Patents Issued in December 24, 2024
  • Patent number: 12171644
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing elastic strand nonwoven panels including an unwind module, a lamination module and a folding module. Elastic strand material is fed from cores disposed on the unwind module through rollers towards the lamination module, where the elastic strand material is attached to a nonwoven web to form an elastic strand nonwoven web. At the folding module, the elastic strand nonwoven web is folded over itself by operation of plates underneath which the elastic strand nonwoven web is fed under tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: FIRST QUALITY BABY PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Pierluigi Cappellini
  • Patent number: 12171645
    Abstract: An auxiliary absorbent article is for attachment to a skin facing side of another absorbent article, and has a longitudinal direction and a width direction. The auxiliary absorbent article includes: (i) a main body including an absorber and a liquid-permeable cover sheet which covers an inner facing side of the absorber and an outer facing side of the absorber; (ii) an adhesive part on an outer facing side of the main body; and (iii) a release sheet on an outer facing side of the adhesive part to cover the adhesive part. The release sheet extends outward in the longitudinal direction beyond an end edge of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Ukegawa, Rei Ito
  • Patent number: 12171646
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an absorbent pad for use in a garment. The absorbent pad includes: a liquid impermeable barrier layer; a functional layer attached to the barrier layer, the functional layer comprising a liquid absorbent component; a liquid impermeable peripheral sealing element bonded to peripheries of the functional layer and barrier layer; and a peripheral attaching element having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion bonded to the peripheral sealing element. The second portion of the peripheral attaching element is detached from the peripheral sealing element and is arranged to be attached to a fabric body of the garment, thereby attaching the absorbent pad to the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MAS Innovation (Private) Limited
    Inventors: Arulseelan Kajanthan, Lanka Buddhika Senanayake, Jalanthiran Selvarajah, Sumedha Kuruppu Arachchige, Mapitiyage Don Janith Dushyantha, Kanishka Fernando
  • Patent number: 12171647
    Abstract: A segmented skirted surgical mesh for use in reconstructing a soft tissue defect, the segmented skirted surgical mesh comprising: a base layer of surgical mesh, the base layer of surgical mesh comprising an outer edge; and a segmented continuous skirt of surgical mesh comprising an outer edge and an inner edge which defines a central opening, the segmented continuous skirt of surgical mesh being secured to the base layer of surgical mesh at the outer edge of the continuous skirt of surgical mesh, and the segmented continuous skirt of surgical mesh comprising a plurality of slits formed in the segmented continuous skirt of surgical mesh, wherein the plurality of slits extend outwardly from the inner edge of the segmented continuous skirt of surgical mesh, whereby to form a plurality of flaps of surgical mesh in the segmented continuous skirt of surgical mesh, such that at least one of the flaps of surgical mesh can be lifted away from the base layer of surgical mesh and secured to soft tissue without causin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventors: John W. Huelskamp, Eric Nelson, Eric Bouillet, William Wiecek
  • Patent number: 12171648
    Abstract: A filter, including a main body part. The main body part includes a heart-proximal end, a plurality of connecting segments, and a first filter mesh connecting between the heart-proximal end and the plurality of connecting segments. An end of the connecting segments that is connected to the first filter mesh is bent towards a central longitudinal axis of the filter to form a bending part. A vertical distance between a proximal end of the bending part and the central longitudinal axis of the filter is less than a vertical distance between a distal end of the bending part and the central longitudinal axis of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LIFETECH SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaole Jia, Huiqiang Tang, Anning Li
  • Patent number: 12171649
    Abstract: The invention provides a filter assembly including a string or wire such that a lasso type cincture is effected, said filter being openable and closeable while in deployed within a bodily vessel. A string lengthen or shorting adjustment mechanism, such as a ratchet or reel allows more length of string into the device or alternatively to shorten the length of available string in the system. The described invention, when used to ameliorate venous clots and most arterio-venous dialysis grafts, a filter-tipped aspirator is used downstream from the clot to capture and remove dislocated emboli. A method of using same is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel Ezra Walzman
