51st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090312627 | Radio-labeled ingestible capsule - A method of determining the location of an ingested capsule comprising the steps of providing an ingestible capsule ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312628 | BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A biological observation apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a sound wave radiating unit that radiates a sound wave into an object to be examined, a light radiating unit that radiates first light having a predetermined wavelength and second light different from the first light into a portion of the object influenced by the sound wave, a detector that detects reflected light of the first light and reflected light of the second light, and a calculation unit that calculates lo characteristic information of the object based on the reflected light of the first light and the reflected light of the second light. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312629 | CORRECTION OF RELATIVE TRACKING ERRORS BASED ON A FIDUCIAL - Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for correction of relative tracking error based on a fiducial. One embodiment is a method for the correction of obtained emplacement data of two surgical instruments by the detection of a detectable fiducial coupled to first surgical instrument by a second surgical instrument or something thereto coupled. The corrected relative emplacements of both surgical instruments is then determined based on the emplacement of the fiducial. This corrected emplacement is then used to produce an image for display. Systems and devices for carrying out the presented methods are also described. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312630 | INFUSION SYSTEMS INCLUDING COMPUTER-FACILITATED MAINTENANCE AND/OR OPERATION AND METHODS OF USE - Methods for setting up, maintaining and operating a radiopharmaceutical infusion system, that includes a radioisotope generator, are facilitated by a computer of the system. The computer includes pre-programmed instructions and a computer interface, for interaction with a user of the system, for example, in order to track contained volumes of eluant and/or eluate, and/or to track time from completion of an elution performed by the system, and/or to calculate one or more system parameters for quality control, and/or to perform purges of the system. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312631 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IN-VIVO PATHOLOGY - Devices, systems and methods for detecting in vivo pathology are provided. An in vivo sensing device comprises a reacting layer with at least one type of binding agent attached thereon, a sensor configured for sensing an optical change occurring on the reacting substrate, and at least one illumination source. In-vivo fluids are in constant contact with the reacting substrate so that in vivo marker indicating pathology may bind to the binding agent attached onto the reacting layer and may be viewed by the sensor. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312632 | SYRINGE PLUNGER SENSING MECHANISM FOR A MEDICAL INJECTOR - Embodiments of an injector, syringe, syringe interface, syringe adapter, and piston/plunger assembly for an injector (of contrast medium, for example) are described. Preferably, the syringe is adapted to engage a syringe interface mechanism such that the syringe may be connected to an injector without regard to any particular orientation of the syringe to the injector or to the piston/plunger assembly. The injector piston or drive member includes a sensing pin positioned at a forward end thereof to sense contact with the syringe plunger during advancement of the piston or drive member to contact the plunger. The piston can be advanced automatically upon connection of, for example, the syringe to the injector, or piston advance can be automated to occur after operator initiation. The injector may include or be adapted to accommodate two syringes, which for example provide for simultaneous injection of fluid into separate injection sites on a patient. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312633 | REFERENCE MEANS FOR PRECISION RADIATION TREATMENT - The present invention relates to a reference means ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312634 | GANTRY SYSTEM - A apparatus particularly well suited for use in medical imaging includes radiation sensitive detectors ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312635 | Automated strontium-rubidium infusion system - This invention relates to medical engineering, in particular, to means of automation of the process of generating a diagnostic solution from a radionuclide strontium-rubidium generator and performing of remote controlled infusion, with automatic control over the key characteristics of the process. The automated strontium-rubidium infusion system comprises a container with eluent, a strontium-rubidium generator with a filter and a pressure sensor at the input, an eluate infusion unit, which are connected by means of a transporting system provided with pipes and two three-way valves, radioactivity measuring means and a control and operating unit. Here, an eluent container is connected to a syringe pump via the first and second ports of the first three-way valve, the first port of the second three-way valve is connected with pipes via the second filter to the eluate infusion unit, and the second port is connected to a waste receptacle. The system additionally comprises the third and fourth three-way valves, the first and second air bubbles detectors are connected to the control and operating unit connected with a computer, where the third three-way valve is connected with its first and second ports via pipes to the third port of the first three-way valve and the input of the strontium-rubidium generator, respectively. The generator output is connected to the first port of the fourth three-way valve, where the third port of the third valve and the second port of the fourth valve are connected with a pipe, the first air bubbles detector is placed on the pipeline between the eluent container and the first port of the first valve, and the second air bubbles detector is placed on the pipeline between the third ports of the fourth and second valves. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312636 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An FSK modulator | 2009-12-17 |
20090312637 | ULTRASOUND MONITORING AND FEEDBACK FOR MAGNETIC HYPERTHERMIA - A method and system of magnetic hyperthermia control using ultrasound thermometry, the method comprising: acquiring a reference set of ultrasound data corresponding to a tissue of interest ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312638 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasound measurement system including a handheld display and processing means, an ultrasound transducer, a processing means of a substantially similar weight to the handheld display and processing means, and a transmission cable interconnecting the handheld display and processing means with the ultrasound transducer and processing means, the cable being of sufficient length to provide a means to mechanically locate the system around the neck of a user. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312639 | ACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of and apparatus for ultrasound imaging whereby an acoustic transmit signal including at least one transmit acoustic frequency is transmitted such that at least some of the acoustic energy of the pulse is transmitted into a body to be imaged being of material which has a response to the acoustic energy which will produce a demodulation of the transmit pulse to produce a demodulated signal; and an acoustic receive comprising echoes of the demodulated signal is received at a frequency that is approximately equal to the frequency of the demodulated signal. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312640 | ADJUNCTIVE ULTRASOUND PROCESSING AND DISPLAY FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING - An adjunctive ultrasound mammography system and associated methods are described comprising an adjunctive ultrasound display configured for quick, intuitive, interactive viewing of data derived from volumetric ultrasound scans, the data being displayed near a conventional x-ray mammogram display. Preferred embodiments for navigating among a thick-slice image array, a selected enlarged thick-slice image, and planar ultrasound views are described, including a preferred embodiment in which the planar ultrasound views are updated in real time as a cursor is moved across an active thick-slice image. In one preferred embodiment the thick-slice images are inverted prior to display, with non-breast areas of the image preferably segmented out and reset to dark. The inverted thick-slice images are of more familiar significance to radiologists having years of expertise in analyzing conventional x-ray mammograms. For example, the inverted thick-slice images allow benign features to be more easily dismissed as compared to non-inverted thick-slice images. Preferred embodiments for computing thick-slice image values from the volumetric scan data are also described that emphasize larger mass lesions in the resulting thick-slice images, and that compensate for mass lesions that straddle thick-slice region borders. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312641 | Method for determining the propagation speed of ultrasonic radiation in a layer of tissue and ultrasound system for performing this method - In a method for determining the propagation speed of ultrasonic radiation in a layer of tissue located in front of a structure reflecting ultrasonic radiation, wherein ultrasonic radiation is transmitted from a transmitter arranged immediately outside the layer of tissue through the layer of tissue onto the structure, and the ultrasonic radiation reflected at the structure is received with a receiver arranged immediately outside the layer of tissue, in order to improve the accuracy of the determination of the speed of propagation, it is proposed that the ultrasonic radiation be transmitted in the form of ultrasonic pulses, and the transit times t | 2009-12-17 |
20090312642 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus in which one of an imaging method with advantageous time resolution and an imaging method with advantageous spatial resolution can be selectively used according to an imaging object. The apparatus includes a transmission control unit for controlling a drive signal generating unit to scan the object while shifting a center position of a group of transducers, which simultaneously transmit ultrasonic waves, by a distance not larger than an interval of plural transducers in a first imaging mode and shifting a center position of a group of transducers, which simultaneously transmit ultrasonic waves, by a distance not less than twice the interval in a second imaging mode, and an image generating unit for generating an image signal at a first frame rate in the first imaging mode and a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate in the second imaging mode. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312643 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC PROBE - An ultrasonic probe having a combination of plural types of functions and thereby easy to carry. The ultrasonic probe includes: a housing part for housing a first group of ultrasonic transducers and a second group of ultrasonic transducers in a first edge part and a second edge part having different curvatures from each other, respectively, the first and second groups of ultrasonic transducers transmitting ultrasonic waves according to drive signals and receiving ultrasonic echoes to output reception signals; and a grip part rotatable relative to the housing part. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312644 | VITAL TISSUE DISCRIMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A vital tissue discrimination device, which includes infrared spectrum acquiring section ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312645 | Methods and Devices for Accessing Anatomic Structures - Described herein are methods and devices for performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). A system comprising an elongate body housing a front-viewing endoscope and a tissue grasping instrument can be used to facilitate the insertion of a catheter into the ampulla of Vater. The distal end of the elongate body can be positioned such that the operator of the system can view the ampulla while manipulating the surrounding tissue to ease cannulation of the opening with the catheter. As a result, the procedure can be performed faster and more reliably than in the past. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312646 | OPTICAL DETECTION OF SEIZURE, A PRE-SEIZURE STATE, AND CEREBRAL EDEMA AND OPTICAL FIBER DETECTION OF THE SAME - A method for using optical parameters to monitor for a physiological event and/or a state prior to the physiological event includes the steps of: illuminating neural tissue with diagnostic light of a predetermined frequency at a predetermined location; detecting magnitude of optical scattering by neural tissue of the diagnostic light as a function of time; and determining a signature signal of the optical scattering of the diagnostic light before the physiological event in the neural tissue becomes clinically manifested. An apparatus includes a source of diagnostic light of a predetermined frequency for illuminating neural tissue at a predetermined location, a detector of optical scattering and/or optical absorption by neural tissue of the diagnostic light as a function of time, and a signal processor for determining a signature signal of the optical scattering and/or optical absorption of the diagnostic light before the physiological event becomes clinically manifested. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312647 | Electronic device and pulse rate calculating method - In an electronic device, a pulse rate measuring unit measures user's pulse rate. For example, the pulse rate measuring unit obtains a change in blood flow from a light passing through a user's fingertip, and measures user's current pulse rate based on it. A pulse rate memory unit has previously stored user's previous pulse rate. A pulse rate calculator calculates the user's pulse rate while changing a ratio of the user's current pulse rate measured by the pulse rate measuring unit to the user's previous pulse rate previously stored in the pulse rate memory unit after starting to measure the user's pulse rate. The user's pulse rate calculated by the pulse rate calculator is displayed as the user's pulse rate on a display unit. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312648 | Adaptive Medical Image Acquisition System - A medical imaging system adaptively acquires anatomical images. The system includes a synchronization processor for providing a heart rate related synchronization signal derived from a patient cardiac function blood flow related parameter. The synchronization signal enables adaptive variation in timing of acquisition within successive heart cycles of each individual image frame of multiple sequential image frames. An image acquisition device initiates acquisition of anatomical images of a portion of patient anatomy in response to the synchronization signal. A display processor presents images, acquired by the acquisition device and synchronized with the synchronization signal, to a user on a reproduction device. The image acquisition device adaptively selects image pixel resolution of individual image frames of the multiple sequential image frames in response to data identifying a heart cycle segment so that successively acquired image frames have different image pixel resolution within a single heart cycle. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312649 | NIGHT RESPIRATION RATE FOR HEART FAILURE MONITORING - The invention refers to a monitoring device for monitoring and analyzing physiological signals. The monitoring device comprises a transthoracic impedance measurement unit and an evaluation unit connected to the transthoracic impedance measurement unit. The transthoracic impedance measurement unit is adapted to conduct a transthoracic impedance measurement and to generate a transthoracic impedance signal representing a measured transthoracic impedance at consecutive points in time. The evaluation unit being configured to process the transthoracic impedance signal received from the transthoracic impedance measurement unit and to thus generate a respiration signal and to generate therefrom an evaluation signal reflecting at least a diurnal pattern of the respiration rate. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312650 | IMPLANTABLE PRESSURE SENSOR WITH AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT AND STORAGE CAPABILITIES - Methods for activating implantable medical devices within a patient's body are disclosed. An illustrative method includes activating an implantable medical device from a low-power state to an awake state in response to a scheduled time event, sensing one or more pressure measurements within the body, computing an average pressure measurement based on the sensed pressure measurements, storing the average pressure measurement within a memory of the implantable medical device, and then returning the device to the low-power state. A triggering event such as the detection of patient activity or motion can also be used to activate the implantable medical device between the low-power state and an active state. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312651 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE CALCULATING BLOOD PRESSURE VALUE - A blood pressure measurement bladder ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312652 | ELECTRONIC MANOMETER FOR APPROPRIATELY ADJUSTING INTERNAL PRESSURE OF CUFF AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic manometer detects pressure within a cuff at which an amplitude of change in a volume of an artery of a measurement subject becomes a maximum by detecting volume of an artery of a measurement subject while superimposing a vibration of high frequency during a period of raising the pressure to apply on the cuff or during a period of lowering after raising to greater than or equal to a systolic blood pressure of the measurement subject. The electronic manometer controls the pressure to apply on the cuff so that the volume of the artery of the measurement subject becomes constant, and measures the blood pressure of the measurement subject from an increased or decreased value of the pressure to apply. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312653 | Method and apparatus for determining cardiac medical parameters from supra-systolicsignals obtained from an oscillometric blood pressure system - A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining certain cardiac medical parameters that are useful is diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease. The apparatus is designed to carry out the method, which includes the steps of:
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20090312654 | GUIDANCE METHOD, APPARATUS THEREOF, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF, AND DEVICE - A first evaluation mode and a second evaluation mode for evaluating with a criterion different from the first evaluation mode are set and the second evaluation mode is applied to acquired information before application of the first evaluation mode to output the evaluation result. A user recognizes that the evaluation result is acquired from the current finger placement. If a change is made in the evaluation result by making transition from the second evaluation mode to the first evaluation mode, the user sensuously recognizes again that the finger placement is not proper from the evaluation result and is prompted to perform a correct operation of the finger position. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312655 | Electrostatic discharge protection for analog component of wrist-worn device - A heart rate monitor with analog and digital input mechanisms is provided with electro static discharge (ESD) protection which protects electrical components within the monitor. The heart rate monitor input mechanisms may include externally exposed sensors comprised of a conducting material, such as metal. The sensors may include push buttons, a dial, and one or more sensors for retrieving a heart rate signal, such as a case back for the monitor device. Internal circuitry such as an integrated circuit (IC) performs operations to provide time, a heart rate, and other information through a display. The ESD protection prevents any voltage discharge accumulating on the externally exposed sensors from reaching the one or more ICs and interrupting or negatively affecting performance of the monitor. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312656 | Electrostatic Discharge Protection For Wrist-Worn Device - Electro static discharge (ESD) protection is provided for electronic devices with integrated circuits, such as for example heart rate monitors. The ESD protection protects against voltage accumulation and discharge through device external parts that are connected to internal device circuitry. The ESD protection isolates the internal device circuitry and provides a low impedance path over which electro static charges and any transient voltages in the device may discharge. The integrated circuits, electrical components, and other parts protected from ESD may be connected to monitor circuitry and be externally exposed, such as sensing or measurement parts exposed outside the device. The external parts may include a sensing case back, sensing push-buttons, or other components that provide a signal to or are otherwise in communication with the internal device circuitry. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312657 | COUPLING AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HEART RATE - The invention relates to a coupling and method in a heart-rate measuring apparatus. The coupling in the heart-rate measuring apparatus ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312658 | Detecting and using heart rate training zone - Methods and devices for comprising: obtaining an estimated heart rate training zone for a user; measuring the pulse rate of the user; and performing a plurality of computerized talk tests, such that a higher number of computerized talk tests are performed when the measured pulse rate is more in the vicinity of the estimated heart rate training zone than outside the vicinity of the estimated heart rate training zone. Other embodiments include devices for controlling an exercise program, comprising: an interface to an element configured to play auditory signals, and an interface to an element configured to record a user's speech in accordance with the auditory signals; wherein the device is configured to provide an indication upon identifying involuntary interruptions in the user's speech. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312659 | MANAGING PRELOAD RESERVE BY TRACKING THE VENTRICULAR OPERATING POINT WITH HEART SOUNDS - A system and method for managing preload reserve and tracking the inotropic state of a patient's heart. The S1 heart sound is measured as a proxy for direct measurement of stroke volume. The S3 heart sound may be measured as a proxy for direct measurement of preload level. The S1-S3 pair yield a point on a Frank Starling type of curve, and reveal information regarding the patient's ventricular operating point and inotropic state. As an alternative, or in addition to, measurement of the S3 heart sound, the S4 heart sound may be measured or a direct pressure measurement may be made for the sake of determining the patient's preload level. The aforementioned measurements may be made by a cardiac rhythm management device, such as a pacemaker or implantable defibrillator. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312660 | Recognition and localisation of pathologic animal and human sounds - A system and method are described for combining the respiratory status (e.g. amount and type of cough) with the localization of organisms having the respiratory status in real time. The organisms are able to suffer from a respiratory complaint, i.e. they have lungs such as mammals especially farm animals and humans. In particular the present invention is advantageous for animals and humans who are exposed to closed confinements such as pens, cages, aircraft, public places where humans are in close proximity to each other. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312661 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CONDITION OF FLOW IN A RESPIRATION SYSTEM - A device for detecting the condition of flow in a respiration system combines the function of a nonreturn valve with the function of flow measurement in a common device. The device includes a valve arrangement ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312662 | Breath Sampling Device and Method for Using Same - There is provided a breath sampling tube including an inner conduit, wherein at least a portion of the inner conduit is non-cylindrical and adapted to store liquids. There is also provided a breath sampling system including a gas analyzer and a breath sampling tube may include an inner conduit, wherein at least a portion of the inner conduit is non-cylindrical and adapted to store liquids. Also provided is a method of breath sampling including channeling breath through a tube having an inner conduit, wherein at least a portion of the inner conduit is non-cylindrical and adapted to store liquids. There is further provided, a self-drying liquid reservoir for a breath sampling tube comprising a housing having a diameter larger than the diameter of the sampling tube; and a wick material essentially within the housing adapted to retain liquid, wherein the reservoir is adapted to permit gas flow through the housing. There is provided a breath sampling system including a gas analyzer and a self-drying liquid reservoir for a breath sampling tube comprising a housing having a diameter larger than the diameter of the sampling tube and a wick material essentially within the housing adapted to retain liquid, wherein the reservoir is adapted to permit gas flow through the housing. There is also provided a method of breath sampling comprising channeling breath through a self-drying liquid reservoir for a breath sampling tube comprising a housing having a diameter larger than the diameter of the sampling tube and a wick material essentially within the housing adapted to retain liquid, wherein the reservoir is adapted to permit gas flow through the housing. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312663 | System and Method for Neurometric Analysis - A system, comprises a plurality of neurometric analyzing software modules operating on electroencephalogram (EEG) data, each module performing a defined task with respect to neurometric analysis of the EEG data and a database including normative neurometric data in combination with a server including an authorization module, the authorization module comparing data received from a remote user to determine whether the user is authorized to utilize any of the plurality of analyzing software modules and an analysis module configured to receive input data from a patient and select one of the neurometric analyzing modules based on the input data, wherein the selected one of the neurometric analyzing modules compares the input data to the normative neurometric data to generate an output, the analysis module selecting the one of neurometric analyzing modules from a set of subscribed neurometric analyzing modules. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312664 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING EEG DATA - An apparatus for obtaining EEG data includes a signal processing component for receiving EEG signals from each of a plurality of electrodes and a data output component. The signal processing component is arranged to convert respective EEG signals in real time to a reduced data set and provide the reduced data set to the data output component. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312665 | MENTAL WORK LOAD DETECTOR AND MOTORCYCLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A mental work load detector arranged to sense the electroencephalogram of a person and estimate a mental work load on the perceptual-motor system and a mental work load on the perceptual-central processing system separately from each other includes a electroencephalogram sensor arranged to sense the electroencephalogram of a rider, an eye fixation-related potential detector arranged to detect an eye fixation-related potential by analyzing the electroencephalogram and to detect a lambda response, an event-related potential measuring device arranged to measure an event-related potential in response to a sound from a speaker and to detect auditory p300, a lambda response comparator arranged to determine whether the lambda response has decreased, an auditory p300 comparator arranged to determine whether the auditory p300 has decreased, and a mental work load determiner arranged to determine that the mental work load on the perceptual-central processing system has increased if the lambda reaction and the auditory p300 has decreased and that the mental work load on the perceptual-central processing system has increased if the auditory p300 has decreased but the lambda response has not decreased. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312666 | SKIN CONDUCTION MEASURING APPARATUS - In this skin conduction measuring apparatus, bipolar pulse currents generated by current generator sections | 2009-12-17 |
20090312667 | Birth Prediction Reporting System for Live Stock Animals - A system of accurately predicting birth of large-sized livestock such as cows sufficiently before the time of making delivery preparations and attending delivery is provided. Vaginal temperatures of livestock such as cows measured by temperature sensor/transmission modules | 2009-12-17 |
20090312668 | Computational system and method for memory modification - Systems and methods are described relating to activating at least one consolidated memory of an individual; presenting an indication of at least one memory-dampening agent to the individual; and presenting to the individual at least one artificial sensory experience for reconsolidation of the at least one consolidated memory. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312669 | Blood Expression Device - An embodiment of a device for expressing blood from a wound site formed in dermal tissue is constructed in the shape of a cap removably mounted onto a lancing instrument. The blood expression device includes an annular support member and a plurality of movable fingers integrally formed onto the support member in a spaced apart relationship, the free ends of the plurality of fingers together defining a generally circular opening. Each finger is adapted for pivotal displacement in such a manner that, its free end projects into the circular opening. In use, the free ends of the plurality of fingers are disposed in contact against the dermal tissue immediately surrounding the wound site. As the device is urged downward onto the dermal tissue, the free ends of the plurality of fingers collapse inward from the force of an axially movable sleeve and pinch into the dermal tissue, resulting in the expression of blood. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312670 | Wire guide having a rib for coil attachment - The present invention generally relates to a medical surgical device and specifically a wire guide for percutaneous placement within a body cavity. In one embodiment, the wire guide includes an elongated core member having a proximal stop and a distal stop and a rib positioned between the proximal stop and the distal stop. A first coil is positioned over the elongated core member and extends between the proximal stop and the rib. A second coil is positioned over the elongated core member and extends between the rib and the distal stop. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312671 | EVALUATING SYSTEM OF MASTICATORY EFFICIENCY AND ARTIFICIAL FOOD MATERIAL - The present invention provides a evaluating system of masticatory efficiency comprising,
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20090312672 | FLEXIBILITY ASSESSMENT APPARATUS - A sit and reach flexibility assessment apparatus comprises a spine with a measuring rule, footplates mounted on either side of the spine and rotatable out of the and at approximate right angles to the plane of the spine, and heel rests mounted at the base of the footplates and rotatable to a position at approximate right angles to the footplates and the spine. The apparatus also has storage compartments and a carry handle. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312673 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ENERGY TO TISSUE - Methods and apparatus for treating a patient include an ablation device for treating atrial fibrillation. The device includes a housing having proximal and distal ends, and an energy source adjacent the distal end of the housing. The energy source has an active portion and an inactive portion. The active portion is adapted to deliver energy to tissue when the energy source is energized. This creates a partial or complete zone of ablation in the tissue that blocks abnormal electrical activity, thereby reducing or eliminating atrial fibrillation in the patient. The inactive portion does not emit energy or emits substantially no energy when the energy source is energized. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312674 | ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE AND PNEUMATIC MASSAGE APPARATUS - A compact and lightweight electromagnetic valve with a check valve is provided. In the electromagnetic valve, a plunger | 2009-12-17 |
