For Body Treatment Article Or Material (i.e., "surgical" Or Therapeutic Type) Patents (Class 206/438)
With gas permeable cover (Class 206/439)
Bandage, drape or dressing (Class 206/440)
Ligatures (Class 206/63.3)
Dental (Class 206/63.5)
  • Holding Device For An Intraocular Lens, Packaging And Transport Means For An Intraocular Lens, Injector Device For An Intraocular Lens As Well As Method For Packaging An Intraocular Lens And Method For Loading An Intraocular Lens Into An Injector Device
    Publication number: 20110046634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device for an intraocular lens, characterized in that the holding device has an elongated support member open to the bottom, on which an elongated holding rail for holding the lens is disposed. The invention also relates to an injector device for an intraocular lens as well as to a packaging and transport means for the intraocular lens. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for packaging an intraocular lens as well as to a method for loading an intraocular lens into an injector device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Brian Rathert
  • FORMULATIONS OF AZACITIDINE AND ITS DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20110042247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations comprising azacitidine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, including processes for preparing the formulations comprising azacitidine, or salts thereof, and methods of using the formulations for treating various cancer disorders in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Chandrasekhar Kocherlakota, Nagaraju Banda, Tarun Singh, Prahlad Pragallapati, Sachin Sharma, Raghu Nandan Srinivasan
  • COMPOSITE FOR PACKAGING A MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110036736
    Abstract: A composite for packaging a medical device has a first layer including an aromatic polyether polyurethane and a second layer. The first layer forms a base that has a plurality of walls extending therefrom to define a cavity for receiving the medical device. The second layer is disposed on the first layer opposite the cavity. The composite is formed from a method that includes the step of disposing the first layer on the second layer. The composite may also be included with a container to form a packaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: David Knowlton, Daniel J. Shaw, JR.
  • TITRATION PACKAGE
    Publication number: 20110039942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a titration package for providing at least one pharmaceutical composition in at least two different dosages. The titration package comprises at least two sets. Each set comprises at least three individually addressable regions. Each addressable region preferably comprises or is represented by a pharmaceutical composition, preferably a tablet. The dosage of the pharmaceutical composition is the same within each of the at least two sets (“common dosage”), while the dosages of the pharmaceutical compositions are different for one of the at least two sets compared to at least one other of the at least two sets. The arrangement of the at least two sets is not a matrix-like arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Diego M. Arbaiza Taurel
  • Vapor hydration of a hydrophilic product in a package
    Patent number: 7886907
    Abstract: A vapor hydrated packaged catheter assembly and method of manufacturing and distributing same includes a gas impermeable package housing a catheter within a catheter-receiving cavity. The catheter assembly has a hydrophilic coating applied to at least a portion of the outer surface of a catheter tube or shaft which may be surrounded by a sleeve to provide a no-touch, sure grip feature. The catheter assembly is disposed within the catheter receiving cavity of the package together with a limited amount of a vapor donating liquid provided as a source of vapor to activate the hydrophilic coating. The amount of vapor donating liquid is less than the amount that would otherwise be sufficient to cause a spill hazard. It may be loose liquid as a desired percentage of the volume of a tube-receiving portion of the catheter receiving cavity of the package, or it may be contained in a liquid sequestering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Murray, Thomas H. Gilman, Sean Sweeney, Martin P. Creaven
  • Catheter guide wire packaging
    Patent number: 7886906
    Abstract: A retainer for maintaining a tubular sheath used to store a catheter guide wire in a coiled configuration includes a body having a bottom defining a plurality of substantially parallel channels. Each channel is designed to closely receive a coil of the tubular sheath. A loop is affixed to and extends adjacently above the body and defines an aperture therethrough for receiving and guiding the catheter guide wire after removal of the guide wire from the tubular sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: Taryn Dunn
  • METHOD OF ASSAYING 5-FU
    Publication number: 20110034488
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions, devices and kits for assaying 5-FU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Myriad Genetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Benjamin Roa, Carrie Colvin, Michael Overfield, Howard McLeod, Salvatore Salamone
  • Diaper Rash Prevention Apparatus
    Publication number: 20110028926
