30th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200230342 | RETRACTABLE RESPIRATORY MASK - A retractable respiratory mask of the present invention comprise a worn portion, a filter portion adapted to connect with a filter member, and a retractable portion; the retractable portion connected between the worn portion and the filter portion comprises a first bend portion, a second bend portion and a displacement section. The two bend portions are spaced apart from each other and the displacement section is connected between the two bend portions. The retractable respiratory mask of the present invention can change the relative position between the two bend portions by folding over the displacement section. The retractable respiratory mask shows an extended shape when the first bend portion and the second bend portion are orderly arranged in an extending direction, and conversely shows a contracted shape when two bend portions are arranged along the opposite direction. By doing so, the mask can be folded up to reduce entire volume. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230343 | RESPIRATORY MASK SYSTEM - A respiratory mask system includes a mask interface and a headgear assembly. The headgear assembly is adjustable and comprised of an elastic portion, a non-elastic portion and a restriction mechanism configured to provide a force resisting movement of the non-elastic portion when the elastic portion is extended. There is a support beam coupled to the non-elastic portion and extending along a portion of the headgear that is curved along its longitudinal extent. In this way particular seal modules can be comfortably fitted to a user and any blow off force is mitigated. A particular example of the respiratory mask system includes provision for removable attachment between the seal and a mask frame, the mask frame and a yoke of the headgear; and between a conduit and the mask frame. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230344 | HEADGEAR ASSEMBLIES AND INTERFACE ASSEMBLIES WITH HEADGEAR - A headgear system and/or an interface assembly incorporating a headgear system that, in some configurations, is configured to transform from elasticated or “stretchy” behavior to “inelastic” behavior at least in response to normal or expected forces encountered during the intended therapy. In some configurations, upon fitment to the head of a user, the system automatically adjusts toward or to an appropriate size. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230345 | Mental Targeting System - A mental targeting system. The mental targeting system has a housing which includes a base, at least one sidewall extending from the base, and a top surface, all of which defines an interior volume. A control circuit is disposed in the interior volume which is in electrical communication with a speaker, a microphone, a projector, a plurality of buttons, and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The speaker is disposed in a sidewall and plays sounds stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium. The projector includes a projection lens, and is disposed on the top of the housing where it projects light through a removably securable disc. A slot disposed in the sidewall below the projection lens is used to deposit and retrieve the disc. Full insertion of the disc into the slot positions a portion of the disc directly below, and parallel with, the projection lens. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230346 | CIRCADIAN RHYTHM MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Disclosed are an apparatus and a system for managing circadian rhythm. The apparatus includes an illuminance measuring portion which measures a bio illuminance value of external light using a circadian lambda filter which passes the external light along according to a circadian rhythm sensitivity curve and a visual lambda filter which passes the external light along according to a visual sensitivity curve, a controller which outputs a control signal for reinforcing a user's circadian rhythm on the basis of the bio illuminance value, and a circadian rhythm reinforcing portion which emits light of a circadian wavelength band toward the user according to the control signal. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230347 | EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONDUCTING AND MONITORING MENTAL EXERCISES - An ear-worn electronic device includes a right ear device comprising a first processor and a left ear device comprising a second processor communicatively coupled to the first processor. A physiologic sensor module comprises one or more physiologic sensors configured to sense at least one physiologic parameter from a wearer. A motion sensor module comprises one or more sensors configured to sense movement of the wearer. The first and second processors are coupled to the physiologic and motion sensor modules. The first and second processors are configured to produce a three-dimensional virtual sound environment comprising relaxing sounds, generate verbal instructions within the three-dimensional virtual sound environment that guide the wearer through a predetermined mental exercise that promotes wearer relaxation, and generate verbal commentary that assesses wearer compliance with the predetermined mental exercise in response to one or both of the sensed movement and the at least one physiologic parameter. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230348 | SLEEP SYSTEM - A method for helping a user awaken from sleep includes receiving information indicating a wake-up time frame; receiving a plurality of biometric readings of the user, each biometric reading including at least one of a heart rate or respiration rate; based on the plurality of biometric readings, determining that the user has had sufficient sleep; and arranging a wake-up sound after entering the wake-up time frame and after determining that the user has had sufficient sleep or at the end of the wake-up timeframe. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230349 | Medical Device Package With Flip Cap Having a Snap Fit - A package for a medical device such as an intermittent catheter has a case with open and closed ends. A hinge connects a cap to the case to permit movement of the cap between open and closed positions. A seal connected to one of the cap and case is engageable with the other to maintain a sterile environment inside the package. The seal can be repeatedly made and broken whenever the user closes or opens the cap. The case includes a pair of slots at the open end. A pair of latches is formed in the cap. The latches fit into the slots to prevent lateral forces from distorting the cap when the cap is closed. A first use indication label spans a depression in the outer contour of a closed cap and case, assuring visual confirmation of breach of the label upon first opening of the cap. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230350 | CATHETER WITH MOVABLE INDICATOR - An apparatus for performing a medical procedure is provided. A catheter includes a tubular body having a plurality of markings indicative of a distance to an end portion of the catheter. A movable indicator repositionable on the tubular body to indicate a position of at least one of the plurality of markings. The indicator may also be provided with a magnifier for facilitating reading any indicia on the catheter. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230351 | BI-LATERAL CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE - The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a first tubular housing including a first exit port and a second tubular housing including a second exit port. The apparatus also includes a third tubular housing coupled to at least one of the first tubular housing and the second tubular housing such that each of the first tubular housing, the second tubular housing, and the third tubular housing are fixed with respect to one another. The apparatus also includes a first catheter including a first plurality of outlets and is configured to be positioned at least partially within the first tubular housing. The apparatus also includes a second catheter including a second plurality of outlets and is configured to be positioned at least partially within of the second tubular housing. The apparatus also includes a pressure transducer line positioned in the third tubular housing and a pressure transducer coupled to the pressure transducer line. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230352 | INTRAVASCULAR DEVICE DELIVERY SHEATH - An intravascular delivery system includes a delivery sheath capable of transmitting a predetermined tension or compression force in a longitudinal direction while maintaining flexibility to navigate tortuous anatomy. A method of delivering a medical device includes inserting an intravascular device delivery system including a delivery sheath having a continuous spine into a bodily lumen. A distal longitudinal force is applied to the delivery sheath. The distal force is transmitted through the continuous spine and across one or more slit cuts of the delivery sheath. A proximal longitudinal force is applied to the delivery sheath. The proximal longitudinal force is transmitted through the continuous spine of the delivery sheath. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230353 | CATHETER DELIVERY DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A catheter system may include a catheter assembly and a catheter delivery device. The catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a catheter adapter distal end, a catheter adapter proximal end, and a catheter adapter lumen extending through the catheter adapter distal end and the catheter adapter proximal end. The catheter assembly may include a primary catheter extending from the catheter adapter distal end. The catheter delivery device may include a housing, which may include a housing distal end coupled to the catheter assembly, a housing proximal end, and a housing lumen extending through the housing distal end and the housing proximal end. A secondary catheter may be disposed within the housing. The secondary catheter may be configured to move distally through the catheter assembly in response to a fluid pressure provided by a fluid delivery device coupled to the housing proximal end. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230354 | MECHANICAL INTERLOCK FOR CATHETERS - An intravascular device delivery system has an elongated member with a flexible hypotube. The hypotube can be rotationally keyed to a steerable catheter. The flexible hypotube includes one or more cuts to allow bending of the flexible hypotube within a first plane. The steerable catheter is steerable to bend the flexible hypotube within the first plane, and longitudinally movable relative to the flexible hypotube to allow distal movement of the steerable catheter relative to a distal end of the flexible hypotube. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230355 | MICROCATHETER - A microcatheter comprising an inner layer, a strike layer and an outer layer and a braided skeleton located between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the inner layer is made of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and has a thickness of 0.0015 inch or less, wherein the strike layer includes a polyether block amide and has a thickness of 0.001 inch or less, and wherein a distal portion of said outer layer is made of polycarbonate-based thermoplastic polyurethane having a shore of 90A or below. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230357 | EXPANDABLE INTRODUCER - Disclosed herein is an expandable introducer for a catheter. The expandable introducer generally includes an elongate, tubular body extending between a proximal end and a distal end along a longitudinal axis. The elongate, tubular body generally includes an inner layer, and an outer layer where the inner layer and the outer layer form a wall structure configured to radially expand and contract as a medical device passes along the axis. At least one of the inner layer and the outer layer includes an elastomer. In some embodiments, the expandable introducer includes a reinforcing strut sandwiched between the inner and outer layers to provide additional mechanical benefits. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230358 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FLUID TRANSFER THROUGH A PLACED PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER - An apparatus includes a catheter, an introducer, and an actuator. A distal end portion of the introducer is configured to couple to an indwelling peripheral intravenous line. The actuator is movably coupled to the introducer and is configured to move the catheter between a first position, in which the catheter is disposed within the introducer, and a second position, in which a distal end portion of the catheter is distal to the introducer. A first portion of the actuator is disposed outside of the introducer and in contact with an outer surface of the introducer such that (1) a longitudinal axis defined by a second portion of the actuator is nonparallel to a longitudinal axis defined by the introducer and (2) the second portion of the actuator exerts a force on a proximal end portion of the catheter operable to increase an internal stress within a portion of the catheter. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230359 | HYPOTUBE CATHETERS - A catheter includes a hypotube and a liner. The hypotube may extend substantially along a length of the catheter. The liner may extend along a majority of a length of the hypotube, and may extend along substantially an entirety of the length of the hypotube. The hypotube includes flexibility enhancing features along its length. In addition, the hypotube may include one or more operational features, which may enable various procedures to be performed with the catheter. The liner may be positioned adjacent to an interior surface of a wall of the hypotube, or it may be positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the wall of the hypotube. Any operational features of the hypotube may be exposed through or beyond a longitudinal extent of the liner or a portion thereof. Methods for manufacturing catheters that include hypotubes and liners are also disclosed. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230360 | ACTIVE DRIVES FOR ROBOTIC CATHETER MANIPULATORS - An instrument driver comprises opposing rotatable gripping pads. Each of the gripping pads includes an outer circular rim and a center hub. The pads are configured for applying a gripping force to an elongated member. The instrument driver further comprises shafts affixed to the center hubs, and a driver assembly configured for rotating at least one of the shafts, thereby causing the pads to rotate in opposite directions to linearly translate the gripped member. Each of the pads further includes a framework for partially collapsing in response to the gripping force, such that portions of the rims flatten to contact each other. Each rim has a concave gripping surface in order to facilitate vertical centering of the member between the pads. Each of the pads further includes a pair of upper and lower sprockets for interlacing with each other to prevent the elongated member from slipping out between the pads. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230361 | Steerable Catheter with Portions of Different Stiffness - A steerable catheter ( | 2020-07-23 |
20200230362 | TISSUE GRASPING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - The present disclosure relates generally to systems, devices, and methods for supporting, stabilizing, and/or positioning a medical device, such as a transcatheter medical device. The stabilizer allows for control of degrees of freedom from no movement to free movement to selective movements, to substantially translation only movement and/or to substantially rotational only movement of the medical device. The patent describes pure mechanical embodiment as well as smart embodiments that can synergistically sense, actuate and/or transmit data between the stabilizer, medical device and control or display system to operate and/or deploy the device/therapy. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230363 | LOW PROFILE INTRODUCER APPARATUS - An introducer apparatus includes an outer sleeve and an inner cannula received within the lumen of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve has a profile such that at least a portion of the distal end of the outer sleeve tapers in the distal direction at an angle not exceeding about 2° relative to a longitudinal axis of the apparatus. The distal open end of the outer sleeve has a wall thickness not exceeding about 0.003 inch. The inner cannula includes a tapered distal end portion. The tapered distal portion of the inner cannula extends distal to the distal open end of the outer sleeve, such that a generally smooth diametrical transition is provided between the outer sleeve tapered portion and the open distal end of the inner cannula. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230364 | INTRAVENOUS THERAPY SYSTEM FOR BLOOD VESSEL ACCESS VIA A CURVED NEEDLE AND CURVED CATHETER - An intravenous therapy system may include a curved needle; and a curved catheter formed around the outside surface of the curved needle; wherein, upon insertion of a first length of the curved needle and curved catheter into a patient's body, a curvature angle of the curved needle and curved catheter causes the curved needle and curved catheter to intersect axially with a blood vessel in the patient's body. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230365 | INTRAVENOUS THERAPY SYSTEM FOR BLOOD VESSEL DETECTION - An intravenous therapy system may include a hollow needle comprising a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end comprising a sharp tip for insertion into a vein; an infrared (IR) camera placed within a hollow portion of the hollow needle, including: an IR detector; a first light source to emit a first wavelength of IR light; and a second light source to emit a second wavelength of IR light; a comparator to, upon execution of a processor communicatively coupled to the comparator, compare an amount of reflected light received at the IR detector during activation of the first light and second light and provide an indication of light absorption within a vein. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230366 | INTRAVENOUS THERAPY SYSTEM HAVING A NEEDLE HUB AND CATHETER HUB - An intravenous therapy system may include a housing to house an actuation hub, the actuation hub comprising; a needle hub operatively coupled to a needle to insert the needle into a patient's body; and a catheter hub operatively coupled to a catheter to insert the catheter into a patient's body, the catheter being formed coaxially with an outer surface of the needle; and an inflatable bladder formed along a length of the catheter to maintain the catheter in the patient's body. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230367 | CATHETER INSERTION DEVICE WITH TIP PROTECTOR HOUSING - The present disclosure provides for a safety catheter assembly comprising a needle hub, a catheter hub, a tip protector housing. Various embodiments can comprises a push-off tab extending radially from the tip protector housing or a portion thereof, and/or structure can be added or removed to affect compliance between a catheter assembly and a catheter insertion device. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230368 | IV CATHETER WITH VEIN ENTRY INDICATION - An intravenous catheter assembly that includes a catheter tube and an introducer needle that is disposed, at least in part, within the catheter tube when the introducer needle is in a ready for use position. The introducer needle includes a lateral surface that defines a relief that is positioned under the distal end of the catheter tube when the introducer is in the ready for use position to provide a flow path into a flash indication space. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230369 | CONFIRMATION OF CATHETER PLACEMENT WITHIN A VEIN - A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, which may include a distal end and a proximal end. The catheter system may include a catheter, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, a catheter lumen extending through the distal end of the catheter and the proximal end of the catheter, and an inner surface forming the catheter lumen. The catheter may extend distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter. The distal end of the catheter may include one or more holes. The distal end of the catheter may include one or more channels. The holes and/or the channels may facilitate visualization of blood flashback indicating the catheter is disposed within a vein of a patient. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230370 | DOUBLE-ENDED WIRE GUIDE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A method of treating an occlusion in a body lumen of a patient is described. The method uses advancing a first end of a wire guide through the body lumen of the patient from an entry point towards a first side of an occlusion. The method also advances the first end of the wire guide through the occlusion to a second side of the occlusion. The method further advances the first end of the wire guide through a second entry point and out of the lumen. The method involves removing a portion of the first end of the wire guide extending outside the second percutaneous entry point to expose a modified terminal end of the wire guide. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230371 | INTRODUCER ASSEMBLY PARTICULARLY FOR BALLOON CATHETERS - An introducer assembly ( | 2020-07-23 |
20200230372 | COATED MEDICAL DEVICE - A coated medical device ( | 2020-07-23 |
20200230373 | EXPANDABLE MEMBER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRUG DELIVERY - Described here are systems and methods for delivering an active agent to target tissues of the ear, nose, or throat using an expandable member having drug crystals layered thereon, and methods for manufacturing such systems. The expandable member can be delivered to the target tissues in a low-profile configuration and expanded to contact and/or dilate surrounding tissue. Expansion of the expandable member transfers the drug crystals to the target tissues, which then act as an in situ depot that enables maintenance of a therapeutic level of an active agent for a desired time period after removal of the expandable member. Multiple expansions of a single expandable member can be employed during treatment. For example, the systems and methods can be useful when it is desired to treat multiple paranasal sinuses with a single expandable member. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230374 | BALLOON CATHETER WITH FORTIFIED PROXIMAL INFUSION OUTLET PORT, AND MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Infusion balloon catheter with fortified proximal infusion outlet port, and manufacturing thereof. Infusion balloon catheter includes: inflatable balloon member; shaft having distal end attached to balloon member, and shaft wall enclosing: first lumen providing passage to balloon inflation fluid, and second lumen providing passage to infusion fluid and guidewire; and bending-resistant insert member housed in second lumen and located proximally to balloon member, insert member is affixed to, and conforms to shape of, shaft inner wall surface, and includes one or more opening(s). Shaft wall has infusion outlet port located along, and providing opening to, second lumen proximally to balloon member. Insert opening(s) is/are in direct fluid communication with infusion outlet port whose cross-sectional area is larger than that of infusion inlet opening. Bending-resistant insert member provides fortifying structural support to shaft wall portion surrounding infusion outlet port. Applicable to medical procedures involving injection of imaging contrast material or/and drugs. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230375 | INFLATABLE MEDICAL BALLOON WITH FLEX POINTS DUE TO INTERRUPTED FIBERS - A fiber-reinforced device, such as an inflatable medical balloon, includes a cylindrical central portion. The balloon includes first and second tapered portions connected to the cylindrical central portion along a longitudinal axis extending from a first end of the balloon to a second end of the balloon. In one embodiment, the balloon includes at least one zone free of fibers extending in a longitudinal direction, such that each longitudinal fiber is discontinuous in a circumferential direction around the balloon. In another embodiment, the balloon includes alternating discontinuous and continuous longitudinal fibers. In yet another embodiment, the balloon includes discontinuous longitudinal fibers, with every other longitudinal fiber having a discontinuity aligned in a circumferential direction. Related methods are also disclosed. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230376 | BALLOON CATHETER WITH ADJUSTABLE SHEATH - An intravascular balloon catheter device for treating various size stenosed regions within a blood vessel is provided. A clamp located within a body of a handle assembly is movable between a clamped and unclamped position by way of a button. When clamped, an outer member is secured relative to a sheath to as to expose a portion of a balloon located on a distal end of the outer member. The portion of the balloon remaining within the sheath is restricted from inflation beyond the sheath. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230377 | CONFORMABLE BALLOON DEVICES AND METHODS - The present disclosure is directed toward a semi-compliant to non-compliant, conformable balloon useful in medical applications. Conformable balloons of the present disclosure exhibit a low straightening force when in a curved configuration and at inflation pressures greater than 4 atm. Balloons of the present disclosure are constructed of material that can compress along an inner length when the balloon is in a curved configuration. In further embodiments, balloons of the present disclosure can be constructed of material that sufficiently elongates along an outer arc when the balloon is in a curved configuration. As a result, medical balloons, in accordance with the present disclosure, when inflated in a curved configuration, exhibit kink-free configurations and do not cause a significant degree of vessel straightening. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230378 | BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL TUMOR TREATMENT - A balloon catheter system includes: a light irradiation probe including, at a distal end portion of a fiber probe, a light irradiation portion for irradiating light; a balloon catheter including a shaft having a through hole through which the light irradiation probe is insertable, the through hole allowing liquid feeding, with the light irradiation probe being arranged, and a balloon provided to the shaft and configured to be expandable and contractable by a liquid injected into the balloon; and an injection apparatus including a measuring portion capable of measuring a quantity of the liquid, and an injection portion for injecting the liquid measured by the measuring portion into the balloon, and the balloon expands by the injected liquid, to thereby extend a wall of a region to be treated and retain the wall of the region to be treated in an extended state. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230379 | MEDICAL INFLATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Devices used to pressurize, depressurize, or otherwise displace fluid are disclosed. The devices may be configured to displace fluid in order to inflate or deflate a medical device, such as a balloon. The devices further include a crank member for providing a mechanical advantage when pressurizing or otherwise displacing fluid. The devices further include adding reinforcement fibers and slip agents to polymeric materials. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230381 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING PULMONARY EDEMA - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for the treatment of edema. In one aspect a method for implanting an indwelling catheter within a vein of a patient is provided. The catheter can extend from a position upstream of at least one outflow port of a duct of the lymph system to a terminal position downstream of the at least one outflow port. In use, a first restriction can be created within the vein proximal to a distal region of the catheter. The first restriction can define a localized low pressure zone distal of the restriction and within a portion of the vein housing the catheter. The low pressure zone can be adjacent to the at least one outflow port to enable fluid to pass from the at least one lymph duct outflow port into the vein. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230382 | URETHRAL DEVICE - An indwelling urethral device is described that includes an elongated tubular member extending along a longitudinal axis (L) from a distal inlet end portion, via an intermediate portion, to a proximal outlet end portion, the tubular member defining a lumen extending along the longitudinal axis between the distal inlet end portion and the proximal outlet end portion, the distal end portion of the elongated tubular member comprising a plurality of urine inlet openings, at least a part of the distal end portion being preconfigured to be reversibly transformable between a linear state for passage through the urethra when inserted there through and a preconfigured coiled state for anchored receipt within the bladder in the use position. The plurality of urine inlet openings is provided on the interior spiral section and urine inlet openings are absent on the exterior spiral section. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230383 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENLARGING NARROW PORTION - A treatment system includes a guide, tubular dilator members, an operation portion, and a holding portion. The guide extends linearly or curvilinearly. The dilator members pass the guide inside and are configured to move forward along the guide. The operation portion is configured to sequentially move the plurality of dilator members from a proximal end side of the guide to a distal end side of the guide. The holding portion is provided on the guide. A distance between outer edges of the holding portion in a direction intersecting a direction from the proximal end side toward the distal end side of the guide is larger or is configured to be larger than a distance between outer edges of the guide. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230384 | METHOD FOR INTRANASAL STEM CELL THERAPY - A method for intranasal stem cell therapy provides a non-invasive procedure to inject mesenchymal stem cells directly through the nostrils for stem cell deposition in nerve endings, for the uptake of large number of stem cells directly into the central nervous system, and bypassing the blood-brain barrier. The method involves steps: preparing the patient psychologically and physically prior to receiving the stem cell specimen; intravenously introducing a solution of sodium chloride or Ringer's lactate containing mannitol, and glutathione. The method also includes: clearing and illuminating the inferior turbinate of the nostrils; urging a pair of absorbent fiber soaked with lidocaine and epinephrine into the nostrils; inserting, through one of the nostrils, a 27G 1¼″ needle at a midpoint of the inferior turbinate at a 30° angle relative to the facial plane, and at an angle between 5° to 10° relative to a lateral reference point; and performing post-procedure maintenance. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230385 | MEDICANT DELIVERY METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A medicant delivery method is to introduce a fluid into a container by flowing along a pressure-in pathway and out to the container. As a flow speed is stable, a connecting channel is plugged to enter the fluid to the pressure-out pathway. The fluid flows along the pressure-out pathway and then out into the container to convey the medicant at a container bottom out of the container. This method can provide more stable and more balanced forcing to gently carry the medicant all the way out of the container. Thereupon, contamination at an endoscope by the medicant bounced back from a target tissue to block vision of the endoscope can be avoided. Thus, medicant administration (hemostatic medicant for example) can be more accurate, continuity of an endoscopic surgery can be improved, performance in hemostasis can be raised, and also the total surgery time can be reduced. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230386 | SKIN THERAPY SYSTEMS - A convenient and hygienic skin therapy system comprising an encaser, one or more therapeutic compositions, a sealing means and optional accessories is disclosed. A method of using such a skin therapy system is also provided. The skin therapy system and the use thereof provides an effective, efficient and safe therapeutic approach. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230387 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR WARM GAS THERAPY - Devices and method for warm gas therapy is provided. Device comprises a gas warmer assembly to warm a first gas to a temperature in a first temperature range to obtain warm first gas. The device comprises a first delivery unit that can deliver the warm first gas to a main treatment chamber which encloses a sub-treatment chamber to retain heat therein. A second delivery unit can receive a therapeutic gas from a gas supply. The second delivery unit comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion substantially passes through the first delivery unit and therapeutic gas in the first portion is warmed by the warm first gas. The second portion delivers the warm therapeutic gas to a sub-treatment chamber. The sub-treatment chamber encloses a body part of a patient. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230389 | MICROPENETRATOR DEVICE FOR PENETRATING A BIOLOGICAL BARRIER - A device that may be placed on a biological barrier can be used to perforate the biological barrier for a variety of purposes such as cosmetic, scar treatment or for the delivery of active agents. A flexible substrate has a first side and a second opposing side and a plurality of micropenetrator arrangements each comprising a head and a first and second projection, for penetrating a biological barrier, extending from the head. The first and second projection at least partially extend through the flexible substrate towards the first side. The head comprises an elongate arm for spacing apart the first and second projections. A force is applied to the second side causing flexing of the flexible substrate and pushing the projections into communication with a biological barrier. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230390 | Assemblies for Identifying a Power Injectable Access Port - A method of using a power-injectable port includes obtaining the power-injectable access port, attaching a catheter to an outlet stem of the power-injectable access port, and implanting the power-injectable access port and the catheter into a patient. The method further includes identifying the power-injectable access port following the implanting, and in accordance with the identification, inserting a distal end of a needle through the septum and into the reservoir, and injecting contrast media through the needle at a rate of at least one milliliter per second. The power-injectable access port includes a housing, a septum, a reservoir, and an outlet stem in fluid communication with the reservoir. The power-injectable access port is rated for injection of contrast media at a flow rate of at least 1 milliliter per second. The power-injectable access port is structured for operation at a pressure in the reservoir of at least 35 psi. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230391 | INTRAVENOUS THERAPY SYSTEM FOR BLOOD VESSEL DETECTION AND VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE PLACEMENT - An intravenous therapy system, may include a processor; a data storage device; and a handheld ultrasound probe to detect structures within a patient's body, the handheld ultrasound probe including a video display device physically and operatively coupled to the handheld to display the structures within the patient's body and a magnetic field detector to detect the presence of a vascular access device (VAD) and provide closed-loop feedback to guide the VAD into a blood vessel within the patient's body detected by the ultrasound probe. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230393 | HARVEY E/R (EXPANDABLE/RETRACTABLE) NASAL OXYGEN CANNULA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A Harvey E/R (expandable/retractable) nasal oxygen cannula system enables a person that needs assistance with additional air or oxygen to receive this assistance without creating other hazards or limits on their movement. The system uses a retractable tube that stretches or other wise expands and contracts as the person increase or decreases their distance from the source of the assisted air or oxygen. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230394 | MEDICAL PUSH CONNECTORS - Medical push connectors and systems are provided. A medical push connector can include an engagement member operatively coupled to a release member. The engagement member may releasably couple a medical device to the medical push connector. Medical push connector systems may include one or more medical devices and a medical push connector coupled to, or coupleable to, the one or more medical devices. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230395 | Apparatus and Methods for the Transdermal Delivery of Active Agents - A transdermal delivery system ( | 2020-07-23 |
