52nd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160374758 | SKIN TREATMENT APPARATUS UTILISING INTENSE PULSED LIGHT (IPL) - The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating skin by means of intense pulsed light (IPL). Such apparatus may be used for the treatment of, for example, cosmetic purposes such as hair depilation or dermatological treatment of skin conditions such as acne or rosacea. The present invention provides an improved apparatus that can be used by a non-medical practitioner and comprises a light source comprising a light emitting element for transmitting light energy to the skin and a charge storage device for discharging an energy dose to the light emitting element. There is further provided at least one sensor for measuring a parameter of the skin and a control system configured to determine the treatment energy dose to be delivered. This treatment energy dose is derived using the sensor measurement and means of reduction in unwanted time delay associated with charging or discharging of the charge storage device in sole dependence on the current or most recently measured skin parameter | 2016-12-29 |
20160374759 | LOCKABLE RETAINER ASSEMBLY - A lockable retainer assembly adapted for retaining or releasing a panel having at least one edge by preventing or allowing movement of an edge of the panel. The lockable retainer assembly includes a rocker rotatably disposed at the edge, the rocker having a slot and is configured to protrude into the panel's path of movement when the rocker is rotatably disposed in a relaxed position. The rocker is configured to clear the panel's path of movement when the rocker is rotatably disposed in a depressed position. A lock is slidingly disposed within the slot and adapted to prevent rotation of the rocker when the lock is disposed in a relaxed position and allow rotation of the rocker when the lock is disposed in a depressed position. In the depressed position, the clears the path of movement of the panel, enabling the panel to be inserted or removed through the path. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374760 | Method and System for Interactive 3D Scope Placement and Measurements for Kidney Stone Removal Procedure - The present teaching relates to interactive medical image processing for surgical procedure planning. In one example, a three dimensional (3D) image of a kidney is obtained. The three dimensional image is rendered on a display screen. An input is received from a user specifying a location with respect to a representation of the kidney in the rendered three dimensional image. A representation of an instrument is rendered on the display screen based on the location. The instrument is automatically aligned with an infundibulum pathway of calyx at the location with respect to the kidney. A graphical line extension is rendered on the display screen to visualize the alignment of the instrument. One or more measurements related to the kidney are determined based on the location and an anatomical structure of the kidney. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374761 | SURGICAL PLANNING SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure is directed to a planning and navigation system. The planning system includes a memory configured to store a plurality of images and a controller configured to render the plurality of images in three dimensions, automatically segment the plurality of images to demarcate a target area, and automatically determine a treatment plan based on the target area. The navigation system includes an ultrasound device having a fiducial pattern that obtains an ultrasound image, a surgical device having a image capture device that captures an image of the fiducial pattern, and a controller that receives the ultrasound image and the fiducial image. The controller determines a position of the surgical device based on the fiducial image. The planning and navigation system also includes a controller that receives data from the planning system and the navigation system and a display configured to display the received information. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374762 | Surgical Navigation System - The present disclosure is directed to a surgical navigation system. The navigation system includes an ultrasound device configured to obtain an ultrasound image in a scan plane The ultrasound device has a fiducial pattern disposed thereon. A surgical device having an image capture device configured to capture a fiducial image of the fiducial pattern is also provided. The system also includes a controller configured to receive the ultrasound image and the fiducial image, wherein the controller determines a position of the surgical device in relation to the scan plane based on the fiducial image. A display is configured to display the ultrasound image and a virtual image of the surgical device based on the position of the surgical device in relation to the scan plane. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374763 | AUTOMATIC PATHWAY AND WAYPOINT GENERATION AND NAVIGATION METHOD - A navigation system for use in a luminal network of a patient, such as the airways, that is able to analyze a three-dimensional model of the luminal network and automatically determine a pathway from an entry point to a designated target. The system further automatically assigns waypoints along the determined pathway in order to assist a physician in navigating a probe to the designated target. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374764 | Method and Apparatus for Identification of Multiple Navigated Instruments - A tracking system can be used to track a plurality of tracking devices. A representation of at least two instruments may be displayed relative to image data. The representation is customizable to distinguish between the at least two instruments. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374765 | TUBE CONTINUUM ROBOT HAVING A TUBE BODY CAPABLE OF LINEAR CONTROL AND ROBOT SYSTEM FOR OPERATION USING THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a tube continuum robot and a robot system for operation using the same, and the tube continuum robot includes a basic tube body including a basic straight section extending straight, and a basic curved section extending in front of the basic straight section and bent to a predetermined curvature, and a connection tube body having a connection flexible section which is flexibly bendable, the connection tube body formed to be inserted into the basic tube body or to surround an exterior of the basic tube body, the connection tube body being connected to the basic tube body. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374766 | INSTRUMENT-MOUNTED TENSION SENSING MECHANISM FOR ROBOTICALLY-DRIVEN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - A tension mechanism for a robotically-controlled medical device measures the tension applied to an actuation tendon to provide feedback to a robotic controller. In one embodiment, the device comprises an elongated instrument, an elongated member, and a base. The elongated member is coupled to the distal end of the elongated instrument, configured to actuate the distal end of the elongated instrument in response to tension in the elongated member. The base is located at the proximal end of the elongated instrument, and comprises a first redirect surface that redirects the elongated member. The first redirect surface is coupled to a lever element that is configured to exert a reactive force on a sensor in response to tension in the elongated member. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374767 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOVING A PLURALITY OF ARTICULATED INSTRUMENTS IN TANDEM BACK TOWARDS AN ENTRY GUIDE - A medical robotic system includes articulated instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide. Prior to pivoting the entry guide to re-orient it and the instruments, the instruments are moved in tandem back towards the entry guide after a delay. Haptic cues and velocity limits are provided to assist the operator in the retraction of the instruments. After retraction, the entry guide may then be pivoted without concern that the instruments will harm patient anatomy. The movement of the instruments in tandem back towards the entry guide may also occur through coupled control modes while the entry guide is held in a fixed position and orientation. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374768 | USER INITIATED BREAK-AWAY CLUTCHING OF A SURGICAL MOUNTING PLATFORM - Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include kinematic linkage structures and associated control systems configured to facilitate preparation of the system for use. A set-up mode employs an intuitive user interface in which one or more joints of the kinematic linkage are initially held static by a brake or joint drive system. The user may articulate the joint(s) by manually pushing against the linkage with a force, torque, or the like that exceeds a manual articulation threshold. Articulation of the moving joints is facilitated by modifying the signals transmitted to the brake or drive system. The system may sense completion of the reconfiguration from a velocity of the joint(s) falling below a threshold, optionally for a desired dwell time. Embodiments of the invention can provide for manual movement of a platform supporting a plurality of surgical manipulators or the like without having to add additional input devices. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374769 | Instrument Carriage Assembly for Surgical System - A robotic assembly is configured to support, insert, retract, and actuate a surgical instrument mounted to the robotic assembly. The robotic assembly includes an instrument holder base member, a motor housing moveably mounted to the instrument holder base member, a carriage drive mechanism operable to translate the motor housing along the instrument holder base member, a plurality of drive motors, a plurality of gear boxes, and a plurality of output drive couplings driven by the gear boxes. The robotic assembly includes a sensor assembly that includes an orientation sensor, a sensor target, and a sensor shaft drivingly coupling the sensor target to a corresponding one of the output drive couplings. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374770 | DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MATERIAL TO A TARGET SITE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - Delivery systems include a delivery instrument and a delivery device removably attached to the delivery instrument. A plurality of actuators are operable to position an opening of the delivery device with respect to the target site. A material supply system supplies the material to the delivery device. A navigation system tracks the target site and the opening as the target site moves during the procedure and as the opening moves during the procedure. A controller controls movement of the opening and/or flow rate of the material to achieve desired delivery of the material at the target site using various methods. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374771 | ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR TELE-SURGERY - Disclosed herein is a robotic tele-surgery system for performing laparoscopic surgeries. The system may include: a patient-side unit, a surgeon-side unit, and a controller that may be configured for establishing a master-slave relationship between the surgeon-side unit and the patient-side unit. The patient side unit may include a patient support assembly, at least two passive mounting mechanisms that may be slidably coupled to the patient support assembly and at least two slave robotic arms, coupled with a surgical instrument via a tool adapting mechanism from their distal end, and mounted on an associated passive support assembly from their base end. The surgeon-side unit may including at least two master robotic arms, and an ergonomic adjustment mechanism that may be configured for housing and adjusting the position and orientation of the master robotic arms. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374772 | MANIPULATOR SYSTEM INITIALIZATION METHOD - A manipulator system initialization method includes: a joint angle setting step of bringing a driving force relay part into a driving force release state, inserting a bending joint and a pair of shaft-shaped parts coupled by the bending joint into a shape defining member having a shape defining part that brings a joint angle of the bending joint to a predetermined value, and setting a joint angle of the bending joint to the predetermined value; a drive part coupling step of switching the driving force relay part to a driving force relay state, with respect to the bending joint of which the joint angle is set; and an origin setting step of associating a state of the joint angle of the bending joint with a drive origin of a drive part after the drive part coupling step is performed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374773 | SHARPS END CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD - A sharps end capture device is disclosed for use in a system and method for the safe disposal and/or temporary storage of sharp-tipped implements including medical sharps, such as, syringe needles (epidural, spinal, blood collection, catheter, dialysis, intravenous, ophthalmic, hormonal pen, and radiologic). The device is useful to prevent injuries related to the use and disposal of sharp medical instruments, commonly known as, “sharps” or “sharps objects” is disclosed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374774 | METHOD FOR MAKING HYDROGEL MARKERS - A hydrogel marker is placed under stress during its curing stage, in one embodiment, by application of an externally applied force. The stress may also be induced during or after the dehydration process. The direction of the externally applied force increases the length, width, depth, or radial extent of the marker. The elastic limit of the marker is exceeded when the external force is applied so that the marker substantially retains its stressed size and shape when the externally applied force is removed. When the stretched or otherwise deformed dehydrated marker is hydrated, it substantially returns to the configuration it had prior to its dehydration and prior to the application of the externally applied force. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374775 | Sterile Implant Tracking Device, System and Method of Use - A method of tracking a medical device includes creating a patient profile; creating an operating profile with at least one identified surgical site; providing a tracking assembly including a reader with a scanner, a housing enclosing the scanner and a medical drape; placing a medical device having an identifier over the reader; scanning the identifier of the medical device to electronically record the medical device data; associating the scanned medical device data with the at least one surgical site; and using the medical device on a patient on the at least one surgical site. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374776 | MOBILE DEVICE PATIENT IDENTIFIER - A method and system is disclosed for using a computer-readable, graphical code on a mobile device to deliver a medical service. The method can include accessing appointment data via a mobile software application and checking-in to the appointment and to medical service rooms by using the mobile software application. In one embodiment, the mobile software application includes a computer-readable, graphical code, and in another construction, the mobile software application includes the use of a micro-location device. Other methods, and systems are also disclosed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374777 | STEAM CLEANING DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - According to various implementations, a dental cleaning device includes a steam conduit and a cooling fluid conduit. The steam conduit has a distal tip with an opening defined therein that allows steam to be applied intraorally close to a dental implant to flush away bacteria that has colonized on or adjacent the dental implant. The cooling fluid conduit has a distal tip with an opening defined therein that allows a cooling fluid to be applied intraorally close to the dental implant following the application of the steam to cool the tissue and prevent overheating of the tissue and bone adjacent the dental implant. For example, the cooling fluid may be applied intermittently with the steam, or the cooling fluid may be applied continuously while the steam is applied intermittently, according to various implementations. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374778 | POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLANT-SUPPORTED DENTURES - An implant-supported denture placement and alignment system may include a denture apparatus. The denture apparatus may have a denture base and a denture base positioning system. The denture base may be connectable to implants. Moreover, the denture base positioning system may position the denture base in substantially the same position as a surgical guide used to place the in this manner, the denture apparatus may be positioned so that it is mountable to the implants placed according to the surgical guide following their placement in a patient's mouth. In this manner, variations in the placement of the plants arising during the process of installing the implants may be compensated by transferring the actual implant positioning to the denture apparatus when it is positioned by the denture base positioning system. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374779 | RAPID PROTOTYPED TRANSFER TRAY FOR ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES - The present invention is directed to computer-implemented methods of making a transfer tray using rapid prototyping techniques, where the gingival edge of the tray is defined to intersect with at least one receptacle for receiving an orthodontic appliance. This tray configuration helps to minimize the travel distance of the tray when placing the tray over a patient's teeth, while also preserving a high degree of mechanical retention for retaining the appliance until such time that the appliance is bonded to the tooth. Other aspects of the tray and associated methods of bonding are directed to a frangible web that extends over the gingival portion of the receptacle and fractures to facilitate tray removal after bonding. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374780 | ORTHODONTIC INDIRET BONDING TRAY INCLUDING STABLIZATION FEATURES - A tray for use in bonding orthodontic appliances to selected teeth of a patient is disclosed. The tray includes an outer shell having wall sections extending over facial, lingual, and occlusal surfaces of the selected teeth to form a channel including tooth cavities having a configuration matching and arranged for receiving the selected teeth. A matrix is bonded to the inner surface of the outer shell and is contoured to complement the facial or lingual surface of the teeth. A stabilization member extends from the outer shell and includes an inside surface contoured to complement at least a portion of the facial surface of a tooth located adjacent the selected teeth. Orthodontic appliances are detachably connected to the matrix, wherein each appliance includes a base for bonding the appliance to a tooth. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374781 | Self-Ligating Bracket - A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with a mesial and a distal channel. A spring clip includes a distal arm with a distal arm body and a distal finger and a mesial arm with a mesial arm body and a mesial finger. The spring clip is slidably secured within the bracket body by a sliding engagement of the distal arm with the distal channel and the mesial arm with the mesial channel. The spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position the mesial finger and distal finger extend into and across the arch wire slot to occlude the arch wire slot. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374782 | DENTAL PROSTHESIS ARRANGEMENT - A dental prosthesis arrangement is composed of at least one jaw implant with a superstructure, which are connected to each other in a connection portion via a lower part assigned to the jaw implant and an upper part assigned to the superstructure. In the connection portion, the lower part engages in the upper part along a central axis. The lower part is supported against the upper part at several contact faces. The lower part and the upper part are connected releasably to each other via a securing device which provides a retaining force against axial withdrawal of the upper part from the lower part, wherein different securing devices can be selected if a first radially inwardly directed structure is provided on the lower part and a second radially outwardly directed structure is provided on the upper part for receiving a holding element and can be fixed by at least one further element passing through the upper part and connected to the lower part. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374783 | ABUTMENT POSITION LOCATOR - The present application relates to a fitting for insertion into a dental implant in an insertion orientation defining a central insertion axis and an insertion direction of the fitting. The fitting includes at least one resilient spring member being expandable perpendicularly to the insertion axis of the fitting for impeding a movement of the fitting relative to the dental implant along the insertion axis when inserted into the dental implant. It further includes an alignment feature for rotationally aligning the fitting relative to the dental implant about the insertion axis. The fitting is characterized in that the alignment feature extends further in the insertion direction than the spring member. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374784 | GENERATING A DESIGN FOR A DENTAL RESTORATIVE PRODUCT FROM DENTAL IMAGES - Technology is described for generating a design for a dental restorative product from one or more dental images of a patient. The method can include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) image of dentition of the patient prior to a change in dentition of the patient; and then determining the change in dentition of the patient. A design of a dental restorative product can be automatically generated for at least one tooth of the patient based on the 3D image of dentition prior to the change in dentition. Various other computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374785 | Method and Apparatus for Facial Visualization and Dental or Operational Planning - A method and apparatus for planning medical treatment, the method comprising: displaying a first image of a patient or a body part, wherein the body part is to be designed or operated on, the first image having first imaging characteristics; displaying a second image of the patient or the body part, the second image having imaging characteristics different from the first imaging characteristics; displaying an image of a model of the body part; receiving a user indication associated with adapting the model for the patient; and outputting a model adapted for the patient, the adapted model based on the model and on the user indication. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374786 | Embryo Transfer - An embryo from a female animal is transferred to another animal by determining presence of an embryo in the uterus of a donor animal by ultra-sonic imaging and inserting an endoscope vaginally into the uterus to a location adjacent the embryo. A tool of the endoscope projects to a position to extract the embryo washed into a container of the tool which is then closed by moving a closure part to enclose the embryo and extracting the endoscope to remove the embryo for transfer to a recipient animal. The fluid into the container can be controlled in pressure to maintain a required pressure generally matching that inside the uterus. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374787 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF INTESTINAL CONTENTS IN A PATIENT'S INTESTINES - There is provided a method for controlling a flow of intestinal contents in the intestinal passageway of a patient's intestines. The method comprises gently constricting (i.e., without substantially hampering the blood circulation in the intestinal tissue wall) at least one portion of the intestinal tissue wall to influence the flow in the intestinal passageway, and stimulating the constricted wall portion to cause contraction of the wall portion to further influence the flow in the intestinal passageway. The method can be used for restricting or stopping the flow in the intestinal passageway, or for actively moving the fluid in the intestinal passageway, with a low risk of injuring the intestines. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374788 | PESSARY WITH APPLICATOR - An intravaginal pessary device in an applicator is provided. The device has a top and a bottom, and a sidewall that extends between the top and the bottom. The sidewall, top and bottom form an outer periphery defining a total area of the device. The pessary device has a maximum diameter that is less than about 25 mm. The pessary device and applicator exhibit a maximum expulsion force that is below 1500 grams. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374789 | IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS - Implants, tools, devices, systems, and related methods for treating pelvic conditions are disclosed, some of which provide support to body tissue to alleviate incontinence. An exemplary implant may comprise a tissue support portion adapted to be positioned to support any one of the urethra or anus, first and second end portions extending form the tissue support portion through body tissue, and an adjustment mechanism acting on or within one or both of the end portions. The adjustment mechanism may comprise one or more of a adjustment element and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the adjustment element. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374790 | Skirted Tissue Repair Implant Having Position Indication Feature - Novel tissue repair implants are disclosed. The tissue repair implants have a bottom planar base member and an upper skirt member extending about the periphery of the base member. The implants have at least one position indicating feature that alerts the surgeon if the skirt member has rolled over or displaced during fixation to tissue in order to assist in preventing fixation of the skirt in an improper position to provide an optimal surgical repair. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374791 | KNIT WITH ZONES WITHOUT BARBS, METHOD OF MAKING SAME AND PROSTHESES OBTAINED THEREFROM - The present invention relates to an openwork prosthetic knit ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160374792 | BARBED PROSTHETIC KNIT AND HERNIA REPAIR MESH MADE THEREFROM AS WELL AS PROCESS FOR MAKING SAID PROSTHETIC KNIT - The present invention relates to a prosthetic knit based on at least a first yarn of biocompatible polymer material defining first and second opposite and openwork faces, and on at least a second biocompatible and heat-fusible monofilament yarn, forming barbs that protrude outwards from at least said first face and are obtained by melting loops generated by said second yarn, the chart followed for the knitting of said first and second yarns on a warp knitting machine having three guide bars B | 2016-12-29 |