  • Patent number: 12171650
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a delivery device for locating an expandable implant for treating BPH within the prostatic urethra of a patient. The delivery device comprises an inner tube and an outer sleeve movable relative to the inner tube between a stored position and a deployed position. The outer sleeve surrounds the inner tube to define an annulus therebetween and the expandable implant is retained within the annulus when the outer sleeve is in the stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ProVerum Limited
    Inventors: Riona Ni Ghriallais, Conor Harkin
  • Patent number: 12171651
    Abstract: A stent graft system including a component having longitudinally extending outer surface and inner surface, the inner surface defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis, a plurality of stents distributed longitudinally along the component, and a plurality of suture loops, each suture loop attached to the inner outer surface, of the stent graft, a first suture loop spaced laterally and longitudinally relative to an adjacent suture loop when the component is in an expanded configuration, the plurality of suture loops aligned longitudinally along the stent graft when the stent graft is in a radially constricted configuration, at least one ligature having a proximal end and a distal end, the ligature extending through at least some of the plurality of suture loops, whereby tension on the at least one ligature longitudinally aligns the suture loops along the longitudinal axis of the component, thereby at least partially radially constricting the stent graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Bolton Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Arbefeuille
  • Patent number: 12171652
    Abstract: A method of implanting the prosthesis is disclosed. The method includes forming an opening in a host tissue of an eye. The method also includes forming a perimeter of a corneal graft. The method also includes forming a first passageway through the host tissue and a second passageway through the corneal graft. The first passageway and the second passageway can have the same diameter relative to an optic axis of the eye. The method also includes aligning the first passageway and the second passageway whereby the first passageway and the second passageway are in communication with one another. The method also includes positioning a body in the first passageway and the second passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Jitander Dudee
  • Patent number: 12171653
    Abstract: An injection system for an intraocular lens (IOL) utilizes a folding device for the IOL. The folding device comprises a pair of co-acting winglets pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and together defining a hinge axis and a receptacle for the IOL. Each winglet has an outwardly extending, unitary leg portion defining a base plane that includes the hinge axis and a motion limiting protuberance on each said leg portion extending from the base plane. The base planes are situated at an angle relative to one another and the protuberances abut one another when the winglets are in the open position. The base planes merge into a single plane when the winglets are in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MEDICONTUR MEDICAL ENGINEERING LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Hangya, Laszlo Kontur
  • Patent number: 12171654
    Abstract: Described are implants for placing in a body, tools for delivering the implants, and systems and methods for using implants and tools for placing in a body and more particularly to nasal implants, tools for delivering nasal implants, and systems and methods for using such implants and tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael H. Rosenthal, Brian Domecus, Piyush Arora, Halil I. Karabey, Gilbert Laroya, Michael S. Mirizzi, Scott J. Baron
  • Patent number: 12171655
    Abstract: Methods and systems for rotationally aligning a commissure of a prosthetic heart valve with a commissure of a native valve are disclosed. In some examples, a delivery apparatus can include a first shaft configured to rotate around a central longitudinal axis of the delivery apparatus to rotationally align a prosthetic valve mounted on the delivery apparatus with native anatomy, a second shaft extending through the first shaft and having a distal end portion extending distally beyond a distal end portion of the first shaft, an inflatable balloon coupled to the distal end portion of the first shaft, and a distal shoulder mounted on the distal end portion of the second shaft and arranged within a distal end portion of the balloon. The distal shoulder comprises a base portion and a flared portion that extends radially outward from the base portion, and a radiopaque marker is disposed on the flared portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael R. Bialas, Kristen Hicks, Michael C. Murad, Gil Senesh, Quang Ngoc Vu, Gonzalo German Angelico, Carla Susana Cerqueira, Victoria Mariko Low, Andrea Fernandez, Karl J. Britzman, Shannon Nicole Ash, Haley Nicole Whitehead
  • Patent number: 12171656
