Means For Controlling Material Flow To Or From Body, Or Metering A Predetermined Dose Or Amount Patents (Class 604/246)
  • Patent number: 11918249
    Abstract: An access port is disclosed for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures performed within a patient's abdominal cavity, which includes a body defining a bore configured to guide at least one surgical instrument into the abdominal cavity, and concave and convex anchoring regions for securing the access port relative to the abdominal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Axcess Instruments IP Holding Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Norton, Noel D. Ischy
  • Patent number: 11911550
    Abstract: A pressure measuring device 30 installs on a tube 11 for transferring a medium BL so as to measure a pressure of the medium BL inside the tube 11. The pressure measuring device 30 includes a main body portion 31 mountable to the tube 11, polarizing means 34 disposed in the main body portion 31 so that light oscillating in a specific direction is transmitted therethrough, an image acquisition unit 32 disposed in the main body portion 31 so that image information on a pressure receiver that is deformed in response to the received pressure is acquired through the polarizing means 34, and a control unit 100 that converts the image information acquired by the image acquisition unit 32 into pressure information about the pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Itamochi, Kozo Hisamatsu
  • Patent number: 11890138
    Abstract: Handheld ultrasound devices and replaceable tips for such devices are provided. For example, a handheld ultrasound device comprises a handle and a tip that includes a sensor for transmitting and receiving ultrasound waves. The handle and the tip may be a single, integral, unit or the tip may be separable from the handle. In either embodiment, the handle and tip together are a fully self-contained unit. Also provided are handheld ultrasound sterile assemblies, comprising a handheld ultrasound device and a sheath that fully covers the device to provide a sterile barrier for the device. Further, tips for handheld ultrasound devices are provided. The tips may be a replaceable component of the handheld ultrasound devices. For example, the tips may be configured for one-time use, and the tip rather than the entire handheld ultrasound device may be replaced between procedures such that a new tip is used in a subsequent procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Christopher Griffith, Santiago Gallo, Basil Blythe Bonner, II, Parker Lee Aycock
  • Patent number: 11885426
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a check valve unit as a liquid flow path member, in which the liquid flow path member includes, in a flow path direction of ink, a first flow path member constituting one side of a flow path, a second flow path member constituting another side of the flow path, and a check valve including a valve body configured to stop a backflow of the ink in the flow path and a check valve holding member configured to hold the valve body, the method includes a welding step for welding the first flow path member or the second flow path member, and the check valve holding member together, and also welding the first flow path member and the second flow path member together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takayoshi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11883288
    Abstract: The expandable sheath and methods of use disclosed herein are used to deliver a prosthetic device through a patient's vasculature. The sheath is constructed to be expandable in the circumferential direction, while maintaining sufficient stiffness in the longitudinal direction to withstand pushing and resist kinking. The sheath includes a plurality of curved arms extending outwardly from a longitudinally extending spine. The curved arms move away from the longitudinal axis of the sheath when pushed radially outwardly by a passing prosthetic device, and move back toward the longitudinal axis once the prosthetic device has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Maimon, Eran Goldberg, Liron Tayeb
  • Patent number: 11857774
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method and apparatus for venting of intravenous tubing to remove air bubbles, and more particularly, to a venting valve that allows air bubbles to escape along a venting path while not permitting fluid passage through the venting path. An example air extraction device may include: a chamber; a fluid inlet to convey fluid from intravenous tubing into the chamber; a fluid outlet to convey fluid from the chamber to intravenous tubing for supplying to a patient; a top portion of the chamber; a branch tube extending from the top portion of the chamber, where the branch tube receives air from the fluid in the chamber; and a ball received within the chamber, where the ball is configured to rise with an influx of fluid to the chamber from the fluid inlet and to seal off the branch tube from the chamber in response to the fluid level rising to the top portion of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrey Suprun, David Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 11844926
    Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system includes a reservoir for containing a fluidic medium, the reservoir including a front surface, a resilient cylindrical flexure portion connected to the front surface, the resilient cylindrical flexure portion comprising an accordion-like structure that is able to expand and contract to change an interior volume within the resilient cylindrical flexure portion, a central passageway within the resilient cylindrical flexure, and a collection chamber connected to the central passageway. Also, a system including a reservoir, a plunger head located within the reservoir, a plunger arm connected to the plunger head, a driving shaft connected to the plunger arm, and a motor connected to the driving shaft, the motor controllable to move the drive shaft in a first motion and a second motion so as to move the advance plunger head and retract the plunger head within the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Larry B. Gray
  • Patent number: 11819667
    Abstract: A liquid delivery system cap device is provided. In some embodiments, an example cap device includes a body defining a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of a liquid delivery device, a first sensor configured to output a first sensor signal indicative of a plunger of the liquid delivery device, and a processor configured to detect a plunger of the liquid delivery device based on a variation in the sensor signal of the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PATIENTS PENDING LTD.
