07th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130041233 | ENDOILLUMINATION USING DECENTERED FIBER LAUNCH - An endoilluminator system includes an endoilluminator probe and an illumination source. The endoilluminator probe includes a nano-scale optical fiber and a probe fiber connector, and the illumination source includes a source fiber connector. The illumination source is configured to produce an illumination spot at the source fiber connector having a diameter smaller than a diameter of a fiber core of the nano-scale optical fiber. The probe fiber connector and the source connector are configured when connected to align the illumination spot off-center relative to the nano-scale optical fiber such that the angular distribution of light emitted by the nano-scale optical fiber is increased relative to aligning the illumination spot at a center of the nano-scale optical fiber. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041234 | FLOW RATE METER - The present invention is flow rate meters which are able to accurately measure the volumetric rate of flow of a liquid through a conduit without requiring foreknowledge of the physicochemical characteristics of the liquid, e.g., for the purpose of calibration of the thermal mass flow rate. One application of the flow meters of the invention is to incorporate them in a system for measuring the flow rate of urine excreted by a catheterized patient. The invention also provides methods for using the flow rate meters. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041235 | Flexible and Stretchable Electronic Systems for Epidermal Electronics - Provided herein are skin-mounted biomedical devices and methods of making and using biomedical devices for sensing and actuation applications. For example, flexible and/or stretchable biomedical devices are provided, including electronic devices useful for establishing conformal contact with the skin of a subject. Devices disclosed herein can comprise a plurality of sensing and/or actuating devices provided as part of a skin-mounted flexible or stretchable electronic circuit. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041236 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A sample collection device having a sample container and microfluidic device having one or more microfluidic circuits, the system for analyzing biological samples. The microfluidic device has a sample inlet port, a microconduit in communication with the inlet port and with reaction chamber. The reaction chamber is connected to an air vent via another microconduit. Air may be vented from the microfluidic circuit via the air vent of the microfluidic circuit via an air vent in the sample container. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041237 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS - A living body information measuring apparatus includes an optical system for irradiating light to a subject and detecting light from the subject, a signal processing portion for acquiring information with regard to a tissue condition of the subject based on a detecting signal of light, and a position determining portion for determining an acceptability of an irradiating position of light based on the detecting signal of light. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041238 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DISINFECTION OF IMPLANTED CATHETERS - An implantable catheter is provided that may be disinfected without removal from the body of a patient, using an electrochemical method to generate an electric field on the catheter surface and thus destroy microorganisms in a biofilm that is present or forming. A catheter system includes the implantable catheter and a voltage source that is operably connected to electrodes on or embedded in the exterior and optionally the interior catheter surface. Methods are also provided for disinfecting the implantable catheter in vivo and for detecting or confirming the presence of a pathogenic biofilm thereon. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041239 | IMMUNE AND OXYGEN SYSTEM MEASURING AND DRUG SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for monitoring health as related to immune system function, and for measuring the effects of toxins and other stresses. A method for pre-screening drugs for the pharmaceutical pipeline. A method for using an Immunogram as a research tool. A method for preparing compounds or drugs for treatment, therapy, or cure of diseases. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041240 | Methods and Systems for Discriminating Bands in Scalograms - The present disclosure is directed towards embodiments of systems and methods for discriminating (e.g., masking out) scale bands that are determined to be not of interest from a scalogram derived from a continuous wavelet transform of a signal. Techniques for determining whether a scale band is not of interest include, for example, determining whether a scale band's amplitude is being modulated by one or more other bands in the scalogram. Another technique involves determining whether a scale band is located between two other bands and has energy less than that of its neighboring bands. Another technique involves determining whether a scale band is located at about half the scale of another, more dominant (i.e., higher energy) band. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041241 | PECVD COATING METHODS FOR CAPPED SYRINGES, CARTRIDGES AND OTHER ARTICLES - A method is disclosed in which a vapor-deposited coating or layer is directly or indirectly applied to at least a portion of the internal wall of the barrel of a capped pre-assembly comprising a barrel, optionally a dispensing portion, and a cap. The cap is secured to the barrel and at least substantially isolates the distal opening of the dispensing portion from pressure conditions outside the cap. A vapor-deposited coating or layer is applied directly or indirectly to at least a portion of the internal wall of the barrel while the pre-assembly is capped. The coating or layer is applied under conditions effective to maintain communication from the barrel lumen to the exterior via the front opening, optionally further via the dispensing portion lumen if present, at the end of the applying step. The capped pre-assembly can be pressure tested easily and rapidly, for example with a test duration between 1 and 60 seconds, to determine whether it has container closure integrity. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041242 | System and Method for Continuously Monitoring and Presenting Body Substances - A medical monitoring unit for continuously monitoring a glucose value and a lactate value is provided. The monitoring unit comprises: a display unit, a first unit adapted to: receive a glucose/lactate/pyruvate signal based on a measured glucose/lactate/pyruvate value, transform the glucose signal into a graphically displayable glucose/lactate/pyruvate signal, and transmit the graphically displayable glucose/lactate/pyruvate signal to the display unit of the monitoring unit, and a second unit adapted to: receive a glucose/lactate/pyruvate signal based on a measured glucose/lactate/pyruvate value, transform the glucose/lactate/pyruvate signal into a graphically displayable glucose/lactate/pyruvate signal, and transmit the graphically displayable glucose/lactate/pyruvate signal to the display unit of the monitoring unit. Furthermore, a system comprising the monitoring unit, and a sensor unit for sensing glucose and/or lactate and/or pyruvate values, is provided, as well as a method for performing the steps made possible through the provided unit and method. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041243 | USER INTERFACE DEVICES FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LAB DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC EQUIPMENT - In an electrophysiology (EP) lab, a bedside interface device allows an EP physician to directly control various diagnostic and therapeutic systems, including an electro-anatomic mapping system. The bedside interface device can include a computer with wireless communication capability as well as a touch-responsive display panel and voice recognition. The bedside interface device can also be a hand-graspable wireless remote control device that is configured to detect motions or gestures made with the remote control by the physician, allowing the physician to directly interact with the mapping system. The bedside interface device can also be a motion capture camera configured to determine motion patterns of the physician's arms, legs, trunk, face and the like, which are defined in advance to correspond to commands for the mapping system. The bedside interface device may also include voice recognition capabilities to allow a physician to directly issue verbal commands to the mapping system. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041244 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE FOR DETECTING A VESSEL WALL EXPANSION - An implantable device is described for detecting an expansion which is an elastic deformation of an intracorporeal vessel wall. The device comprises a support structure which contains dielectric polymer, has surface elasticity and can be applied directly or indirectly to the vessel wall, which provides at least one capacitive electrode arrangement, of which the assignable electrical capacitance can be influenced by an elastic deformation of the support structure. The electrode arrangement includes at least two electrodes each consisting of an electrically conductive polymer. The electrodes each define at least one side an intermediate space that influences the electrical capacitance of the electrode arrangement. The space is filled with the dielectric polymer of the support structure. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041245 | INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE - An intraocular pressure monitoring device has a soft contact lens and a pressure sensor united with the contact lens, the pressure sensor comprising an active strain gage, a passive gage, a rigid element and a microprocessor. The active strain gage, passive gage and rigid element are placed at a distance from the center of the contact lens, the active strain gage comprising a portion encircling the center of the contact lens on at least 180°, wherein the passive gage and the rigid element each comprise a portion encircling the center of the contact lens on at least 180°, and wherein the portion of the passive gage situated around the center of the contact lens is placed in immediate vicinity of the portion of the rigid element situated around the center of the contact lens. A kit has such a pressure monitoring device and a portable recording device configured for communicating with the pressure monitoring device and for storing data received from it. An intraocular pressure monitoring system has such a kit and a computing device configured for communicating with the portable recording device for receiving and/or processing and/or storing data received from the portable recording device. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041246 | LIGHT AND ULTRASOUND WHOLE BODY SCANNER - The light and ultrasound whole body scanner produces an image of a patient's skin (visible light) and subcutaneous tissues (ultrasound). The scanner includes a turntable on which the patient stands during the scanning process. A computer operates the system and produces reports for later review. The report includes changes noted from previous scans. The report can be sent over the Internet, mailed or faxed to remote locations. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041247 | OPTOACOUSTIC / PHOTOACOUSTIC / ACOUSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM USING PROBE BEAM DEFLECTION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a non-contact optical method using a probe beam deflection technique (PBDT) to detecting acoustic waves transiting an acoustic coupling medium. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041248 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE POSITION OF AN ORTHOPAEDIC PROSTHESIS - A system, apparatus, and method for determining a position of an orthopaedic prosthesis includes a patient support platform, a sensor array coupled to the patient support platform, and a controller electrically coupled to the sensor array. The sensor array is configured to generate data signals in response to an output signal of a signal source(s) coupled to the orthopaedic prosthesis and/or a bone of the patient. The controller is configured to determine a position of the orthopaedic prosthesis and/or the bone of the patient based on the data signals. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041249 | METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE-GUIDED VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND THERAPY - In a method for temperature control in MR-guided administration of ultrasound, ultrasound therapy is administered to a patient at an in vivo site by emitting focused ultrasound into the site at multiple foci with a multi-focus ultrasound therapy device. The temperature is monitored in a localized region of an examination subject in which the site is located firing said therapy in real-time by MR thermometry. From the MR thermometry, characteristics of the temperature distribution in the monitored region of the examination subject are automatically identified. Temperature control is implemented by regulating the energy output of the ultrasound therapy device, according to a rapidly converging master equation. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041250 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING ARTERIES AND VEINS USING ULTRASOUND - A method for targeting a blood vessel comprises acquiring ultrasound data, automatically determining a target sample volume, acquiring Doppler ultrasound data, and communicating an indicator of flow characteristics in the target sample volume. The ultrasound data is for a plane within a body. The target sample volume is determined at an intersection of a trajectory of an insertable instrument with the plane. The Doppler ultrasound data is acquired for at least the target sample volume at the intersection. The indicator of flow characteristics is based on the Doppler ultrasound data. An associated apparatus is also described. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041251 | IN VIVO SENSOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - Implantable in vivo sensors used to monitor physical, chemical or electrical parameters within a body. The in vivo sensors are integral with an implantable medical device and are responsive to externally or internally applied energy. Upon application of energy, the sensors undergo a phase change in at least part of the material of the device which is then detected external to the body by conventional techniques such as radiography, ultrasound imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, radio frequency imaging or the like. The in vivo sensors of the present invention may be employed to provide volumetric measurements, flow rate measurements, pressure measurements, electrical measurements, biochemical measurements, temperature, measurements, or measure the degree and type of deposits within the lumen of an endoluminal implant, such as a stent or other type of endoluminal conduit. The in vivo sensors may also be used therapeutically to modulate mechanical and/or physical properties of the endoluminal implant in response to the sensed or monitored parameter. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041252 | ULTRASONIC TRACKING OF ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER(S) ABOARD AN INTERVENTIONAL TOOL - In one aspect, an ultrasound receive beamformer ( | 2013-02-14 |
20130041253 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY INSERTING A NEEDLE INTO A LIVING SUBJECT - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for automatically inserting a needle into an insertion-target region of a living subject in response to a machine-vision system locating the insertion-target region. In an embodiment, a needle insertion system includes a moveable needle configured to be inserted into a living subject, a machine-vision system configured to locate an insertion-target region of the living subject, control electrical circuitry, and an actuator coupled to the control electrical circuitry. The control electrical circuitry may be coupled to the machine-vision system to receive location information therefrom about the insertion-target region, and configured to output needle targeting instructions. The actuator may be coupled to the control electrical circuitry to receive the needle targeting instructions therefrom and coupled to the moveable needle. The actuator may be configured to move the moveable needle to the insertion-target region automatically in response to receiving the needle targeting instructions from the control electrical circuitry. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041254 | PROBE AND SYSTEM FOR USE WITH AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE - Disclosed are ultrasound devices and methods for use in guiding a subdermal probe during a medical procedure. A device can be utilized to guide a probe through the probe guide to a subdermal site. In addition, a device can include a detector in communication with a processor. The detector can recognize the location of a target associated with the probe. The processor can utilize the data from the detector and create an image of a virtual probe that can accurately portray the location of the actual probe on a sonogram of a subdermal area. In addition, disclosed systems can include a set of correlation factors in the processor instructions. As such, the virtual probe image can be correlated with the location of the actual probe. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041255 | Tissue Removal Device and Method of Use - A biopsy device for acquiring more than one tissue sample is disclosed. The biopsy device can have at least two tissue engaging elements, where at least one element contains a helical feature. A control mechanism can be used to spin an outer element relative to an internal element, resulting in transport of multiple tissue samples from the mass of tissue to an accessible collection chamber. The outer element may have a sharp distal end which may sever the samples from the mass of tissue. Samples may be stored sequentially in the collection chamber and be removed by the operator. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041256 | ACCESS CHAMBER AND MARKERS FOR BIOPSY DEVICE - A marker deployment tool may comprise a marker cannula having a lateral deployment aperture, a push rod slidably disposed within the marker cannula and a scalloped tip coupled to the distal end of the marker cannula. The scalloped tip may have a push rod recess configured to receive a portion of the distal end of the push rod such that the push rod does not appreciably extend out of the lateral deployment aperture when the push rod is actuated distally. The marker deployment tool may further comprise a magnet at or near the distal end. This magnet may be used in combination with a magnet or plurality of magnets disposed about an access chamber in a tissue sample holder to assist the user in aligning the marker deployment tool. The access chamber in the tissue sample holder may also include a valve, two valves, or a removable plug. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041257 | CHEMICAL LIQUID INJECTOR AND CT APPARATUS - Chemical liquid injector | 2013-02-14 |