    Abstract: A diaper rash prevention apparatus includes a single layer enclosure with a flangeless aperture adapted for being placed in direct contact with the skin surrounding the anus for the purpose of directing fecal matter into the single layer enclosure. An adhesive may be disposed about the flangeless aperture to maintain the aperture in direct contact with the skin surrounding the anus. A cover may be releasably coupled over at least one of the flangeless aperture and the adhesive. An applicator may be used to assist in the installation of the single layer enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: Joseph E. Davis
  • Product Name Indicia
    Publication number: 20110024319
    Abstract: A package includes a feminine-care article enclosed in a wrapper. The package includes product-name indicia, wherein the product-name indicia correspond to a deployment feature of the package, the feminine-care article, or the wrapper. An array of packages includes a first package and a second package. The first package includes first product-name indicia and contains a first feminine-care article enclosed in a first wrapper. The first product-name indicia correspond to a first deployment feature of the first package, the first feminine-care article, or the first wrapper. The second package includes second product-name indicia and contains a second feminine-care article enclosed in a second wrapper. The second product-name indicia correspond to a second deployment feature of the second package, the second feminine-care article, or the second wrapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Candace Dyan Krautkramer, Nicole Kay Leicht, Linda Susan Huard, Christopher Patrick Worzalla, Aida Elham Flick, Andrew Pottle Meurer
  • Device for Promotion of Hemostasis and/or Wound Healing
    Publication number: 20110021964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a matrix material comprising a pharmaceutical composition such as a matrix material with a pharmaceutical composition printed on the surface. In one embodiment the pharmaceutical composition comprises thrombin. The invention further describes a method for making the matrix material with a pharmaceutical composition printed on the surface. In one specific embodiment the invention also relates to the use of said matrix material for promotion of hemostasis and/or wound healing. The invention also relates to a kit-of-parts comprising a matrix with a pharmaceutical composition and a container with a peelable lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S
    Inventors: Kristian Larsen, Mads Sabra
  • Portable medicine case
    Publication number: 20110017624
    Abstract: A portable carrying case is described to hold medicine vials during travel, doctors' visits, etc. The case includes an open-topped box with a hinged lid and attachment means to secure the lid to the box. The case further includes a vial support platform, which may be the upper surface of the box, or a separate platform attachable to the box bottom wall. The platform has a plurality of spaced, parallel divider walls having lower edges attached to the support surface and upper edges. The divider walls have aligned left holes and aligned right holes. An elastic cord is slidable through aligned holes to cord ends outside an end divider wall. A cord lock is used to adjust the length of the cord. The support surface, walls and cord form a plurality of adjustable vial receiving compartments, with the force on each vial being equal regardless of differences in vial sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Sondra T. Robertson
  • Crush resistant needle packaging assembly having rapid needle access
    Patent number: 7874426
    Abstract: A rigid crush resistant plastic tube having quickly removable end caps. A hypodermic needle contained in a sterile needle wrapper is placed inside the crush resistant tube so that a portion of the wrapper is folded over the outside distal end of the tube. The end cap is then secured over the folded wrapper portion on the distal end of the tube in a friction fit arrangement to secure the needle wrapper between the cap and tube. In this arrangement, when the end cap is removed, it pulls the needle wrapper out of the protective plastic tube to allow for rapid access and deployment. In use, the plastic tubes are secured with elastic bands inside a carrying case, such as a first aid backpack. As the soft cases are often subject to substantial exterior impacts, the tubing significantly reduces the risk of needle breakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: North American Rescue, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Castellani
  • Self-sealed medical sterilization pouch
    Patent number: 7870959
    Abstract: A self-sealed medical sterilization pouch comprises the following elements of: a first sheet being pervious to sterilization gases and surrounded by at least one printing domain thereon, a plurality of signs being disposed on the printing domain and located outside of a closed space, the first sheet having at least two sterile processing indicators having color response, one surface of an end of the first sheet having a flap; and a second sheet being impervious to sterilization gases, the second sheet having an opening and being joined with the first sheet by a first seal line, a second seal line and a third seal line at a left side, a right side and an upper side to form the closed space, the sterile processing indicators being disposed between the third seal line and a ladle-shaped end and the third seal line and another ladle-shaped end respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Signma Medical Supplies Corp.