    Inventors: Adam Joseph Livingston, John Christian Love, George Crothall, Anthony David Barghini, Jeffrey Michael Johnson, Tinh Thanh Tran
  • Patent number: 11819455
    Abstract: There is disclosed an auxiliary pressure maintainer for maintaining intraocular pressure during eye surgery. The pressure maintainer includes a hollow infusion tube terminating in a small diameter infusion needle. A connector is provided on the infusion tube to connect the infusion tube to a source of pressurized fluid. The pressure maintainer further includes a stabilizing base adjacent the infusion needle for stabilizing the needle against the surface of the eye and a flexible wire located in or on the infusion tube and adjacent the infusion needle for maintaining a bent shape of the infusion tube. An enlarged grip is attached to the infusion tube to assist in manipulating the infusion needle through an eye wall. A stopcock may be connected to the connector to control the flow of fluid pressure through the infusion needle. There is also disclosed a method of using the auxiliary pressure maintainer with a primary pressure infusion device during an eye surgery procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Justin Gutman
  • Patent number: 11793990
    Abstract: A suction/irrigation medical device comprises a valve body having one or more conduits fluidically coupled thereto and a first channel extending through the valve body. The medical device also comprises a first valve plunger disposed along the first channel and configured to move along an axis to open and close the first channel. The first valve plunger has a first opening to permit a fluid to flow through the first channel. The medical device also comprises a second valve plunger disposed along the first channel and along a second channel to couple the second channel into the first channel when the second valve plunger is in a first position. The second valve plunger has a second opening that has at least one dimension that is greater than a corresponding dimension of the first opening of the first valve plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Edward P. Donlon, Craig Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11779743
    Abstract: A hemostasis valve for use in a medical device. The hemostasis valve may include a generally cylindrical body having a proximal side, a distal side, and a thickness extending therebetween. The proximal side may include a tapered central region having a surface sloped towards a center of the body and the distal side may include a distally extending curved central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Sumit Agrawal, Henry J. Pepin, Somashekar Reddy
  • Patent number: 11771823
    Abstract: Fluid delivery devices, systems and methods. The fluid delivery devices may be used to delivery fluid (e.g., insulin) to a user. The devices may have one or more inlets, and may be configured for use with an injection device, such as a syringe, and/or with a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Turner, John Burns, Dan Benzon, Adam Burnight, Brian Highley, Jason Adams, Kraig Kooiman, Clint Taylor
  • Patent number: 11766554
    Abstract: An occlusion assembly for compressing a pair of collapsible tubes comprises a frame comprising a tubing guide configured for positioning the collapsible tube. The occlusion assembly also comprises a tubing occluder mounted to the frame with an occluding member constructed and positioned to controllably occlude or release occlusion of the collapsible tube. A door mounted to the frame is positioned to cover at least a portion of the collapsible tube and tubing occluder when closed and provide user access when open. The assembly includes a retainer mechanism engaged by the door when the door is closed to permit operation of the tubing occluder when the door is closed and retain the tubing occluder in a non-occluding configuration when the door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Kevin L. Grant, Brett A. Rudolf, James D. Dale, Jesse T. Bodwell
  • Patent number: 11724086
    Abstract: Fluid flow control devices for medical use are disclosed. On one end, a fluid flow control device is configured to be attached to a manifold that is in-line with an infusion setup and the other end of the fluid flow control device is configured to be attached to a sampling or infusion device, such as a syringe. In one aspect, a fluid flow control device has an external casing and an internal casing which is configured to be movably housed within the external casing. The internal casing mates with a fluid outlet on the external casing and upon separating the internal and external casings a fluid flow path is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Michael D. Laufer, Gary Yip
  • Patent number: 11712505
