Surgery inventions 08/07

20070203447 - Applicator attachable to skin treatment device and skin treatment method using the same: An applicator attachable to a skin treatment device that is capable of simultaneously applying RF energy and optic energy to a patient's skin, and a skin treatment method using the applicator are developed. The skin treatment device comprises: a housing, one or pair of electrodes arranged inside of the housing... Agent: Gwips Peter T. Kwon

20070203444 - Apparatus and method for separating a volume of whole blood into at least three components: A method and apparatus for separating a volume of whole blood contained in a separation bag into at least three components comprising centrifuging the separation bag so as to separate therein a first inner layer comprising plasma, a second intermediate layer comprising platelets, a third intermediate layer comprising lymphocytes, monocytes... Agent: Gambro, Inc Patent Department

20070203445 - Isolating cardiac circulation: In a method for substantially isolating cardiac circulation from systemic circulation, flow between the coronary sinus and the right atrium is occluded. A venous collection device having a collection lumen and a support structure is located in the coronary sinus. The support structure is used to maintain patency of the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20070203446 - Connecting rod with external flexible element: The present invention concerns a flexible connecting device for implantation into the human or animal body and especially for stabilizing the spine with a first rod, which has at least one flexible middle section and at least two connecting sections. At least one part of the flexible middle section includes... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070203448 - System and method for monitoring health using exhaled breath: The present invention includes systems and methods for monitoring endogenous compound concentration in blood by detecting markers, such as odors, upon exhalation by a patient, wherein such markers are the endogenous compound itself or result from the endogenous compound. In the case of olfactory markers, the invention preferably utilizes electronic... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070203449 - Aspirator sleeve and suction handle: A surgical aspirator tip and sleeve combination includes a hollow aspirator tip adapted to be placed into communication with a suction source, a grip portion, a coupling portion extending distally from the grip portion, and a neck portion extending distally from the coupling portion. The surgical aspirator sleeve is receivable... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070203450 - Baby safe feeder with integrally fitted food container: A device for feeding a young child without the threat of choking, this device comprising a handle member in combination with an elongate food-receiving mesh container having an aperture in one end thereof. A ring component too large to swallow is mounted in the aperture. One end of the handle... Agent: Carl M. Napolitano, Ph.d. Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070203451 - Minute quantity medicine administration set: A minute quantity medicine administration set including an injection needle having a cannula and a needle hub; a minute quantity administration device equipped with an injection needle connector having a connection part for connecting with the needle hub, a tube member connected to the injection needle connector, and a piercing... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070203453 - Balloon catheter: An intra-aortic balloon catheter 20 having a balloon part 22 inserted inside the aorta and inflating and deflating to assist heart functions, an outer tube 24 connected to the proximal end of the balloon part 22 to introduce and guide out pressurized fluid inside the balloon part 22, and an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070203452 - Platform catheter: A catheter including an end portion having a platform extending substantially radially outwardly therefrom. A catheter for treating aneurysms, the catheter including a lumen having an insertion end and an opposite end and a radially outwardly expandable ring attached to the insertion end of the catheter. An expandable ring capable... Agent: Kenneth I Kohn Kohn & Associates

20070203454 - Patch-like infusion device: A system and method for a patch-like, self-contained substance infusion device which provides one or more substantially hidden patient needles which can be placed in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir subassembly that includes a rigid bladder portion used in conjunction with a non-distensible bladder film, such as a metallized... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070203455 - Apparatus and methods for guiding a needle: A needle guiding apparatus includes a base, a guide assembly, and an imaging sight. The base defines an opening that extends through the base. The guide assembly includes at least one passage, and the guide assembly is disposed within the opening of the base. The guide assembly also is rotatable... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070203456 - Percutaneous surgical instrument system and method: A percutaneous surgical instrument system includes a handle to be manipulated by an operator, a carrier and a trocar to be manipulated by the handle. The trocar is inserted through the carrier for penetration to a surgical site and removed from the carrier to permit insertion of a surgical instrument... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070203457 - System and method for titrating liquids: A system for titrating liquids, with a syringe or tip, comprising a holding device and at least one tag and a metering equipment, comprising an additional holding device for holding the syringe or tip on the holding device, a reading device for reading the tag of the syringe or tip... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070203458 - Cap for drug delivery devices: This invention relates to a cap for drug delivery devices, in particular of the injector-type comprising a needle and a needle cover, wherein said cap is suitable as a needle safety tool, by comprising a needle cover retaining portion. In particular, the present invention relates to such devices, which are... Agent: Ross J. Oehler Sanofi-aventis U.s. LLC

20070203459 - Flexible piston rod: A flexible piston rod includes a piston and a row of elements, the top surface of one element being connected to the bottom surface of an adjacent element by a hinge that allows the two adjacent elements to pivot from a first position, where a portion of the top surface... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070203460 - Chemical liquid injector: A wave emitting element emits a light beam to the predetermined position on the outer surface of the cylinder member of the liquid syringe at the predetermined angle, and the light beam is detected at the predetermined position on the outer surface of the cylinder member by a wave detecting... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070203461 - Delivery catheter: A catheter used to deliver a medical electrical lead to a right atrium of a heart in close proximity to a His bundle. The catheter is adapted such that the distal tip confronts the His bundle generally perpendicularly. The catheter includes a proximal portion and a generally hook-shaped distal portion.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070203462 - Device and method for exothermic treatment of eyelid diseases: Provided herein is a pad for treating the eye comprising a container having an impermeable outer membrane sized to fit generally within the peri-orbital region and sufficiently flexible to mold to the eye; a first chemical in the container; a second chemical in the container, the first and second chemicals... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070203465 - Urine collection bag with angled valve support: A urine collection bag is provided which includes at least one sheet of flexible material defining a collapsible fluid reservoir and a support member defining a fluid channel and including a spout having an outlet opening. The support member is configured such that the longitudinal axis of the spout defines... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070203464 - Urine collection bag with integral anti-reflux valve: A urine collection bag formed of at least one flexible sheet of material defining a fluid reservoir is disclosed which includes an anti-reflux valve. The anti-reflux valve includes a housing defining a fluid receptacle which opens into the fluid reservoir. The housing is secured to the urine collection bag such... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070203463 - Urine collection system with needleless sampling port: A urine collection system adapted to be connected to a urinary catheter includes a drain tube and a collection bag. The collection bag has an inlet port and outlet port. The drain tube is positioned to communicate fluid from the catheter to the inlet port of the collection bag. A... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070203466 - Ostomy appliance having outer and inner pouches joined by peelable seams and a filter for deoderizing flatus gases: An ostomy appliance is provided with inner and outer pouches separably joined together by peelable seams. A vent passage and deodorising filter are also provided, most advantageously located externally of the pouches, and a pre-filter is preferably positioned in advance of the deodorising filter.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070203467 - Absorbent article featuring a laminated material with a low poisson's ratio: Disclosed is an absorbent article defining a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the absorbent article including an outercover, the outercover comprising a laminated material including two layers; an absorbent body disposed adjacent the outercover; and a graphic associated with the outercover, wherein the laminated... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070203468 - Disposable diaper: A disposable diaper includes so that a sweat-absorbent sheet attached to the inner side of the diaper can maintain its sweat absorbing function during use of the diaper. The inner side of front or rear waist region constituting the disposable diaper is covered with a hydrophobic sheet and the sweat-absorbent... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070203469 - Disposable garment comprising meltblown nonwoven backsheet: A disposable garment includes a nonwoven backsheet formed by melt-blowing. The melt-blown nonwoven web has a basis weight of from about 3 g/m2 to about 60 g/m2 and an air permeability value of at least about 15 cm3/cm2/sec. The melt-blowing web is made by fine fibers having an average fiber... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070203470 - Absorbent article having stretchable fastening member: An absorbent article comprising a stretchable fastening member is disclosed. The absorbent article comprises a chassis and a stretchable fastening member. The chassis extends longitudinally and laterally and comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet and an absorbent core disposed therebetween. The stretchable fastening member comprises a fixed... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070203471 - Bone fragment collector: A filtration system for collecting bone fragments during surgery performed on a patient includes a cylinder having a rotating disk with circumferential arms extending radially in the cylinder to define pockets. The rotating disk includes a longitudinal hub that carries an outlet connected to a central passageway formed in the... Agent: Norman Friedland