    Inventors: Dewitt Kuo, Thomas Chou
  • Medical instrument holding assembly and method for improved pre-sterilization cleaning using same
    Patent number: 7871581
    Abstract: A medical instrument holding assembly for improved pre-sterilization cleaning with or without lubrication of the instruments is provided. The medical instrument holding assembly includes a coil or a series of plates defining instrument receiving gaps, opposing support ends, a perforated retracting member that maintains the instruments in an open position so that cleaning can reach the hard to reach areas of the instrument, and restraint bands for holding the instruments in the medical instrument holding assembly during handling. The method is also included for improved pre-sterilization cleaning using the medical instrument holding assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Patient Care Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Billy Donald Coleman, John Forrest May
  • Wipe Products Having Enhanced Long Term Stability
    Publication number: 20110005943
    Abstract: A multiwipe package having enhanced wipe storage stability is disclosed. The wipe package contains a stack of wipes in a barrier packaging film, wherein the headspace in the package between the stack of wipes and the packaging film is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas W. Beihoffer, Kevin Cureton
  • Medical system with skin applicator
    Patent number: 7866471
    Abstract: A medical system 10 may include a fluid basin 100, a medical skin applicator, an aspirator instrument, gauze pads 400, sponges 500 and medicinal container 600. Each may be stored within the fluid basin 100 during transport of the medical system 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Mark J. Callahan, Steven A. Holley
  • Carry case for a portable analyte measuring device
    Patent number: 7866470
    Abstract: A carry case is provided for a portable analyte measuring device, the carry case having opposing sides delimiting an interior space that is closed at one end and provided with an opening at the other end. According to certain embodiments of the present invention, the carry case is provided with an interior flap that is fastened at a distance from the closed end at one of the opposing sides and that can be swung from a first position in which a first side of the flap faces one of the opposing sides to a second position, in which the flap divides the interior space of the carry case and faces with the first flap side the closed end of the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen Kroll, Kirsten Hoppert
  • Oral care Q2 kits
    Patent number: 7866477
    Abstract: An oral care kit for a defined oral care treatment cycle is provided herein. The oral care kit utilizes a substantially rectangular box having oral care packs positioned therein. The oral care packs contain oral care devices useful for administering oral care treatment during a 24 hour oral care treatment cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Sturm, Khoa Lien, Tamika Wiggins, Alan Shuman, Michael Sleva, Javier Verdura, Joe Cesa
  • Surgical Cable Packaging System And Method
    Publication number: 20100326860
    Abstract: A surgical cable packaging system and method are provided including, in one aspect, a cable holder having an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper and lower portions may have cooperating structures configured to be coupled together to form an interior space in which the cable is coiled. The cable holder may have an opening through which the cable extends to allow the cable to be removed from the interior space. In another aspect, a method of inserting a surgical cable into a cable holder comprising wrapping the cable around a body portion of a fixture and sliding the cable into an interior space of the cable holder in a coiled configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bryant, Elizabeth E. Nelson, Tim K. Matulewicz
  • Patch-like infusion device
    Patent number: 7857131
    Abstract: A packaging system and method which provides at least one tray or nest, having a number of wells and ribs to position and secure a patch-like, self-contained substance infusion device having one or more patient needles which can be placed in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir assembly within the device and upon which a disk, or Belleville spring assembly, applies an essentially even and constant pressure to the contents. The device further provides for the release of one or more spring-loaded patient needles into a patient's skin surface to establish a fluid communication path between the patient needles and the pressurized fluid reservoir contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Lionel Vedrine
  • Container and carrier system for surgical auxiliary material
    Patent number: 7857129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container (100) which has a carrier (1) for the storage and presentation of surgical auxiliary material (80), in particular screws, such as bone screws, in the holding or mounting position, and at least one removable cover (48) for preventing the loss of the auxiliary material, the surgical auxiliary material (80) being presentable in isolated form. According to the invention, it is envisaged that at least two containers (100) be separably connected to one another via the cover (48) and/or the carrier (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Synthes USA, LLC