    Abstract: An aspiration system to control vacuum pressure in an ultrasonic surgical handpiece to result in improved control responsiveness during aspiration. The system comprises a console including a vacuum pump. The system includes a cassette comprising a joint that divides a vacuum path into at least two flow paths. A first joint port couples to a first flow path. A second flow path is coupled to a second joint port, a third flow path is coupled to a third joint port, and a fourth flow path is coupled to a port on a surgical waste receiver. A first sensor senses pressure in the fourth flow path and provides a waste receiver pressure signal. A second sensor senses pressure in the third flow path and provides a tip pressure signal. The controller controls a position of a first vent valve and a second vent valve based on the waste receiver pressure signal and the tip pressure signal, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Darwin Downey, Brett Merkel, Michael Teasdale Smith, Robert Mitchell Baldwin, Benjamin Fineout, Jon Bodnar, Darryl D. Daniel, II, Anthony Gatica, Mark Friedman
  • Patent number: 11712518
    Abstract: An infusion set of a system for detecting and controlling drip rate is disclosed. The infusion set includes an infusion device and an adjustment device. The adjustment device is installed on the infusion device and for adjusting drip rate of injection in the infusion device. The infusion set of the system further includes an activating unit and at least one detecting module. The activating unit is coupled to a control unit of the system for providing staff in the hospital to control the drip rate through operation of the control unit. Further, the infusion set of the system further includes further includes at least one detecting module for drip counts, whereby it provides the staff with further information when controlling the drip rate of the infusion set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: POLARAY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Vincent Shiau
  • Patent number: 11690938
    Abstract: A surgical system for use in establishing and maintaining an opening to an anatomical space of a body, the system comprising an obturator assembly having a cutting portion at a distal end and a cannula, the cannula being detachably coupled to the cutting portion and deployable into the anatomical space of a patient, the cannula comprises a locking portion, and a lengthwise extendable body; a valve assembly comprising a passage for receiving the cannula, a first end for coupling to a fluid extraction device and a second end for placement external and adjacent the anatomical space; a base comprising a plate for placement on a patient external and adjacent the anatomical space, the plate has an aperture configured for receiving the obturator assembly and coupling means located about the aperture for coupling with the valve assembly; and wherein, in use, the locking portion of the cannula is configured to be retained in the valve assembly with the extendable body extended into the anatomical space to facilitate a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Alfred Health, Monash University
    Inventors: Mark Fitzgerald, Peter Finnegan, Wing Chiu, Nayeem Chowdhury, Nabil Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 11690939
    Abstract: A container for collecting, storing and dispensing fluid, as in enteral feeding and/or medication deliver to neonatal infants. The container includes a hollow tube with a body, a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter. The hollow tube is configured to receive a movable plunger that advances and retracts therein to define a variable contained volume. The container also includes a sealing head assembly removably mounted at an end of the hollow tube. The sealing head assembly has a diameter or outside dimension that is substantially similar or identical to a corresponding outside diameter or dimension of the hollow tube, so that the container lies flat within the receiver of an enteral feeding pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Avent, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty
  • Patent number: 11684765
    Abstract: A medical valve can include a housing that includes a sidewall and defines a chamber. The medical valve can include a septum coupled to the housing. The septum can include a proximal surface and a selectively openable closure positioned within the chamber. The medical valve can further include a plurality of projections that extend away from the sidewall and are configured to contact the proximal surface of the septum to oppose movement of a restricted portion of the septum in a proximal direction such that an aspiration cracking pressure required to open the closure to permit fluid flow through the septum in the proximal direction exceeds an infusion cracking pressure required to open the closure to permit fluid flow through the septum in the distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Piper Access, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Allen Muse, Kevin Jerry Cook
  • Patent number: 11684733
