Surgery inventions 12/07

20070299386 - Delivery of an ocular agent using iontophoresis: A method and apparatus for delivering an agent to structures of the eye using iontophoresis applied through the eyelid of a patient. A drug is introduced into the eye. A first electrode is in electrical communication with the eyelid and a second electrode is positioned in relation to the first... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070299384 - Implantable arterio-venous shunt devices and methods for their use: A long-term implantable arterio-venous shunt device or creation of a fistula is provided that can be used as a therapeutic method for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The shunt device is implanted between an artery and a vein, preferably between a peripheral artery and the inferior vena cava. The... Agent: Bell & Associates

20070299385 - Device for the controlled exposure of reservoir-based sensors: Devices are provided for the controlled exposure of a sensor or sensor component. The device may include a substrate; at least one reservoir provided in the substrate; at least one sensor or sensor component located in the at least one reservoir; at least one reservoir cap closing an opening in... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070299387 - System and method for multi-instrument surgical access using a single access port: A system for performing multi-tool minimally invasive medical procedures through a single instrument port into a body cavity includes an expandable frame that carries a pair of tool cannulas, each of which has a lumen for receiving a tool useable to perform a procedure in the body cavity. The frame... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20070299388 - Microprojection array application with multilayered microprojection member for high drug loading: A transdermal drug delivery system with microprojections for disrupting a body surface to an individual. At least some of the microprojections arise from a first microprojection layer and at least some of the microprojections arise from a second microprojection layer. The first and second microprojection layers are stacked together.... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati & Macroflux Corp.

20070299389 - System and method for optimizing control of pca and pcea system: In a patient controlled analgesia (PCA) system, physiological data is processed and alarms are provided by the controller of the physiological module sensing the data according to a first rule. The physiological data is also processed by a second, separate controller according to a second rule independent from the first... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070299390 - Needleless syringe using supersonic gas flow for particle delivery: A needleless syringe having a membrane (28) which is ruptured by gas pressure to generate a supersonic gas flow in which particles containing a therapeutic agent are injected.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070299391 - Medical liquid container and preparation-containing medical liquid container: To provide a medical liquid container which is free from sealing failure in the seal portion at the peripheral edge of the liquid medicament-housing chamber and also free from deterioration of a medicament housed in a small amount; and a preparation-containing medical liquid container. A secondary liquid medicament-housing chamber 12... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070299392 - Material delivery system: A balloon for injecting material into a wall of a hollow organ of a human, comprising: an expandable balloon body having a surface and having an axis; at least one predefined ejection port on said body adapted for ejection of fluid therefrom, in a transaxial direction; and an impulse source... Agent: Martin D Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070299393 - Device and method for surgical treatments: The invention relates to an inflatable section on a medical device, which can be expanded or inflated to be precisely placed along or at a desired position in tissue during a medical or surgical procedure. In a preferred embodiment, the inflatable section or sections forms a retracted region, working space,... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20070299394 - Apparatus for removing needle assembly: Apparatus for removing a needle assembly from an injecting device, the needle assembly comprising a needle holder portion and a needle portion secured to, or integral with, the needle holder portion, the needle assembly being attachable to the injecting device via the needle holder portion, the apparatus comprising a housing... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070299395 - Locking device therefor: A single use syringe and a plunger rod assembly for such a syringe are provided. The syringe includes features that cause the plunger rod to be locked with respect to the syringe barrel upon completion of an injection stroke. The locking device may include barbs for engaging the syringe barrel... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20070299396 - Pulsating irrigator apparatus for hygienic cleansing: A pulsatile irrigator apparatus is presented. The apparatus includes a solution tank with measurement scale for containing an aqueous solution, a piston driven pump assembly configured to generate an intermittent pulsing of the aqueous solution, an irrigation handle attachable to the pump assembly with a hose, an atomizer tip assembly... Agent: Glen Rocklin

20070299397 - Infusion device with pressurizable liquid medicament chamber: A disposable infusion device comprises a base arranged to adhere to a patient's skin, a cannula arranged to extend from the base to beneath the patient's skin to deliver a liquid medicament to the patient, and a source arranged to provide the cannula with a liquid medicament. The source includes... Agent: Richard O. Gray, Jr.

20070299398 - Infusion device capable of providing multiple liquid medicaments: A disposable infusion device comprises a base arranged to adhere to a patient's skin and a cannula arranged to extend from the base to beneath the patient's skin to deliver a liquid medicament to the patient. The device further includes a first source arranged to provide the cannula with a... Agent: Richard O. Gray, Jr.

20070299400 - Infusion device with dome pump: A disposable infusion device comprises a base arranged to adhere to a patient's skin, a cannula arranged to extend from the base to beneath the patient's skin to deliver a liquid medicament to the patient, and a source arranged to provide the cannula with a liquid medicament. The source includes... Agent: Richard O. Gray, Jr.

20070299399 - Infusion device with dosage dial control: A disposable infusion device comprises a base arranged to adhere to a patient's skin, a cannula arranged to extend from the base to beneath the patient's skin to deliver a liquid medicament to the patient, and a source arranged to provide the cannula with a liquid medicament. The device further... Agent: Richard O. Gray, Jr.

20070299401 - Infusion device with piston pump: A disposable infusion device comprises a base, a cannula arranged to extend from the base to beneath the patient's skin to deliver a liquid medicament to the patient, and a source arranged to provide the cannula with a liquid medicament. The source comprises a piston pump.... Agent: Richard O. Gray, Jr.

20070299402 - Medical appliance-coating composition and medical appliance: A medical appliance-coating composition contains a solvent-based silicone rubber, and in addition, carbon nanotubes, and fine particles of silicone resin. A medical appliance having a slidable coating film formed thereon moves in contact with an inner surface of a medical member or an inner surface of a lumen. The slidable... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070299403 - Directional introducer: The invention encompasses various introducer devices, typically used in conjunction with another, elongated medical device. The devices of the invention direct a medical device around or toward a desired anatomical feature through a tube having straight and curved regions. In preferred embodiments, the introducers of the invention are used with... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20070299404 - Reagent injection device: A needle-like tubular body (12) with its tip formed as a needle, a first guide wire (14), and a second guide wire (16) are inserted into a main tube (10). A first opening and a second opening (28 and 36) through which a first guide wire and a second guide... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070299405 - Structure and method for securing an infusion device: An infusion arrangement and method for administering a medicinal substance to a patient, the arrangement including a catheter head with an underside for securing to the patients' body, a cannula extending from the underside of the catheter head for insertion into the patient's body, a connector carried on the catheter... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070299406 - Dosing mechanism for an injection device: A dose setting device for an injection device including a housing, a forward-feed element and a setting element, the dose setting device including a rotating sleeve connected to the setting element and having an external thread and an internal thread with a selected different pitch from the external thread, wherein... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070299407 - Intravenous line support sleeve: An intravenous line support sleeve is disclosed. The intravenous line support sleeve comprises a trapezoid-shaped member comprising a first surface, an opposing second surface, a first side, an opposing second side, wherein the first side is not parallel with the second side. The trapezoid-shaped member further comprises a first attachment... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20070299408 - Infusion device pump: A disposable infusion device comprises a base arranged to adhere to a patient's skin, a cannula arranged to extend from the base to beneath the patient's skin to deliver a liquid medicament to the patient, and a source arranged to provide the cannula with a liquid medicament. The source includes... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20070299409 - Antimicrobial needle coating for extended infusion: The present invention relates to bioabsorbable polymeric coatings with antimicrobial agents that provide coated surfaces that resist protein absorption and infectious formation on coated surfaces of medical devices that are inserted or implanted in patients, and kits thereof with an antimicrobial disc.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070299410 - Skin treatment article: A skin treatment article comprising a first side, a second side and edges provides customizable tactile stimulation. The first side comprises a plurality of lines extending between the edges having a thickness of about 0.1-2 mm and a spacing of about 1-20 mm.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070299411 - Wound irrigation device: An apparatus includes a fluid permeable dressing and a cover membrane configured to extend over the fluid permeable dressing. A tube is coupled to the fluid permeable dressing and is configured to apply suction through the fluid permeable dressing. A fluid reservoir is coupled to the cover membrane, the fluid... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070299412 - Wound irrigation device: An apparatus includes a fluid permeable dressing and a cover membrane configured to extend over the fluid permeable dressing. A tube is coupled to the fluid permeable dressing and is configured to apply suction through the fluid permeable dressing. A fluid reservoir is coupled to the cover membrane, the fluid... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070299414 - Disposable body waste handling article: A body waste handling article includes a first sheet, a second sheet and a body fluid absorbent core sandwiched between these two sheets, wherein the first sheet defines a liquid-pervious skin-contacting surface. The second sheet is rectangular and has a pair of ends and a pair of lateral edges wherein... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070299413 - Stretchable absorbent article: A multi-layer absorbent article including a first layer and a second layer, the article being constructed such that it is elastic in a longitudinal direction of the article so that a loading force of 400 g extends a sample of the article taken along the longitudinal centerline of the article... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070299416 - Absorbent body, multilayer absorbent body and absorbent article: The present invention provides an absorbent body containing absorbent fibers in which fiber orientation is mainly adjusted, and fiber basis weight and shape are additionally adjusted. The absorbent body 110 of the present invention is an absorbent body containing absorbent fibers, a plurality of low fiber basis weight regions formed... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070299415 - Absorbent article: The present invention relates to an absorbent article made from an absorbent nonwoven fabric having a first fibrous layer containing only non-absorbent fibers and a second fibrous layer containing absorbent fibers. An apertured film is secured to the first fibrous layer of the nonwoven fabric. Optionally, a top layer may... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070299417 - Absorbent article: It is an object of the present invention to provide an absorbent article which does not cause discomfort to a wearer when worn, particularly after an absorber absorbs a body fluid to be swelled, and which is capable of receiving urine and feces separately. The object is attained by an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070299418 - Fastening means in the form of a belt for an absorbent article: A belt fastener for an absorbent article (1) includes at least one belt portion (9a, 9b, 201), wherein the belt portions (9a, 9b, 201) have at least one nonwoven layer. At least one nonwoven layer in the belt portion is a composite material which has synthetic continuous filaments and natural... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070299419 - Medicant reconstitution container and system: A medicant reconstitution system is provided which has a generally flexible fluid bag with associated administration and reconstitution ports. The reconstitution port is adapted for receiving a medicant container and the administration port is for administering a medical fluid to a patient. According to one aspect of the present invention,... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20070299420 - Delivery of an agent using iontophoresis: A method and apparatus for delivering an agent to structures of the eye or other body sites using iontophoresis applied through the eyelid, skin, etc. of a patient. A drug is introduced into the eye or other body site. A first electrode is in electrical communication with the site and... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070299421 - 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

20070299422 - Surgical device, method for operation thereof and body-implantable device: A surgical device comprises an insertion device, adapted for insertion into a body, a tool, which is to be inserted and left in the body, and a polymer microactuator, arranged to releasably retain the tool in or on the insertion device.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070299423 - Wire stabilization: Devices constrain a distal portion or region of a wire, such as a guidewire or a filterwire, from movement at or near a proximal portion or region of the wire. A magnetic field may be used to constrain a wire passing through a hub. A clamping apparatus may include first... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070299424 - Steerable catheter using flat pull wires and method of making same: A catheter assembly includes an inner liner made of flexible material and an outer layer having a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes at least one flat wire and a corresponding lumen through which the flat wire may travel. The steering mechanism may also include at least one pull ring... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20070299425 - Infrared assisted monitoring of a catheter: An apparatus for the placement and monitoring of the position of an intraluminal indwelling catheter using an infrared (IR) signal encoded in the catheter and the detection of the IR signal by an IR optical detector. IR emitted from the catheter or IR reflected from the catheter may encode the... Agent: Lawson & Persson, P.C.

20070299426 - Injectable biocompatible material delivery system: An injectable biocompatible material delivery system is disclosed and can include an injector and a material delivery cannula that can be in fluid communication with the injector. Further, the injectable biocompatible material delivery system can include a light source that can be configured to emit light to at least a... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070293804 - Set of units for a device integrated in an extracorporeal blood circuit: A set of units for a device integrated in an extracorporeal blood circuit, comprising a cardiotomy reservoir which is provided with elements adapted to provide a monolithic coupling selectively with identical complementary elements of a venous reservoir and a venous bag.... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070293806 - Venous bag in an extracorporeal blood circuit: A venous bag in an extracorporeal blood circuit, comprising two flat sheets which are connected one another so as to determine a closed containment volume which contains a filter, the sheets being connected at two opposite sides through concertina portions provided, at the intermediate edge, with a filament made of... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070293805 - Venous reservoir in an extracorporeal blood circuit: A venous reservoir in an extracorporeal blood circuit, comprising a rigid outer enclosure for a filtering mass in the form of a hollow cylinder, provided with an upper lid which comprises couplings for the inflow of blood with the portion of space delimited by the filtering mass and with a... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070293811 - Urinary catheter stand: A urinary catheter drying stand includes a shelf unit. The shelf unit defines at least one scallop configured to vertically receive a urinary catheter in hanging engagement; and an attachment device for securing the shelf to a stationary object, thereby allowing the catheters to vertically hang to air dry.... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070293812 - Respiratory suction catheter assembly: A closed suction catheter includes a valve assembly and a manifold. A catheter tube is attached to the valve assembly and slidably secured within the manifold. The closed suction catheter may include one or more features for promoting an effective, safe, and efficient process for suctioning mucus and other fluids... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070293813 - Internal osseous delivery system and method: A system for delivering a therapeutic agent including an inflow pathway and an outflow pathway coupled to osseous tissue. The inflow pathway is coupled to a source of therapeutic agent to be delivered to the osseous tissue. The outflow pathway allows the removal of material from the osseous tissue. A... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070293817 - Portable iv infusion mornitoring system: A portable infusion monitoring system displays the liquid level and flow rate data during infusion process, as well as gives an alarm for patents and nurses in hospital as the medical liquid in an IV bottle drops to a predetermined low level. This system comprises a set of liquid level... Agent: Jun Feng

20070293803 - Integrated blood treatment module having a support element: The invention relates to support element (4) comprising a main body (6) having a front wall (25) and a peripheral wall (32) projecting away from the front wall. The front wall and the peripheral wall define a housing compartment (33) designed to receive a fluid distribution circuitry cooperating with a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070293807 - Dual drainage pathway shunt device and method for treating glaucoma: A shunt is provided for the flow of aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye to Schlemm's canal and to other anatomical spaces of the eye. The shunt comprises at least one lumen and optionally has at least one anchor extending from a proximal portion of the shunt... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070293808 - Renal blood flow augmentation for congestive heart failure treatment: Intravascular devices are delivered to the aorta percutaneously via the femoral artery. The devices are anchored within the vasculature in the region of the renal artery ostia. These embodiments function to increase the flow of blood from the aorta to the renal arteries, thus delivering a higher relative percentage of... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20070293809 - Applicator having an indented fingergrip with raised portions: A tampon applicator is disclosed which includes an insertion member adapted to house an absorbent tampon and receive a plunger. The insertion member has an insertion end and a second end opposite the insertion end, an outer surface and a fingergrip region disposed about the outer surface. The insertion end... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070293810 - Apparatus for facilitating transdermal delivery of therapeutic substances and method of transdermally delivering therapeutic substances: An apparatus (40) is disclosed for facilitating transdermal delivery of therapeutic substances. The apparatus (40) comprises means (44) for producing an electromagnetic field, control means (26, 34) arranged to control said field producing means to alternately produce active and substantially inactive electromagnetic field portions. Each active electromagnetic field portion includes... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

20070293814 - Coatable transdermal delivery microprojection assembly: The present invention is a transdermal delivery microprojection assembly that includes a microprojection member secured to a retainer adapted for use with an impact applicator wherein at least a portion of the microprojections extend beyond a plane formed by the end of the retainer. The configuration allows a biocompatible coating... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati & Macroflux Corp.

20070293816 - Microprojection array application with grouped microprojections for high drug loading: A transdermal drug delivery system with microprojections for disrupting a body surface to an individual. At least some of the microprojections form groups in a microprojection array. There are repeated units of such groups in the microprojection array.... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati & Macroflux Corp.

20070293815 - Microprojection array application with sculptured microprojections for high drug loading: A transdermal drug delivery system with microprojections for disrupting a body surface to an individual. At least some of the microprojections have a depression for increasing drug loading by a drug coating.... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati & Macroflux Corp.

20070293818 - Vascular access device cleaning status indication: A vascular access device for communicating with the vascular system of a patient may include a status indicator. The status indicator may detect and signal whether and to what extent at least a portion of the vascular access device has been cleaned.... Agent: Becton, Dickinson And Company C/o David W. Highet, Vp & Chief Intell. Prop. Cnl

20070293819 - Pen needle and safety shield system: A safety shield system for a needle cannula of a pen needle injector or similar device, wherein the safety shield may be retracted from a first position enclosing the needle to a second position exposing the needle for injection. The safety shield system permits retraction of the safety shield during... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070293820 - Disposable ophthalmic injection device: A disposable injection device has a dispensing chamber housing, a plunger, a needle, and a temperature control device. The dispensing chamber housing has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface partially defines a dispensing chamber for receiving a quantity of a substance. The plunger is engaged with... Agent: Alcon

20070293821 - Systems, methods, and devices for injecting media contrast: A system for delivering a contrast medium to a treatment site including a delivery device, and a portable power injector. The delivery device includes a guidewire lumen and a contrast injection lumen, the guidewire lumen and contrast injection lumen being at least partially coaxial. The portable power injector includes an... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070293823 - Implantable vascular access device: An implantable vascular access device includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, an interior chamber defined therein and a valve positioned between the inlet and the interior chamber. The valve is subcutaneously manipulated between an open position, in which fluid can flow between the inlet and the interior chamber,... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070293822 - Vascular access device time sensitive status indication: A vascular access device for communicating with the vascular system of a patient may include a status indicator. The status indicator may detect and signal that a period of time has elapsed in relation to the use of the vascular access device.... Agent: Becton, Dickinson And Company C/o David W. Highet, Vp & Chief Intell. Prop. Cnl

20070293824 - Variable-length needle covering device of an injection device: The invention relates to a needle covering device of an injection device, the injection device including a casing comprising a reservoir, in particular an ampoule, for a product fluid to be administered, and an injection needle for injecting the product fluid from the reservoir, wherein the device surrounds the injection... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070293825 - Variable-length needle covering device of an injection device: The invention relates to a needle covering device of an injection device, the injection device including a casing comprising a reservoir, in particular an ampoule, for a product fluid to be administered, and an injection needle for injecting the product fluid from the reservoir, wherein the device surrounds the injection... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070293826 - Injection device for administering a vaccine: A manually-powered injection device that self-administers a painless injection. The injection device provides a method for substantially painless injections of vaccine and other medication into a patient that does not require the use of an anesthetic, that does not require the medical personnel to spend a substantial amount of time... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20070293828 - Injection-volume regulating device of liquid medicine: Disclosed herein is an injection volume regulating device for a liquid medicine, designed to allow a flow rate of the liquid medicine to be precisely adjusted through change in a length and a cross-sectional area of a passage through which the liquid medicine flows, to prevent a packing for sealing... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070293827 - Observation system of giving an injection of ringer's solution: Disclosed herein is a system for monitoring the injection of Ringer's solution. The monitoring system of the present invention includes a status detection device for measuring the weight of Ringer's solution, converting the weight information of the Ringer's solution into a data signal, and transmitting the data signal. A first... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel LLP

20070293829 - Method of implanting a fluid injection port: A method for implanting an injection port within a patient. The method involves providing a port having a housing with a closed distal end, a open proximal end, a fluid reservoir therebetween, a needle penetrable septum attached to the housing about the opening, and at least one attachment mechanism mounted... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070293830 - Simultaneous aspirate & irrigate & scaffold: An apparatus for cleansing wounds in which irrigant fluid from a reservoir connected to a conformable wound dressing and wound exudate from the dressing are moved by a device (which may be a single pump or two pumps) for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing... Agent: Joel R. Petrow Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20070293831 - Medicament application device: A medicament application device for using with a medicament container includes a plate (18) defining at least one hole (26) therethrough, a connector (20) extending from a bottom side of the plate to a proximal end, and a medicament applicator (22) detachably attached to a top side of the plate.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070293832 - Absorbent article with waist seal and method of manufacturing: Absorbent articles with waist seals are disclosed. The seals are formed from folded stacks, discrete segments, or pleated material arranged to provide a resiliently compressible seal that can be located at one or more locations within the absorbent article, e.g., along a central portion of the rear waist region of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070293834 - Absorbent article having a graphic visible through body contacting surface: The invention is directed to an absorbent article, which is preferably a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner, comprising: a body contacting layer; a garment contacting layer; and an absorbent core disposed between the body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer. The absorbent core has a core edge. The core... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070293833 - Pant-type absorbent article: A pant-type absorbent article having an absorbent assembly having an absorbent core and a chassis, wherein the front and back portions are joined to each other along two opposite longitudinal side edges to define a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings, at least one of the front and back portions... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070293835 - Disposable diaper: A disposable diaper (29, in particular used in the event of incontinence, comprises a hip band (10). The hip band (10) comprises a first hip band section (10a) and second hip band section (10b). A least the second hip band section (10b) comprises a first closure means (26) provided with... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070293836 - High surface energy tampon: An improved absorbent tampon is disclosed which comprises a high surface energy outer surface that is more desirable to menses than the surface of vaginal tissue during menstruation. Thus, the surface energy of the outer surface of the tampon is greater than the surface energy of the vaginal cavity surface... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070293838 - High surface energy tampon: An improved absorbent tampon is disclosed which comprises a high surface energy outer surface that is more desirable to menses than the surface of vaginal tissue during menstruation. Thus, the surface energy of the outer surface of the tampon is greater than the surface energy of the vaginal cavity surface... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070293837 - Vaginal drug delivery system and method: A vaginal drug delivery system includes a device formed of porous material that holds a flowable therapeutic formulation. The device, preferably in a soft, prewetted state, is inserted into the vagina to reside typically at or near the cervix where it continuously releases the flowable therapeutic formulation through its outer... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070293840 - Absorbent article with seal and method of manufacturing: Absorbent articles with waist seals are disclosed. The seals are formed from folded stacks, discrete segments, or pleated material arranged to provide a resiliently compressible seal that can be located at one or more locations within the absorbent article, e.g., along a central portion of the rear waist region of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070293839 - Absorbent article: The absorbent article provides a signal viewable from the top surface of the absorbent article which gives a perception of depth within the absorbent article. This creation of depth perception is accomplished by the use of at least two tones within a color and/or by the use of multiple tones... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070293841 - Disposable diaper: A disposable diaper includes a chassis including a front body and a back body, a liquid-permeable surface sheet arranged on part of the chassis, a liquid-impermeable back sheet arranged on the surface sheet at one side in the thickness direction of the surface sheet, and a liquid-retainable absorber arranged between... Agent: Butzel Long

20070293842 - Cap with seal moved by rotatable collar and receptacle with spreading surface: A container includes a receptacle (6) for holding a substance, drug or liquid, and having an opening (7) to the receptacle 6 through which the substance can be dispensed and having a circular and domed spreading surface (15) adjacent the opening for spreading and the accurate delivery of a thin... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070293843 - Physiological monitoring device for controlling a medication infusion device: Methods and apparatuses for calculating and transmitting medication dosage or bolus information are provided. A blood glucose meter receives a test strip with a sample of the user's blood and measures the user's blood glucose level with a sensor. The meter then calculates a bolus amount that is transmitted to... Agent: Medtronic Minimed Inc.

20070293844 - Intraocular pressure control: An improved method of controlling intraocular pressure with a microsurgical system using measured flow rate and a dual infusion chamber.... Agent: Alcon

20070293845 - Slittable or removable valves and apparatus and methods for making and using them: Valves for medical devices and methods for making them are provided. In one embodiment, a valve is injection molded as a single piece that includes a tubular body and a flap. The tubular body includes an open first end, a closed second end, and a passage extending between the first... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070293846 - Dual lumen guidewire support catheter: A dual lumen guidewire support catheter for accurately crossing a chronic total occlusion in a vessel is disclosed. The dual lumen guidewire support catheter includes a first lumen portion and a second lumen portion sharing a common side and a common distal end. The first lumen portion can be a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070293847 - Optical height zeroing device: A leveling device for determining the zero pressure point of an external draining system with respect to a patient is provided. The leveling device generally includes a body having a viewing element defining a field of vision, and a reference point indicator spaced apart from the viewing element and disposed... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070287948 - Method and device for reversing lines in the procedure of hemodialysis: A device and method for selectively controlling the direction of blood flow to and from the patient during hemodialysis is provided. Specifically, the device and method reverse flow between four fluid lines without changing connections between a patient and a hemodialysis machine. Advantageously, the blood is subjected to minimal stresses... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070287949 - Transdermal system for sustained delivery of polypeptides: A transdermal system for sustained delivery of high molecular weight hydrophilic drugs, especially peptide-, polypeptide- or protein-drugs, and methods of use thereof, are provided. The system includes an apparatus that generates micro-channels in the skin of a subject in combination with a transdermal patch comprising at least one drug reservoir... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070287950 - Device and method for single-needle in vivo electroporation: Described is a device and method for administration of molecules to tissue in vivo for various medical applications, the device comprising a single hypodermic injection needle and at least two spaced elongate electrodes which provide for the ability, when the needle is inserted into tissue, such as skin or muscle,... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20070287951 - Suction removal of waste products in the ablation of biological tissue: The invention is directed to an arrangement and processes for the suction removal of waste products such as smoke and tissue particles in the ablation of biological tissue by means of a laser beam (4), wherein the laser beam (4) is directed to the tissue through the orifice (3) of... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070287952 - Microdialysis probe: Provided are novel devices, systems, and methods for performing microanalysis of a localized biochemical milieu, and/or for highly localized drug delivery and treatment evaluation.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070287953 - Stopcock: According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention there is provided a stopcock including a housing element defining at least first, second and third ports, a handle element which is selectably positionable relative to the housing element, at least one fluid passageway communicating between at least two of the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070287954 - Coating system, articles and assembly using the same and methods of reducing sticktion: The present invention provides a coating system for an article including a first component having a surface in frictional engagement with a surface of a second component, wherein at least a portion of at least one surface of the component(s) is coated with a coating prepared from a composition including... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton Dickinson And Company

20070287955 - Tubular member having tapered transition for use in a medical device: An elongated medical device and components therefore, and methods for making and using the same. An example embodiment includes an elongated metallic tubular member including a tapered transition region disposed between two sections having different physical characteristics, such as flexibility characteristics. In some cases, the tubular member includes a section... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070287956 - Method and apparatus for treatment of thrombosed hemodialysis access grafts and arterio venous fistulas: A catheter includes a catheter body with a compliant balloon secured at a distal end of the catheter body, the balloon including a proximal end and a distal end, a first lumen in fluid communication with the balloon, a second lumen in fluid communication with at least one infusion aperture... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman LLC

20070287957 - Endovascular device tip assembly incorporating a marker device and method for making the same: An endovascular device tip assembly and method of making the same, incorporating a radiopaque marker usable with catheters and other suitable endovascular devices is provided. The tip assembly incorporates a radiopaque marker device by providing a counterbore within a primary bore of a tubular tip of an endovascular device. The... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070287959 - Ophthalmic surgical cassette and system: A cassette 74 for use with an ophthalmic surgical pump 16 for collecting aspirant fluid and tissue from a patient's eye includes a rigid walled container 18 having an interior volume 42. At least one tapered alignment slot 20 is formed in a side wall of the container 18 and... Agent: Craig E. Larson Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070287958 - Injector for viscous materials: An injector is provided to deliver microquantities of viscous materials into the body, such as the eye, for surgical purposes. The injector comprises a syringe body with a plunger disposed therein coupled to a positive displacement mechanism capable of progressively advancing the plunger to precisely deliver microquantities of materials at... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070287960 - Disposable infusion device with medicament level indicator: A wearable infusion device delivers a liquid medicament, such as insulin, to a patient. The device comprises a base that contacts a patient's skin, a reservoir arranged to contain a liquid medicament to be delivered to beneath a patient's skin, a pump that causes the medicament to flow from the... Agent: Richard O. Gray, Jr. Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20070287961 - Adjustable stylet for endotracheal tube: A flexible articulating style for an endotracheal tube is provided with a ratchet mechanism whereby to selectively set and maintain a desired curvature of the style, and hence the tube, so that the intubationist may hold the stylet-curved tube with a pencil-like grip at its mid-section for optimal control during... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070287962 - Gastrostomy tube extension device: To provide a gastrostomy tube extension device which can facilitate the insertion or removal operation in and from the patient, as well as to increase the simplicity of manufacture without sacrificing safety of operation. [Solving Means] A gastrostomy tube extension device 20 used for inserting or taking out the gastrostomy... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070287963 - Medical line securement device: A securement device includes a simply-structured retention mechanism that permits a portion of a catheter hub or a similar medical article to be easily anchored to a patient, without the use of tape or needles and suturing. A unitary retainer desirably includes a base defining a locator mechanism. The locator... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070287964 - Hypodermic needle tip protector: A device is provided to protect the hypodermic needlepoint of a syringe from being dulled as it penetrates through the stopple of a fluid vial for the purpose of filling the syringe with fluid from the vial. Specifically, the device includes a blunt needle that covers the hypodermic needle and... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20070287965 - Liquid dispensing syringe: A syringe for dispensing liquid materials to a substrate. In one embodiment, the syringe includes a barrel having a first end, a second end, and an interior reservoir. A piston is slidably disposed within the reservoir and is movable to increase or decrease a volume of the interior reservoir near... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (nordson)

20070287966 - Fail safe dual chamber peritoneal dialysis/infusion system: A flow control manifold includes a valve housing having first and second inlets and an outlet. The valve housing defines a cavity sized to slideably engage a valve having a first position and a second position. The flow control manifold may further include a first flow path defined within the... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20070287967 - Selective renal cannulation and infusion systems and methods: Renal infusion systems include an infusion catheter having a bifurcated distal end with a first branch and second branch, the branches being biased to deploy laterally when unconstrained. Systems also include a delivery sheath having a lumen which receives the infusion catheter and constrains the first branch and second branch.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070287968 - Daneshvar medication pads, suppositories and methods: This invention relates to a new more effective method for problems such as hemorrhoids, vulvo-vaginitis, or similar problems. The reason is that the applicant has observed that the regular dressings and medicated gauzes, the medications will be absorbed by the gauze and may diffuse and contaminate the opposing dress or... Agent: Yousef Daneshvar, Md. Facc

20070287969 - Microinfusion device: A microinfusion device, comprising: (a) a subcutaneously implantable reservoir configured to contain a drug, the reservoir being mountable within a burr hole of a skull of a subject; (b) a dose control system configured to control flow of the drug; and (c) a microcatheter configured to deliver the drug from... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070287970 - Method for systemic drug delivery through the nail: A method for systemically delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a human or animal, said method comprising forming an orifice in a nail of a human or animal by means of a laser-based device and applying a pharmaceutical composition in the orifice, wherein said method provides a controlled release of the... Agent: Novartis Corporate Intellectual Property

20070287971 - Absorbent articles with feedback signal upon urination: Absorbent articles incorporating sensory element members are disclosed. The absorbent articles may be disposable pant like garments designed to assist urinary toilet training such as of young children. Upon urination by the wearer, the article produces a feedback response which is transmitted to the wearer by the sensory element member.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070287972 - Feminine hygiene pad: A feminine hygiene pad having at least a top and bottom layer comprised of the same varying solid colors which match the color of undergarments and/or outerwear of a user to further mask the existence of the pad. The top layer of the feminine hygiene pad may also include a... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070287973 - Body-adhering personal care product: The present invention provides an absorbent article having longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, a second portion and a first portion. This absorbent article has a topsheet which has a first major surface that forms a body-facing surface. In addition, the absorbent article has a backsheet which has a second major... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20070287974 - Disposable absorbent articles having improved adhesive for garment fastening: An absorbent article for personal hygiene, especially a sanitary napkin, panty liner and the like, having an adhesive for securing the article to a garment of a wearer. The present invention provides adhesives with an adhesion performance less dependent from panty material types and washing habits, such as treatment with... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070287976 - Adult incontinence management system: A prepackaged kit containing various components each of which is useful in incontinent adult care. In a typical kit, the components are prepackaged into a single unit employing a disposable container and may include a pair of latex gloves, at least one cleaning wipe, a container of a protective ointment,... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070287977 - Breast milk absorbent pad: A breast milk absorbent pad according to the present invention comprises a pad chassis including a body fluid absorbent layer inclusive of a body fluid absorbent assembly and a body fluid leak-barrier sheet, and a pair of elastically stretchable and contractible members extending along transversely opposite sides of the pad-chassis... Agent: Butzel Long

20070287978 - Breast milk absorbent pad: A breast milk absorbent pad includes side flaps of a breast milk absorbent pad having first portions facing the wearer's skin and second portions facing away from the wearer's skin. The second portions are provided with elastically stretchable/contractible members along transversely opposite outer edges of these second portions.... Agent: Butzel Long

20070287979 - Packed breast milk absorbent pad and method for packing: A packed breast milk absorbent pad according to the present invention includes a breast milk absorbent pad and an individual packing envelope adapted to pack the breast milk absorbent pad therein. The breast milk absorbent pad is laid upon an envelope sheet so as to extend astride a first fold... Agent: Butzel Long

20070287980 - Absorbent article having refastenable and non-refastenable seams: A disposable absorbent article includes a first side panel, a second side panel, and an intermediate side panel. The first side panel is disposed in a first waist region, and the second side panel is disposed in a second waist region. Both the first and second side panels extend outward... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070287981 - Absorbent article having a multifunctional containment member: An absorbent article such as a diaper, training pant, and the like comprises a containment member that has a central zone and a barrier zone. The central zone has greater air flow according to the Air Permeability Test than the barrier zone. The barrier zone a greater hydrohead according to... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070287975 - Disposable pull-on garment: The disposable pull-on garment has a longitudinal centerline, a front region, a crotch region, and a back region, the front region and the back region being joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings. The pull-on garment comprises a main portion, a side portion, and a waist... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070287983 - Absorbent article having an anchored core assembly: A disposable absorbent article having a chassis defining a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the front waist region and rear waist region. The article includes a topsheet, an outer cover, and a core assembly disposed therebetween. The article further includes an anchoring... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070287982 - Disposable wearable absorbent articles with anchoring systems: Embodiments of the present disclosure include disposable wearable absorbent articles with anchoring systems. In an embodiment, a disposable wearable absorbent article includes an absorbent core and an anchoring system configured to anchor the absorbent core to a wearer.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070287984 - Flow-induced delivery from a drug mass: Drug solutions (or other combinations of vehicle with entrained drug) are prepared by removing drug from one or more masses of a solid form of the drug. The solid form of the drug may be sparingly soluble or insoluble in water. Examples of devices for holding solid drug and facilitating... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070287986 - Method for assessing adhesion of soils or exudates to the skin: Method of assessing the adhesion of soils or exudates to the skin. The method may allow for an assessment of the amount of artificial bowel movement remaining on the skin following treatment with a lotion.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070287985 - Medication delivery system and monitor: Systems and methods for the delivery and monitoring of a medication, such as insulin, to a recipient are provided. An exemplary feature-rich system comprises an infusion pump with a control system for controlling medication delivery by the infusion pump and a bolus estimator for estimating an appropriate amount of medication... Agent: Winston Rice

20070287987 - Alkylene-dicarboxylate-containing biodegradable poly(ester-amides) and methods of use: The invention provides new aliphatic diester-di-acid-containing PEA polymer compositions with significant improvement in hydrolytic degradation rates as compared to aliphatic di-acid-containing PEA polymers. The di-acids used in the invention PEA compositions include non-toxic fatty aliphatic homologs. These molecules inherently contain two-ester groups, which easily can be cleaved by biotic (enzymatic)... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070287988 - Method and composition for treating osteonecrosis and/or avascular necrosis: By providing an elastic form stable material which is capable of being delivered directly to a specific desired location within a living creature and provides increased strength and rigidity to the injected location, disorders of the trabecular bone or subchondral tissue of a living creature are able to be effectively... Agent: Melvin I. Stoltz

20070287989 - Vascular access device pathogenic status indication: A vascular access device for communicating with the vascular system of a patient may include a status indicator. The status indicator may detect and signal that a pathogen is in communication with the vascular access device.... Agent: Becton, Dickinson And Company C/o David W. Highet, Vp & Chief Intell. Prop. Cnl

20070287990 - Device for facilitating cardioplegia delivery in patients with aortic insufficiency: A method and device that addresses the problem of an incompetent aortic valve by using a simple cardioplegia catheter that can deliver cardioplegia solution to the coronary arteries through the usual aortic cannulation site even in the presence of aortic valve incompetence. The device includes a cardioplegia cannula (32) with... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070287991 - Devices and methods for detection of markers of axial pain with or without radiculopathy: The invention provides devices and related methods and composition useful for diagnosis and monitoring the pain generator(s) of axial pain with or without radiculopathy and methods for screening test compounds potentially useful for treating axial pain with or without radiculopathy. Alternatively, degenerated discs can be monitored and treated before occurrence... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP Princeton Pike Corporate Center

20070282241 - Applicator system: An applicator system and assembly is provided with a user-friendly medical applicator device and closure cap for easy and effective application of medicine or other material. The applicator device comprises an ergonomically designed front applicator portion, a special intermediate applicator portion, and a multi-use handle.... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd.

20070282243 - Apparatus for performing myocardial revascularization in a beating heart and left ventricular assistance condition: An apparatus for performing myocardial revascularization in a beating heart and left ventricular assistance condition comprises an arterial cannula, of a per se known type, arranged in the descending aorta, a novel arterial draining cannula, of a two cannula stage type, so arranged that the draining occurs from the left... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070282246 - Iontosonic-microneedle biosensor apparatus and methods: A screening device that screens for the presence or absence of one or more substances in a mammalian body is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of electrodes, and a biosensor assembly having a reference region and at least one sensor region. The reference region includes at least one microneedle... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070282250 - Neonate suction catheter assembly: A suction catheter assembly, particularly adapted for neonatal use includes a distal manifold body including a rotatable connector for connection to an endotracheal tube, a ventilating port member and an ancillary catheter receiving port member. The manifold body is rotatably joined to a catheter tube seal housing. The seal housing... Agent: Ip Section Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

20070282253 - Laparoscopic lens cleaner: A laparoscopic lens cleaner which is suitable for maintaining the lens of a laparoscope in a clean, dry condition during a laparoscopic surgical procedure is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the laparoscopic lens cleaner includes an elongated cleaner sheath having a sheath interior, a fluid conduit provided in the cleaner... Agent: John M. Harrison

20070282257 - Myocardial injector with balloon abutment: A device is provided for performing intra myocardial injections. The device comprises a needle, a catheter formed with a lumen, and an inflatable abutment member. The abutment member is movable between a first configuration, wherein it is substantially tube-like and is deflated, and a second configuration, wherein it inflates beyond... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20070282254 - Needle devices and methods: Methods and delivery devices for maximizing injectate dispersion in lesioned tissue using needle-based injection devices are herein disclosed. The delivery devices include injection devices with modified needle tip configurations. The needle tip configurations can include multiple circumferential openings.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070282255 - Self-retaining and fluid delivery catheter: A medical device for performing a surgical procedure on a patient including an elongate tubular shaft having an outer surface extending from a proximal end to a distal end and an inner passage in fluid communication with a fluid source during use of the device. The shaft further has a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070282256 - Service loop: The present invention may include a medical device having a handle, a catheter coupled to the handle, and an expandable element coupled to the catheter. The medical device may also include first and second elongate bodies that traverse a length of the handle and catheter. A housing may be disposed... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070282242 - Methods and apparatus for leukoreduction of red blood cells: A method and apparatus for red blood collection and filtration is provided wherein a red blood cell collection assembly provides for leukoreduction filtration concurrent with or soon after the red blood cell separation and collection procedure. Such procedures involve filtering the separated red blood cells in a diluted state after... Agent: Gambro, Inc Patent Department

20070282244 - Glaucoma implant with anchor: A glaucoma treatment device for directing the flow of aqueous humor and bypassing trabecular meshwork is shown. The device includes an inlet section, an outlet section, a middle section, and at least one lumen for transmitting aqueous humor within the glaucoma device. The lumen extends through at least one of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282245 - Glaucoma implant with valve: Surgical methods and related medical devices for treating glaucoma are disclosed. The method comprises trabecular bypass surgery, which involve bypassing diseased trabecular meshwork with the use of a seton implant. The seton implant is used to prevent a healing process known as filling in, which has a tendency to close... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282247 - Medical device applications of nanostructured surfaces: This invention provides novel nanofiber enhanced surface area substrates and structures comprising such substrates for use in various medical devices, as well as methods and uses for such substrates and medical devices. In one particular embodiment, a method of administering a composition to a patient is disclosed which comprises providing... Agent: Nanosys Inc.

20070282248 - Cosmetic method and kit for treatment of spider veins and other superficial venous pathology: A method is disclosed for treating superficial venous pathology in a patient. The method comprises the steps of: (a) percutaneously piercing a spider or reticular vein to be treated; and (b) directing intense pulse or laser light at the patient's skin predominantly within the area of skin manifesting physical, chemical... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070282249 - Method of and system for thermally augmented wound care oxygenation: An oxygenation and temperature thermal therapy and oxygenation treatment pad with a plurality of air chambers is disclosed for treatment of skin wound tissues. The air chambers are filled and released by a valve assembly that may be separate from or integrated within the blanket. The thermal therapy and oxygenation... Agent: Winstead PC

20070282251 - Computer-controlled intravenous drug delivery system: The present invention relates to a system for computer-aided intravenous delivery of anesthetics and/or other drugs to a patient, wherein said system comprises an Infusion Controller that delivers an amount of drug(s) to a patient; possibly a DataLogger Controller with one or more Sensors adapted so as to be coupled... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070282252 - Method for oral delivery of a healing substance to a target place in gastrointestinal tract of human or animals: A method for oral delivery of new drugs, big molecules, proteins, and healing substances to a target place in the body, via digestive tract, using currently available technologies of mobile wireless controlled capsules with sensors.... Agent: Igor Stukanov

20070282258 - Medical balloon with enlarged transitional radii: The present invention provides a medical balloon having enlarged radii, which may be disposed on a dilation catheter. The enlarged radii balloon may reduce the trauma experienced by a patient both during the procedure and when the catheter is removed from the patient. The enlarged radii may provide the deflated... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070282259 - Sleeve valve catheters: A catheter body includes an exit port over which a pressure responsive sleeve is formed that allows material to exit a lumen of the catheter body at a given pressure. In one embodiment, a surface of the sleeve is approximately flush with a surface of the catheter body.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070282260 - Telescoping perfusion management system: A system for perfusion management that monitors, maintains, diagnoses, or treats perfusion deficiencies.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070282261 - Telescoping perfusion management system: A system for perfusion management that monitors, maintains, diagnoses, or treats perfusion deficiencies.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070282264 - Irrigation system and method: An irrigation system has an elongated irrigation tube subdivided by an integrally formed internal partition into a first lumen and a second lumen. At one end of the tube, a supply connection connects a water supply to the first lumen while at the other a termination arrangement defines a flow... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070282262 - Surgical system having integral pneumatic manifolds: A surgical system having all of the various pneumatic control sub-systems integrally mounted on a common manifold. The various required control mechanisms such as valves are likewise integrally mounted to the common manifold.... Agent: Alcon

20070282263 - Devices, systems and methods for determining parameters of one or more phases of an injection procedure: A fluid injection apparatus includes at least one pressurizing mechanism and at least a first fluid container (for example, a syringe or a bulk container) operably associated with the at least one pressurizing mechanism. The first fluid container is adapted to contain a first fluid to be injected. The fluid... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20070282265 - Hollow needle and indwelling needle using the hollow needle: [PROBLEMS] A non tissue-destructive hollow needle not damaging the tissue of a needle inserting portion and an indwelling needle using the hollow needle. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A hollow needle is made from ceramic, has an outer diameter of 1-5 mm, and a wall thickness of 0.6-1.8 mm, and gives... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070282266 - Bifurcated endoscopy cannula: An endoscopy cannula system for accessing an internal operative site. The cannula access system includes a cannula having a tapered body and defining at least two access lumens extending therethrough. The two access lumens provide multiple access to the internal operative site from a single access location. The cannula further... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070282269 - Cannula delivery apparatus and method for a disposable infusion device: An infusion system comprises a disposable wearable infusion device having a body arranged to be adhered to a patient's skin and a reservoir for holding a liquid medicant to be infused into the patient. The infusion system further includes a cannula driver arranged to be detachably joined with the infusion... Agent: Richard O. Gray, Jr.

20070282267 - Myocardial injector: A device is provided for performing intra myocardial injections. The device comprises a needle, a catheter formed with a lumen, and an abutment member mounted within the lumen for axial movement. The abutment member is movable between a first configuration, wherein it is substantially tube-like and is positioned within the... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20070282268 - Thoracentesis catheter system with self-sealing valve: The present invention provides thoracentesis systems composed of an insertion needle, a thoracentesis catheter with self-sealing valve, and a valve opening device which are utilized in the removal of fluid or gases from a pleural cavity. The insertion needle is utilized to insert the thoracentesis catheter into the pleural cavity.... Agent: Martin L. Mayse, Md

20070282270 - Guidewire formed with composite construction and method for making the same: A composite guidewire comprising a proximal wire segment having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, the distal end being formed with a first flat planar bonding face which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, the proximal wire segment having a first elasticity; a distal... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio

20070282272 - Device for guiding medical tubing: A device for guiding and/or organizing medical tubing for use in a hospital, especially associated with a rail of a hospital bed, an intravenous pole, portion of a wheelchair, or a sheet material associated with the bed or patient. In one embodiment, the device comprises a base and a cylindrical... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070282271 - Ostomy and percutaneous catheter protective and affixation device: The device protects the proximal extension of an indwelling catheter and its percutaneous puncture site from moisture, fluids and risk of infection and maintains a clean environment and a fluid-impermeable and bacteria growth-inhibiting seal against the patient's skin when bathing, showering or swimming, and also protects others from being exposed... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070282273 - Medical line securement device: A medical line securement device holds a medical article such as a connector fitting for a catheter or a catheter adaptor in position upon the body of a patient and inhibits axial motion of the medical article. The securement device includes a retainer with a base and a cover. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282274 - Catheter tunneler: A tunneler (100,800) having a shaft (102,802) with an advancement end (106) and a connection end portion (104,804) having a lumen insertion tip (108,806) that may define a locating pin. At least one lumen-gripping section (120,818) is defined on the connection end portion spaced from the lumen insertion tip (108,806).... Agent: Anton P. Ness Fox Rothschild LLP

20070282275 - Safety shield apparatus and mounting structure for use with medical needle devices: A safety shield apparatus including a safety shield and mounting structure for mounting the safety shield to a medical needle. The safety shield includes a distal segment, a proximal segment and a retention member. The distal segment is pivotally secured to the proximal segment and the proximal segment is pivotally... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070282276 - Process and device for dosing pharmaceutical agents: A process and a device for dosing a pharmaceutical agent, preferably a liquid, are proposed. To achieve an enhanced dosing accuracy, a first component that is produced in batches, such as a shaped seal, is combined with a second component, such as a guide pipe selected from a suitable group... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070282277 - Syringe driver housing: A syringe driver housing (2) for housing syringes of different sizes, the housing comprising a main body part (4) and at least two interchangeable covers (6b) of different sizes. The larger cover is provided with one end (202) adapted to engage an end of the main body part to provide... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20070282278 - System and method for infusing toxins using safety set, connect set and cyto admin set: The present invention provides a method for safely infusing a toxic fluid into a patient using a safety set, a connect set and a cyto admin set, the safety set comprising a first male locking connector having a proximal end and a distal end attached to a toxic fluid container,... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070282279 - Ampoule opener and associated methods: An ampoule opener comprises a receiving body sized to accommodate a cap portion of an ampoule and a shield extending from the receiving body and being configured to lie adjacent a medicament storing portion of the ampoule when the cap portion of the ampoule is accommodated within the receiving body.... Agent: Thorpe North & Western

20070282280 - Intravascular line and port cleaning methods, methods of administering an agent intravascularly, methods of obtaining/testing blood, and devices for performing such methods: An intravascular port access device includes a first component having a chamber configured to attach reversibly to an intravenous line port. A second component reversibly attaches to the first component and contains a disinfecting agent and an applicator material. The second component is configured to be reversibly received over external... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070282281 - Piercing tip: The present disclosure includes various embodiments for a piercing tip and piercing tip systems. In one such embodiment, a piercing tip including a body portion, a barbed portion at a first end of the body portion, and a cap connected to the body portion.... Agent: Brooks & Cameron, PLLC

20070282282 - Medical device and method for temperature control and treatment of the eye and surrounding tissues: The invention provides a medical device having a thermister for temperature measurement, irrigation/aspiration ports for fluid exchange and application of therapeutic modalities, a pressure manometer for pressure measurement, and an external system for control of temperature, pressure, and flow rate. When applied to the eye, eyelid and orbit, this device... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20070282283 - Device for providing anti-reflux in a body fluid collection and/or sampling system, and method of manufacturing such a device: The device (1) for providing anti-reflux has a valve element (9) formed from a sheet-shaped material blank. The valve element includes a connecting portion and a flap portion. Retaining means (10a,10b) for retaining the valve element are integral with the device. The connecting portion includes engagement means formed integrally with... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070282284 - Ostomy system: An ostomy system for receiving bodily waste comprises a drainage bag (200) and a filter (100) comprising an open-cell foam (102) for preventing liquid and solid particles from passing from the drainage bag to its surroundings. The foam defines a passageway for releasing flatus gasses from the drainage bag to... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070282285 - Phantom for collecting animal semen: The phantom (1) for animals, in particular porcine animals, comprises a frame (2) to which the animal semen collection means (4) are attached. These collection means (4) are mobile between at least one animal semen collection position and a retracted position. The phantom (1) comprises means (7) for detecting the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282286 - Alignment aids for a sensing article: Presented is a sensing absorbent article system including an absorbent article having a liner and an outer cover, the absorbent article including a sensing means, an article design scheme, and an attachment zone having an attachment zone design scheme, wherein the attachment zone design scheme is visually differentiable from the... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20070282290 - Absorbent article having a channeled absorbent layer and method of making the same: This invention provides an absorbent article having an absorbent layer including elongated longitudinal portions which thereby define an elongated gap. The elongated gap is defined by lateral spacing of the elongated longitudinal portions of the absorbent layer from one another. The invention is also directed to the method of manufacturing... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070282291 - Absorbent article having a channeled absorbent layer and method of making the same: This invention provides an absorbent article having an absorbent layer including elongated longitudinal portions which thereby define an elongated gap. The elongated gap is defined by lateral spacing of the elongated longitudinal portions of the absorbent layer from one another. The invention is also directed to the method of manufacturing... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070282287 - Absorbent article: An absorbent article includes (a) an absorbent article body having at least: a top sheet portion disposed on a first side of the absorbent article in the thickness direction, at least a portion of the top sheet portion being liquid permeable; and a liquid retainable absorbent body portion disposed on... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070282288 - Absorbent article: An elongated absorbent article including: an absorbent article body having at least: (a) a top sheet part which is at least partially liquid permeable and arranged on a first side in a thickness direction of the absorbent article; and (b) a liquid retainable absorber part arranged on a second side... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070282289 - Method of using intravaginal device with fluid transport plates: A method of capturing bodily fluid in a mammalian body includes inserting the fluid management device into the mammalian body and transporting bodily fluid. The bodily fluid is transferred via at least one fluid transport element that is capable of interfacing with a mammalian body element to provide a substantially... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070282292 - Three-piece disposable absorbent article having an absorbent with cross-direction flexibility: A three-piece disposable absorbent article is disclosed having a longitudinal central axis and a transverse central axis. The disposable absorbent article includes front and back panels, each panel capable of being stretched and retracted in multiple directions. The back panel is also distinct and spaced apart from the front panel.... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20070282293 - Cell culture medium container assembly: A light sensitive media packaging with unique shrink-wrap light protection label that works as a light barrier to protect media from light damage.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070282294 - Ampoule and administering device: An ampoule for containing an injectable substance including an ampoule body and a component of a means for injecting, the component carried by the ampoule body, wherein other components of the means for injecting are associated with an administering device to which the ampoule can be coupled and are operably... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070282296 - Medical bag with a support member and grasping holes: A medical bag formed of a flexible material includes a front bag part and a rear bag part joined together to form a bag body. A closable liquid inlet port is provided in an upper part of the bag body. The medical bag further includes a deformable elongated member provided... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070282295 - Receptacle for deliverying a medium: Receptacle for delivering a medium, which is located in a bag and is delivered via a pressurized propellant; the receptacle has a receptacle body with a first opening, which has a circular edge and is closed with a valve cover, characterized in that the bag has an opening with a... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070282297 - System and method for safely infusing toxins using extension set, connect set and cyto admin set: The present invention provides a method for safely infusing a toxic fluid into a patient using an extension set, a connect set and a cyto admin set, the extension set comprising an extension set line, and first and second syringes, wherein the extension set line provides fluid communication between a... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070282298 - System and method for controlling a rotary blood pump: A method of and apparatus for controlling the speed of a rotary blood pump, which comprises the measuring the speed and/or power of said pump, calculating an array of system parameters derived from the measured speed, analysing these parameters, and if the analysis indicates ventricular collapse or imminent ventricular collapse,... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070282299 - Method and device for calculating a bolus amount: A method for calculating a bolus amount, wherein the bolus amount is calculated according to a basal rate, and a device for calculating a bolus amount according to the method, the device including an input unit used to input an amount of received carbohydrates, a computer coupled to the input... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070282300 - Intervertebral disc puncture and treatment system: A pre-assembled, telescoping needle system comprising an outer needle surrounding a finer gauge needle which, after percutaneous penetration by the outer needle, extends to penetrate the intervertebral disc into which the injectable is to be delivered.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

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