Coupling Or Connector Structure Patents (Class 604/533)
  • Patent number: 12179220
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed relating to certain aspects of blood processing, collecting or storing, including method and system for automated authentication, processing device with scanner, blood container with two dimensional barcode, blood collection containers, blood container label and related tracking method, integrated container system, and processing device with sterile connection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Calderon, Christopher Gassman, David S. Brown
  • Patent number: 12161815
    Abstract: A medical device handle for articulation of a catheter includes a housing having a cylindrical shape, a control element at least partly encompassed by the housing, the control element having a pair of cross-cut threads cross-cut in opposing directions around a longitudinal axis of the medical device handle, and a pair of pull wire mounting elements each having a mounting thread engaging with one of the cross-cut threads. The control element is mechanically coupled to each of the pull wire mounting elements via the cross-cut threads and the mounting threads without any additional gear in between. A rotation of the control element around the longitudinal axis moves the pull wire mounting elements in opposite linear directions along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Creganna Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Damian Muldoon, Brian Murphy, Shane Ward, Diarmuaid Quaid
  • Patent number: 12150876
    Abstract: A guiding sheath system includes a first sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, an extension member connected to the distal end of the first sheath, the extension member terminating in a distal end, a second sheath extending through the first sheath, the second sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, and a cap connected to the distal end of the extension member and the distal end of the second sheath. Upon advancing the second sheath through the first sheath, the cap restrains the distal end of the second sheath and the cap deflects relative to the first sheath thereby causing a portion of the second sheath protruding from the first sheath to bend into a curve with the distal end of the second sheath at a vector different from a vector of the first sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventor: David J Minion
  • Patent number: 12138391
    Abstract: An intubation apparatus configured to operably couple with an endotracheal tube so as to provide assistance in the insertion process of the endotracheal tube. The intubation apparatus of the present invention includes an elongated cylindrical body having an angular insertion tip on one end thereof. The body has an exterior surface wherein the first embodiment of the tube anchors is secured thereto. A second embodiment of a tube anchor is present within the scope of the invention and includes an air bladder integrally formed with the body wall. The two embodiments of the tube anchors function to apply a bias force against an inner wall of the endotracheal tube so as to maintain a position therewith. For the second embodiment of the tube anchor a syringe adapter is present that is configured to operably couple a syringe to the body and further provide a sealable connection with the endotracheal tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Shailendra Joshi
  • Patent number: 12133960
    Abstract: A sheath device for inserting a catheter into a patient's body is described. The device has a first sheath with a proximal end and a distal end. When the device is used as intended, the distal end of the first sheath is provided for arrangement in the patient's body and the proximal end of the first sheath is provided for arrangement outside the patient's body. The first sheath comprises a tubular section and a sheath housing, which is disposed at the proximal end of the section and has a receiving channel for a strand-shaped body. The device solves the problem of reliably fixing a second sheath or a catheter with respect to the first sheath by providing a clamping element on the receiving channel for fixing a strand-shaped body in the receiving channel by way of clamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Thomas Toellner, Robert Decke
  • Patent number: 12109368
    Abstract: An integrated catheter assembly includes a housing member, an outer lumen member extending from the housing member, and a needle member having a needle slidably or movably coupled to the housing member, wherein the needle can be extended beyond the outer lumen member. Once a flash of blood is confirmed the needle member is uncoupled from the housing member and removed from within the patent's vein or artery. Two separate passageways are established by the inner and outer lumen members passing through the housing member. In this manner the two passageways permit the simultaneous flow of fluids into or out of a body from a single target site, such as blood, medications and other fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: EVOLVE MEDICUS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Menefee Mettauer, Steve Lepke
  • Patent number: 12083308
    Abstract: A male connecting device for medical use 1 includes a male connector 10 having a cylindrical configuration and a threadedly engageable cylinder 20 rotatably coupled to the male connector 10. A male luer portion 11 of the male connector 10 and a female luer portion 2a of the female connector 2 are joined by turning the threadedly engageable cylinder 20 in a tightening direction T. The male connecting device 1 further includes a loosening prevention mechanism 40 that prohibits rotation of the threadedly engageable cylinder 20 in a loosening direction L with respect to the male connector 10. The loosening prevention mechanism 40 includes ratchet teeth 41 formed in an inner periphery of the threadedly engageable cylinder 20, an elastic leaf 42 formed in the male connector 10 and extends in a circumferential direction and an engageable claw 43 protruded from a free end of the elastic leaf 42 and engageable with the ratchet teeth 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: KOYO SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mario Iwakata, Hiroki Watanabe, Takayuki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 12083295
    Abstract: A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter. A body of the catheter adapter may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the distal end and the proximal end. A catheter may extend distally from the distal end of the body. The catheter adapter may include a side port, which may extend outwardly from the body. The catheter assembly may include a valve disposed within the lumen. The valve may include a channel extending through the valve. The catheter assembly may include a cannula fixed within the side port and disposed within the channel. The cannula may include an opening, and the valve may be configured to compress to expose the opening from within the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Sankaranarayanan Thirumoorthy, Mukilan Balamurugan
  • Patent number: 12070542
    Abstract: A shunting system includes a housing through which blood flow is regulated when passing therethrough, for example, from the arterial side to the venous side of the circulatory system. The housing is easily separable into housing components, the separability providing for access to inner components including a blood filter, which is easily removable from a connector disc, the blood filter and connector disc held in place in the housing when the housing components are coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: INSPIRE M.D LTD.
