Surgery inventions 01/07

20070021707 - Helical graft: A graft includes a flow tubing having a tubing portion defining a flow lumen. The flow lumen of the tubing portion is substantially free of ribs or grooves. A centre line of the flow lumen follows a substantially helical path with a helix angle less than or equal to 650°.... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070021708 - Tampon applicator having a multi-directional rim: An outer member having an insertion end and an inner member receiving end. The inner member receiving end has a multi-directional rim. The multi-directional rim has a first region and a second region. The first region is directed in a first direction and the second region is directed in a... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070021709 - Tampon applicator having a multi-directional rim: An inner member having a first end and a second end. The second end has a multi-directional rim. The multi-directional rim has a first region and a second region. The first region is directed in a first direction and the second region is directed in a second direction. The first... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070021710 - Tampon applicator having a multi-directional rim: A tampon applicator having an outer member and an inner member. The outer member has an insertion end and an inner member receiving end. The inner member receiving end has a multi-directional rim. The inner member has a first end and a second end. The second end has a multi-directional... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070021711 - Iontophoresis device controlling administration amount and administration period of plurality of drugs: An iontophoresis device capable of administering a plurality of drugs to a living body while controlling the administration amounts and the administration periods thereof is described. The iontophoresis device may comprise: a power source device; a drug administration unit connected to the power source device and including at least two... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070021712 - Method and apparatus for delivery of therapeutic agents: Methods and apparatus for the reproducible, consistent and efficacious delivery of a therapeutic agent to a patient. The invention comprises means for the controlled administration of the therapeutic agent through an orifice to the patient, a plurality of penetrating electrodes arranged with a predetermined spatial relationship relative to the orifice,... Agent: James C Weseman Law Offices Of James C Weseman

20070021713 - System for distending body tissue cavities by continuous flow irrigation: The present invention provides a system and a method for distending a body tissue cavity of a subject by continuous flow irrigation such that minimal or negligible fluid turbulence is present inside the cavity, such that any desired cavity pressure can be created and maintained for any desired outflow rate.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070021714 - Device for depositing items into tissue: The present invention provides devices for depositing objects into tissue of an animal. The devices include a cannula having a proximal-end and an opposite distal end insertable into tissue and defining an exit aperture. The cannula has a sidewall between the distal and proximal ends and defines a passageway in... Agent: Promex Technologies, LLC

20070021715 - Service life timer for a device for administering a product in doses: An injection device including at least one sensor for detecting an operating process of the injection device, an electronic circuit connected to the sensor for establishing the beginning and elapsed time of a service life, based on one or more sensor signals, and an output device connected to the circuit... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070021716 - Nozzle device with skin stretching means: The invention relates to a nozzle device adapted for placement against a skin surface of a subject, the nozzle device providing a means for stretching the skin, the nozzle device being suitable for use in jet injection. More specifically, the skin stretching means is arranged circumferentially relative to a nozzle,... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Patent Department

20070021717 - Intradermal delivery device: A delivery device for delivering a substance intradermally into the skin of a patient including a housing for contacting the surface of the skin and a disposable cartridge to be received in the housing. The cartridge includes an internal reservoir containing a substance to be delivered to the patient, a... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070021718 - Plastic spring: A spring for use as a compensating, supporting or driving spring of a device for a medical or pharmaceutical use, wherein the spring is molded from plastic by an injection molding process. The invention encompasses a device for a medical or pharmaceutical use, comprising a first component, a spring and... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070021719 - Intradermal syringe and needle assembly: A method for using a needle assembly for an intradermal injection, and a drug delivery device is provided, which includes a needle cannula and a limiter surrounding the needle cannula and includes a skin engaging surface on the limiter. The limiter is moveable from a first position in which an... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070021720 - Injector: The present invention relates to a method of operating an injection device, which device comprises a medicament cartridge and a needle attached to said cartridge, means for automatic penetration of needle, injection of medicament and withdrawal of needle, comprising the steps of initiating a penetration sequence, followed by an injection... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070021721 - Medical valve with fluid escape space: A medical valve has a body and a flexible element. The body includes a wall structure defining an internal cavity having an inside and an outside. The body also has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end has an opening sufficiently large to receive a tip of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070021722 - Blood collection device: A safety needle assembly has a needle hub and a needle cannula projecting from the hub. Wings project transversely from the hub to facilitate manipulation and positioning of the needle assembly. A shield is hingedly attached to the needle hub and can be rotated from a first position where the... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070021723 - Blood collection device: A safety needle assembly has a needle hub and a needle cannula projecting from the hub. Wings project transversely from the hub to facilitate manipulation and positioning of the needle assembly. A shield is hingedly attached to the needle hub and can be rotated from a first position where the... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070021724 - Blood collection device: A safety needle assembly has a needle hub and a needle cannula projecting from the hub. Wings project transversely from the hub to facilitate manipulation and positioning of the needle assembly. A shield is hingedly attached to the needle hub and can be rotated from a first position where the... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070021725 - Penetrating injection needle: A penetrating injection needle for the injection of a pharmaceutical product into a human or animal body. The needle includes a tubular body having two opposing ends, a first end for connection to a device for driving the needle in rotation and pumping a product, and a second end for... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070021726 - Urine leg bag holder: This Urine Leg Bag Holder consist of one horizontal adjustable waist strap and triglide and buckle. Two adjustable vertical straps attached to the waist straps. Each adjustable vertical straps having one triglide each. Distal to each adjustable vertical strap will hold one hook. Each hook will hold a per-exciting Urine... Agent: Gary Orrock

