Manually Supported Collector With Rigid Intake Tube (e.g., A Hollow Needle, Etc.) Patents (Class 600/576)
  • Patent number: 11812244
    Abstract: A wearable device including a body having one or more embedded electronic components, the body further including a thermoset material having a polymeric backbone with at least one urethane linkage and a glass transition temperature. At a first temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the body has an original shape. When the body is heated to a second temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature, the body is deformable from the original shape to a first shape and when the body is cooled to a third temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature, the first shape is maintained. The body is further configured to transition from the first shape to the original shape when the body is heated from the third temperature to a fourth temperature that is higher than the glass transition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Prevoir, Kai Gao
  • Patent number: 11786661
    Abstract: The invention is a single use delivery device configured to enable reconstitution of a lyophilized agent (e.g., vaccine, drug, medicament, etc.) stored within for subsequent delivery of the reconstituted fluid agent to a patient in a controlled manner and without requiring specialized skill in reconstituting the agent or administering delivery of such agent. The delivery device is prefilled with an individual dose of a lyophilized agent and configured to be filled on-site and in the field with a dose of diluent for reconstitution of the lyophilized agent, while remaining sterile and preventing the potential for contamination during the filling process. The delivery device is further configured to be rendered incapable of reuse followings its intended use of delivering the fluid agent to a patient, thereby preventing reuse of the device and reducing the risk of the spreading blood-borne diseases through reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KOSKA FAMILY LIMITED
    Inventor: Marc Andrew Koska
  • Patent number: 11786155
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing that defines a fluid reservoir and includes a port that is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. An inlet adapter is removably coupleable to the housing. A user can engage an actuator to move a plunger from a first position in which the fluid reservoir has a first volume, to a second position in which the fluid reservoir has a second volume greater than the first volume, which draws bodily fluid into the fluid reservoir via the inlet adapter. The actuator modulates a plunger rate of motion below a threshold as the plunger is moved. When a predetermined volume of bodily fluid is transferred into the fluid reservoir, a volume indicator transitions from a first state to a second state and the inlet adapter can then be removed to transfer the predetermined volume into a sample bottle external to the housing via the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Bullington, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, Joshua D. Maruska, John Andrew Johnson, Shan E. Gaw
  • Patent number: 11766195
    Abstract: Methods and systems for sensor calibration and sensor glucose (SG) fusion are used advantageously to improve the accuracy and reliability of orthogonally redundant glucose sensor devices, which may include optical and electrochemical glucose sensors. Calibration for both sensors may be achieved via fixed-offset and/or dynamic regression methodologies, depending, e.g., on sensor stability and Isig-Ratio pair correlation. For SG fusion, respective integrity checks may be performed for SG values from the optical and electrochemical sensors, and the SG values calibrated if the integrity checks are passed. Integrity checks may include checking for sensitivity loss, noise, and drift. If the integrity checks are failed, in-line sensor mapping between the electrochemical and optical sensors may be performed prior to calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Varsavsky, Xiaolong Li, Mike C. Liu, Yuxiang Zhong, Ning Yang
  • Patent number: 11744984
    Abstract: An IV device assembly may include a lumen forming a fluidic channel within the IV device assembly. The lumen may be fluidically coupled to a vascular access device (VAD) coupler via a funnel coupler, and an IV device assembly coupler at a proximal end of the lumen. The IV device assembly may also include one or more of the following: a collapsible sleeve formed coaxially around a first portion of the lumen and mechanically coupled to the funnel coupler, a patency instrument formed along a second portion of the lumen within the collapsible sleeve and into the VAD coupler, a translation handle that translates the patency instrument out of a distal end of the VAD coupler, and a fixed grip formed around the lumen to maintain a position of the IV device assembly relative to the translation handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bin Wang, Weston F. Harding, Curtis H. Blanchard, Yiping Ma
  • Patent number: 11717201
    Abstract: A package for a needle assembly includes a tray defining a compartment in a first configuration for receiving the needle assembly. The tray can be reconfigured in a second configuration to form a holder configured to hold the needle assembly during fluid collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, Matthew Lee Kolb