    Inventors: Justin McCarthy, Jesse Drake
  • Patent number: 12059162
    Abstract: An elongate endovascular element for crossing through an obstruction in a blood vessel comprises: a proximal section; a distal tip section of smaller diameter than the proximal section; and a distally-tapering intermediate section extending between the proximal and distal tip sections; wherein the tapered intermediate section has a length that is substantially ?/2 or a multiple of ?/2, where ? is a wavelength of a driving frequency that will produce longitudinal resonance in the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Versono Medical Limited
    Inventors: Finbar Dolan, Hugh O'Donoghue, Ivan Mooney, Pat Connolly, Jim Smedley, Brian Tarpey
  • Patent number: 12048826
    Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter assembly, which may include a catheter adapter. The catheter adapter may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the distal end of the catheter adapter and the proximal end of the catheter adapter. The catheter assembly may include a catheter, which may extend distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter. The catheter system may include an instrument extending through a distal opening of the catheter. The instrument may include a coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Megan Scherich, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Weston F. Harding, Curtis H. Blanchard, Joseph Spataro
  • Patent number: 12042164
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein can be used in a variety of grasping, cutting, and manipulating operations. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first joint member, a second joint member, and a flexure. The first joint member includes a first connection portion and a contact surface. The second joint member including a second connection portion. A first end portion of the flexure is coupled to the first connection portion, and a second end portion of the flexure is coupled to the second connection portion. The flexure is configured to deform elastically when the first joint member and the second joint member move from a first configuration to a second configuration. When in the first configuration, the central portion of the flexure is spaced apart from the contact portion. When in the second configuration, the central portion of the flexure contacting the contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Dearden, Clayton Grames, Larry L. Howell, Brian D. Jensen, Spencer P. Magleby
  • Patent number: 12042618
    Abstract: A first member (10) and a second member (20) are coupled to each other in a coupling portion (100). The first member includes, on the opposite side to the coupling portion, a main portion (51) that is connectable to a counterpart connector. The main portion and the second member are in communication with each other via a flow channel (102). One of the first member and the second member includes an outer cylindrical portion (30), and the other of the first member and the second member includes an inner cylindrical portion (40). In the coupling portion, the inner cylindrical portion is fitted in the outer cylindrical portion. The outer cylindrical portion includes a first engagement portion (31) and an abutment portion (35). The inner cylindrical portion includes a second engagement portion (41) that engages the first engagement portion, and a leading end (45) that is a front end of the inner cylindrical portion in a direction in which the inner cylindrical portion is fitted into the outer cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: JMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 12000515
    Abstract: Fluid coupling devices can be configured for use in fluid systems for purposes of providing a single-use, aseptic disconnection functionality that can substantially limit fluid spillage when being disconnected. In some embodiments, the coupling portions cannot be functionally reconnected to each other after being disconnected from each other. The coupling portions can be identical to each other in some embodiments. A retainer component of the fluid coupling devices can be removably engaged with the coupling portions while the coupling portions are abutted against each other in an operative arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Colder Products Company
    Inventors: Timothy Charles Benson, Randall S. Williams, Andrew M. Quick
  • Patent number: 11980734
    Abstract: A multi-lumen coupler for fluid transfer with a plurality of attachable members is provided. The multi-lumen coupler allows the attachment and detachment of various members used for fluid transfer to an elongated percutaneous medical article such as a catheter or cannula, during use with a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Avasys, LLC
    Inventors: Cameron C. Jones, Alex Driver, Grant Smetham, Clifford R. Weiss
  • Patent number: 11975181
    Abstract: An injection system includes a molded body member having a body connection member at a distal end of the molded body member. The system also includes a needle hub assembly coupled to the distal end of the molded body member. The needle hub assembly includes a needle hub coupled to the body connection member of the molded body member, a needle coupled to the needle hub, and a barbed band disposed around a proximal end of the needle hub and having a barb. The barbed band allows rotation of the needle hub assembly relative to the body connection member in a first direction, while preventing rotation of the needle hub assembly relative to the body connection member in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Credence MedSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mina M. Leung, Jeff Tillack, Stephen H. Diaz, Alan E. Shluzas