20070021727 - Disposable absorbent undergarment with pocket: An absorbent disposable article, such as an incontinent adult article, having a pocket for the placement of moisturizing pads in the immediate interior surface thereof.... Agent: Marco Fabrega

20070021728 - Lower torso garment having lateral slot for extraction of absorbent articles therefrom: A garment for the lower torso adapted to contain absorbent pads in the crotch region within the garment includes at least one laterally-oriented aperture therein for extraction or insertion of the pads and also for providing access for cleansing the soiled areas. The aperture can be either in the front... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070021729 - Packing for infusion set and method of applying an infusion set: The present invention relates to a packing for an infusion set. The infusion set for intermittent or continuous administration of a therapeutic substance, such as insulin, includes an infusion part having a cannula penetrating the skin of a patient and a connector which connects the infusion part with a medical... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070021730 - Systems and methods for delivering drugs to selected locations within the body: A transvascular system (10) for delivering a drug to a tissue region from a blood vessel, such as a coronary vein, includes a catheter (12) having a distal portion (26) with puncturing (14), orientation (16), drug delivery (62), and imaging elements (18). The puncturing element (14) is deployable for penetrating... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070021731 - Method of and apparatus for navigating medical devices in body lumens: A guide wire combined with a catheter or medical device for moving through a body lumen to a desired position in the body with the aid of an applied magnetic field. The guide wire is provided with a magnet on its distal end that can be oriented or oriented and... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070021732 - Guiding introducer system for use in medical procedures in the left ventricle: A guiding introducer system for use in the treatment of arrhythmia associated with the left ventricle from the ventricular side comprising an inner guiding introducer and an outer guiding introducer wherein the inner guiding introducer is comprised of a first and second section and the outer guiding introducer is comprised... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070021733 - Internal fluid connector: A medical device is provided comprising a reservoir adapted to contain a fluid drug in an interior thereof, and a pump assembly. The pump assembly comprises a pump inlet, a pump outlet and an internal flow path arranged there between, and a fluid connector having an inlet and an outlet.... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Patent Department

20070021734 - Bioelectro-osmotic engine fluid delivery device: Disclosed are embodiments of a fluid delivery device that may be used in implantable applications. In one illustrative embodiment, the fluid delivery device may include an electro-osmotic pump having a biocompatible electrode configured to oxidize body fluid.... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20070021735 - Dual membrane electro-osmotic fluid delivery device: Disclosed are embodiments of a fluid delivery device that combine both anionic electrokinetic and cationic electrokinetic concepts. In one illustrative embodiment, the fluid delivery device may include an electro-osmotic pump having an anion exchange membrane and a cation exchange membrane in the same device.... Agent: Ceramatec, Inc.

20070016124 - Hemodialysis catheter apparatus: A catheter apparatus is provided for reducing blood clotting in connection with hemodialysis treatment. The catheter apparatus can comprise a first conduit defining an arterial lumen and a second conduit defining a venous lumen. Large staggered apertures can be provided in side walls of the conduits with at least one... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070016125 - Painless electroporating apparatus: An electroporating apparatus includes an electroporation electrode device that has a substrate, and an electrode unit provided on the substrate. The electrode unit includes a plurality of positive and negative electrode pads each of which has a skin contact surface area with a width ranging from 0.2 mm to 0.8... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070016126 - Treatment of age-related macular degeneration: Age-related macular degeneration is treated by radiation delivered from a miniature x-ray tube inserted via a catheter around the globe of the eye, to a position behind the macula. The process can employ an applicator with several parallel guides, inserted around the eye to receive the catheter with x-ray tube... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20070016127 - Method and device for assessment of a series of glucose concentration values of a body fluid of a diabetic for adjustment of insulin dosing: The invention relates to a method for assessment of a series of glucose concentration values of a body fluid of a diabetic for adjustment of the dosing of insulin administrations as well as a suitable device for carrying out the method.... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.