  • Patent number: 11576236
    Abstract: A vapor delivery device includes an induction coil system. The induction coil system can include a coiled fluid tube, a coiled wire, a capsule between the coiled fluid tube and the wire, and a cooling fluid supply configured to force a cooling fluid through the capsule across the coiled wire. The induction coil system can include a closed loop ferrite core, a wire coiled around a first portion of the ferrite core, and a fluid tube coiled around a second portion of the ferrite core. A wire coil can be contained in a cartridge system removably coupleable to a disposable vapor delivery device. The system can include a fluid flow controller and induction power regulation to maintain a specific operating pressure range for vapor within a uterus or other bodily cavity, tract, or duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aegea Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Van Zandt Moyer, Uriel Hiram Chee, Torrey Pine Smith, Hugh Edward Magen, Darin Charles Gittings
  • Patent number: 11559632
    Abstract: A passive safety needle shield (300) is provided. The needle shield comprises a base (302) fixed to a proximal end of a needle, and an enclosure housing (304) initially disposed at a distal end of the needle, and enclosing the end of the needle. A hinged arm (306) connects the base (302) and the enclosure housing (304). The enclosure housing (304) is slidable along the needle length, and the hinged arm (306) flexes to permit the enclosure housing (304) to move along the needle as the needle is inserted into a user, thereby hiding the needle end, and providing support to the needle to avoid bends or buckles in the needle. The hinged arm (306) is biases in the initial position so that the enclosure housing (304) returns to the end of the needle as the needle is withdrawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Embecta Corp.
    Inventor: Peter Aziz Girgis
  • Patent number: 11540756
    Abstract: A biological fluid collection system that receives a sample and provides flow-through blood stabilization technology and a precise sample dispensing function for point-of-care and near patient testing applications is disclosed. A biological fluid collection system of the present disclosure is able to effectuate distributed mixing of a sample stabilizer within a blood sample and dispense the stabilized sample in a controlled manner. In this manner, a biological fluid collection system of the present disclosure enables blood micro-sample management, e.g., passive mixing with a sample stabilizer and controlled dispensing, for point-of-care and near patient testing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Adam Edelhauser, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11543420
    Abstract: A blood clotting time measurement cartridge includes: an inlet on one end of a measurement flow channel and through which blood is introduced; a communication opening on the other end of the measurement flow channel and through which air suction or air pressure application or the blood introduced from the inlet is performed; a moving body arranged in the measurement flow channel moves; a clotting accelerator applied on at least one of a flow channel wall surface, which defines the measurement flow channel, and the moving body; and a detection area through which light is transmitted to a predetermined part in the measurement flow channel, and where it is possible to detect with light whether there is the moving body or the blood making a reciprocating motion in the measurement flow channel in association with air suction or air pressure application or the blood from the communication opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: APEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minoru Kashiwada, Mitsuru Kashiwada, Akira Takayama, Yasuichi Haga
  • Patent number: 11529286
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing blood plasma separated after fractionation from whole blood within a wrapped hematocrit (capillary) tube. The apparatus is large enough to receive and display a standard laboratory identification label. The apparatus stores plasma from a hematocrit tube that does not include thixotropic gel. The apparatus housing has an intended upright orientation, a central axis, a top end, a bottom end, and side walls defining an internal cavity. A wall with an upper surface and a lower surface divides the internal cavity into an upper cavity and a lower cavity. A reservoir is formed in the upper cavity. A removable cap seals the reservoir. The cap is movable between open and closed positions. A channel within the lower cavity extends axially from the bottom of the housing to the wall. The channel receives and supports the wrapped hematocrit tube while plasma is expelled therefrom and into the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Drummond Scientific Company
    Inventors: James Kenney, Russ Dettmann
  • Patent number: 11504483
    Abstract: A multiple carrier injection system includes an adapter, having at least one arm, and a pen needle assembly. The pen needle assembly includes a hub retaining a needle and a bullet having a cover to seal the bullet, where the bullet encloses the hub in a first position. The arm engages the adapter to the hub, and the arm causes the hub to rotate within the bullet to move the hub into a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Embecta Corp.
