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  • Connection device and medical system for acquiring electric signals provided with such a connection device
    Patent number: 8313339
    Abstract: The invention relates to connection means including a female connector (2) and a male connector (1). The female connector (2) includes: a case (23) including walls (9b, 10b, 11b, 12b) delimiting a cavity for receiving (4) a male connector (1); and contact fingers (24) extending along at least one of said walls (10b, 11b) and intended to cooperate with the matching contacts (15) of the male connector (1); isolation partitions (27) made of a dielectric material protruding from the wall or walls (10b, 11b) towards the inside of the cavity (4) and positioned between the contact fingers (24). The invention also relates to a male connector (1) intended to be introduced into the cavity of said female connector (2). In addition, the invention also relates to a medical system of acquisition of electric signals provided with such a connection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Integral Process
    Inventor: Hubert Monier
  • Guiding medically invasive devices with radiation absorbing markers via image processing
    Patent number: 11657331
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for guiding an invasive medical device with radiation absorbing markers. The invasive medical device can include markers with different radiation absorbing properties relative to other portions of the invasive medical device. An imaging device can generate images of the invasive medical device within a patient. A trained model for the invasive medical device can be trained on annotated images of the invasive medical device annotated with marker information identifying the markers and spatial information for the invasive medical device. An imaging computer system can apply the trained model to images of the invasive medical device within the patient including depictions of the markers to determine current spatial information of the invasive medical device inside the patient. The images of the invasive medical device and visual spatial information representing the spatial information of the invasive medical device can be outputted to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Gabriel Fine, Nathan Silberman
  • Cooling System For A Photocosmetic Device
    Publication number: 20080294153
    Abstract: Photocosmetic device for use in medical or non-medical environments (e.g., a home, barbershop, or spa), which can be used for a variety of tissue treatments. Radiation is delivered to the tissue via optical systems designed to pattern the radiation and project the radiation to a particular depth. The device has a variety of cooling systems including phase change cooling solids and liquids to cool treated skin and the radiation sources. Contact sensors and motion sensor may be used to enhance treatment. The device may be modular to facilitate manufacture and replacement of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory B. Altshuler, Joseph P. Caruso, Henry H. Zenzie, James G. Burke, III, Andrei V. Erofeev
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A MEDICAL SUPPLY CHAIN
    Publication number: 20230197236
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing a medical supply chain. According to one aspect, a remote medical management environment can include a medical management system intermediary to a plurality of patients and a plurality of medical care providers. The medical management system can communicate with medical dispensing devices configured to dispense medication to patients. Further, the medical management system can communicate with provider devices through which medical care providers can provide information regarding services provided to users or instructions associated with medication use. The medical management system can detect medication supply events based on information communicated by the medical dispensing devices and/or provider devices or based on information stored at the medical management system. Upon detecting a supply/refill event, the medical management system can initiate a supply refill process for supplying medication or medical device(s) to a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Zorday IP, LLC
    Inventor: Brent M. Skoda
  • Device for marking body sites for medical examinations
    Patent number: 5394457
    Abstract: A device for marking body sites for imaging medical examinations, such as nuclear spin resonance tomography (NMR), computed tomography (CT), roentgen ray analysis (X-ray), or positron emission tomography (PET), comprises fixtures (10) which are adapted to be fastened to the body and/or to a stereotaxic means or a mask arrangement. Markers (18) containing a substance (20) which provides sharp contrast in the generation of images are adapted to be slid selectively into those fixtures. The fixtures are made of a material which does not disturb the imaging, with at least two different imaging examination procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Leibinger GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Leibinger, Franz Leibinger, Stephan Felber, Clemens Plangger
  • Apparatus for supporting and managing a medical pig tail type fluid infusion device
    Patent number: 4605397
    Abstract: The present invention entails an apparatus for receiving and holding a medical fluid infusion device of the type having a main patient feed line that directs fluid to and into a patient and which further includes a plurality of feeding pig tails that branch and extend from the main patient feed line. In order to maintain the pig tails in an orderly and untangled state, the apparatus of the present invention basically comprises a board type support structure that is provided with a series of spaced apart channels formed across the upper surface of the board and designed and adapted to receive and hold the respective pig tails and the main patient feed line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Inventors: Kathy D. Ligon, Marcia J. Hoovler
  • Medical inspection device
    Publication number: 20050010084
    Abstract: A dental/medical instrument is provided for use in diagnostic and related patient inspection/examination. The device includes a body having an integral speculum with a video image capture device, a power supply and a display. These components, in addition to user actuatable controls, are disposed integrally with the body. The body is adapted for convenient engagement and manipulation by a user's hand to provide a unitary, hand-held device capable of illuminating and capturing an image of a patient, and displaying the image. Components of the image capture device, such as a lens and light emitter, are disposed on a nose portion of the speculum. The nose portion is modularly replaceable with alternate nose portions sized and shaped to facilitate various discrete medical/dental examination procedures. The instrument also includes a tube and controller configured to apply material, capture data, and/or effect movement of the speculum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventor: Jory Tsai
