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20090062769 | RAPID EXCHANGE CATHETER CONVERTER - Designs and methods for devices that prevent accidental or inadvertent lateral removal of a guidewire from the guidewire entry tool of a rapid exchange catheter. A first device takes the form of a funnel sized and shaped to slide into the guidewire entry tool. Another illustrative device is shaped and adapted to slide into the guidewire exit slot of the guidewire entry tool, blocking the slot until the converter is removed. In further embodiments, guidewire entry tools include a guidewire exit slot allowing for selective movement of a guidewire laterally from within a catheter. The slot may be designed with structures adapted to prevent inadvertent lateral movement of a guidewire from within the slot. The slot may be formed in a zigzag shape or may include a number of protrusions. Alternatively, the guidewire entry tool may include a split ring that rotates from a first position to a second position, the first position allowing lateral removal of a guidewire and the second position preventing such removal. | 03-05-2009 |
20130289529 | IMPLANT WITH HIGH VAPOR PRESSURE MEDIUM - An implant delivery system can be configured to deliver an inflatable implant into a bladder via a urethra. The delivery system can comprise an elongate tubular body, an inflation tube and an implant decoupler. The tubular body can comprise a central lumen configured to hold an inflatable implant in an initial un-inflated state for delivery of the implant into the bladder. A method of use can include passing a distal tip of the elongate tubular body into the bladder. The implant can be inflated and released into the bladder. | 10-31-2013 |
20150216644 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and can include one or more of an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device. | 08-06-2015 |
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20130101592 | S100A4 ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - The invention relates to antibodies against S100A4, methods for the preparation of these antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic uses thereof. | 04-25-2013 |
20140050734 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE S100P PROTEIN FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER - The present invention relates to the use of antibodies against the S100P protein for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer; and to methods and kits for diagnosing cancer in vitro by means of detecting the levels of S100P in a biofluid, preferably with an antibody. The invention also relates to specific anti-S100P monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cell lines producing them and method for obtaining them, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions and conjugates containing them. | 02-20-2014 |
20150079097 | S100A4 ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - The invention relates to antibodies against S100A4, methods for the preparation of these antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic uses thereof. | 03-19-2015 |
20160090412 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE S100P PROTEIN FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER - The present invention relates to the use of antibodies against the S100P protein for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer; and to methods and kits for diagnosing cancer in vitro by means of detecting the levels of S100P in a biofluid, preferably with an antibody. The invention also relates to specific anti-S100P monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cell lines producing them and method for obtaining them, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions and conjugates containing them. | 03-31-2016 |
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20130306648 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING A USER IN PORTION CONTROL WHILE EATING - A system of place-setting components used to facilitate serving and eating healthy food portions. The place-setting system comprising: a plate and a nestable set of two or more serving spoons. The plate includes one or more serving areas corresponding to a portion size for one or more food components of a meal. Each of the serving spoons in the nestable set includes a bowl-shaped cup and a handle. The handle of the serving spoons comprising: a first segment, extending distally from the proximal end of the handle, with a portion of a distal-most section of the first segment extending upward; a second segment connected to the first segment, with the second segment extending downward; a third segment connected to the second segment, with the third segment extending generally upward; and a fourth segment connected to the third segment, with the fourth segment extending generally distally. | 11-21-2013 |
20140339238 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING A USER IN PORTION CONTROL WHILE EATING - A system of place-setting components used to facilitate serving and eating healthy food portions. The place-setting system comprising: a plate and a nestable set of two or more serving spoons. The plate includes one or more serving areas corresponding to a portion size for one or more food components of a meal. Each of the serving spoons in the nestable set includes a bowl-shaped cup and a handle. The handle of the serving spoons comprising: a first segment, extending distally from the proximal end of the handle, with a portion of a distal-most section of the first segment extending upward; a second segment connected to the first segment, with the second segment extending downward; a third segment connected to the second segment, with the third segment extending generally upward; and a fourth segment connected to the third segment, with the fourth segment extending generally distally. | 11-20-2014 |
20150305526 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING A USER IN PORTION CONTROL WHILE EATING - A system of place-setting components used to facilitate serving and eating healthy food portions. The place-setting system comprising: a plate and a nestable set of two or more serving spoons. The plate includes one or more serving areas corresponding to a portion size for one or more food components of a meal. Each of the serving spoons in the nestable set includes a bowl-shaped cup and a handle. The handle of the serving spoons comprising: a first segment, extending distally from the proximal end of the handle, with a portion of a distal-most section of the first segment extending upward; a second segment connected to the first segment, with the second segment extending downward; a third segment connected to the second segment, with the third segment extending generally upward; and a fourth segment connected to the third segment, with the fourth segment extending generally distally. | 10-29-2015 |