    Inventor: Robert West
  • Patent number: 11351352
    Abstract: A tamper resistant catheter device preventing unauthorized access, while permitting authorized intravenous medications through an inlet port. The device comprises a catheter line retainer having a base supporting the catheter line, a lumen adaptor engaged with the catheter line, and a locking clamp for clamping the catheter line within the catheter line retainer. An installation tool is provided having a breakaway handle and a locking cap for covering the lumen adaptor. Finally, a slotted retaining sleeve is installed using the breakaway handle of the installation tool for engagement with the locking cap and around the lumen adaptor. The slotted retaining sleeve engages the locking clamp to block removal of the locking clamp from the line retainer. Once the slotted retaining sleeve and locking cap are installed, the breakaway handle is removed. A removal tool disengages the locking cap from the slotted retaining sleeve for authorized access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DAK Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas C. Kreatsoulas, Joseph Spalding, Michael Tracz
  • Patent number: 11266336
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism is used to attach a component to a particular location on a tube in a blood sampling-blood pressure monitoring system by a user. The attachment mechanism may include a piercing feature. The piercing feature may be used to pierce the tube to attach the component to the particular location on the tube of the blood sampling-blood pressure monitoring system selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Murphy, Tomy Tran
  • Patent number: 11224701
    Abstract: This invention is a syringe having a tubular sleeve protector. The syringe has a barrel with an injection needle and a guide pin on an exterior surface of the barrel. The barrel and the injection needle are in an interior of a tubular sleeve has a spiral guide track on an interior wall. The guide pin fits in the spiral guide track and moves the barrel towards a bottom end of the tubular sleeve as the barrel is rotated, thereby extending the injection needle out of the tubular sleeve. A lateral guide track connects the spiral guide track to a vertical guide track. The guide pin moves from the bottom of the spiral guide track through the lateral guide track to the vertical guide track when the syringe barrel is further rotated. The injection needle is retracted into the interior of the tubular sleeve when the guide pin is moved into the vertical guide track and moved upwards in the vertical guide track towards a top end of the tubular sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: Jarvis Patton
  • Patent number: 11197960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filtering syringe, and more particularly, to an apparatus obtained by improving a syringe provided with a filter means for filtering foreign substances such as glass fragments of an ampoule, so as to prevent the foreign substances from being injected together with a liquid medicine while allowing the liquid medicine to be smoothly sucked and injected with a small force, especially even though a filter means having micro-pores is employed. The filtering syringe is configured such that the filter means is provided in the injection flow passage to prevent the foreign substances from being injected together with the liquid medicine while enabling the liquid medicine to be more smoothly sucked and injected despite employing the filter means having the micro-pores, thereby maximizing user's convenience and marketability of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Yong-Kuk Ra
  • Patent number: 11193862
    Abstract: A biological fluid collection device that receives a sample and provides flow-through blood stabilization technology and a precise sample dispensing function for point-of-care and near patient testing applications is disclosed. A biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure is able to effectuate distributed mixing of a sample stabilizer within a blood sample and dispense the stabilized sample in a controlled manner. In this manner, a biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure enables blood micro-sample management, e.g., passive mixing with a sample stabilizer and controlled dispensing, for point-of-care and near patient testing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Milan Ivosevic, Adam Edelhauser
  • Patent number: 11185666
    Abstract: A catheter delivery device having an improved mechanism for inserting a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient. The catheter delivery device includes at least: a body including a delivery path of a catheter; a pair of feeders having grippers located on the delivery path of the body and are configured to grip and release the catheter; and a rotator configured to rotate the catheter gripped by the feeders. The feeders move from a grip position where the grippers grip the catheter to a forward position where the grippers advance in a state of gripping the catheter, from the forward position to a grip release position where the grippers release the catheter, from the grip release position to a backward position where the grippers retract in a state of releasing a grip on the catheter, and from the backward position to the grip position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Jae Soon Choi, Young Jin Moon, Gi Byoung Nam, Young Hak Kim, Zhenkai Hu, Ho Yul Lee
  • Patent number: 11116432