  • Method and device for sending medical instrument data, and method and device for receiving medical instrument data
    Patent number: 11523263
    Abstract: A method for sending the medical instrument data is based on a Bluetooth protocol and includes: starting a Bluetooth module; acquiring therapy data; according to a data packet encapsulation way of a standard Bluetooth protocol, filling a data length of the therapy data into a data length Len segment of a Bluetooth data packet, setting a designated data type and filling the designated data type into a data type AD Type segment, coding the therapy data according to a preset coding rule, and then filling the coded therapy data into a data AD data segment, so that a broadcast data packet is formed; and broadcasting the broadcast data packet according to a preset period in a Bluetooth broadcast mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BMC MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weifeng Liu, Zhi Zhuang
  • Method and system for integrated medical tracking
    Publication number: 20030009154
    Abstract: A system for processing data provided by medical devices. The system includes a medical device having a memory device configured to store medical device information. The system also includes an information system connected to the medical device. The information system includes at least a server configured to receive at least a portion of the medical device information from the memory device of the medical device. The server is also configured to employ the medical device information to process at least one of patient data, prescription data and inventory/ordering data. The medical device information may include serial number data, device identifier data, operation data and/or usage data for the medical device. The patient data may include at least one of patient tracking data, patient recordkeeping data and patient billing data. The prescription data may include prescription issuance data, prescription filling data and prescription tracking data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Michael P. Whitman
  • Method and device for enhanced blood flow
    Patent number: 7991476
    Abstract: A non-invasive method and device for promoting a localized change in a flow of blood through a limb segment by a series of electrically stimulated contractions of muscle tissue, the method including: (a) providing a device including: (i) at least a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode, each of the electrodes for operatively contacting the limb segment of the body; (ii) a signal generator, operatively connected to each electrode, for producing a series of electrical impulses to the limb segment via the electrodes, and (iii) a control unit, associated with the signal generator, for controlling the signal generator so as to produce the series of electrical stimulation impulses; (b) positioning the plurality of electrodes on the limb segment; (c) applying electrical impulses to induce a substantially radial contraction of a first portion of the muscular tissue in the limb segment; (d) applying electrical impulses to induce a substantially longitudinal contraction of a second portion of the m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Empire Bio-Medical Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Zvi Nachum
  • System for aiding to make medical care schedule and/or record, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave
    Patent number: 7260547
    Abstract: A system for aiding to make a medical care schedule and/or record is provided with: a plurality of files for respectively including medical care data in correlation with execution timing data; a display controlling device for (i) generating first display data to display the medical care data composing the medical care schedule and/or record for one patient, as for only a partial period for the one patient, and (ii) generating second display data to display a table identification mark information, as a patient chronological table in which the table identification mark information is arranged at a position corresponding to the partial period on a time axis indicating the whole period of the medical care schedule and/or record; and a selecting device for selecting one of a plurality of table identification mark information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Toshitada Kameda
  • DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO CLEANING OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENT SURFACE
    Publication number: 20200060536
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for cleaning a surface of a medical instrument in vivo. In particular embodiments of the device, a longitudinal member extends along a shaft of a laparoscope and a transverse member removes matter from a lens of the laparoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher RYLANDER, Christopher IDELSON, William MEADOR, John UECKER, Jawad ALI
  • Endotracheal tube, device for use in medical procedure through natural opening and medical procedure through natural opening
    Patent number: 7735489
    Abstract: An endotracheal tube according to the present invention is used by being installed into a patient so as to use it together with a device having an insertion section which is inserted into the body. A portion overlapping with the device inserted into the patient is formed as a flat shape; and furthermore, an outer face portion formed along a longitudinal direction of a cross-section, of the portion formed in the flat shape contacts the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Takayasu Mikkaichi, Takahiro Kogasaka, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kensei Nakahashi, Hironobu Kawano
  • Input system and process for controlling an electromedical device
    Patent number: 11422684
    Abstract: A process for the operation of a type A medical device (10) together with a type B medical device (12) includes connecting the medical devices (10, 12) communicatively to one another. The type A medical device (10) includes a display device (14) suitable for the display of texts in different languages. The type B medical device (12) has no text display features. The type B medical device (12) transmits a datagram (22) with an information identifier (44) to the type A medical device (10) for displaying a textual or at least partially textual piece of information (20). Upon receipt of an information identifier (44) from a medical device database (26), the type A medical device (10) loads a piece of information (20) consistent with the information identifier (44) and displays this piece of information with the display device (14) and for the type B medical device (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ulrike Gerder-Kallisch, Andreas Neumann