20130041258 | IMAGING-GUIDED ANESTHESIA INJECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Devices and systems for injecting fluids, such as anesthetics, to or near nerve tissue or other targeted anatomical location are disclosed herein. A conduit is generally configured to place the fluid delivery module in fluid communication with a needle that is configured to be inserted into the patient's anatomy. One or more medicaments (e.g., anesthetics) and/or other materials contained within containers (e.g., vials) that are secured to the injection system can be selectively delivered into an anatomy through the needle. Nerve stimulation and/or imaging technologies (e.g., ultrasound) can be used to locate a targeted anatomical location. Aspiration can be used to confirm needle location. An overlay on the imaging display can include, in addition to real-time imaging data, data and other information relating to back pressure at or near the needle tip, volumes or other amounts of fluids delivered by and remaining within the system, stimulation level and/or the like. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041259 | PROPERTY DETERMINING APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PROPERTY OF AN OBJECT - A monitoring apparatus for monitoring an ablation procedure applied to an object comprises an ultrasound signal providing unit for providing an ultrasound signal. The ultrasound signal is produced by sending ultrasound pulses out to the object, by subsequently receiving dynamic echo series after the ultrasound pulses have been reflected by the object, and finally by generating the ultrasound signal depending on the received dynamic echo series, whereby ultrasound scattering properties of the object are determined that represent blood perfusion. The monitoring apparatus further comprises an ablation depth determination unit for determining an ablation depth from the provided ultrasound signal. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041260 | METHOD FOR IMAGING A VOLUME OF TISSUE - A method for imaging a volume of tissue in a scan region, including: emitting, from transmitting transducers, acoustic waveforms toward the volume of tissue; detecting, with detecting transducers, a plurality acoustic signals derived from acoustic waveforms interacting with the volume of tissue; generating from the detected acoustic signals a plurality of variable attenuation maps, in which each variable attenuation map corresponds to acoustic signals detected by a respective detecting transducer and includes a plurality of variable attenuation coefficients mapped to the scan region; modifying at least a portion of the detected acoustic signals based on one or more variable attenuation maps; and generating a reflection rendering of the volume of tissue based on the modified acoustic signals. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041261 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-GRID TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION TISSUE IMAGING - The method of one embodiment for multi-grid tomographic inversion tissue imaging comprises receiving acoustic waveform data characterizing a volume of tissue, determining and refining models of the distributions of a first and second acoustomechanical parameter within the volume of tissue using a series of grids with progressively finer discretization levels, and generating an image based on at least one of the refined models of the first and second acoustomechanical parameters. The system of one embodiment for multi-grid tomographic inversion tissue imaging comprises ultrasound emitters configured to surround and emit acoustic waveforms toward a volume of tissue, ultrasound receivers configured to surround tissue and receive acoustic waveforms, and a processor configured to determine and refine models of the distributions of a first and second acoustomechanical parameter within a volume of tissue, and generate an image based on at least one of the refined models of the first and second acoustomechanical parameters. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041262 | FOCAL POINT INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND AMBIENT SOUND VELOCITY OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Transmitting an ultrasonic wave focused on a predetermined transmit focus position by driving each of the elements of the ultrasonic probe based on a predetermined transmit delay time, and determining a true focal position of the ultrasonic wave transmitted to the transmit focus position or a focal point valid region that includes the true focal position based on a receive signal received by each element according to a reflection wave reflected by the transmission of the ultrasonic wave to the transmit focus position. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041264 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE RESPONSE AREAS IN A HUMAN CEREBRAL CORTEX - A method of determining affirmative and negative response areas in a cerebral cortex of a human subject under a test, comprises (A) providing a testing apparatus to detect real-time variations in cerebral blood flow, (B) generating a test array consisting of a plurality of test points in a tested area of the subject's head to detect real-time variations of the cerebral blood flow in the tested area, wherein the tested area approximately corresponds to an affirmative or negative response area in the cortex; (C) asking a question to the human subject, wherein the question is designed so that an answer for the question is either yes or no; and (D) determining a precise position of the affirmative or negative response area in the cortex, according to an active region corresponding to the real-time variations of the cerebral blood flow generated in a predetermined time within the tested area after answering. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041265 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING CELLS AT A TISSUE SITE - The present invention relates to methods and devices for maintaining cellular viability and function for therapeutic purposes. The invention provides methods and devices for maintaining the proliferative and developmental potential of cellular preparations by protecting the from physical and physiological damage during storage, preparation, and delivery to a site (e.g., a tissue site). The invention also provides methods and devices for evaluating tissues and organs, and selecting appropriate sites for cellular delivery. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041266 | System and Method for Indicating Positioning of an Internal Anatomical Feature - A system and method for indicating positioning of an internal anatomical feature is presented, including a display device external to a subject and a marking device positionable within the subject to identify one or more points of interest within a region of interest. The display device displays the one or more points of interest in response to at least one signal received from the marking device. The display device is applied to an outer surface of the subject. The display device may be a physical sheet of reactive material draped over the patient, a solution coated onto the subject or a monitor. The marking device may be a energy source, an ultraviolet source, an infrared source, a laser source or a visible light source inserted through an abdominal wall of the subject. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041267 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL PHOTONIC IMAGING - An imaging device for medical imaging includes a light source device arranged to illuminate a sample under investigation with illumination light, a detector device arranged to collect a plurality of images including at least two sample light images backscattered by the sample in different spectral ranges, and at least one marker light image originating from at least one marker substance in the sample, and a processor device adapted to process the at least two sample light images and create at least one correction component, the processor device further adapted to correct the marker light image using the at least one correction component. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041268 | SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND DETERMINING A PULSE ARRIVAL TIME (PAT) VALUE - A method for measuring and determining a pulse arrival time (PAT) value of a user using a sensor device comprising a photoplethysmographic (PPG) multichannel sensor formed from a plurality of PPG sensor channels and being adapted to measure a set of PPG signals, each PPG signal being measured by one of the PPG sensor channels when the multichannel PPG sensor is in contact with the user; comprising: measuring said set of PPG signals; extracting a plurality of features from each of the measured PPG signals; selecting a subset from the set of PPG signals based on the extracted features; and processing the selected subset of PPG signals to determine the PAT value. The disclosed sensor and method can be embedded into a chest belt and do not need skilled supervision. They can represent a potential candidate for the implantation of PWV measurement campaigns in the ambulatory setting. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS USING CERVICAL IMPEDANCE - Implanted electrodes can be used to deliver electrical stimulation signals to areas near blood vessels, nerves, or other internal body locations. In an example, an electrode can be implanted in a cervical location and can be used to measure dimensional changes in an artery using impedance plethysmography. Measured artery dimensional changes can be used to determine one or more physiological parameters associated with a patient's health status, such as pulse transit time, relative pulse pressure, or aterial compliance, among others. These parameters can be used to monitor a patient health status or to modulate a patient's therapy, among other uses. In some examples, an electrode configured to deliver an electrostimulation signal to nerve tissue can be used to provide non-neurostimulating electrical stimulation plethysmography signals near a blood vessel. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041270 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SELF-EXAMINATION AND SELF-CALIBRATION FUNCTIONS - A blood pressure measuring system with automatic self-examination and self-calibration functions, which utilizes an examining and calibrating unit to automatically compare pressure information detected by a signal detection unit with an original factory calibration value for pressure, to self-calibrate the blood pressure measuring system, wherein the examining and calibrating unit can be arranged in a blood pressure measuring device or in an external electronic device, for providing users a method to confirm accuracy of the blood pressure measuring system to prevent serious consequence caused by miscalculations of blood pressure and physiological values. Accordingly, original factory calibration can be skipped to save time and money; calibration and examination processes are simplified and more convenient. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041271 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE AND ADDITIONAL INTRACRANIAL HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS - Devices and methods for monitoring intracranial hemodynamic parameters, such as intracranial pressure, cerebral blood volume, cerebral blood flow, and cerebral perfusion pressure are disclosed. In one aspect, the devices and methods may involve receiving at least one impedance plethysmography signal. Waveforms may be extracted from the impedance plethysmography signals and used for estimating the intracranial hemodynamic parameters. Various characteristics may be determined from the waveforms to aid in the estimation of intracranial hemodynamic parameters. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041272 | SENSOR APPARATUS ADAPTED TO BE INCORPORATED IN A GARMENT - A sensor apparatus adapted to be incorporated in a garment, said apparatus comprising one or more sensors, one or more fasteners to which an electronic device can be attached for receiving data from said one or more sensors, a first textile layer which in use is on the inside of the garment, a second textile layer which in use is on the outside of the garment, and a third intermediate layer provided between said first and second layer along at least a portion of said tube, wherein said first and second textile layers are made from a substantially elastic material, and said third intermediate layer is substantially more rigid than said first and second textile layers. The sensors may be ECG and respiration sensors. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041273 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Detecting Atrial Fibrillation - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of methods, systems and devices for detecting atrial fibrillation (AF) in a patient. According to one embodiment, a patient places his or her left and right hands around left and right electrodes and a hand-held atrial fibrillation detection device acquires an electrocardiogram (ECG) from the patient over a predetermined period of time such as, by way of example, one minute. After acquiring the ECG from the patient, the device processes and analyzes the ECG and makes a determination of whether the patient has AF. The device may further be configured to provide a visual or audio indication of whether the patient has AF, or does not have AF. The device may be employed in a health care provider's office without the need for complicated or expensive diagnostic equipment, and is capable of providing an on-the-spot and low-cost diagnosis of AF. The device may further be connected to a physician's computer in the office, which may be configured to store the results of the analysis and the patient's ECG, and which may further be configured to carry out additional processing and analyses of the acquired and processed data. Moreover, the physician's computer may be operably connected to a remote server configured to store, process and analyze the ECG and the results provided by the hand-held device. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041274 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE BY IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES FOR DETECTING AND DISCRIMINATING STROKE AND CARDIAC ISCHEMIA USING ELECTROCARDIAC SIGNALS - Techniques are provided for detecting and distinguishing stroke and cardiac ischemia based on electrocardiac signals. In one example, the device senses atrial and ventricular signals within the patient along a set of unipolar sensing vectors and identifies certain morphological features within the signals such as PR intervals, ST intervals, QT intervals, T-waves, etc. The device detects changes, if any, within the morphological features such as significant shifts in ST interval elevation or an inversion in T-wave shape, which are indicative of stroke or cardiac ischemia. By selectively comparing changes detected along different unipolar sensing vectors, the device distinguishes or discriminates stroke from cardiac ischemia within the patient. The discrimination may be corroborated using various physiological and hemodynamic parameters. In some examples, the device further identifies the location of the ischemia within the heart. In still other examples, the device detects cardiac ischemia occurring during stroke. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041275 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING SEIZURES - Systems and methods can be used to help discriminate between epileptic and non-epileptic seizures based on a relationship between the postictal heart electrical activity and the preictal heart electrical activity. Also disclosed is an approach to determine an R-R interval by using a time-invariant complex wavelet transform. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041276 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AND ANALYZING PEDIATRIC ECGs - Related to a method and system for automatically detecting and analyzing pediatric ECGs, the invention comprises a signal acquisition system, a lead number determination module, a QRS wave positioning module, a P and T wave positioning module, a template and waveform analysis module, an automatic comparison module and a display and print module. The invention is a computer-aided analysis to the electrocardiograms of pediatric patients under the age of 16, applicable to the electrocardiograms of children acquired by different numbers of leads, and can be more widely used in clinical application. Moreover, the invention adopts the combined single-lead and multi-lead method to position the easily interfered characteristic points of P, QRS and T waves of pediatric ECGs. Therefore, this method can avoid the errors caused by single-lead calculation, guarantee the accuracy of parameter calculation, and consequently guarantee the accuracy of final automatic analysis results. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041277 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING THE FEATURE OF AN ABDOMINAL BREATHING AND A SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for extracting the feature of an abdominal breathing is disclosed, capable of extracting the feature of an abdominal breathing, without the requirement of a standard model of an abdominal breathing and the execution of a learning process being executed prior to the method for extracting the feature of an abdominal breathing. By means of computing a plurality of intrinsic mode functions corresponding to the abdominal breathing signal received, an Euler angle function and an instantaneous frequency function of each of the plurality of intrinsic mode functions, and comparing the plurality of instantaneous frequency function with a pre-determined zero-point threshold region, the method for extracting the feature of an abdominal breathing defines one of the plurality of instantaneous frequency function as an abdominal breathing feature function, which contains the feature of the abdominal breathing. In this way, the feature of an abdominal breathing is extracted. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041278 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES VIA ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPES - A method for diagnosis of diseases adopted on an electronic stethoscope which includes at least two sound receiving portions, a noise control portion, a processing portion, a data portion and an output portion. The method includes: first, the sound receiving portions receive sound signals issued from a patient's lungs included external noises; next, the sound signals are sent to the noise control portion which eliminates the external noise, and the processing portion to be overlapped and intensified; then characteristic values are retrieved from the sound signals to be compared with disease sound signal data in the data portion; finally the output portion outputs a diseases judgment result. Thus the electronic stethoscope can perform automatic interpretation of diseases to reduce human erroneous diagnostic judgment. Users also can get preliminary understanding of their body conditions when doctors are absent. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041279 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS - A method of diagnosis. The method can include the steps of sampling the breathing of a patient and from the sampling, obtaining a waveform corresponding to a pattern of the breathing of the patient in which the waveform is a repetitive waveform that is indicative of a carbon dioxide concentration in air expired by the patient. The method can also include the steps of processing the waveform to obtain a set of data that reflects the carbon dioxide concentration in the expired air and based on the processing of the waveform, detecting a potential adverse respiratory event in the patient. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041280 | COMPENSATION OF VOLUMETRIC ERRORS IN A GAS MONITORING SYSTEM - A mainstream gas monitoring system ( | 2013-02-14 |