20070203473 - Apparatus and system for delivery of drug therapies: A medical delivery system for delivering a fluid to a desired location within a body that includes a first member having an aperture, and a second member adapted to be positioned over the first member. The fluid to be delivered is contained within a fluid storage device, formed by at... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070203472 - Multi purpose probe: Probing method and apparatus for exploring and operating within a selected space. The apparatus comprises: an anchoring element and an everted tube. When the tube is moved in the selected space, the inner rim of the tube moves, while the outer rim, which is fixed to said anchoring point, remains... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070203474 - Deflectable tip access sheath: A disposable access sheath having a deflectable tip is provided. The access sheath is very flexible and allows a physician or other medical professional to provide diagnostic or therapeutic services to a remote body cavity. The access sheath has a deflectable tip that is able to bend at least 90°... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070203475 - Irrigating catch and removal device: A retrieval device is provided for capturing and retrieving stones, calculi, and other objects from a body. The retrieval device includes an irrigation orifice to irrigate a passageway. Irrigating the passageway helps to keep the viewing area free from debris and particulate matter.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070203476 - Osmotic delivery system having space efficient piston: An osmotic delivery system having a space-efficient piston is provided. The enclosure has an interior holding the piston, a protein or polypeptide, and an osmotic agent. The piston is movable with respect to an interior surface of the capsule, and defines a movable seal with the interior surface of the... Agent: Dewipat Incorporated

20070197951 - Heater cooler valve: A rotary valve unit is provided for blending fluid sources to regulate a temperature of fluid flowing to a heat exchange device in an extracorporeal blood perfusion circuit. A valve body includes a valve chamber having a first inlet port, a second inlet port, a first outlet port, and a... Agent: Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation Attn: Gael Diane Tisack

20070197952 - Membrane eyelet: A structure and method for deploying an eyelet in a membrane, where the eyelet includes: a waist section; a first anchor section coupled to and flared from the waist section; and a second anchor section coupled to and flared from the waist section. The eyelet is deployed such that the... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070197953 - Magnetic particles for therapeutic treatment: Magnetic particles are used in therapeutic applications to disrupt a biological material. The particles have intrinsic magnetization, said magnetization being stabilised by inherent magneto-crystal line anisotropy and/or by shape anisotropy. By applying a magnetic field, the magnetic particles are induced to rotate when localised at the target biological material, thereby... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070197954 - Medical devices with enhanced ultrasonic visibilty: A medical device having enhanced ultrasonic visibility is provided. The device permits localized drug delivery, probe positioning, fluid drainage, biopsy, or ultrasound pulse delivery, through the real-time ultrasound monitoring of the needle tip position within a patient. The device permits controlled dispersion of a drug into solid tissue, the lodging... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070197955 - Mucous membrane adhesion-type iontophoresis device: An iontophoresis device may include: an electric power source; a first electrode assembly coupled to the electric power source; and a second electrode assembly as a counter electrode of the first electrode assembly. The first electrode assembly may include an adhesive portion that facilitates contact between a mucous membrane and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070197956 - Dual lumen aspiration catheter system: A dual lumen aspiration catheter system with an aspiration catheter, a hub and a flexible strain relief, and a suction assembly. The aspiration catheter includes multiple successively connected flexible tubular components each increasing in relative flexibility in the distal direction, the most proximal tubular component connectingly extending from the hub... Agent: Hugh D Jaeger, P.A.

20070197957 - Implantable sensors, implantable pumps and anti-scarring drug combinations: Pumps and sensors for contact with tissue are used in combination with an anti-scarring agent or a composition that comprises an anti-scarring agent to inhibit scarring that may otherwise occur when the pumps and sensors are implanted within an animal.... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20070197958 - Probe for insertion in the anal canal and rectum of a body: The present invention relates to a probe for insertion in the anal canal (canalis analis) and rectum of a body for the purpose of examining and treating patients suffering from diseases therein. More specifically, the invention relates to a probe for use in treatment of patients suffering from anal incontinence... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070197959 - Endotherapy catheter: A catheter that can be used for concurrent fluid infusion and aspiration in humans, animals and biological material, at a wide range of flow rates, without any blockage problems. The catheter is composed of two concentric tubes; their proximal ends are properly connected to the infusion equipment and the aspiration... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070197960 - Multiple septum cartridge for medication dispensing device: A cartridge for a medication dispensing device which includes multiple septums. The cartridge includes a body and an axially shiftable piston in fluid-tight engagement with an interior surface of the body. The first septum covers a dispensing port that opens to an interior hollow of the body at a proximal... Agent: Eli Lilly & Company

20070197961 - Block copolymer elastomer catheter balloons: Balloons for medical devices, particularly balloon angioplasty catheters, which have hybrid compliance curves in which growth rate slows at higher pressures are made from block copolymer thermoplastic elastomers.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070197962 - Catheter for removing foreign substance in blood vessel: A catheter for removing foreign substances in a blood vessel includes a catheter main body and an expansion part that is provided spaced from a front end of the catheter main body at a predetermined front end distance and expands a contour of the catheter, and is particularly suitable to... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070197963 - Medical fluid injection and inflation system: A combined fluid injection and inflation system is disclosed and includes a fluid delivery system including at least one pressurizing device, a fluid path, and a control unit. The fluid path is adapted to connect the pressurizing device to a patient via a catheter including a balloon and inserted in... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20070197964 - Easily assembled safety syringe: The safety syringe comprises an injection cylinder being a hollow cylinder with a receiving chamber therein; a buckling seat installed in the injection cylinder; the buckling seat having a hard sleeve; a front end of the sleeve being formed as a hollow post; a center of the buckle seat being... Agent: Chih-kuang Hsu

20070197965 - Safety syringe: The safety syringe comprises an injection cylinder being a hollow cylinder with a receiving chamber therein; a buckling seat installed in the injection cylinder; the buckling seat having a hard sleeve; a front end of the sleeve being formed as a hollow post; a center of the buckle seat being... Agent: Chih-kuang Hsu

20070197966 - Safety syringe: A safety syringe has a syringe body, a needle hub with a needle, a casing and a plunger. The syringe body has a front end, a neck and a notch. The neck is formed on the front end and has a proximal end, a distal end and an outer surface.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070197967 - Safety syringe: A safety syringe has a syringe body, a casing, a connector and a needle hub with a needle. The syringe body has a front end and a neck. The neck is formed on the front end. The casing is mounted around the syringe body and has a front end, an... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070197968 - Hand-held electronically controlled injection device for injecting liquid medications: A hand-held, electronically controlled injection device (1) for injecting preset doses of liquid medications, having a housing (2) for receiving a cartridge (4) containing the liquid medication and having a contact surface (16) for contacting a patient's skin; and actuator elements (41) for moving the cartridge (4) within the housing... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070197969 - Device for pressurization: An arrangement for pressurizing an inflatable sleeve (2) that can be applied, for instance, to the arm of a patient for measuring the patient's blood pressure, or that can be applied to an infusion bag for forced infusion of said infusion to a patient, wherein the device further includes a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070197971 - Curable material delivery device with a rotatable supply section: An apparatus and method for introducing material into an injection site of a patient is disclosed. The device includes a cannula and a carrier. The cannula is inserted into an injection site of a patient. The carrier is connected to an injector containing a volume of material. Material may be... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070197970 - Intrafascial catheter introducer system and method of delivery of postoperative anesthetics: A surgical procedure for managing postoperative pain is disclosed. More particularly, the technique involves use of intrafascial catheter introducer to thread a soaker catheter or the like through fascial sheaths of the human body (e.g., abdominal and chest walls) to relieve postoperative pain. The use of the soaker catheter in... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20070197972 - Trocar seal system: A seal assembly is provided for reception of an elongated surgical instrument, which comprises a body having at least one opening configured and dimensioned to permit entry of an elongated surgical instrument and defining a central longitudinal axis; a seal member formed of a resilient material and defining an aperture... Agent: United States Surgical, A Division Of Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20070197973 - Apparatus and method for drawing samples of blood: The present invention provides a device for drawing blood from a patient, and methods of drawing blood from a patient using the device. The device comprises holders for collection vials and holders for a luer assembly, and does not require mechanical movement of any part of the device. The device... Agent: LatimerIPLaw, LLP

20070197974 - Systems and methods for managing information relating to medical fluids and containers therefor: The present invention relates to management of information relating to medical fluids, containers therefor, and medical fluid administration devices for administering such medical fluids to patients. Data tags (e.g., RFID tags) are generally associated with containers of the invention and may be electromagnetically read from and/or written to using an... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070197975 - Dose metering mechanism with sequence control: A dosing device for the dosed administration of an injectable product from an injection device, the dosing device including an outer sleeve and a sliding sleeve which can be displaced in relation to the outer sleeve, wherein the sliding sleeve includes at least one flexible element including a first stop... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070197977 - Disposable syringe: A disposable syringe includes a barrel, a needle assembly in fluid communication with the barrel, and a plunger movable in an accommodation chamber of the barrel. The needle assembly includes a needle seat sleeved on a small-diameter wall portion of the barrel, and a tubular insert extending axially into a... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070197976 - Medication dispensing apparatus with spring-driven locking feature enabled by administration of final dose: A medication dispensing apparatus with a spring-driven locking feature includes a drive member movable in a distal direction within a housing, and a fluid container with a piston that is advanceable by the drive member (60) when such drive member is moved distally by a driving means. The apparatus includes... Agent: Eli Lilly & Company