20200230396 | INTRASEPTAL MULTI-ELECTRODE CARDIAC PACEMAKER AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - An intraseptal multi-electrode cardiac pacemaker has a plurality of first individual electrodes implanted at an interventricular septum at varying depths and/or lateral distances from the distal end of a flexible conduit and configured to provide a cardiac pacing therapy by stimulating left bundle branch conduction fibers. A plurality of second individual electrodes may also be implanted in the septum at suitable depths to stimulate conduction fibers of the right bundle branch. After implantation, first and second individual electrodes are interrogated to select a subset of electrodes suitable to deliver the pacing therapy according to a predetermined criterion such as capturing the left ventricle or capturing the right ventricle via normal conduction system of the heart at the lowest voltage level via corresponding bundle branches. A combination of the pacemaker with a cardioverter/defibrillator is provided by positioning a defibrillator coil near the distal end of the flexible conduit of the pacemaker. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230398 | MEDICAL DEVICE ANCHORING - An apparatus for fastening around a cranial burr hole includes a substantially flat core and a shell encapsulating a ring portion of the core. The shell defines an orifice substantially centered within the ring portion, and has a contoured lower surface to match the cranial curvature. Pliable arms of the core extend laterally from the ring portion, each being terminated by a fastener member. A central portion of a placement tool for the apparatus has a lower part configured to extend through the apparatus orifice, and an upper part from which first and second arms of the tool extend laterally. Each tool arm is terminated with a receptacle to hold a bone screw, and, when the tool central portion lower part extends through the apparatus orifice, each receptacle aligns with a corresponding fastener member, and lower openings of the receptacles are generally oriented along the contoured lower surface. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230399 | ELECTRODE DEVICES FOR NEUROSTIMULATION - An extravascular or intravascular neural interface is disclosed and can include three C-ring portions, with at least two including an electrode, an electrode pair or an electrode array. The portions are formed of a flexible material that is configured to enable the portions to self-size to fit around or against a surface of a target vessel when the neural interface is released at a position along the target vessel. A spinal portion configured to house electrical conductors for the electrodes is connected to one or more portions. The portions may be spaced sufficient apart to permit radial expansion and contraction of a target vessel around or within which the neural interface is placed, to reduce nerve compression, open trench low-pressure unrestricted blood-flow, and to enhance fluid exchange with the target vessel. The portions may be arranged in a low helix angle forming at least two full turns. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230400 | PERIPHERAL NERVE ELECTRODE ARRAY - The present disclosure relates to a peripheral nerve electrode array that includes a first, second and third pair of electrodes spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis of the electrode array, the second pair of electrodes being located between the first and third pairs of electrodes. The present disclosure further relates to method for treating or preventing a chronic inflammatory condition in a human subject in need thereof, comprising providing to the human subject a therapeutically effective electrical stimulation of the anterior central abdominal vagus nerve or the posterior central abdominal vagus nerve, wherein the electrical stimulation is provided through two or more previously implanted electrodes at a site below the cardiac branches and above the hepatic-celiac branches of the nerve; and whereby the chronic inflammatory condition is prevented or treated in the human subject. In addition, the present disclosure relates to a method for treating or preventing a chronic inflammatory condition in a human subject in need thereof. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230401 | BIOMEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A MECHANICALLY ADAPTIVE MEMBER - A biomedical device having improved handling features to be easily inserted into a cavity or recess is disclosed, as well as methods for using thereof, said device comprising a flat and soft substrate, comprising electrically conductive tracks, configured to interface a biological surface; and a rigid member located on a portion of said flat and soft substrate, said member being substantially composed of a mechanically adaptive material being fully or partially degradable upon a degrading/softening trigger. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230402 | LEAD ELECTRODE WITH IMPROVED MRI CONDITIONALITY - A lead electrode has a lead body extending along a longitudinal axis, and a tubular shield arranged around at least a part of the lead body. The shield is configured to protect the lead electrode from electromagnetic interference. The shield is formed with a plurality of slots arranged along the longitudinal axis of the lead electrode or the shield is formed with at least one helical slot which extends along a helical path along the longitudinal axis. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230403 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL GENERATION - Systems, devices, and methods for electroporation ablation therapy are disclosed, with the system including a pulse waveform signal generator for medical ablation therapy that may be coupled to an ablation device including at least one electrode for ablation pulse delivery to tissue. The signal generator may generate and deliver voltage pulses to the ablation device in the form of a pulse waveform in a predetermined sequence where the signal generator may independently configure a set of electrodes of an ablation device. The signal generator may further perform active monitoring of a set of electrode channels and discharge excess energy using the set of electrode channels. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230404 | PERCUTANEOUS ACCESS FOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TREATING SLEEP-RELATED DISORDERED BREATHING - Systems and methods are described and illustrated for percutaneously implanting a stimulation lead for treating sleep-related disordered breathing. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230405 | ELECTRO-STIMULATION TYPE INDOOR BICYCLE - An electrical stimulation indoor bike includes a stationary bicycle; an electrical stimulation unit connected to the stationary bicycle either with wire or without wire, and including an electrode pad for applying electrical stimulation to a user's body; and a control unit to control electrical stimulation of the electrical stimulation unit in accordance with an exercise mode of the stationary bicycle. By the electrical stimulation indoor bike, a variety of electrical stimulation according to pedal movement is applied to a body through an indoor bike connected with a low-frequency stimulator, thereby maximizing exercise effect. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230406 | MANAGING THERAPY DELIVERY BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL MARKERS - A method includes monitoring a sensor signal and classifying a physiological marker of a patient based upon the sensor signal. The method also includes generating a control signal based on the classified physiological marker, the control signal controlling an implantable stimulation device to provide the electrical stimulation at a target site within the patient. The method further includes adapting one or more of a manner in which processor circuitry classifies the physiological markers, generates the control signal, or one or more stimulation parameters of a stimulation program based on the classified physiological markers or patient input so as to automatically adjust one or more of timing or the stimulation parameters of the electrical stimulation. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230408 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITH DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH REPLICATING PATHOGENS - Systems and methods are provided for treating an inflammatory or allergic response associated with a replicating pathogen, such as a virus in the coronaviridae family. The methods include emitting an electrical impulse near a vagus nerve within the patient sufficient to inhibit or reduce an inflammatory or allergic response in the patient. The systems and methods of the present invention reduce the expression of inflammatory mediators that are elevated in ARDS and other inflammatory or allergic disorders, thereby ameliorating the overactivity of the immune reaction in patient's suffering from certain disorders, such as the coronavirus. This therapy may include a feedback mechanism to provide potent anti-inflammatory benefits without the negative side effects of conventional immune suppression techniques and drugs, such as steroids and other nebulized drugs. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230409 | LOW-FREQUENCY TREATMENT DEVICE - A low-frequency treatment device with minimal hindrance to a user's action. The low-frequency treatment device comprises a pad that executes low frequency treatment by applying a low frequency current to a body of a user; and an execution unit that detects vibration of a location where the low frequency current is being applied (step S | 2020-07-23 |