20070016128 - Two-component dispensing system comprising a dispenser and a mixer: The dispensing assembly for two components comprises a dispensing cartridge or a dispensing appliance and a mixer, a transfer portion (3) being interposed between the dispensing cartridge (1) or appliance and the mixer (5) which is connectable both to the cartridge or appliance and to the mixer. In a preferred... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070016129 - Insertion device for infusion sets: An insertion device for infusion sets, comprising a housing for enclosing an infusion set, a drive device for displacing the infusion set for insertion, wherein a portion of the drive device moves in an insertion direction, the movement being substantially friction-free relative to the housing.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070016130 - Complex shaped steerable catheters and methods for making and using them: Apparatus and methods are provided for accessing a body lumen within a patient's body. Generally, the apparatus includes a tubular member including proximal and distal ends, a steering element extending between the proximal and distal ends, and an actuator for directing the distal end between a relaxed configuration and a... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070016131 - Flexible magnets for navigable medical devices: A magnetically navigable catheter or guide wire having a proximal and a distal end, and a magnetically responsive structure that surrounds at least a portion of the catheter or guide wire at the distal end, wherein the magnetically responsive structure is comprised of a flexible magnetically responsive material.... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070016132 - Catheter having plurality of stiffening members: The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a plurality of stiffening members disposed along the length of the elongate main body. At least one stiffening member includes a plurality of clusters including helical... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070016133 - Rapid exchange balloon dilation catheter having reinforced multi-lumen distal portion: A rapid exchange balloon dilation catheter comprises a shaft and a balloon. The catheter shaft includes a proximal tubular member having a bore and extending from the proximal portion into the transitional portion. The bore defines a proximal inflation/deflation lumen, and the distal portion is filled with a fluid-impervious barrier.... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070016134 - Catheter kit for burrow: A catheter kit for a burrow having a catheter and an obturator and excellent in operability. The catheter comprises a tube having, inside, a nutrient passage leading nutrition or chemicals from the outside of a body to the inside of a stomach and extending along the wall surface of the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070016135 - Side loading needle depth stop: A needle depth stop which is side loading and configured to accommodate a wide range of needle diameters. The needle depth stop includes jaws which are biased closed and indexed into place by a spring member, such as a “C” ring. However, the jaws can be pivoted open for receiving... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070016136 - Suction hand-piece device with variable control off/on valve: A new suction device is herein disclosed that includes a valve to regulate suction to the tip of a suction device. By an operator, such as a nurse or surgeon, manipulating one or two fingers, a valve can be turned or slid to either reduce the force of the suction... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Two Renaissance Squire

20070016137 - Infusion cannula system: An infusion cannula preinstalled on a surgical lance. The infusion cannula includes a “Y” or “T” fitting to which an infusion line is connected. Such a combination eliminates the need for separate handling and installation of the infusion cannula and line, and provides for a simplified insertion of the infusion... Agent: Alcon

20070016139 - Needle safety shield with reset: A safety shield is capable of being moved on a needle assembly to cover a sharp tip of the needle assembly. The shield can be locked in place over the sharp tip by a locking mechanism. The safety shield has a locking mechanism for locking the shield in place covering... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070016138 - Safety reset key and needle assembly: A safety reset key is used to release a locking mechanism holding a safety shield in place over a sharp tip of a needle. In one embodiment, the reset key has ribs that are received in peripheral slots on the safety shield to engage an unlocking mechanism that unlocks a... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070016140 - Exchangeable safety needle assembly: A safety needle assembly has a rigid outer housing that encloses a locking mechanism cooperable with an apparatus that slides a sheath over the tip of the needle to prevent accidental sticks after the needle has been used. The safety needle assembly presents a common housing diameter that can be... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC

20070016141 - Safety shield for medical needles: Medical needle shield apparatus for covering a needle after use. The medical needle shield apparatus includes a first member, such as, for example, a syringe barrel having a needle mounted therewith. A second member, such as, for example, a shield is mounted with the first member. The shield is movable... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070016142 - Dose metering mechanism for an injection device: A dose metering mechanism for setting a dose to be administered from an injection device, the mechanism including a setting sleeve marked with dose amounts by which a dose to be administered is set by rotation, and a rotating sleeve which can be rotated out of the dose metering mechanism... Agent: David E. Bruhn, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070016143 - Medical delivery device having air shot means: An air shot or priming mechanism for an injection pen. The injection pen comprises a cartridge-holder and a housing. The cartridge-holder interacts with a nut-member capable of driving the piston rod forward when relatively rotated. The cartridge-holder is rotational coupled to the housing such that rotation of the cartridge-holder relatively... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Patent Department

20070016144 - Reciprocating syringe assemblies: A reciprocating syringe assembly may include a housing having a receptacle structured and arranged to removably receive a syringe and a syringe removably disposed in the receptacle. The syringe comprising a syringe plunger, and the housing may include at least one track. The assembly may include a plunger slidable in... Agent: Jay A. Stelacone, Esq. Law Office Of Thomas M. Isaacson

20070016145 - Needle assembly for multiple syringe barrels: A safety needle assembly having a rigid housing that encloses a locking mechanism, an actuator that is operable to slide a sheath over the tip of the needle to prevent accidental sticks after the needle has been used, and an actuator that is operable in response to the final end... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC

20070016147 - Blood collection device: A safety needle assembly has a needle hub and a needle cannula projecting from the hub. Wings project transversely from the hub to facilitate manipulation and positioning of the needle assembly. A shield is hingedly attached to the needle hub and can be rotated from a first position where the... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070016146 - Safeguard cap, injection needle with safeguard cap, and medical device with safeguard cap: A safeguard cap 1 is attached to an injection needle 10 that includes a hollow needle 11 and a holding member 12 for attaching the hollow needle 11 to a medical device. The safeguard cap 1 includes a housing part 2 for housing the hollow needle 11, a base 3... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070016148 - Winged needle assembly: A winged needle assembly includes a cannula; a needle hub; a protector of approximately cylindrical shape externally fitted onto the hub; and a pair of wings fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the protector; the hub being allowed, due to the resilient force of a spring, to slide from... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070016149 - Injection needle: An injection needle for introducing a product into a human or animal body, the needle including a distal needle section with a needle point and a proximal needle section, both sections formed along the injection needle such that the proximal needle section must penetrate the skin to introduce the product,... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070016150 - Injection needle assembly comprising an injection needle and a needle guide: An injection needle assembly including an injection needle, which can pierce body tissue, and a needle guide, which can be placed on the body tissue and axially stabilizes the injection needle against flexure and cracking.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070016151 - Neurotransmitter stimulation of neurons with feedback from sensors: The present invention provides a system for the release of neurotransmitters and a method for the manufacturing of such a system. The system according to the present invention allows for local release of neurotransmitters and therefore makes it possible to activate single neurons. Furthermore, the system according to the invention... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070016152 - System for treating a wound with suction and method detecting loss of suction: A system for applying suction to a wound uses a reference airflow for monitoring system operation. A reference airflow (or “controlled leak”) to the suction source is provided when the system is in operation, such that deviation from the reference airflow can be monitored as an indication of a change... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070016153 - Disposable absorbent articles comprising non-biopersistent inorganic vitreous microfibers: s

