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  • ELONGATED MEDICAL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220104874
    Abstract: An elongated medical assembly includes a first elongated medical device configured to be inserted, at least in part, into the patient, and also configured to be maneuvered proximate to the biological feature. A second elongated medical device is configured to be received, at least in part, in the first elongated medical device, and also configured to be selectively extended, at least in part, from the first elongated medical device toward, and proximate to, the biological feature. A biological-removal device is mounted to the second elongated medical device, and configured to cut a portion of the biological feature after the second elongated medical device has been positioned proximate to the biological feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jackie Leung, Eduardo Moriyama, Gareth Davies, Kaylie Lau
  • Medical device
    Patent number: 10420915
    Abstract: Apparatuses of the type broadly applicable to numerous medical applications in which it is desirable to insert one or more steerable or non-steerable catheters or similar devices into a working channel of an associated device, such as an endoscope, catheter, etc., or passageway of a patient, are disclosed. The apparatuses may include catheters having a dedicated guide wire channel and one or more of the following: viewing capabilities, a working channel, and auxiliary channels, such as insufflation/irrigation channels. The catheters may include a guide wire channel that is configured to provide the catheter or other device with rapid exchange capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Golden, John (Sean) O. McWeeney, Robert Castoldi
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED BENCHMARKING FOR THE RECOGNITION OF BEST MEDICAL PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS AND FOR ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20090070342
    Abstract: A system for the collection, management, and dissemination of information relating at least to a medical procedure is disclosed. The system includes a user interface adapted to provide raw data information at least about one of a patient, the medical procedure, and a result of the medical procedure. A medical device communicates with the user interface, receives the raw data information from the user interface, and generates operational information during use. A central database communicates at least with the medical device and receives data from the medical device. The central database is used to create related entries based on the raw data information and the operational information and optionally transmits the related entry to the medical device or the medical device user. The related entry includes information that provides guidance based on previously tabulated, related medical procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: MEDRAD, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur E. Uber, III, John P. Friel, David M. Griffiths
  • Sealing nasal devices for use while sleeping
    Patent number: 8215308
    Abstract: Described here are devices for altering the flow of air in a respiratory cavity such as the mouth and nostrils of the nose. These methods and devices may be useful for affecting a physiologic benefit in patients suffering from a variety of medical diseases, particularly those that may benefit from “pursed-lip” breathing and non-invasive ventilation, such as COPD, heart failure, sleep apnea, and other medical disorders. The devices are typically removable devices that may be placed over or in a respiratory cavity to increase resistance to airflow within the respiratory cavity. Resistance to expiration may be selectively increased relative to inspiration. Removable oral and removable nasal devices are described. Oral and nasal devices that filter inhaled airflow of debris and allergens are also provided. A nasal device that increases patency of the nares is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ventus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Doshi, Motohide Hatanaka, Robert A. Howard
  • SUBDERMAL MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MEASUREMENT DATA OR PROVIDING A THERAPY
    Publication number: 20200405239
    Abstract: A medical system comprising a first medical device, a second medical device, and a computer. The first medical device is configured to be placed beneath the dermis. The first medical device comprises an enclosure comprising non-electrically conductive material. A cap couples to the enclosure and is configured to seal the enclosure. The enclosure houses electronic circuitry configured to measure one or more parameter or provide a therapy. The cap couples to the ground of the electronic circuitry. The first medical device includes a dual band antenna. A first antenna is configured to operate within a first frequency band below 1 gigahertz. The second antenna is configured to operate at a frequency above 1 gigahertz. The second medical device is configured to transmit a radio frequency signal to the first medical device. The first medical device is configured to harvest the energy received from the radio frequency signal to enable the electronic circuitry and perform at least one task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Orthosensor Inc
    Inventors: Masei Trabish, Martin Roche, Miro Kang, YoungCheol Yoon
  • SCHEDULE IDENTIFYING MEDICAL DRESSING
    Publication number: 20210106468
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a medical dressing. The medical dressing includes a main body that is configured to cover and hold in place a medical device inserted at an insertion site. The medical dressing includes a secure tab that is configured to secure the inserted medical device at the insertion site. The medical dressing includes a label that allows a schedule or a date to be filled-in. The medical dressing includes an indicator that indicates when to remove the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: RosaMaria Elizabeth Mathews
  • Ultrasonic medical device
    Patent number: 7909782
    Abstract: Ultrasonic medical apparatus is disclosed comprising ultrasonic transducers and associated electronics incorporated in a portable hand-held device adapted for engagement with the neck of a person and energized to induce a coughing reflex in the person. The apparatus can be utilized on subjects who, for various reasons, are unable to initiate coughing themselves at the time, and results in the effective clearing of fluid and debris within small airways in the lungs which cannot be reached by intrusive suction clearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: John Perrier
