Surgery inventions 04/08

20080097278 - Treatment of skin with light and a benefit agent: Methods of mitigating effects of aging on skin include a first skin treatment to an expanse of skin, and after a delay, providing a second skin treatment to the same expanse of skin. The skin treatments may include initiating exposure of an expanse of skin to light; terminating the exposure... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080097281 - Ultrasonic drug-delivery system: Apparatus for delivering a drug to a target site of a body comprising: a dispersing member adapted to vibrate when acoustically excited; a source of acoustic energy controllable to couple acoustic energy to the dispersing member to excite it to vibrate; and a drug adhered to the dispersing member so... Agent: Martin Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080097283 - Data communication system for peritoneal dialysis machine: A portable peritoneal dialysis apparatus having a USB interface for uploading and downloading patient files and records using a USB flash drive, and for playing a training video for the PD machine on the machine's own display, transferred via a USB flash drive.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080097285 - Cell block cassette device: A tissue cassette assembly includes a housing having a recess formed therein, and a compressible reservoir disposed partially or wholly inside of, or otherwise attached in fluid communication with, the housing recess, the compressible reservoir containing a tissue embedding material. The tissue cassette further includes a port disposed in the... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080097284 - Surgical system having a cassette with an acoustic air reflector: A surgical cassette have a rigid fluid channel formed into a rigid plastic component or housing. The piezoelectric crystals of an ultrasonic flow meter are positioned on one side of the fluid channel. The side wall of the fluid channel opposite the piezoelectric crystals is exposed to fluid in the... Agent: Alcon

20080097286 - Anal ointment applicator: Medicinal applicator suitable for delivering medicinal material in a measured dose and concentration to a body cavity, having an elongate support body with an external surface and a blunt distal end to facilitate insertion into a body cavity and a support element receiving zone located towards the distal end for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080097287 - System and method for intraparenchymal drug infusion: A system for performing an intraparenchymal drug infusion including a pump device, a delivery tube, a sensor, and a processor. The tube is fluidly coupled to the pump device, establishing an infusate pathway from the pump to an infusate exit port of the delivery tube. The sensor is positioned to... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC Attn: Md Matters

20080097288 - Disposable blood glucose sensor with internal pump: An apparatus and method are disclosed for automatically and periodically measuring the level of a patient's blood glucose when a patient has a catheter in a blood vessel. A wearable, disposable test unit is attached by air, fluid and electric lines to a bedside monitor. The test unit has means... Agent: Bruce H. Johnsonbaugh Eckhoff & Hoppe

20080097289 - Intelligent therapy recommendation algorithm and method of using the same: An algorithm and method of making intelligent therapy recommendations for insulin pump parameters is described. The pump parameters include basal rates, carbohydrate-to-insulin ratios (CIR), and insulin sensitivity factors (ISF). A determination of whether a therapy recommendation should be made is based on comparing an updated recommended change with a threshold.... Agent: Medtronic Minimed Inc.

20080097291 - Infusion pumps and methods and delivery devices and methods with same: A delivery device includes a durable housing portion and a separable disposable portion that selectively engage and disengage from each other. The disposable housing portion secures to the patient-user and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period. Components that normally come into contact... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080097292 - Pressure-propelled system for body lumen: Apparatus (10) is provided for use with a biologically-compatible-fluid pressure source (16), the apparatus (10) including an elongate carrier (26), adapted to be inserted through a proximal opening (18) of a body lumen (20), and a piston head (30) coupled to a distal portion of the carrier (26). The piston... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080097294 - Occlusive guidewire system having an ergonomic handheld control mechanism prepackaged in a pressurized gaseous environment and a compatible prepackaged torqueable kink-resistant guidewire with distal occlusive balloon: An occlusive guidewire system having an ergonomic handheld control mechanism prepackaged in a pressurized gaseous environment and a compatible prepackaged torqueable kink-resistant guidewire with distal occlusive balloon. Convenient structure and overall mechanism for operation of a torqueable kink-resistant guidewire with a distal occlusive balloon, including evacuation and inflation control of... Agent: Hugh D Jaeger, P.A.