    Inventors: Ruth Iaconi-Forrer, Andre Furrer, Karina Candrian
  • MICRO-AND/OR NANO-STRUCTURED PACKAGING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100320111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a web-form packaging material which comprises at least one layer, comprising a packaging material surface, of a sealable material, to a packaging unit with a transdermal therapeutic system and with a packaging material of this kind, and also to a process for producing a packaging unit. For this purpose, at least the abovementioned surface of the packaging material has a multiplicity of recesses and/or a multiplicity of non-recessed regions. The distance between two adjacent recesses and/or the distance between two adjacent non-recessed regions is less than five times the packaging material thickness. Moreover, the depth of the recesses is not less than 1.2 nanometers and not more than 95% of the packaging material thickness. With the present invention, the sticking of an adhesive on the inner face of the packaging material is effectively prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventor: Stephan Maier
  • Medical apparatus containing device, discarding device and method of use of medical apparatus
    Patent number: 7850006
    Abstract: A container case contains a capsule endoscope which incorporates a magnet. A magnetic body is disposed so as to guide, from one magnetic pole to the other magnetic pole, a magnetic field which is generated from the magnet of the capsule endoscope that is accommodated between and positioned by a first hold portion of an outer case and a second hold portion of an inner case which position the capsule endoscope. Thereby, there is provided a capsule medical apparatus containing device which can facilitate handling of a capsule medical apparatus and can enhance the efficiency in storage of the capsule medical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Akio Uchiyama
  • Electrical package analysis gateway
    Patent number: 7849028
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for analyzing a package having components. The package may include electrical or computer components. The method and system uses a computer program to receive inputted data and extract data from files. The computer program also selects the best sub-program to analyze the data to compute the parameters for packaging the components and designing the package, and displays the results of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Barry J. Rubin
  • Morpholino Compound Microemulsion
    Publication number: 20100294686
    Abstract: An L2/L1 microemulsion composition comprising water, a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is a straight or branched alkyl group containing 8 to 16 carbon atoms at the 2- or 3-position of the morpholino ring, and R2 is a straight or branched alkyl group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms, substituted with a hydroxy group except in the alpha-position, and a salt of a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SINCLAIR PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventor: Thomas Arnebrant
  • Packaging device for medical apparatus
    Patent number: 7837035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable packaging device (1) including a wall (2) for accommodating a medical article (100) for use in conjunction with a medical machine (200), the medical article (100) including mounting means (101), the medical machine (200) including mounting means (201) for engagement with the mounting means of the medical article (101), the packaging device including:—a passage opening (20) defined in the wall (2) and having a configuration such that the mounting means (101) of the packaged article can be engaged with the mounting means of the machine (201);—a preferential rupture zone (30) produced on the wall 2 to allow predetermined rupture of the wall (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventors: Jacques Duchamp, Michel Neyton, Patrick Paule, Frederic Tenant, Guillaume Vernin
  • THERAPEUTIC FORMULATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF COLD AND FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS
    Publication number: 20100288665
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical formulation of therapeutically effective amounts of acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and a sympathomimetic drug, such as pseudoephedrine (or its prodrug), or phenylephrine used in the treatment of cold and flu-like symptoms. Such symptoms may include fever, pain, nasal congestion, sinus congestion, runny nose, sore throat, myalgia, ear pressure and fullness, and headache. The formulation further includes various excipients used in the formulation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Kingsway Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Andrew Lomaga