  • Patent number: 11969247
    Abstract: A vascular access device may include a housing, which may include a proximal end, a distal end, and a slot. The distal end of the housing may be configured to be coupled to a catheter assembly. The vascular access device may also include an instrument disposed within the housing. The instrument may include a catheter or a probe. The instrument may include a proximal end and a distal tip. The proximal end of the instrument may extend through the slot and may be configured to move along the slot to move the instrument from a proximal position to a distal position. In response to movement of the proximal end of the instrument from the proximal position to the distal position, the catheter may be advanced beyond the distal end of the housing into the catheter assembly and/or vasculature of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bryan Bihlmaier, Joseph Spataro
  • Patent number: 11969559
    Abstract: A catheter hub for use with a medical device and a catheter, the hub includes a hub body defining a fluid passageway in communication with a first aperture. Optionally, the hub body defines a second aperture that intersects the first aperture. The hub body attaches to the catheter wherein the fluid passageway and the catheter are aligned for fluid flow therethrough. The first aperture extends from and communicates with the fluid passageway to an exterior surface of the hub body and the first aperture configured to receive the medical device. The second aperture extends from and communicates with the first aperture and the exterior surface. A sealing element is sized for and positioned in either the first or the second apertures. The sealing element is configured to receive the medical device and seal both of the first and the second apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Arman H. Valaie, Gary L. Neff
  • Patent number: 11911271
    Abstract: The present application relates to an assembly for replacing a heart valve or coronary angioplasty assembly, including an insertion sheath (13) of an introducer (1) or a delivery catheter (1?), which is smaller in size than an introducer, intended for being inserted into an artery of a human body. The application involves integrating the metal substrate of an electrode of the cardiac stimulator directly into the sheath for insertion into the artery of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRODUCER
    Inventor: Benjamin Faurie
  • Patent number: 11903658
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various robotic surgical systems having various robotic devices. Further, disclosed herein are removable coupleable connection ports, each of which can be coupled to a robotic device and a camera assembly that is disposed into and through the robotic device. Also disclosed herein are removable connection ports having at least one of a elongate device body coupling mechanism, a camera assembly coupling mechanism, and/or a presence detection mechanism. Further discussed herein is a camera assembly with at least one actuation mechanism for actuating movement of the steerable distal tip thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Virtual Incision Corporation
    Inventors: Shane Farritor, Nathan Wood, Jeffrey Shasho, Dave Matsuura, Belinko Matsuura, Phil Simpson, Alexander Rissler
  • Patent number: 11904130
    Abstract: Fluid access devices include a machine-side hydraulic circuit and a patient-side hydraulic circuit, and are configurable between a connected state and at least one disconnected state. In the connected state, fluid flows between the machine-side hydraulic circuit and the patient-side hydraulic circuit. In the disconnected state, fluid does not flow between the machine-side hydraulic circuit and the patient-side hydraulic circuit. In some disconnected states, fluid recirculates through at least one of the machine-side hydraulic circuit or the patient-side hydraulic circuit in the disconnected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Barry Fulkerson, Jeremy Barribeau, Anna Galperin
  • Patent number: 11904114
    Abstract: An integrated vascular access device can include strain relief features to minimize the likelihood of the extension tubing becoming kinked during use. These strain relief features can be configured at both ends of the extension tubing to minimize the likelihood of kinking at the interfaces to the catheter adapter and luer adapter. To provide strain relief at the catheter adapter end of the extension tubing, an interface formed of a flexible material can be aligned with an extension of the catheter adapter into which the extension tubing inserts. The interface can be integrated into a stabilization platform or formed separately from a stabilization platform. To provide strain relief at the luer adapter end of the extension tubing, a flexible spacer can be coupled to a distal end of the adapter and have a distal portion that is positioned around the extension tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bart D. Peterson, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bryan Fred Bihlmaier
  • Patent number: 11883624