20130041281 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BRAIN WAVES FOR SUPPRESSING APPETITE WHILE DIETING - An apparatus and method for generating brain waves for dieting of a user are disclosed. The brain wave generating apparatus may include a brain wave detection unit to detect whether brain waves related to an increase in appetite are generated from a user; and a brain wave generation unit to generate brain waves related to suppression of appetite when the brain waves related to the increase in appetite are generated from the user. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041282 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING INTERFACIAL IMPEDANCE BETWEEN THE BODY AND A STIMULATING ELECTRODE - An apparatus includes a first electrode connected to one end of a cell within a living body, a second electrode connected to the other end of the cell within the living body. A measurement unit selectively extracts a voltage induced to the first and second electrodes depending on the current applied to the first and second electrodes. A charge storage unit stores a relative potential corresponding to a voltage difference between the first and second electrodes. An A/D conversion unit configured to convert a signal corresponding to the relative potential into a digital signal. An impedance calculation unit configured to calculate interfacial impedance of the first and second electrodes using the digital signal from the A/D conversion unit and the current applied to the second electrode. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041283 | Constraint Modified Signal - Subject matter includes a method comprising: applying a first electrical signal to a subject; identifying a proposal to change the first electrical signal to a proposed second electrical signal; calculating at least one parameter of the proposed second electrical signal; and determining whether the calculated at least one parameter violates any rules. If the at least one parameter does violate any of the rules, then the method further comprises iteratively modifying one or more features of the proposed second electrical signal to arrive at a modified second electrical signal that complies with the rules. If the at least one parameter does not violate any of the rules, then the method further comprises applying the proposed second electrical signal to the subject. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041284 | BIOPSY DEVICE - A biopsy device having a cannula and a translating and rotating cutter with respect to the cannula is disclosed. The biopsy device may have a programmable memory for use in operating the cutter. The biopsy device may also include a reservoir, and may be functional to provide a flow of pressurized liquid through the cutter. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041285 | BIOPSY EXTRACTION UNIT - Biopsy extraction unit for use in relation to a biopsy device provided with an outer cannula. The biopsy extraction unit is provided with a unit handle, an intermediate part and an elongated sample rod, the rod being offset and essentially parallel to the longitudinal central axis of the biopsy extraction unit, wherein the sample rod is adapted to essentially be positioned along an inner wall of the outer cannula when inserted into said biopsy device. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041286 | FULL CORE BIOPSY NEEDLE WITH SECONDARY CUTTING CANNULA - There is shown and described embodiments of a biopsy needle that is simpler to make and use than existing devices. An inner and outer cannula are provided, with the outer cannula having a superelastic finger that lies along the length of the inner cannula in a retracted position and partially covers the lumen of the inner cannula in an extended position. The finger is pointed and in the form of a triangle in a particular embodiment, and does not extend beyond the outer extent of the inner cannula in the extended position. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041287 | Stethoscope Head With Adjustable Audio Frequency - A stethoscope head with adjustable audio frequency includes a head body, a diaphragm and a fastener. The diaphragm includes an annular step and a footing, and is disposed on a sound collecting surface on a front side of the head body and fixed on the head body by the fastener. An outer marginal part of a front side of the head body is provided with the annular step, and a-screw threads are provided on a step surface of the annular step. An annular groove is provided at the sound collecting surface inside the annular step. The inner surface of the annular groove and the bottom surface of annular recess form an obtuse angle γ. The diaphragm footing is disposed in the annular groove. The stethoscope head of the invention is convenient to assemble and the sound effect can be adjusted continuously. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041288 | Apparatus and Method of Monitoring Healing and/or Assessing Mechanical Stiffness of a Bone Fracture Site or the Like - An apparatus and method of monitoring healing and/or assessing mechanical stiffness of a bone fracture or the like is disclosed. The method comprises (a) recording a strut length of a variable length strut with an indicator pin, wherein the strut is on an external fixator is in a no or minimal load situation; (b) inputting such strut length, mounting parameters, and frame parameters into software to determine a first pose and position of the fixator; (c) positioning at least one indicator clip on each side of the indicator pin; (d) applying a load or torque to the bone fracture; (e) recording strut length of the variable length strut in loaded situation; (f) inputting such strut length, mounting parameters, and frame parameters into software to determine for a second pose and position of the fixator in a loaded situation; (g) solving for a change in pose and position by subtracting the second pose and position from the first pose and position; and (h) solving for the stiffness of the bone fracture by dividing the load applied to the bone fracture by the change in position and pose. An apparatus and indicator clip are also disclosed. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041289 | MECHANICAL PIVOT SHIFT MEASUREMENT TO EVALUATE JOINTS - An unmet need of orthopaedic practitioners is a clinically-relevant measurement device and technique to objectively quantify joint (e.g., knee) stability, including rotational stability. An apparatus and method is disclosed for performing a mechanical joint movement test, such as a knee pivot shift test, through the application of standardized dynamic loads (e.g., using a constant-tension spring or other mechanism). When used for knee evaluation, this test reliably induces the characteristic “pivot” tibial subluxation/reduction event in an ACL-deficient knee, allowing for more sensitive detection of deficiencies in rotational knee stability, quantification of the relative importance of knee stabilizers, and comparison of the performance of contemporary ACL reconstruction techniques. The test allows for better understanding joint biomechanics and for defining unique kinematic and kinetic signatures for common joint injuries, such as knee injuries, that will be valuable for diagnostic purposes. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041290 | MEDICAL EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SENSORS IN MOBILE DEVICES - A medical evaluation system includes an I/O module, a processing module, and an analysis module. The I/O module receives sensory data obtained by a motion sensor disposed in a mobile device carried by a patient at least when the patient is in a non-clinical environment. The processing module extracts medically relevant data from the sensory data received from the sensor in the mobile device. The relevant data includes one or more features of interest in the sensory data. The analysis module derives one or more surrogate biomarkers from the relevant data. The surrogate biomarkers represent at least one of a state or a progression of a medical condition of the patient. The mobile device may be a mobile phone carried by the patient and the sensor may include at least one of an accelerometer or a gyroscope that generates the sensory data to represent movements of the patient. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041291 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING A USER'S STRIDES - A system for analyzing a user's strides has a first sensor assembly (EC | 2013-02-14 |
20130041292 | Customizable Haptic Assisted Robot Procedure System with Catalog of Specialized Diagnostic Tips - In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for using a remote control to control an electrosurgical instrument, where the remote controlled (RC) electrosurgical instrument has a universal coupling mechanism to allow switching between an interchangeable catalog of diagnostic tools. A controller within the base of the RC electrosurgical instrument identifies the type of disposable tip attached to the base. The controller, then, activates necessary features for use with the identified tip and deactivates any unnecessary features. A surgeon uses a remote with at least one momementum sensor to control the RC electrosurgical instrument | 2013-02-14 |