20070016154 - Absorbent article: The absorbent article provides a signal viewable from the top surface of the absorbent article which gives a perception of depth within the absorbent article. This creation of depth perception is accomplished by the use of at least two tones within a color and/or by the use of multiple tones... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070016156 - Absorbent tampon comprising a visually distinct withdrawal member: A tampon that includes a primary absorbent member, secondary absorbent member and a withdrawal member that is visually distinct from the secondary absorbent member. The visual distinctiveness of the withdrawal member with respect to the secondary absorbent member is due to a difference in color, shade, pattern, reflectance, opacity, translucence,... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070016157 - Disposable pull-on wearing article: A disposable pull-on wearing article includes front and rear waist regions, a crotch region extending between the waist regions, a chassis and an absorbent panel. The article has first and second tuckable side zones folded along first and second imaginary tuckable guide lines and tucked the article.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070016155 - Shaped side panel for disposable absorbent article: A disposable absorbent article defining an absorbent chassis adapted to wrap around portions of a torso and a pair of side panels adapted to secure the absorbent chassis about the torso during use. The side panels include at least a pair of substantially inextensible zones and a zone of substantial... Agent: John F. Klos Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

20070016158 - Low cost diaper with reduced sagging: A disposable diaper with back ear panels. The back ear panels are attached to the longitudinal edges of the chassis and extend outward. The diaper can be manufactured at relatively low cost, because the back ear panels are relatively small and are non-extensible. Fastening tapes of appropriate size are provided... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070016159 - Reservoir device with inclined needle: The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a flexible reservoir comprising first and second flexible foil portions sealed together to form an enclosed cavity adapted to contain a fluid, the reservoir having a pouch-like configuration defining a general plane, a needle-penetratable outlet being arranged on a portion of the reservoir... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Patent Department

20070016160 - Recovery system: A system allows for the safe, rapid, efficient recovery of a drug solution from sealed vials. The system is closed so that highly potent compounds can later be recovered and reworked without large investment in further engineering controls. The system includes three main components: a recovery device that holds sealed... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070016161 - Controlled flow adapter with piercing end for medical fluid containers: A non-luer apparatus for controlled flow of medical fluid materials for use as an adapter in a covered outlet of a medical fluid container, has a body with a hollow interior, a first open end adapted for attachment with the medical fluid container outlet, and a second open end adapted... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070016163 - Medical and dental implant devices for controlled drug delivery: Implantable devices and methods for use in the treatment of osteonecrosisare provided. The device includes at least one implant device body adapted for insertion into one or more channels or voids in bone tissue; a plurality of discrete reservoirs, which may preferably be microreservoirs, located in the surface of the... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070016162 - Valve port and method for vascular access: Valved ports for accessing blood vessels and other body lumens include a lock mechanism which locks the valve fully open when a needle or other access tube is placed into the port. The lock mechanism includes a latch typically comprising one or more laterally deflectable elements, such as a pair... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070016164 - Actuation handle for a catheter: The present invention is a catheter actuation handle for deflecting a distal end of a tubular catheter body including first, second and third actuation wires extending from a proximal end of the body. The handle comprises a grip portion, a first actuator, first and second stationary gear racks, first and... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070016165 - Catheter having plurality of stiffening members: The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a plurality of stiffening members disposed along the length of the elongate main body. The plurality of stiffening members includes a first stiffening member and a... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070016166 - Catheter attachment collet for a central port: A mechanism for locking a catheter to a port comprises an elongate body defining a flow passage, a port end of the elongate body adapted for attachment to a port, a collet end of the elongate body opposite the port end being biased toward an open configuration in which an... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070016167 - Implantable cathether and method of using same: A catheter for implantation into a patient having a catheter tube having a distal end, a means for trimming the distal end of the catheter tube after subcutaneous insertion of the tip of the catheter lumen into a desired position within the patient to form a trimmed end portion, and... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070016168 - Method of making a catheter device: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a Foley-type catheter. The catheter includes a silicone catheter shaft having a retention balloon. One method of manufacturing the Foley-type catheter includes immersing the silicone retention balloon in mineral oil.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070016169 - Urinary catheter: A medical device is disclosed, comprising a substrate, having on its surface, on at least a part thereof, a hydrophilic surface layer providing low-friction surface character of the medical device when wetted by a wetting fluid. The substrate is made of a polymer blend comprising a polyolefin and a composition... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070016170 - Infusion device with bolus alarm deactivation and method of using the same: A medical device for use with a patient includes at least one programmable medical device feature, at least one alarm to remind the patient about the at least one programmable medical device feature, and at least one reminder check to allow the patient to deactivate the at least one alarm... Agent: Medtronic Minimed Inc.