    Abstract: An automatically locking safety device, e.g., for use in a blood collection procedure, can include a housing, first and second needle covers that are at least partly received in the housing, and a needle that is at least partly received in at least one of the first and second needle covers. The needle can include a proximal tip configured for placement into a patient and a distal tip configured for placement into a blood collection vial. In some embodiments, the first and second needle covers are biased by a biasing member. In some cases, one or both of the first and second needle covers can be locked to prevent axial movement thereof after the blood collection procedure. In certain embodiments, a distal end of the device is configured to connect with a medical connector, such as a needleless IV access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sta-Med, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Allen, Edward P. Browka, Jessie Delgado, Matthew R. Penny, David L. Foshee, Theodore J. Mosler
  • Patent number: 11045310
    Abstract: A male form is configured as an attachment element for an injector for implanting an intraocular lens in an eye. The male form includes an elongate carrier part and a front part that is arranged at one end of the elongate carrier part. The front part has a front side and is made of an elastically deformable material, the deformable material being compressible at least in the direction of a longitudinal axis (A) of the male form. The front side includes a first peripheral side, an opposite second peripheral side, and at least one elongate indentation, which is formed in the front part and which is open at the front side. The indentation extends between the two peripheral sides and opens out at the peripheral sides. An injector for implanting an intraocular lens having the male form is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec Production, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Glick
  • Patent number: 10980937
    Abstract: A dosing unit for use in an ambulatory infusion system, the dosing unit including: a dosing cylinder and a piston arranged inside the dosing cylinder and in a sliding displaceable manner along a displacement axis. The piston is convertible from a storing configuration into an operational configuration, wherein a circumferential sealing member of the piston is mechanically relieved in the storing configuration and is in sealing and sliding engagement with a circumferential inner surface of the dosing cylinder in the operational configuration. The dosing unit includes a configuration switch member in operative mechanical coupling with the piston, the configuration switch member being movable relative to the piston from a storing position into an operational position, thereby switching the piston configuration from the storing configuration to the operational configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Hanspeter Niklaus
  • Patent number: 10939861
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for dried blood spot (DBS) sample collection are disclosed. A dried blood spot sampling device is configured to deliver blood through a passage to an absorbent disk in the device and control an amount of blood saturating the absorbent disk. The sampling device may include a manually actuatable component adjustable between a first position, in which an outlet of the passage is not in physical contact with the absorbent disk, and a second position, in which the outlet of the passage is in physical contact with the absorbent disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Simplexity Product Development Inc., Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventors: Amira Al-Uzri, Dennis Koop, Lisa Bleyle, Andrew Chitty, Robert W. Beauchamp, Asa Weiss, Ethan Vella, Gerold Firl
  • Patent number: 10857563
    Abstract: A dispenser can prevent leakage of contents from a nozzle tip when stopping discharging the contents. A dispenser includes: a syringe body that has a filled space of contents, and has a discharge hole at a tip thereof; a plunger that is slid in the syringe body by application of a pushing force, to discharge the contents in the filled space from the discharge hole; and a piston that is formed of an elastic material and located at a tip part of the plunger, wherein a gap is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the syringe body and an outer peripheral surface of the piston, when the plunger is pushed, the piston deforms to narrow the gap, and a back leakage risk (=(gap area/final discharge hole area)) after the deformation of the piston is 0 or more and less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Horiguchi, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 10850042
    Abstract: A three-position plunger is provided including a sleeve having an opening at a distal end, a pre-load cavity proximal to and in communication with the opening, a first cavity proximal to and in communication with the pre-load cavity, a second cavity proximal to and in communication with the pre-load cavity, and at least one rib. The rib(s) is generally aligned with the first cavity. The plunger further includes an insert configured to be displaced from the pre-load cavity to the first cavity and from the first cavity to the second cavity. The insert is configured to provide support for the compression of the rib(s) when the insert is positioned in the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SIO2 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Bernard Sol, Robert J. Pangborn, Robert S. Abrams, Joseph W. Rogers, Peter J. Sagona, Michael J. Mims
  • Patent number: 10835681