20070197978 - Drug delivery device: A portable drug delivery device is provided for sustained administration of selected medications from a plurality of medications stored in internal of fluid cassettes within the device.... Agent: Douglas T. Johnson Miller & Martin

20070197979 - Blood collection device: A safety needle assembly has a needle hub and a needle cannula projecting from the hub. Wings project transversely from the hub to facilitate manipulation and positioning of the needle assembly. A shield is hingedly attached to the needle hub and can be rotated from a first position where the... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070197980 - Biocompatible medical devices: A modified medical device for delivery of a pharmaceutically active material is described. The present inventors have found that many conventional medical devices contain a metallic or polymeric component that comes into contact with a pharmaceutically active material during use, and that the contact substantially reduce the pharmaceutical effectiveness of... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070197981 - Reinforcing tool for a medical needle: A tool reinforces a medical needle having a recessed portion of relatively narrow diameter. The tool includes a cylindrical body which is detachably attachable to the recessed portion of the medical needle.... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070197982 - Automatic body spray system: An automatic body spray system including at least one fluid source, an HVLP turbine air source, and at least one HVLP atomization nozzle fluidly connected to the fluid source and the HVLP turbine air source, where the HVLP atomization nozzle configured to apply an atomized fluid onto a subject.... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn:IPDepartment Docket Clerk

20070197983 - Genital shield and diaper: The invention provides means to support a diaper away from the genitals, particularly for use where surgery has taken place in or around that area. The means takes the form of a genital shield for use with a diaper but may also be a suitably adapted diaper or a diaper... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070197984 - Fecal disposal device: The present invention relates to a disposable fecal retaining device which has a substantially rectangular pad having an exterior moisture impermeable layer juxtaposed to an absorbing layer. The device is configured to provide a pouch with the absorbing layer on the inside of the pouch. The device has an entry... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070197985 - Collection bag adapted for use in an incontinence management system: A collection bag is adapted for communicating with a male incontinence device designed to cover a portion of the penis. The collection bag has first and second opposing flexible side walls joined together and forming a fluid container for holding urine. A cylindrical bag neck is formed with the first... Agent: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C.

20070197986 - Absorbent article: In an absorbent article structured by integrally forming at least a liquid permeable top sheet, an absorbent, a water vapor permeable waterproof sheet, and a liquid impermeable back sheet in this order, a water content indicator is provided on an inner surface of the water vapor permeable waterproof sheet, the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070197987 - Method of making an absorbent composite and absorbent articles employing the same: A method of making an absorbent composite that includes a first fabric, a second fabric, and particles positioned between the two fabrics and absorbent articles made from the absorbent composite. The particles are secured between the two fabric using adhesive, thermal plastic or combinations thereof. The fabrics are bonded together... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070197989 - Hygiene product with far infrared anions: The present invention discloses a hygiene product with far infrared anions, and the hygiene product is made of an external leak-proof layer and a middle absorbent layer made of a water absorbent material, and an internal contact layer made of a water penetrating material. The fibers of the materials are... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070197988 - Cpm pad with fiber filling: A patient pad for a continuous passive motion machine is provided with an inner fabric layer of wicking material, an outer fabric layer, and a fiber fill layer sandwiched between the inner and outer fabric layers. Quilting ties the fabric layers and fiber fill layer together. The fiber fill layer... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070197990 - Multilayer web with extensible and inextensible regions and methods of making same: A multi-layered web is provided that includes an elastic web bonded to an inelastic web. The inelastic web has extensible and inextensible regions arranged along the machine direction. In the extensible regions, the inelastic web is bonded to the elastic web in a creped structure that is extensible by virtue... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070197991 - Disposable sanitary napkin with pull-tab and method for the manufacture thereof: The invention provides a disposable sanitary napkin. The sanitary napkin comprises: a main body; an adhesive fastener; at least one peelable protective layer; and at least one pull-tab. The main body, which is adapted for absorbing bodily exudates, also includes: an upper surface, which faces toward the wearer when the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070197992 - Absorbent article with urine-permeable coversheet: The present disclosure is directed to an absorbent article (e.g., a diaper or training pant) having a backsheet, an absorbent core and a topsheet provided with at least one opening adapted to receive fecal material. The article also includes a genital coversheet with one or more central longitudinal (partial) folds... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070197993 - Absorbent articles with comfortable elasticated laminates: e

20070197994 - Absorbent articles with comfortable elasticated laminates:

20070197995 - Fastening tape for a hygiene item, and method for producing a fastening tape for a hygiene item: To ensure an excellent slip-proof effect for a hygiene item, in particular for a baby diaper or an incontinence diaper when opening said diaper, a fastening tape is proposed having a separate film-like grip area with a macroscopically structured surface. Likewise, a hygiene item having such a grip area and... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070197996 - 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

20070197997 - Method of removing biliary stones with coaxial catheter device: A method of removing an obstruction in the biliary duct including the steps of providing a coaxial catheter device comprising an inner catheter having a proximal end and a distal end wherein at least two or more lumens are formed between the proximal end and distal end of the inner... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070197998 - Catheter package: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] This catheter package (1) packages the catheter (100) having a catheter body with a metal reinforcement member embedded in a tube wall and a connector part fixed to the proximal portion of the catheter body. The catheter package is characterized in that the distal part of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070197999 - Equipment for varicosis treatment: A long member is covered with one-side coat member and an other-side coat member, which are colorless and transparent. The one-side coat member is fixed to the long member by a one-side fixing member. The other-side coat member is fixed to the long member by an other-side fixing member. The... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070198000 - Overtube and operative procedure via bodily orifice: An overtube includes an insertion portion that has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, and at least the distal end portion thereof is inserted into a subject; a first lumen that is formed in the insertion portion and that allows freely inserting and removing a device for... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070191764 - System and device for removing pharmaceutical products: A system for removing or tranferring a pharmaceutical product from a reservoir including an ampoule with a moveable piston therein and an adaptor which includes, generally along a longitudinal axis, a reservoir connector and an ampoule connector for coupling to the ampoule, wherein the ampoule connector includes at least one... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070191755 - Protection shield positioning assembly and positioning device therefor and method of use: A method and assembly for protecting a device connected to a wiring harness is disclosed. The assembly includes a protective shield having a bore for receiving the device and a positioning device. An elongated wiring harness extends from the device being protected and through the bore of the protective shield.... Agent: Robert L. Stearns, Esq. Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070191757 - Method and device for sublingual drug delivery using iontophoresis: Methods, devices and kits for sublingual drug delivery using iontophoresis are described herein. An active agent can be administered sublingually by placing a solid oral dosage form containing the active agent in the sublingual region of a patient and applying iontophoresis for a suitable period of time. Preferably up to... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20070191756 - System, method and apparatus for enhanced sweat control and the like: This invention provides aluminum or aluminum alloy spheres/particles or a mixture of aluminum and aluminum alloy and/or aluminum zirconium powder to form an electrode together with an aluminum metal screen wire mesh or the like within a membrane pouch and in contact with an electrical power source. The heavy metal... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070191758 - Controlled needle-free transport: A needle-free transdermal transport device for transferring a substance across a surface of a biological body includes a reservoir for storing the substance, a nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir and a controllable electromagnetic actuator in communication with the reservoir. The actuator, referred to as a Lorentz force actuator,... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070191759 - Device for improved visualization of operative sites during surgery: This invention provides a novel surgical device well suited to use in laparoscopic or other (e.g. open surgical) procedures. In certain embodiments, the device comprises a surgical probe, including a handle comprising at least one channel passing through the handle; and at least one conduit passing through the handle, where... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070191760 - Stopcock for medical treatment: A medical valve unit has a main housing portion to which are attached a number of connection ports. At least one of the connection ports includes a connector which is releasably attachable to the housing and which is made of a material which offers a greater resistance to chemical degradation... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070191761 - Method of molding for microneedle arrays: A method of manufacturing a moldable microneedle array (54) is described comprising providing a negative mold insert (44) characterized by a negative image of microneedle topography wherein at least one negative image of a microneedle is characterized by an aspect ratio of between about 2 to 1 and about 5... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070191762 - Needleless injector and ampule system: A needle-less injector system having an ampule with an elongated hollow body. The elongated hollow body includes a nozzle and an aperture for receiving a plunger. The aperture extends from the second end of the body towards the first end and is in fluid communication with the nozzle. The ampule... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070191763 - Milk pump: A milk pump for pumping milk from a woman's breast, includes a receptacle for receiving milk pumped from the woman's breast and a manual pumping unit. The pumping unit includes a displacement space surrounded by a wall that defines a longitudinal axis and having a predetermined cross-sectional dimension. This displacement... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070191765 - Steerable catheter system: This invention relates to devices for navigating passageways in a body, and in particular, to a steerable catheter that can be used to navigate the tortuous anatomy of a body's vasculature. In one embodiment of the invention the deflectable catheter comprises an inner catheter body having a first strut spine... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070191766 - Balloon catheter having nanotubes: A device is provided comprising an inflatable surface with nanotubes disposed on the inflatable surface. The device may be a balloon-type catheter, with the inflatable surface comprising a balloon with nanotubes disposed on the surface. When used as a balloon catheter, the device may be used to deposit material on... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070191767 - Bifurcated catheter joints: A rapid exchange catheter includes an exchange joint that is coupled between a proximal shaft and first and second distal shafts. The exchange joint includes a proximal end that is configured to be coupled to the proximal shaft, and a distal end that is configured to be coupled to the... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070191768 - Methods and apparatus for temporarily occluding body lumens: Methods and apparatus are provided for temporarily occluding a body lumen. A method in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention includes introducing a tip of a catheter into the body lumen, the tip including a central longitudinal axis; expelling a thermosensitive polymer from the tip of the... Agent: BostonIPLaw Group