20130041293 | LESION GENERATION THROUGH BONE USING HISTOTRIPSY THERAPY WITHOUT ABERRATION CORRECTION - A medical imaging and therapy device is provided that may include any of a number of features. The device may include a Histotripsy transducer, a generator and controller configured to deliver Histotripsy energy from the transducer to target tissue, and an imaging system. In some embodiments, a method of treating tissue with Histotripsy energy comprises positioning a focus of a histotripsy transducer on a target tissue, delivering histotripsy energy from the histotripsy transducer through a bone aberrator, forming a histotripsy bubble cloud on the focus, and preventing the formation of secondary histotripsy bubble clouds without implementing an aberration correction algorithm. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041294 | RANGE OF MOTION DEVICE - An orthosis configured to stretch tissue around a foot and a toe of a wearer is provided. The orthosis includes a first member affixable to the foot and including a first extension member and a second member operatively connected to the first extension member and affixable to the toe, the second member including a second extension member having an arcuate shape. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041295 | STRETCH AND COMPRESS MUSCLE EXERCISE AND SIMULTANEOUS AEROBIC AND STRENGTH TRAINING EXERCISE METHOD FOR MOTIONLESS PATIENT OR NON-PATIENT [...] AS APPLIED TO ALZHEIMER, PARKINSON AND CANCER STUDIES - Aerobic exercise and strength training exercise are simultaneously provided to the body of a motionless patient or non-patient, to gradually increase body strength, increase elasticities of limb arteries, veins and adjacent muscles, reduce heart workload, increase whole body blood flow, provide more oxygen and nutrients to the whole body, increase the rate of removal of cell waste products, to treat, prevent, reduce the rate of progression and reduce the risk of recurrence of diseases and conditions of the whole body. Apparatus provides stretching and compressing muscle exercise for hips, shoulders and limbs of motionless patient or non-patient. A new scientific explanation of aerobic exercise, e.g. walking, is provided which shows the sequence of events within the body during aerobic exercise which causes whole-body benefits shown in hundreds of aerobic exercise studies. The explanation is applied to Alzheimer, Parkinson and Cancer studies to explain the results of the studies. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041296 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING A PATIENT USING VIBRATION STIMULI, TACTILE STIMULI AND/OR THERMAL STIMULI - The invention relates to a device ( | 2013-02-14 |
20130041297 | WIRELESS MASSAGE, HEATING AND LIFT SYSTEM - A massage device including a massage pad including a plurality of vibrating units, a plurality of heating elements, and/or a plurality of lifting actuators connected to a control box which accepts an input from a remote control associated with an action for at least one of the vibrating units, heating elements or lifting actuators and controls the vibrating units, heating elements or lifting actuators to perform the action is provided. Also provided are pre-programmed patterns of massage control actions, which may be input by a user using the remote control and/or a scripting language. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041298 | FOOT COMPRESSION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for dynamic compression of venous tissue enable improved blood movement in the extremities. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a pressure pad provides a compressive force to the venous plexus region of the foot. The pressure pad is successively withdrawn and re-pressed against the foot. Improved blood circulation may reduce the occurrence of undesirable complications such as deep vein thrombosis, ulcers, and the like. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041300 | Knee Orthosis with Hinged Shin and Thigh Cuffs - A disclosed knee orthosis has two vertical struts positioned on opposed sides of a knee joint in a generally parallel relationship. Each vertical strut has a hinge member located at a general middle portion; each vertical strut has a top and bottom end portion. An upper thigh cuff attaches at opposed ends to the upper end portions of the two vertical struts whereas a lower shin cuff attaches at opposed ends to the lower end portions. The lower shin cuff has a pair of hinges located proximal to the shin cuff opposed ends for permitting the shin cuff to pivot downwardly away from a shin of a person wearing the knee orthosis. An alternate embodiment employs hinges located proximal to the thigh cuff opposed ends for permitting the thigh cuff to pivot upwardly away from a thigh of a person when the same motion is performed. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041301 | FLEXIBLE ANATOMICAL SUPPORT - A flexible support including a body configured to provide anatomical support to a user's appendage, and an insert extending along at least a portion of an edge of the flexible support to reduce irritation and fitment discomfort to the user's appendage from the edge. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041302 | FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE GLOVE AND 19+19 DEGREE ERGONOMIC BRACING DEVICES - A functional exercise glove includes a dorsal-side layer having in-plane resistance to stretch in the longitudinal direction of the glove that is greater than its in-plane resistance to stretch transverse to the longitudinal direction. At least one fingertip member transfers an extension/flexion force from a user's finger to the dorsal-side layer upon flexion of the finger. The glove is configured to react the extension/flexion force from the dorsal-side layer into at least one of the heel of the user's hand or the user's wrist. The dorsal-side layer resists extension from flexion of the fingers thereby working finger, hand, wrist, forearm muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, and nerves specific to natural movement patterns. The exercise glove can be used during a job function, regular activity, and while playing a sport like golf, tennis, etc. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041303 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF HEMORRHAGE - A junctional and truncal tourniquet and a hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured and for securing a pressure applying device to a person so that blood vessel-occluding pressure can be applied. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, stays, and a chin support and may be wrapped around a patient's neck as a cervical support collar, or around the torso to occlude blood vessels proximal to an injury on a limb. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041304 | PODIATRIC SYSTEM - A device and method for treating an ingrown nail condition is provided. The method prevents a phenol solution that is applied during a P & A procedure from coming into contact with the surrounding skin and nail bed. The device is essentially a plastic tube which comes in different lengths and widths and has a specially shaped aperture located at one end. A stick-shaped cotton applicator is inserted through the tube so as to ensure direct application of the phenol solution onto only the nail matrix. As a result, the phenol solution is prevented from coming into contact with the skin and nail bed, thereby reducing post-operative healing time, post-operative infection and post-operative pain. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041305 | ARTERIAL SHUNT - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward an arterial shunts for use during vascular surgery. Some embodiments are useful during an endarterectomy, and may be configured for use with specific arteries (e.g., carotid). Additional embodiments may be configured with a filter to prevent clots or plaque from traveling through the shunt, and with a flow meter to provide indication of how much or how little blood is actually passing through the shunt. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041306 | Therapeutic method for treatment of hypertension - A long-term implantable arterio-venous shunt device or creation of a fistula is provided that can be used as a therapeutic method for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The shunt device is implanted between an artery and a vein, preferably between a peripheral artery and the inferior vena cava. The shunt device and method of creating a fistula increases cardiac output and decreases the systemic vascular resistance and allows a blood flow rate through the shunt device of at least 5 ml/min after the implantation. Based on the effects of the method and device to the respiratory, cardiac and circulatory system, the method and device are beneficial as a therapy to patients with problems or conditions related to these systems. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041307 | APPLICATION OF BETA-FUNCTIONALIZED DIHYDROXY-CHLORINS FOR PDT - The present invention provides methods to obtain biologically active compounds that can be used as photosensitizers for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, particularly for PDT of cancer, infections and other hyperproliferative diseases, fluorescence diagnosis and PDT treatment of a non-tumorous indication such as arthritis, inflammatory diseases, viral or bacterial infections, dermatological, ophthalmological or urological disorders. An embodiment of the present invention consists of a method to synthesize diketo-chlorins as precursors. In yet another embodiment these precursors are converted to β-functionalized hydroxy- and dihydroxy-chlorins. Another embodiment is to provide amphiphilic compounds with a higher membrane affinity and increased PDT-efficacy. Another embodiment consists of the formulation of the desired isomer into a liposomal formulation to be injected avoiding undesirable effects like precipitation at the injection site or delayed pharmacokinetics of the tetrapyrrole systems. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041308 | Laser Assisted Nail Avulsion - A method of treating inaccessible microbial infections, the method comprising the steps of exposing the microbe, irradiating the microbe with infrared radiation and cooling such that heat inactivates the pathogen and stimulates a wound healing response in the patient. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041309 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RADIATION ENERGY TREATMENTS - Method to apply photo-stimulation, photo-dynamic therapy and/or ablation laser treatment to biological tissue including directing radiation from at least one radiation energy source for supplying a treatment radiation; adjusting a collimator assembly for directing radiation from the at least one radiation energy source to the treatment site; collecting radiation not absorbed at the treatment site and reflecting the radiation back to the treatment site, while a contact surface of the collector is engaged with the surface of the biomass; maintaining a set distance between the adjustable collimator assembly and the contact surface; and moving a lens relative to an outlet aperture of the adjustable collimator assembly when the collector is adjusted to thereby produce a given spot size, shape or energy density of the treatment radiation emitted from the adjustable head assembly. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041310 | Oral Mucosal Electroporation Device and Use Thereof - The present invention relates to electroporation (EP) devices that are able to generate an electroporation causing electrical field at the mucosal layer, and preferably in a tolerable manner. Further, it includes the generation of a protective immune response, cellular and/or humoral, using the oral EP device along with a genetic construct that encodes an immunogenic sequence. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041311 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR ON-DEMAND ULTRASOUND-TRIGGERED DRUG DELIVERY - Injectable or implantable drug delivery systems providing on-demand ultrasound-triggered drug release and methods for controlling the release of drug in a patient are provided herein. The on-demand drug delivery systems contain a drug depot and a drug encapsulated in an encapsulating material, where the encapsulating material is different from the depot. In the preferred embodiment, the depot also contains microbubbles that encapsulate one or more gases. The microbubbles enhance the drug release when ultrasound is applied compared to the same system in the absence of microbubbles. In a preferred embodiment, the drug delivery system, contains an encapsulating material, preferably liposomes, a drug to be delivered, microbubbles, and at least two hydrogel-forming precursor components. Following injection or implantation, the patient can control the time, location and dosage released by administering ultrasound. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041312 | Using Aqueous Oxygenation to Improve Human Wellness - Dispersing a gas in a liquid to provide a mixture of saturated, supersaturated or hypersaturated solution to provide a suspension of bubbles containing gas therein into which human tissue is immersed for treating same. A two-phase mixture is provided having a dissolved gas and a suspension of microbubbles in a liquid. Methods for making, maintaining, and using the two-phase mixture are provided. The gas molecules may be introduced into the liquid at high velocity under elevated pressure to form a supersaturated solution that retains the dissolved gas concentration in solution when exposed to ambient conditions. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041313 | IRRIGATOR PORT FOR PHLEGM SUCTION TUBE - The tube coupling, which is capable of connecting two injectors with different sizes, includes a tube body and a tube connector. The tube body is hollow and has a coupling end and a check valve. The tube connector is coaxially connected to the coupling end of the tube body and has a joint portion. The joint portion has a passage communicating with the tube body. The check valve flexibly closes the passage from the tube body. A diameter of the passage fits a first injector with a first size, and an outer diameter of the joint portion fits a second injector with a second size. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041314 | Steerable Catheters - A steerable catheter and a method of steering a catheter are provided. The steerable catheter includes a flexible elongate shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion and a cable lumen extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion. The steerable catheter includes a control cable having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the control cable fixed in position relative to the shaft and the second portion movable relative to the shaft and at least a portion of the second portion is extendable through at least a portion of the cable lumen and extendable through the opening. The control cable has a first position where the at least the portion of the second portion is axially extendable away from a wall of the shaft and a second position for delivery of the catheter. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041315 | LIMUS-COATED MEDICAL DEVICES - The present invention is related to a medical device carrying at least on a portion of its surface a Limus drug or Limus drug preparation and butylated hydroxytoluene at a ratio of 3-100% by weight of butylated hydroxytoluene in relation to 100% by weight of the Limus drug. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041316 | CATHETER WITH DISRUPTABLE GUIDEWIRE CHANNEL - The present invention is a catheter device that includes a disruptable guidewire channel. The guidewire channel is configured to provide necessary trackability of the catheter along the guidewire during introduction of the catheter to a treatment site. Once treatment is completed, the guidewire channel can then be disrupted so as to free the guidewire from the catheter in situ. The apparatus of the present invention provides distinct advantages over existing over-the-wire and rapid exchange catheter introduction methods, including the ability to achieve much faster treatment implement exchanges, the ability to rapidly deliver multiple treatment implements in series, and the ability to maintain multiple treatment implements simultaneously at a treatment site using a single guidewire. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041317 | Intravenous Fluid Heater - This invention is directed to a portable intravenous fluid heater that can weight less than 10 oz having an internal power supply internal tubing that is heated by a heating element; a logic assembly; an external power terminal for connecting an external power supply; and computer readable instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform the steps of receiving output temperature from the fluid output heat sensor, removing power from the heating element if the output temperature is above a predetermined temperature to reduce the temperature of fluid exiting the tubing and delivering power to the heating element when the output temperature is below a predetermined temperature. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041318 | DERMAL ACCESS DEVICE - A dermal access device for fluid injection comprising a bearing block for fixation of the device onto a patient's skin, a slider movably connected to the bearing block and a hollow needle arranged at the slider for puncturing the skin, wherein the needle creates a puncture angle with respect to the skin surface when puncturing the skin, which does not exceed 25°. A dermal access device for fluid injection comprising a bearing block for fixation of the device onto a patient's skin, a movable slider connected to the bearing block and a hollow needle arranged at the slider for puncturing the skin, wherein the device comprises a first stop for limiting a first moving direction of the slider at a first puncture position of the needle, where the device comprises a second stop at a second puncture position of the needle for limiting the second moving direction of the slider. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041319 | Medicament Delivery Systems - Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for the delivery of substances to, or the sampling of substances from, a patient using a portable and preferably implantable device. The substances introduced to and/or taken from the patient are preferably fluidic and are driven by a miniature pump, such as a microimpedance pump. A number of design variations are explicitly and implicitly described, such as the use of multiple pumps and multiple reservoirs for containing medicaments. Methods of manufacture of these systems and devices are also described, for instance, using molding, micromachining, or lithographic processes. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041320 | DEVICE FOR GUIDING PERFUSION TUBE(S) - A device for guiding perfusion tube(s) ( | 2013-02-14 |