20200230410 | Fitting Algorithm for Recruiting of Neural Targets in a Spinal Cord Stimulator System - A fitting algorithm for a spinal cord stimulator is disclosed, which is preferably implemented in a clinician programmer having a graphical user interface. In one example, coupling parameters indicative of coupling to neural structures are determined for each electrode in an implanted electrode array. The user interface associates different pole configurations with different anatomical targets and with different measurement techniques (subjective or objective) to gauge the effectiveness of the pole configuration at different positions in the electrode array. The pole configuration, perhaps as modified by the coupling parameters, is then steered in the array, and effectiveness is measured along with a paresthesia threshold at each position. Using at least this data, the fitting algorithm can determine one or more candidate positions in the electrode array at which a therapeutic stimulation program can be centered. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF BACK PAIN - The present invention reduces pain and improves function long-term in persons with back pain using electrical stimulation in the back. This approach involves an electrical stimulation device including at least one electrode adapted for insertion within an animal body with back pain and at least one pulse generator operatively coupled with the at least one electrode, wherein the pulse generator delivers electrical stimulation activating at least a nerve innervating at least a paraspinal muscle in a back of the animal body for pain relief. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230412 | CUFF ELECTRODE - A cuff electrode includes at least an array of electrodes to extend circumferentially about a nerve. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230413 | BRAIN CONNECTIVITY ATLAS FOR PERSONALIZED FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY TARGETING AND BRAIN STIMULATION PROGRAMMING - A system and method for identifying a patient-specific neurosurgery target location is provided. The system receives brain imaging data for a patient that includes tracts and networks in the patient brain, accesses a quantitative connectome atlas comprising population-based, disease-specific structural and functional connectivity maps comprising a pattern of tracts and networks associated with an optimal target area (OTA) identified from a population of patients, and defines the patient-specific neurosurgery target location based on a comparison between a pattern of the tracts and networks from the brain imaging data for the patient and the pattern of tracts and networks associated with the OTA identified from the population of patients in the quantitative connectome atlas. The quantitative connectome atlas comprises a disease-specific, population-based quantitative connectome atlas that identifies an optimal target location for treatment associated with a maximal clinical improvement for each disease in the population of patients. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230414 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING OPTIMAL DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION PARAMETERS - A system and method for optimizing parameters of a DBS pulse signal for treatment of a patient is provided. In predicting optimal DBS parameters, functional brain data is input into a predictor system, the functional brain data acquired responsive to a sweeping across a multi-dimensional parameter space of one or more DBS parameters. Statistical metrics of brain response are extracted from the functional brain data for one or more ROIs or voxels of the brain via the predictor system, and a DBS functional atlas is accessed, via the predictor system, that comprises disease-specific brain response maps derived from DBS treatment at optimal DBS parameter settings for a plurality of diseases or neurological conditions. One or more optimal DBS parameters are predicted for the patient based on the statistical metrics of brain response and the DBS functional atlas via the predictor system. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230415 | AV SYNCHRONOUS VFA CARDIAC THERAPY - VfA cardiac therapy uses an implantable medical device or system. The implantable medical device includes a tissue-piercing electrode implanted in the basal and/or septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of the patient's heart from the triangle of Koch region of the right atrium through the right atrial endocardium and central fibrous body. The device may include a right atrial electrode, a right atrial motion detector, or both. The device may be implanted completely within the patient's heart or may use one or more leads to implant electrodes in the patient's heart. The device may be used to provide cardiac therapy, including single or multiple chamber pacing, atrioventricular synchronous pacing, asynchronous pacing, triggered pacing, cardiac resynchronization pacing, or tachycardia-related therapy. A separate medical device may be used to provide some functionality for cardiac therapy, such as sensing, pacing, or shock therapy. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LEVELS OF PERCEIVED INTENSITY OF A SENSORY STIMULUS - One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for controlling levels of perceived intensity of a sensory stimulus. The method includes configuring a stimulation signal with an activation charge rate (ACR) based on a predefined level of intensity by a subject during an action. The ACR is based on a strength of pulses in the stimulation signal parameter and a frequency of pulses in the stimulation signal parameter. The stimulation signal can be applied to neural tissue of a subject during the action. Based on the stimulation signal, the subject can be induced to perceive the predefined level of intensity during the action. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230417 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS - A device and algorithm for controlling an autonomic function in an individual. In particular, a controller device that utilizes physiological measurements (such as blood pressure) to regulate spinal cord electrical stimulation to stabilize blood pressure. A control interface and algorithm for controlling an autonomic function in a subject. In particular, an algorithm that utilizes physiological measurements (such as blood pressure) to regulate spinal cord electrical stimulation to stabilize blood pressure. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230418 | CHARGE-BALANCED CURRENT-CONTROLLED STIMULATION - A circuit for charge-balanced current-controlled stimulation. The circuit includes a transistor differential pair, a first current mirror, a second current mirror, and a third current mirror. The transistor differential pair includes a first differential input node, a second differential input node, a first differential output node, a second differential output node, and a common node. The transistor differential pair is configured to generate a first differential current that passes through the first differential output node and a second differential current that passes through the second differential output node. The first current mirror is configured to generate a first mirrored current based on the first differential current. The second current mirror is configured to generate a second mirrored current based on the second differential current. The third current mirror is configured to generate a third mirrored current based on the first mirrored current. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230419 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING OPTIMAL DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION PARAMETERS - A system and method for optimizing parameters of a DBS pulse signal for treatment of a patient is provided. In predicting optimal DBS parameters, functional brain data is input into a predictor system, the functional brain data acquired responsive to a sweeping across a multi-dimensional parameter space of one or more DBS parameters. Statistical metrics of brain response are extracted from the functional brain data for one or more ROIs or voxels of the brain via the predictor system, and a DBS functional atlas is accessed, via the predictor system, that comprises disease-specific brain response maps derived from DBS treatment at optimal DBS parameter settings for a plurality of diseases or neurological conditions. One or more optimal DBS parameters are predicted for the patient based on the statistical metrics of brain response and the DBS functional atlas via the predictor system. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230420 | DUAL-ELECTROGRAM BASED CONTROL OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY - In some examples, controlling delivery of CRT includes controlling an implantable medical device to deliver ventricular pacing according to a sequence of different values of a CRT parameter, and acquiring first and second electrograms from respective first and second electrode vectors. For each value of the CRT parameter, a value of a metric of comparison of a first activation interval between occurrences of a first fiducial of a cardiac cycle and a second fiducial of the cardiac cycle detected in the first electrogram to a second activation interval between occurrences of the first fiducial and the second fiducial detected in the second electrogram may be determined. A target value of the metric of comparison may be identified and an updated value of the CRT parameter determined based on the target value. The system then may control the IMD to deliver ventricular pacing at the updated value of the CRT parameter. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230421 | ELECTRODE DEVICES FOR NEUROSTIMULATION - An extravascular neural interface is disclosed containing electrodes for neurostimulation of the vessel. The devices are housed in flexible substrates, each substrate having a spinal portion for routing leads/conductors into the device for connection to the electrodes. Extending from opposite sides of the spinal portion is a self-sizing inner flap that supports and positions the electrodes to be inward facing, i.e., extravascular designs, and one more rigid outer flap. The electrodes may be flexible multifilar coil electrodes. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230422 | FIXATION SYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical implant, such as an implantable component ( | 2020-07-23 |