20070191769 - Needle uncap/recap safety device: A device and a method that allows a user to safely uncap or recap the protective cap, cover, or shield of a sharps instrument with one-hand and without injury in multiple settings. The device includes a removable protective shield that attaches to a main housing with a cone shaped threaded... Agent: Warren A. Reiter

20070191770 - Method and apparatus for detecting 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: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070191773 - Low profile infusion set: An infusion set comprising a cannula housing portion having a base surface and a septum housing portion pivotally attached to said cannula housing portion. The septum housing portion having an axis and being pivotable between a first position wherein the axis is substantially perpendicular to the base surface and a... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070191771 - Port access device: A venous access device is generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to port access device having a protective clip. The port access device includes a needle hub having a needle extending therefrom and a catheter hub having a catheter tube extending therefrom with the needle positioned inside the tube... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070191772 - Straight insertion safety infusion set: An infusion set assembly comprising a cannula housing having a base surface and a septum housing adapted to be pivotally attached to the cannula housing for movement between a position where an axis thereof is substantially perpendicular to the base surface and a position where the axis is substantially parallel... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070191774 - Device for introducing a catheter with a security non-piercing cage provided with a flexible blade: A device for introducing a catheter into a body site through the skin by means of an security non-piercing cage includes a steel spring flexible blade which is disposed in the cross section of the chamber of the nonpiercing cage near the proximal input thereof perpendicularly to a needle and... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20070191775 - Sealing catheter hub attachment: A generally rigid molded plastic catheter hub attachment (16, 52, 74) includes one or more co-molded elastomeric gaskets (22, 58).... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070191776 - Enclosed needle device with duckbill release mechanism: An enclosed needle catheter insertion device (10) includes a catheter (12) and a needle insertion device (14) which are held together by cooperating arms (52, 53) with one or more detents (56) cooperating with a radially projecting surface (26) of the catheter hub (16). Insertion device (14) includes a guard... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070191777 - Enclosed needle device with fluid path access: An enclosed needle catheter insertion device (10) includes an elongated needle guard housing (20) and an elongated needle support housing (22). The support housing (22) is received for movement in guard housing (20) to pull needle (24) in from catheter (12) to be enclosed by guard housing (20). Support housing... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070191778 - Wire guide with engaging portion: A wire guide and a method for its percutaneous guidance within a body vessel are provided. The wire guide includes an outer component for insertion into the body vessel and a core wire disposed in the outer component and movable between first and second positions. The core wire includes an... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070191779 - Percutaneous vascular access device with external disposable connector: A vascular access device having a rotatable inner core positioned within a device body between first and second positions for diverting blood flow to an extracorporeal blood circuit. The previous version had two spouts under the skin while the improved device of the present invention uses four, since it connects... Agent: White-welker & Welker, LLC

20070191780 - Drug delivery device: A novel device and method for intradermal delivery of an active agent is provided. The device comprises a housing which contains a reservoir chamber. A flexible reservoir containing the active agent is placed in the chamber. Upon pressure on an actuator the active agents is delivered via a hollow needle... Agent: Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070191781 - Apparatus and method for injection of fibrin sealant in spinal applications: An apparatus for percutaneous delivery of a sealant comprising: at least two fluid reservoirs, an introducer needle having a distal tip that is in fluid communication with at least one reservoir, a fluid delivery tube that is in fluid communication with a second reservoir, wherein the fluid delivery tube has... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders, L.L.P.

20070191782 - Passive activated safety blood collection set: A shieldable needle device including a needle cannula, a hub, a pair of wings extending laterally from opposing sides of the hub, a tip guard axially movable along the needle cannula from a proximal position substantially adjacent the hub to a distal position, and a drive member is disclosed. The... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070191783 - Automatically operable safety shield system for syringes: An automatically operable safety shield system for use with a syringe that comprises an inner holder in which said syringe may be inserted and an outer shield mounted outwards from the inner holder axially movable between retracted and extended positions in which a spring positioned between said inner holder and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070191784 - Medication dispensing apparatus with gear set having drive member accommodating opening: A medication dispensing apparatus having a gear set (62) to provide a mechanical advantage to the plunging of the apparatus plunger (64). The gear set has a first pinion (114) in meshed engagement with a rack (91) of the plunger, and a second pinion (126) in meshed engagement with a... Agent: Eli Lilly & Company

20070191785 - Syringe assembly having disabling mechanism: A syringe assembly having passive disabling structure includes a barrel and a plunger rod assembly. The plunger rod assembly includes a plunger rod and a stopper connected by an indexing locking element. The number of strokes of the syringe plunger before the stopper is locked into the barrel rendering the... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070191786 - Needleless access port valves: Needleless access port valves are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to needleless access port valves incorporating a piston comprising slit along an upper piston section for accommodating fluid flow. The slit is closed by the relative geometry of the piston and the valve housing, which acts to terminate... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070191787 - Medical treatment control system: A device for controlling the collection and delivery of materials to a patient, the device has a dispenser-engaging portion, the dispenser-engaging portion being operable in a release position to receive a materials dispenser when the dispenser is in a materials-containing configuration, the dispenser-engaging portion being operable in a lock condition... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070191789 - Kits of medical supplies for sedation and analgesia: The invention relates to kits of supplies and components for the computer assisted IV drug infusion administration device where those supplies and components may be disposable or re-usable. In one embodiment of the present invention single-patient use disposable components are utilized with a computer assisted IV drug infusion administration device... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070191788 - Pre-primed iv tubing: A pre-primed IV tubing (1) having a lumen (5) and first and second ends (2) and (3). The lumen (5) of the pre-primed IV tubing (1) is completely filled with solution (4), devoid of air and is capped at both ends (2) and (3). The pre-primed IV tubing (1) may... Agent: Edward M. Livingston, Pa

20070191791 - Depth probe for intracranial treatment: A depth probe for intracranial treatment is provided having a body that includes a distal portion with one aperture and at least one element mounted upon the exterior surface, a lumen defined by the body that is accessed only through the aperture and an opening, and a proximal portion with... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20070191790 - Wire guide having distal coupling tip: A coupling wire guide structured to be slidably coupled to a previously introduced wire guide. The coupling wire guide includes a main body and a tip portion. The tip portion includes an insert member and a distal tip. The insert member is connected to the main body, and the distal... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070191792 - Device for dosing a product that is intended to be applied to the skin: The present invention concerns a device for metering products intended to be applied to the skin, in particular pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions. The invention relates more particularly to a device taking the form of an applicator stick, the graduations of which allow users to determine precisely the quantity of medication... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070191793 - Method and material for reducing biofilm: The present invention includes a method for removing a biofilm from a surface, comprising exposing the biofilm to a formulation comprising phenolsulfonic acid guaiacolsulfonic acid, sulfosalicylic acid, citric acid, and ammonium phenolsulfonate for at least about fifteen seconds.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070191794 - Seal for controlled evacuation ostomy appliance: A controlled evacuation ostomy appliance comprises a membrane that is urged into sealing engagement with a stoma, by the generation of radial tension in the membrane. A tensioning device applies tension, with respect to the stoma, at one or more positions that are (i) outboard of the periphery of the... Agent: Bristol-myers Squibb Company

