Surgery inventions 02/07

20070043317 - Method of producing blood processing circuits and filter unit: A bag connection comprises a first bag, a tube having a blood-drawing needle at the front end, a plurality of second bags, tubes for connecting the first and second bags,.and tubes and branch connectors for connecting the second bags to each other. On the other hand, a filter unit includes... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070043318 - Transeptal apparatus, system, and method: Methods, apparatus, and systems for locating a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a positioning device that can be configured to occlude the PFO. Methods, apparatus, and systems include the use of a positioning device that can be seated on the limbus of a septum secundum (SS). The positioning device includes... Agent: Brooks & Cameron, PLLC Suite 500

20070043320 - Microstream injector: The present invention provides a micromachined or microsized component-based needleless injector for delivering a dose of a liquid formulation containing a biologically active agent to tissue by way of a high pressure liquid microstream that penetrates the skin and deposits the agent at an optimal depth in the tissue. The... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070043319 - Needlless injectors: A needleless injector generally includes a barrel having a proximal and a distal end and a bore therethrough along with an injection head disposed at the barrel distal end in fluid communication with the bore; an energy source is disposed at the barrel proximal end and a bolt may be... Agent: Brent A Johnson Allergan Inc

20070043322 - Disposable safety syringe structure: A disposable safety syringe structure includes a barrel, a needle seat, a plunger, and a protective cover. A circumferentially surrounded thin broken portion is disposed on a periphery of an end portion of the barrel, and a circular groove is disposed on the end portion of the barrel thereby fastening... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070043321 - Safe injection device: The present invention discloses a safe injector. The safe injector comprises a sleeve, a needle, and push rod, wherein the needle can be hided in the sleeve. The needle can be pushed out of the sleeve for use and be hided in the sleeve again after finishing the use.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070043323 - Surgical template: The present invention is a surgical template adapted for use in implanting tissue ingrowth cuff assemblies and other semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous medical devices. The surgical template of the present invention generally includes a body portion and a template portion, wherein the body portion is substantially planar in shape and... Agent: Kevin M. Farrell Pierce Atwood

20070043324 - Indwelling balloon catheter for endoscope: An indwelling balloon catheter for an endoscope is provided with a flexible tube including a first lumen and a second lumen, the first lumen and the second lumen being arranged in parallel with each other and extending in an axial direction of the flexible tube over an entire length thereof,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070043325 - Drip chamber with integrated flow regulator for medical lines: Described herein is a drip chamber for medical lines with a generally cylindrical body having an inlet, on which a precision flow regulator is directly applied.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070043326 - Device for fixing a catheter to the body of a patient: A device for fixing a catheter, such as a peripheral veinous catheter, a central veinous catheter or a central arterial catheter, to the body of a patient. The device includes a housing, which can be closed by a lid, and a base coupled to the housing, surrounding the housing and... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070043327 - Drug delivery device comprising a mesh sleeve: This invention concerns drug delivery by way of mesh sleeves for use with devices adapted for insertion into the vagina, rectum, nasal or buccal cavity. The resulting apparatus exploit the highly vascularised nature of the tissue of bodily cavities such as the vagina, nose, rectum and mouth to deliver pharmaceutical... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20070043328 - Cord blood and placenta collection kit: The present invention provides an improved kit for the collection of umbilical cord blood and placental blood, and collection of the placenta from which such blood is obtained. The kit improves upon existing kits in that it provides for improved user convenience, provides for the collection of the placenta itself,... Agent: Jones Day

20070043329 - Male incontinence briefs: Incontinence briefs having a resealable, substantially leak-proof and resealable flap in a front section thereof. The resealable flap opens from the bottom upwardly to provide access to a wearer's penis. The construction permits the wearer to comfortably urinate into a portable urinal without the necessity of removing the garment. The... Agent: Michael G. Petit