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a stent, a valve assembly, and a radiopaque element. The stent has a plurality of commissure attachment features. The valve assembly includes a plurality of leaflets and first and second cuffs. The first cuff has a proximal edge relatively close to the inflow end of the stent. The second cuff may be annularly disposed about the stent radially outward of the first cuff and radially outward of the stent. The proximal edge of the first cuff is coupled to the proximal edge of the second cuff substantially continuously along a circumference of the inflow end of the stent so that a pocket is formed between the first cuff and the second cuff. The radiopaque element is disposed within the pocket and aligned in a longitudinal direction of the stent with at least one of the plurality of commissure attachment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventor: Yousef F. Alkhatib
  • Patent number: 12171657
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to stents, valved-stents, (e.g., single-stent-valves and double stent/valved-stent systems) and associated methods and systems for their delivery via minimally-invasive surgery. The stent component comprises a first stent section (102) a second stent section (104) a third stent section (106) and a fourth stent section (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Symetis SA
    Inventors: Jacques Essinger, Serge Delaloye, Jean-Luc Hefti, Stephane Delaloye
  • Patent number: 12171658
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sequential deployment of a prosthetic valve using a delivery catheter are described. The delivery catheter may include a deployment assembly including an end cone, a distal sleeve, a prosthetic support, an anchor sleeve and an anchor support. The delivery catheter may further include a handle having a manipulator including a guide that is connect to the deployment assembly with a force transmission tube. The guide may have various channels for interfacing with a protrusion of the handle and may be guided by the protrusion to sequentially deploy the prosthetic valve from the deployment assembly. For example, the guide may cause the distal sleeve to release a distal end of the prosthetic valve and subsequently cause an anchor support to release a proximal end of the prosthetic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Chu, Rolando Lee, Kendall Smith
  • Patent number: 12171660
    Abstract: A transcatheter device for treating the tricuspid valve regurgitation. The transcatheter device comprises a main shaft, a proximal portion, a distal tail, and a spacer body mounted on the main shaft and located between the proximal portion and the distal tail. This transcatheter device could be used for treating tricuspid valve regurgitation in a patient's heart. All or part of the transcatheter device is supported by the main shaft. The spacer body is mounted on the shaft, which travels through the spacer body. Also disclosed are a coaptation assembly that comprises the transcatheter device, and a method of treating tricuspid valve regurgitation using the transcatheter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: TAU MEDICAL USA, INC., TAU MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventor: June Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 12171661
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for fatigue testing a medical device, e.g., an annuloplasty ring, using a cam rotatably mounted relative to a base and one or more sets of mounts on the base for securing opposite ends of the medical device. For example, each set of mounts may include a stationary mount on the base, a sliding mount on the base adjacent the cam, and a follower slidably mounted to the sliding mount that contacts the cam such that the follower reciprocates along a horizontal axis as the cam rotates about a vertical axis. The follower and stationary mount include connectors to secure opposite ends, respectively, of a medical device such that rotation of the cam causes the follower to reciprocate and apply tensile and/or compressive loads to fatigue test the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University
    Inventors: Matthew Park, Annabel M. Imbrie-Moore, Yuanjia Zhu, Joseph Woo
  • Patent number: 12171662
    Abstract: An implantable assembly adapted for reshaping a cardiac chamber of a heart in a patient is disclosed. The assembly is implanted by a tool having a tool proximal portion and a distal portion. The assembly includes an active anchor including an abutment portion adapted to abut against a wall of the chamber of the heart and a tether portion rotatably coupled to the abutment portion. Each of the abutment portion and the tether portion configured to independently couple with a tool. The assembly further includes an interventricular septal anchor for coupling to a septum of the heart and a tether having a working portion having a first length, extending between the active anchor and the septal anchor, and a tether proximal portion having a second length. The abutment portion is releasably locked to the tether portion and configured such that a preselected torque applied to the tether portion of the active anchor unlocks and causes a relative rotation of the tether portion with respect to the abutment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Approxima Srl