  • PEELABLE PATCH
    Publication number: 20100288770
    Abstract: A peelable pouch (1) comprises: a first layer (2), a second layer (3), a compartment (4) for housing the product (7), the compartment (4) being formed between the first and second layers (2,3) by peelably sealing the first and second layers (2,3) along a compartment sealing portion (40), which extends along the proximal portion (23,33) and along at least a part of the two lateral portions (20,21,30,31) of the first and second layers (2,3) as well as along first (24,34) and second branch portions (25,35), a first tear promoting means (50) provided on the first layer (2) only, a second tear promoting means (51) provided on the second layer (3) only, and a third tear promoting means (52) provided on both the first and second layers (2,3) and extending in a direction towards the location (26) where the first and second branch portions (24,34,25,35) meet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ackermann Marco, Christian Saclier
  • ICE MASSAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100276322
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is an ice massage device for body care and rehabilitative purposes. The ice massage device comprising a container [1], the container lid [3], the lid handle [5] and an element [4] fixing ice to the lid is characterised in that the lid [3], the lid handle [5] and the ice-fixing element [4] make one whole, while in the bottom of the uniform, open-at-the-top container [1] there is a cavity [2] in the shape of a cone directed towards the inside of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Malgorzata KOTNOWSKA
  • Applicator System for the Delivery of Surgical Sealants
    Publication number: 20100280547
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a simple, inexpensive applicator system which can be used for the delivery of a hydrogel formulation. In certain embodiments, the applicator system is suitable for use in sealing of dura mater, especially dura matter within the spinal column. In other embodiments, the applicator system may be used to repair cardiovascular defects, defects of the gall or urinary bladder, or repair of any of the other ducts within the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith R. D'Alessio, Michael A. Carnahan, Jared D. G. Butlin
  • MULTILAYERED BODY FOR MEDICAL CONTAINERS AND MEDICAL CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20100276321
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayered body for medical containers, in which the innermost layer formed from a cyclic polyolefin exhibits favorable adhesion to another layer without using an adhesive, which exhibits excellent heat resistance, and which provides favorable blocking resistance when formed as a film, as well as a medical container formed from this multilayered body for medical containers, which suffers minimal deterioration in properties such as transparency and peel strength even when subjected to sterilization with high-pressure steam or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Nakamura, Hiroshi Miyagi
  • PYRROLOTRIAZINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL FOR TREATING CANCER THROUGH INHIBITION OF AURORA KINASE
    Publication number: 20100273800
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds and processes for their preparation, methods of treating diseases, particularly Cancer, comprising administering said compounds, and methods of making pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prevention of disorders, particularly Cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Steven Magnuson, Philip Wickens, Zhonghua Zhang, Ning Qi, Xin Ma
  • Packaging for a Stent Delivery System
    Publication number: 20100264050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of packaging and a packaging system for treated stents which minimise the level of exposure of the stents to oxygen, moisture and light. The package comprises two compartments, the compartments being in communication with each other via a breathable membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Clarke, Thomas Farrell
  • BOX FOR STERILE PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20100264049
    Abstract: This invention relates to a box for sterile products made of panels forming a belt (10) and of flaps extending the panels and forming bottom and top walls perpendicular to the belt, the belt and the flaps being cut in a foamed plastic material plate comprising at least two covering sheets (P1, P2) maintained mutually spaced apart by a plurality of struts (E) providing longitudinal mutually parallel cells. This invention is characterized in that at least one of the covering sheets is perforated (C) for allowing for a sterilizing gas to pass through the cover, and cuts (13) crossing at least one covering sheet of the plate are provided along hinging lines of the flaps on the belt for providing the communication of said cells with the outside when flaps (31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52, 61, 62) are folded at right angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: Guillaume Maillot