20070016171 - Implantable perfusion device: The present invention relates to an implantable device for continuously administering liquid medication to a patient at a very low rate. The device of the invention comprises: a transfer chamber enabling a supply to be fed with liquid; transfer means for transferring said liquid between the transfer chamber and said... Agent: Le-nhung Mcleland

20070010779 - Blood leak monitoring method and apparatus: A method for monitoring for leaks or disconnections in an extracorporeal blood circuit, comprising the steps of operating a blood pump to circulate blood through an extracorporeal blood circuit; opening a shunt connection between the arterial and venous blood flow portions; sensing the presence of air from any leaks or... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070010781 - Implantable aorto-coronary sinus shunt for myocardial revascularization: Embodiments of a permanent shunt are provided. According to one aspect of the invention, the shunt is a flexible biocompatible fluid directing lumen with first and second ends, with at least one of the first and second ends provided with a shape memory alloy adapted to cause the end to... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070010780 - Methods of implanting an aorto-coronary sinus shunt for myocardial revascularization: A permanent shunt is implanted in a minimally invasive manner to carry arterial blood from the aorta into the relatively lower pressure venous bed of the coronary sinus. Since egress from the coronary sinus into the right atrium is at least partially blocked, the higher pressure arterial blood is forced... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070010782 - Catheter-based, dual balloon photopolymerization system: A system for applying a polymer (hydrogel) to the inner surface of a vessel by photopolymerization includes a catheter having a first inflatable member and a guidewire having a second inflatable member. The catheter has an extended tip distal to the first inflatable member that includes multiple perfusion ports. A... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070010783 - Electrodialyzed compositions and method of treating aqueous solutions using electrodialysis: An electrodialysis system is used to produce electrodialyzed compositions with altered pH but without objectionable odor and taste. An aqueous solution is contacted with a membrane electrodialysis system and an electrical potential is applied in an amount effective for changing the pH of the aqueous solution by at least about... Agent: Kraft Foods Inc Debbie K. Wright

20070010784 - Method and device to form a sensor using isolated cardiomyocytes: A method and device are described to form a sensor using a cardiomyocyte by advancing a catheter into the tissue of interest, cardiac in the preferred embodiment, and using the catheter to ablate a cone- or a dome-shaped region to form an electrically isolated section of tissue. An electrode is... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070010785 - Balloon control device for endoscopic apparatus: The present invention provides a balloon control device for an endscopic apparatus, which supplies and sucks a fluid to and from either a balloon mounted to an inserting section of the endscopic apparatus or a balloon mounted to an insertion assisting tool covering the inserting section for assisting the insertion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070010786 - Catheter: A catheter 1 suitable for advancement through a body passageway of a patient. The catheter 1 comprises a catheter body 4 which is flexible to provide the necessary trackability for the catheter 1 to advance through a body passageway, and two stainless steel reinforcement wires 5 extending along the catheter... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070010787 - Embolic protection device and methods of use: An evacuation sheath assembly and method of reducing or removing a blockage within a vessel without permitting embolization of particulate matter is provided. The evacuation sheath assembly includes a first elongate tubular member, having proximal and distal ends and a main lumen configured to be placed in fluid communication with... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP

20070010788 - Medical-balloon inflator: A medical-balloon inflator includes a pump piston assembly, a movable pivot, and an actuator handle. The actuator handle is operatively connected to the movable pivot and is adapted to translate the pump piston assembly to inflate or inflatingly pressurize a medical balloon when the actuator handle is rotated an angular... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070010789 - Device for metered administration of a liquid product: A device for administering an injectable substance, the device including a housing, a translation member moveable in a translation direction, a rotation member rotatably moveable about a rotation axis and coupled to the translation member to support the translation member counter to the translation direction, a rotary bearing including a... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070010790 - Injection port: An attachment mechanism for a surgically implantable medical device includes one or more fasteners which may be simultaneously moved from an undeployed position to a deployed position by operation of an integral actuator. The attachment mechanism may be configured to be deactuated, and the fasteners simultaneously moved from a deployed... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070010791 - Valve for inflatable chamber of medical device: A medical device such as an ostomy appliance has an inflatable seal for sealing an opening in a patient's body. A non-return valve is provided at an inlet port for admitting inflation fluid into the inflatable seal and for preventing escape of the inflation fluid.... Agent: Bristol-myers Squibb Company

20070010792 - Disposable aid to urination: A system for collecting urine includes a fitment for receiving a funnel in sealing engagement. The fitment includes a generally cylindrical tube has a circumferential surface, a first and a second end, and defining a bore having a bore interior surface. The first end is configured to receive a funnel... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070010794 - Devices and methods for endolumenal gastrointestinal bypass: The present invention provides devices and methods for attachment of an endolumenal gastrointestinal device, such as an artificial stoma device, a gastrointestinal bypass sleeve or other therapeutic or diagnostic device, within a patient's digestive tract. In one application of the invention, an endolumenal bypass sleeve is removeably attached in the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070010793 - Method and system for accessing a pericardial space: A device and method for accessing a pericardial space of the heart includes a shaft having a cavity at a distal end, a suction lumen terminating in a distal port within the cavity and a hollow needle having a distal tip extending into the cavity. The cavity may be a... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Boston Scientific Patent Dock

20070010795 - Monitoring of the cerebral state of a subject: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring the anesthetic state of a subject. Physiological signal data including EEG and possibly also EMG signal components is acquired from a subject and supplied to a monitoring process configured to derive, based on the said data, a state index indicative... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070010796 - Catheter device: There is provided a connector for coupling to a guiding catheter including a housing defining a conduit communicating with the interior of the guiding catheter, the housing including first and second housing portions which are manually positionable in various relative mutual axial orientations, a selectably openable normally closed valve associated... Agent: Martin P. Hoffman, Esq. Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, PC.