    Inventors: Edoardo Maroncelli, Michal Lukasz Jaworek, Fabio Pappalardo, Giulia Pisoni
  • Patent number: 12171663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthetic system including; an implanted device including: at least one inflatable element (1) that can be inflated in response to a pressure of a fluid; a tank (2) for the fluid in communication with the inflatable element; a sealed case (3) in which is mounted a motor-driven pump supplied with energy by a wireless energy transfer system, part of which (30) is mounted in the case, this pump being in communication on the one hand with the inflatable element via a one-way discharge obturator and on the other hand with the tank via a one-way suction obturator; a manual command for deflating the inflatable element (1) acting simultaneously on the one-way suction and discharge obturators; the control case (B) integrating another part of the energy transfer system and ensuring the control of the operation of the energy transfer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ZEPHYR SURGICAL IMPLANTS
    Inventor: Christophe Gomez-Llorens
  • Patent number: 12171664
    Abstract: A bioactive filamentary structure includes a sheath coated with a mixture of synthetic bone graft particles and a polymer solution forming a scaffold structure. In forming such a structure, synthetic bone graft particles and a polymer solution are applied around a filamentary structure. A polymer is precipitated from the polymer solution such that the synthetic bone graft particles and the polymer coat the filamentary structure and the polymer is adhered to the synthetic bone graft particles to retain the graft particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Sonny Sheth, David Arazawa, J. Brook Burley, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Matthew B. Havener, James San Antonio, Marc Gilles Long
  • Patent number: 12171665
    Abstract: Provided is a compression resistant implant configured to fit at or near a bone defect to promote bone growth, the compression resistant implant comprising porous ceramic particles in a biodegradable polymer, and an oxysterol disposed in or on the compression resistant implant. Methods of making and use are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin T. Reves, David S. Scher, Susan J. Drapeau, Roger E. Harrington, Jerbrena C. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 12171666
    Abstract: An acetabular shell liner for use in a hip arthroplasty surgical procedure is disclosed. The acetabular shell liner includes a semi-hemispherical inner bearing layer, which includes a rim and a dome attached to the rim. The semi-hemispherical inner bearing layer includes a polymeric material having a first thickness, at an apex of the dome, and a second thickness, at the rim, that is less than the first thickness. Additionally, the acetabular shell liner includes a semi-hemispherical outer reinforcement layer mated with and encasing the dome of the semi-hemispherical inner bearing layer. The semi-hemispherical outer reinforcement layer includes a metallic material to provide structural support to the semi-hemispherical inner bearing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Alena M. Brandewie, Ryan C. Keefer
  • Patent number: 12171668
    Abstract: In an intervertebral implant having at least two upper and two lower contact bodies that have contact surfaces. An actuator has a threaded body which has an extension axis and is provided with opposite-handed threads arranged one behind the other. Wedges sit on the threaded body in an axially moveable manner and can be moved along the threaded body by rotating the same. Ramps of at least one ramp body of a wedge engage at least with counter-surfaces of at least some of the contact bodies and extend toward one another at a finite angle of less than 90°. The wedges are double wedges having two ramp bodies arranged one behind the other, and the ramps of one ramp body are oriented differently to the ramps of the other ramp body. The ramps of the first ramp body engage directly with the contact bodies laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Joimax GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Ries, Clemens Barthold, Tobias Scheinost
  • Patent number: 12171669
    Abstract: Various embodiments of filling assemblies and methods are provided. The filling assembly can include a barrel and receiving block assembly configured to couple to a tube. The filling assembly can include a filling auger, wherein the filling auger is configured to rotate and translate to fill the tube with material. The method of filling a tube can include disposing flights of a filling auger within a barrel and receiving block assembly. The method can include coupling a tube to the barrel and receiving block assembly. The method can include rotating and translating flights of the filling auger within the barrel and receiving block assembly to fill the tube with material. The filling assemblies can be utilized for loading material into small diameter tubes, including small diameter tubes used for spinal fusion for delivering graft material, biologics, and/or other material to the disc space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Spinal Elements, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Ono, Marc Yap