20080097293 - Steerable catheter with rapid exchange lumen: A medical device for advancement over a guidewire includes a number of lumens therein including a working channel lumen, one or more control wire lumens, and a guidewire lumen. A flexible support within the device includes a number of interlocking elements that resist longitudinal compression, transfer rotational torque, and can... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080097272 - Device and method for detecting complications during an extracorporeal blood treatment: A device and method for detecting complications during an extracorporeal blood treatment are provided. During the dialysis treatment, the dialysance or clearance may be continuously determined at successive points in time based on a measured change in a physical or chemical characteristic quantity of the dialysis liquid, for example, the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080097273 - Method and apparatus for peripheral vein fluid removal in heart failure: A fluid removal apparatus comprising a blood removal catheter for insertion into a peripheral vein or artery and having a size 16 standard gage needle or less; a filter having a blood inlet port coupled to the blood removal catheter, a blood outlet port, an excess fluid removal port, and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080097274 - Blood chamber for an extracorporeal circuit: A blood chamber for an extracorporeal blood circuit comprises a blood inlet port (2), a blood containment chamber (3), a first conduit (8) which connects the blood inlet port (2) with the blood containment chamber (3) and which has an end tract (8a) that terminates in the blood containment chamber... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080097275 - Ureteral stent: A ureteral stent is designed to be placed within a patient's ureter to facilitate drainage from the patient's kidneys to the bladder. An elongated portion of the stent includes a length sufficient to extend substantially within the ureter from the kidney to the bladder, and the elongated portion defines a... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080097277 - Controllable shunt: Apparatus and method for volumetric removal of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the brain of patients suffering from hydrocephalus. The apparatus comprises a drainage conduit, which interconnects the cerebral ventricle system to a body cavity and an open and close pinch flow restrictor external to the drainage conduit to control flow.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080097276 - Implantable cerebral spinal fluid drainage system: Drainage system including a ventricular catheter, a drainage catheter, and a positive displacement pump that can function to actively drain CSF from the ventricles of the brain of a patient. Methods of using a drainage system in accordance with the invention are also disclosed, as well as kits.... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20080097279 - Cosmetic apparatus: To provide a cosmetic apparatus capable of eliminating the generation of harmful substances to a skin. An electrode part (2) is formed, by binding carbon fibers, at the tip of a high-tension wire (3) supplying a high-tension from a high-tension power supply part (17) thereto. The electrode part (2) is... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080097280 - Conducting polymer nanotube actuators for precisely controlled release of medicine and bioactive molecules: Drug delivery devices, their manufacture, and their use comprising electrocontractile nanotubes that can be used for precise controlled bioactive substance release for example, medical, veterinary, pharmaceutical compounds and growth factors. The conducting polymer nanotubes significantly decrease the impedance and increase the charge capacity of recording electrode sites on microfabricated electrode... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080097282 - Methods and devices for the delivery of therapeutic gases including nitric oxide: Gas packages for the delivery of therapeutic gases, and in particular gaseous nitric oxide (gNO) are provided herein. The gas packages comprise one or more of a gas reservoir, interface layer, sealing layer, and holding container. The interface layer regulates discharge of the therapeutic gas from the gas reservoir to... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080097290 - Breastpump with irregular milk expression sequences: The present invention is directed to a breastpump that can be operated to generate milk expression sequences or curves with some irregularity or randomness in the course of a session.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080097295 - Devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitis and other disorders of the ears, nose and/or throat: Sinusitis, enlarged nasal turbinates, tumors, infections, hearing disorders, allergic conditions, facial fractures and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches and, in many cases, flexible catheters as opposed to instruments having rigid shafts. Various diagnostic procedures and devices are used to... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson - Acclarent, Inc.

20080097296 - Removable hub assembly for medical device: A removable hub and/or manifold structure, assembly, and methods, and medical devices including such hub and/or manifold structures. For example, a hub and/or manifold assembly that is adapted and configured to be removably attached to a shaft of an elongated medical device. The hub assembly can include a hub having... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080097297 - Medical device for local site-specific drug delivery: The invention discloses a medical device and methods for site-specific diagnosis, energy therapy, sampling, and drug delivery in vivo with a catheter having at least a self-expandable piercing element and a drug delivery conduit.... Agent: Gregory S. Kelley

20080097298 - Catheter for conducting a procedure within a lumen, duct or organ of a living being: In an embodiment, the invention provides a catheter suitable for use in performing a procedure within a vessel, lumen or organ of a living having a distal end which is steerable, such as upon the application of compression. The catheter may be of the over the wire type, or alternatively... Agent: Kensey Nash Corporation

20080097299 - Rapid exchange interventional devices and methods: Wire-guided interventional devices and methods are provided which enable faster and easier catheter exchanges. The interventional devices include a catheter shaft and a guidewire tube wherein the catheter shaft and the guidewire tube each have a length sufficient to extend to the vascular penetration when the interventional device is positioned... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (client No 021629-000000)