20090312675 | SUB-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHAMBER FOR MECHANICAL ASSISTANCE OF BLOOD FLOW - A sub-atmospheric pressure treatment device may include a chamber, a vacuum source, a pulse sensor, and a controller. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312676 | Metabolic Sink - A method for increasing metabolism of a subject's body in order to lose weight, comprising:
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20090312677 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR WALKING ASSIST DEVICE - A control device for a walking assist device is provided. The control device has a means that decides whether the total sum of measured values of treading forces of the legs of a user is greater than a predetermined value and a means which determines a predetermined ratio according to observed values or desired values of reference parameters obtained immediately before a negative determination result by using supporting forces acting on the leg links from the floor side as the reference parameters. This is in the case where the determination result of the decision means is negative and is a process undertaken instead of determining the predetermined ratio between the supporting forces acting on the leg links according to the measured values of the treading forces of the legs of the user. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312678 | SINGLE-MOTOR MASSAGER - A single-motor massager has a base, a carriage, a gear shaft assembly, a massager assembly and a motor. The base has two gear racks. The carriage is mounted movably on the base. The gear shaft assembly is mounted on the carriage and is mounted movably on the gear racks of the base. The massaging assembly is mounted on the carriage and connects to the gear shaft assembly. The motor drives the massaging assembly of the massager assembly to provide massaging function and to move the carriage and the gear shaft assembly and the massaging assembly along the base. With the two gear racks, the massaging assembly moves stably. With only one motor and the simplified gear shaft assembly and massager assembly, the manufacturing process of the massager is simplified and the cost of the massager is reduced. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312679 | Apparatus for dry hydro-therapy body massage of a user in a seated position - An apparatus for dry hydro-therapy body massage of a user in a seated position includes a housing structure having a user support surface wherein an upper body portion and a lower body portion of a user are supported in relative angular relation, and a fluid spray arrangement interiorly within the housing structure for directing a fluid stream at the user support surface for imparting a massaging effect through the support surface to the upper body portion and lower body portion of the user. The fluid spray arrangement is movable for travel along the user support surface in a first path of travel generally along the upper body portion of the user and a second path of travel angularly relative to the first path of travel generally along the lower body portion of the user. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312680 | Apparatus for dry hydro-therapy body massage with fluid spray control device - In an apparatus for dry hydro-therapy body massage comprising a housing structure having a user support surface and a fluid spray arrangement interiorly within the housing structure for directing a fluid stream at the user support surface for imparting a massaging effect through the support surface to the body of a user thereon, a control device is disposed within the housing structure between the fluid spray arrangement and the user support surface for altering directional flow of the fluid stream relative to a selected portion of the user's body. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312681 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR JOINT THERAPY AND STABILIZATION - A joint therapy system and method is shown for proving thermal therapy and joint stability in dual modes of operation. In some embodiments, a treatment system is shown utilizing an orthopedic support for supporting a joint region and having one or more of temperature control capabilities, compression capabilities, and bracing capabilities that may, for example, be used to reduce recover time, limit edema, and protect joints from improper movement while healing from orthopedic surgeries. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312682 | Walking assistance device - Provided is a femoral support member ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312683 | Knee rehabilitation exercise device - A knee rehabilitation exercise device comprised of a right and left leg brace, a rear knee strap, an upper leg strap assembly, a lower leg strap assembly, a portable rear brace assembly and an elastic resistance band. The left and right leg brace members are each comprised of an upper member and a lower member rotatably pinned together at the area of the knee joint. The left and right leg braces are attached to the upper and lower leg strap assembly. The rear knee strap is attached to the left and right leg braces at the knee joint. When a user places the elastic band onto L hooks mounted on the upper and lower strap assembly and the rear brace assembly is placed between the rear of the user's knee and the elastic band, a resistive stretching is caused when the user straightens his leg which exercises and strengthens the user's leg muscles in the area of the knee joint. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312684 | UNDERPAD FOR PREVENTING AND REDUCING SKIN WOUNDS - An underpad including a top fabric layer constructed of a therapeutic fabric for the prevention and treatment of skin wounds, and pressure wounds in particular, is disclosed. The underpad also includes an absorbent middle layer and liquid impermeable bottom layer. The therapeutic fabric includes warp yarns and filling yarns woven to provide a smooth fabric surface. One of the warp or filling yarns is at least about 40% by weight of the therapeutic fabric of continuous filament nylon, and the other of the warp or filling yarns is from about 0% to about 60% by weight of the therapeutic fabric of continuous filament polyester or nylon having non-round filament cross sections. The therapeutic fabric includes a conductive yarn at about 1% to about 2% by weight to control static dissipation, and an antimicrobial substance is topically applied or inherently available in the therapeutic fabric. A method of preventing and treating skin wounds, and pressure wounds in particular, is also disclosed. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312685 | Adhesive Wafer - An adhesive wafer for an ostomy faceplate or wound dressing comprising a backing layer, said backing layer having one surface facing the skin, said surface comprising a first and a second adhesive zone being separated from each others by a void volume, said void volume being defined by the backing layer, the first and the second adhesive zones and the skin surface and wherein the first and the second adhesive zones are capable of moving independently of each others with respect to the lateral plane of the backing layer. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312686 | BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND PRIMING METHOD THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a blood purification apparatus and a priming method thereof which can firmly perform the bubble purging smoothly and in a short time during priming operation. According to the blood purification apparatus of the present invention, the tip of the arterial blood circuit can be connected to and communicated with the tip of the venous blood circuit during priming of the blood purification apparatus before dialysis, and the blood purification apparatus can perform a priming solution charging step for supplying and charging the blood circuits with priming solution under a condition in which the tip of the arterial blood circuit and the tip of the venous blood circuit are connected to and communicated with each other; and a priming solution circulating step for forcing the charged priming solution to be flowed and circulated through the blood circuits by successively changing the driving speed of the blood pump after the priming solution charging step. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312687 | Dialysis Catheter - A medical catheter comprising a first return lumen, a plurality of withdrawal lumens, a first clamping member and a plurality of intake extension tubes. Each intake extension tube communicates with an intake lumen of the catheter to provide fluid communication with the respective intake lumens. The intake extension tubes are positioned in a stacked arrangement, and the clamping member has a plurality of posts to receive the stacked tubes to limit lateral movement thereof. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312688 | IONTOPHORESIS DRUG DELIVERY FORMULATION PROVIDING ACCEPTABLE SENSATION AND DERMAL ANESTHESIA - A shelf-stable electrically assisted transdermal drug delivery system for highly effective electrotransport of an anesthetic and a vasoconstrictor producing clinically acceptable dermal anesthesia and sensation is provided. In certain embodiments the anesthetic includes lidocaine and the vasoconstrictor includes epinephrine. Medicament delivery is affected to provide dermal anesthesia with little or no sensation during delivery, as measured by a variety of indicator tests. Methods of producing dermal anesthesia in patients are also provided. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312689 | Adjustable Current Electrotransport Fentanyl Delivery Device - A transdermal electrotransport fentanyl delivery system having relatively stable fentanyl flux. The system has a controller that controls a current through a donor reservoir wherein the current is generally changed nonlinearly with time with conductance or resistance as a factor to result in a relatively stable fentanyl flux. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312690 | SELECTIVE PERIPHERAL NERVE PLEXUS IMPLANTABLE INFUSION DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a closed system and method for selectively infusing anesthetics into a peripheral nerve or plexus. A method of providing long term pain management is disclosed herein. In the method, a catheter is surgically implanted to create an infusion site at a peripheral neural structure. An implantable pump and reservoir are surgically implanted in subcutaneous tissue. The pump is then operated to deliver a predetermined dosage of medication through the catheter into the infusion site, whereby pain management is provided. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312691 | MICRO NEEDLE ROLLER ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a micro needle roller assembly comprising a roller head including an external cylindrical member having a plurality of micro needles mounted on a surface thereof and an internal member placed in the external member and supported to the external member by supporting piece; and a handling member coupled to the internal member for rotating the internal member of the roller head; the micro needles, the external cylindrical member and the internal member being made of polymer resin. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312692 | SHEAR STRESS ULTRASONIC HORN FOR ULTRASONIC SURGICAL ASPIRATION - An ultrasonic horn for use with an ultrasonic surgical hand piece including a resonator comprises a contacting annulus having a plurality of angled lands. The lands are alternated around the annulus such that adjacent lands have opposite angles. As a result of the adjacent angled lands, a shear stress field is developed in contacted tissue due to the promotion of refracted longitudinal ultrasonic waves propagating in different directions at the interface to the coupled tissue. The shear stress field enhances the fragmentation and removal rate of fibrous, elastic, and tenacious tissue. The horn is hollow permitting suction to be applied to the tissue for controlling tissue contact with the lands. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ENERGY TO TISSUE - Systems and methods for noninvasive skin treatment and deep tissue tightening are disclosed. An exemplary method and treatment system are configured for controlled thermal energy delivery to treat subdermal regions of the skin. First, specific control parameters such as power, skin temperature, and ultrasound frequency are chosen so as to provide localized delivery of ultrasound to a region of interest. Then, ultrasound energy is delivered at a frequency, depth, distribution, timing, and energy density to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312694 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIALYSIS MACHINES - A dialysis machine includes a control unit having a user interface; a heater(s) located separate from the control unit; a supervisory processor located with the control unit; a delegate control processor located with the heater(s), the delegate control processor in communication with the supervisory processor and configured to receive load cell, heater(s) plate and supply bag temperature sensor inputs; and a sub-delegate heater(s) processor in communication with the control processor and configured to control power to the heater(s). The machine can also include primary and secondary monitoring processors that perform a safety check to the control processing and monitor the load cell. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312695 | Automatic Heart Rate Triggering of Injection of Radiopharmaceuticals for Nuclear Stress Test - A radiopharmaceutical injection system having a powered injector that includes radiation shielding, a biometric sensor, and a controller communicatively interconnected with both the powered injector and the biometric sensor. The controller may be configured to control the powered injector in response to a signal from the biometric sensor that indicates a biometric parameter is within a target range. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312696 | Devices, Systems, and Related Methods for Delivery of Fluid to Tissue - Described are devices useful to deliver fluid to tissue of the bladder, bladder neck, prostate, urethra, ureter, kidney, and related methods, the devices including one or a combination of features such as a steerable shaft, an optical mechanism, multiple fluid delivery orifices that may be moveable or extendable laterally, longitudinally, or distally; the methods allowing for delivery of one or multiple types of fluid to tissue such as the bladder (including the bladder neck), urethra, prostate, kidney, ureter, etc. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312697 | SURGICAL SEAL WITH VARIABLE DIAMETER - A surgical access assembly dimensioned for positioning within a patient's tissue includes a seal member having an internal channel defined therein for the reception of a closure member, and an aperture extending through the seal member that is configured to removably receive a surgical object upon its insertion into the surgical access assembly. The closure member is selectively actuable to transition the seal member from a first condition, in which the aperture includes a first diameter, to a second condition, in which the aperture includes a second diameter. The second diameter is less than the first diameter and substantially approximates an outer dimension of the surgical object such that a substantially fluid-tight seal is formed therewith. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312698 | BI-DIRECTIONAL STEERABLE SHEATH - A deflectable sheath with increased range of curvature for human use is provided. The improvement focuses on the use of different durometer polymers that compose the lumen in the portion of deflection. The use of differing durometer polymers allow the deflectable sheath to be bent in a multitude of asymmetric curvature radii therefore providing the physician with a sheath that can traverse different regions of the body than with previous sheaths. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312699 | BI-DIRECTIONAL CATHETER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREFOR - A catheter assembly includes a catheter body extending from a deflectable distal end to a proximal end, and the catheter body includes an actuator lumen. A housing is engaged to the proximal end of the catheter body. A flexible element extends from the housing through the actuator lumen to the deflectable distal end. The deflectable distal end is deflected by pushing and pulling of the flexible element. An actuator is movably coupled with the housing and connected to the flexible element. A tubular support is engaged around the flexible element and connected to the actuator, the tubular support moves with the actuator, and the tubular support substantially constrains lateral movement of the flexible element. The tubular support is telescopically received and engaged with an inner surface of the actuator lumen. The inner surface of the actuator lumen substantially constrains lateral movement of the tubular support and the flexible element. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312700 | Device for Minimally Invasive Insertion into a Physiological Lumen - A device for the minimally invasive insertion into a lumen of a hollow organ comprises a hose-shaped wall ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312701 | Device for Gastric Feeding and Drainage Via an Artificial Stoma - The invention describes a closure device for the provision of freshly created gastric feeding fistulas, the basis of the design of the device being an introverted balloon that allows a sealing and hemostatic axial traction movement on the fistula that is to be sealed, the concentric balloon ends which run transmurally through the stomach and abdominal wall being arranged in a special seal-promoting and hemostatic manner. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312702 | BIFURCATION CATHETER ASSEMBLY WITH DISTALLY MOUNTED SIDE BALLOON AND METHODS - A catheter assembly and related methods directed to a main balloon and a side balloon, wherein the side balloon is coupled in fluid communication with the main balloon at a location distal of the side balloon. In one example, a side inflation member couples the side balloon in fluid communication to the main balloon at a distal end portion of the main balloon. A side catheter branch of the catheter assembly, which defines a side guidewire lumen, can be operatively mounted to the side balloon at a side balloon connection point to help maintain alignment of the side catheter branch relative to the side balloon. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312703 | Injection Syringe - The syringe is intended for one-off use and has a syringe barrel ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312704 | NEEDLE CONTAINING MEDICAL DEVICE WITH VARIABLE LOCKING TO NEEDLE HOLDER - A needle containing medical device having a retractable needle [ | 2009-12-17 |
20090312705 | Automatic Injection Device - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312706 | TRANSDERMAL LOCAL ANESTHETIC PATCH WITH INJECTION PORT - Described herein are transdermal delivery devices composed of at least one resealable injection port and at least one local anesthetic reservoir. The device effectively delivers anesthetic to the skin of the subject prior to puncturing the skin by syringes, needle sticks, or other instruments intended to be inserted into the skin. In addition, this device can be used to deliver various therapeutic agents for either locally or systemically. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312707 | NEEDLED PHARMACEUTICAL DELIVERY DEVICE WITH TRIGGERED AUTOMATIC NEEDLE INSERTION AND MANUALLY CONTROLLED PHARMACEUTICAL INJECTION - A pharmaceutical delivery device with triggered automatic needle insertion and manually controlled pharmaceutical injection. The pharmaceutical delivery device includes a housing, a pharmaceutical containing needled syringe having an injection tip that is recessed within the housing when the syringe is in a first position and which projects from the housing when the syringe is in a second position, a syringe advancing assembly operable to automatically advance the needled syringe from the first position to the second position, a plunger including an input portion projecting from the housing for manual access by a user, wherein the plunger is operable by the user directly shifting the input portion when the syringe is disposed in the second position to inject pharmaceutical from the syringe through the needle at a rate adjustably controlled by a user during the injection, and wherein the plunger includes a plunger extender automatically movable within the housing from a first location to a second location upon the needled syringe advancing from the first position to the second position, wherein the plunger extender, when in the second location, occupies a space vacated by the needled syringe during advancement from the first position to the second position, whereby the plunger input portion remains stationary relative to the housing during the advancement of the needled syringe. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312708 | Fluid transportation system and method of setting fluid ejection amount - A fluid transportation system includes a fluid transportation device housing a flexible tube, a pump unit for ejecting a fluid by squeezing the tube, a communication section, and a battery, an ejection data processing device having an input device for inputting to the fluid transportation device a driving condition for ejecting a desired ejection amount of the fluid, a display section for displaying at least the driving condition, and a communication device for connecting the fluid transportation device and the ejection data processing device to each other, wherein the fluid transportation device is driven based on the driving condition input from the ejection data processing device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312709 | SELF-CONTAINED PUMP - A self-contained pump is disclosed that is an integrated pump. It has a reservoir, a pumping mechanism, and at least one outlet. The pumping mechanism is for controlled compression of the reservoir to force a required volume of fluid in the reservoir through the at least one outlet. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312710 | EXPANDABLE SURGICAL PORTAL - Systems, kits, and methods for establishing percutaneous access are described. A system typically includes a deformable variable diameter cannula sleeve (DVDCS) and a guidewire. The DVDCS will generally have two states, an initial, un-activated condition and a second, activated condition, brought about and controlled under the discretion of the operator. The methods comprise creating an initial access point and tissue tract with a needle, positioning a guidewire through the initial tissue tract, passing the deformable variable diameter cannula sleeve over the guidewire through the tissue tract to a target blood vessel or cavity, and activating the DVDCS to effect radial deformation of the surrounding tissue. Use of the DVDCS reduces the risk of injuring tissue surrounding the tissue tract by lessening the axial forces imparted to the tissue. Kits comprise at least one deformable variable diameter cannula sleeve together with instructions for use. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312711 | NEEDLE SHIELD AND INTERLOCK - A needle shield system may include a needle, an inner tube, a clip within the inner tube, an outer tube, and/or a housing. A method of shielding a needle may include housing a portion of a needle within a clip, housing the clip within an inner tube, housing the inner tube within an outer tube, housing the outer tube within a housing, interlocking the outer tube and the housing, withdrawing the needle from the clip, trapping a tip of the needle between the clip and the inner tube, partially withdrawing the inner tube from the outer tube, and/or releasing the outer tube and the housing from each other. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312712 | Medical Device Anchor and Method of Manufacture Thereof - A medical device anchor for use with electrical stimulation leads or catheters, and method of manufacture thereof. The anchor may include a gripping structure and a body portion molded on the gripping structure. The gripping structure forms a serpentine arrangement of a continuous nature with axial segments alternately interconnected between shoulder segments and bridging segments. The shoulder segments extend radially outward relative to the through hole further than the axial segments. The body portion may be formed by molding to securely capture the shoulder in the body portion, with the body portion being molded of material that is softer and more compliant than the gripping structure. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312713 | METHOD FOR MARKING PHARMACEUTICAL ARTICLES - A method for marking pharmaceutical articles is characterized by comprising marking the pharmaceutical articles with an ink that is invisible under normal light conditions and that is visible under specific light conditions, such as under UV light. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312714 | SYRINGE, CAPSULE DEVICE THEREFORE, AND SYRINGE DEVICE - A syringe including a front end and a rear end. A front portion of the syringe having an axially extending hollow needle that projects from the front end. The rear end of the needle is in fluid communication with a space that extends substantially to the rear end of the syringe. A plunger extends axially and is movable to and fro in the space and is designed such that, when drawn out, it sucks liquid through the needle and, when pressed in, discharges liquid through the needle. A radially projecting flange element in the front portion of the syringe is designed in such a way that it can be gripped between the thumb and middle finger of a user's hand. The syringe is dimensioned so as to permit injection using the index finger of the same hand. A capsule device for at least partially accommodating a syringe. A syringe device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312715 | NEEDLE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR A MEDICATION INJECTION DEVICE - A needle mounting assembly for mounting a pen needle in fluid communication with a medication cartridge includes a collet and a stop collar. The collet defines an opening in which is slidably fittable the outlet end of the cartridge, and the collet is shiftable relative to the cartridge outlet end between a first and a second axial position. The collet includes a base and a plurality of fingers that are forward of the base. When the collet is disposed in the first axial position, the fingers are disposed in a first radial arrangement in which a needle hub of the pen needle can be freely axially placed onto and freely axially removed from the fingers. When the collet is moved to the second position the fingers are shifted by engagement with the cartridge outlet end to a second radial arrangement to operationally secure the needle hub while the pen needle pierces the cartridge septum. The movement of the collet back to the first position proceeds in reversed order enabling free axial removal of the needle hub from the mounting assembly. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312716 | MEDICATION CARTRIDGE PISTON - A medication cartridge piston of a cartridge for an injection device. In one form, the piston includes a body ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312717 | Medical Delivery System with a Rotatable Coding Element - A medical delivery system ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312718 | CATHETER WITH VALVE - A catheter including one or more bidirectional valves is provided. The catheter includes a tubular body having proximal and distal ends, and inner and outer surfaces, and at least one valve formed near the distal end of the tubular body. The valve includes a deformation portion that defines a slit that is openable and closable. The openable/closable slit communicates from the inner surface to the outer surface of the tubular body, wherein the distance between the inner surface and the outer surface of the tubular body progressively becomes thinner approaching the openable/closable slit within the deformation portion. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312719 | Intravenous drip set controller with flusher - A regulating device for an intravenous drip set comprising of a main housing unit ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312720 | Post Laser Drilling Stress Relief of Surgical Needles Made of Refractory Alloys - A method of stress relieving drilled surgical needles is disclosed. At least the metal about a drilled bore hole is heat treated to relieve stress without annealing. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312721 | Implantable Drug Reservoir and Device Having an Implantable Drug Reservoir - The invention relates to an implantable drug reservoir ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090312722 | INJECTION FLUID LEAKAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for collection of fluids, as may be used in evaluation of drag dose delivery completeness after parenteral injection by measuring fluid volume leakage from the injection site is provided. The system and method optionally separate the collection and measurement steps, which make the system and method easy to use in multi-site clinical trials, and for batch weighing operations. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312723 | Wound treatment apparatus and method - An apparatus for cleansing wounds with means for applying flow stress to the wound bed; and in which irrigant fluid from a reservoir connected to a conformable wound dressing and wound exudate from the dressing are moved by a device (which may be a single pump or two pumps) for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for providing simultaneous aspiration and irrigation of the wound, and means for applying flow stress to the wound bed. The former removes materials deleterious to wound healing, while distributing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing over the wound bed. The latter promotes wound healing. The dressing and a method of treatment using the apparatus. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312724 | Nasal and Ophthalmic Delivery of Aqueous Corticosteroid Solutions - The present invention is directed to methods of treating nasal and/or ophthalmic diseases, symptoms, or disorders that are therapeutically responsive to corticosteroid therapy by delivering aqueous solution formulations comprising a corticosteroid to nasal and ophthalmic tissues. The invention is also directed to methods, systems, devices, and compositions for delivering aqueous solution formulations comprising a corticosteroid and an antihistamine to nasal and ophthalmic tissues. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312725 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY FLUID COLLECTION CANISTER - A system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound includes a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject, a subatmospheric pressure mechanism having a vacuum source for presenting subatmospheric pressure at the wound bed and a collection canister. The collection canister includes a canister housing defining an internal chamber for collecting exudates from the wound bed removed under subatmospheric pressure, an inlet to receive the exudates for depositing in the internal chamber, an outlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source and a valve mounted adjacent the inlet. The valve is adapted to open in the presence of a vacuum condition within the internal chamber to permit the exudates to flow therethrough and to close in the absence of a vacuum condition within the internal chamber. The valve reduces the amount of exudates leakage, and eliminates the need for the use of clamping or the like to clamp about the system tubing. The collection canister may include a valve housing at least partially disposed within the internal chamber of the canister housing. The valve housing defines a valve seat having an opening in fluid communication with the inlet. The valve is mounted to the valve seat adjacent the opening and movable relative to the valve seat between a closed position occluding the opening of the valve seat and an open position at least partially exposing the opening in the valve housing. The valve may be a zero closure valve such an umbrella valve. | 2009-12-17 |
20090312726 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF HUMAN BODY FLUIDS - The present invention relates to the analysis apparatus capable of collecting the body fluid such as urine or blood, for embodiment urination and measuring or calculating the specific constituent from the collected body urine, and the apparatus for collecting body fluid capable of using by connecting to the analysis apparatus and its related article, in which the apparatus for collecting and analyzing for the body fluid of a patient consists of the body fluid collecting part and the collecting part case, the apparatus for collecting body fluid consists of the body fluid collecting part, the total tube and adapter, the collecting part is constructed with the absorbing tube, the sensor tube, the cleansing tube and the passage and is attachable/detachable connected to the collecting part, a diaper and pants exclusive for a patient are provided as the related article such that it is convenient to posses and has effects in the urination having no relations to the intention of a patient or in case of unable to use hand or foot by the intention, moreover in using together with a diaper and in nursing acute and chronic patient. | 2009-12-17 |