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20090000036 | NURSING SUPPORT PILLOWS AND METHODS - A pillow system comprises a curved main pillow having a pillow body having a midsection and a pair of ends. The pillow body is curved and is both flexible and firm to permit it to wrap around a user. A padded attachment member may be removably attachable to the pillow body, and may have a flexible midportion that permits the attachment member to be folded in half. The pillow may include a belt having two portions that may be coupled to each other to secure the pillow body around a user. | 01-01-2009 |
20090094749 | BODY SUPPORT PILLOW AND METHODS - In one embodiment, a pillow is constructed of a pillow body having a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion. The top portion has a curved end and two curved sides that are generally parallel to each other. The middle portion is generally cylindrical in geometry. The bottom portion includes an enlarged section that flares outward from the middle portion. The bottom portion may also include a curved central section and narrow end section having a curved end. | 04-16-2009 |
20090235459 | BOOSTER ACCESSORY FOR SUPPORT PILLOWS - A pillow system comprises a curved pillow body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a midsection and a pair of curved arms that each have an end. The system also includes a padded booster that is configured to rest on the top surface of the pillow body. The booster has a midportion and a pair of ends. The ends have a height that is larger than the height at the midportion, and the midportion is flexible to permit the booster to be folded in half. | 09-24-2009 |
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20160070380 | FORMING WEARABLE PODS AND DEVICES INCLUDING METALIZED INTERFACES - Embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and computing devices. More specifically, a wearable pod and/or device and processes to form the same facilitate implementation of a touch-sensitive interface in association with a predominately opaque surface. According to an embodiment, a wearable pod includes a first pod cover, a cradle including attachment points, and a touch-sensitive detector disposed in the cradle and configured to detect a change in capacitance to a range of capacitance values. Further, the wearable pod may include a second pod cover and an isolation belt to electrically isolate at least a portion of a pod cover from the other pod cover. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070403 | WEARABLE PODS AND DEVICES INCLUDING METALIZED INTERFACES - Embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and computing devices. More specifically, a wearable pod and/or device and processes to form the same facilitate implementation of a touch-sensitive interface in association with a predominately opaque surface. According to an embodiment, formation of a wearable pod includes detecting a capacitance value at a pod cover portion, determining a mode of operation based on a capacitance value, receiving subsets of sensor data, and selecting a subset of sensor data based on a mode of operation. The method can include determining values of at least one physiological signal and identifying a subset of light sources to emit light through an arrangement of micro-perforations constituting symbols indicative of the values of the physiological signal. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073503 | STRAP BAND INCLUDING ELECTRODES FOR WEARABLE DEVICES AND FORMATION THEREOF - A strap band including a flexible wire bus having electrodes and wires coupled with the electrodes is described. The wire bus may be include in a strap band formed by molding an inner strap, mounting the wire bus in the inner strap, and injection molding an outer strap over the inner strap and wire bus to form a strap band. The electrodes may be positioned on the inner strap to accommodate a target range of a body portion the strap band may be worn on. A material of the strap band and a material the wire bus may be selected to allow a low coefficient of friction between the wire bus and strap band so that loads applied to the strap band may not be coupled with the wire bus or cause damage to wires due to pull and/or torsional load forces applied to the strap band. | 03-10-2016 |
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20150234206 | CONFIGURABLE ADAPTIVE OPTICAL MATERIAL AND DEVICE - Techniques associated with an adaptive optical material and device are described, including a device having a layer, a substrate, and an intermediate layer disposed between the substrate and the layer. The intermediate layer may include a first bladder and a second bladder. Each bladder may have a surface portion associated with an intermediate layer and another surface portion associated with a substrate. A first bladder may receive a first volume of fluid to form a first distance between the surface portions, and a first bladder may receive a second volume of fluid to form a second distance between the surface portions. A portion of a surface of the layer may include a degree of curvature relative to a line perpendicular to the substrate based on a difference between the first distance and the second distance. The degree of curvature may focus a subset of collimated light rays substantially at a point. | 08-20-2015 |
20150297145 | Physiological information generation based on bioimpedance signals - Embodiments relate generally to a wearable device implementing a touch-sensitive interface in a metal pod cover and/or bioimpedance sensing to determine physiological characteristics, such as heart rate. According to an embodiment, a wearable device and method includes determining a drive current signal magnitude for a bioimpedance signal to capture data representing a physiological-related component, and selecting the drive current signal magnitude as a function of an impedance of a tissue. Further, the method can include driving the bioimpedance signal to that are configured to convey the bioimpedance signal to the tissue. Also, the method can receive the sensor signal from the tissue, adjust a gain for an amplifier, and apply the gain to data representing the physiological-related component. The method can include generating an amplified signal to include a portion of the physiological-related signal component that includes data representing a physiological characteristic. | 10-22-2015 |
20150359491 | Physiological characteristic determination based on signal correlation - Embodiments relate generally to a wearable device implementing a touch-sensitive interface in a metal pod cover and/or bioimpedance sensing to determine physiological characteristics, such as heart rate. According to an embodiment, a method includes receiving an amplified signal including a portion of the physiological-related signal component including data representing a physiological characteristic, the amplified signal being derived from bioimpedance signal based on an impedance value of a tissue, and identifying a magnitude of a portion of the physiological-related signal component. Also, the method can compare the magnitude of the portion against another magnitude of a data model (e.g., in a time-domain) to form a matched value. Also, the method can determine a confidence indicator value representative of a degree of likelihood that the matched value is representative of the physiological characteristic, and determining a value of the physiological characteristic based on the matched value and the confidence indicator value. | 12-17-2015 |