20080097300 - Catheter balloon with multiple micropleats: Balloons are provided which are formed of at least one balloon material with micropleats distributed about the circumference of the balloon. The micropleats reduce the profile of the balloon and pull taut upon inflation to provide an essentially radial symmetry.... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20080097302 - Medical balloons with modified surfaces: Medical balloons are described that have modified regions that enhance folding of the balloon.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080097301 - Non-shortening high angle wrapped balloons: The present invention provides a balloon which achieves diameters greater than 6 mm for securement to a catheter. The balloon includes an elastomeric generally hollow pressure expandable body which exhibits essentially radial symmetry and constant length when expanded under an internally applied minimum working pressure from an uninflated state.... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20080097304 - Medical needle safety shield apparatus with an anti-rotation member: A medical needle shield apparatus having an anti-rotation component prevents the medical needle from rotating relative to a safety shield.... Agent: Specialized Health Products Inc. C/o Intellevate

20080097307 - Retractable needle for a syringe: A retractable syringe (11) is disclosed wherein the needle (14) is located initially in a first storage position enclosed within the syringe body (12). In a second in-use position, the needle extends from the body of the syringe. To move needle from first to second position, the plunger (13) connects... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080097308 - Retractable needle syringe assembly: A syringe including a barrel (14), a retractable needle (12) and a plunger rod assembly (22) including inner (30) and outer (24) members with a stopper (46) for expelling fluids from the syringe is disclosed. An activation member (40, 44) associated with the plunger rod permits relative movement of the... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp And ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080097305 - Safety hypodermic syringe: A safety hypodermic syringe formed of a barrel, a plunger, a retainer, a rubber stopper, a needle holder and a needle is disclosed. The retainer is forced by the plunger into engagement with the needle holder when the plunger is pushed forwards to squeeze a fluid medicine out of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080097306 - Sterilized syringe: A method of maintaining sterility of fluidic medication in a fluidic medication container despite repeated extractions of the fluidic medication is provided. Also, a method of injecting a patient with fluidic medication without exposing the fluidic medication to ambient air is provided. The method may comprise the steps of providing... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080097303 - Syringe with retractable needle: A syringe with retractable needle includes a hub, a barrel, and a plunger. The hub is provided with symmetrical retaining sections, and a hooking section of a predetermined length is formed at a front end of the plunger with a piston mounted the hooking section. The piston includes a diametrically... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080097309 - Protective sleeve for medical device components: An external infusion device comprising a housing, a motor contained within the housing, programmable electronics, a fluid reservoir, and a reservoir sleeve, where the fluid reservoir is encapsulated by the reservoir sleeve. The reservoir sleeve may be made of rubber, neoprene, or the like, and may be supported by a... Agent: Medtronic Minimed Inc.

20080097310 - Tamper evident tip cap assembly: A tamper evident tip cap assembly for a prefilled dosage syringe having a tip cap wherein a sleeve is frangibly connected to the tip cap, and is captured within an overcap freely rotatable thereon. The tamper evident tip cap assembly is removed from the syringe tip cap by pulling the... Agent: James G. O'boyle

20080097311 - Temperature release mechanism for injection device: An ophthalmic injection device has a dispensing chamber housing, a plunger, an actuator for driving the plunger, a temperature control device, and a temperature release mechanism. The dispensing chamber housing has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface partially defines a dispensing chamber for holding a quantity... Agent: Alcon

20080097312 - Autoinjector with needle depth adapter: An autoinjector useful for, inter alia, providing an injection of liquid medicament is disclosed, which includes a needle depth adapter for achieving a desired injection depth.... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20080097313 - Safety drug-injecting device with traveling hypodermic or intramuscular needle: A drug-injecting device with a traveling hypodermic or intramuscular needle. The drug-injecting device includes a syringe body which has a base and a top opening into a hollow interior. A membrane is attached across the base of the syringe body, hermetically sealing the reservoir of the syringe from the environment.... Agent: J. Wiley Horton, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20080097314 - Safety syringe: A safety syringe includes a barrel, a needle assembly and a plunger. The barrel has at least one protrusion formed on one end of the barrel. The needle assembly includes a hub and a needle. The hub has at least one L-shaped groove respectively corresponding to and engaging with the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080097315 - Self priming intravenous delivery system: A bubble free, self-priming IV set for use in the administration of liquids includes a coupling assembly for attaching the delivery system to a source of liquid and includes a coupling membrane for controlling the flow of liquid and air through the coupling assembly. The system also includes a drip... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080097319 - Active squeezing device for a drip bag: An active squeezing device is used with a drip bag has a drip bag holder and a magnetic pressure assembly. The drip bag holder has a base and a cover mounted pivotally on the base. The magnetic pressure assembly is mounted on the drip bag holder and selectively generates an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080097318 - Disposable infusion device with air trapping collapsible reservoir: A wearable infusion device delivers a liquid medicant to a patient. The infusion device comprises a reservoir arranged to contain a liquid medicant to be delivered beneath a patient's skin. The reservoir has an outlet through which the medicant flows and a shape that forms at least one pocket that... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20080097320 - Grooved aspiration pump roller-head assembly: An ophthalmic aspiration pump roller-head assembly 10, includes a plurality of rollers 12, a base 16 attached to a first end of the rollers 12, and a face-plate 18 attached to a second end of the rollers 12. The face-plate 18 has at least one groove formed in the face-plate... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20080097317 - Infusion pump: A device for providing a plurality of agent delivery systems via a single housing.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080097316 - Ultrasound catheter: A fluid infusion system comprises a flexible elongated body having a distal end, a proximal end and a fluid transport lumen extending therethrough and a fluid source having a connector for coupling to the proximal end to provide fluid to the fluid transport lumen in combination with an ultrasound energy... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080097321 - Systems and methods allowing for reservoir filling and infusion medium delivery: A system includes a durable portion with a durable housing and a separable disposable portion with a disposable housing that selectively engage with and disengage from each other. The disposable housing secures to a patient and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period.... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080097322 - Syringe device: A ratchet-free and gear-free one-t-one mechanism for setting a dose in a syringe device comprising a dose setting member (108) adapted to be rotated along a piston rod (106) with a threaded outer surface so as to set a dose to be ejected. During dose setting the piston rod is... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Patent Department

20080097323 - Pressure infusion device and process for making a pressure infusion device: A process for making a pressure infusion device including the steps of providing a sealed bag of flexible, heat-sealable material having generally opposed edge portions; providing a layer of substantially transparent material including generally opposed edge portions; folding the opposed edge portions of the sealed bag over the opposed edge... Agent: R. Gale Rhodes, Esq. / MoserIPLaw Group

20080097324 - Disposable infusion device with linear peristaltic pump: A wearable infusion device delivers a liquid medicant, such as insulin, to a patient. The infusion device comprises a base that contacts a patient's skin and a reservoir arranged to contain a liquid medicant to be delivered beneath a patient's skin. The reservoir has an outlet through which the medicant... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20080097325 - Method and apparatus for controlling the injection rate of a drug solution in a cartridge type motor-driven dental injection syringe: The speed of revolution of the electric motor is changed among the low, medium and high speed, and a two-step operable type of switch is used as a starter switch 13. The first depression of the starter switch makes the electric motor 9 start at the low speed, thereby making... Agent: Chapman And Cutler

20080097326 - Infusion medium delivery device and method with drive device for driving plunger in reservoir: A delivery device includes a durable housing portion and a separable disposable portion that selectively engage and disengage from each other. The disposable housing portion secures to the patient-user and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period. Components that normally come into contact... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080097327 - Systems and methods allowing for reservoir filling and infusion medium delivery: A system includes a durable portion with a durable housing and a separable disposable portion with a disposable housing that selectively engage with and disengage from each other. The disposable housing secures to a patient and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period.... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080097328 - Systems and methods allowing for reservoir filling and infusion medium delivery: A system includes a durable portion with a durable housing and a separable disposable portion with a disposable housing that selectively engage with and disengage from each other. The disposable housing secures to a patient and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period.... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080097330 - Catheter insertion device with fluid leakage control: A catheter insertion device is provided in which a needle cannula thereof has one or more markers to provide a visual and/or tactile indication to a user that the needle cannula has been withdrawn from a position in which the sharp tip thereof is exposed beyond the catheter tube to... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080097329 - Articles, devices, and methods for pelvic surgery: Described are implants, tools, and related methods, for use in pelvic surgery to treat conditions such as prolapse and incontinence, including one embodiment of a method that uses a transcoccyx tissue path; other embodiments that use particular implants with various features relating to, e.g., end portions; and other embodiments relating... Agent: Ams Research Corporation

20080097331 - Guidewire structure including a medical guidewire and method for using: A guidewire structure includes a medical guidewire and an overtube. The medical guidewire includes a first segment and a lengthwise-adjoining second segment. The overtube is adapted to slidably cover the first segment and to slidably expose the first segment. A minimum force required to slide the exposed first segment over... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080097332 - Surgical access port: This disclosure concerns self sealing access ports, and especially ports usable to provide access to body cavities for surgical procedures. A self-sealing surgical access port permitting a surgical tool to be used within a body cavity, for example during laparoscopic surgery, is disclosed. The tube can be elastically deformable radially... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080097333 - Bedside entanglement prevention and tubing apparatus: An apparatus for directing medical tubing away from mechanical portions of a hospital bed and off an underlying floor so as to facilitate identification and prevent entanglement, dislodgement, and contamination of the lines includes a tubular foam clasp for snug-fitting, horizontal attachment to a hospital bedrail having a barrel and... Agent: Lenore T. Henning

20080097334 - Intravenous securement device with adhesively interconnected anchoring component and permeable adhesive strip: A catheter anchoring assembly includes a permeable adhesive strip, a platform for securing the catheter, and a flowable adhesive layer. The flowable adhesive layer adhesively secures the platform to the adhesive strip. The flowable adhesive is applied to one side of the strip with a skin-contacting adhesive on the opposite... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080097335 - Ocular implant delivery assemblies: Ocular implant delivery assemblies are provided which include a cannula having a lumen extending therethrough, a proximal end, a proximal end opening, a distal end, a distal end opening, and a lumen extending through the cannula. A removable distal closure element is provided for closing the distal end opening, and... Agent: Allergan, Inc.

20080097336 - Needle protective device: A needle protective device for a syringe having a barrel has a needle hub and a sleeve. The needle hub detachably connected to the barrel has an anti-rotation device. The anti-rotation device is formed on the needle hub. The sleeve is mounted slidably on the barrel and has an inner... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080097337 - Syringe needle sheath: A syringe is provided which comprises a barrel (11) and a needle sheath (30) slidably located within the barrel, a plunger (20) with a plunger seal (23), a needle, a needle sheath (30) and a sheath seal (50), arranged so that depression of the plunger forces the needle sheath to... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080097338 - Safety syringe with disposable components after use: A syringe includes in one embodiment a fluid cartridge including a rear sliding member; a syringe barrel; a hypodermic needle assembly releasably secured to the syringe barrel; a nut member releasably secured to the syringe barrel; and a plunger including a rear handle, a front member disposed through the nut... Agent: Kao H. Lu

20080097339 - Catheter with filtering and sensing elements: 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

20080097340 - Administration feeding set: An administration feeding set for use with a flow control apparatus to deliver fluid from at least one fluid source to a patient. The set comprises tubing for flow of fluid along a fluid pathway, and a mounting member on the tubing for engaging the flow control apparatus. The fluid... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20080097341 - Multi-slit high flow valve: A valve may include (a) a housing defining a valve lumen adapted for fluid connection with a lumen of a catheter; (b) a substantially conical valve member coupled to the housing and extending across the valve lumen to control flow therethrough; (c) a plurality of slits extending through the valve... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080097342 - Cover/sheath for a needle and method of resheathing a used needle: A removable needle cover or sheath 10 is comprised of an elongated cover body 12 with a hollow central volume extending along the longitudinal length of the body 12 for sheathing a needle 30 and an open first end 16 for attachment to a hub 32 of the needle 30,... Agent: David L. King, Sr.

20080097344 - Integrated septum and needle tip shield for a catheter assembly: An integrated septum and needle tip shield for use in a catheter assembly includes a septum configured to removably engage with an inner surface of a catheter hub and a tip shield secured inside the septum. The tip shield is configured to move between an open position in which a... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080097343 - Needle assembly and components thereof: Needle assemblies are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to needle assemblies having a tip protector with a plurality of wall surfaces for preventing contact with the needle tip from a side. Aspects of the tip protectors discussed herein include a first protector body having an arm for blocking... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080097345 - Methods for shielding medical needles: A medical needle shield apparatus is provided which is slidably movable along a medical needle from a proximal position where a distal end of the needle is exposed, to a distal position where the shield protects the distal end of the needle. The medical needle shield apparatus includes a binding... Agent: Specialized Health Products Inc. C/o Intellevate

20080097347 - Bendable needle assembly: The needle assembly comprises a needle including an elongated tubular needle body having open distal and proximal ends, and an elongated stylet having a solid shank complementary to the tubular needle body and slidably movable therewithin substantially coaxially thereto. The needle body includes a tip portion defining the distal end... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080097346 - Trocar cannula: A trocar cannula having a tube and a hub. The hub is attached to the proximal end of the tube so that the tube may be inserted into an incision. The proximal side of the hub is rounded, curved or slanted so as to minimize contact with the tissue surrounding... Agent: Alcon

20080097348 - Enteral feeding probe and tube system for enteral feeding and gastric decompression or drainage: The invention relates to an enteral feeding tube comprising a jejunal tube which is arranged in jejunum and comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen between said two ends. The jejunal tube comprises at least two layers, including an outer first layer and a second layer adjacent... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080097349 - Partially soluble implantable or insertable medical devices: An elongate medical device configured for at least partial implantation or insertion into a subject. The medical device has at least one surface that contains one or more depressions, which are at least partially filled with a soluble material. Also described methods of making such devices.... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20080097350 - Medical devices: Medical devices, as well as related systems and methods, are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080097351 - Drain-clearing device: A drain clearing device according to the present invention includes a first hollow tube having opposed first and second ends and a plunger head coupled to the first end. A second hollow tube includes a first end operatively coupled to the first end of the first tube, the first and... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20080097353 - Filter needle: A single in-line filter hollow needle has an outer wall, a proximal end, a distal end with a pointed tip and a central opening between the ends for communicating fluids therethrough. The proximal end is secured to a luer lock for removable connection to a syringe. A filter is located... Agent: John De Luca

20080097352 - Methods of fabricating microneedles with bio-sensory functionality: A method of fabricating a microneedle is disclosed. The method includes forming at least one recess in a substrate, the at least one recess comprising an apex, forming an electrically seed layer on the substrate including the at least one recess, forming at least one electrically nonconductive pattern on a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080097354 - Stent for irrigation and delivery of medication: A stent comprises a flexible tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway extending from said proximal end toward said distal end. A first generally straight tube segment extends from the proximal end while a first generally curved segment extends from an end region of the first... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20080097355 - Apparatus and method for acoustic/mechanical treatment of early stage acne: The apparatus includes at least two skin-contacting elements, the elements having narrow end faces and a mounting assembly for holding the elements closely adjacent to each other. A driving assembly reciprocally moves one element relative to the adjacent element(s) at a frequency that produces an action on the pores of... Agent: Jensen + Puntigam, P.s.

20080097356 - Personal hygiene wipe: A personal hygiene wipe that includes a contained and controlled exothermic chemical reaction to provide warmth for the wipe. The fabric of the wipe, such as a rayon and polyester fabric also includes a first or chemical outer pouch, a second or water containing pouch inside the first pouch, such... Agent: Law Offices Of John S. Munday

20080097357 - Personal hygiene wipe: A personal hygiene wipe that includes a contained and controlled exothermic chemical reaction to provide warmth for the wipe. The fabric of the wipe, such as a rayon and polyester fabric also includes a first or chemical outer pouch, a second or water containing pouch inside the first pouch, such... Agent: Law Offices Of John S. Munday

20080097358 - Personal hygiene wipe: A personal hygiene wipe device that includes a contained and controlled exothermic chemical reaction to provide warmth for the wipe. The device includes an outer pouch containing a heat generating agent and an inner pouch inside the outer pouch and having an activating element. Upon application of pressure to the... Agent: Law Offices Of John S. Munday

20080097359 - Atomizer for applying liquids onto eyes: The present invention relates to atomizers for administering liquids to the cornea or conjunctiva of the eye, special eye adapters for atomizers and the use of atomizers for opthalmological administration. The atomizers according to the invention are free from propellant gas and have an energy reservoir for supplying the energy... Agent: Michael P. Morris Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation

20080097360 - Activity ostomy bag: The ostomy receiving bag comprises a front wall (2) and a rear wall and has a top end and a bottom end. The top end of the rear wall is provided with an inlet to receive a stoma, and one wall is provided with at least one first half of... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080097361 - Component for forming a seal around an opening in the skin: The present invention relates to a component (1) for forming a seal around an opening in the skin (8). According to the invention, the component (1) comprises a carrier (2) which is enclosed between layers of soft and skin-compatible adhesive.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080097362 - Catheter gripping device: The present invention relates to a urinary catheter gripping device for use with a urinary catheter located within a urinary catheter pouch. In one aspect, the urinary catheter pouch has a port defined in its exterior surface, whereby the port is in communication with the interior cavity of the urinary... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080097363 - Pant type absorbent article: A pant type absorbent article having a front region (2), a back region (3) and a crotch region (4) between the front region and back region, the front and back regions being joined to each other along two opposite side edges (2a, 3a) of the article so as to form... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080097364 - Method of manufacturing a sanitary napkin color-packaged: A method of manufacturing a sanitary napkin or sanitary pad color-packaged, comprising the steps: (1) producing a number of finished sanitary articles; (2) packaging the finished articles with a warp material printed with non-uniformly distributed graphic design elements varying in color and shape to produce a number of inner package... Agent: Wang & Ho

20080097365 - Sealable diaper: A disposable diaper includes a water impervious envelope disposed adjacent to a diaper inner layer, an opening in the envelope positioned to substantially bisect a portion of the diaper wherein the opening is opposite the inner layer and provides a seal when the envelope is inverted. The envelope may be... Agent: David A. Walker Gilbreth Roebuck Bynum Derrington

20080097366 - Tampon: A tampon (101) having an insertion end (105) and a withdrawal end (106), and a withdrawal string (104) extending from the withdrawal end (106), the tampon (101) having a fibrous absorbent tampon body having multi-limbed viscose fibers, said tampon body having an inner core (108) and an outer absorbent structure... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080097367 - Diaper: Disclosed herein is an expandable diaper. The present invention provide a new type of diaper which minimizes the area to be in contact with skin of a wearer, maximizes the absorption of excrement, and preventing the excrement from sticking to the skin of the wearer, by forming a portion of... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080097368 - Release tape-free fasteners and disposable absorbent articles utilizing the same: Disclosed herein are fasteners for disposable absorbent articles and disposable absorbent articles that include the fasteners. The disclosed fasteners generally are free of release tape and adhesives requiring those tapes. At the same time, the disclosed fasteners can be maintained in a closed position prior to the fastener's (and the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080097369 - Absorbent article comprising a belt: An absorbent article (101) for disposable use such as a diaper or an incontinence guard exhibiting a belt (128) extending in the transverse direction of the article, in conjunction with which the belt is intended to be joined together around the waist of a wearer. In accordance with the invention,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080097370 - Medication dispensing device: An improved medication dispensing device includes an apyrexia receptacle, a transport pipeline, a perfusion device, a filter, and a dispensing needle, which operates in an environment in compliance with Class 100 laminar air ventilation. The perfusion device erected at the middle of the transport pipeline which has two ends linking... Agent: Michael Lin

20080097371 - Syringe adapter element in drug mixing system: A syringe adapter element for use in a drug mixing system including a housing element having a syringe port adapted for fluid connection with a syringe and a fluid port adapted for fluid connection with a fluid flow adapter element, a needle and at least one septum disposed in the... Agent: Dekel Patent Ltd., David Klein

20080097372 - Transportation device of medicine: A container for addition (co-infusion) of medicine to an infusion bag and aims to keep a positive sealed condition while preventing a number of parts from being increased and while maintaining a positive releasing of the sealed condition when an infusion process is carried out. A breakable lug 20 is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080097373 - Distal cooling distribution system for a medical device: 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.

20080097374 - Inflatable shaped balloons: An inflatable device with at least two helically wrapped passes forming a tube and an inflation means connected to said tube is provided. The tube is configured and joined in at least one area forming a low profile continuous inflatable device with multiple cross-sectional segmented areas.... Agent: Bridget Sciamanna W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

20080097375 - Infusion pumps and methods and delivery devices and methods with same: A delivery device includes a durable housing portion and a separable disposable portion that selectively engage and disengage from each other. The disposable housing portion secures to the patient-user and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period. Components that normally come into contact... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080097376 - Method for determining strategic expression regime for using a breastpump: The present invention is directed to a method of determining a strategic expression regime for a pump-dependent mother that optimizes the mother's milk production while minimizing the demands on the mother. The regime takes into account the impact of the interval between breast expressions on milk yield for individual breasts... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080097381 - Infusion medium delivery device and method with drive device for driving plunger in reservoir: A delivery device includes a durable housing portion and a separable disposable portion that selectively engage and disengage from each other. The disposable housing portion secures to the patient-user and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period. Components that normally come into contact... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080097380 - Method and apparatus for creating variable stiffness and/or reduction of soft tissue: A method and apparatus for creating variable stiffness along a soft tissue region is disclosed herein generally having an implantable device of bio-absorbable or biodegradable material. The implantable device has a drug of variable concentration along the length of the device to promote formation of an abscess and/or induce tissue... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080097379 - Ophthalmic injection method: A method is disclosed for delivering a quantity of a substance into an eye. By applying compressed gas into an actuation chamber, a separating member connected to a lock mechanism and a plunger is displaced. The plunger displaces the quantity of the substance from a dispensing member and into an... Agent: Alcon