  • Methods for sampling and relaying patient medical data
    Patent number: 8155982
    Abstract: In an aspect of a method of the present invention, medical data may be obtained either through a wired or wireless connection to a medical device (or both), and may be relayed to a medical data server directly or through an intermediary device (or a combination of both pathways). Accordingly, there is provided a method whereby data from a medical device can be received through one or more of a wired connection and a wireless connection, and a message including the received data for transmission may be formatted for transmission to one or more of: a medical data server and a intermediary device, wherein the intermediary device includes a software program configured to retransmit the message to the medical data server. Data received by the medical server may automatically determine a medical device type based on a medical device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: MedApps, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Dicks, Ralph Kent, Robert Tripp, Terry Bartlett, Thomas Crosley
  • TISSUE CLOSURE DEVICE AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20200305877
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tissue closure device, comprising: a first clamping base and a second clamping base which may be opened/closed relatively and form an accommodation cavity after being closed; and a pouch assembly which may be driven to move in the accommodation cavity, wherein: the pouch assembly comprises a staple pusher, a pair of needle heads movably connected to the staple pusher, and a connection portion connected to the proximal ends of the pair of needle heads; and when the staple pusher moves from the proximal end to the distal end, the pair of needle heads pushes a tubular tissue located in the accommodation cavity to the distal end until the distal ends of the pair of needle heads are closed to close the tubular tissue into a purse string. A bundled purse string with a gathered center may be formed through the tissue closure device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TOUCHSTONE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wangdong CHEN, Kaifen FU, Yanping YE, Tuo SHU, Laicun LI
  • Nasal devices for use while sleeping
    Patent number: 8235046
    Abstract: Described here are devices for altering the flow of air in a respiratory cavity such as the mouth and nostrils of the nose. These methods and devices may be useful for affecting a physiologic benefit in patients suffering from a variety of medical diseases, particularly those that may benefit from “pursed-lip” breathing and non-invasive ventilation, such as COPD, heart failure, sleep apnea, and other medical disorders. The devices are typically removable devices that may be placed over or in a respiratory cavity to increase resistance to airflow within the respiratory cavity. Resistance to expiration may be selectively increased relative to inspiration. Removable oral and removable nasal devices are described. Oral and nasal devices that filter inhaled airflow of debris and allergens are also provided. A nasal device that increases patency of the nares is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ventus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Doshi, Motohide Hatanaka, Robert A. Howard
  • MEDICAL NETWORK SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20020092006
    Abstract: Software components installed in each medical device composing a medical network system is replaced efficiently and the service load on a software producer which provides the software component is reduced. A component server for storing and managing the latest versions of the software components is connected via the network to each medical device composing the medical network system. At a predetermined timing such as upon starting the medical devices for example, each medical device accesses the component server via the network or vice versa. Whether or not the component installed in each device is the latest version is checked, and the latest version is transferred from the component server to the medical device when the component is not the latest version. The medical device is then restarted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 1999
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventor: HIDEYA TAKEO
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A DEVICE THROUGH A PATH TO A TARGET LOCATION
    Publication number: 20200129740
    Abstract: A method for delivering an elongated medical device along a path to a target location using a catheter procedure system includes generating a mask of the path, tracking a position of a distal portion of the elongated medical device based on a set of real-time images and determining a remaining path length based at least on the position of the distal portion of the elongated medical device. The remaining path length is a distance between the distal portion of the elongated medical device and the target location. The remaining path length decreases as the distal portion of the elongated medical device approaches the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Corindus, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Per Bergman, Steven J. Blacker, Adi Dafni, Adi Sheinfeld
  • AUGMENTING UNLABELED IMAGES OF MEDICALLY INVASIVE DEVICES VIA IMAGE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20210133998
    Abstract: A system and method for augmenting unlabeled imaging data of invasive medical devices is disclosed. An imaging device can generate images of the invasive medical device inside a patient. A trained model for the invasive medical device can be trained on annotated images of the invasive medical device having labels indicating orientation and position information. An imaging computer system can apply the trained model to unlabeled images of the invasive medical device within the patient to determine a current orientation and a current position of the invasive medical device inside the patient. The images of the invasive medical device, visual orientation information representing the current orientation of the invasive medical device, and visual position information representing the current position of the invasive medical device inside the patient can be outputted to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Gabriel Fine, Nathan Silberman
  • METHOD OF MANAGING PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND DEVICE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160275249
    Abstract: A mobile device which may be managed by a subject of a medical examination, the mobile device including: a communicator configured to receive first medical information that is obtained by performing an examination of a first user, from at least one of a first medical device and a first server; a memory configured to store the first medical information; and a controller configured to control the communicator to generate corrected first medical information by performing an inter-compatibility process on the first medical information, wherein the inter-compatibility process causes the corrected first medical information to be usable in a second medical device or a second server which is different from the first medical device or the first server, and transmit the corrected first medical information to at least one of the second medical device or the second server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-hwa LEE, Chang-sub LEE, Jong-rip LEE
  • Method and system for integrated medical tracking
    Publication number: 20090099876
    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: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Michael P. Whitman
  • Medical clip, clip unit and clip device
    Patent number: 9572567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical clip, a clip unit, and a clip device by which accuracy in access to a target (a site to be treated) can be secured and also which can be employed to suture or remove a site involving widespread tissue injury. As one example to achieve this, the present invention provides a medical clip including: a first arm and a second arm between which a target is placed and which together squeeze the target; a ring configured to connect one end of the first arm with one end of the second arm; a first ancillary arm articulated with the other end of the first arm; and a second ancillary arm articulated with the other end of the second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Se-dong Lee
  • MEDICAL IMAGE-BASED TUMOR DETECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220335599
    Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a tumor using a medical image and diagnosing a shape and a property of the detected tumor are disclosed. An exemplary medical image-based tumor detection and diagnostic device includes: an input unit configured to obtain a medical image related to a patient; a preprocessing unit configured to preprocess the obtained medical image to observe a tumor region; an analysis unit configured to divide the preprocessed image into a plurality of regions by applying a deep neural network-based deep learning technique; and a measurement unit configured to group the plurality of divided regions by performing clustering on the plurality of divided regions. The measurement unit extracts a group feature value in respect to each of the grouped regions and derives diagnosis information related to the tumor based on the extracted group feature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Heuron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisu Hong, Soohwa Song
  • Adjustabable disposable/single-use lancet device and method
    Patent number: 8257380
    Abstract: Adjustable Single-use lancet device that includes a body. A trigger is mounted to the body. A skin engaging end includes a lancet opening through which a lancet needle extends. A holding member is movably mounted within the body and includes a front end a rear end. The front end receives a lancet needle. A stop surface moves with the holding member. A cam disk includes cam surfaces which can be contacted by the stop surface. The cam disk is configured to rotate at least partially. The cam disk rotates about an axis that is not parallel to an axis running through at least one of the lancet opening and the holding member. Once caused to move to the extended position by the trigger, the holding member is prevented from moving back to the retracted position. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Stat Medical Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Schraga
  • Augmenting unlabeled images of medically invasive devices via image processing
    Patent number: 11663525
    Abstract: A system and method for augmenting unlabeled imaging data of invasive medical devices is disclosed. An imaging device can generate images of the invasive medical device inside a patient. A trained model for the invasive medical device can be trained on annotated images of the invasive medical device having labels indicating orientation and position information. An imaging computer system can apply the trained model to unlabeled images of the invasive medical device within the patient to determine a current orientation and a current position of the invasive medical device inside the patient. The images of the invasive medical device, visual orientation information representing the current orientation of the invasive medical device, and visual position information representing the current position of the invasive medical device inside the patient can be outputted to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Gabriel Fine, Nathan Silberman
  • Cleaning device for ventilator manifold and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 5664594
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the cleaning of a ventilator manifold while it is attached to a respiratory support system. A particular embodiment of the present invention relates to a cleaning device used in conjunction with the ventilator manifold to clean the interior chamber of the manifold of patient secretions that have accumulated during the use of the manifold. The cleaning device includes a dual lumen catheter which accesses one of a plurality of manifold ports by inserting the cleaning device through a flexible boot attached to one of the manifold ports. The flexible boot allows for omni-directional use of the cleaning device inside the manifold by medical personnel. The use of the flexible boot in combination with the cleaning device allows medical personnel to cleanse the interior of the manifold without concurrent loss of respiratory support to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company
    Inventor: Kok-Hiong Kee
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