20160374793 | FILTER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A filter system, comprising an elongate filter body defining a lumen and having a proximal end and a distal end. A valve can be provided defining a lumen and having a reversibly sealable opening for unidirectional flow of a fluid through the lumen. The valve can be adjoined proximal the distal end of the elongate filter body, wherein the elongate filter body filters the unidirectional flow of the fluid passing through the lumen of the valve and the lumen of the elongate filter body. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374794 | Helicoil Interference Fixation System For Attaching a Graft Ligament to a Bone - A helicoil interference fixation system comprising: | 2016-12-29 |
20160374795 | MULTIPLE IMPLANT CONSTRUCTIONS AND FIXATION METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - Described herein is a simplified placement system and method for a tissue graft anchor by which a surgeon may introduce one or more sutures into a hole in a boney tissue, apply a precise amount of tension to the sutures to advance a soft tissue graft to a desired location, and then advance the anchor into the bone, preferably while maintaining the requisite pre-determined suture tension and without introducing spin to the suture. Particularly preferred embodiments relate to multi-anchor constructs formed by.
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20160374796 | FLIPPING-TYPE GRAFT FIXATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A buckle useful for cortical fixation has a graft retention loop slidably affixed thereto for movement from a first position adjacent a first end of the buckle to a second position at about the midpoint of the buckle. The buckle, with a graft over the loop, is drawn up lengthwise through a bone tunnel through a tibia and then flipped sideways to rest against the surface of the bone with the loop and graft depending back into the tunnel. The sliding attachment of the loop permits flipping of the buckle minimizes the flipping distance, which is the excess amount of the loop which must be pulled free of the tunnel to allow the buckle to be flipped sideways. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374797 | Breast Implant Delivery System and Method - A method of breast augmentation uses a sleeve to insert a sterile silicone breast implant sealed within the sleeve into a surgical pocket in a breast of a human patient, the sleeve having a removable end and wherein the sleeve is transparent or semi-transparent. The method includes cutting the end and grasping the silicone breast implant through the sleeve; and applying manual pressure through the sleeve to the silicone breast implant to push the silicone breast implant toward and through the second opening, without direct hand manipulation of the silicone breast implant, until the silicone breast implant is deposited from the end into the surgical pocket. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374798 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING SCARRING - Systems and methods are disclosed to protect a medical device from scarring a body after implanting the device in the body by creating a bonding matrix on a surface of the device; exposing the surface to hyaluronic acid (HA) or polyethylene glycol (PEG); cross linking the HA or PEG; and preventing capsular contracture after implanting the device in the body. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374799 | REFOCUSABLE LENS SYSTEM WITH MUTUALLY-APPLANATING INTERNAL SURFACES - An accommodating (re-focusable) lens system a body of which includes, upon being assembled, first and second individual lenslets having first and second optical portions sequentially disposed along an optical axis. Change in optical-power accommodation of the system is achieved by changing an applanated area of contact between the lenslets in response to force applied to the lenslets and transformed into an axial force. In specific case, the first and second lenslets form an intraocular lens (IOL) and have respective haptic portions, interlocked as a result of rotating of one lenslet with respect to another such as to bring first and second lenslets in contact at an axial point. The applanated area of contact is changed, then, in response to a radially-directed force caused by a change of distance between the interlocked ends of the haptics and transferred to the optical portions through the interlocked haptics. When installed in a natural lens capsule after the cataract extraction, the optical power of such IOL is gradually modifiable due to a change of curvature of the capsule caused by operation of a ciliary muscle. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374800 | IMPLANTABLE SCAFFOLDS FOR TREATMENT OF SINUSITIS - This disclosure describes, inter alia, materials, devices, kits and methods that may be used to treat chronic sinusitis. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374801 | Systems and Methods for Anchoring and Sealing a Prosthetic Heart Valve - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a prosthetic heart valve. The prosthetic heart valve includes an outer frame, an inner frame positioned at least partially within the outer frame, and an occluder member positioned at least partially within the inner frame. The prosthetic heart valve also includes an atrial flange extending from an atrial end of the outer frame, and a ventricular flange extending from a ventricular end of the outer frame, wherein at least a portion of the atrial flange extends radially outward beyond the ventricular flange. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374802 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE - Embodiments of a radially collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. A valve frame can have a tapered profile when mounted on a delivery shaft, with an inflow end portion having a smaller diameter than an outflow end portion. The valve can comprise generally V-shaped leaflets, reducing material within the inflow end of the frame. An outer skirt can be secured to the outside of the inflow end portion of the frame, the outer skirt having longitudinal slack when the valve is expanded and lying flat against the frame when the valve is collapsed. A diagonally woven inner skirt can elongate axially with the frame. Side tabs of adjacent leaflets can extend through and be secured to window frame portions of the frame to form commissures. The window frame portions can be depressed radially inward relative to surrounding frame portions when the valve is crimped onto a delivery shaft. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374803 | DEVICE FOR THE IMPLANTATION AND FIXATION OF PROSTHETIC VALVES - A device for the transvascular implantation and fixation of prosthetic heart valves having a self-expanding heart valve stent ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160374804 | TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE POST-DILATATION REMODELING DEVICES AND METHODS - A system and method for restoring (e.g., replacing) a defective heart valve of a patient. A delivery system is manipulated to percutaneously deliver and implant a stented prosthetic heart valve to a native heart valve. A post-dilatation balloon is percutaneously delivered to the implantation site, and a compliant segment thereof is arranged within a region of the implanted prosthesis. The balloon is inflated such that the compliant segment expands and contacts the prosthesis, expanding a remodeling region of the prosthesis to a remodeled state. With these and related techniques, remodeling of an implanted, stented prosthetic heart valve to better match the native valve shape is possible, providing many benefits such as reducing the risk of paravalvular leaks. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374805 | RETAINERS FOR TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS - A delivery device | 2016-12-29 |