  • Patent number: 12171670
    Abstract: A biocompatible implant, as well as method of fabricating the implant and repairing an annular defect in annulus fibrosus (AF) of an intervertebral disc (IVD) disposed in a functional spinal unit (FSU), includes an insert that provides faces that can interface with the defect to repair or treat the AF. The implant can deliver biological and mechanical factors to enhance healing in an annular defect and prevent recurrence of herniation symptoms. The implant can be fabricated using a hybrid of first fibrous scaffold structure including at least a first layer and a second layer of first fibers fabricated via three-dimensional fiber deposition (3FD) and second fibrous scaffold structure including a third layer and a fourth layer of second fibers formed via melt electrowriting (MEW). Suitable attachment methods, including bio-adhesives can be used to bond the implant to the IVD and/or FSU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Christian M. Puttlitz, Mitchell Page
  • Patent number: 12171671
    Abstract: An expandable fusion device is capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. The fusion device may include a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Glerum, Andrew Iott, Mark Adams, Daniel Davenport, Mark Weiman
  • Patent number: 12171672
    Abstract: A bone graft loading device includes a syringe comprising a nozzle at a distal portion of the syringe and an opening at a proximal portion of the syringe, and a plunger configured to force bone graft material from the reservoir through the nozzle. The plunger comprises a plunger body positioned at least partially within the syringe and defining a lumen. A tamp is positioned within the lumen of the plunger body and is configured to protrude distally of the plunger through the nozzle. The plunger mates with an inner wall of the syringe and the tamp to block passage of the bone graft material into the lumen of the plunger body. The plunger can be rotated to guide the bone graft material into the cannula, and the tamp can be periodically actuated to clear clogs that form at or near the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Orthofix US LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Vincent Blake
  • Patent number: 12171673
    Abstract: There invention relates to a handle (100) for coupling to orthopaedic surgical instruments used in joint arthroplasty. The handle is universal. The handle comprises a body (102) having a proximal end (106), a distal end (104), and an open-ended channel (108) extending between the distal end and the proximal end. The channel is configured for receiving a shaft of a first orthopaedic instrument (10) such that the shaft extends completely through the handle, and the handle is in a sliding relationship with the shaft. The channel is also configured for separately and independently receiving a handle-attachment portion located at a proximal end of a second orthopaedic surgical instrument (500, 502, 504) such that the handle and the second orthopaedic surgical instrument are held in a fixed relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Jamie Atkin, Lewis Butler
  • Patent number: 12171674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthetic foot comprising a foot part, a proximal connecting means which is swiveled to the foot part and an adjustment device with which the foot part can be adjusted relative to the connecting means, at least one position sensor being associated with the adjustment device and being coupled to a signal generating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Hermann Meyer, Sven Kaltenborn, Steffen Althaus
  • Patent number: 12171675
    Abstract: A transcatheter heart valve includes a paravalvular seal that is configured for transfemoral delivery. The valve includes a frame and the seal is formed from a plurality of outwardly extending fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Aortic Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Ali Shahriari
  • Patent number: 12171676
    Abstract: A stent, shunt, or plug, for at least partial insertion into a patient, can include a deformable elongated tubular body including a proximal portion and a distal portion and defining a longitudinal lumen of the tubular body therebetween. The deformable elongated body can be capable of an expanded state and a collapsed state. The tubular body can include a sheath and a plurality of magnetizable or magnetic elements for providing magnetic repulsion, after being magnetically actuated, to maintain the tubular body to maintain the expanded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Holman, Nikhil M. Murdeshwar
  • Patent number: 12171677