20200230423 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING SAFETY OF A MEDICAL DEVICE WHEN EXPOSED TO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FIELDS - A system for validating safety of a medical device in a presence of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) field is provided. The system includes a first electric field generating device configured to form first electric field and configured to receive a medical device at least partially within the first electric field, and a second electric field generating device configured to form a second electric field in proximity to the first electric field and configured to receive the medical device at least partially within the second electric field. One or more processors are configured to execute program instructions to calculate predicted parameter values of the medical device based on a transfer function, the transfer function defined to predict a safety characteristic of the medical device when in the presence of an MRI field, obtain measured parameter values from the medical device, the measured parameter values indicative of the safety characteristic of the medical device when exposed to the first and second electric fields, and compare the measured parameter values to the predicted parameter values in connection with validating the transfer function. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230424 | ELECTROMEDICAL ADAPTER, ELECTROMEDICAL ELECTRODE AND ELECTROMEDICAL PULSE GENERATOR - The invention relates to improvements in the field of medical electrical stimulation. An electromedical adapter, an electromedical electrode and an electromedical pulse generator are provided. In order to connect a non-coiled electrode portion ( | 2020-07-23 |
20200230425 | STIMULATION THERAPY LEAD TRIAL CABLE CONNECTOR - A multi-lead stimulation lead connector for facilitating electrical and mechanical connectivity between one or more stimulation leads and a pulse generator, e.g., an EPG used in a test stimulation system. One or more cam lock assemblies are disposed in a housing, each cam lock assembly comprising a cam knob and a cam shaft and having a longitudinal channel defined therein for accepting a proximal end of a respective stimulation lead, the proximal end having a plurality of terminal contact electrodes. By actuating a rotational movement of the cam knob, the cam lock assembly is unlocked in a first direction for guiding the proximal end and locked in a second direction for securely holding the proximal end and effectuating electrical connectivity with a plurality of conductors encapsulated in a cable for interfacing with the EPG. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230426 | OPTIMIZING ENERGY TRANSMISSION IN A LEADLESS TISSUE STIMULATION SYSTEM - Method and systems for optimizing acoustic energy transmission in implantable devices are disclosed. Transducer elements transmit acoustic locator signals towards a receiver assembly, and the receiver responds with a location signal. The location signal can reveal information related to the location of the receiver and the efficiency of the transmitted acoustic beam received by the receiver. This information enables the transmitter to target the receiver and optimize the acoustic energy transfer between the transmitter and the receiver. The energy can be used for therapeutic purposes, for example, stimulating tissue or for diagnostic purposes. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230427 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT TO OPTIMIZE CHARGING OF IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR - Devices, systems, and methods for coupling with an implantable neurostimulator for delivering one or more electrical pulses to a target region within a patient's body are disclosed herein. A device, such as a charger, can include: a power source for storing electrical energy; a resonant circuit that can have a plurality of selectable natural frequencies; a driver coupled to the power source and the resonant circuit; and a processor coupled to the resonant circuit to control the natural frequency of the resonant circuit. The processor can control the natural frequency of the resonant circuit according to stored data associated with the implantable neurostimulator. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230428 | WCD SYSTEM PRIORITIZATION OF ALERTS BASED ON SEVERITY AND/OR REQUIRED TIMELINESS OF USER RESPONSE - Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (“WCD”) system design in which a WCD implements an alert prioritization scheme to provide the patient with feedback in an order that is less likely to cause confusion. Different conditions (e.g., device status, equipment condition, or physiologic condition) are prioritized based on an analysis of severity of the condition and timeliness of user action needed. The prioritization scheme defines what alert, if any, is presented to the user by the WCD system as a result of various conditions. Generally stated, an alert for the highest priority condition currently detected is presented to the user and maintained until that condition either changes or becomes surpassed in the prioritization scheme. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230429 | WEARABLE THERAPEUTIC DEVICE - A wearable monitoring device is provided. The wearable monitoring device includes a garment to hold an electrode, be worn about a subject, and include an orientation circuit. The monitoring device also includes a control unit coupled to the orientation circuit capable of measuring at least one parameter associated with the orientation circuit and determine whether the electrode is positioned in the garment with the conductive surface oriented towards the subject based on the at least one parameter. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230430 | AESTHETIC METHOD OF BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE TREATMENT BY MAGNETIC FIELD - In combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field, treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. A magnetic field generating device is placed proximate to a body region of the patient. The magnetic field generating device generates a time-varying magnetic field with a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.5 to 7 Tesla. The time-varying magnetic field is applied to the body region of the patient in order to cause a contraction of a muscle within the body region. A second therapy may be used by applying one or more of optical waves, radio frequency waves, mechanical waves, negative or positive pressure or heat to the body region of the patient. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230431 | COIL APPARATUS FOR USE IN TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH WOUND-WIRE COIL DISPOSED ON OR NEAR HEAD SURFACE - A coil apparatus for use in a transcranial magnetic stimulation apparatus is provided to further increase an electric field intensity on a head surface. The coil apparatus includes a wound-wire coil disposed on or near a head surface so as to generate a current by an induced electric field through electromagnetic induction in a magnetic stimulation-target region of a brain for stimulating neurons. The wound-wire coil includes a near-head-surface conductive wire portion disposed on or near the head surface, and a far-head-surface conductive wire portion disposed farther from the head surface than the near-head-surface conductive wire portion. A distance between the near-head-surface conductive wire portion and the far-head-surface conductive wire portion is set to be changed so that an intensity of the induced electric field becomes larger than that of a surrounding region of the magnetic stimulation-target region. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230432 | TEEETH WHITENING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to devices, methods and kits for accelerating the rate of whitening of teeth. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230433 | PHOTOTHERAPY GARMENT FOR TREATING NEONATAL JAUNDICE AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS - This invention provides a phototherapy garment for treating neonatal jaundice, the phototherapy garment comprising a first layer of a flexible soft-textured non-woven material, a second layer of a flexible stretchable substrate supporting light-emitting diode (LED) light sources and a thin flexible third layer with heat transfer capability to provide dissipation of waste heat from the LEDs of the second layer. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230434 | PINEAL GLAND STIMULATOR AND REGULATOR - An apparatus is provided for ocular stimulation. In embodiments, the apparatus comprises ocular stimulator circuitry couplable with a headwear item, and a plurality of ocular stimulator LED packages electrically couplable to the ocular stimulator circuitry. The plurality of ocular stimulator LED packages are configured to stimulate a pineal gland associated with a live subject on which the headwear item is disposed. The apparatus may be configured to cause the ocular stimulator LED packages to emit light according to at least one pre-programmed operating mode. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230435 | LIGHT RADIATION DEVICE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT - A light radiation device includes a housing, a substrate provided in the housing, and a light source mounted on the substrate. The light source includes a first light source including at least one first light source to emit first light having a blue wavelength band, a second light source including at least one second light source to emit second light having a ultraviolet wavelength band, and a control unit to control the first light source and the second light source such that the second light source sequentially emits the second light after the first light source emits the first light. A dose of the second light source is less than 1/10 of a dose of the first light source. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230436 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FOCUSING X-RAY AND RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS - A method for focusing an X-ray method is provided and the method includes: emitting an electron beam by an electron beam generator; shooting the electron beam onto a target to generate an X-ray beam; and causing the X-ray beam to pass through each collimating channel of a same collimating channel group of a collimator to focus on a focus of the collimating channel group. The collimator includes at least one collimating channel group. Each collimating channel group includes at least two collimating channels. The same collimating channel group has one focus or a plurality of focuses. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230437 | MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR AND RADIATION THERAPY HEAD - A multi-leaf collimator includes a driving component, a controller and n leaf-group layers, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein each leaf-group layer includes one group of leaves or two opposing groups of leaves, each group of leaves includes a plurality of leaves, each of the leaves includes a front end surface and a rear end surface which are opposite to each other, and each of the leaves is movable so that the front end surfaces of the leaves in the multiple leaf-group layers form a variable-shaped region that allows beams to pass through; and the rear end surface of the leaf is connected to the driving component, and the controller is configured to control the driving component to drive the leaf to move. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230438 | A couch-mounted stereoscopic surface imaging and biofeedback system - A patient-guided surface stereoscopic imaging and biofeedback system is provided that includes a patient couch mounting system, an array of at least two imaging sensors, a viewing screen that displays images derived from the imaging sensors to a patient, where the imaging sensors, the viewing screen, and the controller are configured to output to a user 3D surface information of the patient under test, extrapolated 2D patient under test position information, and 1D patient under test position information, where the controller is configured to control the viewing screen to display the images from the imaging sensors, where the viewing screen further displays patient position boundary markers that are configured to overlay the displayed images on the viewing screen to provide biofeedback to a patient under test during radiotherapy treatment. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230439 | MOTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY - Systems for establishing a reproducible breath-holding pattern during radiotherapy are disclosed. An exemplary image-guided radiotherapy system ( | 2020-07-23 |
20200230440 | MANAGING RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS - Embodiments disclose methods and apparatus for managing the provision of radiotherapy treatment. The method includes storing a database of calibration settings for a plurality of components of a first radiotherapy system. The calibration settings may be used by the first radiotherapy system to translate treatment plans into instructions for the plurality of components to carry out. The method further includes deriving from the database allowable ranges of values for the calibration settings. The method also includes receiving from a second radiotherapy system calibration settings for the second radiotherapy system prior to implementation of a treatment plan, comparing the calibration settings for the second radiotherapy system with the derived allowable ranges of values, and generating an alert signal when a subset of the calibration settings for the second radiotherapy system falls outside the allowable range of values. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230441 | IMPLANTS USING ULTRASONIC WAVES FOR STIMULATING TISSUE - Described herein are implantable devices configured to emit an electrical pulse. An exemplary implantable device includes an ultrasonic transducer configured to receive ultrasonic waves that power the implantable device and encode a trigger signal; a first electrode and a second electrode configured to be in electrical communication with a tissue and emit an electrical pulse to the tissue in response to the trigger signal; and an integrated circuit comprising an energy storage circuit. Also described are systems that include one or more implantable device and an interrogator configured to operate the one or more implantable devices. Further described is a closed loop system that includes a first device configured to detect a signal, an interrogator configured to emit a trigger signal in response to the detected signal, and an implantable device configured to emit an electrical pulse in response to receiving the trigger signal. Further described are computer systems useful for operating one or more implantable devices, as well as methods of electrically stimulating a tissue. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230442 | HAIR DYE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A method of hair dying is provides that includes applying a polymer based hair dye to hair and emitting light on the applied polymer based hair dye for a duration to cure the polymer based hair dye on the hair. In certain aspects a device is provided that emits polymer curative energy for curing an applied polymer based hair dye that includes a housing, at least polymer curative light source disposed in the housing, and a controller operatively connected to the heat source and the at least one polymer curative light source. In certain embodiments a heat source is disposed in the housing that includes a polymer curative light source. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230443 | GAS MASK - A gas mask, for use with a gas filter or with a demand oxygen system, includes an elastic mask body, a connector and a counter-support. The elastic mask body is configured to be placed over the mouth and the nose of a user of the gas mask. The connector is attached to the elastic mask body and is configured to fix a gas filter or an end piece of a tube in a mount of the connector. The counter-support is attached to the elastic mask body and has a contact area for a support projection of the connector. The connector and the counter-support are arranged such that a force exerted on the connector in a direction of the user acts on the contact area of the counter-support at least partially via the support projection. The support projection is integrated at the connector by manufacturing in one piece. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230444 | Fit-Test Method For Respirator With Sensing System - A method of fit testing includes providing a respirator; providing a sensor having a sensing element removably positioned substantially within an interior gas space of the respirator; providing a reader configured to be in wireless communication with the sensor; positioning the respirator over a mouth and a nose of a user while the sensor is positioned substantially within an interior gas space of the respirator; and observing respirator fit assessment data communicated from the sensor to the reader. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230445 | COUPLER FOR A FALL PROTECTION DEVICE - A coupler to couple a D-ring from a harness to a fall arrest device connector provides walls to guide and contain the harness webbing whilst allowing it to move freely (reducing webbing wear) and does not necessitate the removal of the coupler, connector, or D-ring as may be required for harness size adjustment. The coupler has a circular passageway which runs through the length allowing a shaft of the connector to couple to the part whilst maintaining 180 degrees of swivel. The coupler also has a groove which runs along the length to fit onto a central bar of the harness D-ring. The design is such that, during a fall, should the device break, the webbing will remain securely coupled to the D-ring of the harness. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230446 | Automatic Fire Sprinklers, Systems and Methods for Suppression Fire Protection of High Hazard Commodities Including Commodities Stored in Rack Arrangements Beneath Ceilings of Up to Fifty-Five Feet in Height - System and methods to provide ceiling-only suppression fire protection of up to fifty feet (50 ft.) of rack storage of cartoned unexpanded plastic commodities and less hazardous commodities, such as for example, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4 and/or combinations thereof beneath a ceiling having a maximum ceiling height up to fifty-five feet (55 ft.). The systems and methods provide for hydraulic and system parameters that include a hydraulic design area based upon five to no more than twelve hydraulically most remote sprinklers spaced at a preferred sprinkler-to-sprinkler spacing of eight to ten feet (8-10 ft.) coupled to two to four branch lines tied to a common cross main supply pipe of firefighting fluid. | 2020-07-23 |
20200230447 | Automatic Fire Sprinklers, Systems and Methods for Suppression Fire Protection of High Hazard Commodities Including Commodities Stored in Rack Arrangements Beneath Ceilings of Up to Fifty-Five Feet in Height - System and methods to provide ceiling-only suppression fire protection of up to fifty feet (50 ft.) of rack storage of cartoned unexpanded plastic commodities and less hazardous commodities, such as for example, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4 and/or combinations thereof beneath a ceiling having a maximum ceiling height up to fifty-five feet (55 ft.). The systems and methods provide for hydraulic and system parameters that include a hydraulic design area based upon five to no more than twelve hydraulically most remote sprinklers spaced at a preferred sprinkler-to-sprinkler spacing of eight to ten feet (8-10 ft.) coupled to two to four branch lines tied to a common cross main supply pipe of firefighting fluid. | 2020-07-23 |