    Abstract: A respiratory assistance component is disclosed that changes shape when an electrical charge is provided. The amount of electrical charge that is applied may be based on values, characteristics, or user controlled parameters of the respiratory assistance system. The component may be all or part of a patient interface, a tube, a flow generator, and/or a sleep mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Kai Stuebiger, Justin John Formica, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Gerard Michael Rummery, Clancy John Dennis, Liam Holley
  • Patent number: 11672914
    Abstract: Described is a dose tracking mechanism for a drug delivery device, including an RFID device with an electric circuit and a switch operable to open and close the electric circuit to transmit a wireless signal to a receiving device when the electric circuit is closed by the switch. The switch is configured to open and close in response to operation of a dose setting and/or a dose dispensing mechanism of the drug delivery device, and the closing and opening of the electric circuit generates a pulse of the wireless RFID signal. In one embodiment, each pulse corresponds to a unit of a dose of medicament set by the dose setting mechanism or dispensed by the dose dispensing mechanism from a drug container of the drug delivery device, depending on if the dose setting or dose dispensing mechanism is arranged to toggle the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Maurice Toporek
  • Patent number: 11642461
    Abstract: An infusion pump (18) for delivery of a fluid is disclosed. The infusion pump allows a user to selectively control a flow rate of a fluid and includes a spike member (26) that is connectable to an injection port of an intravenous fluid container (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Matthew Oshinski, Christian Sandmann, Timothy Walsh
  • Patent number: 11633111
    Abstract: Fluid introduction into the patient during surgery can be tracked more accurately. For example, saline is often introduced to a patient to clean an operating site. The saline is taken from a sterile bucket and introduced to the patient. In one described approach, the system senses the volume or weight of fluid in the sterile bucket and determines any decrease in the volume or weight to be an introduction of fluid to the patient. If, however, additional saline is added to the bucket, that addition is not counted in the fluid tracking and the further decrements from that new fluid amount is what is used to track fluid addition to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Alexander Y. Lin
  • Patent number: 11633527
    Abstract: A system for filling multiple sterile containers includes a filter with an inlet port and multiple outlet ports, the outlet ports being pre-attached to sterile containers by respective filling lines of each container. Each container has an interior and each of the respective filling lines are connected to a respective container interior. The respective filling lines are sealed to the outlet ports and the containers such that the container interiors are isolated from an external environment except the inlet port, via the filter, forming a combined interior volume which is sterile. A container that is connectable to an outlet port the system has a bladder, a first tube and a second tube connected to the bladder, and a sterilizing filter. The container, the first tube and the second tube, and the sterilizing filter are sterile before water is flowed through the sterilizing filter into the bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NxStage Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Burbank, James M. Brugger
  • Patent number: 11602617
    Abstract: A thrombectomy catheter system can include a catheter configured for insertion into vasculature of a patient. The system includes a pressure chamber configured to isolate an internal volume from a surrounding environment. The system can include an infusion container including an infusion fluid therein. The pressure chamber can receive the infusion container. A drive unit can pressurize a working fluid in the pressure chamber with the infusion container received in the pressure chamber. In an example, pressurizing of the working fluid correspondingly compresses the infusion container to pressurize the infusion fluid and transfer the infusion fluid to the catheter. In an example, the infusion fluid is isolated from the working fluid by the infusion container when the working fluid is pressurized in the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Bonnette
  • Patent number: 11565080
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catheter tip sized and configured to fit onto a distal end of a catheter shaft, the catheter shaft having a shaft outer diameter. The catheter tip includes a base, a tip having an arcuate shape, an outer surface extending from the base to the tip along a longitudinal axis, the outer surface having a diameter at the base that is substantially equal to the shaft outer diameter, and an inner surface extending from the base, wherein the inner surface defines a first region having a first diameter and a second region having a second diameter, wherein the second diameter is less than the first diameter, and wherein the second region is distal of the first region and configured to receive at least one component extending beyond the distal end of the catheter shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Varun Bansal, Jodee M. Wakefield, Brent Ford, Ryan D. Hendrickson, David J. Kim, Zachary L. Helgeson