    Abstract: A balloon comprising: a center portion having a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a length between the proximal end and the distal end. The center portion comprises: a first nominal diameter and a first radial modulus at the proximal end; a second nominal diameter and a second radial modulus at the distal end; further wherein, the first nominal diameter is equal to the second nominal diameter, such that, when the balloon is inflated to a nominal pressure, the center portion has a constant diameter over the length; and further wherein, the first radial modulus is smaller than the second radial modulus, such that, when the balloon is inflated above a nominal pressure, the center portion adopts a tapered shape in which the proximal end has a first stretched diameter and the distal end has a second stretched diameter, the first stretched diameter being larger than the second stretched diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular System Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Craig Olson, Jr., Senthil Eswaran, Erik Eli
  • Patent number: 12171678
    Abstract: A skirt-reinforcement member for supporting or reinforcing an unsupported portion of a skirt that spans across a side opening of a stent or frame of a valve prosthesis. The skirt-reinforcement member is configured to prevent billowing of the skirt material that spans across the side opening of the inner frame of the valve prosthesis, as such billowing may undesirably result in contact between the skirt and leaflets of the valve prosthesis after the valve prosthesis is deployed in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Yogesh Darekar, Brenda McIntire, Eric Pierce
  • Patent number: 12171679
    Abstract: An intraluminal stent includes pluralities of first and second wire segments made from a soft malleable alloy formed into a cylindrical structure. Each of the wire segments is defined by a series of sinusoidal bends formed over the length of each segment, with the initial unformed length of each second wire segment being larger than that of each first wire segment. Each of the first and second wire segments include the same number of sinusoidal bends with the amplitude of the of the sinusoidal bends of the second wire segments being larger than that of the sinusoidal bends of the first wire segments. Adjacent wire segments are conjoined by welds at apices of each sinusoidal bend to form the cylindrical or tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NuMed, Inc.
    Inventor: Gareth J. Morgan
  • Patent number: 12171680
    Abstract: An article of manufacture suitable for addressing a problem in a human body includes a material in sheet form including first and second adhesive-coated parts releasably retained on a cover layer. Each of the first and second adhesive-coated parts includes a support layer of synthetic microfiber fabric having a greater resistance to stretching in a first test direction than in a second test direction and an adhesive intermittent across the support layer. Each of the first and second adhesive-coated parts is elongated with straight sides and rounded end portions and is configured to be removable from the cover layer and adhered to an outer skin surface of the human body. The support layer allows the passage of moisture vapor, and the adhesive being intermittent across the support layer increases permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Applied BioKinetics LLC
    Inventor: Donald P. Bushby
  • Patent number: 12171681
    Abstract: A brace that includes a body and a sensor device disposed in the body, where the sensor device includes a sensor that is configured to measure at least one parameter associated with a position of the housing. The brace also includes a controller communicably coupled to the sensor device. The controller can be configured to receive a plurality of measurements of the at least one parameter taken by the sensor device. The controller can also be configured to evaluate each measurement of the plurality of measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MiracleFeet
    Inventors: Francesca Nancy Rachel Colloredo-Mansfeld, Christopher Jonathan George Ferris, Thomas Matthew Watts
  • Patent number: 12171682
    Abstract: A thumb brace comprising a glove having a thumb portion disposed between a palm side and a back side and comprising a first attachment region positioned adjacent a base of the thumb portion and a second attachment region positioned on the back side of the glove; a first elastic strap whereby the first strap extends a distal end of a thumb metacarpal bone of a user of the brace; a second elastic strap having a first end attached to the palm side of the glove and the second end releasably attached to the second attachment region, whereby the second strap reduces a proximal end of a thumb metacarpal bone of a user of the brace; and a pad attached to the glove such that the pad cushions a CMC joint of the user of the brace from impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Hugh Allen Frederick
  • Patent number: 12171683