20130041321 | MEDICATED MODULE WITH USER SELECTION - A medicated module for an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a primary delivery device containing a primary medicament accepts a medicated module containing a single dose of a secondary medicament and where both medicaments are delivered through a hollow needle. The medicated module is user selectable so that it will deliver a priming dose of a primary medicament or both the primary and secondary medicaments. The module also contains a needle guard that locks after dose delivery. The needle guard prevents accidental needle sticks before and after an injection. A locking collar rotates during use as an inner protrusion follows three paths of a track located on the outer surface of a body housing. When the inner facing protrusion is in the third path, it encounters a hard stop and a rotational bias that locks the guard from further refraction and thus covers the sharp distal end of the needle. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041322 | Medicament Delivery Device - A medicament delivery device has proximal and distal housing parts connected along a longitudinal axis, the proximal part for accommodating a medicament container. A drive member inside the distal part has a first circumferential set of interacting devices. A longitudinal plunger rod is rotationally locked through a central passage of the distal part, acts on a stopper inside the container, and is connected to the plunger rod. A turnable dose setting member coaxially arranged around the drive member is rotatably connected to the distal part. A torsion spring is connected to the dose setting member and to a hub of the drive member. The hub, spring, dose setting member, and drive member are coaxial transversally. The drive nut has second interacting devices on its outer surface. When the drive member is rotated by the spring, the drive nut rotates, whereby the plunger rod moves proximally for expelling a dose of medicament. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041323 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a drive means configured to act on a medicament container for expelling a medicament; a holding means configured to hold said drive means in a pre-tensioned state; an activation means configured to interact with said holding means for releasing said drive means from the pre-tensioned state; wherein the device further comprises feedback means configured to interact both with said holding means and with said drive means for generating an audible and/or tactile and/or visual signal indicating that the medicament has been completely expelled. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041324 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a drive means configured to act on a medicament container for expelling a medicament; a holding means configured to hold said drive means in a pre-tensioned state; an activation means configured to interact with said holding means for releasing said drive means from the pre-tensioned state; wherein the device further comprises feedback means configured to interact both with said holding means and with said drive means for generating an audible and/or tactile and/or visual signal indicating that the medicament has been completely expelled. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041325 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - A drug delivery device comprises a housing and a piston rod arranged in the housing. The piston rod is adapted to be moved along an axial direction to dispense a fluid. A drive member arranged in the housing is operatively coupled to the piston rod and adapted to set up a dose of fluid for dispense in response to a first movement. The drive member is also adapted to move the piston rod to dispense the dose in response to a second movement. The drug delivery device also comprises a pre-dispensing drive member operatively coupled to the drive member and the housing and adapted to move at least the drive member by a pre-dispensing distance between its first and second movement. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041326 | INJECTION APPARATUS FOR LONG DISTANCE DELIVERY OF SOFT TISSUE BULKING AGENTS CONTAINING MICROSPHERES - An injection device is formed as a long tubular structure with a wire that controls a piston in the structure from a proximal end, allowing therapeutic material to be injected into a patient through a needle at a distal end. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041327 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a drive means configured to act on a medicament container for expelling a medicament; a holding means configured to hold said drive means in a pre-tensioned state; an activation means configured to interact with said holding means for releasing said drive means from the pre-tensioned state; wherein the device further comprises feedback means configured to interact both with said holding means and with said drive means for generating an audible and/or tactile and/or visual signal indicating that the medicament has been completely expelled. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041328 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a drive means configured to act on a medicament container for expelling a medicament; a holding means configured to hold said drive means in a pre-tensioned state; an activation means configured to interact with said holding means for releasing said drive means from the pre-tensioned state; wherein the device further comprises feedback means configured to interact both with said holding means and with said drive means for generating an audible and/or tactile and/or visual signal indicating that the medicament has been completely expelled. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041329 | NASAL RINSING DEVICE - The present invention is directed towards a nasal rinsing device also known as a neti pot. The neti pot comprises a container body for holding liquid, a removable cap, and an extended pouring spout that directs a saline solution into nasal passages. The cap provides an adequate liquid-seal and venting for airflow into the interior of the pot. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041330 | MICRO-NEEDLE DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD - The present invention provides a micro-needle device that includes a substrate, a micro-needle provided on the substrate, and a physiologically active composition deposited on the micro-needle and/or the substrate. In the micro-needle device, the physiologically active composition contains: at least one polyhydric alcohol selected from glycerin, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and 1,3-butylene glycol; and a physiologically active substance, and contains substantially no water. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041331 | Modular Drug Delivery System for Minimizing Trauma During and After Insertion of a Cochlear Lead - A system for delivering a therapeutic agent to biological tissue includes a surgically implantable lead to be inserted into the biological tissue. The surgically implantable lead includes a preformed cavity. A modular capsule is configured to be retained within the preformed cavity. The modular capsule includes a first therapeutic agent and a second therapeutic agent, wherein the first therapeutic agent elutes rapidly into the biological tissue and the second therapeutic agent elutes more slowly into the biological tissue. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041332 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE DELIVERY OF BLOOD CLOTTING MATERIALS TO BLEEDING WOUNDS - An apparatus for promoting the clotting of blood and controlling bleeding comprises a receptacle for retaining blood clotting material in particulate form therein. A pad for controlling bleeding comprises a mesh structure and a support attached to the mesh structure to facilitate the application of pressure to the pad and the wound. A bandage applicable to a bleeding wound comprises a mesh structure and a flexible substrate attached to the mesh structure, the substrate being a cloth or plastic member that may be adhesively attachable to cover a wound. In any embodiment, at least a portion of the receptacle or mesh structure is defined by a mesh having openings therein, and at least a portion of the particulate blood clotting material is in direct contact with blood. The mesh may include a zeolite powder impregnated or otherwise incorporated therein. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041333 | FOOT MANIFOLDS, APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR APPLYING REDUCED PRESSURE TO A TISSUE SITE ON A FOOT - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying reduced pressure to a tissue site on a foot are provided. An apparatus may include an insole and a tissue contacting surface covering at least a portion of the insole. At least one portion of the tissue contacting surface is removable to form a void. The apparatus may also include a reduced-pressure interface for receiving reduced pressure from a reduced-pressure source, and at least one flow channel fluidly coupled to the reduced-pressure interface and the void. | 2013-02-14 |
20130041334 | WETNESS SENSORS - A wetness sensor includes a self-supporting substrate and an electrically conductive trace carried by the substrate. The trace is patterned to provide at least a portion of a tuned RF circuit, which may be disposed on only one side of the substrate and characterized by an impedance or resistance. The trace is not self-supporting. The substrate is adapted to dissolve, swell, or otherwise degrade when contacted by a target fluid. Such degradation produces a drastic change in the operation of the RF circuit, which can be interpreted by a remote reader as a “wet” condition. Contact of the substrate by the target fluid may change the impedance or resistance of the RF circuit by at least a factor of 5, 10, 100, or 1000, and/or may cause the trace to disintegrate so as to provide the RF circuit with an open circuit, and/or may substantially render the RF circuit inoperative. | 2013-02-14 |