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a connector system for releasably connecting together tubes, for example medical tubing, and methods of making and using such a connector system, whereby the connector system includes a female coupler having a first passageway, a male coupler having a second passageway, a catch movably coupled to the female coupler, and a catch-receiving element coupled to the male coupler. The connector system further includes a release element movably coupled to the female coupler, whereby travel of the release element along or over a female coupler outer surface of the female coupler disengages the catch from the catch-receiving element to achieve a disconnected condition of the connector system. Further disclosed herein are embodiments of a connector system for releasably connecting together tubes, whereby the connector system includes at least one valve biased by a valve-biasing member disposed external to or outside of the fluid flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: WilMarc Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Paul C. Ciccone, William A. Coulson, Marcia Coulson
  • Patent number: 11857736
    Abstract: A modular medical device catheter system comprises a parent module and an adapter module. The adapter module is configured to engage an inner lumen of a distal end of the parent module to couple the adapter module with the parent module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: COVELLUS LLC
    Inventor: Bradley Beach
  • Patent number: 11857734
    Abstract: A method to manage flushing of a catheter assembly may include providing a clamp for a fluid tube configured to be coupled to the catheter assembly. The clamp may include a sensor configured to detect the clamp is closed. The method may include starting a timer in response to the sensor detecting the clamp is closed. The method may include providing an alert in response to the timer reaching a predetermined duration of time. The alert may indicate to a clinician that the catheter assembly should be opened and flushed, which may prevent occlusion of the catheter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: S. Ray Isaacson
  • Patent number: 11832824
    Abstract: An occlusive system for the vasculature and an embolic coil used in such an occlusive system is described. Also described is an occlusive plug which can be used for occlusive purposes within the vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Terumo Corporation
    Inventors: Sheila Warner, Jacqueline Macias, Jessica Liang, Wendy Graczyk
  • Patent number: 11826540
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a flexible cap for a medical fitting, such as a luer-lock fitting. The flexible cap includes a cap component defining a top surface, a cylindrical wall extending opposite from the top surface of the cap component, and an inner sealing surface. The cylindrical wall defines a hollow interior configured to receive an internal tapered sealing wall of a male connector of the medical fitting so as to form a seal with an outer surface of the tapered sealing wall. Further, the inner sealing surface of the flexible cap is configured within the hollow interior. Thus, when the tapered sealing wall of the male connector of the medical fitting is received within the hollow interior of the cylindrical wall, the inner sealing surface of the flexible cap seals the fluid passageway of the tapered sealing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Avent, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Griffith, Neil M. Becker
  • Patent number: 11819628
    Abstract: A catheter holder includes an attachment section configured to be attachable to a holder tube that accommodates at least a portion of a sheath of an image diagnosis catheter in a wound state, a support section extending from the attachment section in a direction away from the wound holder tube, and a fixing section provided on a second end side of the support section, which is opposite to a first end side of the support section on which the attachment section is provided, and configured to fix a unit connector and a hub of the image diagnosis catheter to hold the outer tube, which is exposed from an opening portion of the holder tube, in a linear shape to be fixed in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuuki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11814016
    Abstract: There is disclosed a valve assembly for washing cameras or sensors of an autonomous vehicle. The valve assembly includes a single fluid injector having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid passage in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. A cup is disposed over an upstream portion of the fluid injector, relative to a direction of fluid flow through the fluid injector. A lower housing is disposed over and surrounds a downstream portion of the fluid injector, relative to the direction of fluid flow therethrough. A bracket member extends from the lower housing. The bracket member is configured for connecting to an anchor member for attachment within the autonomous vehicle. In this way, the valve assembly may be easily secured within a vehicle for providing a desired amount of fluid to the lens of the vehicle camera or sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Edward Cosby, Stephen C Bugos, Michael J. Hornby
  • Patent number: 11793988
    Abstract: A modular medical device catheter including a parent module and an adapter module. An attachment mechanism couples the adapter module to a surface of an inner lumen of the parent module. The attachment mechanism includes a coil in which a surface of the coil directly engages with the surface of the lumen of the parent module. The adapter module can include an elongated element having one or more electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: COVELLUS LLC
    Inventor: Bradley Beach
  • Patent number: 11779741