    Abstract: A time-of-use activated syringe assembly includes a syringe barrel defining a chamber, a plunger rod having a forward attachment end located within the chamber of the barrel, and a stopper located within the chamber of the barrel and including a rearward end adapted to receive the plunger rod. The stopper includes a first perimetrical skirt extending around an outer circumference thereof and extending toward a front end of the stopper. An activation mechanism is associated with at least one of the stopper and the plunger rod, and the plunger rod is configured for transition between a pre-loaded position in which the activation mechanism is unactivated and a loaded position in which the activation mechanism is activated. Upon activation, the activation mechanism applies a radial force to the first perimetrical skirt causing the skirt to seal against an inner wall of the syringe barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Charles D. Shermer, Qihua Xu, Christopher DeMaria
  • Patent number: 10837955
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a titration probe that mitigate the occurrences of titration probe clots. A bar such as segment of music wire, is extended across the tip of a titration probe and attached at both ends to the titration probe. The bar is configured to catch clots and prevent the clots from being collected along with a blood sample to be analyzed. The bar effectively reduces the cross sectional area of the titration probe tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Instrumentation Laboratory Company
    Inventors: Roman Paz, Brian Walker, Zachary Hastings, Michael Aschettino
  • Patent number: 10835678
    Abstract: The invention is a single use delivery device configured to enable reconstitution of a lyophilized agent (e.g., vaccine, drug, medicament, etc.) stored within for subsequent delivery of the reconstituted fluid agent to a patient in a controlled manner and without requiring specialized skill in reconstituting the agent or administering delivery of such agent. The delivery device is prefilled with an individual dose of a lyophilized agent and configured to be filled on-site and in the field with a dose of diluent for reconstitution of the lyophilized agent, while remaining sterile and preventing the potential for contamination during the filling process. The delivery device is further configured to be rendered incapable of reuse followings its intended use of delivering the fluid agent to a patient, thereby preventing reuse of the device and reducing the risk of the spreading blood-borne diseases through reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: KOSKA FAMILY LIMITED
    Inventor: Marc Andrew Koska
  • Patent number: 10799166
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to receiving bodily fluid through a device opening. In one aspect, the device includes a flow activator arranged to cause fluid to be released from a subject. A deployment actuator may actuate the flow activator in a deployment direction, which may in turn cause fluid release from a subject. The flow activator may also be moved in a retraction direction by a retraction actuator. In one aspect, the device may include a vacuum source that may help facilitate fluid flow into the opening of the device and/or may help facilitate fluid flow from the opening to a storage chamber. In one aspect, a device actuator may enable fluid communication between the opening and the vacuum source and the flow activator may be actuated after the enablement of fluid communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Gonzalez-Zugasti, A. David Boccuti, Donald E. Chickering, III, Mark Michelman, Ramin Haghgooie, Shawn Davis, Scott James, Maisam Dadgar, Greg Fisher, Richard L. Miller, Christopher J. Morse, Howard Bernstein, Douglas A. Levinson
  • Patent number: 10786654
    Abstract: A needle assembly can include a needle and a proximal compartment forming a reservoir for collecting blood that flows through an inner lumen of needle. The needle assembly may also include a needle tip shield for capturing a sharpened distal tip of the needle. The needle tip shield can form a fluid pathway through which blood contained within the reservoir is expelled. The volume of the reservoir can be reduced to cause blood to be expelled from the needle tip shield such as by compressing the proximal compartment or a plunger connected to the proximal compartment or by moving a plunger into the reservoir. The fluid pathway of the needle tip shield can either be the same pathway through which the sharpened distal tip is withdrawn into the needle tip shield, or can be a separate pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, J'Lynn Ingleby
  • Patent number: 10786147
    Abstract: A system for controlling a pressure inside a bladder through an endoscope, where the distal end portion of the endoscope is located inside the bladder and the endoscope has an inlet port through which fluid to enter the bladder and an outlet port through which fluid in the bladder to exit the bladder. The system includes one or more processors that receive a first signal from a first pressure sensor installed in a first fluid passageway that is in fluid communication with the inlet port; receives a second signal from a second pressure sensor installed in a second fluid passageway that is in fluid communication with the outlet port; and based on at least one of the first and second signals, actuates a valve installed in the first fluid passageway of fluid so as to adjust the flow rate into the bladder through the inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Seung-June Oh, Hyoun-Joong Kong
  • Patent number: 10729365
    Abstract: Methods for treating a patient using therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to biomarker sampling in the context of neuromodulation devices, systems, and methods. Some embodiments, for example, are directed to catheters, catheter systems, and methods for sampling biomarkers that change in response to neuromodulation. A system can include, for example, an elongated shaft and a neuromodulation and sampling assembly having a neuromodulation and a sampling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Rudy Beasley, Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment
  • Patent number: 10653845
    Abstract: Coverings for syringe plunger tips, as well as syringes and syringe components including such coverings, are disclosed. A material of the covering may have at least one different material property than a material of the plunger tip. The coverings may provide a reduced coefficient of friction between the covering and a surface of the syringe relative to the coefficient of friction between the plunger tip and the syringe surface. The coverings may also isolate a substance loaded in the syringe from the plunger tip. Methods for manufacturing a syringe assembly including such coverings, as well as methods for isolating a substance in a syringe from a syringe component, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Butts, Richard Jenkins, Gregory R. McArthur, John Hall
  • Patent number: 10588558
    Abstract: A needle assembly is disclosed. The needle assembly includes a housing having a flash chamber, and having a distal end and a proximal end engageable with a specimen collection container. The assembly includes a cannula having a patient end, a non-patient end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining a cannula interior. The patient end of the cannula projects at least partially from the distal end of the housing, and the cannula interior is in fluid communication with the flash chamber. The assembly further includes a shield restrainably engaged with a portion of the housing and axially transitionable over the patient cannula from a retracted position in which the patient end is exposed, to an extended position in which the patient end is shielded by at least a portion of the shield, wherein at least a portion of the flash chamber is visible in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jamieson W. Crawford, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Chee Leong Alvin Tan, Tiong Yee Sim, C. Mark Newby, Jon Yaohan Moh, Robert G. Ellis, Neville Yu Leng Chia, Benjamin R. Bartfeld
  • Patent number: 10537888
    Abstract: A centrifuge tube assembly includes an elongate tubular receptacle having upper and lower ends and a side wall that extends between the ends. A cap attached to the receptacle carries a common inlet/outlet port formed therethrough for communication with an interior chamber of the tubular receptacle. A liquid impermeable piston is longitudinally movable through the receptacle chamber and sealably interengages an interior wall of the receptacle. The piston separates upper and lower regions of the chamber, which respectively communicate with the inlet/outlet port and a pressure neutralizing vent. Biological products are introduced into and aspirated from the receptacle through the inlet/outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick Pennie
  • Patent number: 10532159
    Abstract: An injection device for delivering a liquid composition, including a generally elongated housing, arranged to hold an exchangeable cartridge containing the liquid composition. The housing includes a drive device, and a plunger rod connected with the drive device and connected to a plunger within the cartridge, when the cartridge is held at the housing, for driving the plunger within the cartridge. The plunger includes a rod connector connected with a front end portion of the plunger rod. The rod connector comprises a rod stop portion, wherein there is a longitudinal play between the plunger rod on one hand and the entrance opening and the rod stop portion on the other hand, thereby enabling the front end portion to move back and forth between the entrance opening and the rod stop portion without moving the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: NESTLÉ SKIN HEALTH S.A.
    Inventors: Jonas Törnsten, Max Blomqvist, Conny Pettersson
  • Patent number: 10517519
    Abstract: A blood sampling device (10) configuring a blood bag system (12) includes: a hollow needle (80) that can penetrate through a rubber plug (202) of a blood sampling tube (200) inserted into a blood sampling holder (78); a hub (76) that includes a needle supporting unit (90) for supporting a base end side of the hollow needle (80) and to which the blood sampling holder (78) is rotatably attached; a needle cover (82) made of rubber that is externally fitted to the needle supporting unit (90) while covering a tip side of the hollow needle (80); and a cap (84) arranged on the needle supporting unit (90) in such a manner that the cap (84) can come into contact with the needle cover (82) and is independent of the blood sampling holder (78).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Akiyama, Aya Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10342929
    Abstract: A medical device attachable to the front of a conventional syringe and having a hub assembly selectively attachable to the syringe, a nose projecting forwardly from the hub assembly, a rearwardly biased needle retraction mechanism seated inside the nose, a retractable needle projecting forwardly of the nose, and a fluid flow path from the fluid chamber through the hub assembly, nose, needle retraction assembly and needle, wherein the needle is retracted into the nose and a retraction tube external to the syringe by rotating the syringe relative to the nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Retractable Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Shaw, Mark Small, Ni Zhu
  • Patent number: 10286185
    Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a hollow catheter; a catheter hub fixed onto a base end portion of the catheter, the catheter hub having an internal passage communicating with an inside of the catheter; a needle disposed in the catheter; a needle hub; a valve element including an opening and closing unit configured to be opened and closed; an operation member including a tubular body, the operation member being configured such that an opening portion of the operation member is insertable into the opening and closing unit to cause the base end side and a tip side of the catheter hub to communicate with each other; a communication unit; and a sealing member including a tubular body, the sealing member being disposed at a base end side of the valve element and being configured to allow the passage of air and prohibit the passage of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidenori Tanabe, Takao Anzai
  • Patent number: 10258367
    Abstract: A surgical knife safety device having a handle, a blade connected to the handle, and a guard carried by the handle for sliding movement between a retracted position in which the blade is exposed for use, and an extended position for covering the sharp cutting edge of the blade. In the retracted position, an enlarged guard radius is provided at the distal end of the handle to allow improved handle control and blade orientation. The enlarged guard radius is positioned to allow the user to firmly grip a large distal handle portion which is preferably molded as a single piece with the blade holder, preventing unwanted blade or handle movement due to guard mechanism tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Beaver-Visitec International (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Morawski, Dana M. Cote, Patrick T. Thrailkill, David S. Seebauer, Mohan Rajasekaran, Brian Rapp
  • Patent number: 10226208
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, arrangements and methods for quantifying the concentration of an analyte present in bodily fluid, including: an assay pad having at least one chemical reagent capable of producing a detectable signal in the form of a reaction spot upon reaction with the analyte; a light source; a detector array; a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory comprising: (a) at least one value indicative of one or more of: (i) the level of hematocrit contained in the sample; (ii) the volume of the sample applied to the assay pad; or (iii) imperfections present in the reaction spot; and (b) at least one algorithm for calculating the concentration of the analyte contained in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Intuity Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Emery, Carole R. Stivers
  • Patent number: 10147152
    Abstract: A system for displaying a plurality of hemostatic indexes is disclosed. The system includes a communication receiver configured to receive the hemostatic indexes and a graphical user interface (GUI) connected to the communication receiver and configured to simultaneously display the hemostatic indexes. The hemostatic indexes are derived from a plurality of independent measurements, such as the mechanical measurements determined using the sonorheometry systems and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HemoSonics, LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, William F. Walker, Gregory V. Browne, Adam Looker, Bryan Roy, Bjarne Hansen
  • Patent number: 10123939
    Abstract: A closing plug for a sealed sterile vial containing medical or nutritional active substances, which is suitable for the sterile connection to a container of liquid diluent solution. There is also described a sterile connection system between a sealed sterile vial closed by means of a plug and a tube for drawing said active substances, for mixing them with a liquid diluent solution inside a sterile container. The plug requires an internal sterile chamber in which, upon the piercing of an outer film for sealing the plug, a compressible protection cap of a piercing tip of the tube is inserted, which abuts against a seat of the sterile chamber allowing the tip to pierce the end wall of the protection cap and then the inner membrane of the closing plug. An intermediate pierceable membrane placed on the seat of the internal chamber of the vial may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PAOLO GOBBI FRATTINI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Paolo Giuseppe Gobbi Frattini
  • Patent number: 10105087
    Abstract: A lancet device including a housing and a lancet structure having a puncturing element. The lancet structure disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a retaining or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward end of the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet structure toward the puncturing position, and a retaining hub retaining the lancet structure in the retracted position against the bias of the drive spring. The retaining hub includes a pivotal lever in interference engagement with the lancet structure. An actuator within the housing pivots the lever, thereby moving the lancet structure toward the rearward end of the housing to at least partially compress the drive spring, and releasing the lever from interference engagement with the lancet structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jacek Grzegorz Karbowniczek, Wlodzinierz Rutynowski, Bradley Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 9999418