  • Patent number: 11529460
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided herein for delivering medication (e.g., insulin) via a wearable pump having a patch-style form factor for adhesion to a user's body. The reusable pump may be coupled to a disposable cap housing a microdosing system for delivering precise, repeatable doses of medication to a cannula configured to deliver medication to a target infusion area beneath the user's outer skin layer. The system further may include an applicator for inserting the cannula into the user's skin and/or applying an adhesive pad to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: AMF Medical SA
    Inventors: Benjamin Pruijs, Nathanael Sigg, Antoine Barraud
  • Patent number: 11517653
    Abstract: A portable hemodialysis system is provided including a dialyzer, a closed loop blood flow path which transports blood from a patient to the dialyzer and back to the patient, and a closed loop dialysate flow path which transports dialysate through the dialyzer. In addition, the hemodialysis system includes two reservoirs which can be alternately placed in the dialysis flow path using various controllable fluid valves. The weight, and therefore the level of dialysate, of each reservoir is measured by a preferred level sensor having a lever arm, a load cell, and a tilt sensor. The load cell and tilt sensor are electrically connected to a processor for sending force and tilt measurements to the processor. The processor may analyze the tilt measurements to correct for any inaccurate measurements of the load cell caused by the tilt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: DIALITY INC.
    Inventors: Miroslav Mitrovic, Andres Dandler, Clayton Poppe, Dylan Boyle
  • Patent number: 11517668
    Abstract: Drip chambers are described herein. A drip chamber comprises an inlet, an outlet, and a chamber body. The chamber body defines a chamber volume in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet. The chamber body is movable between a collapsed configuration having a first volume and an expanded configuration having a second volume. The second volume is larger than the first volume, and the chamber body is configured to be moved from the collapsed configuration to the expanded configuration to draw in a medical fluid from the inlet into the chamber volume to prime the drip chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Wang, Tomas Frausto, Todd Oda, Wantjinarjo Suwito, George Mansour
  • Patent number: 11511073
    Abstract: One embodiment is a medical device with a flexibly deformable external hose. The external hose includes multiple openings, at least one of them arranged in a first end of the external hose. It includes a flexible internal hose, which is arranged on the inside of the external hose. The internal hose, in an expanded state, has an external diameter that is at least equal to the internal diameter of the external hose, closing the openings of the external hose. The external diameter of the internal hose can be transitioned from the expanded state into a radially contracted state, exposing the openings. A connection firmly connects the external hose and the internal hose on the first end of the external hose, and closes them in fluid-tight manner. A connector supplies the fluid into the intervening space between the external and the internal hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge
  • Patent number: 11484642
    Abstract: An ambulatory infusion pump can include a maximum bolus override procedure. When a bolus amount greater than a maximum bolus amount is requested, the pump can provide an alert indicating that the amount requested exceeds the maximum bolus amount. If the user confirms the request in response to the alert, the bolus amount can be delivered to the user. The amount delivered in response to the confirmation can be a first portion of the bolus amount. A reminder can then be provided that a second portion of the bolus amount that is a remaining portion of the requested bolus amount was also requested. If a second confirmation is received in response to the alert, the second portion of the bolus amount can also delivered to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventor: John Walsh
  • Patent number: 11471594
    Abstract: A fluid connector assembly. The fluid connector assembly includes a tab portion including a slot; a plug portion slidably connected to the tab portion the plug portion comprising a fluid path and a disc, the disc configured to seat within the slot; a catch feature located on a first end of the tab portion and configured to interact with a reservoir; and a latching feature located on a second end of the tab portion, the latching feature configured to interact and lock onto the reservoir, wherein force applied to the plug portion may overcome a threshold force and unseat the disc from the slot wherein the plug portion moves with respect to the tab portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Kevin L. Grant, Jason A. Demers, Brian D. Tracey, Dean Kamen, Richard J. Lanigan, Gregory R. Lanier, Jr., Bright C. K. Foo, Lisa A. Panneton, Thomas F. Soldau, Stephen L. Fichera, David D. B. Cannan