    Abstract: A fluid-management system for selectively draining fluid from a body cavity includes a valve assembly and a tube for carrying fluid from a body cavity of a person to the valve assembly. The valve assembly is configured to be positioned external to the person's body and comprises (i) an inlet, (ii) an outlet, (iii) one or more one-way valves positioned between the inlet and outlet that are each configured to open and close based on fluctuations in pressure between the person's body cavity and the one-way valve, and (iv) an adjustable outlet lock configured to selectively prevent fluid movement through the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Pleural Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Mayse, John Streeter
  • Patent number: 11752319
    Abstract: A cap is configured to provide antimicrobial protection to a female luer port of an intravenous device. The cap distributes an antimicrobial solution within the intraluminal surfaces of the port when the cap is connected to the port. A cap may also be designed to distribute an antimicrobial solution around the exterior surfaces of the port. Once connected to a port, the cap can form a seal that minimizes the evaporation of the antimicrobial solution from within the lumen of a port. The cap can therefore provide antimicrobial protection against another device that is connected to the port once the cap is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Yiping Ma, Siddarth Kamath Shevgoor
  • Patent number: 11744994
    Abstract: A lavage catheter for the treatment of a maxillary sinus is described. The catheter comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion comprises an irrigation tip. The irrigation tip has a tip opening through which fluid may be delivered by one handed operation of the catheter. A method for lavaging the maxillary sinus includes inserting the lavage catheter into a patient's anatomy and advancing the irrigation tip into the maxillary sinus using one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jessica Liberatore, Sandra W. Ruggles, Jessica K. Chan
  • Patent number: 11737655
    Abstract: An endoscope locking device comprises: a pedestal, a lock buckle and an elastic element, the pedestal is provided with a slot for mounting the lock buckle, the lock buckle is provided with an oblong hole in the center, and the lock buckle is mounted within the slot of the pedestal, and the lock buckle may reciprocate within the slot; and the lock buckle and the pedestal are elastically connected by the elastic element. The endoscope is fixed by using the elasticity of the elastic rubber ring to the endoscope locking device formed by the lock buckle and the pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SHENYANG SHENGSHI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lijun Zhang, Tao Zhu, Wei Gao
  • Patent number: 11730512
    Abstract: A medical device assembly may include a stylet having a distal stylet body and a proximal stylet hub, a cannula having a distal cannula body and a proximal cannula hub, and a lock for securing the stylet to the cannula, wherein the lock includes at least one abutment on at least one of the stylet hub and the cannula hub for restricting relative movement between the stylet hub and the cannula hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Limited
    Inventors: Sumit Malik, Salman Kapadia
  • Patent number: 11712549
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-adhesive/anti-clogging and/or color marked/tinted micro-capillary tube (microtube), microneedle, or micropipette. Typically, the color/tint will be selected such that the tip of the microneedle or micropipette is in contrast (e.g., visually) to the biological material. The tint/color may be selected to contrast the stained biological material. In some aspects, the color mark comprises nanoparticles that are modified by adding a non-adhesive coating/material that minimizes protein adhesion/adsorption. The microtubes and/or micropipettes may be treated with an anti-clogging reagent and an anti-adhesive reagent to prevent or reduce clogging and adhesion of the micropipette or microneedle to biological materials. The microtubes and/or micropipettes may be formed using additive printing processes and additive manufacturing techniques or from micropipette and microneedle pullers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Kinneret Rand
  • Patent number: 11701508
    Abstract: A medical connector includes a body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending between the distal end and the proximal end, a helical thread extending radially outward from a surface of the sidewall and comprising a crest portion, flank portions, and a root portion with the flank portions connecting the crest portion to the root portion, and at least one deformable protrusion extending radially outward from the root portion of the helical thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company Limited
    Inventor: Andrew Wong
  • Patent number: 11697013
    Abstract: A medical fluid coupling for connecting a fluid line to a connection section of a blood treatment apparatus or for connecting to a connecting adapter comprises at least one main body. The main body includes a first latching element with a first section. The first section is designed to be elastically bendable and/or elastically tiltable. The main body may optionally include a second latching element with a second section. At least one of the first latching element and the second latching element comprises a recess for receiving a protrusion of the connection section and/or a protrusion to reach into a recess of the blood treatment apparatus or of the connecting adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Lauer
  • Patent number: 11672967