    Abstract: A medical device is described, the medical device comprising a moveable member, moveable between a first position and a second position; an actuating member coupled to the moveable member, directly or indirectly, for manipulating the moveable member, that is for causing the movement of the moveable member; and an indicator mechanism coupled, directly or indirectly, to the actuating member, said indicator mechanism comprising at least two components that interact to produce an indication; the indicator and actuating member being cooperatively operable such that the interaction between the at least two components of the indicator mechanism occurs automatically to automatically indicate advancement of the moveable member to the second position from the first position upon a predetermined actuation of the actuating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Anchor Orthopedics XT Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Harrison, Jeffery Arnett, Neil Godara, Laura Man Yee Yu
  • Patent number: 9986943
    Abstract: Blood collection assemblies with safety features are disclosed. The assemblies have a housing for receiving a vacutainer, which has a septum that penetrates a sharp needle tip. The disclosed assemblies further have a shield for covering the other end of the needle following use to prevent accidental contact with the distal needle tip. The shield is spring loaded so that the spring force moves the shield over the needle. The shield can be secured or held in an initial position and allowed to move to cover the needle upon actuation or activation of an activator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AG
    Inventors: Mohd Zairizal Bin Zakaria, Hwa Loon Chan, Teng Sun Teoh, Ai-Mei Tan
  • Patent number: 9962116
    Abstract: A sampling device for a sampling container. A pair of elongate flexible arms extend from a side wall away from a bottom end. The arms being oppositely located across a base chamber. A lower member has a flange and an aperture. A collar extends from the flange and is adapted to retain an end of a spring. An elongate cover has a first end and a second end. The first end being adapted in use to connect to a base and the second end being adapted in use to connect to an upper member. The upper and lower members are adapted to move along the axis by the positioning of a sampling container in the sampling chamber and the application of a force towards a base, permits a needle or blood bag tube located within a connector to discharge liquid into a sampling container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: IKASHMORE PTY LTD
    Inventor: Avtar Kashmirian
  • Patent number: 9943257
    Abstract: A syringe assembly for fluid collection includes a housing having a sidewall defining a hollow bore therein, and an elongate plunger with the distal end of the plunger forming a chamber within the hollow bore for containing a fluid therein. The plunger is adapted for slideable movement within the hollow bore between an initial position and a retracted position. The assembly includes a hub disposed at least partially within the hollow bore and at least partially supporting a cannula therewith. The hub is adapted to automatically transition from an initial position in which at least a portion of the cannula is disposed external to the housing, to a retracted position in which the cannula is fully shielded by the housing, upon transition of the elongate plunger from the initial position to the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Matthew L. Kolb
  • Patent number: 9907915
    Abstract: A needle head structure of a safety syringe includes a protecting cover, a first sleeve, a second sleeve, a syringe holder and a plunger. The first sleeve, second sleeve and syringe holder are structures with mutually latched embedding protrusion and latch portion. The plunger includes a guide channel, and is operated with the syringe holder to reduce a remaining liquid. The first sleeve, second sleeve and syringe holder are latched with one another to fix an end of the syringe holder. After the use of the syringe, a first sleeve is pulled towards a an end to link the second sleeve, so that the first sleeve is latched to an end of the second sleeve, and the other end of the second sleeve is fixed to the syringe holder, so as to provide a convenient operation to users and reduce the risk of being pierced by the needle head structure accidentally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Vantex Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Meng-Chen Fu
  • Patent number: 9895513
    Abstract: A hub of a catheter has a first tapered portion in which an inner diameter is reduced toward a distal direction from a proximal opening portion, a second tapered portion in which an inner diameter is reduced at a ratio greater than that of the first tapered portion from a distal end of the first tapered portion toward the distal direction, and a third tapered portion in which an inner diameter is reduced at a ratio smaller than that of the second tapered portion from a distal end of the second tapered portion toward the distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Michihiro Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 9889259
    Abstract: A fluid transfer device or connection with a fluid transfer tip that has a tapered friction fitting for a corresponding hub. A lever member is pivotally mounted to move relative to the fluid transfer tip. A latch such as a screw thread is mounted on the lever member to engage the hub and provide a positive connection e.g., screw fit in addition to the friction fitting. The lever member may optionally be resiliently biased by a spring. The hub is disconnected from the tip by pivoting the lever member to release the positive connection with the hub and to subsequently release the hub from the friction fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: CONCEPTOMED AS
    Inventors: Christian Mide, Marius Andresen, Rolf BlomvÄgnes, Kevin Geers