Surgery inventions 06/07

20070149913 - Automated dialysis pumping system: A peritoneal dialysis system includes: (i) a hardware unit, the hardware unit including a pump actuator; (ii) a disposable unit received by the hardware unit, the disposable unit having a moveable membrane operable with the pump actuator, the pump actuator moveable towards and away from the disposable unit; and (iii)... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20070149914 - Package for use in a peritoneal dialysis treatment and a method for manufacturing of such a package: The invention relates to a package (1) for use in a peritoneal dialysis treatment and a method for manufacturing of such a package. The package includes a line set (1), which comprises a first tubular line element (1a), a second tubular line element (1b) and at least one component (2,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070149915 - Internal shunt and method for treating glaucoma: A surgical technique wherein an indwelling shunt is placed in the eye of a patient having glaucoma. The shunt diverts aqueous humor from a deep scleral lake or directly from the anterior chamber to the suprachoroidal space from which it is removed by blood flowing in the choroidal and uveal... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070149916 - Dry matrices as drug reservoirs in electrotransport applications: The present invention provides methods and devices for the electrotransport delivery of beneficial agents that utilize polymer electrolyte matrices as drug reservoirs. In certain aspects of the invention, the beneficial agents are hydrolytically unstable, and methods are provided for enhancing the stability of the hydrolytically unstable beneficial agents during long-term... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070149917 - Ultrasound catheter: The invention relates to a catheter system. The system comprises a catheter body having a chamber containing a low acoustic impedance medium. The catheter body includes an elongated body with an external surface and an ultrasound transducer having an external side between a first end and a second end. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070149918 - Medical/surgical irrigator with a tip through which irrigation fluid is discharged and a suction is drawn, a variable rate pulse pump for discharging the irrigation fluid and a seperate battery pack for powering the pump: A medical/surgical irrigator comprising a handpiece and a tip assembly that is removably attached to the handpiece. Internal to the handpiece is a variable speed pulse pump from which irrigation fluid is discharged through the tip assembly. A single, variable speed motor regulates the pumping rate of the pump. The... Agent: Intel. Prop./ Rnd Stryker Corporation

20070149919 - 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: Michael L. Smith Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070149920 - Portal access device with removable sharps protection: A portal access device that is adapted to provide long term access to a port implanted in a patient has two major components, an infuser assembly and a safety needle insertion device. The infuser assembly has an infuser housing that can be configured into a specific shape, for example a... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20070149921 - Removable sharps device for accessing a portal reservoir: A portal access device that is adapted to provide long term access to a port implanted in a patient has two major components, an infuser assembly and a safety needle insertion device. The infuser assembly has an infuser housing that can be configured into a specific shape, for example a... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20070149922 - Combined fixed volume retention cuff and relief valve: The invention is a system (10, 110) for regulating volume in a retention cuff/balloon (20) in an indwelling catheter; i.e., the combination of fixed-volume inflatable retention cuff mountable on a patient proximal end of an indwelling catheter (14) and relief valve (23, 123) connected to the cuff. The relief valve... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070149923 - Disposable safety injection apparatus: A disposable safety injection apparatus includes a liquid medication tube, a syringe needle, a push rod, and a tube ring. The syringe needle is connected to an insert tenon at a front end of the liquid medication tube. The insert tenon includes a connecting portion having concentric C-shape lacerable slot... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070149924 - Disposable needle and hub assembly: A needle assembly including a cover, an inner shield, a needle and a hub assembly is provided. After use, the cover is placed over the distal (patient) end of the needle and the inner shield can be used to cover the proximal (non-patient) end of the needle. The inner shield... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070149925 - Devices, systems, and methods for medicament delivery: An apparatus includes a housing, a medicament container and an actuator. The actuator includes a release member and an energy storage member having a first position and a second position. In the first position, the energy storage member has a first potential energy. In the second position the energy storage... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070149926 - Method and apparatus for detecting errors, fluid pressure, and occlusions in an ambulatory infusion pump: An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to... Agent: Medtronic Minimed Inc.

20070149927 - Catheter assembly: A catheter assembly (1), including an outer catheter (2) and an inner catheter (6) capable of being inserted into the outer catheter (2). The catheter assembly is characterized in that an outer catheter hub (5) and an inner catheter hub (9) are fixedly fitted to each other so that the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070149928 - Needle tip protector: A needle tip protector (10, 10′) including a pair of apertured members (28, 30 or 28′, 30′) with spring arms (22, 24) urging the apertured members (28, 30 or 28′, 30′) out of alignment to create a barrier to a needle tip (16). A needle gripping U-shaped clip (81) may... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070149929 - Catheter assembly with osmolality-increasing fluid: A catheter assembly is disclosed comprising: a hydrophilic catheter; a wetting fluid for wetting of the catheter; and a receptacle enclosing at least the insertable part of the catheter and the wetting fluid. Further, the wetting fluid is a solution incorporating at least one osmolality-increasing compound, and the total concentration... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070149930 - Catheter anchoring system: A catheter anchoring system is provided to securely anchor to a patient's skin a catheter and fluid supply tube interconnection. The anchoring system comprises a retainer configured to receive a catheter adaptor in a variety of positions. The adaptor interconnects the catheter and the fluid supply tube. In one embodiment... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070149931 - Trocar for use during endoscopy: According to the present invention, there is provided a trocar including an insert end, the insert end including a fluid and airtight chamber. Also provided is a method of maintaining a fluid and airtight environment when introducing a surgical instrument into a patient by inserting the instrument into the patient... Agent: Kenneth I Kohn Kohn And Associates

20070149932 - Eye-drop dispensing eyecup: The present invention relates to an eyecup that can be removably attached to the nozzle or neck of an eye-drop dispensing container to aid in placing eye-drops into the eye. The eyecup has an open top end and a base end with an aperture therethrough adapted to receive and support... Agent: Robert Nick

20070149933 - Sweat-absorbent sheet and process for making the same: A sweat-absorbent sheet includes a first surface layer, a second surface layer lying on the opposite side of the first surface layer and an intermediate layer sandwiched between these two layers. Each of the first and second surface layers comprises a mixture layer of first and second hydrophobic fibers made... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070149934 - Disposable urine bag for collecting urine: A disposable urine bag is disclosed, said bag comprising an upper delimiting edge, a lower delimiting edge and lateral delimiting edges, said edges delimiting a space in the bag, the upper delimiting edge situated at the upper delimiting edge is in communication with means outside the bag and which lower... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070149935 - Penis cap for use during diaper change: The penis cap for use during diaper change is a laminated, disposable leak resistant bulbous shroud having a proximal end and a distal end. A frustoconical base with a narrow, substantially circular elastic opening is disposed at the distal end. A broad, contiguous enclosure is disposed at the proximal end.... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070149936 - Absorbent article including a temperature change member: An absorbent article has a liquid impermeable outercover, a liquid permeable bodyside liner, and an absorbent assembly. The absorbent assembly has a front portion, a rear portion, and a central portion extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front portion and rear portion. The central portion has an opening therein to... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070149937 - Disposable diaper and method therefor: A chlorine free disposable diaper has a main body having an open top area through which a body of an individual wearing the diaper is positioned and a pair of side openings. An individual side opening is formed on opposing side surfaces of the main body for positioning a leg... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070149938 - Reduced noise level fastening system: A non-elastic thermoplastic film having a noise abatement region and a fastening component. The noise abatement region has a plurality of apertures, wherein each of the plurality of apertures has an area of between about 4 mm2 to about 75 mm2. The fastening component is disposed within the noise abatement... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070149940 - Multi-component nonwoven fabric for use in disposable absorbent articles: A multi-component nonwoven fabric can be formed with integrated liquid-acceptance and liquid-distribution layers by hydroentanglement on a three-dimensional image transfer device. Appropriate fiber selection promotes efficient fluid management, with the fabric optionally being provided with a liquid-retention layer. The invention further contemplates the formation of liquid-retention layers by hydroentanglement, with... Agent: Valerie Calloway Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

20070149939 - Optical element: An optical element includes a sealed container having a first end wall facing a second end wall in a thickness direction, and a sidewall connecting the first and second end walls; a first polar or conductive liquid encapsulated in the container; a second liquid encapsulated in the container and not... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070149941 - Absorbent article for animals and manufacturing method thereof: A method of manufacturing an absorbent article for animals is provided, wherein U-shaped fixing parts(3,30) are mounted to each side edge of a base material(20) of a diaper main body, and then separated into fixing protrusions(31) along a cutout line(41) to serve as movable parts(21,22), thereby allowing firm tightening to... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070149942 - Elastic disposal means: There is provided an expandable disposal tape for use in a disposable absorbent article comprising an extensible base layer, the base layer having an attachable portion and an expandable portion. The expandable portion is formed of an extensible web material and further is provided with one or more lines of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070149943 - Disposable absorbent article having elasticized outer leg cuff: The present invention is directed to a disposable absorbent article. The disposable absorbent article has a longitudinal centerline, a lateral centerline, an outer surface and an inner surface. The absorbent article is folded before use along the lateral direction. The disposable absorbent article comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070149944 - Blood collecting needle: A blood collecting needle, which comprises: a needle hub; a human-body puncturing needle tube provided at one side of the needle hub; and a plug-body puncturing needle tube provided at the other side of the needle hub, wherein an outer diameter of a tip of the human-body puncturing needle tube... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070149946 - Advancer system for coaxial medical devices: A telescoping medical device system is provided that includes an outer sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, and a lumen extending through at least the distal end portion, and a slot extending along a portion of the outer sheath. The telescoping medical device also includes an inner... Agent: Bryan K. Wheelock

20070149945 - Valved intradermal delivery device and method of intradermally delivering a substance to a patient: An intradermal delivery device for delivery a substance into the skin of a patient has a fluid chamber for containing the substance, at least one micro skin penetrating member, and a valve controlling the flow of the substance from the fluid chamber to the micro skin penetrating member. An adhesive... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070149947 - Audible and tactile feedback: A rotational locking mechanism for securing a catheter to a surgical implant is disclosed. The locking mechanism includes a deflectable extension extending from the surgical implant about the catheter attached to the surgical implant. The shape of the deflectable extension defines a slot therein. A connector having at least one... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070149948 - Single operator exchange biliary catheter: Catheter for use in biliary procedures, including a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. A guidewire lumen is carried by the shaft extending from a location proximal the distal end of the shaft to a location proximate the distal end of the shaft. An opening is included... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070149949 - Apparatus and method for percutaneous catheter implantation and replacement: A medical apparatus and method of use for implanting a percutaneous catheter in a patient's body which catheter can be easily positioned, repositioned, and replaced. The apparatus includes an elongate sleeve comprising a wall surrounding an interior elongate passageway. The passageway extends from a sleeve proximal end to a sleeve... Agent: Arthur Freilich Freilich, Hombaker & Rosen

20070149950 - Thin wall surgical irrigation tubing with longitudinal reinforcements: A length of ophthalmic surgical irrigation tubing 14 includes an inner lumen 18 for transporting fluid from a source 24 to a surgical handpiece 26. The tubing 14 has an outer surface 20 including reinforcement structure 22 formed on the outer surface 20 along the length of the tubing 14.... Agent: Michael L. Smith Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070149951 - Variable stiffness guidewire: A guidewire navigable through body vessels of a human subject for delivery of a catheter or the like is provided. The guidewire has a tube which receives a corewire that protrudes beyond a distal portion of the tube. The protruding portion of the corewire is surrounded by a spring and... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070149953 - System for delivering anesthesia drugs to a patient: The invention relates to a system for delivering anesthesia drugs to a patient. The system comprises means for feeding anesthesia drugs to the patient treated, a measuring device for measuring at least one parameter relating to the effects of the anesthetic drugs fed to the patient, a patient monitor to... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070149952 - Systems and methods for characterizing a patient's propensity for a neurological event and for communicating with a pharmacological agent dispenser: The present invention provides systems and methods for managing intake of a pharmacological agent. In one method of the present invention, the systems and methods are for controlling intake of an anti-epileptic drug. In such embodiments, one or more signals from a patient are processed to predict an onset of... Agent: Shay Law Group, LLP

20070149954 - Acoustically controlled substance delivery device: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled substance delivery device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, a delivery device or related device may be placed in an environment in order to pump a material into... Agent: Searete LLC

20070142765 - Extractable filler for inserting medicine into animal tissue: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into an animal tissue. The device comprises a filling member and a pasty medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and hermetic wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the pasty... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20070142766 - Detection apparatus and method: A detection apparatus for, and a method of, detecting the location of the tip of a tubular element, in particular a needle, within a region, in particular one of the epidural space and the peritoneal cavity.... Agent: Perman & Green

20070142767 - System with a portable patient device and external operating part: A patient system including a first patient device for being carried by a patient and a second patient device arranged remotely from the first patient device, wherein a user interface of the first patient device is provided separately from the first patient device on the second patient device.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070142768 - Flow-path inserts for wet/dry automatic injectors: An automatic medicament injector having a compartment for a dry medicament component and a compartment for a wet medicament component. The two compartments are separated by a seal structure that converts from a sealing condition into a mixing condition when the device is activated. The seal structure includes a wiper... Agent: Jones Day

20070142769 - Seal structures for wet/dry automatic injectors: An automatic medicament injector having a compartment for a dry medicament component and a compartment for a wet medicament component. The two compartments are separated by a seal structure that converts from a sealing condition to a mixing condition when the device is activated. The seal structure includes a wiper... Agent: Jones Day

20070142770 - Echogenic occlusive balloon and delivery system: A vessel occlusion apparatus includes an elongate shaft having a fluid delivery lumen; and an expandable member carried on a distal end portion of the shaft, the expandable member comprising a body defining an interior region, the interior region in communication with the fluid delivery lumen, the body comprising a... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070142772 - Dual-layer medical balloon: A dual-layer dilatation balloon includes an inner layer that includes a polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyester, polyether, polyamide and copolymers thereof, and an outer layer that includes a polyamide. The dual-layer balloon optionally further includes a stent disposed on the balloon. The stent is optionally a... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070142771 - Non-compliant multilayered balloon for a catheter: A balloon catheter having a multi-layered balloon which has a first layer and at least a second layer, and which has noncompliant limited radial expansion beyond the nominal diameter of the balloon. By selecting the polymeric materials forming the balloon layers, and arranging and radially expanding the multiple layers of... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070142773 - Methods and system for warming a fluid: The invention is directed generally to a method and system for controlling the temperature of a fluid, i.e., warming or cooling a fluid, and more particularly, to a method and system for warming a fluid to be delivered to the body of a patient. In a preferred embodiment, a method... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070142774 - System and method for delivering thermally sensitive and reverse-thermal gelation materials: A catheter for injecting a thermally sensitive gelation material to remote sites within a patient's body by maintaining the thermally sensitive gelation material in a liquid state until it is delivered to a target area within the body.... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20070142775 - Disposable surgical suction/irrigation trumpet valve tube cassette: The present invention provides a disposable trumpet valve tube cassette assembly, as well as, a surgical irrigation instrument that includes a probe assembly, a pump, a removable pump cartridge, and a socket. The probe assembly provides passage of fluids for irrigating the body interior and for evacuating matter from the... Agent: Paul E Schaafsma Novuslp, LLC

20070142776 - Insertion device for an insertion set and method of using the same: An insertion device and insertion set. The insertion device for inserting at least a portion of at least one piercing member of an insertion set through the skin of a patient includes a device housing, a carrier body and a driver. The carrier body is slidably received within the device... Agent: Medtronic Minimed Inc.

20070142777 - Optical reader for syringe: The present invention relates to a syringe (1) for use in spectroscopy to identify drugs within the syringe (8). The syringe comprises a optical window section (8) either integral with or attached to the syringe (1). The optical window section (8) has predetermined physical and optical properties that allows radiation... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070142779 - Catheter for guidewire placement: A catheter that has a proximal portion, a transition portion, a distal portion, and a guide member. The guide member is slideably coupled to the proximal portion and provides access to a guidewire lumen within the catheter through a guideway that extends from an outer surface of the proximal portion... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070142778 - Apparatus and method for the insertion of a medical device: An apparatus and method for insertion of medical devices is disclosed. One embodiment includes an access tube with a retention portion disposed at a distal end. The retention portion is reconfigurable between first and second configurations of reduced and increased lateral extent. A trocar can be moveably disposed within the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070142780 - Magnetic devices and applications for medical/surgical procedures and methods for using same: One embodiment of the invention comprises a trocar and a reducer cap that magnetically attaches to the trocar. The trocar and the cap each include a magnetic member, at least one of which is a first magnet, and the other of which is either a second magnet or a non-magnetized... Agent: David M Quinlan, PC

20070142781 - Microinjector chip: A microinjector chip, and associated methods, for microinjecting a plurality of cells with injection materials is provided wherein the microinjector chip comprises a plurality of projections protruding in parallel from and perpendicular to a top surface of the microinjector chip.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070142782 - Anchoring system for a medical article: An anchoring system secures a catheter to the body of a patient and arrests axial movement of the catheter without meaningfully impairing fluid flow through the catheter. The anchoring system includes an anchor pad that adheres to the patient's skin and supports a retainer. The retainer includes interacting structure with... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070142783 - Devices and methods for promoting the formation of blood clots at dialysis access sites: In a device for promoting the clotting of blood at a dialysis access site, a cuff is provided and has an outer shell and an inner lining. The cuff is constrictable around a body portion of a patient on which a wound associated with the dialysis access site is located.... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070142784 - Intravenous catheter enchoring device: An intravenous catheter anchoring assembly is disclosed and includes a patient-contacting membrane, a platform, and a retaining strap for securing a catheter or tubing of an administration set to a patient. The strap is attached to the platform with adjustable pull-tabs that permit a variety of catheter shapes and sizes... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070142785 - Medical securing device: Device for securing a line such as a medical tube, a catheter, diagnostic wires etc., the device including a line retaining part and a base part, the line retaining part having at least one groove for accommodating a line, the groove being designed with flexible retaining means, the base part... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070142786 - System with color-coded medical syringes and basins: A medical fluid delivery system having color coding or other non-textual indicia which associates a medicinal fluid delivery device with a corresponding medicinal fluid. The medicinal fluid delivery system comprises a medicinal fluid delivery device, a medicinal fluid container, and non-textual indicia. A non-textual indicium is integrated in the medicinal... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070142787 - Auto-injector comprising a resettable releasing safety device: An autoinjector including a housing, a receptacle for an active substance, which receptacle, together with a connected injection needle, is displaceable within the housing by spring force for inserting the injection needle into a patient, a piston displaceable within the receptacle by spring force for expelling the active substance, a... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070142788 - E-module: A dose setting module for an injection device including at least one dose switching device having associated therewith at least one conductive region and at least one non-conductive region, and at least one contacting device having associated therewith at least one conductive contact, and a method of detecting a dose... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070142789 - Medication dispensing apparatus configured for rotate to prime and pull/push to inject functionality: A medication dispensing apparatus having a manually operable plunger axially shiftable relative to the apparatus housing. The plunger is pullable relative to the housing in a proximal direction to cock the apparatus, and when the plunger is then manually pushed back toward the housing, a piston within a medicine container... Agent: Eli Lilly & Company

20070142790 - Membrane support for drip chamber: A drip chamber for intravenous infusion including a support member having a longitudinal axis, two ends and at least one support face distanced from both ends, a membrane joined to the at least one support face, and a support member outlet formed in the support member and in fluid communication... Agent: Dekel Patent Ltd., David Klein

20070142791 - U-shaped disc shunt and delivery device: The intervertebral disc contains no blood vessels. Nutrients and waste are diffused mainly through adjacent vertebral bodies. As we age, calcified layers form between the disc and vertebral bodies, blocking diffusion. The disc begins to starve and flatten. The weight shifts abnormally from disc to the facet joints causing strain... Agent: Jeffrey E. Yeung

20070142792 - Medical device for delivery of liquids: An apparatus and method for delivering liquid within an orifice of an animal is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus comprises a hollow syringe defining a vessel having an open end; a plunger, slidingly and sealingly disposed within the vessel; and a flexible delivery tube, having a first end... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070142793 - Urinary incontinence device: The invention relates to an external female incontinence device. The device comprises a flexible elastic strip having an opening in the strip, a fluid collection means surrounding the opening on one face, the strip and opening are sized and shaped so that when stretch fitted over the external urogenital organs... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070142794 - Male hygienic article and dispenser therefor: A hygienic article for personal wear by a male includes an elongate fabric sleeve having a first end, a longitudinally opposite second end, and a central passage extending longitudinally between the first and second ends of the sleeve. The first end of the sleeve is open to the central passage... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070142795 - Food scented personal hygiene products: The present disclosure generally relates to absorbent products, such as absorbent articles and packages of absorbent articles, that have a food scent. More preferably, the absorbent products have a chocolate scent. Alternately or in addition, the absorbent products may comprise a food related reward. Also provided are methods for rewarding... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070142800 - Disposable absorbent articles having a partially visible graphic: c) an absorbent core having two opposing longitudinal edges and two opposing transverse edges and wherein the core is disposed between the bodyfacing surface of the backsheet and the garment facing surface of the topsheet; and wherein a graphic is disposed on the bodyfacing surface of the backsheet and is... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070142798 - Disposable absorbent article having serviceable indicia indicating improper fit: A disposable absorbent article worn about the lower torso of a wearer includes at least one serviceable indicium that facilitates the process of fitting the absorbent article to the wearer by providing an apparent visual and physical indication when the article is not properly fitted. The apparent visual and physical... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070142796 - Garments with easy-to-use signaling device: Garments may include signaling devices. The signaling device may be configured to indicate to a user that a body fluid is present in the garment. The garment may include a chassis including an outer cover having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The chassis may include a crotch region... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070142797 - Garments with easy-to-use signaling device: Garments may include signaling devices. The signaling device may be configured to indicate to a user that a body fluid is present in the garment. The garment may include a chassis including an outer cover having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The chassis may include a crotch region... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070142799 - Personal care products with microchemical sensors for odor detection: Absorbent articles comprising one or more sensors capable of detecting the presence of a body waste in the absorbent article are described. In particular, the absorbent articles comprise at least one chemiresistor capable of detecting the presence of volatile organic compounds associated with a body waste. When a body waste... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070142801 - Oil-resistant elastic attachment adhesive and laminates containing it: A polyolefin-based elastic hot melt adhesive composition having oil resistance, creep resistance and excellent bond strength is provided. The adhesive composition is useful in elastic laminates used in personal care absorbent articles and other garments.... Agent: Maxwell J. Petersen Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070142803 - Articles comprising superabsorbent polymer compositions: An absorbent article comprises a backsheet and an absorbent layer, where the absorbent layer comprises a support substrate and a superabsorbent polymer composition positioned adjacent to the substrate. The absorbent layer may also include an additional substrate, and the article may additionally include a topsheet. The superabsorbent polymer composition comprises... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070142802 - Disposable absorbent article: A disposable absorbent article 10 that includes an absorbent mat 13 between a liquid permeable top sheet 11 and a liquid impermeable back sheet 12, the absorbent mat 13 including a sheet-like water absorbent layer 15 that contains water absorbent resin powders 14 but that does not contain pulp fibers... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070142804 - Hollow-core fibers: A hollow-core fiber that is composed of a phthalyl substituted cellulose ester polymer having a degree of substitution of phthalyl moieties of greater than about 0.13. The hollow-core fiber is useful as an absorbent or fluid transfer member in an absorbent device such as catamenial devices, bandages, diapers, incontinence articles,... Agent: Tammye L. Taylor Eastman Chemical Company

20070142806 - Disposable absorbent article having side panels with structurally, functionally and visually different regions: A disposable absorbent article worn about the lower torso of a wearer includes at least one pair of side panels connecting a first waist region to a second waist region forming a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. Each side panel includes a waist region, a hip region... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070142805 - Disposable garment with angled fasteners and method for same: A garment having a pair of front fasteners angled outwardly from the waist so the waist length is shorter than the hip length. In operation as a diaper, the garment may include a pair of similarly angled rear fasteners. In operation as a pant, the garment does include a pair... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070142807 - Liquid absorbing cooling pad: An article for absorbing fluid from the perineum of a woman and simultaneously cooling the perineum. The article comprises two regions, said regions being a front region that contacts the woman's body over at least a portion of its surface, a rear region and an optional central fluid impermeable partition... Agent: Laurence T. Pearson

20070142810 - Absorbent products having complementary fragrances and a package for storing absorbent products: An absorbent product combination comprising a wearable absorbent article comprising one or more fragrance compositions capable of producing one or more fragrances. Also provide is an enclosed pouch joined to the absorbent article, the enclosed pouch having a wipe article disposed therein, wherein the wipe article comprises one or more... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070142811 - Absorbent products having complementary fragrances and a package for storing absorbent products: A package for storing and dispensing absorbent articles and wipe articles. The package has one or more walls defining an interior storage space and a means for accessing the interior storage space. The package comprises one or more first articles disposed in the interior storage space wherein at least one... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070142809 - Baby product: The invention described is a single-use kit (1) for hygienically changing and disposing of a baby's nappy. The kit in one aspect comprising a foldable and/or rollable mat (3) and a first mat extension (4) having a pocket (6) containing a nappy-changing material. The kit is openable by unfolding and/or... Agent: John B Hardaway Iii Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier

20070142812 - Absorbent garments with multipart liner having varied stretch properties: Absorbent articles with stretch direction properties are disclosed, having at least three stretch zones. A first edge zone and a second edge zone are separated by a middle zone. The middle zone, which may the same length as each edge zone, has different stretch-direction characteristics than the edge zones. The... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070142808 - Worn article and method for producing the same: The present invention relates to a new worn article, which gives a close fit and with which it is possible to reduce the production cost. A worn article of the present invention includes a main body portion 20 including an absorbent core 25 and covering a front torso area, a... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070142813 - Disposable garment with regulated friction feature: A garment with a gasket flap that exposes an ever increasing area of higher coefficient of friction or grip zone in response to an increased load in the garment due to body exudates or the like. The grip zone has a coefficient of friction that is greater than the portion... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070142814 - Foldable garment storage: A system and method of holding a garment on a hanger having suspended panels, such that when the panels are folded, a hung garment is also held in a folded state.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070142815 - Force focused fastening member: A force focused fastening system maintaining a fastener element in plane during fastening. The force focused fastening system includes a force focused fastening member including an extensible region and an end region. The end region includes a fastener element and the extensible region includes a high modulus region aligned relative... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070142816 - Absorbent article and system comprising thong-shaped holder: An absorbent article and a system comprising a thong-shaped holder for holding the absorbent article in close bodily contact in the pudendal region of the wearer. The holder comprises a front region, a crotch region having a specified Crotch Holding Force, and a rear region. The crotch region of the... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20070142817 - Catheter: An improved drainage catheter having one or more inlet holes along the length of the catheter is described whereby the cross-sectional areas of the successive inlet holes decreases, the decrease first occurring at the inlet hole immediately following the most proximal inlet hole. This change in cross-sectional area alters the... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20070142819 - Bifurcated catheter for agent delivery and method of agent delivery: A bifurcated catheter having a branched distal shaft section and one or more porous or nonporous balloons, and combinations thereof, which is configured for delivery of an agent to a patient's bifurcated body lumen. Another aspect of the invention is directed to a method of delivering an agent to a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070142818 - Method and apparatus for controlled vessel occlusion: A controlled volume inflation-deflation device to inflate a balloon to occlude a blood vessel by dialing a knob that locks at rotational positions to locate a plunger at equally spaced locations within a syringe of the inflation-deflation device. The inflation-deflation device includes a releasable latch to lock the proximal and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070142820 - Medical catheters of modular construction: The present invention is directed to medical catheters that may be modularly constructed to facilitate manufacture and provide properties that may be difficult to achieve with a catheter formed from a single extrusion or multiple materials that are fused together. The catheter may be constructed of one or more core... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070142821 - Rapid exchange catheter having a uniform diameter exchange joint: A rapid exchange catheter includes an elongate proximal shaft comprising a proximal lumen, an elongate distal shaft defining an distal outer lumen, an elongate distal inner lumen inside the distal shaft, and an exchange joint coupled between the elongate proximal shaft and the elongate distal shaft. The exchange joint includes... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070142822 - Method and apparatus for computer controlled metering of liquid medicaments in the event of a time shift: A computer-aided insulin pump by which a basal delivery profile can be automatically adapted in steps in the event of a travel-dependent time shift, in that the local time at the destination is communicated to the pump controller which uses the time, in accordance with a stored algorithm, to calculate... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070135750 - Blood treatment device: This invention relates to the field of blood treatment devices having a blood purification element (1) which is divided into two chambers by a semipermeable membrane (3). Such devices are used as hemodialysis machines in artificial kidney therapy. This invention improves upon such a blood treatment device to the extent... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070135751 - Medical devices: Medical devices, such as catheters, ports, and stents, are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070135753 - Modulation of synaptic maintenance: C1q is shown to be expressed in neurons, where it acts as a signal for synapse elimination. Methods are provided for protecting or treating an individual suffering from adverse effects of synapse loss. These findings have broad implications for a variety of clinical conditions, including Alzheimer's disease.... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20070135752 - Priming a microsurgical system: A microsurgical system capable of priming its aspiration circuit using a pressurized gas source, a pressurized infusion fluid source, an aspiration chamber fluidly coupled to the pressurized gas source and the pressurized infusion fluid source, and a computer.... Agent: Alcon

20070135754 - Electrode assembly for iontophoresis for administering active agent enclosed in nanoparticle and iontophoresis device using the same: An electrode assembly for iontophoresis may enable the administration of a non-ionic active agent ionized, or an active agent that is substantially insoluble in water, by iontophoresis. An electrode assembly used for iontophoresis may hold an active agent enclosed in an ionic nanoparticle.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070135755 - Method and apparatus for skin absorption enhancement and transdermal drug delivery: A system for enhancing absorption of a substance to be provided on a region of a patient's skin, includes a probe configured to provide the substance to the region of the patient's skin, the probe including a flexible tape with a plurality of cavities, and with an electrically conductive element,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070135756 - Current-generating pen: An injection device including an energy producing device for producing electrical energy from non-electrical energy and an energy storing device for storing the electrical energy produced, encompassing a method of producing and storing electrical energy in an injection device wherein electrical energy is produced from non-electrical energy and stored in... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070135757 - Multiple lumen monitored drug delivery nasal cannula system: A multiple lumen nasal cannula that can be used to delivery two separate supplies of gases to a patient. The multiple lumen nasal cannula includes a first lumen for delivering a first gas and a second lumen for delivering a second gas. The first lumen includes support structure that reduces... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070135758 - Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling peritoneal dialysis therapy: A peritoneal dialysis system includes: (i) a fluid cassette including diaphragm operated first and second pump chambers; (ii) a first pressure sensor operable with the first pump chamber; (iii) a second pressure sensor operable with the second pump chamber; and (iv) a to-patient port of the cassette in fluid communication... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20070135759 - Device and method for rapid aspiration and collection of body tissue from within an enclosed body space: Device and method for rapid extraction of body tissue from an enclosed body cavity. Hollow entry cannula with optional core element provides entry into body tissue space such as bone marrow. Aspiration cannula is inserted through cannula into body tissue and is manipulated to advance directionally through body cavity. Optional... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20070135760 - Occlusion clearance in microsurgical system: A microsurgical system capable of clearing an occlusion via hydraulic resonance in its aspiration circuit.... Agent: Alcon

20070135761 - Breast pump: A breast pump assembly comprising: (a) a breast milk caddy including a frame having an arm repositionable with respect to a handle between a folded position and an extended position, and a milk extraction device repositionably mounted to the arm of the frame, the milk extraction device including complementary top... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20070135762 - Mouthguard having device securing tab: A mouthguard for allowing medical instruments to be passed into a patient includes an integrally formed or removable locking device. The locking device includes one or more mechanisms for preventing the movement of a guidewire or other medical devices during a surgical procedure.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070135763 - Micromachined medical devices: Medical devices that include micromachined hypotubes or that have themselves been micromachined can provide advantages in flexibility, strength and other desirable properties. Examples of such medical devices may include catheters such as guide catheters and balloon catheters. Such devices may also include dual shaft medical devices in which an outer... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070135764 - Safety hypodermic syringe: A safety hypodermic syringe is disclosed to includes a barrel, which has a spiral tear groove on the front wall around a tubular neck that holds a needle assembly and a race for enabling the front wall of the barrel to be broken and carried with the needle assembly inside... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070135766 - Administration feeding set: An administration feeding set for use with a flow control apparatus to deliver fluid from at least one fluid source to a patient. The set includes tubing for flow of fluid along a fluid pathway and a mounting member on the tubing adapted to engage the flow control apparatus. The... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070135765 - Replaceable supplies for iv fluid delivery systems: The present invention is directed to an integrated cartridge assembly for delivery of the biocompatible fluids to a subject, in which the device comprises an integrated cartridge including a fluid reservoir for housing the biocompatible fluid, a dispenser permanently and fluidically connected to the fluid reservoir, and configured for dispensing... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070135767 - Automatic injection and retraction devices for use with pre-filled syringe cartridges: An automatic injection and retraction device having a longitudinal axis is provided that includes an injection assembly, a retraction assembly, and a pre-filled syringe cartridge. The injection assembly has an activation-prevention feature moveable between an on position and an off position. The retraction assembly has a needle guard that is... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070135768 - Spinal and epidural regional anesthesia catheter: A system for administering regional anesthesia to a patient contains a regional anesthesia catheter and a partially splittable needle. The catheter has a first length and a second length, the first length having a first inner diameter, a first outer diameter, and a wall thickness, the second length having a... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070135769 - Device and method for supporting a medical device: The invention broadly comprises a device for controlling a cannulation angle for a fistula needle including a pre-formed support element or a piece of material layered to form a thickness. The element or material supports the needle and is manipulatable to control the angle. In some aspects, the element is... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070135770 - Endoscopic device stabilizer: An endoscopic device stabilizer for stabilizing an endoscopic device when inserted in a mouth of a patient. The stabilizer includes a body adapted for receipt within the mouth of a patient. The body has an opening sized and shaped for receiving the endoscopic device when the device is inserted in... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070135771 - Injection device and needle covering device: The present invention is an injection device for injecting a fluid product from a reservoir includes a casing having at least two casing portions. The device also includes a mounting for the reservoir such as an ampoule containing the fluid product to be administered, wherein one casing portion at least... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070135772 - Dose calculating dispenser using a body weight scale on a medicine dropper: A dose dispensing device such as a medicine dropper is improved by putting a dosing scale such as a body weight scale directly on the dose dispensing device. This improved device is used to simultaneously calculate and measure an exact dose of liquid medication, based on the body weight of... Agent: Jack R. Grogan

20070135773 - Wash water storage apparatus for portable irrigator: Disclosed herein is a wash water storage apparatus for use with a portable irrigator which can remove impurities contained in wash water to be supplied into the irrigator and also can keep the wash water at a constant temperature, thereby supplying harmless wash water to a human body. The wash... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070135774 - Fluid delivery devices, systems and methods: Fluid delivery devices, systems and methods. The fluid delivery devices may be used to delivery fluid (e.g., insulin) to a user. The devices may have one or more inlets, and may be configured for use with an injection device, such as a syringe, and/or with a pump.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070135775 - Implantable dialysis access port: An implantable access port in accordance with one embodiment of the invention comprises a hollow port casing having a first channel, a second channel and a third channel. A self-sealing insert may be disposed within the third channel. The implantable access port may further comprise a graft having a first... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070135776 - Liquid applicator for endoscope: A liquid applicator for an endoscope configured to apply liquid to in vivo tissue includes a flexible tube to be inserted into and extracted from a treatment tool insertion channel of the endoscope, a brush member provided at a distal end of the flexible tube, and a fluid channel formed... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070135777 - Therapeutic article including a personal care composition and methods of making the therapeutic article: A therapeutic article includes a skin contact layer having a plurality of fibers forming a plurality of point-bearing surfaces configured for wear against a user's skin; a personal care composition disposed proximate the fibers; an external layer attached to the skin contact layer; and an intermediate layer interposed between the... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070135778 - Removable inlet manifold for a medical/surgical waste collection system, the manifold including a driver for actuating a valve integral with the waste collection system: A removable manifold for a medical/surgical waste collection system. The manifold is dimensioned to be mounted to a receiver integral with the system. The manifold includes a driver for engaging a complementary valve internal to the receiver. The valve regulates flow between the receiver and the down line components of... Agent: Intel. Prop./ Rnd Stryker Corporation

20070135779 - Medical/surgical waste collection and disposal system including waste containers of different storage volumes with inter-container transfer valve and independently controlled vacuum levels: A waste collection and disposal system for use in health care facilities is provided. The system includes a mobile waste collection unit for moving between use areas in the health care facility to collect waste material generated during medical procedures including body fluids, body tissues, saline, etc. The waste collection... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070135781 - Device for isolating and removing tissue from a body cavity: A tissue isolation and removal device has a containment pouch that is opened and supported by the device. The pouch has two open/close portions both able to be closed and reopened. One portion positioned away from tissue being inserted in the pouch and covering the other portion to enclose or... Agent: Applied Medical Resources Corporation

20070135780 - Surgical bag and morcellator system and method of use: A surgical bag adapted for electrical coupling to a tissue morcellator. The bag comprises a first layer comprising an electrically non-conductive material and a second layer comprising an electrically conductive material. Electrical communication between the second layer and the morcellator completes an electrical circuit and prevents movement of the morcellator... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070135782 - Ostomy mounting wafer and a method of preparing it: An ostomy body side mounting wafer and a method of preparing the ostomy body side mounting wafer, where the wafer is assembled from two parts using laser welding. The laser light is provided through one of the parts having a low or lower absorption of the laser light. The other... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070135783 - Shield for ostomy patients: A Shield for protecting an ostomy site from external trauma. A front plate of any material conforming to the curvature of the anatomy proximal to an ostomy site. A pad of any material conforming to the same shape as the front plate installed posterior of front plate in like orientation.... Agent: Mr. James G. Scott

20070135784 - Surgical drape with superabsorbent fluid management members: A surgical drape for use during surgery on a patient includes a drape material sheet configured for covering at least a portion of the patient. Pocket structures containing a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) material are provided at discrete locations on the drape material sheet. The pocket structures include a liquid permeable... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070135785 - Absorbent articles comprising thermoplastic coated superabsorbent polymer materials: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet, a backsheet which may be joined to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. Additionally, the absorbent core comprises at least a superabsorbent polymer material comprising from about 55 to about 99.9% by weight of polymerizable unsaturated acid... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070135786 - Liquid handling systems comprising three-dimensionally shaped membranes: A liquid handling member such as for application in hygiene articles, which comprises a membrane assembly separating a first and a second zone, which is connected to a suction device. This assembly comprises a membrane material having a actual surface area along its surface contours, and also has a projected... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070135787 - Extensible absorbent layer and absorbent article: The present invention provides an absorbent layer prepared from an absorbent nonwoven web having a first plurality of slits with a first orientation and a second plurality of slits with a second orientation, wherein the first orientation is different from the second orientation. The first plurality of slits and the... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070135788 - Pants liner: A personal care article (20) has a longitudinal-direction (22); a relatively shorter, lateral cross-direction (24); a first end-edge (74); a longitudinally-opposed second end-edge (78); a first side-edge (62); and a laterally-opposed second side-edge (64). The article includes a liquid-permeable topsheet layer (26), and a backsheet layer (28) operatively connected in... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070135790 - Mobile phone medicament container and communication system: An apparatus including a compartment to store a medicament, a communication facility to exchange data with a health information provider, a display system to present information to a user, and a timekeeping subsystem to activate the display at a predetermined time is described and claimed. Methods of using similar devices,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070135789 - Use of mechanical dilator devices to enlarge ostia of paranasal sinuses and other passages in the ear, nose, throat and paranasal sinuses: Sinusitis and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches with flexible or rigid instruments. Various methods and devices are used for remodeling or changing the shape, size or configuration of a sinus ostium or duct or other anatomical structure in the... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20070135791 - Method for infusing the interior of a blood vessel: Methods for infusing the interior of a blood vessel are practiced with a catheter having an infusion lumen, a plurality of elution holes, a movable barrier (preferably an inflatable bladder) between the infusion lumen and the elution holes, an occlusion balloon, and an inflation lumen. The methods include sealing the... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070135792 - Angioplasty method and means for performing angioplasty: An angioplasty catheter assembly having an anchoring catheter within a guide catheter such that the anchoring catheter anchors to the guide catheter and the inner wall of a coronary artery; the anchoring catheter has an opening in its tubular wall such that a guide wire and balloon dilatation catheter can... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070135793 - Partial aortic occlusion devices and methods for cerebral perfusion augmentation: Methods are provided for partial aortic obstruction for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. Alternatively, the methods can be used to partially obstruct aortic blood flow to condition the spinal cord to secrete neuroprotective agents prior to abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Partial obstruction of... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP

20070135794 - Method of inserting a catheter into a sheath: A catheter insertion sheath assembly (100) including a tubular sheath body (106) having a proximal end (102), a distal end (104), and a hollow passage (107) extending between the proximal end and the distal end. A handle portion (110,114) is disposed at the proximal end of the tubular sheath. A... Agent: Anton P. Ness Fox Rothschild LLP

20070135795 - Method and apparatus for delayed pericardial drainage: Device for placement in the thoracic cavity of a patient. The device is a cannula, tube or catheter for pericardial drainage and serves as a conduit for drainage of excessive fluid in the pericardial cavity to a receptacle outside the body. The device is placed in the pericardial cavity at... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070135796 - Method and apparatus for applying medication to internal tissue: A method and apparatus for applying medication to internal human tissue. One drug delivery member (24) for applying medication (20) to internal human tissue includes a medication impermeable barrier (26) and a medication-carrying matrix (28). The medication impermeable barrier is shaped to conform to a contour of the internal tissue.... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070135800 - Method and system for control of osmotic pump device: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070135797 - Osmotic pump with remotely controlled osmotic flow rate: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070135799 - Osmotic pump with remotely controlled osmotic pressure generation: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070135801 - Osmotic pump with remotely controlled osmotic pressure generation: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070135798 - Remote control of osmotic pump device: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070129662 - Bypass grafting system and apparatus: Minimally invasive techniques utilized in bypass grafting are disclosed. For instance, a method of implanting an end portion of a graft in the body of a patient during a bypass grafting procedure includes the steps of (i) advancing a medical instrument within a circulatory system of said body, (ii) guiding... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070129663 - Implantable cerebrospinal fluid flow device and method of controlling flow of cerebrospinal fluid: An implantable shunt that includes one or more catheters configured so that the implantable shunt has a resistance to flow greater than about 3 mm Hg/mL/minute. An implantable shunt system that includes one or more catheters and a fluid control device that utilizes the properties of the catheters to improve... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20070129664 - Electrode chip for biological application and its using method: This invention relates to a technology for preventing leakage of liquid from gel (70). The electrode chip (10) comprises a cup-like support (20) including a cup part (210), and a sheet-like support (30) attached with an electrode layer (40). The gel (70) in the cup part (210) delivers liquid (700)... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070129665 - Nasal drug delivery: A method and device are disclosed for delivering a drug aerosol to the turbinate region (4, 6, 8) of the nasal passage. The drug is delivered to the nostril in a metered volume of gas such that it reaches the turbinates, and flow into the nostril is then prevented for... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070129666 - System and method of modular integration of intravascular gas exchange catheter with respiratory monitor and ventilator: The present invention is a system and method of integrating an intravascular gas exchange catheter with a patient respiratory system including a monitor and ventilator. The system and method obtains a monitoring sample of respiratory mechanic parameters for a present time interval, which may be selectively recurring over a predefined... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070129667 - Device with a therapeutic catheter: Apparatus with a pneumatic or hydraulic or mechanical therapeutic catheter. The therapy energy required to treat internal vessels of the patient is transferred by the same fluid or the same elements from the proximal end section to the distal end section of the catheter that transfer information from the distal... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070129668 - Applicator device for suppositories and the like: An applicator for delivering pharmaceutical products or the like to a bodily cavity includes a barrel member having a distal end which is equipped with an opening. The applicator also includes a plurality of petals extending outwardly from the distal end in a generally axial direction. The petals cooperate with... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070129669 - Extractable filler for inserting medicine into animal tissue: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into an animal tissue. The device comprises a filling member and a pasty medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the pasty... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20070129670 - Extractable filler for inserting medicine into vertebral body: An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into a vertebral body. The device comprises a filling member and a pasty medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the pasty... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20070129672 - Epoxy syringe storage clip: A dispensing system for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of reactive materials. The system includes a multiple-barreled syringe having at least two barrels joined by a flange and containing respective different reactive materials. Parallel plungers joined by a flange force sealing members through the barrels to discharge the materials. A static... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070129671 - Syringe for powder medicament premixing: The present invention is directed to an assembled syringe for administering powder medicament in the field of medicine. According to the present invention, by using a connecting tube (14), a solvent bottle (8) containing diluent communicates with a solute bottle (10) containing powder by external force, and the diluent is... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070129673 - Dual chamber container and process for its filling up: at the upper end (70) in the wall of the cylindrical body (15) or in the separating stopper (40) means (75, 45) are provided that allow partial connection of the interior of the cylindrical body (15) to the environment during the lyophilization.... Agent: Michael P. Morris Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation

20070129675 - Cutting element for a retracting needle syringe: A cutting element for a retracting needle syringe having a plunger with a cuttable distal end and a spring biased needle held by a cuttable support and a cutting element capable of cutting the cuttable distal end and the cuttable support includes a body portion having a proximal end, a... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070129677 - Double v-shaped groove safety syringe: A “double V-shaped groove safety syringe” is a needle protective mechanism for casing a commonly used syringe, comprising of an outer needle barrel and an adapter. The characteristic of the invention lies in which the outer needle barrel is a cylinder for casing a hollow fluid chamber and is able... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070129674 - Latching blocking mechanisms and safety medical needle assemblies: A latching blocking mechanism includes a static component (10,50), a movable component (14,52) slidable relative to the static component and a control member (21,58) arranged to slide with the movable component (14,52) but displaceable transversely or rotationally with respect to the movable component. After the control member (21,58) has moved... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070129676 - Safe syringe: A safe syringe has a barrel, a needle assembly and a plunger. The barrel has an open front end, an inner surface end and an inner thread formed on the inner surface at the open front end. The needle assembly is mounted retractably in the open front end of the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070129678 - Regulator: A flow regulator (508, 508′, 508″, 508″″) may be used in a drug delivery system. The regulator has an adjustable flow rate. A spring 528 that is adjustable to control the flow rate is controlled by either a motor (560, 560′), magnetic actuator (561) or ultrasonic actuator (563).... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20070129679 - Pneumatic drive unit: A pneumatically-operated thrombectomy catheter deployment system having a plurality of components collectively acting as a drive unit, including a double-acting air cylinder, a reciprocating assembly including a positionable four-way valve, a high pressure pump, an effluent pump, a compressed air tank, and other closely related components. The double-acting air cylinder... Agent: Hugh D Jaeger, P.A.

20070129680 - Transport device for sterile media: For water-jet surgery pump devices are known by means of which a sterile fluid is transported through a reservoir to the surgical instrument by means of piston pumps or similar volumetrically transporting pumps. In accordance with the present invention it is proposed either to construct drive means for the pumps... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070129681 - Piezoelectric actuation of piston within dispensing chamber: A fluid dispenser (20) comprises a housing (22) for defining a fluid chamber (24). The housing (22) has an orifice (26) through which fluid is discharged. A piston (28) is positioned in the housing (22) for linear motion in the chamber for expelling fluid from the chamber and through the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070129682 - Guidewire with perfusion capability: A guidewire is described which includes an elongate member shaped for insertion into a body vessel such that a catheter can be guided over the elongate member and into the body vessel, the elongate member having a perfusion lumen extending therethrough from a proximal end of the elongate member to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070129683 - Fluid detection needle assembly: A fluid detection needle assembly utilized to withdraw a blood sample from an arm of a human being through a needle member. The fluid detection needle assembly replaces a conventional needle assembly having 1) an inlet needle cover member; 2) a detection needle support assembly connected to the needle member;... Agent: Rick Martin Patent Law Offices Of Rick Martin, PC

20070129684 - Remote enabling/disabling of a limited-use medical device: A remotely controlled medical instrument enhances safety and reliability. The medical instrument may be remotely enabled (unlocked) or disabled (locked). The medical instrument may be intended for limited-use. The medical instrument may be enclosed within a medical packaging and subsequently sterilized. After the medical instrument is determined to meet desired... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070129685 - Anchoring system for a medical article: An anchoring system includes a simply-structured device which permits a portion of a catheter or similar medical article to be easily anchored to a patient, desirably without the use of tape or needles and suturing. The anchoring system desirably includes a retainer and an anchor pad. The retainer is sized... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070129686 - Automatic injection device: An automatic injection device including a housing element, at least one resilient element arranged to be located within the housing element, a syringe including at least one syringe piston, a needle guard adapted for selectable positioning with respect to the housing element and a selectable driving element adapted, when actuated,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070129687 - Injection method and apparatus: A pen-type injector for receiving a medication containing member. The injector comprises a housing 1 and a torsion spring 4 contained within the housing and coupled to a drive member 8. A dose setting knob 2 is coupled to the spring 4, and rotatably coupled to the housing 1 such... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070129688 - Insertion head for medical or pharmaceutical applications: An insertion head for medical or pharmaceutical uses including a housing with a side that can be positioned on tissue and a penetrating device with a tip, the penetrating device carried by the housing in a protected orientation in which the housing covers the tip and a penetrating orientation in... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070129689 - Spring clip safety iv catheter: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070129690 - Catheter with polymeric coating: A catheter including a main body having a first end, a second end, a lumen extending between the first end and the second end, a first section located proximal the first end of the main body and second section located proximal the second end of the main body. An inhibitory... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20070129691 - Laminated sprinkler hypodermic needle: A laminated sprinkler needle for introduction of liquids into an animal and extraction of fluids from an animal comprising a substrate, a micromachined photoresist layer, and a microporous layer is described. The structure is of simple construction and fabrication and provides much higher flow rates than standard hollow cannula.... Agent: Burton Sage

20070129692 - Medical device: There is provided a medical device, especially an indwelling needle with a branch tube, in which the construction is simple, the operation can be performed easily in a short period of time, and misoperation is less liable to occur, thus a medical accident being less prone to take place. In... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070129693 - Controlled needle-free eye injector: An eye injector for transferring a substance across the surface of the eye of an animal includes a needle-free injector and a patient positioning mechanism. The needle-free injector includes a reservoir for storing the substance to be transferred, a nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir; and a controllable electromagnetic... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070129694 - Fluid evacuator system: A device is delineated for removing body fluid from a wound site. The device may include a drain sealed within the wound site, a conduit connected to the drain and a fluid container connected to the other end of the conduit. The fluid container may include at least one inlet... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Suite 2700

20070129695 - Ostomy coupling: An ostomy coupling including a body-side coupling member, an appliance-side coupling member including plural fastener lugs, and a bracing member. The lugs flex independently of each other to provide plural independent latching fastenings. The bracing member is moved between a bracing position in which the bracing member locks the lugs... Agent: Bristol-myers Squibb Company

20070129697 - Articles comprising flexible superabsorbent binder polymer composition: An absorbent article comprises a backsheet and an absorbent layer, where the absorbent layer comprises a flexible superabsorbent binder polymer composition positioned adjacent to the backsheet. The absorbent layer may additionally include a substrate, and the article may additionally include a topsheet. The flexible superabsorbent binder polymer composition may be... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070129696 - Articles comprising transparent/translucent polymer composition: The present invention provides a translucent absorbent composite having a substrate with a light transmittance of at least about 60% and a flexible superabsorbent binder polymer composition applied to the substrate. The polymer composition may be prepared from the reaction product of a monomer solution including at least 15% by... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070129698 - Absorbent article formed with microlayered film: An absorbent article includes a liquid intake region, a liquid retention region, a barrier region, and plural strips of microlayer material located adjacent to the liquid retention region.... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070129699 - Manufacturing method of absorbent body and absorbent body for disposable diaper obtained by the method: A pair of rollers 2 and 3 are provided to be opposed to each other with a predetermined distance wherein at least one of the rollers 2 and 3 is a press print processing roller 2 that has a plurality of processing projections 2a with a predetermined layout on a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070129700 - Disposable paper diaper: [Means for Solving the Problem]A disposable paper diaper comprising fastening sheets 5 and 5 individually formed on the two side portions of the back side of the paper diaper and each including: joint ears 8a and 8a formed to extend from the outer side edges of one sheet and to... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070129701 - Method and apparatus for providing a garment: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a garment that is secured to a first arm and a second arm of a wearer, including the steps of providing a sheet of material with a first connector attached to one side of the sheet and a second connector... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070129702 - Reusable and disposable diaper for dogs: A reusable and disposable dog diaper for removable emplacement and securement