  • Patent number: 11471582
    Abstract: An aspiration catheter is provided including a proximal section and a distal section extendable through the proximal section. A vacuum transfer tool may be coupled to a proximal end of the proximal section. The vacuum transfer tool may include a proximal transfer tube and a distal transfer tube, each having an aspiration port in communication with a vacuum source. The proximal transfer tube may be removably received within a proximal end of the distal transfer tube. The proximal transfer tube may maintain a vacuum around the proximal end of the distal section of the catheter such that when the distal section is removed by decoupling the proximal and distal transfer tubes, the vacuum within the distal transfer tube and proximal section of the catheter is maintained, preventing the escape of any clots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Incept, LLC
    Inventor: Brandon Yee
  • Patent number: 11464500
    Abstract: A device comprising a trocar having a first end and comprising a cannulation and at least one fenestration proximal the first end; and a housing comprising a first port configured for the attachment of a first syringe and a second port configured for the attachment of a collection vessel, a first valve configured to selectively permit fluid flow through the cannulation of the trocar to the first port, and a second valve configured to selectively permit fluid flow through the cannulation of the trocar to the second port. The device allows the first syringe to draw up bone marrow in small volumes with high vacuum and then transfer the small draws into the collection vessel. The device may increase the recovery of desired cells residing in the bone marrow to be recovered during a bone marrow aspiration procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SpineSmith Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Robert James Jones, Kevin John Patrick Dunworth, John B. Rossman, Richard J. Kana
  • Patent number: 11419980
    Abstract: A drug administration device including a push button, plunger, housing extending in an axial direction to define top and bottom ends, and bolus refill indicator is provided. The indicator is disposed on the plunger and visible through a window in the housing. The indicator can include a first section having a first color located towards the top end of the housing, a second section having a second color located towards the bottom end of the housing, and a third section disposed therebetween including a gradient between the first and second colors. Alternatively, the indicator can include a line extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The housing includes a first indicator reference point that is a first color and aligned with a bottom of the indicator window and a second indicator reference point that is a second color and aligned with a top of the indicator window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Avent, Inc.
    Inventor: Travis W. Klyber
  • Patent number: 11395875
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for operating a medical device with or without a cassette in place. A method is disclosed for adding additional VTBI to an ongoing infusion without stopping the infusion and with maintaining the infusion parameters. A method and system is disclosed for changing the CCA without having to interrupt or completely stop an ongoing infusion. Quick titration buttons are provided to allow improved navigation between various delivery display screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardino Rubalcaba, Jr., Mihaela Cozmi, Glenn Davis, Angela LeCaptain, Angela Marino, Raymond P. Silkaitis, H. Clay Teel, IV
  • Patent number: 11357542
    Abstract: A surgical access assembly includes a cannula, a valve housing attached to the cannula, and a valve assembly positioned in the valve housing. The valve assembly includes a centering mechanism with a hoop and fingers, a ring with a flange at one end of the ring, a retainer having first and second discs, a guard having a frame and flaps attached to the frame, and a seal with petals attached to a support. The guard is at least partially disposed in the first disc and the seal is at least partially disposed in the second disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Roy Pilletere, Jacob Baril, Garrett Ebersole, Matthew Dinino, Justin Thomas, Eric Brown, Nicolette LaPierre
  • Patent number: 11344708
