Surgery inventions 03/08

20080071208 - Dispensing fingertip surgical instrument: Disclosed is a minimally invasive surgical instrument that may be used in hand-assisted laparoscopic surgeries. The device is a multifunctional surgical instrument that may be mounted directly on a surgeon's fingertip and inserted through an incision to allow the surgeon to manipulate tissue during a surgical procedure. Versions include marking... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080071209 - Method and system for controlled infusion of therapeutic substances: Programmable infusion systems and method for controlled infusion of diagnostic or therapeutic substances (e.g., drugs, biologics, fluids, cell preparations, etc.) into the bodies of human or animal subjects.... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20080071210 - Method and system for controlled infusion of therapeutic substances: Programmable infusion systems and method for controlled infusion of diagnostic or therapeutic substances (e.g., drugs, biologics, fluids, cell preparations, etc.) into the bodies of human or animal subjects.... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20080071211 - Needle-free injector and process for providing serial injections: Needle-free injection devices having a drive assembly to provide an operative force to effect an injection and a dosing assembly to prepare the device for a subsequent injection. In some embodiments, the dosing assembly is configured to transfer injectate from an injectate source to the injectate assembly. In some embodiments,... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080071212 - Temporary catheter for biopsy site tissue fixation: Devices and methods are provided for temporarily maintaining access to a body cavity in a targeted tissue region within a patient's body. One embodiment of the catheter device includes an elongated shaft having a proximal shaft section which is flexible enough to be folded or coiled into a configuration for... Agent: Edward J. Lynch Patent Attorney

20080071213 - Needle guards: A needle guard (1) based upon a canting plate (6) becomes lockingly engaged with the needle (2) shaft both upon retraction of the needle tip within the guard (1), and upon any attempt to cause the needle tip to reemerge from the guard (1). The plate (6) is positioned to... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080071214 - System and method for locating fluid leaks at a drape of a reduced pressure delivery system: A system and method for performing tissue therapy may include applying a reduced pressure to a tissue site of a patient. A fluid parameter associated with applying a reduced pressureto the tissue site may be sensed. An audible fluid leak location sound may be generated in response to sensing the... Agent: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Attn: Legal Department Intellectual Property

20080071215 - Access system: Systems and methods for providing access to a target site. Example systems can include a needle and a grid to guide the needle. One system includes a plate with an aperture, a member coupled to the plate and including a semispherical surface, and a hub slideably coupled to the plate... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080071216 - Component module for a reduced pressure treatment system: A connectable component module for a reduced pressure treatment system is provided. The module includes a housing with a rim, a recessed end surface, and an extension. A mounting assembly is fixed to the recessed end surface and includes extendable latches. The latches include a fastener bar that is flush... Agent: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Attn: Legal Department Intellectual Property

20080071217 - Method and system for controlled infusion of therapeutic substances: Programmable infusion systems and method for controlled infusion of diagnostic or therapeutic substances (e.g., drugs, biologics, fluids, cell preparations, etc.) into the bodies of human or animal subjects.... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20080071218 - Hypodermic injection system: The invention relates to a hypodermic injection system having a direct-drive motor for moving a ram towards an injectate chamber for discharging injectate therein through a discharge orifice. The system can have an injection head attached to a housing having an injectate chamber for holding injectate to be injected, a... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20080071219 - Injection system having readable information stores and method for controlling the operation thereof: An injection system includes a fluid delivery system, a drive mechanism, a controller and a tubing set. The fluid delivery system includes a fluid container and a pumping mechanism having an inlet in fluid connection with the fluid container and an outlet. The tubing set is adapted to be placed... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080071220 - Fluid delivery system having a plurality of resilient pressurizing chambers: A fluid delivery system includes a fluid container, two or more pressurizing chambers in fluid connection with the fluid container, a drive mechanism in operative connection with the two or more pressurizing chambers to pump fluid from the fluid container and an outlet in fluid connection with the two or... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080071221 - Connection assembly for use with splittable sheath: A connection system for connecting a hemostasis valve to a splittable sheath is disclosed. The connection system includes an adapter fitting having a shaft defining a lumen. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. On an external surface of the proximal end of the shaft, threading is... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080071222 - Catheter introducer assembly having safety shielded needle: An intravenous catheter introducer assembly having a safety feature to prevent accidental needle sticks. The introducer assembly includes a needle assembly having a groove disposed on its outer surface. The introducer includes a protector made of a hollow member having an open distal end and an inwardly disposed resilient flange... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080071223 - Steerable surgical guide wire introducer: A Guide Wire Introducer with integrated wire steering function for treating bone. The guide wire employed with the introducer consists of a core material that is a psuedoelastic metal alloy, such as Nitinol. This introducer has a chamfered tip with the complement of the outer construction consisting of a uniform... Agent: Inventit, LLC

20080071224 - Catheter/iv cover: A catheter/IV cover including a covering portion, having at least one loop extending from one side of the cover, a strap of flexible material extending from the opposite side of the covering material, with the strap and loops capable of engagement, through any type of fastener, Velcro®, or buckle, when... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20080071225 - Injection apparatus comprising a needle-protecting device: An injection device including a receptacle for an active substance, which is connected to an injection needle and is accommodated inside a sliding sleeve that can be displaced within a housing by a driving force. A sleeve-shaped needle-protecting device is displaceable within the housing by a spring such that the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080071227 - Dose setting mechanism for setting fine doses: A dose setting mechanism for the dosed administration of an injectable substance from an injection device, the mechanism including a threaded rod, wherein the thread extends around the rod and carries teeth wherein neighboring teeth lie at a first distance from one another, a first rotation limiting element connected to... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080071226 - Extractable dose setting knob: An injection device for dispensing a dose of a substance, the device including a housing, a dispensing element which can be displaced relative to the housing and a locking element which can be coupled with the dispensing element during or after a substance dispensing operation so that after the dispensing... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080071228 - Medical components having coated surfaces exhibiting low friction and methods of reducing sticktion: This invention relates to components useful for medical articles, such as a syringe assembly, having sliding surface(s) coated with a composition including organopolysiloxane(s), the coating being adhered to the surface(s) of the component by crosslinking induced by oxidative treatment and irradiation with an isotope, electron beam or ultraviolet radiation or... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton Dickinson And Company

20080071229 - Process for preparation of antimicrobial plastics compositions: The present invention relates to a process for preparing antimicrobial plastics compositions comprising a thermoplastic, particularly of thermoplastic elastomer, and at least one pulverulent antimicrobial active ingredient, specifically from the group of the bis(4-amino-1-pyridinium)alkanes, and to the use of this plastics composition for catheters and other medical-technology products.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Attn: Patent Docketing 32nd Floor

20080071230 - System, apparatus, and method for facilitating interface with laryngeal structures: A system for positioning an interface element includes one or more hollow members adapted to telescope into an outermost hollow member. The outermost hollow member has a structure at a first end. When a portion of a hollow member is extending from the outermost hollow member, the hollow member is... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080071231 - System, apparatus, and method for facilitating interface with laryngeal structures: Systems and methods of positioning interface elements for interfacing with laryngeal structures of a subject such as for diagnosis or treatment of a laryngeal impairment. Illustratively, a needle is positioned in geographical relation to the lateral wing of a vocal cord cartilage and at least one interface element positioned via... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080071232 - Method of treating inflammation and autoimmune diseases: A method to speed recovery from acute injury and/or reduce and prevent chronic inflammation in an animal or human is disclosed. The method includes providing a grounded plane, conductively coupling said animal or human to the grounded plane to conduct the earth's mobile negative surface charge of free electrons from... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080071233 - Pharmaceutical compositions: The present invention relates to an improved mode of administration for cannabis and its natural and synthetic derivatives. A pharmaceutical composition suitable for sublingual aerosol or spray delivery of cannabis is provided. The formulation may be dispensed using a pump spray or the formulation may include a propellant, such as... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080071234 - Reduced pressure treatment system having blockage clearing and dual-zone pressure protection capabilities: A method of treating a tissue site is provided. The method includes applying a reduced pressure to a tissue site with a reduced pressure source. A source pressure is monitored at the reduced pressure source, and a differential pressure is determined between the source pressure and the desired tissue site... Agent: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Attn: Legal Department Intellectual Property

20080071235 - System and method for determining a fill status of a canister of fluid in a reduced pressure treatment system: A reduced pressure treatment system is provided that includes a canister that is fluidly connected to a tissue site and is configured to receive fluid drawn from the tissue site under the influence of a reduced pressure. A reduced pressure source provides the reduced pressure and is fluidly connected to... Agent: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Attn: Legal Department Intellectual Property

20080071236 - Combinative assembly for an artificial anus: A combination assembly for an artificial anus has a spacer, a connecting panel and a mounting bracket. The spacer contacts with the skin of the human body and has a mounting hole formed through the spacer. The connecting panel is attached to the spacer and has a body. The body... Agent: Frenkel & Associates, P.C.

20080071237 - Disposable waste containment article and a combination of two articles worn simultaneously: A disposable waste containment article is disclosed along with a combination of using two articles simultaneously. The article includes a bodyside layer having a first surface and an outer perimeter, and a garment facing layer having an outer perimeter approximately coincident with the outer perimeter of the bodyside layer. An... Agent: Wilhelm Law Service, S.c.

20080071238 - Absorbent articles including an improved odor control system: Absorbent articles with an odor control system. The odor control system includes at least two classes of odor control materials, wherein a first class comprises at least a material having low volatility, and a second class comprises at least a material having high volatility. The odor control system is provided... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080071239 - Absorbent articles having a sensation aspect: 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 aspect, which sensation aspect... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080071240 - Article with adjustable elastomeric waist belt: A disposable absorbent article includes a main body, a sleeve-like member extending adjacent the waist edge of the front or rear portions, and an adjustable elastomeric waist belt having a central portion and a pair of opposite free ends each defining ear-like projections. The central portion of the elastomeric member... Agent: Michael G. Panian

20080071241 - Pants-type disposable absorbent hygiene article: The invention relates to a pant-type disposable absorbent hygiene article (2), comprising a waist edge (20), sealed all around the periphery thereof, forming a waist opening and with leg openings (8), wherein longitudinal side edge sections (16), 18) of a front piece (6) and a back piece (4) are joined... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20080071242 - Irrigation bag with inherent fluid compression means and insulation: An irrigation/infusion bag comprises a central bag containing irrigation/infusion fluid connected to the tubing delivery system. A peripheral bag surrounds the central bag and includes an insufflation system. When inflated with a hand pump, the peripheral bag compresses the central bag to help deliver the fluid from the irrigation system... Agent: Richard A. Joel Esq.

20080071243 - Vial assembly and method for reducing nosocomial infections: Vacuum break vial assembly and method for reducing the incidence of nosocomial infections, comprising a vial stopper having a 2-part withdrawn-fluid volume compensation assembly having a barbed vent element that secures an apertured needle sheath, a bladder-retainer tube and an expandable/unfoldable bladder. The vial has an aluminum cap holding a... Agent: Jacques M. Dulin, Esq. Dba Innovation Law Group, Ltd.

20080071244 - System, apparatus, and method for facilitating interface with laryngeal structures: A system and method of introducing interface elements for interfacing with laryngeal structures of a subject such as for diagnosis or treatment of a laryngeal impairment is presented. Illustrative embodiments include generating a tunnel in geographical relation to the lateral wing of the cricoid cartilage of the subject and introducing... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080071246 - Injector apparatus and method of use: Disclosed herein is an injector device including an inserter element, a head element, an implant and a set of detachable protector elements for secured device handling. The device comprises a stop that controls the penetration depth of the device during injection. The device may comprise a removable catch that prevents... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/41

20080071245 - System, apparatus, and method for facilitating interface with laryngeal structures: A system and method of introducing interface elements for interfacing with laryngeal structures of a subject is presented. Illustratively, a tunnel is generated in geographical relation to the lateral wing of the thyroid cartilage of the subject and at least one interface element is introduced via the tunnel for interfacing... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080071247 - Topical administration of a salt compound to facilitate venipuncture: A method for enlarging a peripheral vein so as to facilitate venipuncture of the vein by topically applying a vasodilator salt compound to skin overlying the vein and permitting the salt compound to cause the vein to enlarge by causing the vein to fill with blood.... Agent: Howard Eisenberg, Esq.

20080071248 - Delivery stystem for an implantable physiologic sensor: A delivery system for deploying an implantable sensor assembly at an implantation site in a patient, the sensor assembly including a sensor element and an anchor. The delivery system includes an outer catheter, an elongate, tubular first inner member movable within the outer catheter, and a retaining element disposed within... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Boston Scientific Patent Dock

20080071249 - Medical apparatus with hypropharyngeal suctioning capability: The present invention is directed to, in one aspect, a medical apparatus having a nasogastric tube with hypopharyngeal suctioning capability. In one embodiment, the medical apparatus has a flexible nasogastric tube for insertion through a patient's nose. The nasogastric tube has a first end defining a first opening, a distal,... Agent: Law Offices Of Raymond A. Nuzzo, LLC

20080071250 - Urinary tract catheter: A urinary catheter is provided that reduces the likelihood of infection. The catheter includes a distal end positioned in a bladder. The distal end utilizes an inflated balloon that is positioned in the bladder to prevent removal of the distal end of the catheter from the bladder. The balloon, when... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20080071251 - Method and system for controlled infusion of therapeutic substances: Programmable infusion systems and method for controlled infusion of diagnostic or therapeutic substances (e.g., drugs, biologics, fluids, cell preparations, etc.) into the bodies of human or animal subjects.... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20080071252 - Method of actuating implanted medical device: Methods are provided for medical treatment or diagnosis of a patient. The method includes implanting into the patient a device which comprises (i) a substrate in which at least one reservoir is located and covered by a first reservoir cap, (ii) a drug or sensor located in the reservoir, and... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080071253 - Osmotic delivery system flow modulator apparatus and method: An osmotic delivery system flow modulator assembly, an osmotic delivery system with a flow modulator assembly, and a method of assembling an osmotic delivery system. The osmotic delivery system flow modular assembly includes a body having a hole located through the body and communicating two opposing ends of the body.... Agent: Dewipat Incorporated

20080065001 - Portable debridement and irrigation device: A portable debridement and irrigation device includes a body structure and a disposable spray nozzle structure and spray reduction cup removably mounted thereon. A battery-powered electric pump device is in liquid transmission connection with the disposable spray nozzle device. A removable and replaceable liquid storage container which holds a sterile... Agent: Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs

20080065002 - Catheter for localized drug delivery and/or electrical stimulation: A drug-compatible, biocompatible, drug-delivery catheter can include multi-lumen tubing attached to an end fitting, with the end fitting having an internal fluid chamber and a fluid exit region. The catheter can also include multi-lumen tubing having one or more needles attached at a distal end.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080065000 - Hydrocephalus shunt system quick connector assembly: A shunt system quick connector assembly to quickly connect and disconnect a catheter to a hydrocephalus shunt system comprising a valve in a valve housing. The catheter is affixed to the quick connector assembly. The quick connector assembly snaps over an external barb on the valve housing of the shunt... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080065003 - Photonic device and method for treating cervical dysplasia: A method and device used for treating body cells affected by abnormal cell growth or by oncogenic viruses. In particular the invention relates to photonic device for treating gynecological problems comprising at least one light source incorporated into the irradiation head or into the hand piece or as a external... Agent: Bolesh J. Skutnik Ceramoptec Industries, Inc.

20080065004 - Multi lumen catheter: A multi lumen catheter including an inner tube having a front tip, an outer tube, a tube or lumen for inserting a guide wire, a blood extraction lumen and a blood return lumen which are formed in the outer tube and inner tube, respectively, or both in the outer tube,... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080065005 - Method and device for the delivery of a substance: An abrasion device and method for delivery of substances into the skin using a microabrader for delivering a substance into the skin are disclosed. An abrasion device with a cover is also disclosed. Such devices and methods can be effectively used to deliver bioactive substances into skin.... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080065007 - Drug pump systems and methods: A menu driven reprogrammable drug pump is provided with a memory, such as flash memory, a display, a keyboard, and a communications port to allow a generic pump to be programmed with a desired pump application (therapy) program and patient specific settings. Programming and data transfer with another pump or... Agent: Attention Of John C. Reich Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080065006 - Enhanced signal detection for access disconnection systems: An access disconnection system includes an extracorporeal circuit; first and second contacts provided in the extracorporeal circuit; a current source communicating with the first contact and configured to generate a current within fluid flowing through the extracorporeal circuit; and an apparatus positioned to apply a signal at multiple points along... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20080065008 - Aortic occluder with associated filter and methods of use during cardiac surgery: A balloon arterial cannula and methods for filtering blood. The devices generally include a mesh for filtering blood flowing within a blood vessel, particularly within an artery such as the aorta, a structure adapted to open and close the mesh within the blood vessel, a means to actuate the structure,... Agent: Lyon & Lyon LLP

20080065009 - Drug delivery in the coronary sinus: A method for delivering a therapeutic substance in a coronary sinus (28) of a patient includes inserting a catheter (30) through a vein (22) into a right atrium (26) of the patient, and advancing the catheter from the right atrium into the coronary sinus. A resilient anchor (34), which is... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080065011 - Integrated heart valve delivery system: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a delivery apparatus for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to a native valve site via the human vasculature. The delivery apparatus is particularly well-suited for advancing a prosthetic valve through the aorta (i.e., in a retrograde approach) for replacing a stenotic aortic valve.... Agent: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

20080065012 - Clot retrieval device: A device for removing material from a patient's body comprising a shaft and an adhesive carrying surface extending from the shaft. The adhesive carrying surface is movable with respect to the shaft and has an adhesive on at least a portion of its outer surface. The adhesive has sufficient stickiness... Agent: Neil D. Gershon

20080065013 - Balloon catheter: A balloon catheter may include an elongate shaft and a shaft lumen extending through the elongate shaft to a distal end thereof A balloon may be disposed about a distal region of the elongate shaft while a coil may be disposed within the balloon. A polymer coating may be disposed... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080065010 - Polymeric marker with high radiopacity for use in medical devices: High radiopacity is achieved in a polymeric marker by combining a polymeric resin, a powdered radiopaque agent having uniformly shaped particles of a specific particle size distribution and a wetting agent. The method to produce the marker calls for the blending and pelletization of these materials followed by extrusion onto... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080065014 - Systems, methods, and devices to facilitate wire and device crossings of obstructions in body lumens: In one of many possible embodiments, a method for treating an obstruction within a blood vessel includes applying a stimulus to a fluid near the obstruction to disrupt the obstruction. The stimulus may include applying a stimulus to the fluid near the obstruction to breach a proximal cap and applying... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080065015 - Locking clip with trigger bushing: A safety shield incorporating a locking clip to prevent inadvertent sticks or punctures by a needle is provided. The needle can be a needle cannula or other piercing member, disposed in a sliding orientation in the safety shield, such that the needle slides within the locking clip between an aperture... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080065016 - Drug pump systems and methods: A menu driven reprogrammable drug pump is provided with a memory, such as flash memory, a display, a keyboard, and a communications port to allow a generic pump to be programmed with a desired pump application (therapy) program and patient specific settings. Programming and data transfer with another pump or... Agent: Attn: John C. Reich Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080065017 - Method of using flexible spinal needle assemblies: A method of using an assembly to insert a flexible spinal needle and minimize incidence of post dural puncture headache is provided. The assembly typically includes a support needle with a non-cutting piercing tip and an exteriorly mounted flexible needle. The flexible needle gauge may be reduced, while ease of... Agent: Trask Britt

20080065018 - Neural injection system and related methods: A novel neural injection system and related methods are herein disclosed. Various embodiments of an embodiment of a neural injection system of the present invention provide for at least one benefit of enhanced injection characteristics, increased operational efficiency, reduced cost per unit, reduced incidence of injury through intraneural/intravascular injection, reduced... Agent: Winstead PC

20080065019 - Catheter system for connecting adjacent blood vessels: The catheter apparatus may be used to assist in creating a fistula between two adjacent blood vessels. The apparatus includes a catheter for inserting into a first blood vessel which lies adjacent to a second blood vessel, the catheter having a plurality of openings through which a physician may navigate... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080065020 - Systems and methods for reducing fractured bone using a fracture reduction cannula with a side discharge port: An elongated shaft is sized and configured to establish an access path to bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone. The elongated shaft includes a generally closed distal end portion and a side opening spaced from the closed distal end. A first tool is... Agent: Daniel D. Ryan Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080065021 - Surgical instrument: A surgical system comprises a tubular member (8), a surgical instrument (1) and a sealing assembly (23). The surgical instrument (1) is locatable within the tubular member (8), the tubular member having a distal end locatable at a surgical operation site which is supplied with pressurised gas, and a proximal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080065022 - Catheter anchor: A catheter anchoring or securement device and system in combination with or for securing a catheter system to a patient's skin in a fixed position, the invention having a flexible anchor sheet member having an adhesive backing that adheres the flexible anchor sheet member to the patient's skin, a compressible... Agent: Rogers Towers, P.A.

20080065023 - Fluid delivery device: A fluid delivery device and system is operable to fluidly couple a pair of fluid delivery conduits. One embodiment includes a fluid delivery device sized to meet ANSI/AAMI ID54:1996(R) 2005 and not mate with ANSI/HIMA MD70.1 or ISO 594/1 and ISO 594/2 standards for intravenous ports and connectors to prevent... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080065024 - One hand syringe filling device: A device and method for easily filling a syringe with one hand is disclosed. The device includes a flat hand for holding a medicine bottle, a syringe holder with a curved finger for holding a syringe, a mounted post for securing the device and a swivel arm mounted to the... Agent: Michael Coblenz

20080065025 - Safety needle assembly: Embodiments of the invention pertain to safety needle assemblies. In one embodiment, a safety needle assembly includes a cannula, a hub on an end of the cannula, a housing that is slidable with respect to the cannula and a tether that prevents the housing from extending past the distal end... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080065026 - Injection device: A medication dispensing device with a housing and a member wherein the member is moveable in a distal direction is useful in delivering medication to a patient. A fluid container can be used with the device and often has a moveable piston at one end and an outlet at the... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Patent Department

20080065027 - Disposable safety syringe to prevent needlestick injuries and reuse: The syringe includes a cylindrical barrel, a plunger in part disposed within the barrel and an elongated end cannula extending from the distal end of the barrel and formed integrally with the barrel of a single unitary plastic material. The plunger includes a distal end portion within the barrel having... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080065028 - Tunneling needle design having an on-demand removable hub: The medical needle assembly has unique features and capabilities: a removable at will needle hub, which not only allows the surgeon to use the epidural/spinal needle initially to access the epidural or subarachnoid space of the spinal cord; but also permits the surgeon to use the same medical needle assembly... Agent: David Prashker David Prashker, P.C.

20080065029 - Nerve block needle and related methods: A novel sharp needle with an at least partially occluded, closed distal and at least one side port and related methods is disclosed. Various embodiments of needles of the present invention provide for at least one benefit of enhanced injection characteristics, increased operational efficiency, reduced cost per unit, reduced incidence... Agent: Winstead PC

20080065030 - Container for forced irrigation, particularly for ocular surgery intervention: The invention relates to a container (1) for forced irrigation, particularly for ocular surgery intervention, comprised of three elements (2, 3, 4), provided side by side, coupled each other along their perimetral edge, so as to realise a first (5) and a second (6) pocket, said pockets (5, 6) being... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080065031 - Colostomy bag: A colostomy bag comprises an inner bag and outer bag. The inner bag comprises a sealing device that may be operated before removal from the outer bag to prevent spilling of the contents of the inner bag. A plurality of new inner bags may be stored within the outer bag,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080065032 - Container for collecting excretions, draining collections, purging ostomies or the like: A container for collecting excretions, draining collections and purging ostomies, comprising a bag which is closed along its peripheral edges and on at least one face of which there is a radial arrangement of slits, which form a plurality of independent sectors, each of which is associated with a respective... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080065033 - Sperm collecting apparatus: A sperm collecting apparatus is provided and includes a container having a non-cylindrical container main unit whose one end face in a longitudinal direction is open and a cap that is attachable the container main unit. A core member made from a gel-like material, which is located in the container... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20080065034 - Disposable absorbent article having refastenable side seams and a wetness sensation member: A disposable absorbent article including features facilitating toilet training of a wearer. A wetness sensation member provides a wetness sensation on the wearer's skin upon urination. Highlighting that is visible when viewing a body-facing surface of the article may be associatively correlated with the concept of toilet training and indicates... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080065036 - Disposable diaper: A disposable diaper including, a covering chassis having front and rear waist regions, and a crotch region; a body fluid absorbent structure disposed at least in the crotch region; and an elastic isolating sheet covering at least the absorbent structure. The elastic isolating sheet has a front opening and a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080065035 - Absorbing article comprising an absorbing structure comprising a deformation layer: An absorbing article, in particular an absorbing structure has at least one layer that can be used with advantage as a surface layer or in combination with a surface layer. The aforementioned layer has deformable fibers which are deformed and shrink when they become wet. The aforementioned layer thus constitutes... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080065037 - Absorbent article: An absorptive article includes a centrally high portion formed in the widthwise central portion of a napkin and made high on the side of a using face and a pair of left and right embosses formed individually on the two sides of the centrally high portion and extending substantially in... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080065038 - Absorbent product: In an absorbent product such as a diaper comprising a back sheet, an absorber, and a skin contact sheet, the skin contact sheet is disposed on the absorber as the uppermost layer which comes in contact with the skin of the wearer and has openings which allow the passage of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080065039 - Reusable diapers: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of reusable diapers. In one exemplary embodiment, a reusable diaper generally includes an inner layer configured to wick moisture from the diaper wearer's body and an outer layer configured to be substantially liquid-impervious. At least one pocket is defined generally by a... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080065040 - Thong style urinary pad garment: A women's reusable, decorative thong garment, with a pouch to hold interchangeable urinary pads structured to provide the wearer with a feeling of security that the pad will not be exposed or fallout.... Agent: Marcus G Theodore, PC

20080065041 - Process for producing folded and compressed tampons: A method and apparatus for producing a stabilized tampon from a tampon pledget. The method includes the steps of providing a tampon pledget; providing a compression mold having disposed therein a plurality of fluid communication passages; moving the tampon pledget into the compression mold, the compression mold being in an... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080065042 - Adjustable fit pull-on garment: There is provided a disposable garment including a chassis having front and back waist sections. Two sets of side sections connect the front and back waist sections divided into a front side section and a back side section and define a continuous waist of the disposable absorbent garment. The leg... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080065043 - Storage assembly for contrast media: the packaging container (3) comprises two superposed sheets made of polymer material and an access member at the distal end of which the connector and the cap are placed, the connector allowing the packaging container to be sealed after it has been filled with the aqueous solution.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080065044 - Bioactive agent-containing implantable rings: A bioactive agent-containing implantable open ring-shaped medical device and methods of using for the treatment of disease are disclosed.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080065045 - Intracranial aspiration catheter: Disclosed is an access catheter, having a distal segment which is movable from a reduced outside diameter for positioning at a target site, and an enlarged outside diameter to create an enlarged internal working lumen. In one application, the catheter is configured for use as an intracranial aspiration catheter. Methods... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080065046 - Intramyocardial patterning for global cardiac resizing and reshaping: Cardiomyopathy may be treated by distributing space-occupying agent within the myocardium in a pattern about one or more chambers of the heart, such that the space-modifying agent integrates into and thickens at least part of the cardiac wall about the chamber so as globally to reduce wall stress and stabilize... Agent: Cyr & Associates, P.A.

20080065048 - Intramyocardial patterning for global cardiac resizing and reshaping: Cardiomyopathy may be treated by distributing space-occupying agent within the myocardium in a pattern about one or more chambers of the heart, such that the space-modifying agent integrates into and thickens at least part of the cardiac wall about the chamber so as globally to reduce wall stress and stabilize... Agent: Cyr & Associates, P.A.

20080065047 - Intramyocardial patterning for treating localized anomalies of the heart: Cardiomyopathy may be treated by distributing space-occupying agent within the myocardium in a pattern about one or more chambers of the heart, such that the space-modifying agent integrates into and thickens at least part of the cardiac wall about the chamber so as globally to reduce wall stress and stabilize... Agent: Cyr & Associates, P.A.

20080065049 - Variable stiffness direct injection system: A direct injection system with a small diameter that can be easily placed at a desired treatment location is provided, where the system comprises an outer guide catheter having a predefined bend at the distal end. For example, the outer guide catheter may be no larger than a 7 Fr... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080065050 - Device and method for detecting and treating chemical and biological agents: A device and method capable of sensing the presence of biochem agents, and preferably also capable of delivering precise amounts of one or more antidotes to treat a victim exposed to the agents. The device includes a freestanding tube portion having an internal passage containing a substance selective to a... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20080065051 - Implantable medical device having pre-implant exoskeleton: The present application describes a method and apparatus for implanting a medical device within a living body. The apparatus includes an elongate sleeve positionable with a living body, such as within a blood vessel, and a medical device insertable into the sleeve. During use, the sleeve is retained with the... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP Attn: Kathleen A. Frost

20080058694 - Plasma lipids in-vitro filtering method and apparatus: An in-vitro blood plasma lipids filtering method includes the following steps: separating out the blood plasma from the blood collection; flushing the apparatus carrying out the method with saline solution; controlling the temperature and pressure of the blood plasma; passing the blood plasma to screening procedure for filtering; and feeding... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080058703 - Drug electrotransport with hydration measurement of hydratable reservoir: A transdermal electrotransport drug delivery system with hydratable reservoir and method for drug delivery to an individual. The system has a hydratable reservoir with impedance measurement means for determining level of hydration in the reservoir.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080058699 - Iontophoresis apparatus and method: An iontophoresis apparatus and method is disclosed that is suited to deliver a plurality of treatment methods such as, but not limited to, body site conductivity enhancement followed by low voltage iontophoresis.... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20080058700 - Iontophoresis apparatus and method: An iontophoresis apparatus and method is disclosed that is suited to deliver a plurality of treatment methods such as, but not limited to, body site conductivity enhancement followed by low voltage iontophoresis.... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20080058698 - Iontophoretic electrode: An electrode for an iontophoretic drug delivery system includes a retainer having a malleable characteristic. The retainer and a conductor are connected to a platform. The conductor and a dose controller are electrically coupled to the iontophoretic drug delivery system. A drug delivery matrix is operably connected to the platform... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20080058708 - Phacoemulsification needle: A phacoemulsification needle uses a variety of tip shapes to increase efficiency during surgery. In several variations the tips are angled with respect to the needle body. Inb others, various cross-sectional shapes are used. Angling the tip opening is another configuration used.... Agent: Jerry A. Schulman

20080058712 - Peritoneal dialysis machine with dual voltage heater circuit and method of operation: A portable peritoneal dialysis system having a dual voltage heating system that automatically reconfigures the heating circuit depending upon detection of either 110 VAC or 220 VAC to deliver the same wattage for heating PD solution before delivery to the patient, thus facilitating use of the same machine in the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080058711 - System for performing peritoneal dialysis: the system being characterized by the fact that said liquid distribution system (2) comprises two distinct hub chambers (7,8), the first hub chamber (7) including at least one liquid supply port with dedicated valve means (9), one patient port with dedicated valve means (10) and one pump inlet (26), the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080058695 - Autotransfusion method and autotransfusion device with phase separation and concentration, comprising removable bags: A process for treating the haemorrhage fluids of a patient at the time of a surgical procedure with the aim of carrying out an autotransfusion, includes a stage for recovering the haemorrhage fluids with simultaneous introduction of agents such as anticoagulant and/or diluting agents, at least one stage for the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080058696 - 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

20080058697 - Heat exchange systems, devices and methods: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to heat-exchanger systems that can be used to heat or cool a fluid such as blood. Pod pumps that provide low shear and low turbulence may be used in such systems, particularly for systems that pump blood. A certain heat-exchanger system used to... Agent: Michelle Saquet Temple

20080058702 - Continuous nerve block assembly: An assembly and method for continuous blockage of a nerve in a patient. The assembly includes a needle comprising a hollow needle conduit having a shaft portion and a tip portion, a generally non-conductive layer disposed along a length of the conduit shaft portion, and an echogenic surface extending along... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20080058701 - Delivery device having self-assembling dendritic polymers and method of use thereof: A device for delivery of one or more active agents to a biological interface includes a matrix having at least one dendritic polymer or arborol. In certain embodiments, the dendritic polymer or arborol self-assembles to form a matrix having aqueous pores or cavities to contain and allow transport of active... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080058704 - Apparatus and method for ocular treatment: The invention provides tools, materials and related methods to surgically access the suprachoroidal space of an eye for the purpose of performing minimally invasive surgery or to deliver drugs to the eye. The invention provides a flexible microcannula device (11, 13) that may be placed into the suprachoroidal space (12,... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080058705 - Arrangement for therapy of tumours: Arrangement for treatment of a tumour localized inside a body, comprising a needle that is intended to be inserted into said tumour, a ground electrode that is intended to be applied to the outer surface of the body, and a radio frequency generating device that is intended to apply radio... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080058707 - Catheter for delivery of energy to a surgical site: A catheter for delivering energy to a surgical site is disclosed. The catheter includes at a proximal end a handle and at a distal end a probe. The catheter includes at least one energy delivery device and an activation element. The activation element is located at the distal end of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080058706 - Modular electroporation device with disposable electrode and drug delivery components: The invention comprises a modular electroporation device for use in clinical settings. The device includes components which may be varied or adapted for application of electroporation-based delivery of therapeutic agents to cells of a subject in a variety of electroporation formats such as intratissue electroporation or transsurface electroporation. The device... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20080058709 - Method and apparatus that associate the parenteral injection of medical grade carbon dioxide (co2) concomitantly with the application of infrared radiation from thermal and/or light sources using control by means of cutaneous and/or body thermometry: A method and apparatus that associate a new parenteral injection of medical grade carbon dioxide concomitantly with the application of infrared radiation from thermal and/or light sources using control by means of cutaneous and/or body thermometry, associating the concomitant application of infrared radiation from different light or thermal sources, to... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080058710 - Surgical kit, closure device, and associated method: A surgical device includes a tubular member, a ring made of flexible material, a resilient membrane, and a pusher member. The ring is disposed in a collapsed insertion configuration inside the tubular member and has an expanded configuration surrounding or defining an aperture, the resilient membrane being connected to the... Agent: Coleman Sudol Sapone, P.C.

20080058713 - System for perfusion management: A system for perfusion management that monitors, maintains, diagnoses, or treats perfusion deficiencies.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080058714 - Multi-purpose tubing apparatus: An improved tubing device, preferably for use in the medical industry is provided. The tubing device provides a seamless transport path by using the tubing itself as the transport means without any other internally wetted parts, or connections, to provide a substantial reduction in the number of fluid contact components,... Agent: Attention: D. Edward Dolgorukov Marshall & Melhorn, LLC

20080058715 - Rapid exchange catheter with stent deployment, therapeutic infusion, and lesion sampling features: A catheter is insertable into a vessel within a mammalian body. The catheter includes a tubular body, at least one channel extending along the tubular body; and a central lumen. The tubular body includes an exterior surface, a first end and a second end, and defines a length between the... Agent: William Douglas Hare

20080058716 - Self-conforming surgical seal: The present disclosure relates to surgical seal, or valve, of the type adapted to releasably receive a surgical object. The seal disclosed herein defines an aperture that is configured to maintain a substantially fluid-tight seal with the surgical object upon its insertion, and includes at least one cable member connected... Agent: Covidien

20080058717 - Oral cavity liquid delivery system including pre-angled needle guidance assembly and method for using the same: A delivery system for dispensing sterile liquids into the oral cavity using a novel pre-angled needle guidance assembly attached to a conventional anesthetic needle and conventional anesthetic syringe loaded with a novel cartridge ampule containing a certain liquid solution. This system substantially improves the efficiency of delivering small amounts of... Agent: Craig A. Simmermon

20080058718 - Disposable infusion device with automatic unlocking mechanism: A wearable infusion device delivers a liquid medicant to a patient. The infusion device comprises a base that contacts a patient's skin and a reservoir arranged to be filled with a liquid medicant to be delivered beneath a patient's skin. The reservoir has an outlet through which the medicant flows.... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP Richard O. Gray, Jr.

20080058719 - Devices, systems and methods for medicament delivery: An apparatus includes a movable member and a valve coupled to the movable member. The movable member is configured to be disposed within a housing of a medical device and has a first end portion and second end portion. A portion of the first end portion is configured to define... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080058720 - Flow based pressure isolation and fluid delivery system including flow based pressure isolation and flow initiating mechanism: The fluid delivery system includes a pressurizing device for delivering a pressurized injection fluid, a low pressure fluid delivery system, and a pressure isolation mechanism adapted for fluid communication with the pressurizing device and low pressure fluid delivery system. The pressure isolation mechanism includes a housing defining an inlet port,... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080058721 - Gastrostomy catheter introducing device: A gastrostomy catheter introducing device includes a puncturing device 1 including a body 6 having a tube 4 and a flange 5, and a puncturing needle 7 axially slidably held in the tube 4 of the body 5; and a gastric wall fixating and fistula expanding device 2 including an... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080058722 - Stiffening support catheter and methods for using the same: A support catheter that can puncture a heart septum with a guidewire without buckling and that can access difficult to reach arteries such as carotid or renal arteries from the aorta under difficult circumstances is provided. The support catheter comprises a catheter body having a proximal end, a distal end,... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080058723 - Medical cannula assembly: A medical assembly includes a cannula and a scaling cap releasably coupled to the cannula. The cap includes a body and a sealing member integrally molded with the body to form a fluid-tight seal between the cap and cannula. The cap includes a member defining an opening for passage of... Agent: Norman F. Hainer, Jr. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080058724 - Method and system for delivering an implant utilizing a lumen reducing member: Method and system for inserting an implant, such as vaso-occlusive device, an embolic containment device, or a stent into a vascular space to a vascular site in a body utilizing a lumen-reducing catheter. The method and system can be used to treat aneurysm, tumors and other vascular malformations. A guide... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080058725 - Methods and apparatus for placing materials into bone: A cannula establishes a subcutaneous path into bone. A tamping instrument having a tamping terminus is sized and configured for manipulation independent of the cannula to enable insertion of the tamping instrument into the cannula, advancement of the tamping terminus in the cannula to urge material residing in the cannula... Agent: Daniel D. Ryan Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080058727 - Connector to cassette interface system: The disclosed connector to cassette interface system includes a set of individual keyed connectors having a shroud on the lower portion. The perimeter of each shroud includes an array of tabs or protrusions keyed to one of a corresponding array of skirted portals in the cassette cover. The tabs or... Agent: Alcon

20080058726 - Methods and apparatus incorporating a surface penetration device: A surface penetration device, methods of use and methods of manufacture thereof are provided. The device includes a substrate supporting a tapered elongate structure extending from and supported by the substrate upper surface. The elongate structure includes a distal portion, a proximal portion supported at the substrate upper surface, a... Agent: Shayglenn LLP

20080058728 - Stabilization assist device for trocar: A stabilizer is provided to secure and fix the position of a cannula assembly relative to tissue. The stabilizer is a liquid swellable member which expands within an incision in tissue in response to the absorption of a liquid. The stabilizer includes an inner adhesive layer to secure the stabilizer... Agent: Covidien

20080058729 - Vascular access harness for small laboratory animals: A device and method for accessing a vascular system of small laboratory animals. A port unit is configured to connect to an indwelling catheter of the animal. The port unit is secured to the animal by a harness block. At least one elastomeric band secures the harness block around the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080058730 - Rotationally actuated fixation mechanism: The present invention provides a gastrostomy or jejunal device for extended insertion into an abdomen of a patient. The device includes a catheter and a coaxial sheath that surrounds the catheter. The sheath includes a plurality of curved or oblique slots through the sheath materials that form a plurality of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080058731 - Safety syringe device: A safety syringe device includes a pusher rod, a connecting sleeve, a syringe tube, a needle base, and a needle cap. The connecting sleeve is sleeved onto the front end of the pusher rod so as to allow insertion of the needle base. After being syringed, the needle base and... Agent: Hdsl

20080058732 - Continuous feed hypodermic syringe with self contained cartridge dispenser: A hypodermic syringe and a plurality of single use cartridges able to be successively loaded into said syringe for providing rapid dispensing of a medicant to numerous users without possibility of contamination. The cartridges are continuously fed through the syringe for the quick and efficient inoculation of patients. An operator... Agent: Jackie Jay Schwartz

20080058733 - Antibiotic(s)-polymer combination: The present invention relates to an antibiotic(s)-polymer combination, which under physiological conditions guarantees the continuous release of antibiotics over a period of several days and can be used in human and veterinary medicine. The invented antibiotic(s)-polymer combination is wherein in a homogeneous polymer mixture, consisting of one or more hydrophobic... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20080058734 - Device for machining an object by means of laser radiation: The invention relates to a device for machining an object by laser radiation, in particular by using the photodisruption method. Said device comprises an observation device for imaging the object and a laser scanning device by which the laser radiation is passed over a predetermined sector of the object for... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080058735 - Method and apparatus for supplying gas to an area: An apparatus for supplying one or more gases, such as oxygen, to a target area, comprising a top layer and a bottom layer sealed around the perimeter of the layers to form a reservoir between the layers, wherein the top layer is not gas-permeable and the bottom layer is highly... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20080058736 - Sharps container having absorbent pad and method of making the same: A medical waste container includes a receptacle for receiving medical waste. In a first aspect of the invention, a container includes a receptacle having a bottom wall and an absorbent pad positioned in the receptacle adjacent the bottom wall. The absorbent pad includes a substrate containing a super absorbent polymer.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080058737 - Absorbent articles and wipes comprising lotion: An absorbent article combination comprising an absorbent article and a wipe. The absorbent article can include one or more lotions and the wipe can comprise one or more lotions. The wipe can be individually packaged and attached to an individually packaged absorbent article.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080058738 - Derivatized expanded starch for odor control: An absorbent article includes a plurality of derivatized expanded starch particles to control odor. The derivatized expanded starch particles include an expanded starch particle base and at least one transition metal chemically bonded to the expanded starch particle base. The transition metal is coordinatively bonded to a bridging compound and... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058739 - Expanded starch for odor control: An absorbent article includes a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article includes expanded starch particles to control odors. The expanded starch particles may be corn starch with an amylase content of at least 20% and... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058742 - Absorbent articles including a monitoring system powered by ambient energy: Electrical monitoring devices may include alarm devices that are designed to assist parents or attendants in identifying a wet diaper condition shortly after the diaper has been soiled. The devices may produce a visual, an audible, or an electronic signal. These electrical monitoring devices have been powered by batteries, specifically... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058744 - Conductive porous materials: A limited use, disposable article (20), comprises a matrix-substrate (22), and an electrically-conductive region (24) of a separately provided, electrically-conductive material that has been operatively applied to the matrix-substrate from a viscous configuration of the electrically-conductive material. The matrix-substrate includes a first matrix-region (26), and at least a second matrix-region... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058743 - Process for producing and controlling the package quality of absorbent articles containing a wetness sensing system: The present disclosure is generally directed to process for controlling the quality of absorbent articles containing wetness sensing systems. The wetness sensing system incorporated in the article can include, for instance, metallic conductive leads or other metallic material. A metal sensor can be used in order to ensure that a... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080058741 - Products to efficaciously perform toilet training: A toilet training system is provided that exhibits an average improvement in Weighted Progress Scale score over baseline of greater than 1.0 over four weeks. Also provided is a method for improving the efficacy of toilet training, the method including producing a toilet training system including an absorbent article having... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058740 - Sensing article for a home automation network: Provided is a sensing system for use in conjunction with a home automation network controlling an environmental variable in a home, the system including a transmitter adapted to be used with an absorbent article having a sensor, wherein the transmitter is adapted to communicate with the sensor and directly with... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058745 - System for interactively training a child and a caregiver to assist the child to overcome bedwetting: A system for interactively training a child and a caregiver to assist the child to overcome bedwetting. The system includes an absorbent article, a urine insult detector, a urine insult event communicator and a urine insult event alarm. The urine insult event alarm includes a local alarm proximate the child... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058747 - Absorbent articles comprising superabsorbent polymers having superior properties: An absorbent article can have a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. In some aspects, at least one of the topsheet, backsheet, and absorbent core is stretchable. In other aspects, the absorbent core can comprise layers, at least one of which includes... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058748 - Disposable absorbent article having a graphic adapted to facilitate discretionary use of said article: Disclosed is a disposable absorbent article having a graphic disposed thereon adapted to promote discreet use of said article when used in proximity with a second article of manufacture. Also disclosed are product lines comprising a plurality of designators, such as SKUs, with each designator corresponding to a disposable absorbent... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080058749 - Tampon wrapper: The present disclosure provides a tampon wrapper that is a polyethylene film tube having at least a first sealed end with a notch in the first sealed end, and a number of perforations extending from the notch along the axial length of the tampon wrapper. The wrapper is quiet, easy... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080058751 - Tampon removal device: A tampon removal device is provided that has one or more malodor counteractants, perfumes, medicines including analgesics, anti-bacterials, lubricants and/or moisturizers, visual stimulators and/or identifiers including color code, color modification, and optical enhancer, a ply variation, a polymer modification, or a surface modification.... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080058752 - Absorbent articles with elasticated topsheet with reduced leakage: The present invention relates to an absorbent article that has a topsheet (30) with elastic components (40) and one or more openings (31) with longitudinal side edges (32) and a connecting edge (33a, b) in the back region (3), whereby the angel between a longitudinal side edge (32) and connecting... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080058750 - Absorbent article with improved side seams: An absorbent article is provided that includes a top sheet and a back sheet joined to form side seam regions. An absorbent core is disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet; and laterally oriented elastics are disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The elastics include... Agent: Covidien

20080058753 - Regenerative non-tacky adhesive fastening system for use in consumer products: A non-tacky adhesive fastening system may have a first configuration and a second configuration. The non-tacky adhesive fastening system comprises an engaging member and a receiving member. In the first configuration, the engaging member comprises a first non-tacky member and the receiving member comprises an intermediate non-tacky member and a... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080058754 - Disposable absorbent articles having multiple absorbent core components including replaceable components: A disposable absorbent article adapted to be worn about a lower torso of a human body and having a chassis, a non-removable absorbent core component disposed in a crotch region of the chassis, and a replaceable absorbent core component disposed in capillary liquid communication with the non-removable absorbent core component.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080058755 - Method and apparatus for sterilely acquiring and separating a fluid: A method and apparatus are provided by which a fluid may be drawn and packaged within a series of interconnected sterile units. Once filled with the fluid, the connectors joining the sterile units may be sealed and severed to produce a number of separate sterile units. The volume of the... Agent: Chowdhury & Georgakis, P.c

20080058756 - Non-destructive systems, devices, and methods for evaluating iontophoresis drug delivery devices: Systems, devices, and methods for evaluating iontophoresis devices. An impedance spectrometer is operable to determine an impedance of an iontophoresis device and a controller configured to perform a comparison of the measured impedance of the iontophoresis device to stored reference data, and to generate a response based in part on... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080058758 - Method for delivering therapeutic agents: In one form, the therapeutic agent delivery apparatus is used for infusing a therapeutic agent into a body lumen and includes a lumenal body defining a plurality of infusion ports for infusing the therapeutic agent into the body lumen, and a sensing element distal of the infusion ports and adapted... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080058757 - Catheter set for epidural or peripheral nerve blockade: A catheter set for the epidural or peripheral nerve blockade, in which a flexible catheter (20) includes a stimulation tip (22) for the localization and positioning of the catheter tip by electro-stimulation. A reinforcing stylet (40) is introducible in the catheter (20). The axial position of the reinforcing stylet (40)... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080058759 - Devices, systems and methods for acute or chronic delivery of substances or apparatus to extravascular treatment sites: Methods and apparatus for delivery of substances or apparatus to target sites located outside blood vessels within the body of a human or animal patient. A vessel wall penetrating catheter is inserted into the vasculature, positioned and oriented within a blood vessel near the target extravascular site and a penetrator... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20080058761 - Diamond dusted extrusion cannula: An aspirating cannula for ophthalmic surgery is provided, having a soft tip with an abrasive coating at its distal end. These features combine the functionality of a soft-tip abrasive instrument with means to remove fluid from the eye. The aspirating function of the cannula may be used to provide suction,... Agent: Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

20080058760 - Use of a viscoelastic composition for treating increased intraocular pressure: A viscoelastic medium is useful for the manufacture of a medicament, such as a medical device, for treatment of increased intraocular pressure in the eye of a human or animal. The medicament is administerable into at least one sclerally penetrating fistula of the eye such that the fistula is filled... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080058763 - Catheter for cell delivery: A cell delivery system and method for delivering cells locally to a tissue, body cavity, or joint is described. The cell delivery system comprises a catheter configured to deliver stem cells in a pressure controlled manner. The catheter may comprise an inner bladder and an outer perforated bladder. The inner... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080058762 - Induction and maintenance of tolerance to composite tissue allografts: The present invention provides a clinically-applicable approach for inducing long-term, donor-specific tolerance to donor antigens, especially in recipients of CTA and/or solid organ transplants, without the requirement for patient preconditioning, without the need for chronic immunosuppressive regimens, and without the occurrence of GVHD. In particular, a method is provided for... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20080058765 - Catheter for linear and circular mapping: A catheter is provided which are useful for mapping circular regions of or near the heart as well as linear regions extending from the tubular regions. The catheter comprises a catheter body, a flexible, generally linear mapping section and a generally circular mapping section. The generally circular mapping section is... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080058764 - Catheter tip configuration for improved crossability and trackability: Balloon catheter designs are disclosed where the as-molded distal tip portion assumes a generally non-linear configuration. The non-linear tip configuration minimizes the gap between the wall of the catheter and the guidewire when the catheter passes over the guidewire when threaded through tortuous portions of the vasculature. The edge of... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080058768 - Central nervous system administration of medications by means of pelvic venous catheterization and reversal of batson's plexus: An infusor system for administering medications to a venous blood vessel in the body of a patient. The infusor system includes a flexible, elongated delivery tube having opposite ends. One of the ends is couplable to a supply of liquid medication, which is remote from the venous blood vessel. The... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080058766 - Delivery catheter: A medical catheter for the transvascular deployment of a collapsible medical device such as a filter has a tubular body formed by an inner tubular core surrounded by an outer thin-walled tube which is fixed to the core. The outer thin-walled tube extends outwardly beyond a distal end of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080058767 - Tubal cannulator and methods of use: The invention relates to a cannulator that has an adjustable shape for conforming to an anatomy to reach the tubal ostium of a patient. The cannulator includes a body segment, a tip section, and a handle. The body segment is made of a malleable material having a malleable characteristic with... Agent: William Douglas Hare

20080058769 - Marker for positioning in body tissue: The present invention relates to a marker to be used inside human or animal body, comprising an elongated wire of a radiation retarding and/or radioactive material, wherein the wire is arranged with at least one bending means, capable of bending the wire upon insertion in human tissue. The invention also... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080058770 - Device for the extraction of liquids: An extraction device for the extraction of a liquid from a medical receptacle is equipped with a connector, which is designed for connection with the medical receptacle and for creation of a conduit connection into the medical receptacle. Furthermore, a component is provided on the extraction device, which is movably... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080058772 - Personal paramedic: A drug delivery device is provided. The device is configured to be automatically activated by a wireless signal sent from a sensor or from another implantable device. Embodiments of the device include a drug reservoir, a delivery mechanism, an energy source, and a processor which activates the delivery mechanism upon... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP (proteus Biomedical, Inc)

20080058771 - Method for multiple dosage of liquid products, dosing apparatus and dosing system: The present invention provides methods for the multiple dosage of one or more liquid products or both liquid and solid products wherein the dosing amount of at least one liquid product is measured by a weight cell. Moreover, dosing apparatus and dosing systems for applying those methods are provided. Additionally,... Agent: Ecolab Inc.

20080058773 - Methods and systems for semi-automatic adjustment of medical monitoring and treatment.: Systems and methods are described for adjusting the operation of implantable stimulation devices used to provide medical monitoring and treatment. Several hierarchical algorithms are described which operate according to conditionally obtaining a patient response to an alert signal. In one such strategy semi-automatic therapy adjustment occurs by automatically issuing patient... Agent: John, Michael Sasha