  • Automated workflow in emergency medical services billing
    Patent number: 11842406
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for automatically processing a medical claim includes a billing automation platform, a navigation device with a global positioning system for collecting patient transport information including a location of a medical encounter, and a computing device for receiving the patient transport information and patient charting information and transmitting the information for use by the billing automation platform. The billing automation platform may access fee schedule(s) based on a location of the medical encounter, automatically populate the medical claim based on the patient charting information, the patient transport information, and the fee schedule(s), and automatically route the medical claim through workflow paths of a claim processing workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Donna Magnuson, Lawrence Werner, Jr., Jason Haggstrom, Justin Jacoby
  • Directional balloon transseptal insertion device for medical procedures with improved transseptal puncture system with puncture member balloon seal
    Patent number: 11707321
    Abstract: The disclosed invention provides a transseptal insertion device which is suitable for facilitating precise and safe transseptal puncture of a cardiac interatrial septum. The transseptal insertion device includes a sheath that defines at least one lumen therein, one or more positioning balloons that are connected to a distal end of the sheath, a puncture member movably positioned within the at least one lumen, and a puncture member balloon located on the puncture member. The sheath has one or more deflation ports to deflate the one or more positioning balloons. The puncture member balloon, when inflated, is capable of sealing the one or more deflation ports in the sheath, permitting the inflation of the one or more positioning balloons. When the puncture member moves toward fossa ovalis, the inflated puncture member balloon moves away from the deflation ports, allowing the positioning balloons to be deflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: East End Medical, LLC
    Inventor: Brijeshwar S. Maini
  • Handheld multi-needle vascular access device
    Patent number: 10806903
    Abstract: A handheld vascular access device for gaining access to a patient's vessel includes a hub, a plurality of access needles and a manifold. The hub has an inner wall and side walls that define a plurality of ports. Each of the plurality of ports has a proximal port end and a distal port end. The proximal port ends define a proximal cross-sectional area and the distal port ends define a distal cross-sectional area. The proximal cross-sectional areas are greater than the distal cross-sectional areas. Each of the plurality of ports taper from the proximal port end to the distal port end. The plurality of hollow access needles is arranged along a plane and fixedly coupled to the distal end of the hub. Each of the plurality of needles has a tip. The manifold removably engages the hub at the proximal end of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PRYTIME MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Franklin, Luke William Fisher, Elijah Atkinson, Todd J. Krummenacher, Jonathan L. Eliason
  • Device for the controlled supply of a liquid to a medical flow line
    Patent number: 8701696
    Abstract: A device for the controlled supply of a liquid within a medical flow line, includes a retaining body rotatable on an intermediate tubular connector arranged between a tubular inlet connector and a tubular outlet connector of a primary liquid and within which a bottle pierceable and containing a secondary liquid can be fitted. The retaining body includes a hollow piercing spike, rotation blocking means of the retaining body disengageable following insertion of the bottle, axial stop means of the inserted bottle, and progressive opening means of a flow passage from the hollow spike to a flow line of the primary liquid during the rotation of the retaining body with the bottle inserted therein from a first angular position of complete closure to a second angular position of complete opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Industrie Borla S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianni Guala
  • DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACCESS AND FLUID CIRCULATION WITHIN A BODY
    Publication number: 20240285922
    Abstract: A first tubular medical device having a lumen through which a guidewire is insertable and over which the first tubular medical device may be guided to a target site within a patient. The proximal end of the guidewire may be extended into a lumen defined through a second medical device so the second medical device may be guided over the guidewire alongside the first tubular medical device to the target site. The guidewire may be extended into a distal opening in the first tubular medical device and out a side opening of the first tubular medical device to be available for guiding the second medical device alongside the first tubular medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Michael S H Chu
  • INTERFACE PROXY DEVICE FOR CYBER SECURITY
    Publication number: 20230038084
    Abstract: A system for providing cyber protection to medical devices in a medical environment is presented. The system comprises a medical device comprising software services, a backend server to maintain and provide software updates to medical devices, and an interface proxy box connected to the medical device and in communication with the backend server. The interface proxy box determines the software services resident on the medical device. The interface proxy box installs the software services determined to be resident on the medical device on the interface proxy box and configures the installed software services to match the software services resident on the medical device. The interface proxy box communicates periodically with the backend server and receives and applies security updates to the software services installed and configured on the interface proxy box. The medical device utilizes the updated software services on the interface proxy box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Salin, Alejandro Morcillo Montejo
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