20070043330 - Absorbent article: An absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer includes a topsheet, a backsheet joined to at least a portion of the topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes a first layer and a second layer, wherein the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070043331 - Pants-type disposable diaper and process for its production: A pants-type disposable diaper 1 including a diaper main body 2 having a front abdomen portion P, a back portion Q, and leg hole sections S which are formed on both sides of a crotch portion R between these portions, and further having a waist opening which is formed by... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070043332 - Intravaginal drug delivery devices: The invention relates to an intravaginal drug delivery device comprising at least one reservoir, the, or each, reservoir containing at least one pharmacologically active agent dispersed in a carrier system; and a sheath discontinuously surrounding the at least one reservoir, so that, in use, at least part of that reservoir... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070043333 - Method for forming a medical device with a polymer coated inner lumen: A medical device, such as a catheter shaft, having an inner lumen defined by a layer of polymer coating, and a method for forming such a medical device. In some embodiments, the method generally includes the steps of applying a polymer coating to an elongated mandrel, and constructing the remainder... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070043334 - Medical valve connector: A medical valve connector comprising a tubular body having an inlet fitting of the male luer or luer-lock type with an inner tubular element displaceable axially from a retracted position for closing a passage of flow towards an outlet fitting to an advanced position for opening said passage of flow.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070043335 - Miniature pump for drug delivery: A miniature drug delivery pump utilizes a shape memory Ni-Ti alloy. A flow restrictor is provided and the pump is refillable.... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20070038170 - Cannula system and method: Embodiments of the invention provide a cannula having a body with a first outer diameter, a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, and a portion outward of the first outer diameter having a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter... Agent: Medtronic, Inc. Medtronic Cardiac Surgery Division

20070038171 - Shunt system: The present application provides a subcutaneously implantable device for removing fluid from a first location in a body of a patient. The device includes a fluid controller having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid controller is continually operable between a first and second cycle, wherein in the... Agent: Paul D. Bianco: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini, & Bianco P.l.

20070038172 - Gradient wound treatment system and method: A wound therapy and tissue management system utilizes fluid differentiation. Fluid is differentiated by establishing a gradient within the system. A gradient can be established with matter or energy. Patient interfaces for establishing, maintaining and varying one or more gradients include transfer elements with first and second zones having different... Agent: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Attn: Legal Department Intellectual Property

20070038173 - Methods affecting markers in patients having vascular disease: Marker levels and forms can be modulated in patients having vascular disease when sufficient vascular tissue is removed. The markers can be, e.g., from tissue, blood or lymph. The markers are typically involved in molecular pathways which are in turn modulated. Atherectomy catheters are used for accomplishing sufficient removal of... Agent: Carol A. Schneider, Ph.d., J.d. C/o Mintz Levin

20070038174 - Ophthalmic injector system: An ophthalmic injector system having an injection chamber, a dispensing lumen, an actuation chamber, a fluid reservoir, a source of repeating pulses of pressurized gas, and a computer.... Agent: Alcon

20070038175 - Enhanced needleless medication delivery system: A Needleless injector patch for the intra-muscular, subcutaneous, or intra-dermal delivery of a fluid medicament to a patient includes a plurality of cylindrical members “Micro-Injectors” which have a closed end and an sealed orifice end, the Micro-Injectors contain a pyrotechnic gas generating charge, a diaphragm or a piston assembly and... Agent: Kurt D. Van Laar

20070038176 - Medical devices with machined layers for controlled communications with underlying regions: According to an aspect of the present invention, implantable or insertable medical devices (also referred to as internal medical devices) are provided. These medical devices include at least one machined layer, at least a portion of which is disposed over at least one underlying region (e.g., a therapeutic agent containing... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070038177 - Self securing chest tubes and methods: A chest tube includes a hollow tube having a first end and a second end; a first securing device disposed proximate the first end; and a mechanism to activate the first securing device. A method for draining a pleural cavity with a chest tube includes the steps of: (1) inserting... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070038178 - Catheter with occluding cuff: A device, method, and system of deploying an embolic protection device at a location distal to a treatment site in a vessel of a patient. A delivery catheter is encircled by a sealing member which is expandable from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration. The device creates a seal... Agent: Popovich, Wiles & O'connell, PA 650 Third Avenue South

20070038179 - Needle guard strut wall clip: A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut, a spring member, such as a leaf spring, may have a portion extending... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070038180 - Apparatus and methods for safe and efficient placement of chest tubes: An apparatus for placement of a chest tube includes a chest tube assembly and an advancing mechanism configured to move the chest tube assembly. The chest tube assembly includes an outer structure and a chest tube disposed in the outer structure. The chest tube assembly may further include a trocar.... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070038181 - Method, system and device for delivering a substance to tissue: Devices and methods for delivering a substance to tissue or organs, particularly, the bladder, by a plurality of microneedles The devices may include a delivery tube, a a substance chamber to fill with the substance to be delivered, a plurality of needles, a plunger coupled to a handle movable relative... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070038188 - Duckbill catheter release mechanism: A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut, a spring member, such as a leaf spring, may have a portion extending... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070038185 - Needle guard clip with heel: A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut, a spring member, such as a leaf spring, may have a portion extending... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070038184 - Needle guard clip with lip: A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut, a spring member, such as a leaf spring, may have a portion extending... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070038183 - Needle guard clip with stylus: A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut, a spring member, such as a leaf spring, may have a portion extending... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070038187 - Needle guard mechanism with anti-rotation feature: A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut, a spring member, such as a leaf spring, may have a portion extending... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070038182 - Needle guard mechanism with needle support: A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut, a spring member, such as a leaf spring, may have a portion extending... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070038186 - Needle guard mechanism with shroud: A needle guard includes a clip with a canting wall to grip the needle shaft and a distal wall to block the tip thereof, wherein the canting and distal walls may be interconnected by an angled strut, a spring member, such as a leaf spring, may have a portion extending... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070038189 - Needleless access port valves: Needleless access port valves are generally discussed herein with particular discussions on needleless access port valves incorporating a moving cannula. The moving cannula may be part of a valve core having a diaphragm, a septum, and a plurality of biasing members. A plurality of openings disposed on the hollow cannula... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070038190 - Hygiene system: A product has one or more morphics associated therewith. The morphics include an alphabetic base letter and one or more visual characteristics associated with an object. The object name starts with the base letter. The product name may start with the alphabetic base letter. The objects may be animals. The... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070038192 - Hygiene article: Hygiene articles, such as a sanitary napkin, a tampon or an incontinence pad, are formed from a textile fabric having a multiplicity of fibres. Microcapsules having reversible heat storage properties are applied in at least a portion of the fibres or via a coating with a binder atop at least... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070038191 - Waste balancing for extracorporeal blood treatment systems: One or more waste balancing systems may be used in a fluid circulating system for medical use. The fluid circulating system may be part of a blood treatment system for a patient suffering renal failure. A waste balancing system may include a pressure element operable to maintain a constant fluid... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070038193 - Receptacle for a male incontinence device: A multi-piece fluid transfer receptacle is used in a male incontinence device. The receptacle includes an outer shell having a first open end adapted for receiving the penis of a user and a second end defining a fluid discharge port. The second end extends beyond the first end a distance... Agent: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C. Southpark Towers

20070038194 - Urine receiver: Here is disclosed a urine receiver. The urine receiver which collects urine of a wearer of the urine receiver under suction force has a container member provided with a bottom, a peripheral wall and flange. The container member has a suction tube which extends through the peripheral wall and has... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070038195 - Comfortable dry absorbent article: Acquisition members having 20 to 40 weight percent of a latex binder and 60 to 80 weight percent of polyester fibers are useful in absorbent articles such as diapers and sanitary napkins. The polyester fibers may further include 20 to 80 weight percent of a first type of fiber, and... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070038196 - Absorbent structure and absorbent article comprising the absorbent structure: An absorbent structure, for use in a diaper, an incontinence pad, a sanitary article or the like, has at least one absorbent layer including fluff pulp and superabsorbent particles. The average absorption capacity per superabsorbent particle in the absorbent layer is greater than 8.0 mg sodium chloride solution, and the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070038197 - Individually-packaged hygiene article and absorbent article provided therewith: A package containing a hygiene article which opens in a way preventing the hygiene article from falling out unintentionally. Further, combined absorbent articles are disclosed, wherein a package comprising a hygiene article is joined to an individually-packaged absorbent article.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070038200 - Disposable-hygiene protective pouch: The method of making a Disposable Hygiene Protective Pouch, includes the scented layer of material that is inserted on the outside of the waterproof plastic liner. The inner liner that is waterproof guards against leakage. An additional lining is the outer layer of material which provides protection against punctures and... Agent: Tiffany Lynn Hill

20070038199 - Absorbent article with improved side seams: An absorbent article is provided that includes a top sheet and a back sheet joined to form side seam regions. An absorbent core is disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet; and laterally oriented elastics are disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The elastics include... Agent: Mark S. Leonardo, Esq. Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20070038198 - Disposable wearing article and method of manufacturing the same: A back region having extensibility in a waist direction and provided with stopper members at both ends in the waist direction, an abdominal region provided with flap portions at both ends in the waist direction, and an absorber that bridges between the back region and the abdominal region are provided.... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070032757 - Medical shunt/valve for regulation of bodily fluids: Shunts (valves) (100) for controlled flow of bodily fluids, such as cerebrospinal fluid, include a valve actuating member (114) (such as a piston (120)) between inlet (108) and outlet (110) ports. The valve actuating member is biased toward a state wherein the valve is closed, and it includes a face... Agent: Craig Fieschko Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c.

20070032758 - Lubricated tampon applicator: An applicator includes a barrel having an outer surface, an insertion end, and an opposed gripper end; a fluid lubricant disposed in fluid communication with a portion of the outer surface of the barrel; and optionally a plunger arranged and configured to be moveable within the barrel to expel an... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070032759 - Handle thumb wheel mechanism which maintains holding forces when sterilized and when engaged: A thumb wheel mechanism includes a thumb wheel with upper and lower surfaces, the lower surface including a bore with a ball connected to it, and an handle half with upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface including a divot, the thumb wheel lower surface being aligned with the handle... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070032760 - Catheter balloon having a lubricious coating: A balloon for a catheter and a method of making the balloon, having a layer of a porous polymeric material with a modified outer surface and a lubricious coating bonded to the modified outer surface. In one embodiment, the modified outer surface is formed by a polymer impregnated in the... Agent: Fulwider Patton

20070032761 - Device for preventing axial movement: A device for preventing axial movement of an elongated member (1) applied through the skin of a mammal at a puncturing position has a plaster (2) designed to cover the surface around the puncturing position and having at least an adhesive layer (4) for securing it to the skin as... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070032762 - Wound irrigation device: An apparatus includes a fluid permeable dressing and a cover membrane configured to extend over the fluid permeable dressing. A tube is coupled to the fluid permeable dressing and is configured to apply suction through the fluid permeable dressing. A fluid reservoir is coupled to the cover membrane, the fluid... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070032763 - Wound irrigation device pressure monitoring and control system: An apparatus includes a pressure housing configured to be coupled to a vacuum source and a diaphragm sealingly coupled to the pressure housing. The diaphragm is configured to move in response to the vacuum source. A magnet is coupled to the diaphragm. A magnetic switch is disposed opposite the magnet... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070032764 - Multi-part waste container apparatus: A multi-part biowaste container configured to provide a low profile design while providing sufficient storage volume to accommodate the amount of blood, tissues, and other biological materials generated during a typical surgical procedure. The multi-part biowaste container includes an anti-splash container, a dual purpose lid container, and a supplemental container.... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070032765 - Excrement treating apparatus: An excrement treatment apparatus, wherein a hollow cup which is formed in such a shape that covers the private part and the anus of a human body having a hip part put on the upper side of a floor plate and in which at least the portion thereof in contact... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070032766 - Absorbent article with a multifunctional side panel: An absorbent article may comprise a chassis having a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region between the front waist region and the rear waist region, a pair of longitudinal edges, and a pair of side panels extending between and connecting the front waist region and the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070032767 - Absorbent bed pad: The present invention provides for a reusable absorbent pad for absorbing liquids exuded from a body, comprising an absorbent one piece planar core having a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer perimeter defining a middle portion; a particulate blended and dispersed within at least one of the top... Agent: Ian Fincham

20070032768 - Article with premium: An absorbent article includes an outercover, a bodyside liner, an absorbent core positioned between the outercover and the bodyside liner, and at least one premium. The premium may be associated with the inner and/or outer surface of the absorbent article. The premium may be disposed within an enclosure joined to... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070032769 - Absorbent article with enclosures: An absorbent article comprises a bodyside liner, an outer cover, an absorbent body located between the bodyside liner and the outer cover, and an enclosure. The enclosure comprises a cover and backing joined together to form a pocket with an object disposed therein. The enclosure is joined with the absorbent... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070032771 - Garments containing elastic nonwovens: An article of clothing made from an elastic nonwoven web, wherein the elastic nonwoven web comprises a plurality of multicomponent strands having first and second polymer components longitudinally coextensive along the length of the strands, said first component comprising an elastomeric polymer, and said second polymer component comprising a polymer... Agent: O'keefe, Egan & Peterman, L.L.P.

20070032770 - Simple disposable absorbent article: A simple disposable pant-like garment includes a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The chassis, which can be extensible, includes a water-impermeable sheet folded laterally inward at both of its side edges to form opposing side flaps. Each side flap is attached to the interior surface of the chassis adjacent to... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070032772 - Barrier cuff for a unitary disposable absorbent article having intermediate bond for sustained fit: Absorbent articles such as disposable diapers and disposable pant like garments are disclosed. In particular, absorbent articles such as disposable diapers and pants having an improved barrier cuff structure for improved fit are described. The placement of a barrier cuff structure having a tackdown point near the waistband of the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070032773 - Disposable absorbent article designed to facilitate an easy change: A disposable absorbent article to be worn about the lower torso of a wearer that facilitates an easy, intuitive change is provided. The disposable absorbent article includes at least one serviceable indicium that facilitates an easy change by providing alignment of the article relative to an anatomical feature of the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070032774 - Container for transporting blood and blood products: A reusable container for transporting blood and blood products, which includes an outer case including a lid, and an insulating layer substantially inside the outer case and the lid. A generally rigid water-resistant well has a lip which abuts walls of the outer case so as to substantially seal the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070032775 - Tabletop drug dispensing vial access adapter: A vial enshrouded or contained in a protective covering which prevents emission of radiation form the vial contents, shielding the environment and personnel from irradiation. The vial optionally has a V-shaped bottom to allow withdrawal of a maximal amount of the fluid without inverting the vial. The vial is equipped... Agent: Bracco Research Usa Inc.

20070032777 - Concentric thin wall surgical irrigation tubing: A length of ophthalmic surgical irrigation tubing 14 includes an inner lumen 16 for transporting fluid from a source 24 to a surgical handpiece 26. The inner lumen 16 is formed by an inner shell 18. A flexible outer shell 20 spans and surrounds a length of the inner shell... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070032776 - Extended locking luer connector: A length of tubing 22 has a luer 25 connected to one end. The luer 25 includes a lumen 30 of a length to frictionally engage with and seat against a mating recess of a first ophthalmic surgical instrument. A locking hub 36, lockingly engages with a mating structure of... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070032778 - Surgical drape and suction head for wound treatment: A wound therapy combination comprising a suction head and a surgical drape. The suction head comprises a planar flange portion and a tubular connector piece on a first face that communicates with an aperture extending to a second face. The second face is formed with projections that define flow channels... Agent: Legal Department Intellectual Property Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

20070032779 - Drainage catheter with lockable hub: A reversible lockable drainage catheter for use in draining excess bodily fluid in a tissue having a catheter tube with a proximal end and a distal end, and a lockable hub positioned about the catheter tube. A suture of the drainage catheter can be reversibly tensioned, and locked in the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070032780 - Intra-urethral catheters: An intra-urethral catheter for a male patient, has a lumen (7) interrupted within the prostatic space (S) of the patient's urethra (U), by a blockage (8), and upper and lower by-pass openings (9,10) through the catheter-wall (6) are located one above and one below the blockage (8). The upper opening... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070027425 - Collapsible tampon applicator: A tampon applicator for positioning a tampon inside a vaginal cavity. The tampon applicator includes an outer member for housing a tampon. The outer member has a substantially rigid first section and a collapsible section adjacent to the first section. The tampon positioning member is disposed within the outer member... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070027424 - Tampon applicator for a feminine hygiene product providing proper vaginal placement: A tampon applicator for placing a feminine hygiene tampon into a vagina which has a tampon, a tampon housing member, a cover member, and a tampon positioning member. The tampon is partially housed within the tampon housing member. The tampon extends beyond the tampon housing member. The cover member covers... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070027426 - Iontophoresis device to deliver active agents to biological interfaces: An iontophoresis device includes an active electrode assembly which comprises an active electrode element and an outermost active electrode ion selective membrane that caches an active agent. The outermost active electrode ion selective membrane may be formed by one or more ion exchange membranes. The active electrode assembly may also... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070027427 - Self-actuating applicator for microprojection array: An applicator for applying a microprojection member to the stratum corneum of a patient having a housing, a piston moveable within the housing and a cap adapted to activate the applicator. The applicator is self-setting and auto-triggering, which allows the applicator to be used by patient's having neither the strength,... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070027428 - Vial system and method for needle-less injector: A vial filling system for a needle-less injector, the system including an adaptor. The adaptor has a housing including a top and a side wall extending downwardly from the top. A recess is disposed in the side wall of the adaptor for receiving a vial. The vial has an inner... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070027429 - Method and apparatus for indicating or covering a percutaneous puncture site: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and deploying a protective cover about a percutaneous puncture site formed by a hypodermic needle. In the preferred embodiment, a marking agent or puncture site covering, the latter of which preferably takes the form of a bandage, is releasably secured upon either the... Agent: Thomas C. Kuracina

20070027430 - Trigger-activatable injection device: An injection device including a housing formed by two housing parts moveable in relation to each other, a drive element urged by a spring in an injection direction and releaseably held against movement, and a release element moveable from a lock position to an intermediate position due to the movement... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070027431 - Treatment of meibomian glands: In one embodiment consistent with the present invention a method of treating mammalian meibomian glands involves clearing the glands by applying a regulated heat to an eyelid containing the meibomian glands to a temperature adequate to melt obstructions in the meibomian glands to put the obstructions in a fluid or... Agent: Robert G. Rosenthal Suite 200

20070027432 - Medical waste disposal system assembly: A novel collection device for collection, storage and disposal of biological products, in conjunction with an improved cleansing method. Disclosed is an apparatus 301 which includes a locking closing member handle 93 to allow for safe transport and disposal of medical waste. Closing member 71 allows for secure containment of... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20070027433 - Drainage devices and methods: Active and passive wound drainage systems and method are provided. A drainage device includes an input passage for receiving the fluid from a site on or within the patient's body, a container for holding the fluid, and a reversible valve disposed between the input passage and the container. The reversible... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070027434 - Adhesive face plate for an ostomy appliance, an ostomy appliance and a method for cleaning a face plate: An ostomy appliance comprising an adhesive face plate comprising an adhesive layer 2, a release sheet 3 and a carrier sheet 4 attached to a coupling ring 6 by means of a plastic film strip 9 forming a filter pouch together with a film strip 12 having a flatus gas... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070027435 - Flexible absorbent article with improved body fit: An absorbent article that has a thin, conformable absorbent core where the core has at least two layers, both of which includes (different) superabsorbent material and both being typically substantially free of cellulosic fibres is described. The absorbent article has a Circular Bend Flexibility of less than about 15 N... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070027436 - Flexible absorbent article with improved body fit: An absorbent article that has a thin, conformable absorbent core where the core has at least two layers, each including a different superabsorbent material, and each being typically substantially free of cellulosic fibres, is described. The absorbent article has a Circular Bend Flexibility of less than about 15 N. The... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070027437 - Medical fluid container with concave side weld: A flexible non-PVC, non-DEHP polyolefin container or bag for medical fluids has an elongated container body formed of polyolefin film. The container has one or more ports equipped with a polyolefin fill tube and port closure assembly. The container includes a concave seam on at least one of its longitudinal... Agent: Brian R. Woodworth