11th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150073352 | SINGLE-USE DEVICE FOR INJECTION OF CARTRIDGE DRUGS - The disclosed embodiment relates to an injection device that is a single patient use, disposable device containing a needle and a cartridge containing a drug, pharmaceutical product or other injectable agent. The device is initially provided in a pre-armed state in a first engagement configuration wherein the needle is separated from the septum of a cartridge. To arm the injection device, the professional urges the device from the first engagement or pre-armed configuration to a second engagement or aimed configuration wherein the needle pierces the septum and provides a sterile fluid path to the drug, pharmaceutical product or other injectable agent contained within the cartridge. The disclosed embodiment is particularly adaptable to dental anesthetic applications, as well as other medical and veterinary applications. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073353 | SEALED SELF-ACTIVATING INJECTION DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF MEDICINE FROM A PREFILLED CARTRIDGE OR VIAL - The disclosed embodiment relates to an injection device that is a single patient use, disposable device containing a needle and a cartridge containing a drug or pharmaceutical product. The device is initially provided in a pre-armed configuration wherein the needle sheath maintains cantilever locking tabs on the housing in a position to the maintain the needle in a position separated from the septum of a cartridge. To arm the device, the practitioner removes the needle sheath and pushes down the plunger assembly. The cantilever locking tabs flex outwardly thereby allowing the cartridge-to-housing interface and the cartridge to move forward whereby the butt end of the needle punctures the septum of the cartridge. Additionally, the cantilever locking tabs form a stop configuration with the housing of the device. The disclosed embodiment is particularly adaptable to dental anesthetic applications, as well as other medical and veterinary applications. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073354 | MEASUREMENT INDICIA SYRINGE SLEEVE AND SYRINGE NEEDLE RETRACTION MECHANISM - A measurement sleeve adapted for use with a medication syringe including an optically transparent body defining an axial passageway therethrough for receiving a barrel of the medication syringe therein, at least one lateral face through which the barrel is visible when the barrel is within the axial passageway, measurement indicia marked on the at least one lateral face along a portion of the length of the axial passageway, and a barrel lock at one end of the body configured to lock the barrel to the body to prevent relative axial movement therebetween. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073355 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A DOSAGE WITH A LIMITING MECHANISM FOR A DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A PRODUCT - Dosing device for an administration device with a limiting mechanism, comprising a first limiting means ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150073356 | CONNECTION DEVICE AND BLOOD COMPONENT SEPARATION APPARATUS - To prevent a user from accidentally pricking the user with a hollow needle when separating blood components using a syringe and a connection device. A blood component separation apparatus has three syringes and a connection device. The connection device is attached to one syringe and is inserted into other syringes. The connection device has a first member to which a base end of a hollow needle is joined and a second member which is connected to the first member in such a manner as to be able to move relative to the first member. The second member is moved back and forth between a first position where a tip of the hollow needle is accommodated and a second position where the tip of the hollow needle is exposed. The second member has elastic portions which are elastically deformed in the movement from the first position to the second position. The elastically deformed elastic portions elastically energize the second member at the second position to the first position side with respect to the first member. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073357 | Device and Method for Less Forceful Tissue Puncture - A device for penetrating tissue is provided that has a driving actuator with a body and motor shaft that is reciprocated. A coupler is attached to the motor shaft, and a key engages the driving actuator and coupler and limits rotational motion of the motor shaft and permits linear motion of the motor shaft. A penetrating member is carried by the coupler, and linear motion of the motor shaft is translated to the penetrating member to linearly reciprocate the penetrating member. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073358 | DRESSING AND METHOD FOR APPLYING REDUCED PRESSURE TO AND COLLECTING AND STORING FLUID FROM A TISSUE SITE - A reduced pressure treatment system includes a reduced pressure source and a reduced pressure dressing. The dressing includes an interface layer adapted to be positioned at a tissue site and an absorbent layer in fluid communication with the interface layer to absorb liquid from at least one of the interface layer and the tissue site. A diverter layer is positioned adjacent the absorbent layer, and the diverter layer includes a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the absorbent layer to distribute a reduced pressure to the absorbent layer. A cover is positioned over the diverter layer to maintain the reduced pressure at the tissue site. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073359 | WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM WITH PORTABLE CONTAINER APPARATUS - A portable system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound, including a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject and a subatmospheric pressure mechanism dimensioned to be carried or worn by the subject. The subatmospheric pressure mechanism includes a housing having a control unit adapted to draw a vacuum and a canister associated with the housing. The canister has a collection bag disposed therein, which is in fluid communication with the wound dressing to receive exudates from the wound bed. The collection bag is adapted to expand upon receipt of the fluids and has means to release gas from within the collection bag in connection with operation of the control unit. With this arrangement, the canister is attitude independent, i.e., the canister may be positioned on edge, on its side or on its end etc. while still maintaining operation of the control unit. The collection bag may include a hydrophobic vent or material for releasing the gases. In another embodiment, the collection bag comprises a gas permeable material. The collection bag may include one of pleats or bellows. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073360 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING DEBRIS FROM AN ORGAN - An apparatus comprises a vacuum portion being configured for generating a vacuum force for sucking debris. A tube extends a distance from the vacuum portion. The tube is configured for extending the vacuum force for the distance and for carrying the debris sucked by the vacuum force to the vacuum portion for storage therein. An organ engagement portion is joinable to a distal end of the tube. The organ engagement portion is configured for engaging an organ of a user for removal of the debris from a soft tissue of the organ with the vacuum force and without a use of a liquid. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073361 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE THERAPY WITH DYNAMIC PROFILE CAPABILITY - An apparatus and system for fluidly connecting a reduced-pressure source to a dressing and a method for manufacturing and using the same include a base having an aperture and a wall having a peripheral portion coupled to the base. The wall may form a cavity in fluid communication with the aperture. The apparatus also may include a conduit port fluidly coupled to the cavity and adapted to receive a conduit. The base may be adapted to couple to the dressing, and the wall may be adapted to collapse from a first position to a second position in response to a supply of reduced pressure from the reduced-pressure source. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073362 | ANTI-CLOG SUCTION TIP APPARATUS AND METHOD - An anti-clog suction tip apparatus includes a suction tip having a suction opening and an interior defining a suction channel. An ejection wire channel extends to a wire exit opening into the suction channel that is located proximate the suction opening. An ejection wire including a ball tip at an end thereof occupies the ejection wire channel and is transitionable between a retracted configuration and an advanced configuration such that, in the retracted configuration, the ejection wire including the ball tip is retained within the ejection wire channel and does not obstruct suctioning of debris through the suction channel; and in the advanced configuration, the ball tip of the ejection wire does not extend more than three millimeters beyond the suction opening. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073363 | REDUCED PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEM HAVING BLOCKAGE CLEARING AND DUAL-ZONE PRESSURE PROTECTION CAPABILITIES - A method of treating a tissue site is provided. The method includes applying a reduced pressure to a tissue site with a reduced pressure source. A source pressure is monitored at the reduced pressure source, and a differential pressure is determined between the source pressure and the desired tissue site pressure. If a blockage is present between the reduced pressure source and the tissue site, the differential pressure is limited to a first maximum differential pressure. If no blockage is present between the reduced pressure source and the tissue site, the differential pressure is limited to a second maximum differential pressure. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073364 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical instrument has a hollow tubular member, and a pressurization unit that has an outer valve portion, a pressurization device having a movable part configured to generate pressurized fluid when the movable part is moved, and an inner valve portion. The inner valve portion includes a first flow passage that is configured to fluidically connect a first port and a second port of the outer valve portion to each other when the inner valve portion is in a first position, and a second flow passage that is configured between the inner valve portion and the outer valve portion to fluidically connect the first port and a third port when the inner valve portion is in a second position. A sealing system fluidically isolates the second port and the third port from each other at any position of the inner valve portion. Pressurized fluid from the pressurization device causes the inner valve portion to move from the first position to the second position, thereby providing positive pressure to the hollow tubular member. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073365 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING POCKETS - An absorbent article may comprise a front waist region, a back waist region, a crotch region, a chassis, and an absorbent assembly. The absorbent assembly may comprise an absorbent core. A first layer may be joined to a second layer at areas of attachment, the areas of attachment may extend longitudinally. Pockets may be formed between the areas of attachment, the pockets may comprise superabsorbent polymer. The article may further comprise first and second barrier cuffs, wherein the first and second barrier cuffs are longitudinally extending. laterally opposed, and vapor permeable, and comprise longitudinally extending elastic elements. At least a portion of the first and second barrier cuff may be folded over to form at least two layers. First and second ears may be disposed in the back waist region. And, the first layer may comprise alternating ridges and valleys. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073366 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH HIGH ABSORBENT MATERIAL CONTENT - An absorbent article comprising a pair of leg cuffs ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150073367 | SANITARY NAPKINS WITH HYDROPHOBIC LOTIONS - A catamenial device comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, the topsheet having an inner surface oriented toward the interior of the absorbent article and an outer surface oriented toward the body of the wearer when the absorbent article is being worn. At least a portion of the topsheet outer surface comprises an effective amount of a lotion coating which is semi-solid or solid at about 25° C. and which is partially transferable to the wearer's body. The lotion coating comprises from about 60 to about 99.9% of a carrier comprising a petroleum based hydrocarbon and lower molecular weight glycols or polyols and from about 0.2 to about 65% of a fatty alcohol with a melting point from about 450 C to about 110° C. A backsheet is joined to the topsheet and an absorbent core is disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073368 | SANITARY NAPKIN FOR DYNAMIC BODY FIT - An absorbent article providing improved body fit. The absorbent article includes an extensible fluid permeable facing layer and a first absorbent layer joined to the facing layer. Each zone of extensibility is a region of the first absorbent layer of relatively higher extensibility than regions of first absorbent layer adjacent to the zone of extensibility. A liquid impermeable backsheet is joined to the facing layer at the periphery. The liquid impermeable backsheet has a garment facing surface. A fastening means is disposed on at least a portion of the garment facing surface of the liquid impermeable backsheet. The first absorbent layer is decoupled from the fluid impermeable backsheet. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073369 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING EXTENSIBLE STRUCTURES WHICH INCREASE IN CALIPER - The invention refers to a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, a pant or a sanitary napkin. The disposable absorbent article further comprises a structure which is able to elongate and simultaneously convert from a flat configuration into an erected configuration. The structure consists of non-extensible and non-elastic materials. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073370 | ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE - The purpose of this disclosure is to provide an absorptive article which can deform while following the movement of the wearer's legs and which can restore to the original shape. The absorptive article of this disclosure has the following configuration. The absorptive article ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150073371 | PACKAGED ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A packaged absorbent article having a body surface and a garment surface; and a wrapper sheet for wrapping the absorbent article so that at least a portion of the garment surface of the absorbent article can be seen through the wrapper sheet. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073372 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING CELL FORMING STRUCTURES - The invention refers to a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, a pant or a sanitary napkin. The disposable absorbent article further comprises a structure which is able to elongate and simultaneously convert from an initial flat configuration into an erected configuration. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073373 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article that has an exterior body. In the exterior body has an edge part which is forming a part of the leg opening unit. A rear end of the absorber is positioned in the crotch region so as not to overlap with a waistline elastic member. In an absorber disposition region in which the absorber is disposed, an end in a widthwise direction of the exterior body is positioned inside in the widthwise direction more significantly than an end in the widthwise direction of the absorber, and a part of a leg-holes elastic member is disposed. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073374 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - In a disposable diaper, ends at a front waistline region side of the disposable diaper within a stretchable range in leg stretch units are configured so as to be closer to an end at the front waistline region side as compared to an end at the front waistline region side within a stretchable range in the crotch stretch unit. Ends at a rear waistline region side within the stretchable range in the leg stretch units are configured so as to be closer to an end at the rear waistline region side as compared to an end at the rear waistline region side within the stretchable range in the crotch stretch unit. A tensile modulus of the crotch stretch unit is configured so as to be greater than a tensile modulus of the leg stretch units. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073375 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING AN INTERIOR DESIGN SIGNAL - Disposable absorbent article comprising an interior design signal indicating absorbency and an absorbent core including first and second absorbent layers, the first absorbent layer including a first substrate and the second absorbent layer including a second substrate, the first and second absorbent layers further including absorbent particulate polymer material deposited on the first and second substrates and thermoplastic material covering the absorbent particulate polymer material on the respective first and second substrates, the first and second absorbent layers combined together such that at least a portion of the thermoplastic material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the thermoplastic material of the second absorbent layer, the absorbent particulate polymer material is disposed between the first and second substrates in an absorbent particulate polymer material area, and the absorbent particulate polymer material is substantially continuously distributed across the absorbent particulate polymer material area. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073376 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - The fastening tape included in the disposable diaper has a base sheet, and a hook sheet provided with a plurality of engagement hooks and fixed on the base sheet. The engagement strength of the fastening tape is 0.3 N/30 mm or more, and 1.5 N/30 mm or less. The bending rigidity value in the direction in which the surface of the base sheet of the fastening tape comes close is smaller than the bending rigidity value in the direction in which the surface of the hook sheet of the fastening tape comes close. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073377 | PROCESS FOR MODIFYING A HOOK PROFILE OF A FASTENING COMPONENT AND A FASTENING COMPONENT HAVING HOOKS WITH A MODIFIED PROFILE - A method of modifying a male fastener of a fastening system includes feeding a web having a base substrate and a male fastening material to a modifying member having an outer surface. The male fastening material has a plurality of male fasteners with a first, unmodified profile. The profile of at least some of the plurality of male fasteners of the male fastening material are modified by engagement of the plurality of male fastener with the outer surface of the modifying member and by causing the plurality of male fasteners to slip along the outer surface of the modifying member. A modified male fastening material includes a plurality of male fasteners modified from a first profile to a second, different profile by passing the male fastening material over the outer surface of the modifying member. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073378 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN INFUSION PUMP WITH A MULTIPLE ORIENTATION DISPLAY - A method of delivering a medical fluid to a patient includes enabling the attachment of an infusion pump housing to an external support, enabling the viewing of information right-side-up on a display screen of the infusion pump housing, enabling the rotation of the display screen approximately 90 degrees about an axis extending perpendicularly from the display screen, automatically reorienting the information on the display screen so that the information remains right-side-up after rotation, enabling the viewing of the information right-side-up on the display screen after rotation, and enabling the delivery of a flowable material to the patient through an infusion line attached to the infusion pump housing before and after rotation. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073379 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A battery management method for one or more batteries in a healthcare delivery system is provided. The method includes determining when the healthcare delivery system is drawing power from the one or more batteries and controlling a display unit coupled to the controller to display an initial number corresponding to a time remaining on battery (TROB) when the healthcare delivery system is drawing power from the one or more batteries. The method also includes determining if the TROB is within a reserve range extending up to a reserve range maximum that is less than a maximum TROB, changing the TROB according to an operational state of the healthcare delivery system if the TROB is greater than the reserve range maximum, and decreasing the TROB to count down the TROB without regard for the operational state of the healthcare delivery system if the TROB is less than the reserve range maximum. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073380 | CLOSED MALE LUER DEVICE FOR MINIMIZING LEAKAGE DURING CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION - A medical connector for minimizing leakage of fluids during connection and disconnection is described. The medical connector includes a body having an inlet port, at least one outlet port adjacent to a male luer portion of the body, and a fluid path between the inlet port and the at least one outlet ports. A retractable seal adjacent to the male luer portion of the body and blocks the outlet ports of the body when the male luer portion of the medical connect is in a disconnected state. The retractable seal is positioned on the body such that it is moved away from the outlet ports upon insertion of the male luer portion of the medical connector into a medical access device thereby unblocking the outlet ports and creating a fluid path through the medical connector. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073381 | Encapsulated Cell Therapy Cartridge - The invention provides multi-chamber encapsulated cell therapy cartridge devices that are capable of delivering biologically active molecules as well as methods of using these devices. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073382 | ROTATABLE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE AND METHOD OF USE - One possible embodiment of the invention could be a hypodermic needle that rotatably connects to a shield comprising a hypodermic needle denoted into a distal needle portion and a proximal needle portion, the distal needle portion's injection aperture continuously connected to the proximal needle portion's connection aperture; a shield that comprises at least a skin pad portion, the proximal needle portion being rotatably held within a portion of the shield in a manner that allows the distal needle portion to be moved between an operative position, wherein the distal needle portion descends downward and away from a bottom of the skin pad portion to hold the needle tip away from the skin pad portion to a stored position that has the needle tip of the distal needle portion placed proximate to the skin pad portion. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073383 | High Efficiency Auto-Injector - An auto-injector apparatus and associated methods utilizing specific dimensions and parameters of use for the auto-injector are provided for achieving increased effectiveness of the auto-injector device in delivering medicament into the patient's body, and in dispersion of the medicament from the initial injection site into the surrounding bodily tissues. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073384 | Injection Mechanism Utilizing a Vial - An injection device is provided for delivering a liquid medicament. The injection device includes a housing with a first chamber for storing a supply of the medicament. The first and second chambers are coupled within the housing. The second chamber is in fluid communication with the first chamber. The injection device also includes an outlet port for dispensing the medicament outside the housing. The outlet port is coupled to the housing and in fluid communication with one of said first and second chambers. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073385 | REMOTE RESERVOIR MICRONEEDLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS - Transdermal drug delivery patch devices are described in which microneedle array insertion or application forces are decoupled or separated from drug delivery actuation or application forces. Dual-reservoir devices are described in detail for such purposes as are associated methods of use in various examples. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073386 | Infusion Pumps - Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, and baseplate assemblies, including cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, inserters, and related components and batteries therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073387 | BIFURCATED DRAINAGE TUBING FOR RAPID PARACENTESIS - Paracentesis apparatus providing increased fluid transfer capacity, comprising a single centesis needle and at least two vacuum sources. The centesis needle is connected to the vacuum sources by a conduit which is split to form a flow path to each vacuum source. The conduit may comprise flexible tubing, and may include an in-line valve and a connector for engaging the vacuum sources. The vacuum sources may comprise evacuated bottles. Albumin may be administered to patients undergoing paracentesis. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073388 | DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - The present invention provides systems and methods for the targeted delivery of a therapeutic agent using expandable devices that are temporarily or permanently placed within the body. Such therapeutic agents may be delivered as a coating on the outer surface of the expandable device. Once positioned at a desired location within the body, the device is expanded such that its drug-coated outer surface establishes direct contact with a target tissue. The expanded device remains in contact with the target tissue for a pre-determined amount of time prior to being withdrawn from the body. Delivery of the therapeutic agent using the expandable device may be followed, or preceded, by delivery of a second expandable device to the same location within the body. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073389 | DIFFERENTIATED HUMAN LIVER CELL CULTURES AND THEIR USE IN BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER SYSTEMS - Human hepatocyte cell cultures and their use in bioreactors and bioartificial liver (BAL) systems are provided. The cells have constitutive liver-specific metabolic activity resembling that of freshly isolated human hepatocytes. The hepatocyte cells and BAL systems can be used to treat patients suffering from acute liver failure, end-stage liver disease, or acute-on-chronic liver disease. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073390 | MALLEABLE TIP FOR APPLYING AN AGENT TO A TARGET SITE - An applicator device for applying an agent to a target site with a malleable tip that can be cut to length with a pair of nursing dressing scissors or similar type of scissors and a malleable tip with a formable tube that that can be cut to length with a pair of nursing dressing scissors or similar type of scissors. The malleable tip is configured for passage of fluid therethrough and includes a malleable member. The malleable member is made of a soft metal that is strong enough to retain the shape of the tip after is has been bend into configuration, but soft and weak enough to be easily cut with a pair of nursing dressing scissors or the like. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073391 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A MOVABLE TIP - Medical devices and methods are disclosed. An example medical guidewire for accessing a body lumen along a biliary and/or pancreatic tract may include an elongated member having a distal end and a proximal end. The guidewire may include a movable distal tip positioned at the distal end of the elongated member. The guidewire may also include an electromechanical actuator for actuating movement of the distal tip. The actuation of the electromechanical actuator actuates movement of the adjustable distal tip and facilitates cannulation of one or more of a bile duct and a pancreatic duct. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073392 | INTRAVENOUS INFUSION MONITORING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - An intravenous infusion system that shows infusion flow rate, volume of medication infused, and alarming during malfunction. User intervention to adjust flow rates deviation is possible, using the data already stored in the system prior to the onset of making the adjustment. The system detects flow rate by measuring temperature dynamics in a section of the fluid path, unlike other systems that measures the electromechanical output of the pumping source if the counting of drops is not possible. This fundamental difference allows the invention to be used in any system that has a pumping source that provides a continuous fluid path as it measures actual flow of fluid in a segment of the fluid path, independent of pumping mechanism design. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073393 | COORDINATION OF CONTROL COMMANDS AND CONTROLLER DISABLE MESSAGES IN A MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM - A medical device system includes at least one controllable patient-worn or patient-carried medical device, and a plurality of controller devices that are capable of independently controlling features or functions of the patient medical device. Control commands and other data is wirelessly communicated among the patient medical device and the multiple controller devices. A number of techniques, protocols, and other measures are provided to coordinate wireless communication between the various devices in a medical device system. These control command coordination processes address situations where conflicting, redundant, or concurrent control commands might be independently issued by the multiple controller devices. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073394 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN IMPROVED ACTUATING DRIVE - An instrument ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150073395 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO TREAT NASAL AIRWAYS - Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and/or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and/or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073396 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY EFFECTING AND/OR KILLING BACTERIA - Certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can provide an apparatus and method for generating at least one radiation can be provided. The exemplary apparatus and/or method can selectively kill and/or affect at least one bacteria. For example, a radiation source first arrangement can be provided which is configured to generate at least one radiation having one or more wavelengths provided in a range of about 190 nanometers (nm) to about 230 nm, and at least one second arrangement can be provided which is configured to prevent the at least one radiation from having any wavelength that is outside of the range can be provided. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073397 | OPHTHALMOLOGICAL APPARATUS FOR THE BREAKDOWN OF EYE TISSUE - An ophthalmological apparatus includes a handle for manually holding and applying the ophthalmological apparatus, fastening abilities for fixing the ophthalmological apparatus at an eye, a light source, and a light projector for the focused projection of light pulses for punctiform tissue breakdown at a focal point in the interior of the eye tissue. The ophthalmological apparatus also includes a movement driver for moving the light projector. The movement of the light projector and therefore that of the focal point with the assistance of the movement driver permits a dimensioning of the optical projection system of the light projector which is substantially smaller than in the case of an ophthalmological apparatus where the focal point is moved exclusively by an optical projection system. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073398 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LASER STEERING AND FOCUSING FOR INCISION, EXCISION AND ABLATION OF TISSUE IN MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY - Provided and described herein are exemplary embodiments of apparatus, system, computer-accessible medium, procedure and method according to the present disclosure which can be used for providing laser steering and focusing for, e.g., incision, excision and/or ablation of tissue in minimally-invasive surgery. For example, an exemplary apparatus is provided that can include at least one optical element which can be configured to refract and/or diffract light provided in a structure which can be configured to be inserted into a body, where at least one of the optical element(s) is structured to receive the light at a first angle and generate a refracted and/or diffracted light at a second angle which can be different from the first angle relative to an optical axis. According to a particular exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to control a light propagating arrangement to (i) provide the at least one light toward the optical element(s) at the first angle, and (ii) change a position thereof within the structure(s) to change the first angle. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073399 | Hand-Held Portable Laser Surgical Device - A hand-held, portable diode laser surgical device includes a power supply, at least one laser diode, integral control interface and display, and a multi-component sterile, disposable tip apparatus featuring assembly for alignment of a self-contained optical fiber to the surgical device, and releasably locking assembly between the tip apparatus and surgical device. An embodiment includes wireless foot pedal on/off control and a dock providing sterile, antiseptic recharging environment. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073400 | TISSUE TREATMENT - There is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention a method and/or a device of treating tissue near a first lumen comprising inserting an energy emission element into a second lumen and delivering energy in an amount sufficient to cause one or more spaced apart areas of tissue damage at preselected locations in tissue near the first lumen. There is also provided a method and/or a device for treating a carotid artery wall, for example, to reduce signal conduction. There is also provided a method and/or a device for treating a wall of a lumen in a limb, for example, to increase blood flow. There is also provided a method and/or a device for treating a wall of a heart, for example, to stop abnormal signal propagation. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TISSUE TREATMENT USING NON-SYMMETRIC RADIO-FREQUENCY ENERGY WAVEFORM - A method for soft tissue destruction comprises applying high voltage pulses causing irreversible electroporation alternating with low amplitude pulses of opposite polarity balanced to provide negligible average current and minimize risk of electrical shock. The method may be accompanied by tissue heating to reduce the electroporation threshold and negative pressure for skin shaping and optimal voltage distribution. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073402 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOLUMETRIC SPECIFIC FRACTIONAL ENERGY IMPACT - A method and system for treating a surgical incision to prevent scarring is disclosed. The system comprising an applicator is configured to protrude a target tissue from one or both sides of a surgical incision into a treatment cavity located in the applicator. The system is further configured to deliver fractional treatment, from energy sources located along the inner walls of the treatment cavity, to an incision edge. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073403 | MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM WITH DIELECTRIC TEMPERATURE PROBE - An electromagnetic surgical ablation system having a generator adapted to selectively provide surgical ablation energy to an ablation probe, and methods of operating same, are disclosed. The system includes a controller operatively coupled to the generator, and a tissue sensor probe operatively coupled to the controller. The tissue sensor provides a tissue temperature and at least one tissue dielectric property to the controller. During an electromagnetic tissue ablation procedure, the controller monitors tissue temperature and the at least one tissue dielectric property to determine tissue status, and to activate and deactivate the generator in accordance therewith. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073404 | ENERGY APPLICATION APPARATUS - The invention relates to an energy application apparatus ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150073405 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TUBESET WITH DRIVE AXLE - A device comprising: a handpiece having one or more attachment ports; a tubeset having one or more attachment features for connecting the tubeset to the one or more attachment ports in the handpiece; a removable tip having an attachment arm for attaching to the one or more attachment ports in the handpiece; wherein the device comprises one or more of the following: the handpiece includes an attachment port that attaches the handpiece to an active lead and a return lead and the device is adapted to use only the active lead or both leads so that the device can switch between bi-polar energy and mono-polar energy; the tubeset has one or more fluid conduits that are in fluid communication with the removable tip, wherein the removable tip is located at a distal end of the device; and the handpiece connects to one or more electrical input lines; the tubeset connects to one or more fluid lines, and the removable tip is free of direct connection to both the one or more electrical input lines and the one or more fluid lines. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073406 | DC OUTPUT APPARATUS WHICH CAN BE USED FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES - A direct current application device includes a direct current source or an appliance configured to be linked to a direct current source. A first electrode is configured to be connected to the direct current source. The first electrode comprises a plurality of needles comprising 3-12 needles which are configured to comprise an electrically conductive connection with each other. A second electrode is configured to be connected to the direct current source. The second electrode comprises a flat electrode, a needle, or a plurality of needles which are configured to comprise an electrically conductive connection with each other. A current device is configured to maintain a current at a constant level during an application of the direct current, or a battery as the direct current source. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073407 | MICROWAVE ABLATION CATHETER, HANDLE, AND SYSTEM - A handle for longitudinal movement of a first tubular member over a second tubular member includes a handle body, a nose cone, a locking mechanism, and a retraction control. The nose cone has a sleeve and an outer wall that define a control channel therebetween. The nose cone is moveable over the handle body between extended and retracted positions. The locking mechanism has locked and unlocked positions for selectively fixing the nose cone in the extended and retracted positions. A finger of the retraction control is positioned within the control channel of the nose cone. The retraction control has first and second positions relative to the nose cone for transitioning the locking mechanism between the locked and unlocked position and for moving the nose cone between the extended and retracted positions. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073408 | INSTRUMENT FOR SEALING VESSELS - A surgical instrument 10 suitable for sealing tissue includes a tool 15 with at least one branch 16 comprising an electrode unit 35, which consists of a sheet metal part 35. The part 35 is anchored in a positive manner in a plastic body 34. Strip sections 40, 41 of the metal part 35 extend into the plastic body 34, encompassing openings 42, 42 or slits 43, 43 | 2015-03-12 |
20150073409 | Integral Electrode Placement and Connection Systems - Electrode placement and connection systems are described which allow for the electrical connection and maintenance of one or more electrodes positioned on a substrate which is subjected to a variety of mechanical stresses. Electrodes may also be formed on flexible circuit assemblies integrated within or along the hood. The circuit assemblies may also provide structural support to the hood during delivery and/or deployment. Such a system may include an imaging hood having an aperture through which transparent fluid is flowed and one or more electrodes positioned along or about the hood. As the hood is configured between a low-profile and opened configuration, these electrodes may remain electrically coupled despite the mechanical stresses subjected to the electrodes and the connections thereto. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073410 | CLIP-OVER DISPOSABLE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH HEMOSTAT-STYLE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A clip-over disposable assembly includes a switch assembly and a disposable body. The disposable body includes a first disposable member, a second disposable member including first and second wall portions, and a third disposable member. The first wall portion defines a first aperture therethrough and a first cavity configured to receive therein a first portion of the switch assembly. The third disposable member includes a third wall portion, wherein a body of the second disposable member and the third wall portion define an opening configured to allow a shaft of a hemostat-style surgical instrument to pass therethrough. The second wall portion and the third wall portion cooperatively define a chamber in communication with the opening and configured to receive therein at least a portion of the shaft of the hemostat-style surgical instrument, wherein the at least a portion of the shaft is received in the chamber from an off-axis position. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073411 | VESSEL SEALING INSTRUMENT WITH REDUCED THERMAL SPREAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREFOR - An electrosurgical vessel sealing instrument having a first and a second opposing jaw member at a distal end thereof, wherein each jaw member includes a jaw housing, a seal plate having a tissue contacting surface and a side wall, and an insulating region disposed on the side wall of the seal plate. The instrument includes the ability to move the jaw members relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. The insulating region enables precision overmolding of the jaw housing to the seal plate, while advantageously reducing thermal spread and edge cutting during vessel sealing procedures. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073412 | SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING AND FUSING BONES - A surgical system for use in correcting hammer toe or otherwise straightening toes or fusing other bones to one another includes a male drill bit and a female drill bit, as well as an absorbable pin. The male and female drill bits are configured to define complementary features from opposed, or facing, ends of bones that are to be fused to one another. The male and female drill bits may also be configured to define channels through the lengths of the bones that are to be fused to one another, with the channels being configured to align and define a continuous channel through the bones when they are assembled. The absorbable pin, which may be absorbed by a subject's body over time, is configured to be positioned in the continuous channel, and may hold the bones in an assembled relationship before and while they fuse to one another. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073413 | INTERMEDULLARY DEVICES FOR GENERATING AND APPLYING COMPRESSION WITHIN A BODY - Apparatus for securing a first bone fragment to a second bone fragment, said apparatus comprising: a fusion device, said fusion device comprising: a shaft having a first end and a second end; a first bone-engaging feature formed on said shaft at a first location, said first bone-engaging feature comprising at least one barb which, in its unbiased condition, flares outwardly from the longitudinal axis of said shaft and which is capable of being elastically constrained to a position substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, such that said first end of said shaft may be advanced into a hole in the first bone fragment when said at least one barb is elastically constrained to a position substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said shaft but is prevented from being withdrawn from the hole in the first bone fragment when said at least one barb is in its unbiased condition; and a second bone-engaging feature formed on said shaft at a second location, said second bone-engaging feature comprising at least one barb which, in its unbiased condition, flares outwardly from the longitudinal axis of said shaft and which is capable of being elastically constrained to a position substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, such that said second end of said shaft may be advanced into a hole in the second bone fragment when said at least one barb is elastically constrained to a position substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, but is prevented from being withdrawn from the hole in the second bone fragment when said at least one barb is in its unbiased condition. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073414 | INTRAMEDULLARY ROD FIXATION SYSTEM - A method for fixation of a fracture of a bone having an intramedullary canal. An intramedullary rod is inserted into the intramedullary canal of the bone, wherein the intramedullary rod includes at least one proximal hole and at least one distal hole. Proximal and distal screws or pegs are inserted through the bone and through the proximal and distal holes in the rod, wherein the proximal and the distal screws or pegs are headless screws or pegs and are selected to have a size and are inserted through the proximal and distal holes in the rod such that the screws or pegs do not extend substantially beyond an exterior surface of the bone. Further described are apparatus and a kit for intramedullary fixation of fractures of bones of the hand. The methods, apparatus and kits of the invention are advantageously designed for percutaneous placement of intramedullary rods into the intramedullary canal of metacarpal or phalanx bones of the hand to stabilize fractures, and in particular in the proximal or middle phalanx bones of the hand. Rotational control is provided by locking screws or pegs through the rod, also placed percutaneously. Specific alignment jigs, drills, screw drivers and equipment may be used for placement of the rod and screws, wherein the rod and screws will stabilize the fracture. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073415 | METHOD FOR TIBIAL NAIL INSERTION - A method for implanting a longitudinal intramedullary nail into the tibia comprises inserting the tibia nail along a plane of symmetry through the tuberositas tibiae. Thereby, the tuberositas tibiae can be used during nail insertion to correctly align the nail and the target arm to the symmetry plane of the bone. This means, that the whole construct, the nail attached to the target arm, has to be inserted in external rotation. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073416 | BONE PLATE ASSEMBLY WITH PLATES THAT RATCHET TOGETHER - A bone plate assembly is disclosed which includes at least one plate segment having at least one aperture extending therethrough for receiving a head portion of a bone screw, and a structure supported by the plate segment and intersecting the aperture for retaining the head portion of the bone screw with respect to the plate segment. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073417 | MODULAR REAMER DRILL TIP CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A reamer assembly, comprising a modular drill tip having a cutting edge proximate a first end, a pair of flexible arms extending from and proximate to a second end and a first through-hole positioned between the first and second ends along a longitudinal axis, wherein the first through-hole is configured to receive a guide wire during a reaming process; and a reamer shaft having a receiving end that is configured to receive and releasably hold in axial alignment thereto the pair of flexible arms, the reamer shaft having a second through-hole that is configured to receive the guide wire during the reaming process, wherein the first and second through-holes together create a common through-hole that is positioned along the longitudinal axis. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073418 | DISCECTOMY INSTRUMENT - A discectomy instrument capable of removing portions of the spinal disc between adjacent vertebrae in a controlled manner that is efficient and easy to use. The discectomy instrument may include a handle, a rotary scraper, a barrel, a drive shaft, an outer sleeve and a retaining clip. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073419 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC SURGICAL GUIDE FOR INTRA-OPERATIVE PRODUCTION OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC AUGMENT - A patient-specific surgical guide for intra-operatively producing a patient-specific augment and a method for producing same are provided. The method includes planning a patient-specific augment using obtained patient imagery of a bone adapted to receive a prosthesis to determine a size and shape of the patient-specific augment corresponding to the bone, creating a model of the patient-specific augment having the determined size and shape, and providing a patient-specific surgical guide having cutting guide surfaces which are customized in position and orientation and configured to guide a surgical implement to form the patient-specific augment corresponding to the 3D model. The patient-specific surgical guide is then used intra-operatively create the augment corresponding to the 3D model. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073420 | FEMORAL ELEVATOR - A bone elevator system includes: a bone hook; a first coupling device; an elevator arm member including a substantially straight first elongate arm and a substantially straight second elongate arm which is offset from and fixedly coupled with the first elongate arm, the first coupling device coupling the first elongate arm with the bone hook, the second elongate arm configured for being coupled, by way of a second coupling device, with an anchoring post. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073421 | SURGICAL IMPALING MEMBER - An implant for orthopedic surgery includes an impaling member ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150073422 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE BIOMATERIAL INJECTION SYSTEM - This invention relates generally to an instrumentation and implant system providing minimally invasive vertebral augmentation. The apparatus including an expandable membrane sized and configured to be located within a cavity in a patient's bone and having an interior volume for receiving bone filler material; a delivery cannula in communication with the membrane for providing bone filler material to the membrane; and an evacuation cannula in fluid communication with the membrane for receiving a portion of the provided bone filler material from the membrane. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073423 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - The present invention relates to a medical instrument which comprises a tool portion with a first tool element for engagement with a corresponding second tool element on an implant, and which further comprises a bone cement container arranged or formed on or in the instrument. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073424 | GLENOID IMPLANT SURGERY USING PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION - A pin placement instrument for placing a pin in a bone comprises an anatomical interface with a hook-like portion being opened in a lateral direction of the instrument to receive a bone therein in a planned position. A drill guide is connected to the anatomical interface and defining at least one guide slot in a longitudinal direction of the instrument. The guide slot has a lateral opening over its full length in the drill guide to allow lateral withdrawal of the instrument in said lateral direction with the pin placed in the bone passing through the lateral opening. A bushing is removably placed in said guide slot via said longitudinal direction in a planned fit, the bushing defining a throughbore aligned with the guide slot and adapted to receive the pin extending in said longitudinal direction when the bushing is in the guide slot for pin placement. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073425 | Drill Guide System - A drill guide includes a first bone plate that extends along a first middle plane, and a second bone plate that extends along a second middle plane. The drill guide further includes a first articulation and a second articulation that is connected to the first articulation. The first and second articulations are arranged between the first and the second bone plate. Each of the first and second articulations is releasably lockable. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073426 | NATIVE VERSION ALIGNMENT DEVICES AND METHODS - Devices and methods for aiding practitioners in the implementation of arthroplasty prosthetics. Example devices may include a base and an alignment arm, and may be used for finding and recording the native alignment of a bone head, such as the femoral or humeral head. The base may be attached to the bone and the alignment arm may be adjusted to reflect the native alignment of the bone. Once the alignment is recorded, the native bone head may be removed and the prosthetic bone head may be attached to the bone, and properly oriented using the alignment arm of the device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073427 | BONE SCREW RETAINING AND REMOVAL SYSTEM - A bone screw retention system is provided for a plate which defines a plurality of transversely extending bores that are configured to receive a hone screw for engaging the plate to the cervical spine. One or more retention members, having an elliptical, arcuate, straight, or other shape, can be positioned therein a cavity of the plate such that portions of the retention member(s) extend into a portion of an upper region of each bore to retain a bone screw therein. A bone screw removal device is provided, having at least one tongue member configured to selectively displace the one or more retention members to allow the bone screw to be removed from the respective bore. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073428 | PERCUTANEOUS COMPRESSION AND DISTRACTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a compression and distraction shaft assembly used to apply compression and distraction to bones including vertebrae. Shaft A assembly and shaft B assembly are attached together via a polyaxial fulcrum. The polyaxial fulcrum allows all rotational degrees of freedom between shaft A assembly and shaft B assembly. Such fulcrum, during compression and distraction, does not impart ancillary stresses or motion to vertebrae. An hourglass-shaped bore for engaging pliers is formed in approximately middle of both the shaft A assembly and the shaft B assembly. Distraction pliers having cylindrical tips are used to apply distraction to vertebrae. Once handles are pressed to impart an appropriate amount of distraction to the vertebrae, they are locked in this position. Compression pliers having cylindrical tips are used to apply compression to vertebrae. Once handles are pressed to impart an appropriate amount of compression to the vertebrae, they are locked in this position. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073429 | SYSTEM FOR MYOMECTOMY AND MORCELLATION - Surgical instruments and surgical systems including the surgical instrument and a morcellator. The surgical instrument includes a tool assembly having an articulating joint and a screw positioned at a distal end of the articulating joint. The articulating joint is configured to articulate a distal portion of the tool assembly at an angle in relation to the longitudinal axis of the surgical instrument. The screw is configured to engage tissue, for example, a myoma in the uterine wall of a patient, and is configured to pitch and roll the tissue to expose cutting planes. The morcellator is configured to engage the tissue to morcellate the tissue and remove the tissue from a patient. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073430 | LOW PROFILE ELECTRODES FOR AN ANGIOPLASTY SHOCK WAVE CATHETER - Described herein are low-profile electrodes for use with an angioplasty shockwave catheter. A low-profile electrode assembly may have an inner electrode, an insulating layer disposed over the inner electrode such that an opening in the insulating layer is aligned with the inner electrode, and an outer electrode sheath disposed over the insulating layer such that an opening in the outer electrode sheath is coaxially aligned with the opening in the insulating layer. This layered configuration allows for the generation of shockwaves that propagate outward from the side of the catheter. In some variations, the electrode assembly has a second inner electrode, and the insulating layer and outer electrode may each have a second opening that are coaxially aligned with the second inner electrode. An angioplasty shockwave catheter may have a plurality of such low-profile electrode assemblies along its length to break up calcified plaques along a length of a vessel. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING A LEAD INTRODUCER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM - A lead introducer includes an outer needle with a sharpened distal tip and an open channel extending along an entire length of the outer needle. An inner needle slides along the open channel of the outer needle. The inner needle includes a blunt distal tip. A biasing element is coupled to the inner needle and facilitates transition of the inner-needle distal tip between a distally-biased position, where the inner-needle distal tip obstructs the sharpened outer-needle distal tip, and a retracted position, where the inner-needle distal tip exposes the sharpened outer-needle distal tip. A splittable member is disposable over the outer needle when the inner needle is disposed in the open channel of the outer needle. The splittable member is separatable from the inner and outer needles along at least one perforated region. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073432 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING A LEAD INTRODUCER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM - A lead introducer includes an outer needle with an outer-needle body. The outer-needle body includes a bend of at least 5° permanently formed along a distal end portion of the outer-needle body. The bend facilitates insertion of the lead introducer into an epidural space of a patient. The outer-needle body defines an open channel extending, along an entire length of the outer-needle body. An inner needle is slidable along the open channel of the outer needle. The inner needle includes an inner-needle body that defines a lumen extending along an entire length of the inner-needle body. A splittable member is disposable over the outer needle when the inner needle is disposed in the open channel of the outer needle. The splittable member is separatable from the inner and outer needles along at least one perforated region. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073433 | MR Compatible Fluorescence Viewing Device for Use in the Bore of an MR Magnet - In an MR guided surgical system which is carried out in the bore of an MR magnet and uses fluorescence to detect tumor cells, there is provided a microscope system for viewing the required part of a patient which includes stereoscopic viewing components arranged for use in generating 2D and 3D images displayed to the surgeon. The optical assembly is adjustable to change the view and the visual images are overlaid by the MR images. The visual image can be adjusted in response to movement of the surgical tool and the MR image displayed and/or the image obtained can be modified in response to change in the visual image and/or movement of the tool. The components in the bore are made compatible with the MR environment. A fluorescence delivery system is operated to automatically activate the delivery system in response to detection of the level of fluorescence. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073434 | DEXTEROUS WRISTS FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION - A rotatable wrist connecting a gripper tool to the distal end of a continuum robot shaft. The rotatable wrist includes a wrist hub that is non-rotatably connected to the distal end of the shaft. A wrist capstan is rotatably connected to the wrist hub and non-rotatably connected to the gripper. A flexible wire loop extends through the wrist hub and partially contacts the wrist capstan. Linear movement of the flexible wire loop through the shaft of the continuum robot causes rotation of the wrist capstan due to friction between the flexible wire loop and the wrist capstan. The wrist also supports selective detachability and control of roll, pitch and roll, pitch yaw and roll according to different embodiments. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073435 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REDUCING INTERNALLY GENERATED FRICTIONAL AND INERTIAL RESISTANCE TO MANUAL POSITIONING OF A SURGICAL MANIPULATOR - A robotic control system is placed in clutch mode so that a slave manipulator holding a surgical instrument is temporarily disengaged from control by a master manipulator in order to allow manual positioning of the surgical instrument at a surgical site within a patient. Control systems implemented in a processor compensate for internally generated frictional and inertial resistance experienced during the positioning, thereby making movement more comfortable to the mover, and stabler from a control standpoint. Each control system drives a joint motor in the slave manipulator with a saturated torque command signal which has been generated to compensate for non-linear viscous forces, coulomb friction, cogging effects, and inertia forces subjected to the joint, using estimated joint angular velocities, accelerations and externally applied torques generated by an observer in the control system from sampled displacement measurements received from a sensor associated with the joint. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073436 | OPERATION SUPPORT DEVICE - An operation support device includes a manipulation input unit and an operating section to which a surgical instrument is attached and which operates the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes a treatment section, a flexible insertion section, and a manipulation section which is fixed to the flexible insertion section. The manipulation input unit further includes a detection body which is attached to the manipulation section, and a detecting device which detects the detection body. The detecting device calculates information which is capable of specifying a position and/or an orientation of the detection body. On the basis of the information which is calculated by the detecting device, a control device controls an operation of the surgical instrument by outputting to the operating section an order of moving the surgical instrument as a manipulation order. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073437 | Indicator For Tool State and Communication in Multi-Arm Robotic Telesurgery - Medical and/or robotic devices, systems and methods provide an indicator associated with a manipulator assembly of a multi-arm telerobotic or telesurgical system. An example of an indicator comprises as multi-color light emitting diode (LED) mounted to a manipulator moving an associated surgical instrument, allowing the indicator to display any of a wide variety of signals. The invention may provide an additional user interface to facilitate communications between the telesurgical system and/or members of a telesurgical team. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073438 | HAND HELD DERMAPLANING DEVICE AND DERMAPLANING PROCESS - A method and a hand-held device for dermaplaning is disclosed that includes a blade with a safety cage forming an assembly removably mounted to a housing. The dermaplaning device is configured to limit the depth that the blade can penetrate the skin which makes the device safe for use by non-professionals. The dermaplaning device is electrically powered to cause the blade to vibrate at a predetermined frequency. Various embodiments of the hand-held dermaplaning device are disclosed for vibrating the blade. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the blade includes a safety guard for limiting the amount of penetration of the blade into the facial skin to enable the device to be safely used by non-professionals. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073439 | SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER WITH ARTICULATION SECTION - An instrument for clamping a surgical clip has a handle assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The handle assembly has a trigger and an articulation knob. The shaft assembly has an outer ground tube, a middle articulation tube, and a push/pull tube disposed within the middle articulation tube. The trigger is operable to cause longitudinal translation of the push/pull tube. The outer ground tube and the middle articulation tube present mating angled faces sloped in opposing directions. Rotation of the articulation knob causes rotation of the middle articulation tube. Rotation of the middle articulation tube changes the orientation of the angled faces and thus causes articulation of the middle articulation tube and the push/pull tube. The end effector has a pair of jaws configured to apply a surgical clip to a vessel. Longitudinal translation of the push/pull tube causes closure of the pair of jaws. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073440 | SUTURE COLLECTOR - A suture collector ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150073441 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR - Methods and instruments for repairing soft tissues of a skeletal joint such as for example of the foot or hand are presented. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073442 | SUTURE PASSER AND METHOD FOR HIP LABRUM REPAIR - Suture passer devices and methods for repair tissue using them. In particular, described herein are suture passer devices having a tissue penetrating distal end that can be used to repair tissue such as the hip labrum. In general, such devices may be used to manipulate, including move or align tissues, and to suture them. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073443 | SURGERY AUTOMATIC SUTURING AND KNOT TYING APPARATUS - A surgery automatic suturing and knot tying apparatus is to suture and tie knots on a surgical suture having a needle end and a tail end. The surgery automatic suturing and knot tying apparatus comprises a positioning board, a threading module located on the positioning board, and two thread drawing modules and two needle threading arms located on the positioning board. The two needle threading arms wind the surgical suture around the threading module, and collaborate with the two thread drawing modules to draw the surgical suture to make the surgical suture finally be separated from the threading module, thereby can tie knots automatically on the surgical suture to meet use requirements and alleviate the burden of doctors during surgical operation. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073444 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate Medical Textiles and Fibers - Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073445 | Implantable Porous Device Including a Film - A surgical implant includes a porous substrate defining a length along a longitudinal axis and a width along a transverse axis, and a discontinuous film disposed over a surface of the porous substrate. The discontinuous film defines a plurality of coated segments on the porous substrate that are spaced by uncoated regions of the porous substrate. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073446 | Methods and Devices for Anchoring a Graft to Bone - Methods and devices are provided for anchoring graft to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a bone cavity is created in bone, a graft is partially advanced into the bone cavity, and a hardenable filler material is inserted into the cavity. The hardenable filler material can change from a viscous first state to a harder second state, compressing the graft against the walls of the bone cavity and thereby anchoring the graft within the cavity. The hardenable filler material can be inserted in an open sac, a closed sac, other carriers or housings, or directly into the bone cavity. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073447 | ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY DEVICE WITH EXCHANGEABLE DRIVE SHAFT AND MESHING GEARS - An atherectomy device with an exchangeable drive shaft is disclosed, having a drive shaft gear at a distal end of the exchangeable drive shaft for meshing engagement with a prime mover gear on the output shaft of the prime mover. The exchangeable drive shaft is inserted into an opening at the distal end of the handle housing and moved axially in a proximal direction. Surface features on at least the prime mover housing and the engageable drive shaft help to align the drive shaft gear with the prime mover gear for meshing engagement. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073448 | ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY DEVICE WITH EXCHANGEABLE DRIVE SHAFT AND MESHING GEARS - An atherectomy device with an exchangeable drive shaft is disclosed, having a drive shaft gear at a distal end of the exchangeable drive shaft for meshing engagement with a prime mover gear on the output shaft of the prime mover. The exchangeable drive shaft is inserted into an opening at the distal end of the handle housing and moved axially in a proximal direction. Surface features on at least the prime mover housing and the engageable drive shaft help to align the drive shaft gear with the prime mover gear for meshing engagement. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073449 | Safety Knife With Retractable And Extendable Blade And Guard - A safety surgical knife has a blade guard and a knife blade holder. The knife blade is covered when the guard is extended to protect it. When the blade is extended to its full operating position the guard is simultaneously retracted. When the blade is retracted the guard is simultaneously extended to return to its protective position. A shaped knife handle acts as an orientation guide and an anti-roll prop keeps the knife from rolling over when placed on a flat surface. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073450 | LIQUID INJECTION DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE - A liquid injection device includes a liquid injection mechanism including a liquid chamber and an air bubble generation unit provided in the liquid chamber and generating air bubbles, and a control unit that changes a drive signal for driving the air bubble generation unit in response to a movement speed of the liquid injection mechanism. | 2015-03-12 |
20150073451 | INSTRUMENT WITH IMPROVED TOOL - An instrument ( | 2015-03-12 |