  • TREATMENT OF INSULIN-RESISTANT DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20100266595
    Abstract: The invention concerns the treatment of insulin-resistant disorders. In particular, the invention concerns the treatment of insulin-resistant disorders by administration of IL-17, such as IL-17A and/or IL-17F antagonists, such as anti-IL-17A and/or IL-17F and/or IL-17Rc antibodies, or antibody fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Ganesh A. Kolumam, Yan Hu, Wenjun Ouyang
  • Mid-stream flushing adapter assembly
    Patent number: 7815045
    Abstract: Protective package for an elongated medical device, comprises a protective sheath including a lumen sized to receive a body of the elongated medical device, wherein a first end of the sheath is adapted to receive a distal end of the elongated medical device and a second end of the sheath is adapted to receive a proximal end of the elongated medical device and a hydration opening disposed between the first and second ends of the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Delaney, K. Michael O'Rielly, Mark Girard
  • Preparation of therapeutic foam
    Publication number: 20100260007
    Abstract: Closed pouch comprising a wall defining an enclosed space containing carbon dioxide, and a pair of syringes contained within the enclosed space. The syringes are connected together by a syringe connector, and of the syringes contains a gas or gas mixture other than air, while the other contains a foamable liquid. Breakage of the syringe, connector and pumping of the syringes produces a foam useful in the treatment of varicose veins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: BTG International Limited
    Inventors: Anthony David Harman, Jan Willem Marinus Mijers, Nikki Robinson
  • System and Method for Medical Instrument Sterilization Case having a Rotatably Displacing Cover
    Publication number: 20100252468
    Abstract: A medical instrument sterilization container has a plurality of walls and a rotatably displacing cover. A rotatable device is integral with the cover. An elongate slot is formed in a side of the container for receiving the rotatable device. The rotatable device is slidable within the elongate slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Polyvac, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Pratte, Michael Sullivan
  • ADVANCED BIO-COMPATIBLE POLYMER SURFACE COATINGS FOR IMPLANTS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLDS
    Publication number: 20100255447
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methodologies and compositions for coating materials, which can be used in a variety of biological applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: ALEXANDRU S. BIRIS, PEDER JENSEN, GANESH KANNARPADY
  • Articles suitable for use as a medical device cover and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 7806267
    Abstract: Article suitable for use as a medical device cover are disclosed. Methods of making and using the articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Microtek Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Ginger Carol Pack-Walden, Mark S. Dillon, David Alan Daugherty
  • Transparent, flexible, impermeable plastic container for storage of pharmaceutical liquids
    Patent number: 7807242
    Abstract: A container consisting of a PCTFE monolayer, the thickness of said layer being about 40-100 ?m, which container is equipped with a device where the liquid can be lead out through when desired and which container is transparent, shows superior properties for storing liquid pharmaceutical compositions, especially insulin compositions containing preservatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Anne Soerensen, Philip Albert Sparholt, Marianne Rye Hansen
  • Micropore forming system, micropore forming device, chip container, and chip container kit
    Patent number: 7806266
    Abstract: A micropore forming system comprising: a microneedle chip having microneedles for forming micropores in a skin of a living body; a chip container for detachably housing the microneedle chip; and a micropore forming device for detachably holding the microneedle chip and for contacting the microneedles of the microneedle chip to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Hagino, Yasunori Maekawa, Kenichi Sawa, Katsutoshi Mishima, Mitsuhiro Tatsuzumi
  • Apparatus and method for reconstituting a pharmaceutical and preparing the reconstituted pharmaceutical for transient application
    Patent number: 7806265
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a pharmaceutical for transient application includes a tray having a sealed compartment, a vial of an ophthalmic formulation of mitomycin-C, a diluent carrier containing sterilized water, and a syringe that are all contained together in a single package. The component parts of the apparatus are used together to reconstitute the contents of the vial with the water in the diluent carrier, and then draw the reconstituted drug into the sealed compartment of the tray by a suction force produced by the syringe. In the tray compartment, the reconstituted drug is absorbed in an absorbent pad. The tray is opened to remove the pad and the absorbed drug from the tray compartment for use of the pad in transient application of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Mobius Therapeutics, LLC