    Abstract: The present invention describes a multi-positional, modular bodily limb splinting system consisting of at least one pair of rigid, shared geometry interlocking male and female splint members which allow for expedient placement and treatment of a limb injury. The male splint member includes a locking post and an adjustable locking post at one end, and the female splint member includes a locking aperture operable to receive and interlock with the locking post and a plurality of adjustable apertures operable to receive and interlock with the adjustable locking post. The male and female splint members of various lengths may be positioned into one or more of several incremental angled configurations of up to 360° to conform to the extremity injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Christian Matthew Pitalo
  • Patent number: 12171684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-automated apparatus for manipulating and reducing closed fractures of the ulna and radius at the level of the wrist in children and adults, which consists of a bar (1) designed to be able to position the fractured limb on the bar, the other nine parts of the apparatus being custom assembled according to the measurement of the forearm or writ to be manipulated, enabling a single person to reduce the fracture using three phases or movements of the device. The design and materials from which the apparatus is made allow the mentioned fractures to be reduced and safety stops are provided to prevent any harm to the patient. The manipulation or reduction of the fractures on which the present apparatus is used must preferably be handled by a doctor specialised in traumatology and orthopaedics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Rubén Fernando Sáyago
  • Patent number: 12171685
    Abstract: A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PureWick Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Sanchez, Camille R. Newton, Joseph M. Forehand, Raymond J. Newton
  • Patent number: 12171686
    Abstract: A motorized bedding system includes: an acquisition unit that is capable of acquiring a setting of motorized bedding of each of users, a state of each of the users, and snoring detection information of each of the users; a computation unit that is configured to compute a sleep score based on the state of each of the users; a memory that is configured to store data including multiple sets of the setting of the motorized bedding and the sleep score associated with each of the multiple sets of the setting; and an output unit that is configured to output a recommendation setting of the motorized bedding based on the setting associated with the high-level sleep score among the multiple sleep scores stored in the memory, in which the motorized bedding system includes: a first mode where the system automatically changes the setting of the motorized bedding based on the state of each of the users; and a second mode where the system automatically changes the setting of the motorized bedding based on the snoring detect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sota Nishiura, Tomokazu Nikaido, Junko Nishimura, Shinnosuke Kubota, Toshihide Shiino, Makoto Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12171687
    Abstract: An itch relieving device is disclosed, including a shell, a heating element, a first touch sensing module, a control module and a gear input module. The first touch sensing module is configured for touching a human body to generate a human body sensing signal, the control module is electrically connected with the heating element to control the heating element to be switched on or off according to the human body sensing signal, the gear input module is configured for acquiring a control action to generate a pulse signal, the control module is provided with a storage unit, the control module is electrically connected with the gear input module to change a heating gear according to the pulse signal, the control module records the current heating gear through the storage unit, and the control module controls a heating power of the heating element according to the current heating gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN TLC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liyun Gao, Xiaofeng Zhang, Chadi Michael Diba
  • Patent number: 12171688
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Mark Hedgeland, Benjamin Ko, Thomas Gernetzke, Olivia Enneking, Eric Kennedy, Robert Roth, Michael Auld, Jacob Schubert, Samuel Ridgley
  • Patent number: 12171689
    Abstract: Devices, methods and kits are described for reducing intraocular pressure. The devices include a support that is implantable within Schlemm's canal and that may restore or maintain at least partial patency of the canal without substantially interfering with transmural or transluminal fluid flow across the canal. The devices utilize the natural drainage process of the eye and may be implanted with minimal trauma to the eye. Kits may include a support and an introducer for implanting the support within Schlemm's canal. Methods may include implanting a support within Schlemm's canal, where the support is capable of restoring or maintaining at least partial patency of the canal without substantial interference with transmural or transluminal fluid flow across the canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SIGHT SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: David Y. Badawi, Paul Badawi