20160066857 | Device-Based Activity Classification Using Predictive Feature Analysis - Device-based activity classification using predictive feature analysis is described, including receiving a signal from a sensor configured to measure a heart rate coupled to a device, the sensor being configured to sense the signal over a time period, evaluating the signal to generate data associated with the heart rate, the data being further evaluated to select a classifier, invoking the classifier, the classifier being configured to evaluate the data to identify a predictive feature, the predictive feature invoking an application configured to determine a state using a feature interpreter, the application also being configured to evaluate other data from another signal, the signal being configured to detect a respiration rate, and processing the data and the other data using the application and the feature interpreter to generate information associated with sleep, the information being configured to display on an interface associated with the device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160066858 | Device-based activity classification using predictive feature analysis - Device-based activity classification using predictive feature analysis is described, including receiving a signal from a sensor coupled to a device, the sensor being configured to sense the signal over a time period, evaluating the signal to generate data, the data being further evaluated to select a classifier, invoking the classifier, the classifier being configured to evaluate a predictive feature, the predictive feature invoking an application configured to determine a state using a feature interpreter, and processing the data using the application and the feature interpreter to generate information associated with a biological state, the information being configured to display on an interface associated with the device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160066859 | Device-based activity classification using predictive feature analysis - Device-based activity classification using predictive feature analysis is described, including receiving a signal from a sensor coupled to a device, the sensor being configured to detect the signal over a time period and to detect motion, evaluating the signal to generate data, the data being used to indicate motion, the data being further evaluated to select a classifier based on whether the motion is detected, activating another sensor coupled to the device, the another sensor being configured to detect another signal that is substantially different than the signal, the another signal being used to generate other data associated with whether the motion is detected, invoking the classifier, the classifier being configured to evaluate a predictive feature to identify a type associated with whether the motion is detected, the predictive feature invoking an application configured to determine the type and a state using a feature interpreter, and processing the data using the application and the feature interpreter to generate information associated with a biological state associated with whether the motion is detected, the information being configured to display on an interface associated with the device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070339 | Divice-based activity classification using predictive feature analysis - Device-based activity classification using predictive feature analysis is described, including evaluating an indicator associated with a predictive feature, identifying an application, using the name, to be performed, and invoking the application, the application being configured to interpret the indicator to determine an operation to perform at one or more levels of a protocol stack using data generated from evaluating a signal detected by a sensor, the sensor being coupled to a wearable device, and the application being configured to perform the operation using other data generated from evaluating another signal detected by another sensor, the another sensor being substantially different than the sensor. | 03-10-2016 |
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20080220045 | Self-setting polymeric cyanoacrylate composites - Self-setting, absorbable bioactive polycyanoacrylate-based composites include at least one inorganic phosphate salt or a combination of at least one inorganic phosphate salt and calcium silicate in a cyanoacrylate matrix. The composites can be reinforced with single- or multicomponent absorbable, warp-knitted mesh, thus producing a broad range of absorbable, bioactive biomaterials suitable for use not only as preferred absorbable alternatives to the commercial non-absorbable polymethyl methacrylate bone cements, but also for repairing or replacing cranial and maxillofacial bone defects and other complex defects through guided bone regeneration. | 09-11-2008 |
20100255016 | Absorbable crystalline polyether-ester-urethane-based bioactive luminal liner compositions - Bioactive hydroforming luminal liner compositions are formed of an absorbable crystalline amphiphilic polyether-ester-urethane dissolved in a liquid derivative of a polyether glycol that undergoes transformation into a tissue-adhering, resilient interior cover or liner for the controlled release of its bioactive payload at clinically compromised conduits in humans as in the case of bacteria- and yeast-infected vaginal canals, esophagi, and arteries following angioplasty. | 10-07-2010 |
20120077823 | Controlled release systems of pluribioactive antifungal drugs and applications thereof - Controlled release systems release at least one pluribioactive antifungal drug exhibiting at least one additional bioactivity from the group consisting of spermiostatic, antineoplastic, antibacterial, antirestenotic and antiviral activities. The drug release system is designed for use as a spermiostatic contraceptive, intravaginal ringed-mesh which may also exhibit antiviral activity, an in situ-forming implant for treating different forms of cancer and topical film for treating or preventing bacterial and fungal infections. | 03-29-2012 |
20140221922 | ABSORBABLE CRYSTALLINE POLYETHER-ESTER-URETHANE-BASED BIOACTIVE LUMINAL LINER COMPOSITIONS - Bioactive hydroforming luminal liner compositions are formed of an absorbable crystalline amphiphilic polyether-ester-urethane dissolved in a liquid derivative of a polyether glycol that undergoes transformation into a tissue-adhering, resilient interior cover or liner for the controlled release of its bioactive payload at clinically compromised conduits in humans as in the case of bacteria- and yeast-infected vaginal canals, esophagi, and arteries following angioplasty. | 08-07-2014 |