20160374806 | TISSUE SHAPING DEVICE - Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374807 | TISSUE SHAPING DEVICE - Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374808 | TISSUE SHAPING DEVICE - Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374809 | TISSUE SHAPING DEVICE - An anchor anchors a therapeutic device having an elongated body within a body lumen. The anchor includes a fixation member carried on the device which is adjustable from a first configuration that permits placement of the device in the body lumen to a second configuration that anchors the device within the body lumen. The anchor further includes a lock that locks the fixation member in the second configuration. The fixation member may be locked in any one of a plurality of intermediate points between the first configuration and a maximum second configuration. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374810 | TISSUE SHAPING DEVICE - An anchor anchors a therapeutic device having an elongated body within a body lumen. The anchor includes a fixation member carried on the device which is adjustable from a first configuration that permits placement of the device in the body lumen to a second configuration that anchors the device within the body lumen. The anchor further includes a lock that locks the fixation member in the second configuration. The fixation member may be locked in any one of a plurality of intermediate points between the first configuration and a maximum second configuration. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374811 | SELF-ALIGNING RADIOPAQUE RING - An intravascular device configured to be recaptured within a guide catheter has a ring located at the distal end of a delivery catheter. The ring has an outer diameter greater than that of the delivery catheter and a sloped guide surface near the outer edge of the ring to urge the ring and delivery catheter toward a radially centered position within the guide catheter. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374812 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR RESHAPING A HEART VALVE ANNULUS, INCLUDING THE USE OF MAGNETIC TOOLS - Implants or systems of implants and methods apply a selected force vector or a selected combination of force vectors within or across the left atrium, which allow mitral valve leaflets to better coapt. The implants or systems of implants and methods make possible rapid deployment, facile endovascular delivery, and full intra-atrial retrievability. The implants or systems of implants and methods also make use of strong fluoroscopic landmarks. The implants or systems of implants and methods make use of an adjustable implant and a fixed length implant. The implants or systems of implants and methods may also utilize a bridge stop to secure the implant, and the methods of implantation employ various tools. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374813 | PARTIAL HIP PROSTHESIS - A partial hip prosthesis for reducing friction and wear in partial hip prosthesis by combining optimized geometry of the articulation and surface treatment of the prosthetic component. In the prosthesis, one of the articulating surfaces—either that of the reamed acetabulum, or that of the femoral head prosthesis is a-spherical so that a fluid-filled gap is formed at the area of major load transfer. The fluid-filled gap is sealed by an annular area of contact, over which the concave and the convex components are congruent. A prosthetic head is fixed to the femur by either a conventional stem, a perforated shell, or a femoral neck prosthesis screwed onto the femur so that it is partially covered by bone and partially exposed on the medial-inferior aspect, where it abuts the reamed cortex of the calcar region. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374814 | STABILIZED KNEE PROSTHESIS - A knee prosthesis includes a femoral component, a tibial component, and a coupling component interconnecting the femoral component and the tibial component. The tibial component includes ball. The femoral component is configured to move relative to the tibial component. The coupling component defines an internal cavity including a first spherical end portion and a second spherical end portion. The internal cavity is dimensioned to receive the ball of the tibial component. The ball is repositioned between the first spherical end portion and the second spherical end portion of the internal cavity upon movement of the femoral component relative to the tibial component. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374815 | PROSTHESIS FOR ANATOMICAL OR REVERSE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SHOULDER JOINT - A prosthesis ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160374816 | PROSTHESIS - A prosthesis for primary artrodhesis can be used for artroplasty and a prosthesis for artroplasty comprises members for artrodhesis. The prosthesis ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160374817 | PROSTHESIS - A prosthesis for primary artrodhesis can be used for artroplasty and a prosthesis for artroplasty comprises members for artrodhesis. The prosthesis ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160374818 | FLEXIBLE ELONGATED CHAIN IMPLANT AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING BODY TISSUE WITH SAME - Implants and methods for augmentation, preferably by minimally invasive procedures and means, of body tissue, including in some embodiments repositioning of body tissue, for example, bone and, preferably vertebrae are described. The implant may comprise one or more chain linked bodies inserted into the interior of body tissue. As linked bodies are inserted into body tissue, they may fill a central portion thereof and for example in bone can push against the inner sides of the cortical exterior surface layer, for example the end plates of a vertebral body, thereby providing structural support and tending to restore the body tissue to its original or desired treatment height. A bone cement or other filler can be added to further augment and stabilize the body tissue. The preferred implant comprises a single flexible monolithic chain formed of allograft cortical bone having a plurality of substantially non-flexible bodies connected by substantially flexible links. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374819 | INTRABODY OSTEOTOMY IMPLANT AND METHODS OF USE - An intrabody implant disclosed and methods of use are disclosed. The implant has an inclined surface, forming a wedge shape having an acute angle adapted to be placed between at least 2 separated portions of a single bony structure (such as a vertebral body). In some embodiments, the implant may be used to support portions of a vertebral body that have been separated surgically as part of a pedicle subtraction osteotomy and to orient the portions at a more predictable lordotic angle. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374820 | ENGINEERED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC (IVD) FOR DEGENERATED DISC DISEASE - The present invention provides a process by which both non-tissue engineered and tissue engineered cartilaginous-like structures can be fabricated. The process of the present invention provides a method to produce electrospun nanofiber-anchored NP gels. The present invention provides a functional design for novel engineered IVD. The present invention provides a method for fabrication of both non-tissue and tissue engineered IVDs. These cartilaginous-like structures can be used to produce replacements for degenerated natural IVD. The method of the present invention uses electrospun PCL nanofiber mesh to anchor the NP. The method of the present invention can create angle-ply AF structure around the circumference of NP to mimic the architecture of native IVD. The method of the present invention anchors the top and bottom sides of NP by using non-woven aligned or random nanofiber mesh to create scaffold for the generation of endplate (EP) tissue. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374821 | IN-SITU FORMED INTERVERTEBRAL FUSION DEVICE AND METHOD - An orthopedic device for implanting between adjacent vertebrae comprising: an arcuate balloon and a hardenable material within said balloon. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374822 | INTERBODY FUSION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - According to some embodiments, a method of inserting a lateral implant within an intervertebral space defined between an upper vertebral member and a lower vertebral member includes creating a lateral passage through a subject in order to provide minimally invasive access to the intervertebral space, at least partially clearing out native tissue of the subject within and/or near the intervertebral space, positioning a base plate within the intervertebral space, wherein the base plate comprise an upper base plate and a lower base plate and advancing an implant between the upper base plate and the lower base plate so that the implant is urged into the intervertebral space and the upper vertebral member is distracted relative to the lower vertebral member. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374823 | COMPOSITE SPINAL FACET IMPLANT WITH TEXTURED SURFACES - Implementations described and claimed herein provide a distal leading portion of a composite spinal implant for implantation in a spinal facet joint. In one implementation, the distal leading portion includes a distal leading end, a proximal trailing end, a first face, and a second face. The distal leading end has a distal surface generally opposite a proximal surface of the proximal trailing end. The first face has a first surface that is generally parallel with a second surface of the second face. The first and second faces extend between the distal leading end and the proximal trailing end, such that the first and second surfaces slope upwardly from the distal lead end to the proximal trailing end along a length of extending proximally. The first and second surfaces having one or more textured features adapted to provide friction with the spinal facet joint. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374824 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION THEREOF - The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374825 | Spinal Fusion Cage System with Inserter - The present disclosure relates to a spinal fusion impactor tool that includes an attachment means for securing an implant device to the distal end of the tool, a means for adjusting the angle of the distal head relative to the handle to better position the implant for introduction into the implant site, means for remotely releasing the implant device at the distal end and a clamp device on the shaft of the tool to secure tabs, attachments and other devices. The impactor tool is preferably used in conjunction with implantation of an intervertebral fusion cage that is equipped with shims having tabs or other removing means, but may also be used to introduce, for example, an implant, graft, fusion device, wedge or distractor device into any joint space or bony region in preparation for implantation. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374826 | EXPANDABLE INTERBODY IMPLANT AND METHODS OF USE - An intervertebral implant is provided. The intervertebral implant comprises a first component comprising an outer tissue engaging surface and an inner surface. A second component is connected to the first component, and is relatively moveable therefrom. The second component comprises an outer tissue engaging surface and an inner surface. The second component includes an actuator. A third component is disposed for engagement and is movable relative to the first and second components. The third component comprises at least a first ramp and a second ramp axially spaced apart from the first ramp. The actuator is engageable with the third component to effect axial translation of the wedge such that the ramps engage the inner surface of at least one of the first component and the second component to move the components between a first, collapsed configuration and a second, expanded configuration. Methods of use are disclosed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374827 | ARTIFICIAL DISC - A medical device includes a base ring configured to be implanted within a body of a patient. The base ring provides a contact surface to a vertebra. Multiple layers of multiple leveling plates are configured to equalize forces applied to the contact surface of the base ring, where at least one of the layers of the leveling plates engages an inner surface of the base ring. A layer of multiple pads is included with a top surface of the pads configured to maintain a parallel plane and a bottom surface of each of the multiple pads is configured to engage a top surface of one of the layers of the leveling plates. A cover is configured to enclose the multiple layers of the leveling plates, the layer of the multiple pads and the base ring. The cover provides a contact surface to a vertebra. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374828 | MODULAR INTERBODY ALIGNMENT DEVICE - A modular implant device for placement between two adjacent vertebrae during a surgical procedure. The implant device comprises a distractor/nosecone portion configured for placement in a first location between the vertebrae and providing distraction and fixation of a desired vertical separation between the vertebrae at the first location. An alignment guide being a long slender element has a first end inserted into the distractor/nosecone portion and extending away from the distractor/nosecone portion, where the alignment guide is used to position the distractor/nosecone portion in the first location between the vertebrae. A body portion is configured for placement in a second location between the vertebrae, providing distraction and fixation of a desired vertical separation between the vertebrae at the second location, where the body portion includes a bore to receive the alignment guide, and the body portion is translated along the alignment guide into position between the vertebrae. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374829 | KIT FOR BUILDING A CAGE FOR SPONDYLODESIS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A modular kit and/or method buildings a cage for spondylodesis, wherein the kit and/or method comprises at least two plates, wherein the plates comprise a biocompatible material and each comprise a planar structure and a plurality of pins projecting from the planar structure of the plates, wherein the pins each comprise at least one latching element, wherein the pins are elastically deformable and are arranged sufficiently close to each other on the planar structure such that pressing planar structures studded with pins of several plates onto each other causes the latching elements of different plates to snap into each other, wherein at least two of the at least two plates comprise a recess with a diameter of at least 5 mm. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374830 | BI-DIRECTIONAL FIXATING TRANSVERTEBRAL BODY SCREWS AND POSTERIOR CERVICAL AND LUMBAR INTERARTICULATING JOINT CALIBRATED STAPLING DEVICES FOR SPINAL FUSION - A tool assembly includes a universal, intervertebral bone fusion spacer for insertion into a disc space between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body and fusion of the first vertebral body to the second vertebral body via biological bone fusion and screw fusion, and a tool for manipulating and inserting the universal, intervertebral bone fusion spacer into the disc space between the first vertebral body and the second vertebral body to provide fusion of the first vertebral body to the second vertebral body via biological bone fusion and screw fusion. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374831 | INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTATION - Implant fixation systems, kits and methods for interbody fusions are described herein. Preferably, the implant has a cage containing two deployable blades and one or more strike plates that are able to deploy the blades. The blades are positioned inside the cage such that one blade faces upward and the other blade faces downward. Protrusions on the ends of the blades fit into correspondingly shaped tracks on the interior surface of the cage, allowing movement of the blades inside the cage. The implant also has two wedge-shaped strike plates that fit into attachment regions located on the blades, which allow the strike plates to slide. Impaction of the strike plate(s) causes them to push the blades superiorly or inferiorly. In the impaction position, a portion of the blades protrudes beyond the superior and the inferior surfaces of the cage and fixes the cage in the adjacent vertebral bodies. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374832 | INSERTER FOR EXPANDING BODY TISSUE - An elongate inserter has a distal end releasably connected to an expandable device for expanding body tissue and a proximal end including a trigger actuator. The expandable device comprises a superior endplate and an inferior endplate that are movable in an expansion direction relative to each other between opposing tissue surfaces of a body. The inserter includes a lifting platform comprising ramp surfaces that upon operation of the trigger actuator cooperatively engage complementary surfaces of expansion structure within the device to cause the superior and inferior endplates to move relatively away from each other. A driver is supported by the inserter for pushing an insert between the superior and inferior endplates after expansion of the device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374833 | CUSTOM FITTED BODY POWERED PROSTHETIC UPPER LIMB MANUFACTURED BY 3D PRINTING - Prostheses include a terminal device, a back-lock mechanism, a wrist, a limb-socket, and a harness system. The terminal device can be a five-fingered mechanical hand that provides a releasable adaptive grasp, and has independently flexible fingers. The limb socket can be 3D printed using a molded model of a remnant limb. The harness strap can encircle an unaffected limb and is coupled to the terminal device with a cable so that a user can control the terminal device. The harness system can include a 3D printed harness ring that couples to the cable. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374834 | ORTHOPEDIC JOINT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Systems and methods for controlling an orthopedic joint device of a lower extremity, the orthopedic joint device comprising an upper part, a lower part mounted in articulated fashion to the upper part, and a conversion device arranged between the upper and lower parts. The conversion device provides for, during pivoting of the upper part relative to the lower part, mechanical work from a relative movement between the upper and lower parts to be converted and stored in at least one energy store and supplied back to the joint device with a time offset in order to assist the relative movement. The stored energy is converted back and the supply of mechanical work takes place in a controlled manner during the assistance of the relative movement. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374835 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE CONTROL WITH A WEARABLE DEVICE - A method, computer program product and computer system for mode selection of a prosthesis is provided. A processor of a wearable device receives a first input from a user. A processor of a wearable device determines the first input indicates a change to a mode of operation of the prosthesis. A processor of a wearable device sends a first command to the prosthesis to change the mode of operation of the prosthesis. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374836 | MECHANISM FOR EFFICIENT DONNING AND DOFFING OF AN EXOSKELETON - A manual apparatus of the present invention enables quick connection and disconnection of an exoskeleton leg from a remaining body of an exoskeleton. The apparatus comprises a cavity defined by a housing coupled to the remaining body of the exoskeleton; a latch coupled to the remaining body of the exoskeleton, the latch comprising a latching feature; a clip body including a projection element extending from an end thereof, the clip body coupled to the exoskeleton leg; a handle rotatably coupled to a clip base on the clip body; and a hook rotatably coupled to the handle. When the hook is engaged with the latching feature and the handle rotated from a first unlatched position to a second latched position, the projection element moves inside the cavity. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374837 | STENTS HAVING CONTROLLED ELUTION - Provided herein is a drug delivery system comprising: a. substrate; b. a plurality of components combined with the substrate to form the drug delivery system; wherein at least one components comprises a bioabsorbable polymer and at least one other component comprises one or more active agents; wherein at least part of the active agent is in crystalline form. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374838 | DRUG-ELUTING COATINGS ON POLY(DL-LACTIDE)-BASED SCAFFOLDS - Stents including a poly(D,L-lactide)(PDLLA)-based scaffold and PDLLA based therapeutic layer are disclosed. The PDLLA based scaffold may be amorphous and may include a primer layer. Methods of applying the PDLLA-based coating to the scaffold are disclosed with solvent processing methods using a solvent blend are also disclosed. Methods of removing residual solvent from a PDLLA-base coating that also condition the scaffold are disclosed. Methods of treating restenosis that release drugs to prevent restenosis without interfering with the natural positive remodeling of a vessel are disclosed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374839 | DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DELIVERY - A delivery device can provide sequential delivery of a plurality of intraluminal devices or tacks held in a compressed state on the delivery device. Delivery platforms on the delivery device can hold a tack in a compressed position and have a unique shape, such as a non-constant outer diameter, an hourglass shape, a tapered proximal half, ridges, dimples, etc. This unique shape can be positioned between annular pusher bands that may also be radiopaque markers. In some embodiments, the unique shape is provided by a sleeve of flexible material with the unique shape surrounding a harder inner shaft. Further, the annular pusher bands can be made of wire or sections of material to increase flexibility while remaining radiopacity. A tack deployment method can include alignment of radiopaque markers on the outer sheath and the tack to be deployed prior to deployment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374840 | Crush Recoverable Polymer Scaffolds - A method of manufacturing a stent is disclosed. The stent includes a minimum crimped diameter such that in the minimum crimped diameter, a pair of stent rings, between which marker support structures reside, do not make contact with the marker support structures. The crimped profile of the stent of the present invention can be as small as the crimped profile of a same stent but without the marker support structures. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374841 | Inflatable Structure With Braided Layer - A balloon for medical treatments such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), delivery of a vascular stents or stent grafts, employs reinforcement materials that are patterned so as to promote consistent folding of the balloon. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus for biocidal treatment using a balloon, including balloons with fiber fabric reinforcements. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374842 | PROSTHESIS DELIVERY DEVICE - A prosthesis delivery device comprises a proximal end and a distal end, a prosthesis retention section at the proximal end, and a prosthesis retained on the prosthesis retention section. The prosthesis has a proximal end releasably attached at the prosthesis retention section and a distal end releasably attached at the prosthesis retention section. A sheath is slidably disposed over the prosthesis. A delivery handle near the distal end the delivery device comprises a rotatable inner cannula having a cannula lumen and cannula handle. The cannula handle is rotatable with the inner cannula. Further, a positioner handle is releasably engaged with the cannula handle. Rotation of the inner cannula releases the proximal end of the prosthesis from the delivery device and withdrawal of the sheath from over the prosthesis releases the distal end of the prosthesis from the delivery device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374843 | METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR TREATING OBESITY - The invention relates surgical abdominal methods of treating obesity in a patient by implanting a volume filling device that, when implanted in a patient, reduces the food cavity in size by a volume substantially exceeding the volume of the volume filling device. Also disclosed is a laparoscopic instrument for providing a volume filling device to be invaginated in the stomach wall of a human patient to treat obesity. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374844 | Bi-Directional Dampening and Assisting Unit - A dynamic platform with extending struts has fastened thereto a bi-directional torsional power unit to selectively deliver force opposing either extension or flexion, and to provide assistance in a respective opposite direction. The power unit is threadably mounted on a hinge pin (spline) centrally located on the platform, and is latched to a catch assembly radially located thereto, the hinge pin of the platform communicating with one end of a torsion spring of the power unit and the catch assembly communicating with another end of the torsion spring, to selectively deliver the extension/flexion force. The power unit can be detached, with simple manual operation of the catch assembly, without tools, flipped over and reattached to the same platform attachment points to switch (reverse) extension torque to flexion torque and vice versa. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374845 | THERAPEUTIC DEVICE FOR SLOWLY STRETCHING THREE-DIMENSIONAL HIP JOINT FOR REPOSITION MOVEMENT - A therapeutic device for slowly stretching a three-dimensional hip joint for reposition movement, where an chest-abdomen fastener fixing band ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160374846 | Rhinoplasty Cotrol Molds (transverse, Axial, Basal, Final, Final Splint) - In most rhinoplasty cases surgeon should control whether different parts of Applicant's nose is formed well and refine disfigurements. Since surgeons have no instrument to measure changes during the surgery, they have to use their bare eye to decide whether to modify the configuration or not, which can cause the result to be different from what is contemplated by applicant. I designed 5 custom control molds to control correctness of different operation steps during the surgery to minimize surgeon's errors. Using these control molds enables surgeon to decide whether to keep modifying different part of nose in order to achieve best result. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374847 | PROTECTIVE DRESSING WITH REUSABLE PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL COOLING INSERT - A protective dressing includes an outer dressing and an adhesive layer. The outer dressing includes an opening and a cavity sized to receive a phase-change material (PCM) insert inserted through the opening. The adhesive layer is configured to adhere to a patient's skin surrounding an anatomic site. When adhered to the patient's skin, the PCM insert modifies the patient's skin at the anatomic site. The PCM insert may be removed and replaced with another PCM insert. For example, a warm PCM insert may be replaced with a refrigerated PCM insert. The opening of the outer dressing may be self-sealing. The opening of the outer dressing may be sealed with an upper layer dressing coupled to the PCM cooling insert. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374848 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING DISCHARGED URINE - A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing having a fluid reservoir at a first end, a fluid outlet at a second end, and a longitudinally extending fluid impermeable layer coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet and defining a longitudinally elongated opening between the reservoir and the outlet. The assembly can further include a fluid permeable support disposed within the casing with a portion extending across the elongated opening, and a fluid permeable membrane disposed on the support and covering at least the portion of the support that extends across the elongated opening, so that the membrane is supported on the support and disposed across the elongated opening. The assembly can further include a tube having a first end disposed in the reservoir and a second, fluid discharge end. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374851 | FAUX-STONE APPARATUS AND PROCESSES OF USING THE SAME FOR PERSONAL TREATMENT - A thermal-treatment process including providing at least one faux-stone apparatus, such as in a pre-packaged kit. The process in some implementations includes providing a faux-stone usage instruction, such as on kit packaging or with the faux-stone apparatus(es) within the packaging. The process includes heating or cooling the faux-stone apparatus, yielding a thermally-effected faux-stone apparatus. The process also includes applying at least one thermally-effected faux-stone apparatus to a user. Each apparatus includes a natural granular filler comprising a multiplicity of natural granules configured to (i) retain heat received by conduction or radiation and by radiation and/or conduction transfer the heat to a user and (ii) be cooled and receive heat from the user body. Each apparatus includes a natural cover sized and shaped to fit in its entirety within a user hand, is generally round, oval or irregularly shaped to look like a real stone, and encases the granular filler. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374852 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING BLOOD CIRCULATION - Embodiments of the invention include a method and a device for increasing blood flow and controlling the temperature of a mammal by applying a desired pressure to extremities of a mammal. The device generally includes a pliant body element that is adapted to receive a portion of an extremity of the mammal therein, and then apply a pressure to a portion of the extremity when a pressure is provided to a region in which the extremity is positioned within the pliant body element. By evacuating the region in which the extremity is enclosed, a contact surface area between the extremity of a mammal and the pliant body element is increased, due to the external atmospheric pressure acting on the pliant body element against the skin of the extremity of the mammal. The application of pressure assures that sufficient contact and thermal heat transfer (heating or cooling) is provided to the extremity of the mammal. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374853 | METHODS OF TRANSCUTANEOUS HEAT TRANSFER, AND DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN THE SAME - Methods for transcutaneous heat transfer are provided. Aspects of the methods include stably associating a glabrous skin surface of a mammal with a thermoregulatory device configured to be associated with only a portion of a limb of the mammal and transferring heat through the glabrous skin surface without application of negative pressure. Also provided are devices, systems and kits that fmd use practicing the methods. The methods and compositions described herein find use in a variety of different applications, including maintaining normothermia, e.g., in thermoregulatory compromised individuals. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374854 | SURGICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An irrigation and aspiration apparatus suited for irrigation and aspiration during an eye surgery procedure includes a hollow aspiration cannula having proximal and distal ends. An outer, aspiration tip is positioned on at least the distal end of the aspiration cannula, and includes a generally spherical body portion defining an aspiration port in fluid communication with an interior passage defined by the aspiration cannula. The aspiration cannula defines an annular retention step at an outer surface thereof spaced from the distal end, with the aspiration tip defining an internal, annular abutment surface for engagement with the annular retention step to maintain the aspiration tip on the cannula in substantially fluid-tight relationship therewith. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374855 | OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL DEVICE FOR ACCESSING TISSUE AND FOR PERFORMING A CAPSULOTOMY - A surgical device and procedure are provided for smoothly and easily accessing tissue to perform microsurgery, including a capsulotomy of a lens capsule of an eye. The device includes a handpiece with a tip for insertion into an incision in the cornea of the eye. A sliding element is disposed within the handpiece and a suction cup is mounted to the sliding element. The sliding element can be translated to move the suction cup into and out of the handpiece. A compression mechanism associated with the suction cup and the handpiece compresses the suction cup for deployment through the tip of the handpiece. The suction cup can expand inside the anterior chamber into a cutting position on the lens capsule. A cutting element mounted to the suction cup is used to cut a portion of the lens capsule and to remove the portion from the eye. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374856 | Glaucoma Device Delivery System and Trans-Conjunctival Method of Delivery - A method for treating glaucoma with an implantable glaucoma device includes inserting a hollow elongated needle into the eye between the cornea and iris and into the anterior chamber of the eye to form a needle tract in the eye, introducing a distal end of a guidewire through the needle and into the anterior chamber, introducing a snare through a corneal incision into the anterior chamber. The snare has a sheath and a hook or loop inside the sheath and extendible therefrom. The method includes capturing a segment of the guidewire proximate the distal end of the guidewire with the snare within the anterior chamber, removing the needle from over the guidewire outside of the eye, coupling a glaucoma drainage device to a proximal end of the guidewire that extends outside of the eye, and pulling on the captured guidewire segment with the snare to pull the glaucoma drainage device into the needle tract and into the anterior chamber of the eye until the glaucoma device is located in an implanted position in the eye. The method can also possibly involve removing the snare from the eye, cutting a distal end of the glaucoma device (possibly within the anterior chamber), and removing the cut distal end of the glaucoma drainage device from the eye. An improved glaucoma drainage device and other deployment systems and methods are also described and claimed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374857 | COMPACT ULTRA-SHORT PULSED LASER EYE SURGERY WORKSTATION - A compact system for performing laser ophthalmic surgery is disclosed. An embodiment of the system includes a mode-locked fiber oscillator-based ultra-short pulsed laser capable of producing laser pulses in the range of 1 nJ to 5 μJ at a pulse repetition rate of between 5 MHz and 25 MHz, a resonant optical scanner oscillating at a frequency of 200 Hz and 21000 Hz, a scan-line rotator, a movable XY-scan device, a z-scan device, and a controller configured to coordinate with the other components of the system to produce one or more desired incision patterns. The system also includes compact visualization optics for in-process monitoring using a beam-splitter inside the cone of a patient interface used to fixate the patient's eye during surgery. The system can be configured such that eye surgery is performed while the patient is either sitting upright, or lying on his or her back. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374858 | APPARATUS FOR EYE LASER SURGERY AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A TRANSEPITHELIAL PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY - An apparatus for laser eye surgery comprises a laser module, which is equipped to emit pulsed, focused laser radiation of a variable pulse repetition rate, and a processor-based control unit, which is equipped to receive at least one user input pertaining to a selection of one of several predefined pulse repetition rates over a user input and to control the laser module in accordance with the selected pulse repetition rate. In certain specific embodiments, the user interface enables input of two user entries, each of which relates to a selection of one of several predefined pulse repetition rates. The control unit controls the laser module for a first phase of a laser treatment in accordance with one input, and for a second phase of the laser treatment, it controls the laser module in accordance with the other input. | 2016-12-29 |
20160374859 | APPARATUS FOR INDIVIDUAL THERAPY PLANNING AND POSITIONALLY ACCURATE MODIFICATION OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - A navigation apparatus for optically analyzing an inner structure of an optical element and processing that element includes a detection device and a processing device. The detection device has an aperture smaller than 0.25 and the processing device is disposed relative to the analyzed inner structure of the optical element. An apparatus for planning therapy for a human eye includes a dynamic wavefront measurement device for acquiring wavefront data, a diagnostic device for determining geometric parameters of the optical apparatus of the eye, a controller for consistent superposition of the wavefront and geometric data, and an additional controller for planning the most efficient therapeutic laser cutting paths. | 2016-12-29 |