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microneedle system (MNS) for intradermally delivering solutions or formulations. The invention relates to a microneedle system, comprising a cover element (1), an active substance container (2), a frame (3), a microneedle array (MNA) (4) and a base plate (5), wherein the microneedle array (MNA) (4) is connected to the frame (3), and the base plate (5) has an opening for receiving the microneedle array (4), the cover element (1) and the base plate (5) are movably connected to one another, the base plate (5) is joined to a surgical tape (6), and the frame (3) and the base plate (5) can be linearly displaced with respect to one another. The MNS according to the invention is suitable for intradermally administering medicinal drugs, active substances, pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions or other substances to an individual, and preferably to a patient, over an extended period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Karsten Heuser, Heiko Spilgies
  • Patent number: 11324910
    Abstract: A positive pressure ventilation (PPV) appliance module includes an adapter that couples to a port on an NIV mask and an appliance for performing a respiratory care procedure. The adapter is configured to form a PPV seal with the port of the PPV mask and also form a PPV seal with the appliance. The PPV appliance module allows clinicians to perform procedures through the NIV mask without disrupting the therapeutic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Rian Wendling, Joseph Orr, Chakravarthy B. Reddy, Andrew S. Hansen
  • Patent number: 11317867
    Abstract: A physiological characteristic sensor assembly includes a flexible top housing including a needle port having a central opening, and a flexible lower housing defining a sensor bore through the lower housing, the sensor bore coaxial with the central opening of the needle port. The physiological characteristic sensor assembly also includes an electrical subsystem disposed between the top housing and the lower housing. The electrical subsystem includes a flexible printed circuit board having a sensor contact pad, a physiological characteristic sensor and an electrically conductive adhesive patch. The physiological characteristic sensor has a distal end that extends through the needle port and a proximal end that includes at least one electrical contact. The conductive adhesive patch electrically and physically couples the at least one electrical contact of the physiological characteristic sensor to the sensor contact pad of the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellis Garai, David Choy, David C. Antonio, Robert C. Mucic
  • Patent number: 11315670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to a monitoring device for monitoring operation of a drug delivery device, the monitoring device comprising of at least a first and a second sensor arranged at a distance from each other with regard to a first direction and being adapted to generate a first and a second electrical signal in response to an operation of the device, a processing unit configured to determine a time delay between the first and the second electrical signals and being adapted to determine at least one state parameter of the drug delivery device on the basis of said time delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Allerdings
  • Patent number: 11311660
    Abstract: A method for operating a fluid management system includes automatically detecting an unstable condition in the system, which may include detecting a large change in the supply fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), detecting a large change in the waste fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), or detecting a large difference between the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the weight data and the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the flow data (indicative of a blockage in the supply tubing). The method further includes adjusting the operating mode of the system during the unstable condition, which may include switching to using flow data rather than weight data to track the fluid deficit during a supply bag exchange, halting operation of an outflow pump during a waste container exchange, and/or halting operation of the system during a blockage in the supply tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Holigan, Joanna Myczkowska, William Lucas Churchill, Danny Macari
  • Patent number: 11302432
    Abstract: A medication infusion device comprises a memory means at a medication reservoir storing data identifying medication in the reservoir, a memory reading means at an infusion pump unit reads data from said memory means, and control means controls an infusion, based on data read by said memory reading means, to start the infusion when the medication is correct. A fluid connection detection means detects fluid connection of the medication reservoir to the infusion pump unit and transmits to control means whether the medication reservoir is connected. The control means controls an infusion in accordance with the transmission from the fluid connection detection means so that when there is no connection between the medication reservoir and infusion pump unit, the infusion pump unit will not be started or, if already started, stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MICREL Medical Devices S.A.