20070010797 - Multi-functional and modular urine collection system: Multi-functional urine collection devices, embodiments of which can include a self-expanding container having a receptacle for receiving urine from the tubing, a pump for moving urine through the tubing and into a receptacle, extendable tubing that may be shortened and/or lengthened, and/or one or more meters for monitoring, measuring, transmitting... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070010798 - Device and systems for the intermittent drainage of urine and other biological fluids: This invention provides a drainage device for biological fluids. The device typically comprises a port for attachment of the device to a catheter or to a waste collection device; and a means for applying a negative pressure to said port, wherein said negative pressure is an intermittent substantially constant negative... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070010799 - Patch stabilization of rods for treatment of cardiac muscle: The present invention relates to a system and method for the delivery of therapeutic agents, such as therapeutic drugs or genetic material, into the muscle or tissue that minimizes the loss of therapeutic agents due to contraction of the muscle. In one embodiment, an implant for delivering therapeutic agents into... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070004995 - Swab device and kit for the delivery of blood clotting materials to a wound site: A swab insertable directly into a wound or into a body cavity to treat a wound comprises an elongated member having material attached at one or both ends thereof. The material may be or may include a molecular sieve material such as zeolite. A swab for promoting the clotting of... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070004996 - Needle disengagement sensing mechanism: A needle disengagement sensing mechanism includes a fistula needle that is adapted to carry fluid. An electronic sensing system is operatively connected to the needle. The sensing system is capable of detecting partial or full disengagement of the needle from a position where it is engaged with the fluid. Disengagement... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070004997 - Extracorporeal blood processing methods with multiple alarm levels: This invention provides a method for controlling a fluid separation system, preferably a blood apheresis system having a leukocyte reduction chamber. The method utilizes a three-level alarm system. A first-level alarm condition is triggered in response to a pressure drop in the system to less than or equal to a... Agent: Gambro, Inc Patent Department

20070004998 - Glaucoma implant having mems flow module with flexing diaphragm for pressure regulation: One embodiment of a MEMS flow module (34) includes a first plate (36) and a second plate (48) that are separated by a first link (62). A plurality of concentrically disposed, annular flow-restricting walls (40) extend from the first plate (36), and each are separated from the second plate (48)... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070005000 - Apparatus and method for adjusting a locking mechanism of a shunt valve: A shunt valve assembly includes an electromechanical brake mechanism that locks a position of a pressure setting mechanism within a shunt valve assembly. The electromechanical brake can maintain the position of the pressure setting mechanism in the presence of a relatively strong magnetic field to maintain a set pressure differential... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070004999 - Method of treating a patient with hydrocephalus and apparatus therefor: An adjustable hydrocephalus valve comprising a mechanical brake. The brake can be decoupled by pressing the valve housing percutaneously and allows in this state to adjust the opening characteristics of the valve by rotating externally disposed magnets. In order to detect the adjusted pressure or in order to adjust the... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