  • Patent number: 12171690
    Abstract: An imaging probe comprises a camera or endoscope with an external detector array, in which the probe is sized and shaped for surgical placement in an eye to image the eye from an interior of the eye during treatment. The imaging probe and a treatment probe can be coupled together with a fastener or contained within a housing. The imaging probe and the treatment probe can be sized and shaped to enter the eye through an incision in the cornea and image one or more of the ciliary body band or the scleral spur. The treatment probe may comprise a treatment optical fiber or a surgical placement device to deliver an implant. A processor coupled to the detector can be configured with instructions to identify a location of one or more of the ciliary body band, the scleral spur, Schwalbe's line, or Schlemm's canal from the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Michael S. Berlin
  • Patent number: 12171691
    Abstract: An example system for corneal treatment includes an illumination system to generate cross-linking in at least one selected region of a cornea treated with a cross-linking agent by delivering photoactivating light according to one or more photoactivation parameters. The system includes a controller to receive input relating to one or more treatment parameters, which include the one or more photoactivation parameters. The controller is configured to output information for adjusting the one or more treatment parameters by (A) determining from the input, a distribution of cross-links for the at least one selected region of the cornea; (B) determining, from the distribution of cross-links, a shape change for the cornea; and (C) determining, from the shape change for the cornea, a change in vision for the subject. Responsive to the output from the controller, the illumination system is configured to adjust at least one of the one or more photoactivation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Avedro, Inc.
    Inventor: Mikhail Smirnov
  • Patent number: 12171692
    Abstract: A system, technique and material composition for use in correction of eye condition are disclosed. The system comprising a processing utility and an etching utility. The processing utility comprises: correction pattern module configured for providing a selected two-dimensional pattern in according with input data indicative of vision impermanent of a user, and for generating operational instructions for forming said selected two-dimensional pattern on the surface of the cornea by said etching utility. The etching utility is configured to etching the selected patter on surface of the cornea of a user. The material composition comprises aqueous solution comprising a plurality of nanoparticles, said nanoparticles comprising maghemite nanoparticles wrapped by biocompatible protein chains. The material composition may be used as eye drops thereby allowing the nanoparticles to occupy etched region on the cornea, thereby maintaining correction of eye condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zeev Zalevsky, Jean Paul Lellouche, David Smadja, Yifat Harel, Rivka Ben Ishay
  • Patent number: 12171693
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for correcting higher-order aberrations including providing a laser radiation. The method also includes controlling a location of a beam focal point of the laser radiation by a system of scanners and guiding the beam focal point in such a way that the location of the beam focal point is in a cornea of an eye. The method further includes introducing the laser radiation into the cornea of the eye. The method includes cutting a lenslet, wherein a thickness of the lenslet t(X,Y) satisfies a following equation: t(X,Y)=t0+?t(X,Y)/(n?1), where ?t(X,Y) represents a higher-order wavefront elevation and t0 represents the thickness of the lenslet having a spherical refractive power of D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ALCON INC.
    Inventors: Imre Hegedus, Zsolt Bor
  • Patent number: 12171694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ophthalmic knife and methods of its use for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. The device is configured for cutting the tissues within the eye, for example, a trabecular meshwork (TM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, New World Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Malik Y. Kahook, Khalid Mansour, Suhail Abdullah, Eric Porteous, Vijay R. Balan
  • Patent number: 12171695
    Abstract: A medical station includes a movable cart, a cassette system, and a computer system with a configuration map. The cassette system including a plurality of drawers. The configuration map includes, for each respective one of the drawers, a unique drawer identifier and an indicator of a location of the respective one of the drawers at the cassette system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Capsa Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Robert Volek, Jack Finnerty, Jin Chen, Krzysztof Sosniak, Marcel Ipince, Charles Pfeiffer, Adam Piotrowski, Harry Tan