    Inventor: Achilleas Tsoukalis
  • Patent number: 11224361
    Abstract: A sensor introducer for a physiological characteristic sensor assembly includes a sensor introducer body that includes an outer housing that defines an opening to receive the physiological characteristic sensor assembly and an inner housing surrounded by the outer housing. The sensor introducer includes a cradle movable relative to the inner housing from a first position to a second position to deploy the physiological characteristic sensor assembly. The cradle has a cradle flange to receive the physiological characteristic sensor assembly and a cradle body that receives a needle assembly. The cradle body includes at least one locking projection that engages the inner housing to inhibit the movement of the cradle relative to the inner housing in the first position and the at least one locking projection is movable relative to the inner housing to enable the cradle to move from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellis Garai, David Choy, Robert C. Mucic, David C. Antonio
  • Patent number: 11207512
    Abstract: A medical valve assembly includes a tube extending between proximal and distal tube ends. A plunger plate extends radially from the distal tube end, and a valve housing surrounds the tube and extends between proximal and distal valve housing ends. The valve housing includes a flange extending radially inwardly from the distal valve housing end and disposed in spaced relationship with the plunger plate to define a distance dimension D extending therebetween. An elastomeric seal is compressed between the plunger plate and the flange to establish a closed condition of the medical valve assembly. The elastomeric seal axially moves one of the valve housing and the tube relative to the other when a medical device is inserted into the medical valve assembly to automatically increase the distance dimension and establish an open and sealed condition of the medical valve assembly with the inserted medical valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FREUDENBERG MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Furnish, Anthony Appling, Ben Morris, Timothy S. Zeis
  • Patent number: 11202893
    Abstract: A drainage catheter may include a polymeric tubular member and a braided reinforcement that is disposed about the polymeric tubular member. The braided reinforcement may include a repeating braid pattern that extends over a first portion of a length of the drainage catheter and a modified braid pattern that extends over a second portion of the length of the drainage catheter, the modified braid pattern providing a region without any braid filaments. The drainage catheter may include a drainage hole that extends through the polymeric tubular member within the region without any braid filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Gupta, Timothy Lawrence Rubesch, Mark Steven Smith
  • Patent number: 11191890
    Abstract: An injection system is proposed which comprises at least one supply station for supplying a medical fluid to be injected into a patient's vasculature, a pressurizing unit comprising a motor for pressurizing said medical fluid, a delivery arrangement in fluid communication with the at least one supply station and a patient set assembly in fluid communication with the delivery arrangement. The patient set assembly comprises a delivery tube for delivering the pressurized fluid to the patient and a peristaltic pump component comprising a casing which includes an inlet port and an exit port, the inlet port being in fluid communication with the delivery arrangement and the exit port being in fluid communication with the delivery tube. According to an embodiment of the present invention, in proximity of the inlet port, the casing of the peristaltic pump component has a substantially U-shaped configuration. The present invention also relates to a patient set assembly and to a peristaltic pump component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Chassot, Jens Warming
  • Patent number: 11167120
    Abstract: A medical device includes: a first member including: a body portion, and an anchor, wherein a resin material of the anchor is different from a resin material of the body portion, and wherein the anchor is interlinked to the body portion; and a second member including a connecting portion that is connected to the anchor, wherein a resin material of the second member is the same as the resin material of the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken Tsunoda, Toshihiko Kakinoki
  • Patent number: 11090463
    Abstract: A device includes a medusa wire group with at least three separate wires slidably received in a vascular catheter. The multiple wires of the medusa wire group maximize the chances of at least one wire entering a target branch vessel during an attempt to achieve access. Entry into the branch vessel may then be gained by advancing the vascular catheter over the at least one wire that successfully entered the branch passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Eaton, Blayne Roeder, Matthew Wildridge, Joshua Sylvan
  • Patent number: 11083883
    Abstract: Disinfection cap includes housing comprising closed top, essentially cylindrical sidewall, and open bottom formed by the sidewall with opening to inner cavity within the housing for receiving tip including mating feature of needleless connector. Disinfection sponge can be configured within inner cavity, removable cover sealing opening to inner cavity to seal sponge within inner cavity prior to cap use. Inner cavity includes at least one thread on inner surface of its sidewall that does not correspond to the mating feature of needleless connector, but is sufficient to interlock with mating feature of needleless connector. Plurality of disinfection caps are disposed on strip of IV pole hanging device such that each cap can be peeled off the strip unsealed for immediate use, or separated from the strip sealed for later use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kevin M. Ryan, Nichola Charles