20070191795 - Disposable urination device: A disposable urinary device for collecting urinary fluid from a user and directing it into a stream includes an extendible body, a top section and a bottom end section. The top section is coupled to the top of the extendible body around a first opening and has a sidewall that... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070191796 - Side panel for absorbent article: An elasticized retaining panel for an absorbent garment has a stretch axis and a cross axis normal to the stretch axis, the panel including an outer web, an inner web overlying the outer web, and an elastic web disposed between the outer and inner webs and bonded thereto. The elastic... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070191797 - Absorbent article with sensation member: An absorbent article includes a backsheet having a longitudinal axis, a topsheet attached to the backsheet and having a body-facing surface, and an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet. The article may also include barrier leg cuffs. The article further includes a sensation member, which sensation member... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070191798 - Absorbent cores for absorbent articles and method for making same: An absorbent article is provided, including a barrier layer, a cover layer extending substantially parallel to the barrier layer, and a superabsorbent polymer interposed between the cover layer and the barrier layer. The superabsorbent polymer is adhered to the article in a pattern configured to distribute fluid in the absorbent... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070191799 - Disposable hygiene article: The invention relates to a disposable hygiene article comprising an absorbing element component (12) which is used for storing body liquids and can also contain superabsorbent materials. The absorbing element component (12) is provided with a first area (18, 20), an absorbent material of which has a mass per unit... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070191800 - Fluid collection system and method: A fluid collection mat and a system for collecting fluids using a vacuum source is disclosed. The fluid collection mat may be formed from multiple layers of material. At least one layer of the material may be formed from absorbent material. Another layer may be used to regulate fluid flow... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070191801 - Fluid collection system and method: A fluid collection mat and a system for collecting fluids using a vacuum source is disclosed. The fluid collection mat may be formed from multiple layers of material. At least one layer of the material may be formed from absorbent material. Another layer may be used to regulate fluid flow... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070191802 - Absorbent article having stain resistant properties: A sanitary napkin including a body facing surface, a portion adapted to be arranged over the vaginal opening during use, a first colored portion, said colored portion extending over at least the portion of the napkin to be placed over the vaginal opening during use, a noncolored portion, wherein said... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070191804 - Absorbent article for protecting clothing and relieving female urinary incontinence: The absorbent article for incontinent women is a cylindrical roll of absorbent material that is disposed between the labia majora just under the urethra. The article absorbs urine accidentally discharged by the body. The article may be disposed in a protective plastic wrapper that fully encloses the article. The protective... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20070191803 - Binder compositions: A binder composition for a non-woven fabric, the binder composition comprising a latex, the latex including a heterogeneous blend of dispersed polymer particles and a surfactant, where the particles include from about 55 to about 100% by weight of a gelled polymer, from about 1 to about 15% by weight... Agent: Chief Intellectual Property Counsel Omnova Solutions Inc

20070191805 - Tampon, in particular for femine hygiene: The tampon according to the invention comprises a tampon body and a withdrawal tape fastened on the tampon body. The withdrawal tape is configured such that its effective length can be changed preferably before use, but also during use. In particular, the withdrawal tape is formed with at least one... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070191806 - Articles with elasticated topsheets: The invention relates to an absorbent, disposable article, preferably a diaper, having a backsheet and a topsheet comprising a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region interposed there between, a longitudinal axis, and an opening, which provides a passageway to a primary void space for receiving... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070191807 - Absorbent article and inner absorbent article: In an absorbent article 1 including a liquid-permeable topsheet 2 positioned at a surface that contacts with a human body; a non liquid-permeable backsheet 3 positioned at a surface opposite to the topsheet 2; and an absorbent body 4 provided between the topsheet 2 and the backsheet 3, a three-dimensional... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070191808 - Disposable diaper capable of being put on either from the front or the back of a wearer: A disposable diaper capable of being put on from either the front or the back of a wearer. The ratio of the minimum width W1 of the crotch section to the whole width W2 of the longitudinal end section having the fastening tapes is from 0.30 to 0.75. The minimum... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070191809 - Syringe with anti-rotation for luer lock: A needle guard for a syringe including tabs and preferably springboards disposed on the needle guard configured to engage a luer lock to prevent rotation of the luer lock during needle exchange. The body of the needle guard preferably includes springboards which are in communication with tabs disposed on the... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070191810 - Catheter aperture with attachable structure: An elongate catheter shaft is provided, having a side port aperture through a side wall of the catheter shaft between proximal and distal ends of the shaft. The side port aperture is open to a lumen. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to attached structures disposed in the side... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070191811 - System and method for treating a vascular condition: A system and method for treating a vascular condition. The system includes a catheter and an inflatable member operably attached to the catheter. A plurality of detachable microdarts is disposed on the inflatable member. The method includes locating a vulnerable plaque. An inflatable member including a plurality of biodegradable and... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070191812 - Aspiration catheter: There has been a demand for an aspiration catheter which has a sufficient amount of aspiration, which is sufficiently flexible to satisfactorily track tortuous blood vessels, in which the possibility of kinking of a catheter shaft is decreased when the aspiration catheter is inserted into a guiding catheter from outside... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070191814 - Medical device employing liquid crystal block copolymers and method of making the same: A medical device, at least a portion of which is formed from a polymer composition including at least one liquid crystal block copolymer having at least one A block and at least one B block wherein the A block is a liquid crystal polymer block formed of repeating units comprising... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070191813 - Medical device employing liquid crystal block copolymers and method of making the same: A medical device, at least a portion of which is formed from a polymer composition including at least one liquid crystal block copolymer having at least one A block and at least one B block wherein the A block is formed of mesogenic repeat units and the B block is... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070191815 - Biosynchronous transdermal drug delivery: Systems and methods for synchronizing the administration of compounds with the human body's natural circadian rhythms and addiction rhythms to counteract symptoms when they are likely to be at their worst by using an automated and pre programmable transdermal or other drug administration system.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070191817 - Dosage control for drug delivery system: A method for delivering intravenous drugs to a patient comprising programming a drug delivery system, including a controller and an infusion pump, with a maintenance rate or a loading dose for a drug and causing the drug delivery system to (a) calculate a loading dose based on the maintenance rate... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070191818 - Osmotic pump with means for dissipating internal pressure: The present invention includes an osmotic pump that includes a means for venting an osmotic composition included in the pump before the internal pressure of the pump has the opportunity to build to such an extent that the pump is structurally compromised, such as when one or more components of... Agent: Trask Britt

20070191816 - Radio frequency induced drug elution: A medical device including at least one reservoir, adapted to contain a material, such as a therapeutic agent, and sealed by a cover. The reservoir is openable, so as to release the material, for example, by (i) disintegration of the cover, (ii) movement of the cover to an open position,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070191819 - Cell processor for use in the treatment of diseases: The present invention relates to a micromedical cell processor which modifies the cellular components of blood, especially cells of the body's natural immune defense, such that the cells, after their introduction into the body, exert a therapeutic function against cancerous diseases or against other diseases. The cell processor is implantable... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070185429 - Pressure sensor disconnect detection for a blood treatment device: A system is disclosed for detecting an electrical sensor, the system includes a sensor signal processing circuit further comprising an input port to receive a connector including the output signal lines of the sensor, a resistor connected to the output signal line of said input port, wherein the resistor is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070185430 - Fluid, circuits, systems, and processes for extracorporeal blood processing: A sterilized fluid management kit for use in renal replacement therapy isolates a replacement fluid container from touch contamination and provides for sterilization of replacement fluid by filtering using an installed filter that is hermetically connected to the replacement fluid container. A method is described where replacement fluid is automatically... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070185431 - Galvanic current skin treatment: The present invention relates to methods and systems for application of a substance and an electrical current to a biological tissue or surface. In one embodiment, the methods and systems include application of a substance and an electrical current to the surface or tissue such that the transport or absorption... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070185432 - Electrokinetic system and method for delivering methotrexate: The electrokinetic methotrexate delivery system includes at least one applicator having a multiplicity of non-conductive micro-needles carried on a non-conductive surface of the applicator. The opposite surface is formed of electrically conductive material for contact with an active electrode. The applicator includes a matrix containing a medicament, e.g., methotrexate, or... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070185433 - Cassette for irrigation or aspiration machine for endoscopy: A cassette insertable into an irrigation or aspiration machine for endoscopy includes an irrigation or an aspiration tube and a support provided with one or two inlet plugs and one or two outlet plugs where two tubes form an elbow to be connectable to the inlet or outlet plugs in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070185434 - Device and mehtod for preparing a drink from a food substance contained in a capsule: The invention relates to a method of wetting and/or dissolving a substance contained in a capsule for producing a beverage consisting, by means of a piercing and injection element, in piercing the capsule and injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule to wet and/or dissolve the substance; the piercing... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070185435 - Method and system for drug delivery: A medical device and procedure for delivering a drug into a uterus are described. In one implementation, the medical device includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member and a stopper device. The first elongate member is configured for transcervical insertion into the uterus and includes a lumen extending... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070185436 - Applicator device for medicated materials: A device for delivering a medicated product into a bodily cavity includes a barrel member having a dispensing end, a proximal end, which is positioned opposite the dispensing end, and a bore, which extends through the barrel member. The bore is sized and shaped so as to receive a medicated... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070185437 - Needle-free syringe and the injection procedure: The present invention relates to a needle-free syringe which has a closer that can be released or otherwise opened such that a greater percentage, and preferably all of the desired dose of fluid vaccine or other active agent is injected at a substantially uniform velocity. The dose is delivered by... Agent: Boris Goldenberg