20070005001 - Modular introducer and exchange sheath: In accordance with the present invention there is provided exemplary embodiments of an introducer sheath in accordance with the present invention, wherein the introducer sheath of the present invention is formed of multiple components which are resiliently assembled to form a single introducer sheath. One embodiment of the introducer sheath... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070005002 - Robotic surgical instruments for irrigation, aspiration, and blowing: In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical instrument is provided for the control of flows of one or more fluids into and out of a surgical site. The robotic surgical instrument may include a housing, a flow control system, a hollow tube, and one or more hose fittings.... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070005004 - Medical device including a catheter providing wound evacuation and medicine dispensing features and related methods: A medical device including a catheter having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a medial portion extending therebetween. The proximal end portion may have at least one evacuation lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, and at least one evacuation opening extending laterally therethrough and intersecting the evacuation lumen to... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070005003 - Reinforced multi-lumen catheter: A reinforced multi-lumen catheter and method of manufacturing the same. An assembly for manufacturing the multi-lumen catheter includes a catheter body substrate including a septum, one or more mandrels, a reinforcing element and one or more sleeves. The septum may have a distal region with a cross-sectional thickness greater than... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070005005 - Method and apparatus for dosing solids: An apparatus for selectively dosing a solid is provided and includes (1) a flexible guide tube that include a first end and an opposing second end and has a bore formed therethrough from the first end to the second end; (2) a dispensing tip disposed at the first end of... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070005006 - Methods and devices for removal of toxic compounds from breast milk: Filter devices are described for removing organic toxins and/or inorganic toxins, such as halogenated endocrine disruptors, heavy metals and radionuclides from breast milk. The filter device can comprise a nipple shield device having a filter positioned in the interior of the nipple shield. The nipple shield device can be positioned... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070005007 - Gas assisted endoscopic applicator system: An apparatus for mixing and applying a fibrin tissue adhesive and a thrombin activator to target tissue in a laparoscopic procedure as a spray includes a spray set and a regulator module. The spray set includes a pair of elongated tubes of hypodermic stock having a Luer fitting at the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070005008 - Push-pull wire anchor: A deflectable catheter includes a flexible element includes a flexible element, and at least one skirt extending at least part way around the flexible element. An encapsulant is coupled between the skirt and a deflectable distal end portion of the deflectable catheter. The encapsulant is adapted to transmit pushing and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070005009 - Catheter with spiral cut transition member: A tubular transition member having an annular wall with at least one cut extending through the annular wall is disclosed for controlling a transition in stiffness of a catheter from a stiffer more pushable proximal section to a more flexible and trackable distal section and increasing kink resistance. The transition... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070005010 - Intra-aortic balloon catheter: The intra-aortic balloon catheter comprises a catheter tube 8a having a fluid flow channel 9a for balloon expansion and a blood flow channel 10a for blood pressure measurement, and a balloon 2a attached to a distal end portion of said catheter tube 8a and having an expansion/contraction portion 3a to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070005011 - Method, system, apparatus, and kit for remote therapeutic delivery: A therapeutic delivery catheter system method or kit for delivery of therapeutic to a target location is provided. In various embodiments of the present invention the invention may include a catheter with a therapeutic delivery lumen and a therapeutic delivery orifice. The lumen and the orifice may be in fluid... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070005014 - Disposable safety syringe: A disposable safety syringe consists of a needle, a connecting part, a barrel and a piston. The connecting part is inserted inside an inner tube of the barrel so as to prevent solution therein from leaking. The needle is disposed on a tubular bearing on front surface of the connecting... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070005015 - Disposable syringe: A disposable syringe includes a needle assembly having a needle seat retained in a barrel by a grip member to fix a needle cannula, a tubular plunger movable in the barrel toward the needle seat during an injection course, and a coupling member having a retained shank in frictional engagement... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070005013 - Safety needle assembly: A safety needle assembly includes a barrel, a cannula seat mounted in a front open end of the barrel, a needle cannula fixed to the cannula seat, and a plunger. The cannula seat includes a guiding section and a coupling section. A coupling member is formed on a distal end... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070005012 - Syringe barrel and syringe uses the same: A syringe barrel and syringe uses the same wherein the syringe barrel comprises a round plastic bracket at the front thereof, which defines a needle hub; the bracket is formed at the same time when the barrel is molded. The bracket is further covered by a rubber flexible member through... Agent: Hung Chi Huang

20070005016 - Ocular injection device and method: A device and method for an injection into an eye such as an intravitreal injection is shown. Ocular devices and methods shown provide a reduction in the number of steps involved in an injection procedure. Ocular devices and methods shown also provide consistent and repeatable location of an injection location.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070005017 - Intradermal delivery device with crenellated skin engaging surface geometry: An apparatus for delivering or withdrawing a fluid through at least one layer of the skin is provided. The device may include a body having a top face, a bottom face, a side edge and at least one channel. The bottom face includes a first surface area and a second... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070005018 - Catheter for introduction of medications to the tissues of a heart or other organ: This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a positionable, direct-injection catheters that can access a specific region of the heart or other organ. The catheter is provided with one or two needle shafts, which may be located within respective sheaths that extend axially along the interior... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070005019 - Catheter assembly: A catheter assembly includes a flexible tubular catheter body having a lumen open at a distal end, a negative pressure generating unit adapted to aspirate the lumen of the catheter body, and a puncture wire capable of insertion into the lumen of the catheter body. The puncture wire has at... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070005020 - Dual syringe adapter: A dual syringe adapter for attachment to a pair of side-by-side syringes includes three interconnected portions. A first portion is configured so as to snap onto a plunger head portion of each syringe so as to connect the pair of syringes and maintain plunger movement in unison. A second portion... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070005021 - Magnetic plunger rod re-setting mechanism and plunger rod lock: An injection device which can accommodate an ampoule, the device including a plunger rod which can be moved out of an initial position in a dispensing direction and is thus able to act on a plunger associated with the ampoule, a magnetic member whereby the plunger rod can be moved... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070005022 - Syringe: An auto-disable syringe is disclosed which prevents re-use of the syringe whetver dose is delivered on the first use. A restrictor bobbin comprises two elements: a plunger lock 1 and a barrel lock 20 which are relatively freely movable for a limited distance. The barrel lock includes a barb 27... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070005023 - Safety device for iv set: A safety device for IV (intravenous) set includes a removable tubing disposed on an IV set. Before use, the removable tuning is clipped on a duct of the IV set, near a needle. After use, the removable tubing is operated for moving from the rear end of the needle (needle... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070005024 - Medical devices having superhydrophobic surfaces, superhydrophilic surfaces, or both: According to an aspect of the invention, medical devices are provided, which have the following (a) one or more superhydrophobic surface regions, (b) one or more superhydrophilic surface regions having a durometer of at least 40 A, or (c) a combination of one or more superhydrophobic surface regions and one... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070005025 - Enema dispenser: An enema includes a liquid in a dispenser having a bottle, a nozzle attached to the bottle, and a valve. The valve may be a membrane having a slit and a thickness of at most 0.90 mm. The valve may be attached to the bottle or it may be attached... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC

20070005026 - Method and material for reducing biofilm: The present invention includes a method for removing a biofilm from a surface, comprising exposing the biofilm to a formulation comprising phenolsulfonic acid guaiacolsulfonic acid, sulfosalicylic acid, citric acid, and ammonium phenolsulfonate for at least about fifteen seconds.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070005027 - Medical treatment kit and methods of use thereof: A medical treatment kit and methods of use thereof is provided. The kit includes a container, two or more chambers within the container, an antiseptic agent disposed in one of the chambers, a cleansing agent disposed in a separate chamber and an applicator. The agents are not contacted until immediate... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070005028 - Wound treatment apparatus: An apparatus comprising a housing, a controller, a fluid source, a negative pressure source, and a canister. The controller, the fluid source, the negative pressure source, and the canister are carried by the housing. The fluid source is couplable to the bandage. The negative pressure source is couplable to the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070005029 - Aspiration control: A microsurgical system capable of controlling aspiration via a vacuum control mode, a suction control mode, or a flow control mode.... Agent: Alcon

20070005030 - Aspiration control via flow or impedance: A microsurgical system capable of controlling aspiration and detecting an occlusion via monitoring a change in either suction flow rate or suction impedance.... Agent: Alcon

20070005031 - Incontinence collection device: An incontinence collection support assembly includes a brief with a pocket for supporting a collection chamber. An outlet tube extends from the collection chamber and includes an outlet valve for selectively draining the contents of the collection chamber. The briefs are fabricated from an elastic material to fit snugly to... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070005032 - Connecting ostomy device: A connecting ostomy device for coupling a collecting bag to a fixing device (10) includes a first joining part (16) connected to the fixing device and a second joining part (12) connected to the collecting bag. The joining parts interact by adhesion in a plane practically perpendicular to the axes... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070005033 - Ostomy appliance: An ostomy appliance comprising a front wall and a rear wall of flexible material forming a bag, said rear wall having an opening for receiving a stoma, and said rear wall also being provided with an adhesive wafer for securing the appliance to a user's skin, said wafer having a... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070005034 - Ostomy support garment: An ostomy support garment having a hole for receiving a stoma, said hole having a stabilised edge wherein the edge is provided with a flexible element allowing a deformation of the shape of the hole and providing a snug fit to the stoma ensures an easy application and removal combined... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070005035 - Laminate with indicia for an absorbent article:

20070005036 - Absorbent article: An absorbent article includes a compressed groove provided on a body-side surface of a sanitary napkin includes a pair of lateral groove segments extending substantially in the longitudinal direction symmetrically about a longitudinal center line and a pair of rear groove segments converging rearward from respective rear ends of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070005039 - Intravaginal device with controlled expansion: Controlled expansion of an intravaginal device can be achieved by selectively attaching either a primary or secondary cover to the primary absorbent device having a fluid storage element, we can determine that certain portions of the tampon will expand while other portions will be restricted to substantially the compressed structure.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070005040 - Absorbent article providing a better fit and more comfort to a wearer: A disposable pull-on garment has a front waist region and a back waist region opposite the front waist region. The disposable pull-on garment also has a chassis and front and back waist members attached to the chassis in the front and back waist regions, respectively. The front waist member has... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070005038 - Disposable absorbent article containing an adhesively bonded elastic member: The present invention relates to disposable absorbent articles are useful for meeting this unmet need of producing disposable absorbent articles that include elastic members comprising elastomeric films manufactured with reduced equipment capital and associated expense. Such articles comprise: a) a liquid permeable topsheet; b) a backsheet; c) an absorbent core... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070005037 - Disposable absorbent article containing an unapertured skinless elastomeric layer: The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article comprising a chassis having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region between the front and back waist regions, said chassis having two opposing longitudinal edges and two perpendicularly placed end edges, said chassis further comprising: a.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070005041 - Rotate-to-advance catheterization system: Apparatus for accessing a bodily passageway, the apparatus comprising: a flexible tube having a distal end and a proximal end, a longitudinal axis extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a lumen extending from the distal end to the proximal end, the lumen being sized to receive... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20070005043 - Osmotic intraosseous drug delivery system: An osmotic intraosseous drug delivery device includes an artificial crown having a cavity defined therein and at least one inlet port in communication with the cavity. The device also includes an osmotic module including an osmotic agent and a drug formulation. The osmotic module is adapted to be inserted in... Agent: Dewipat Incorporated

20070005042 - Programmable intraosseous drug delivery system: A device for intraosseous drug delivery includes a first implant body having a delivery orifice at a distal end thereof. The first implant body is adapted for mounting in a jawbone such that the delivery orifice communicates with the jawbone. The device further includes a drug cartridge including a reservoir... Agent: Dewipat Incorporated

20070005044 - Implantable pump with infinitely variable resistor: A variable hydraulic resistor for use with implantable pumps is disclosed. The variable hydraulic resistor according to the present invention is particularly useful in varying the flow rate of a medication fluid from an otherwise constant flow implantable pump. An implantable pump is also disclosed, which does not require a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik