06th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090036774 | CONTROLLED HIGH EFFICIENCY LESION FORMATION USING HIGH INTENSITY ULTRASOUND - An ultrasound system used for both imaging and delivery high intensity ultrasound energy therapy to treatment sites and a method for treating tumors and other undesired tissue within a patient's body with an ultrasound device. The ultrasound device has an ultrasound transducer array disposed on a distal end of an elongate, relatively thin shaft. In one form of the invention, the transducer array is disposed within a liquid-filled elastomeric material that more effectively couples ultrasound energy into the tumor, that is directly contacted with the device. Using the device in a continuous wave mode, a necrotic zone of tissue having a desired size and shape (e.g., a necrotic volume selected to interrupt a blood supply to a tumor) can be created by controlling at least one of the f-number, duration, intensity, and direction of the ultrasound energy administered. This method speeds the therapy and avoids continuously pausing to enable intervening normal tissue to cool. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036775 | MEDICAL GUIDING SYSTEM - A medical guiding system of the invention includes: a detection portion for detecting and outputting a position and an orientation of an ultrasound transducer; a reference image storage portion for storing reference image data having anatomical positional information of an organ of a human body; and a guide image creation portion for creating, based on the output from the detection portion and the reference image data, a guide image configured of: an anatomical model image of the organ of the human body; an ultrasound tomographic image marker showing a position and an orientation with respect to the model image of the latest ultrasound tomographic image; and an image scan history marker showing a position and an orientation with respect to the model image, of a region where the ultrasound tomographic image has been scanned in the past. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036776 | Apparatus for measuring inner diameter of tubular body of living being - An apparatus for measuring an inner diameter of a tubular body present under a skin of a living being, by emitting an ultrasonic wave from an ultrasonic probe placed on the skin, the apparatus including a reflection-signal detecting portion which detects a reflection signal that is reflected from the tubular body when the ultrasonic wave is emitted from the ultrasonic probe; and an inner-diameter calculating portion which calculates the inner diameter of the tubular body, based on an interval between two groups of reflection waves which are contained by the detected reflection signal and which are reflected from two diametrically opposed portions of a wall of the tubular body, respectively. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036777 | USING ACOUSTIC ENERGY TO COMPUTE A LUNG EDEMA FLUID STATUS INDICATION - Systems and methods for monitoring lung edema fluid status, such as monitoring the presence or absence of pulmonary edema, in a subject using information about responsive acoustic energy echoes from a lung are described. The system comprises, among other things, an implantable device including an acoustic transducer configured to emit acoustic energy to a lung and to receive one or more responsive acoustic energy echoes from a lung. In an example, the implantable device includes a cardiac function management device having an acoustic window in a body thereof. In another example, the implantable device includes one or more subcutaneous leads. An implantable or external processor circuit is configured to receive information about the acoustic energy echoes to compute and provide a lung edema fluid status indication; such information may include an increased number or special pattern of acoustic energy echoes received or a decreased time between successively received echoes. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036778 | DUAL FREQUENCY DOPPLER ULTRASOUND PROBE - An ultrasonic Doppler probe is provided for use in connection with non-invasive Doppler imaging of fluid flow within the human body. The Doppler probe can be selectively operated at more than one frequency during the course of a Doppler imaging examination thereby enhancing the resolution of the image obtained while also increasing the effective depth of the image. The probe of the present invention employs piezo-electric materials for the formation of acoustic transmitting and receiving transducers that are positioned within the probe to allow the probe to be selectively operated at a number of different frequencies spanning no more than one octave in frequency range. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036779 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Pressure distribution on a surface of an ultrasonic probe can be measured directly. Piezoelectric sensors, in which a piezoelectric thin film is formed on a film-like substrate, are arranged in the form of an array on the surface of an ultrasonic probe, and a sensor output signal processing unit outputs pressure measured for each piezoelectric sensor S | 2009-02-05 |
20090036780 | Wired and Wireless Remotely Controlled Ultrasonic Transducer and Imaging Apparatus - A remotely manipulatable transducer element or linear transducer array for use with a remote work station including a display permits an operator of an ultrasound system to be remotely located from a patient. The transducer or linear transducer array comprises an assembly within a housing for fixation to a human body and intended to be placed one time and then remotely manipulated in directions of rotation, twist, and linearly in first and second perpendicular directions within a plane parallel to the surface of the human body under study. In one embodiment, the housing comprises a motor and a linear transducer array which are mounted to a rotor of the motor via an optional gear assembly for rotation, for example, in a range of 180 degrees so that multiple planes of imaging can be obtained, for example, of a heart or other body organ. The remotely manipulatable transducer or transducer array assembly may comprise a wireless transceiver having a unique identifier for communication with one or more work stations, each having a unique identifier. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036781 | EXTERNAL CONDITION CONTROL DEVICE BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN FUNCTIONS - The present invention is helpful in improving stability of repeated measurement and can be applied with high reliability for operations of devices for measurement based on brain functions. A module | 2009-02-05 |
20090036782 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BEAM SCAN PATTERNS FOR HIGH SPEED DOPPLER OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN IMAGING - An exemplary apparatus and/or an exemplary method can be provided using which, it is possible (e.g., with at least one first arrangement) to measure an amplitude and/or a phase of at least one electromagnetic radiation provided from a particular portion of a sample. Further, it is possible (e.g., using at least one second arrangement) to scan a location of the particular portion along a path from a first point of the sample to a second point of the sample. In addition, it is possible to control the scan (e.g., with the second arrangement) such that the scan may comprise at least one first segment having a positive velocity and at least one segment having a negative velocity. A first distance of the first segment and/or the second segment can be smaller than a second distance between the first and second points. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036783 | Biometric image pickup apparatus - A biometric image pickup apparatus includes: a light source section selectively switching between light of a first wavelength region with a high transmittance through a living organism and light of a second wavelength region with a lower transmittance through the living organism than light of the first wavelength region to apply the light of the first wavelength region and the light of the second wavelength region to the living organism; an image pickup lens section condensing light from the living organism; an image pickup device obtaining first image pickup data of the living organism on the basis of the light of the first wavelength region in light condensed by the image pickup lens, and obtaining second image pickup data on the basis of the light of the second wavelength region in the light condensed by the image pickup lens. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036784 | DETERMINATION OF HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS - Hemodynamic parameters of an organ are determined by first estimating hemodynamic parameters for portions of an organ from time sequenced images of the portions obtained after injection of a contrast agent. For each of the portions, the accuracy of the estimated hemodynamic parameters is assessed based on at least one of (i) a relationship between extraction efficiency product (FE) and contrast distribution volume in interstitial space (V | 2009-02-05 |
20090036785 | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - Auto-focusing blood pressure monitor intended for “difficult” arms in order to make accurate and reliable measurements both at a normal arm and an arm with unusual formations, on which it has up to now been difficult to measure the blood pressure. The cuff has a cover and a bladder positioned therein. The bladder has two longitudinal chambers. A reinforcement extends along a valley between the chambers and operates as a tension ring, which maintains the division of the bladder in two chambers also at high internal pressure in the bladder. During application to a “difficult” arm, the reinforcement will be displaced towards the portion of the arm in which the problems are smallest while maintaining the division into two elliptical chambers. The elliptical chambers focus the pressure at the artery positioned there below so that a reliable measurement can be obtained. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036786 | AUTOMATIC ANKLE BRACHIAL PRESSURE INDEX SYSTEM - An ABPI measurement system includes two cuffs for each ankle and two cuffs for each arm of a patient. Each cuff has chambers. The four cuffs are applied to each limb (or finger or toe), each chamber is inflated simultaneously to a pressure until a Pneumo Arterial Plethysmography (PAPG) signal related to the arterial flow in the limb is detected at the chambers. The chambers are then simultaneously inflated until the PAPG signals are extinguished in each limb, the inflation of chambers continuing for 10 mmHg to 20 mmHg above that pressure. The chambers are then deflated and the pressure at which the PAPG signal returns in the first chamber is recorded for each limb and this value of the pressure is used to calculate the ABPI. The ABPI is displayed or sent to a remote site. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036787 | FETAL SURVEILLANCE - Fetal behavior is monitored by receiving ECG data from a set of electrodes attached to a material body. A waveform pre-processor identifies a succession of fetal ECG complex waveforms within the received data and a waveform processor determines differences in the processor succession of fetal ECG complex waveforms over time. An event logger determines from the determined differences a number of fetal movements during the period of time. Fetal spatial presentation and/or position within the uterus may also be determined from fetal ECG data acquired from a plurality of electrodes positioned on the maternal abdomen in a predetermined configuration. A number of fetal ECG complex waveforms are identified within the data, and each of the waveforms is compared with a set of predetermined fetal ECG complex templates ascribed to the predetermined electrode configuration to determine a template that best matches the identified fetal ECG waveforms. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036788 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF VT AND VF FROM REMOTE SENSING ELECTRODES - Methods and systems are provided for performing ventricular arrhythmia monitoring using at least two sensing channels that are each associated with different sensing vectors, for example by different pairs of extracardiac remote sensing electrodes. Myopotential associated with each of the sensing channels in monitored, and a ventricular arrhythmia monitoring mode is selected based thereon (e.g., based on determined myopotential levels). Ventricular arrhythmia monitoring is then performed using the selected monitoring mode. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036789 | Extraction of heart sound of fetus from heart sound information that comprises plurality of mixtures of plurality of heart sounds of plurality of fetuses - A heart sound analyzer component of an apparatus in one example extracts a heart sound of a fetus from heart sound information that comprises a plurality of mixtures of a plurality of heart sounds of a plurality of fetuses. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036790 | METHOD DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING LUNG VENTILATION - A method of monitoring lung ventilation of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises recording signals from a plurality of sensing location on the chest of the subject, at least a portion of the signals being indicative of a local motion of the chest at a respective sensing location. The method further comprises operating a data processing system to analyze the signals such as to determine a status of the ventilation, thereby to monitor the lung ventilation of the subject. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036791 | Neuronal Avalanche Assay - Method and system for determining a cognitive enhancement and/or anti-epileptic effect comprising: detecting synchronized neuronal activity in neuronal tissue ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090036792 | Sensor system for detecting and processing EMG signals - A sensor system for detecting and processing EMG signals including a substrate having a bottom surface adapted for attachment to skin; a plurality of spaced apart electrode arrays projecting from the bottom surface so as to engage the skin and detect EMG signals in muscles located under the substrate; and four differential amplifiers connected to receive EMG signals from four distinct pairs of electrode arrays. The electrode arrays detect the action potentials of the muscle fibers from various orientations so that the shape of an action potential appears substantially dissimilar in each of the four differential pairs. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036793 | Automated skin electrical resistance measurement device and method - An automated skin resistance measurement device having an applied signal selector for selecting one or more applied signal forms from an applied signal library, an applied signal generator in communication with the applied signal selector for generating one or more DC applied signals, each applied signal being in the form of a selected applied signal form, one or more applied signal applicators for administering the applied signals to test zones on the skin of a human subject, and one or more applied signal resistance sensors for sensing the resistance of the skin of the subject at the test zones. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCAL TISSUE IMPEDANCE FOR POSITIONING OF A NEEDLE - The invention relates to apparatus and methods for measuring local tissue impedance for subcutaneous tissue surrounding a needle tip inserted into a subject, impedance spectra and/or complex impedance values are determined. The invention applies a monopolar impedance measuring setup with a needle, a current-carrying electrode, an optional reference electrode. The setup is configured to eliminate contributions from the current-carrying electrode in order to measure local impedance of tissue in the close neighbourhood of the needle tip instead of an averaged value over the volume or current path between the needle and the electrode(s). The determined impedance can be correlated with either a tissue type or state, or with a position of the needle tip in the subject, and can thereby provide an insertion history to the operator in the form of impedance or corresponding tissue type as a function of insertion depth or time. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036795 | SUBSTANCE SAMPLING AND/OR SUBSTANCE DELIVERY VIA SKIN - In a technique for substance sampling and/or substance delivery via the skin barrier, the skin is domed and then a portion removed. Typically a contact portion of the apparatus effects doming of the skin and a cutting, grazing or scraping arrangement removes a portion of the domed skin. The doming of the skin and hence the skin removal is closely controlled. Samples may be taken via the removed portion of the skin and/or substances delivered therethrough. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036796 | Liquid Sampling Apparatus and Method of Using Same - A sampling apparatus including an ampoule, an ampoule barrel for receiving the ampoule through a first opening, and a sheath fitted over a tip of the ampoule and extending from the ampoule and through a second opening of the ampoule barrel. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036797 | FLAT LANCET IMMOBILIZATION - A lancet enclosed in a sterility sheet forms a lancet packet to maintain the sterility of the lancet and prevent the lancet from unintentionally piercing the sterility sheet prior to lancet actuation. In one form, the lancet is immobilized by hot tack welding a portion of the sterility sheet to the lancet. Alternatively, portions of the sterility sheet are hot tack welded together through an opening in the lancet to limit movement of the lancet. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036798 | ACUPUNCTURE POINT POSITION EVALUATING APPARATUS - A technology for determining an acupuncture point with the reliability with the use of a simple hardware configuration in an acupuncture point position evaluating apparatus is disclosed. According to the technology, a current generated in a current generating section is applied to measurement points of skin of a subject through current application electrodes. The applied current and a voltage generated in the skin by the current application are measured in a measuring section. In a frequency analyzing section, the measured current and the measured voltage are provided with frequency analysis, and skin impedance Z(jf) in the respective measurement points is calculated. In a characteristics amount generating section, based on the frequency response of the skin impedance Z(jf) in the measurement points, frequency response K(f)=XZ(f)/RZ(f) as a ratio between real part RZ(f) and imaginary part XZ(f) of the skin impedance Z(jf) are calculated. In a determining section, based on the difference of the frequency response K(f), an acupuncture point position is determined from among the respective measurement points. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036799 | Methods and Systems For The Diagnosis and Treatment of Medical Conditions in the Spine and Other Body Parts - Disclosed are methods and systems for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions in the spine. In one variation, the method comprises measuring a first signal from a device positioned at or near a body part of a subject to determine a baseline signal, modifying a physiological condition of the body part, measuring a second signal from the device, and comparing the second signal to the first signal to determine whether a treatment is needed for the body part. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036800 | Hair Densitometer - A hair densitometer measures the number of hair shafts in a fixed area and measures the diameters of the counted hair shafts. This is done for two different areas of the head and the comparison results in a quantified measure of the thinning of a persons hair on their head. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036801 | Hand-eye coordination test instrument - A hand-eye coordination test instrument includes at least a control device located in the test instrument, a LED stimulus array located on the surface of the test instrument and an input device. An operator can transmit test signals to the LED stimulus array through the control device. A testee receives reactions and sends them back through the input device to the test instrument. Through the control device the operator can judge and evaluate the hand-eye coordination condition of the testee. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036802 | Swing Type High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapeutic Apparatus and Mri Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapeutic System Having Such a Swing Type Apparatus - The present invention belongs to the technical field of ultrasound therapy, and relates to a swing type high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic apparatus and an MRI guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic system having such a swing type apparatus. The swing type high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic apparatus comprises an ultrasound transducer and a moving-locating mechanism thereof, wherein said moving-locating mechanism adopts a swing mechanism which is connected to the ultrasound transducer by a supporting rod. The MRI guided therapeutic system comprises this swing type therapeutic apparatus. In the present invention, the ultrasound transducer moves freely in multiple dimensions and the moving-locating mechanism adopts a swing mechanism, so the interference generated by the MRI guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic system on the MRI apparatus is quite small and thereby the quality of the ultrasound image obtained is good. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036803 | PRESSURE PULSE/SHOCK WAVE THERAPY METHODS AND AN APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING THE THERAPEUTIC METHODS - The method of stimulating a substance is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit acoustic shock waves; and subjecting the substance to the acoustic shock waves stimulating said substance wherein the substance is positioned within a path of the emitted shock waves and away from a geometric focal volume or point of the emitted shock waves. In one embodiment the emitted shock waves are divergent or near planar. In another embodiment the emitted shock waves are convergent having a geometric focal volume of point at a distance of at least X from the source, the method further comprising positioning the substance at a distance less than the distance X from the source. The substance is a tissue having cells. The tissue can be an organ of a mammal. The mammal may be a human or an animal. The organ may be a heart, a brain, skin, a liver or a kidney or any other organ. The tissue may be muscle, cartilage, tendon, bone, teeth or gums. The tissue may be a part of the vascular system, a part of the nervous system, a part of the urinary or reproductive system, a part of the lymph node or pituitary systems, a part of the ocular system or a part of a skeletal system. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036804 | POWER REGENERATION IN ACTIVE MUSCLE ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD - A method for controlling movement using an active powered device including an actuator, joint position sensor, muscle stress sensor, and control system. The device provides primarily muscle support although it is capable of additionally providing joint support (hence the name “active muscle assistance device”). The device is designed for operation in several modes to provide either assistance or resistance to a muscle for the purpose of enhancing mobility, preventing injury, or building muscle strength. The device is designed to operate autonomously or coupled with other like device(s) to provide simultaneous assistance or resistance to multiple muscles. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036805 | Method and Apparatus for Providing an Animal Vocalization Driven Massage Device - An apparatus for providing an animal vocalization driven massage device may include a memory device, a sound production device and a processing element. The memory device may store a pre-recorded animal vocalization. The sound production device may include an actuator in operational communication with a substrate and may be configured to enable communication of an output of the sound production device to living tissue. The processing element may be in communication with both the memory device and the sound production device. The processing element may be configured to drive the sound production device based on the pre-recorded animal vocalization. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036806 | Inflatable apparatus for holding massage actuators - Massage apparatus of the invention includes a spherical inflatable body made of resilient material for mounting a massage actuator, the body having a socket mechanism accessible at its surface for holding the massage actuator, the body having an air-nozzle for inflation/deflation. The massage actuator is either of powered nature or non-powered nature. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036807 | MASSAGING VIBRATOR - A massaging vibrator includes a massage assembly provided with a contact member, which is at least partly elastically deformable, and which can be applied directly or indirectly to the skin of a user, and which can be used in a deformed position when a stress is applied by the user. The arrangement also includes a reinforcement for the contact member at least partly embedded inside the contact member, with the reinforcement being able to deform jointly with the contact member and capable of keeping the contact member in the deformed position when the user ceases to apply the stress. The vibrator further includes at least one vibration generator, preferably directly in contact with the reinforcement within the contact member. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036808 | APPARATUS FOR HEAD ACUPRESSURE USING AIR PRESSURE - The present invention relates to a plurality of pneumatic cylinders each having an acupressure probe is radially mounted in a predetermined space portion defined between an inner shell and an outer shell made of an extruded foam synthetic resin material, and an pneumatic pressure generator serving to actuate the pneumatic cylinders is mounted separately from the helmet, so that its whole weight is light, no noise or vibration occurs, and it is very simple to use and carry. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036809 | Massage machine - A massage machine includes a backrest having a support surface for sustaining a back of a user, the support surface having an opening, a massage member for making contact with the back of the user through the opening of the support surface to perform a massage and a drive unit for causing the massage member to perform the massage. In the massage machine, a first intensity adjustment unit is arranged for changing the position of the massage member to adjust the massage intensity of the massage member and a second intensity adjustment unit is arranged for changing the position of the support surface to adjust the massage intensity of the massage member. A control circuit controls the operation of the drive unit, the first intensity adjustment unit and the second intensity adjustment unit. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036810 | Leg and foot massage device capable of achieving foot swing - The present invention relates to a massage device, and more particularly, to a leg and foot massage device capable of achieving foot swing. The device includes an electrical machinery deceleration element, a wobbler machine element and an air inflatable bag massage element. The electrical machinery deceleration element drives the air inflatable bag massage element through the wobbler machine element, and the electrical machinery realizes the one-off deceleration. Therefore mechanical transmission steps are simplified and transmission noise obviously dropped, wobbler machine element cooperates with air inflatable bags' inflation and deflation, generating many kinds of different massage motions and obtaining a comprehensive massage effect on leg and feet muscles and joints. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036811 | Orthosis casting form and method of making the same - A logic circuit that can reconfigure its functions in a nonvolatile manner and a single-electron transistor to be used in the logic circuits are provided. The logic circuit has a single-electron spin transistor that includes: a source; a drain; an island that is provided between the source and the drain, and has tunnel junctions between the island and the source and drain; and a gate that is capacitively coupled to the island. In this logic circuit, at least one of the source, the drain, and the island includes a ferromagnetic material having a variable magnetization direction. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036812 | MEDICAL BANDAGE SUBSTRATE, MEDICAL BANDAGE, AND MEDICAL BANDAGING PRODUCT WITH LOW ABRASION SIDE EDGES AND METHOD - A medical bandaging product, including a sleeve formed of moisture-impervious material and sealable to prevent entry of moisture, and a medical material positioned in the sleeve and sealed therein against entry of moisture until use. The medical material is a substrate having two marginal areas of relatively lower modulus yarns and/or a more open knitted structure to provide reduced abrasion against the skin. A reactive system on the substrate remains stable when maintained in substantially moisture-free conditions and hardens upon exposure to sufficient moisture to form a rigid, self supporting structure. A soft, flexible protective material covers at least one of the major faces of the substrate along its length to provide a cushioning barrier between the substrate and the skin of a patient when the material is in use. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036813 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING STERNAL REHABILITATION - The apparatus to assist sternal rehabilitation includes a torso belt circumscribing an abdomen of a patient, a first humeral restraint coupled to the torso belt, and a second humeral restraint coupled to the torso belt. Each humeral restraint circumscribes an upper arm of the patient between a glenohumeral joint and an antecubital space of the upper arm. The humeral restraints substantially confine the upper arms to a position lateral, slightly anterior, and to the side of a torso of the patient. The torso belt may include a substantially inelastic flexible material. The torso belt may also include a comfort material coupled to the substantially inelastic flexible material. The comfort material may be interposed between the substantially inelastic flexible material and the torso. The torso belt may circumscribe the abdomen below a pectoral line and above a pelvic line of the patient. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036814 | FINGER ORTHOSIS - The same orthosis can be used to sequentially move joints of different fingers of a hand. A hand cuff of the orthosis is mounted on the hand. Mechanisms operable to move the joints are connected to the hand cuff at locations aligned with the fingers. The mechanisms are connected with the fingers. The joints of the fingers are moved by operating the mechanisms. The joints and first and second portions of the fingers define on one side of the joints outer sectors which decrease in angle as the joints are extended. Force is applied to the first and second portions of the fingers to move the joints by providing relative rotation between internally and externally threaded members disposed in the outer sectors. Actuator members connected with the internally or externally threaded members are moved along paths that extend through the joints. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036815 | WALKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A walking assistance device ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090036816 | BLOOD TUBE SYSTEM FOR EXTRACORPOREAL USES, SUCH AS DIALYSIS DEVICES - A blood tube system for extracorporeal uses, such as dialysis devices, wherein an arterial expansion chamber including a lower region for receiving blood, in which a blood inlet channel terminates, and from which a blood outlet channel extends, and an upper region for receiving air, where a venting channel provided with a venting valve extends from the upper region. The blood tube system includes a central region of the expansion chamber which has considerably reduced cross-sectional dimensions, the blood level being adjustable by means of the venting valve in such a manner that blood/air contact takes place in the central region. The amounts of heparin and EPO needed for a dialysis treatment can thereby be reduced. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036817 | IMPLANTABLE FLOW CONNECTOR - An implantable flow connector for fluidically coupling a source tissue-enclosed body space with a destination element, comprising: a conduit having a lumen terminating at an orifice at a first end of the conduit implantable in the source body space through an opening formed in a tissue wall of the source body space, and a second end of the conduit implantable in the destination element through an opening in a surface of the destination element; and a circumferential flange, radially extending from the conduit proximate the conduit first end, configured to be implanted in the source body space adjacent an opening in the tissue wall of the source body space such that the conduit extends through the opening, the flange comprising one or more circumferentially adjacent sections at least one of which has a rigidity that decreases in a radially-increasing direction. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036818 | Shunt and Method Treatment of Glaucoma - This invention provides a shunt for implantation between the anterior chamber of the eye and the epithelial-lined space through the frontal sinus bone of a patient for the treatment of glaucoma. The shunt includes a tube having a length sufficient to span the distance between the anterior chamber of the eye and the epithelial-lined space of the patient, the tube having an open anterior chamber end and a closed epithelial-lined space end, and a seal device associated with the tube between the anterior chamber and epithelial-lined space ends, for sealing a hole in the frontal sinus bone, and for anchoring the tube against movement from the frontal sinus bone. The shunt also includes a fluid pressure openable valve in the tube, located at or near the epithelial-lined space sinus end, allowing for controlled flow of aqueous humor through the tube when implanted. The invention also extends to a method of treating glaucoma in a patient by surgically implanting the shunt between the anterior chamber of the eye and the frontal sinus. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036819 | DRUG ELUTING OCULAR IMPLANT WITH ANCHOR AND METHODS THEREOF - Ocular implants, delivery devices and methods for treating ocular disorders are disclosed. One method involves inserting an implant on one side of an eye. The implant has an anchor on a distal end portion and an outlet opening that is disposed proximal of the anchor. The implant is advanced across the eye to the other side of the eye. The anchor is inserted into eye tissue on the other side of the eye. A therapeutic agent is eluted using the implant. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036820 | IMPLANTABLE FLOW CONNECTOR - An implantable flow connector for fluidically coupling a source tissue-enclosed body space with a destination element, comprising: a conduit having a lumen terminating at an orifice at a first end of the conduit implantable in the source body space through an opening formed in a tissue wall of the source body space, and a second end of the conduit implantable in the destination element through an opening in a surface of the destination element; and a circumferential flange, radially extending from the conduit proximate the conduit first end, configured to be implanted in the source body space adjacent an opening in the tissue wall of the source body space such that the conduit extends through the opening, the flange comprising one or more circumferentially adjacent sections at least one of which has a rigidity that decreases in a radially-increasing direction. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036821 | Iontophoretic Transdermal Delivery of Nicotine Salts - The present invention relates to iontophoretic transdermal delivery of nicotine salts useful for nicotine replacement therapy for an individual in need thereof. The present invention further relates to the iontophoretic transdermal delivery of nicotine maleate and nicotine citrate. Methods of reducing skin irritation generally caused by transdermal nicotine delivery by iontophoretic transdermal delivery of nicotine salts are also disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036822 | Electrotransport Agent Delivery Method and Apparatus - An electrotransport device for delivering or sampling an agent through a body surface by electrotransport, the device having a housing including an upper, exterior housing portion and a lower housing portion, the housing enclosing electronic components, and at least one hydratable or hydrated reservoir containing water or an at least partially aqueous solution of the agent. At least a portion of the housing is composed of an ethylene-octene copolymer. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036823 | Fluid flowing device and method for tissue diagnosis or therapy - A device and method for safely securing a multilumen device to a tissue, organ or solid tumor within the body of a human during a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure is described. The device is capable of securing the tumor by touching or piercing its surface and providing a coolant to the distal tip. Cooling the tip forms a cryogenically induced region that tightly binds the tip to the tumor, temporarily sealing the entry-track of the instrument. The device further provides at least one injecting/aspirating lumen that can dispense or aspirate a fluid within the tumor. Such construction allows injecting part or whole volume of the tumor while the cryogenically induced bond prevents back-flow of the injected substances through the entry-track. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036824 | High Velocity Liquid-Gas Stream Device for Administering Therapeutic Substances - A device and a method for improved treatment of tissue by direct application thereto of desired therapeutic substances in the form of a stream of therapeutic droplets carried in a high velocity gas produced by accelerating a flow of gas through at least one gas discharge nozzle so as to provide a gas discharge flow at an elevated velocity, and introducing into the elevated velocity gas discharge flow at least one flow of therapeutic liquid, through at least one liquid discharge nozzle, thereby fragmenting the at least one flow of therapeutic liquid into a stream of therapeutic droplets, and accelerating the stream to an accelerated velocity similar to the velocity of the gas discharge flow, and then applying the accelerated therapeutic droplet stream to a tissue mass desired for therapeutic treatment thereby. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036825 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOME DIALYSIS - The invention relates to home hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis to be carried out by the patient or other non-professional users. The invention provides a system based on re-circulation of dialysate from small dialysate containers, which allows for very small dialysate consumption and easy portability. The system thereby also allows for long-duration dialysis without use of large volumes of dialysate. The invention may be implemented as a hemodialysis system, a process for administering dialysate, or as a method for performing dialysis. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036826 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ABRADING SKIN - A device includes a plurality of microneedles for abrading the stratum corneum of the skin to form a plurality of grooves in the tissue having a controlled depth and width. The microneedles have a length of about 5-250 microns and generally about 5-200 microns. The device is rubbed over the skin to prepare an abraded site after which a transdermal delivery or sampling device is applied to the abraded delivery site. The abrasion increases the permeability of the skin and the rate of delivery and extraction of a substance without pain or irritation to the patient. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036827 | Juxtascleral Drug Delivery and Ocular Implant System - Ophthalmic drug delivery devices useful for delivery of pharmaceutically active agents to the posterior segment of the eye are disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036828 | Method and System for Self-Management of a Disease - The present specification discloses a method, system and program product that can be used for self-management of any chronic disease. The invention involves the use of a device to enter patient's disease related data. Based on this data patient's habits are detected and presented in a graphical format. The user also has the option of setting up a reminder based on the detected habits. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036829 | BALLOON CATHETER WITH ELASTIC SEGMENT - The present invention relates to a catheter comprising an outer tube; an inner tube; and a balloon fixed at its proximal sleeve to the outer tube and at its distal sleeve to the inner tube, wherein the inner tube comprises an elastic segment. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036830 | Bifurcation Treatment System and Methods - A catheter assembly configured for treatment of a vessel bifurcation. The catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft and first and second balloons. The second balloon extends radially outward relative to the first balloon when expanded. A valve arrangement controls expansion of the second balloon. Portions of the valve arrangement can be positioned at proximal and distal end portions of the catheter shaft. Typically, the first balloon is expanded followed by expansion of the second balloon. A stent having a lateral branch opening is operatively mounted to the first balloon. The second balloon is configured to extend through the lateral branch opening when the second balloon is expanded. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036831 | BALLOON CATHETER WITH DELIVERY PORTS - The present invention provides apparatus and methods for treating a vascular condition by providing a catheter having proximal and distal regions, a balloon disposed on the distal region, and a plurality of delivery ports disposed in lateral surfaces of the catheter at locations proximal to the balloon. The balloon is adapted to treat the vascular condition, for example, by performing balloon angioplasty. Subsequently, the balloon may be deflated, the catheter advanced distally, and the plurality of delivery ports may be aligned with the vascular condition, e.g., to deliver a therapeutic agent such as an anti-restenosis drug. During the delivery of the therapeutic agent, the balloon may be partially or fully re-inflated to enhance localized delivery of the therapeutic agent. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036832 | GUIDEWIRES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING GUIDEWIRES - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same. An example of medical devices includes a core member and a tubular member disposed over a portion of the core member. The core member may include an outer diameter region that has an outside diameter that is substantially the same as the inside diameter of the tubular member so that the core member can be attached to the tubular member. The medical device may also include a coil that is coupled to the tubular member. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036833 | COMPOSITE ELONGATE MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING DISTAL TUBULAR MEMBER - An intracorporeal device includes a shaft having a proximal section including a first elongate member and a distal section including a tubular member and a second elongate member. A proximal region of the tubular member is attached to the distal region of the first elongate member. The second elongate member is disposed within the lumen of the tubular member, and a proximal region of the second elongate member is attached to the proximal region of the elongate tubular member. As such, in some embodiments, the tubular member can function both as a member joining the first and second elongate members, and as a structural element in the distal section of the shaft providing for desired flexibility, torqueability, and/or pushability characteristics. The lateral flexibility of the tubular member can be increased by including less material in the tubular member, while maintaining a good degree to torqueability and/or pushability characteristics. For example, the tubular member can include a plurality of apertures in it. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036834 | ELONGATE MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING ENHANCED TORQUE AND METHODS THEREOF - An elongate medical device such as a guidewire, that may comprise a first elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen there between, a second elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, the second elongate member at least partially disposed in the first elongate member, a first connection between first elongate member and the second elongate member at the proximal end of the first elongate member, a second connection between the first elongate member and the second elongate member at the distal end of the first elongate member, and a third connection between the first elongate member and the second elongate member, the third connection disposed at a point between the first connection and the second connection, wherein the third connection is substantially at a location selected by the Method for Enhancing the Ratio of Torsional Stiffness to Transverse Flexibility. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036835 | CATHETER SECUREMENT DEVICE - A catheter securement device holds a medical article such as a catheter hub or a connector fitting in position upon the body of a patient and at least inhibits longitudinal movement of the medical article. The securement device includes a retainer and at least one anchor pad. The retainer forms a central channel into which at least a portion of the medical article is inserted. The retainer includes at least one abutment that can abut against a contact point or surface on the medical article. The abutment, in conjunction with a second abutment and/or a tapering shape of the central channel, inhibits motion of the medical article in proximal and distal directions through the central channel. For this purpose, the abutment surface(s) can lie either within or outside the channel. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036836 | PERIPHERAL CATHETER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING IT - A peripheral catheter assembly having a hollow catheter hub, a female proximal end, a distal end provided with a catheter tube, at least one infusion port located between the distal and proximal ends, a hollow needle module that includes a needle held by a male socket arranged to sealingly engage the female proximal end, and a sealing member engaged inside the catheter hub which serves for facilitating venipuncture without unintended splashing of blood. A sealing valve that includes a septum seal having a weakened portion surrounded by deflectable septum walls, and a hollow tubular extension which protrudes towards a free end from the periphery of the septum seal and extends inside the catheter hub past the infusion port towards the distal end of the catheter hub provide a self-closable sealing member which provide the physician the freedom to leave the patient when the needle module is retracted. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036837 | COMBINED CONTAINER-SYRINGE - The present invention relates to a combined container-syringe including: a cylindrical cylinder filled with a drug solution; a cylindrical tip provided at the cylinder; an injection needle mounted on the cylindrical tip; a finger grip provided on the cylinder; a cylindrical-shaped safety device that is mounted in a slidable manner on the outer periphery of the cylinder and covers the injection needle when it has moved in the front end direction; a retaining member that selectively engages the safety device at a first position that is away from the injection needle and a second position that covers the injection needle; and a coil spring that biases the safety device in the direction of the second position. According to the present invention, it is possible to reliably cover the injection needle by causing the safety device to move with respect to the syringe body and so possible to ensure safety. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036838 | Methods of Administering Microparticles Combined With Autologous Body Components - Microspheres to be implanted into a patient are metered and mixed with fluids, cells, or tissues withdrawn from the patient's own body, and reinserted into the patient's body to achieve augmentation, repair or other treatment of the patient's tissue. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036839 | Ergonomic adaptor for repeated injections - The present invention provides an adaptor for use with a fluid delivery device. The adaptor provides extended flanges to more easily accommodate a user's fingers and to disperse the counteracting pressure required when the plunger is depressed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036840 | Atraumatic ball tip and side wall opening - A delivery catheter with a plug ejection mechanism with a fluid filled actuator incorporated in the catheter handle is disclosed. After delivery of RF energy, the plug is deployed within the region of the lesion by activating the plug ejection mechanism. A delivery catheter used for female sterilization with an atraumatic ball tip and an opening in the side wall of the catheter body is disclosed. The delivery catheter includes a hinge that will yield or bend under a certain load to prevent injury to the uterine wall or fallopian tube. The side wall opening is angled to allow proper placement of a plug into the fallopian tube for occlusion of the fallopian tube. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036841 | COATINGS FOR BLOOD AND BONE MARROW-CONTACTING DEVICES - Medical devices having an anticoagulant coating are described. The devices may be needles, syringes and blood processing devices. The anticoagulant coating can be any of heparin, heparin salts, citric acid salts, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid salts, hirudin, sodium pentosan polysulfate, cumarin, derivatives of cumarin, warfarin, or phenprocoumon acenocoumarolor. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036842 | Consumable Activation Lever For Injection Device - A disposable injection device assembly includes a dispensing chamber housing, a plunger, and a lever. The dispensing chamber housing is coupled to a needle and has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface partially defines a dispensing chamber for holding a quantity of a substance. The plunger is engaged with the inner surface of the dispensing chamber housing, is capable of sliding in the dispensing chamber housing, and is fluidly sealed to the inner surface of the dispensing chamber housing. A housing at least partially surrounds the dispensing chamber housing. The lever is located on the housing. The lever actuates the injection device assembly. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036843 | NEEDLE-BASED MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING NEEDLE GUIDE AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING - A needle-based medical device including a needle guide and a method for constructing the same are disclosed. The needle-based medical device includes a tube having a first lumen; a needle guide which is dimensioned to be inserted into the lumen of the tube, and a needle. The needle is inserted such that an end is positioned in the needle guide. A glue may also be provided to secure the needle guide to the tube. In one embodiment, the tube may be made of extruded plastic. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036844 | Reservoir with liquidly applied seal - The present invention provides a fluid reservoir comprising a first wall portion formed from a needle-penetrable material, the first wall portion comprising a seal surface. The reservoir further comprises a seal member formed from a needle-penetratable self-sealing material, wherein the seal member has been applied on the seal surface in a liquid state. In this way a liquid reservoir having a self-sealing needle-penetrable access means which can be manufactured in a cost-effective manner is provided. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036845 | Device For Delivery Of Agents To And Through The Human Scalp - A method and device for administering minoxidil and other topical solutions to the scalp. The method entails administering a minoxidil preparation through a manifold that fits over the scalp of a patient. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036846 | Ophthalmic Injection System - An ophthalmic injection system has a tip segment attachable to and removable from a limited reuse assembly. The tip segment has a dispensing chamber housing, a plunger, a needle, a temperature control device, a thermal sensor, and a first housing at least partially enclosing the dispensing chamber housing, the temperature control device and the plunger. The limited reuse assembly has an actuator with a shaft, a power source for providing power to the actuator, a controller for controlling the actuator, a mechanical linkage interface, and a second housing at least partially enclosing the power source, the controller, and the actuator. The mechanical linkage interface is coupled to the actuator shaft and has a mating surface on one end. The substance is injected after the temperature of the substance is altered. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036847 | Suction Bag Arrangement - An arrangement in connection with the handling of patient fluids, comprising a suction canister open at one end, a cover for closing the suction canister, a suction bag fastened to the cover, and an underpressure apparatus (for applying underpressure to a space between the suction canister and the suction bag. The arrangement further comprises fastening means for keeping the suction bag narrowed in such a manner that the width and length of the suction bag are at least along part of the suction bag smaller than when the suction bag is opened, and the fastening means are arranged to release the suction bag to be opened into the suction canister under the action of the underpressure when the cover his closed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036849 | Absorbent Article - An absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, tampon, diaper, pant diaper, adult incontinence guard, provided with at least one capsule ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090036850 | Sensor products using conductive webs - Presented is an absorbent article including a chassis including an outer cover having an interior surface and an exterior surface and an absorbent structure positioned adjacent the interior surface of the outer cover, the chassis including a crotch region positioned in between a front region and a back region, the front region and the back region defining a waist region therebetween; and first and second conductive elements contained in the chassis, the conductive elements extending from the waist region to the crotch region without intersecting, the first and second conductive elements forming part of a circuit that is configured to sense the presence of a substance, wherein the conductive elements include a conductive nonwoven web including conductive fibers. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036851 | Personal-care articles having self-assembling peptides - A personal-care article, for receiving body exudates, having a self-assembling peptide is provided. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036852 | Absorbent Article - It is an object of the present invention to provide an absorbent article capable of preventing loosening and slipping off. The object is attained by an absorbent article, including: a leak preventer in sheet form having a bottom surface part and a pair of side parts raised upward from both the right and left sides of the bottom surface part and forming an internal space by the bottom surface part and the pair of side parts; an absorber arranged in the internal space at least in one layer, containing a super absorbent polymer, and capable of absorbing body fluid; a pair of side edge stretchable bands provided to extend along edge parts of the pair of side parts; a waist band joined to a rear end of the leak preventer and extending in a lateral direction; and a pair of hip wrapping stretchable bands connected to the pair of side parts of the leak preventer and/or the pair of side edge stretchable bands and to the waist band, in which: connection parts of the pair of hip wrapping stretchable bands to the pair of side parts of the leak preventer and/or the pair of side edge stretchable bands are positioned at a rear beyond a crotch part; and an interval between the pair of hip wrapping stretchable bands where they are connected to the waist band is larger than an interval between the pair of hip wrapping stretchable bands where they are connected to the pair of side parts of the leak preventer and/or the pair of side edge stretchable bands. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036853 | Gel-forming polymer in an absorbent article - A method for acquiring a gel-forming polymer and an absorbent article containing the gel-forming polymer. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a Hagfish, stimulating the Hagfish to excrete a gel-forming polymer, and drying the gel-forming polymer. In another embodiment, the method for acquiring a gel-forming polymer includes the steps of providing a Hagfish, placing the Hagfish in a container of water, stimulating the Hagfish to excrete a gel-forming polymer into the water, and drying the gel-forming polymer. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036854 | Absorbent Article Comprising a Liquid-Permeable Material Layer - The invention concerns an absorbent article comprising at least one liquid-permeable layer material ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090036855 | Particulate water-absorbing agent with water-absorbing resin as main component, method for production of the same, and absorbing article - Reversed phase suspension polymerization is allowed while controlling content of minor components in monomer, particularly controlling a content of acetic acid and propionic acid being not higher than 500 ppm, controlling a content of acrylic acid dimer being not higher than 1000 ppm, in acrylic acid. Cross-linked polymer obtained by the polymerization is subjected to a surface crosslinking treatment without substantially using an organic solvent, and under heating at high temperature (150° C. or higher and 250° C. or lower). Thereafter, agglomeration is carried out without substantially using an organic solvent. Accordingly, a particulate water-absorbing agent including a water-absorbing resin having superior property, and being suited for practical applications at high concentrations in absorbing cores such as a diaper and the like without generation of any odor of the organic solvent can be obtained because no volatile organic compound is included. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036856 | TRIGGERABLE SELF-GENERATING LIQUID FOAM BARRIER/INTERCEPTOR - The present disclosure generally relates to absorbent articles, such as diapers, training pants, swim pants, incontinence articles, feminine care articles, and the like, that comprise a system for generating a fluid or odor barrier or interceptor. More specifically, the articles comprise a pre-use foam composition that when contacted with a triggering agent, expands to produce a foam barrier or interceptor structure that provides protection against leakage of the absorbent article. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036857 | Disposable feminine underwear - A disposable undergarment for use by a female during a menstruation period includes a soft, stretchable, breathable material having a waist opening and two extended leg openings. The disposable undergarment extends from the waist opening arranged substantially at a navel region of the female to mid-thigh. The extended leg openings include an elastic edge around each open end for preventing leakage of menstrual flow. An absorbent region extends from the back region of the undergarment through the crotch region and upward to midway of the front region. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036858 | Body adhering absorbent article - The present invention provides a body adhering absorbent articles which is capable of absorbing bodily fluids. In particular embodiment of the present invention, provided is an absorbent article which is specifically designed for attachment to a wearer's skin in the vulva region of the wearer's torso. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036859 | Anthroprometrically expandable tampon pledget - A tampon pledget has an absorbent mass of material and a withdrawal string located at one end thereof. During use, the tampon pledget expands to take on a geometric configuration that approximates the shape of the vagina into which the tampon pledget is inserted. An anthroprometrically expandable tampon pledget has an absorbent mass of material that is defined by a first end having a first density, a second end having a second density, and a portion intermediate the first and second ends. The material expands at different rates upon being contacted by body fluids, thereby allowing the tampon pledget to conform to the shape of a vagina. A method of making an expandable tampon pledget includes the steps of providing an absorbent material, attaching a string thereto, and compressing the material into a cylindrical shape such that a density gradient is realized over a length of the compressed material. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036860 | Disposable Pant-Type Diaper - A disposable pant-type diaper according to the present invention includes a front portion, a back portion, and a crotch portion which is positioned between the front and back portions, in which a waist opening and a pair of leg openings are formed by joining both longitudinal side-edge portions of the front and back portions which face each other, and stretchable elastic members are disposed along at least a part of each opening, wherein a cutout portion is formed in at least a portion of the side-edge portion of at least one of the front and back portions, and the front and back portions assume a non-joining state at the portion where the cutout portion is formed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036861 | MEDICAMENT ADMIXING SYSTEM - A system for mixing or reconstituting a drug contained in a first container with a diluent or fluid contained in a second container. The second container has a port docking assembly for engaging the first container. The first container is rotatable and axially slidable within the port docking assembly. The port docking assembly has an actuator to urge a stopper fluidly sealing the first container into the interior of the first container. The port docking assembly further includes a movable plug constructed to fluidly seal the second container in a first, docked position and to provide access to the interior of the second container in a second, activated position, whereby fluid communication between the first and second containers is provided when the first and second containers are in the second, activated position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036862 | Multilayer plastic container and method of storing lyophilized products - A multilayer plastic container for storing lyophilized products includes at least three layers consisting of inner and outer layers having a moisture vapor transmission rate of not more than 0.1 gm mil/100 sq. in.—day at 73° F. and 95% rh, and an intermediate layer of hygroscopic resin construction having a moisture content less than 1000 ppm. The hygroscopic intermediate layer preferably comprises at least 30% of the total thickness of the three layers. The inner and outer layers preferably are of cyclic olefin polymer or cyclic olefin copolymer construction, and the hygroscopic intermediate layer preferably is of amorphous nylon construction. The container preferably is empty and sealed within a secondary container, such as a metallized bag, that is impervious to moisture. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036863 | FLEXIBLE STORAGE CONTAINER - A flexible container for fluid administration is provided having a body defining a cavity, a base, and at least one port comprising a flange in contact with a flange of a terminal port having a punctureable membrane layer. The body has a cross-sectional configuration including a lower body section of a first dimension, a middle body section of a second dimension, and an upper body section of a third dimension, wherein the second dimension is smaller than the first dimension and the third dimension. The flexible container may also include a base having a plurality of creases that are foldable to form two folded ends each including an extension having a base of a first dimension and a tip of a second dimension. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036864 | MEDICAMENT ADMIXING SYSTEM - A system for mixing or reconstituting a drug contained in a first container with a diluent or fluid contained in a second container. The second container has a port docking assembly for engaging the first container. The first container is rotatable and axially slidable within the port docking assembly. The port docking assembly has an actuator to urge a stopper fluidly sealing the first container into the interior of the first container. The port docking assembly further includes a movable plug constructed to fluidly seal the second container in a first, docked position and to provide access to the interior of the second container in a second, activated position, whereby fluid communication between the first and second containers is provided when the first and second containers are in the second, activated position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036865 | MEDICAMENT ADMIXING SYSTEM - A system for mixing or reconstituting a drug contained in a first container with a diluent or fluid contained in a second container. The second container has a port docking assembly for engaging the first container. The first container is rotatable and axially slidable within the port docking assembly. The port docking assembly has an actuator to urge a stopper fluidly sealing the first container into the interior of the first container. The port docking assembly further includes a movable plug constructed to fluidly seal the second container in a first, docked position and to provide access to the interior of the second container in a second, activated position, whereby fluid communication between the first and second containers is provided when the first and second containers are in the second, activated position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036866 | MEDICAMENT ADMIXING SYSTEM - A system for mixing or reconstituting a drug contained in a first container with a diluent or fluid contained in a second container. The second container has a port docking assembly for engaging the first container. The first container is rotatable and axially slidable within the port docking assembly. The port docking assembly has an actuator to urge a stopper fluidly sealing the first container into the interior of the first container. The port docking assembly further includes a movable plug constructed to fluidly seal the second container in a first, docked position and to provide access to the interior of the second container in a second, activated position, whereby fluid communication between the first and second containers is provided when the first and second containers are in the second, activated position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036867 | Medication Delivery Device Applying A Collapsible Reservoir - The present invention relates to a medication delivery device comprising pump means and a reservoir adapted for containing a medicament. The pump means is adapted to transfer the medicament from the reservoir to an outlet arrangement, said outlet arrangement being adapted to be operatively connected to an associated hypodermic needle. The pumps means is adapted to deliver a set dose of medicament during one or more pump strokes, wherein the stroke volume(s) of said one or more pump strokes is variable. The present invention further relates to a method for adjusting stroke volumes to a set dose of medicament. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036868 | Spring Driven Ophthalmic Injection Device with Safety Actuator Lockout Feature - An ophthalmic injection device includes a dispensing chamber housing with an inner surface that partially defines a dispensing chamber for holding a substance, a plunger fluidly sealed to the interior surface of the dispensing chamber housing, and a needle fluidly coupled to the dispensing chamber. A temperature control device partially surrounds the dispensing chamber housing and alters a temperature of the substance. A piston is coupled to the plunger at one end and to a spring at the other end. The spring provides a force to drive the piston and the plunger. An actuator is coupled to the lockout bar with which a button is configured to interface. The actuator moves the lockout bar when the substance reaches a temperature, thereby allowing the button to be activated so that the spring provides the force to drive the plunger. An incorporated stop whose measurements may vary allow the expelled dosage to vary accordingly. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036869 | CANNULA SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a cannula useful for introducing a thermally responsive polymer in situ. In embodiments, the cannula possesses more than one cannula, with the thermally responsive polymer introduced in one cannula, and a material such as a coolant in a second cannula which prevents premature gelling of the thermally responsive polymer. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036870 | INFUSION MEDIUM DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD WITH DRIVE DEVICE FOR DRIVING PLUNGER IN RESERVOIR - A delivery device includes first and second housing portions that selectively engage and disengage. A reservoir on one housing portion operatively engages a drive device and/or a needle inserting device on the other housing portion. Upon proper engagement of the housing portions, the reservoir operatively couples to the drive device and/or the needle inserting device. A first magnet on the first housing portion and a second magnet (or a magnetically-attractive material) on the second housing portion are positioned to magnetically interact with each other, upon operative engagement of the housing portions. A third magnet on the second housing portion may be opposed to the first magnet to help align the housing portions for connection. A magnet-responsive device may be on one or both housing portions to detect alignment and/or connection of the housing portions. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036871 | MATERIAL REMOVAL CATHETER AND METHOD - A catheter device and methods useable to extract material from a body conduit, e.g., a blood vessel, are provided. The catheter comprises a flexible catheter advanceable into the body conduit, an opening in a wall of the catheter in fluid communication with a material collection chamber, and a controllably arcuate segment near the distal tip of the catheter and the opening. The catheter may include a sliding member, located within a lumen of the catheter, used to move the material entering the catheter through the arcuate segment opening, into the material collection chamber and away from said opening. The catheter may include a single mechanism utilized to both generate a vacuum to cause material to enter the catheter at the arcuate segment opening and also cause the sliding member to travel, inside the catheter, moving material away from the opening and into the material collection chamber. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036872 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Establising Communication Between Hollow Organs and Tissue Lumens - Methods, systems and devices for establishing communication between organs and/or tissue lumens. The devices include catheters having magnetized distal ends which are configured to magnetically couple to each other such that a coaxial alignment is established between two or more catheters. The systems include two or more the subject catheters. The methods include use of the catheters and magnetically coupling them to establish a continuous passageway between them. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036873 | Device, Pump and System for Stimulating the Healing of a Wound - A device for stimulating the healing of a wound comprises a separating means having a fluid inlet and a gas outlet. The separating means may constitute a collecting container for collecting fluid pumped from the wound. A pump for applying negative pressure comprises pump head and a drive unit. The pump head is connected to the gas outlet of the separating means, and the pump head is detachably attached to the drive unit, so that in use the fluid inlet of the separating means is connected to a wound cover, e.g. via a conduit. | 2009-02-05 |
20090036874 | DISPOSABLE COVERING DEVICE AND METHOD - A covering device is disclosed for protecting components of an indwelling catheter assembly from contamination during surgery and other medical procedures so that the assembly can be left in place during recovery. The device includes one or more covering portions that extend around the collection bag and other components of the indwelling catheter assembly to form a barrier that protects the components from contamination during the procedure. The device further includes a removal mechanism that allows the covering portions to be separated from the catheter assembly following the procedure so that the catheter assembly can be left in place during recovery, as opposed to being replaced or cleaned. In one embodiment, the covering device is provided as an integral unit with an indwelling catheter assembly. In another embodiment, the connecting device is provided separately from the indwelling catheter assembly and installed around one or more portions of the assembly prior to the procedure. | 2009-02-05 |