20070185439 - Injection device: An injection device is disclosed which is designed to receive therein a two-compartment syringe, and to be used to mix the pharmaceutical agents and then conduct injections. The injection device comprises a cylindrical barrel portion so configured that the two-compartment syringe can be inserted therein in a rear-end first manner,... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070185438 - Multi-chamber mixing ampoule: The present invention provides a multi-compartment ampoule for the storage of the separated components of a multiple component mixture and then mixing them together in a single ampoule. The ampoule housing has a proximal dispensing end. The distal end of the ampoule housing is sealed by an end plug configured... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070185440 - Injection device: Disclosed is an injection device for properly dissolving pharmaceutical agents contained in a two-compartment syringe having slidable front and rear walls, and then performing portionwise multiple injections. The injection device comprises a front casing designed to enclose and hold the two-compartment syringe with a double-ended needle attached to the front... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070185441 - Infusion set: An infusion set comprises a base member (60), an introducer cap (64), and an infusion cap (54). The base member (60) preferably comprises a soft cannula (52) extending from a lower side (118) of the base member (60), and a port (62) on an upper side (92) thereof. The port... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070185445 - Cryo-perfusion balloon device: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for treating a vascular occlusion and preventing or reducing ischemic consequences of such an obstruction. The medical device of the present invention may include an elongate body defining a proximal end and a distal end, where the elongate body may also define... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070185442 - Rapid balloon coupling system: A kit is disclosed for use with a catheter having a catheter proximal end and a catheter distal end. The catheter further has a catheter wall with an outer catheter dimension at the catheter distal end and with the catheter wall defining a catheter lumen with a longitudinal axis extending... Agent: Thomas R. Hecktner Starfire Medical, Inc.

20070185444 - Vascular clip-on occlusion system: An occlusion system is disclosed for use with a catheter having a catheter proximal end and a catheter distal end. The catheter further has a catheter wall with an outer catheter dimension at the catheter distal end and with the catheter wall defining a catheter lumen with a longitudinal axis... Agent: Thomas R. Hecktner Starfire Medical, Inc.

20070185443 - Vascular therapy delivery system: A delivery system for use with a catheter having a catheter proximal end and a catheter distal end. The catheter further has a catheter wall with an outer catheter dimension at the catheter distal end and with the catheter wall defining a catheter lumen with a longitudinal axis extending from... Agent: Thomas R. Hecktner Starfire Medical, Inc.

20070185446 - Microcatheter tip: The present invention is directed to a dilator having a stiffened shaft for use as part of an introducer sheath assembly. The dilator includes a stiffener tube and a tip of the dilator which extends distally to the dilator stiffener tube. The transition between the stiffener tube and the tip... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070185447 - Safety syringe: A safety syringe includes a barrel, a push rod, a driving module, and a needle mount. The barrel includes a hollow passage and a barrel cover, and the push rod includes a pad disposed around a distal portion and pushed tightly along the hollow passage of the barrel, and the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070185448 - Method and instrumentation for cooling a surgical incision: An infusion sleeve of an ultrasonic vibrating needle. The sleeve is collapsible and serrated or scalloped at a distal end. Fluid flows through a passage between the needle and the infusion sleeve in a direction from the proximal end of the sleeve to a distal end of the sleeve. Upon... Agent: Hess Patent Law Firm, P.C.

20070185449 - Actuator with string drive #1: Some embodiments of a wearable, disposable medicine dispensing device may include a piston rod that is advanced to dispense medicine from the device. A rotational motor may be coupled to a drive mechanism so as to carry out a certain number of revolutions and thereby displace the piston rod by... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070185450 - Self-sealing connection for housing shells of an administering device: Administering device for infusing or injecting a product, comprising a housing (1, 2) with a first housing shell (1) and a second housing shell (2), a receiver (3) for the product formed in the housing (1, 2), a conveying mechanism (4) for conveying the product and a seal (10), which... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070185451 - Pressing bag and constant-pressure pressing bag system: A pressure bag (1) includes: a pressing chamber (2) adapted to be inflated by air-feeding; and a rectangular outer layer (3) having such length as to surround the pressing chamber (2). Fasteners (35, 36) are formed on one end side of a front surface and the other end side of... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070185453 - Conical trocar seal: A trocar for performing a procedure on a patient. The trocar includes a hollow cannula having a distal end and a proximal end. The trocar includes a housing having a distal end attached to the proximal end of the cannula and a proximal end having a wall attached thereto. The... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070185452 - Endoscopy system and a pressure transmitting connector for said system: The inventive endoscopy system includes a cannula for arranging an endoscope and forming, between said cannula and endoscope, an irrigation or aspiration channel for transporting an irrigation or aspiration fluid, respectively, a connection ring mounted around the cannula and provided with a connection channel connectable to the irrigation or aspiration... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070185454 - Infusion set: An infusion set comprises a base member (60), an introducer cap (64), and an infusion cap (54). The base member (60) preferably comprises a soft cannula (52) extending from a lower side (118) of the base member (60), and a port (62) on an upper side (92) thereof. The port... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070185455 - Infusion set: An infusion set comprises a base member (60), an introducer cap (64), and an infusion cap (54). The base member (60) preferably comprises a soft cannula (52) extending from a lower side (118) of the base member (60), and a port (62) on an upper side (92) thereof. The port... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070185456 - Indwelling needle assembly: An indwelling needle assembly for introducing a catheter into a vascular system is disclosed. The indwelling needle assembly is provided with: a needle capable of being slidably fitted in the catheter and insertable into the vascular system; a base body fixed to a proximal end of the needle; a first... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20070185457 - Vascular occlusion delivery: An occlusion system is disclosed for use with a catheter having a catheter proximal end and a catheter distal end. The catheter has a catheter wall with an outer catheter dimension at the catheter distal end and with the catheter wall defining a catheter lumen with a longitudinal axis extending... Agent: Thomas R. Hecktner Starfire Medical, Inc.

20070185458 - Safe medical-drug injector and collapsible plunger combination thereof: A safe medical-drug injector with a collapsible plunger combination thereof is proposed. The injector includes a hub connected with a needle, a hollow barrel for guiding the needle hub to draw back to the hollow barrel, and the collapsible plunger combination including a hollow cannula and a retractable plunger that... Agent: Reed Smith LLP Suite 1400

20070185459 - Syringe with anti-rotation for luer lock: A needle guard for a syringe including tabs and preferably springboards disposed on the needle guard configured to engage a luer lock to prevent rotation of the luer lock during needle exchange. The body of the needle guard preferably includes springboards which are in communication with tabs disposed on the... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070185461 - Controlled release structure for attaching medical devices: A medical device for use with a fluid transfer device includes a hub having an open proximal end with a frusto-conically-shaped cavity therein, a distal end and a passageway therethrough. The cavity is part of the passageway. A release element in the passageway of the hub is positioned to block... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070185460 - Intradermal injection device: An intradermal injection device comprising a unitary body having an open distal end and a proximal end having a skin engaging surface defined thereon, a reservoir defined between the proximal and distal ends for accommodating a drug substance, and a channel defined at the proximal end of the unitary body... Agent: David W. Highet, Vice President And Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

20070185462 - Injection port: A port, which may be used with a gastric banding assembly, having a septum therein that is subjected to multi-directional compression forces to aid in sealing imperfections caused by multiple needle sticks. Multi-directional compression forces, including axial compression and radial compression, may be created by providing a tapered septum. Such... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070185463 - Surgical wound dressing: A wound dressing system includes a fluid permeable support member for positioning within a wound and adapted to generally conform to a topography of a wound, a plurality of beads supported by the support member, an outer member for positioning over the wound to substantially enclose the beads and a... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070185464 - Ostomy appliance with recovery resistant moldable adhesive: The invention relates to an ostomy device having a body side surface and an opposing backing surface. The body side surface has a layer of adhesive capable of being manually shaped to conform to the shape of the stoma.... Agent: Bristol-myers Squibb Company

20070185465 - Personal urinal: A urinal device which has a groin shape urine collection bag, manufactured from impervious material which may be plastic. Preferably urine enters the groin bag through the upper edge, higher than the point of exist. A sheath appendage, or in the case of a female, a specially designed elliptical bowl... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070185466 - Urine specimen collector assembly: A disposable urine collector assembly includes a diaper (10) having at the middle an adhesive patch 32 with opening placed over the urinary organ to catch urine and send it to the plastic collection bag (20) situated on the other side of the diaper. The collection bag is made of... Agent: Maja Co