    Abstract: A self-cleaning needleless connector may include a connector body defining a fluid passageway including an inlet and an outlet, a cover disposed over at least the inlet of the connector body, an access point disposed at an inlet end of the cover, where in a first position the inlet is within the cover and in an second position the inlet is extended beyond the cover and configured to receive a male luer, a reservoir containing a cleaning agent, and an abrasive surface located in the cover that is in fluid communication with the cleaning agent, where the abrasive surface and the cleaning agent are configured to contact an exterior surface of the inlet to create friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GROVE GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Gish, Ross Hudson, Josh Luttrell
  • Patent number: 11660439
    Abstract: A modular medical device system comprises a parent module with a proximal end configured to remain outside the body of a patient and a distal end configured to go inside the body of a patient, the distal end comprising an inner lumen; and an adapter module comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, an attachment mechanism positioned at the proximal portion and comprising an interfacing element and an elongated element, wherein at least a portion of the interfacing element compresses to engage the inner lumen of the parent module, and wherein the elongated element connects the attachment mechanism to the distal portion of the adapter module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Covellus LLC
    Inventor: Bradley Beach
  • Patent number: 11628262
    Abstract: Devices having male connectors for preventing connection to non-compatible female connectors are described. An exemplary male connector includes an elongate tip and a collar disposed coaxially around the elongate tip including a plurality of ribs disposed on either an inside surface or an outside surface of the collar for preventing entry of a non-compatible female connector into a channel formed between the elongate tip and the collar. One or more embodiments pertain to a device with a male connector and a compatible female connector including a threaded portion for engaging a corresponding threaded portion of the male connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Girum Yemane Tekeste, Richard Giddes
  • Patent number: 11612720
    Abstract: A catheter assembly includes an outer shaft having an outer shaft body forming an outer shaft bore that receives an inner shaft. The outer shaft has a wire transition section. The catheter assembly includes an exit path connector coupled to the outer shaft body at the wire transition section. The exit path connector has a rigid body section separate and discrete from the outer shaft body and coupled to the outer shaft body. The body section defines an exit path connector bore that receives the inner shaft. The body section has a side exit port at a side of the body section being open to the exit path connector bore. The catheter assembly includes a catheter wire passing through the side exit port from an interior to an exterior of the cable exit port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CREGANNA UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Brandon Pittman, Jason Bromen
  • Patent number: 11612723
    Abstract: A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a body and a nose extending distally from the body. The nose may be generally cylindrical. A strain relief rib may be disposed on the nose. The strain relief rib may be constructed of a flexible material. The catheter assembly may also include a needle secured within the catheter adapter and extending distally beyond the nose. The catheter assembly may further include a needle cover, which may be removably coupled to the nose of the catheter adapter. An inner surface of the needle cover may be smooth and may contact the strain relief rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Ralph L. Sonderegger, Corey Christensen, Bryan F. Bihlmaier
  • Patent number: 11576558
    Abstract: A valve for use in an endoscope may comprise a proximal valve stem member having a first lumen extending from a proximal opening at a proximalmost end of the proximal valve stem member to a distal opening at a distalmost end of the proximal valve stem member. A distal valve stem member may have a second lumen with a proximal opening at a proximalmost end of the distal valve stem member. The proximalmost end of distal valve stem member may be received within the distal opening of the first lumen. The distal valve stem may be movable relative to the proximal valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Scutti, Robb Morse Gavalis, Allyn Narcisse Jensrud, Larry Edward Stanton, Colby Harris
  • Patent number: 11571301
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a delivery system for percutaneous heart valve repair, the delivery system including a steerable sheath configured to provide percutaneous access into a heart and to deliver an implant. The system may also have a steering mechanism configured to manipulate and orient the implant, a ball joint mechanism configured to connect the steerable sheath to the steering mechanism, a main knob assembly configured to advance and retract a multilumen shaft assembly, a stabilizing tool including a plurality of prongs configured to engage the implant within the heart to make an intimate contact with the heart tissue using a stabilizer and a tongue assembly, and a back assembly including: the actuation mechanism, a suture routing mechanism, a tip lock mechanism, and a back cover configured to protect all sutures being cut by mistake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: VALCARE, INC.
    Inventors: Nadav Yellin, Samuel M. Shaolian, Matan Gedulter, Boaz Schwarz, Tsahi Grimberg, Viktoria Protsenko, Daniel Rapoport
  • Patent number: 11571190
    Abstract: Methods and devices for performing minimally invasive procedures useful for Fallopian tube diagnostics are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the proximal os of the Fallopian tube is accessed via an intrauterine approach; an introducer catheter is advanced to cannulate and form a fluid tight seal with the proximal os of the Fallopian tube; a second catheter inside the introducer catheter is provided to track the length of the Fallopian tube and out into the abdominal cavity; a balloon at the end of the second catheter is inflated and the second catheter is retracted until the balloon seals the distal os of the Fallopian tube; irrigation is performed substantially over the length of the Fallopian tube; and the irrigation fluid is recovered for cytology or cell analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Albert Chin, Surbhi Sarna, David W. Snow
  • Patent number: 11547956
    Abstract: Disclosed are chromatography systems employing a releasable coupling (100) for holding a fluid tubing to a spigot, the coupling comprising: a cylindrical inner component (110) for accepting a fluid tubing (30), said inner component including a resiliently deflectable portion (118) arranged to urge an outer surface of the tubing toward a spigot; and a cylindrical collar (130) having and internal through-aperture (132) for slideably accepting the inner component, the aperture and resilient portion having complementary surface formations which in a first position of the collar mounted to the inner component provide for said resilient deflection in use, and which in a second different position do not cause said deflection, the coupling being characterized in that the collar comprises a collar flange (134) extending outwardly away from the aperture of a size allowing manual manipulation of the collar between the first and second positions. Chromatography systems employing said couplings is disclosed also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cytiva Sweden AB
    Inventors: Mats Lundkvist, Bjorn A. Johansson, Tim Francois
  • Patent number: 11497904
    Abstract: Antiseptic caps that can be used to disinfect and/or protect medical connectors are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the antiseptic cap can include a first chamber configured to be removably attached to the medical connector. Delivery systems for use with medical articles are also disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the delivery system comprises various dispensing systems for antiseptic caps and/or antiseptic cap holder assemblies. In some embodiments, the delivery system can be configured to permit the medical articles to be individually removable from the delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Fangrow
  • Patent number: 11491317
    Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting medical lines (3, 4) to each other comprises a first connector (1) having an insertion shaft (12), and a second connector (2) having an insertion opening (22). For connecting the first connector (1) and the second connector (2) to each other, the insertion shaft (12) of the first connector (1) is insertable along an insertion direction (I) into the insertion opening (22) of the second connector (2). For releasing the first connector (1) and the second connector (2) from each other, the insertion shaft (12) of the first connector (1) is removable from the insertion opening (22) of the second connector (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Harry PĆ¼tter, Steffen Baumgart
  • Patent number: 11478624
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a luer connector comprising a housing having a hollow bore therethrough, a first end, and a second end, a male luer tip supported by the housing configured to rotate with respect to the housing, the luer tip having a first open end and a passageway through the luer tip in fluid communication with the first open end, and a substantially rigid internal member extending into the passageway of the luer tip toward the first open end of the luer tip. In some embodiments, at least one of the luer tip and the internal member can be axially moveable between a first closed position and a second open position relative to the other of the luer tip and the internal member. Further, the luer tip and the internal member can cooperate such that rotation of the luer tip in a first direction relative to the housing increases an axial displacement between the first open end of the luer tip and an end portion of the internal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Bruce Hubrecht, Harold Anderson, Christopher Lopez