two of the head shapes of the plurality of datasets and determine a best matching head shape of the dataset and further selects the respective assigned trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: RONALDUS FREDERIK JOHANNES HOLTHUIZEN, BERNARDUS HENDRIKUS WILHELMUS HENDRIKS, THIJS ELENBAAS, ROBERT JOHANNES FREDERIK HOMAN, JOHAN JULIANA DRIES
  • Publication number: 20240350780
    Abstract: A method of treating a sinus cavity of a subject includes advancing a distal portion of a light source through a drainage pathway of a sinus cavity and into the sinus cavity and visually observing a transdermal light emitted from the light source. A distal portion of a substantially rigid inner guide member of a balloon dilation catheter is advanced into the drainage pathway, the balloon dilation catheter including a movable shaft including a balloon that is slidably mounted on the substantially rigid inner guide member. The movable shaft and balloon are advanced distally over the substantially rigid inner guide member to place a portion of the balloon in the drainage pathway whereby the balloon is inflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony J. Hanson, John R. Drontle, Chad Harris, Matthew Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240350781
    Abstract: A skin preparation device for applying an antiseptic composition to skin of a patient that includes an applicator configured to absorb the antiseptic composition, the applicator comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface configured to apply the antiseptic composition to the skin of the patient, and a gripping portion configured to provide a portion of the skin preparation device that is gripped by a user when using the skin preparation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Shishir Prasad, Kevin M. Ryan, Rahul Malviya, Shashwat Jain, Vineeth Acharya, Ravi Kaushik
  • Publication number: 20240350782
    Abstract: A microsystem for delivering multiple materials is provided. The microsystem for delivering multiple materials can include: a microstructure which has microneedles formed on one surface of a base film and which is made of a first material; and a material accommodation part which is positioned in one region of the microstructure, and which has an accommodation space for accommodating a second material that differs from the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Yonghee KIM, Shayan FAKHRAEI LAHIJI
  • Publication number: 20240350783
    Abstract: A dissolvable microneedle patch includes a microneedle portion and a patch portion. The microneedle portion has a base and a plurality of microneedles. The base has a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. The microneedles are connected to the first surface. The patch portion is connected to the second surface. The microneedle portion is made from a mixture, and the mixture includes an excipient. The excipient includes sodium alginate and dextrin, and a weight ratio of the dextrin to the sodium alginate is 0.2 to 1. In addition, the present invention also provides a method to produce the dissolvable microneedle patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: JEN SHUN LIN, Jyun-Yi Yu, YunPei Yang
  • Publication number: 20240350784
    Abstract: A microneedle patch includes a microneedle structural layer, an adhesive layer, and a carrier layer. The adhesive layer is disposed between the microneedle structural layer and the carrier layer, and is connected to the microneedle structural layer and the carrier layer. The microneedle structural layer comprises a base layer and a plurality of microneedles, and the base layer has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and the first side faces the adhesive layer. The plurality of microneedles are spaced apart from each other and disposed on the second side, and include a plurality of first microneedles and at least one second microneedle. The at least one second microneedle is located at an edge of the microneedle structural layer, and the height of the at least one second microneedle is less than that of each first microneedle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: YunPei Yang, JEN SHUN LIN