    Inventor: Edward J. Timm
  • INJECTION STRETCH BLOW MOLDED ARTICLES AND RANDOM COPOLYMERS FOR USE THEREIN
    Publication number: 20100243498
    Abstract: Injection stretch blow molded (ISBM) articles and methods of forming the same are described herein. The ISBM articles generally include a metallocene random propylene-based copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Luyi Sun, Mark Leland
  • Composite Bone Graft Substitute Cement and Articles Produced Therefrom
    Publication number: 20100249794
    Abstract: The invention provides a particulate composition adapted for forming a bone graft substitute cement upon mixing with an aqueous solution, including i) a calcium sulfate hemihydrate powder having a bimodal particle distribution and a median particle size of about 5 to about 20 microns, wherein the calcium sulfate hemihydrate is present at a concentration of at least about 70 weight percent based on the total weight of the particulate composition; ii) a monocalcium phosphate monohydrate powder; and iii) a ?-tricalcium phosphate powder having a median particle size of less than about 20 microns. Bone graft substitute cements made therefrom, a bone graft substitute kit comprising the particulate composition, methods of making and using the particulate composition, and articles made from the bone graft substitute cement are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jon P. Moseley, Michael E. Carroll, Jonathan D. McCanless
  • Packaging and assembly for pipette
    Patent number: 7802681
    Abstract: Packaging for an ICSI pipette (50) has a base (10) and a slider (20) on which the pipette is retained by clips (29) and (36). The base (10) has a transparent rod (16) projecting above the thin end (52) of the pipette (50), acting as a lens to enable the tip of the pipette to be viewed. A grip portion (26) on the slider (20) projects above the pipette (50) and the rod (16) to enable the slider to be moved relative to the base such that the thick end (52) of the pipette projects beyond the end of the base for access and removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Smiths Group PLC
    Inventor: Meleri Williams
  • RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20100236958
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 99mTc-tetrofosmin radiopharmaceutical composition comprising tetrofosmin and a radioprotectant at a particular range of molar ratios. A kit and a multi-dose kit for the preparation of the radiopharmaceutical composition of the invention are also provided, as well as a process for the preparation of multiple unit patient doses of the radiopharmaceutical composition and a unit dose of the radiopharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Janne Veggeland, Grethe Karin Madsen, Stig Hemsted
  • PACKAGE AND INSERT ADAPTED TO FORM PART OF A PACKAGE
    Publication number: 20100236957
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a package comprising a sleeve and an insert, the insert being adapted to be movably received in the sleeve, the insert is adapted to carry and receive a product, the insert is adapted to be reinserted into the sleeve after receipt of said product, the sleeve is adapted to enclose the reinserted insert such that access to said product is limited or denied and reextraction of the insert is limited or denied once the insert has been reinserted into the sleeve. The disclosure further relates to an insert adapted to form a part of a package of the above kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Marcus Dehlin
  • Tissue collection tray
    Patent number: 7798331
    Abstract: A tissue collection tray is described for use with a biopsy device. The tissue collection tray includes a well portion, a body portion and a divider. The well portion is defined by first and second ends, a bottom and at least two walls. The body portion includes a recess formed therein. The divider includes a groove formed therein. The divider is positioned between the recess and the well portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry D. Hardin, Joseph L. Mark
  • Portable medical emergency equipment pack
    Patent number: 7798323
    Abstract: A foldable carrying medical pack made of flexible material, adapted to store medical emergency supplies and equipment. Clear storage pouches which contain the medical supplies and equipment are attached by Velcro, for easy removal, to the interior side of the medical pack. This arrangement allows for immediate visible access to every item stored in each pouch/compartment. Each pouch has a clear sewn-in compartment in the front of same, to insert labels therein providing a list of the contents. The label is inserted in the compartment to allow the contents of the pouch to be easily determined. The removable pouches can be replaced with additional pouches that contain medical supplies or equipment oriented toward a variety of different medical emergencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: DHS Systems LLC
    Inventors: Mike McCann, Lynn Piacentini