20070185467 - Disposable absorbent articles having temperature sensors: A disposable absorbent article suitable for receiving and containing bodily exudates of a wearer where the article includes a front waist region, a back waist region and a crotch region disposed between the front and back waist regions, each region having both an interior surface and an exterior surface and... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070185468 - Method for fluid control in medical applications: A method and device for shunting fluid from high pressure volumes to low pressure volumes to treat various medical problems caused by an imbalance or malfunction of the regulation of flow between these volumes. Typical problems where the method and device are employed include the treatment of incontinence, treatment of... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070185469 - Napkin with an adhesive tab: A napkin that is worn for dining includes a strip of adhesive which will releasably attach the napkin to the clothes of a wearer and a release layer for covering the strip of adhesive. The adhesive strip is located on one corner of the napkin and the release layer is... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20070185470 - Template system for multi-reservoir implantable pump: A template system for use in conjunction with a multiple reservoir or chambered implantable infusion pump is disclosed. The template system preferably includes at least one template having opening(s) for guiding a needle or syringe to various ports of the multiple reservoir pump. Preferably, each template includes at least two... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070185471 - Coronary sinus lead delivery catheter: A guide catheter for accessing the coronary sinus ostium has a proximal portion and a distal portion formed into a preformed shape including a curved segment. The preformed shape includes a first arc, a second arc, a third arc, a fourth arc, and a generally straight terminal portion. The preformed... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Boston Scientific Patent Dock

20070185472 - Connector, connector system, and use thereof: A connector (10) is provided for sterile connection to a complementary connector (12). The connector (10) has a housing (14) with an engagement device (16) to engage a complementary engagement device (18) of the complementary connector (12) along an engagement direction (44). The connector (10) is displaceable relative to the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070185473 - Catheter for modification of agent formulation: The present invention provides a catheter for use in delivering formulation that allows modification of the formulation prior to or concomitant with its transport or at a delivery site. The catheter comprises an elongate body, which defines an inner lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, and a modifying... Agent: Durect Corporation Thomas P. Mccracken

20070179423 - Adjusting ph in a method of separating whole blood: This invention is directed to a method of collecting and separating whole blood into components. The method includes the steps of adding an anticoagulant having an acidic pH to a bag for collecting and/or separating whole blood, collecting whole blood in the bag, loading the bag containing anticoagulated whole blood... Agent: Gambro, Inc Patent Department

20070179428 - Implantable micro-system for treatment of hydrocephalus: An implantable system for the treatment of hydrocephalus includes a plurality of microneedles in a fixed array relative to each other adapted to extend from the subarachnoid space containing CSF surrounding the brain, through dura mater forming the wall of the superior sagital sinus. A microvalve is associated with a... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070179431 - Peritoneal dialysis methods and apparatus: A peritoneal-based (“bloodless”) artificial kidney processes peritoneal fluid without need for additional fluids (“waterless”). Fluid is separated into a protein-rich stream and a protein-free stream. The protein-rich stream is regenerated using a sorbent assembly, and its protein composition can be modified by removal of selected protein(s) (“dialysate-pheresis”). It is then... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20070179422 - Diaphragm pressure pod for medical fluids: A tubular medical fluid flow set comprises a pressure sensing chamber connected in flow-through relation to fluid flow tubing of the set. The pressure sensing chamber defines a movable, flexible, impermeable diaphragm dividing the chamber into two separate compartments. The fluid flow tubing communicates with one of the compartments and... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070179424 - High concentration white cells, a method for agglomeration of the high concentration and a bag set for use in conjunction therewith: A therapeutic product formed from a high concentration of white blood cells having a high degree of cell viability. The white blood cells are sequestered from their normal population presence in whole blood by placing the blood into a container and preventing coagulation of the blood, separating the blood into... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20070179425 - Wearable continuous renal replacement therapy device: A continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) device adapted to be worn on a portion of the body of a patient. The CRRT device is worn by the patient and operates on rechargeable batteries for more than 5 hours dialysate is used to remove impurities from the blood. The dialysate is... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070179426 - Interfacial stent and method of maintaining patency of surgical fenestrations: A method according to one embodiment for maintaining patency of an opening inside the human body comprises introducing a radially self-expanding hollow stent into the opening through an endoscope that radially compresses the stent, wherein the stent has enlarged ends and a reduced intermediate portion. The stent is introduced into... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070179427 - Tissue engineered cerebrospinal fluid shunt: This invention relates to cerebrospinal fluid shunts, and a method of treating shunt catheters, whereby the interior lumen of a shunt catheter, comprised of a biocompatible matrix, is seeded with cells for placement within cerebrospinal fluid pathways of the central nervous system. The seeded cells have at least one of... Agent: Milan Radojicic

20070179429 - Cardboard tampon applicator with surface modifications to inner layers: A multiple-layered tampon applicator that has at least one modification to one or more inner layers that form the applicator. As a result, enhanced aesthetics, enhanced functionality, or both are achieved in the applicator.... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070179430 - Illuminated infusion cannula: A transparent illuminated infusion cannula is provided for illuminating an area during eye surgery. An optical fiber may be spaced a certain distance away from the cannula such that fluid flow around the distal end of the fiber and into the transparent cannula may occur with a much higher flow... Agent: Alcon

20070179432 - Endoscopic apparatus provided with pressure relief arrangement: An endoscopic apparatus for endoscopic examination of a body channel or cavity is described. The endoscopic apparatus comprises an insertion tube with at least one channel, which is in flow communication with the body channel or cavity. The endoscopic apparatus comprises also a pressure relief arrangement fitted with a valve,... Agent: Bruce E. Lilling Lilling & Lilling PLLC

20070179433 - Pressure sensing: A biological fluid device (703) comprises a pressure sensor (702), which is arranged on the device. The pressure sensor comprises a compressible container, the compression of which is indicative of the pressure, and is capable of wireless communication.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070179435 - Analyte detection system with periodic sample draw and body fluid analyzer: An embodiment of a system for analyzing a body fluid of a patient comprises a fluid transport network having a patient end configured to provide fluid communication with the body fluid in the patient and a fluid delivery point spaced from the patient end. A pump system is coupled to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070179436 - Analyte detection system with periodic sample draw and laboratory-grade analyzer: An embodiment of a system for analyzing a body fluid of a patient comprises a fluid transport network that has a patient end configured to provide fluid communication with the body fluid in the patient and a fluid delivery point spaced from the patient end. A pump system is coupled... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070179437 - Method and apparatus for testing blood glucose in a reversible infusion line: An apparatus for automatically and periodically measuring a patient's blood glucose level wherein the patient has a catheter in a blood vessel and is receiving infusion fluid through the catheter. A testing unit is provided which has a main infusion channel and, in a preferred embodiment, the testing unit includes... Agent: Bruce H. Johnsonbaugh Eckhoff & Hoppe

20070179434 - System and method for determining drug administration information: A system for determining drug administration information may comprise an input device providing for user input of feed forward information having a first parameter component and a second parameter component, a data storage device and a processor. The data storage device may have stored therein a map correlating values of... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070179438 - Surge suppression method: A method of variably restricting flow through an aspiration line so as to reduce post occlusion break surge. The method involves attaching a portion of the aspiration line at the proximal end of the handpiece to a device that can variable twist the aspiration line. Such twisting reducing the interior... Agent: Alcon

20070179439 - Valve, in particular for a breast shield set: The valve comprises a valve seat (6) and a valve body (7) with a circular diaphragm (70). The valve body (7) is arranged over the valve seat (6) in order to close the latter sealingly when it bears on the valve seat (6). The valve seat (6) and the valve... Agent: Michael H Baniak Baniak Pine And Gannon

20070179440 - Intracranial catheter assembly for precise treatment of brain tissue: A catheter assembly for intracranial treatment of a patient is disclosed. The assembly comprises outer and inner catheters. The outer catheter has an exterior surface, an inflatable balloon mounted upon the exterior surface, at least one element distal to the balloon, at least one aperture and a lumen. The inner... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20070179443 - Pocket-sized needle remover and receptacle: A device for severing syringe needles and storing the same for later disposal includes a lower box portion with a substantially flat bottom hinged to an upper lid portion, and a guillotine-like mechanism and an adjacent diaphragm spanning the two portions of an opposing side of the device. The guillotine... Agent: Lauson & Schewe LLP

20070179442 - Single-use syringe: A single-use syringe includes a deformable sealing member which is in a fluid-tight and slidable engagement with a barrel wall, a plunger which is disposed to be movable along the barrel wall, a first coupling member which is secured to a front end wall of the plunger, and which has... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070179441 - Protected injection syringe device: The device comprises a syringe (10, 11, 12) and safety means comprising a protective sheath (16) capable of adopting, relative to the syringe body, both an injection configuration in which the syringe needle (11) projects beyond said sheath, and a protection configuration in which the needle extends inside the sheath.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070179444 - Dispensing fluid from an infusion pump system: Some embodiments of a medical infusion pump system include a pump device having a cap device that mates with a pump housing to retain a medicine cartridge therein. In addition to retaining the medicine cartridge in the pump housing, the cap device may perform a number of preparatory functions or... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070179445 - Feed mechanism for syringe pump: A medical device, such as a syringe driver assembly having driver means for imparting translational movement to a member, the driver means comprising a motor driven unthreaded shaft (200), at least one bearing (260, 270, 280) mounted obliquely to the shaft and having at least one point of contact therewith,... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20070179446 - Device with a slidable safety member for positioning a cannula in a vein: The invention relates to positioning a cannula in a vein. A tab (11) is provided on a movable member (9, 10) comprising a wall (10) with a through-hole (12) therein for inserting a needle in such a way that inserting the needle into the through-hole holds the tab in a... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20070179447 - Drooped hook device for placing a cannula in a vein: The invention relates to placing a cannula by means of a needle and a non-piercing cage. A hook is formed on the end (6a) of a holding member (6) which is pivotally mounted on a non piercing cage (5) around a transversal axis pivoting in the needle sliding direction in... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20070179449 - Applicator for dispensing a medicinal substance: A device 60, for administering medicated cream, includes a cartridge 62 for containing the cream, a plunger head 100 for moving the cream from within the cartridge, and a stem 106 for moving the plunger head within the cartridge. The plunger head 100 includes a tapered receptor opening 148 for... Agent: J. Bruce Hoofnagle

20070179448 - Dispensing systems: Disclosed herein is a delivery system, comprising dispensing means having an outlet for delivering one or more materials or one or more articles; dispensing control means for controlling the passage of the material or article through the outlet; first identification means operable for recording, emitting, carrying or associating first identity... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070179450 - Irrigation device: An irrigation device for injecting a fluid into a channel formed in an object relative to a surface of the object for washing walls defining the channel. The walls intersect to form at least one terminal portion disposed distal to the surface. The irrigation device includes an elongate body extending... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill

20070179451 - Safety needle assembly: A safety needle assembly includes a needle holder assembly, a cannula fixed to the needle holder assembly, a protector positioned over the cannula and removable to expose the cannula, and a sheath. The sheath is pivotally mounted on the needle holder assembly to permit the sheath to be pivoted relative... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070179453 - Material dispenser with a control valve: A syringe comprising a chamber and material transfer portion with a cavity in communication with an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The inlet portion includes an inlet valve means for controlling material flow therethrough, and the material transfer portion includes a control valve operable between a first position to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070179452 - Positive displacement flush syringe: A flush syringe assembly comprises a barrel including a cylindrical side wall having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining fluid, an open proximal end and a distal end including an elongate tip extending distally therefrom having a passageway in fluid communication with the chamber. A plunger including an... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070179454 - Safety needle assembly with correct medication connection: To ensure that there is no misconnection between a needle, such as for example a spinal or epidural needle, and the appropriate medication, the needle hub the needle is formed, by molding or extrusion, to have a given configuration. An adapter is placed between the needle and a conventional fluid... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20070179455 - Needle constructed with a transparent or translucent material: In general, the invention features needles, with or without lumens, that contain a barrel being transparent or translucent or having a transparent or translucent portion. Needles of the invention may further include a lumen, the interior of which is visualizable through the transparent or translucent portion. A needle may also... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20070179456 - Bone supported vascular access port: A vascular access port is disclosed for subcutaneous implantation. The port is particularly adapted to be affixed to a bone to securely hold the port in position, to assist medical personnel in finding the port and to decrease a visibility of the port. The port has a chamber therein which... Agent: Bradley P. Heisler Heisler & Associates

20070179457 - Device and method for the administration of eye drops: An eye drop applicator system includes a barrel-shaped body, a stem, and a fluid directing portion. The stem is adapted to retain a fluid reservoir for providing eye drop fluid. A method for administering eye drops to an eye includes demountably coupling a fluid reservoir to a fluid directing portion... Agent: Paul D. Bianco: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini, & Bianco P.l.

20070179458 - Endosurgical extraction bag for collecting body tissue or body fluid: The invention relates to an endosurgical extraction bag for collecting body tissue or body fluid, with a bag main part formed from a flexible envelope, and with a first admission opening for introducing tissue or fluid into the bag main part of the bag. Arranged in the bag main part,... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070179459 - Vertebral body aspirator: A vertebral body aspirator comprises an inner member including a cannula disposed therethrough, the inner member having an opening at a distal end thereof and a rotatable knob at a proximal end thereof, an outer member having a cannula disposed therethrough, the cannula of the outer member being configured and... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070179460 - Suctioning system, method and kit: A suction head in fluid communication with a pump head provides a sub-ambient working pressure to a medical site, enabling drainage thereof to a waste container and/or enhancing healing at the site. A passive pressure regulator enables the working pressure to be maintained at a desired level independent of the... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070179461 - Hot-melt silicone based ostomy and wound care skin attachment adhesives: An ostomy or wound care appliance including an ostomy or wound care device for attachment to the body with an adhesive. The adhesive including a hot-melt silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition and a reinforcing member.... Agent: Bristol-myers Squibb Company

20070179462 - Urine collection suspension and safety system: A urine collection system includes a urine collection device and a suspension system. The urine collection device includes a catheter and a urine bag. The suspension system includes a waist band, an extension strap depending from the waist band, and a thigh band attached to the strap. A pair of... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070179463 - Disposal absorbent product: An absorbent product (1) is a pants-type disposal diaper and comprises a first mark (51) and a second mark (52) which are provided on a front part (201) and a back part (203) of a body part (2) and visually recognizable from the outside of the body part (2). The... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070179464 - Comfortable diaper: An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed that provides an improved immobilization of absorbent polymer material when the article is fully or partially urine loaded. This absorbent core is useful for providing an absorbent article of increased wearing comfort. Specifically disclosed is an... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070179465 - Disposable body fluid absorbent wearing article: A disposable body fluid absorbent wearing article such as a menstruation pad and a diaper includes a coolant formed from a gelatinous sheet containing water. The coolant is wrapped up with an air-impervious sheet. The article makes it possible to keep a disposable body fluid absorbent wearing article in a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070179467 - Packaged absorbent article: A packaged absorbent article having a body surface and a garment surface; and a wrapper sheet for wrapping the absorbent article so that at least a portion of the garment surface of the absorbent article can be seen through the wrapper sheet.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070179466 - Rolled disposable absorbent article: An individually rolled disposable absorbent article that has a silhouette having two opposed end portions, a body facing surface, a garment facing surface and an adhesive. The adhesive is arranged on either one of the body facing surface or garment facing surface for securing the article in a position such... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070179469 - Absorbent laminate and disposable absorbent article: The invention provides an absorbent laminate for absorbing a body fluid and usable for a disposable absorbent article, in which the absorbent laminate comprises an upper layer absorbent body and a lower layer absorbent body, the upper layer absorbent body has at least one opening part extended continuously or discontinuously... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070179468 - Pet urine pad with vertical target and absorbent base: A urine pad includes a vertical target and a base. The vertical target is substantially erect to provide an object with 360° accessibility conducive to spraying from any angle. The base surrounds the vertical target and provides a padded structure for absorbing urine. Urine sprayed onto the vertical target is... Agent: Mark James Young

20070179470 - Disposable transparent liposuction cannula/handle: The invention is a single use, one piece, and disposable, transparent liposuction cannula/handle that gives the physician the ability to perform lipo-aspiration more safely and efficiently by immediate visualization of the aspirate at the surgical site, decreasing transmission of infectious disease, and maintaining constant vacuum power.... Agent: Ella L. Toombs

20070179471 - Composite ophthalmic microcannula: Microcannulae are constructed with multiple components in a composite design, allowing the microcannulae to have varying mechanical and delivery properties that will enable ophthalmic treatments by minimally invasive means. The microcannula includes at least one flexible, tubular communicating element with an outer diameter of 350 microns or less, a proximal... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20070179472 - Vascular guidewire control apparatus: A controller for use with a guidewire, such as a vascular guidewire, provides a mechanism for gripping and applying a torque to the guidewire without the need to thread the guidewire axially through the controller and at a location close to a point of access of the guidewire. In one... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20070179474 - Syringe activated-valve for flushing a catheter and methods thereof: This invention relates to a syringe-activated valve for flushing a catheter for delivering an implant to an anatomical site, such as a patent foramen ovale in a patient and method thereof. In one embodiment, a catheter includes a proximal end, a distal end, a “Y” connector at the proximal end,... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20070179473 - Systems and methods for locking and detecting the presence of a catheter: The present invention provides systems and methods for locking and detecting the presence of a catheter. In an embodiment, a catheter system comprises a catheter and a magnet attached to a proximal end of the catheter. The catheter system further comprises a lock receptacle configured to receive and lock the... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department