20080097378 - Optical device for needle placement into a joint: An optical device is provided which assists in accurate placement of a needle into a human or animal diarthrodial joint. The device includes a handpiece which mounts a needle assembly including an optical guide. The optical guide, which is incorporated into the lumen of the needle, transmits light from the... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080097377 - Temperature-controlled catheter system and method: A catheter system and method are provided for delivering a substance, such as medication, to body tissue. The catheter system includes a medication delivery tube and at least one heat transfer fluid passage that at least partially surrounds the medication delivery tube. The catheter system may be used to deliver... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080097382 - Dialysis catheter and methods of insertion: A method of inserting a dialysis catheter into a patient comprising the steps of inserting a guidewire into the jugular vein of the patient through the superior vena cava and into the inferior vena cava, providing a trocar having a lumen and a dissecting tip, inserting the trocar to enter... Agent: Neil D. Gershon

20080097383 - Cardioplegia catheter system: A cardioplegia catheter system for delivery of a cardioplegia solution, comprising a cardioplegia catheter comprising an elongate tubular catheter body that defines a continuous central lumen and a flange that is connected to and extends therefrom an exterior surface of the catheter body, the flange defining a plurality of suture... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080097384 - Gene therapy: The present invention provides a method for introducing nucleic acid (30) into cells of a region of the human or animal body, which method comprises substantially occluding an efferent vessel from said body region and introducing said nucleic into that body region under pressure via said efferent vessel and further... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080097385 - Therapeutic adjuncts to enhance the organ protective effects of postconditioning: Provided herein is a method of postconditioning reperfusion of an organ or tissue injured by ischemia in combination with the administration of one or more tissue protective agents that enhance the effect of postconditioning. Also provided is a method of treating a myocardial infarction in a subject to prevent injury... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080097386 - Vascular introducer having hemostatic valve with integral seal: A vascular introducer includes a proximal hub portion with an interior bore, an elongated sheath extending distally from the hub portion, with a lumen in communication with the interior bore of the hub portion, and a hemostatic valve disposed within the bore of the hub portion. The hemostatic valve has... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080097387 - Oral cavity liquid delivery system including pre-angled needle assembly and method for using the same: A delivery system for dispensing sterile liquids into the oral cavity using a novel pre-angled needle hub assembly attached to a standard anesthetic syringe loaded with a novel cartridge ampule containing a certain liquid solution. This system substantially improves the efficiency of delivering small amounts of sterile fluid into the... Agent: Craig A. Simmermon

20080097388 - Delivery system: A pharmaceutical delivery system that releases an active agent in a controlled manner for an extended period in the vaginal cavity to treat or cure ailments associated with the vaginal cavity or proximal areas. The delivery system includes an applicator which is composed of a high internal phase emulsion, allowing... Agent: Kv Pharmaceutical Company

20080097389 - Y-type blood transfusion set: A-type blood transfusion set having a blood limb, a saline limp and common limb and a one-way saline valve provided in the saline limb which only allows fluid within the saline limb to flow toward the Y connector. The blood limb and saline limb are color coded or marked with... Agent: Butzel Long

20080097390 - Spring actuated delivery system: A disposable drug delivery device has a dispensing needle, a plunger, a spring, a shaft, and a lock mechanism. The plunger is engaged with the inner surface of the dispensing needle, is capable of sliding in the cavity of the dispensing needle, and is fluidly sealed to the inner surface... Agent: Alcon

20080097391 - Articulating laparoscopic device and method for delivery of medical fluid: A laparoscopic medical fluid delivery device includes a catheter having an articulating tip formed with shape memory properties and thus having a pre-shaped curvature. A tubular member is reciprocatingly slidable axially on the catheter to selectively cover and uncover portions of the articulating tip to thereby selectively vary the degree... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20080097392 - Catheter assembly including foldable internal bolster: A catheter assembly including a foldable internal bolster. According to one embodiment, the catheter assembly includes a catheter, a first flexible filament and a second flexible filament. The catheter includes a tubular body and a pair of flexible legs. The tubular body is a generally cylindrical member shaped to include... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20080097393 - Medical device coating configuration and method for improved lubricity and durability: Medical devices and methods for making and using the same. An example medical device includes a slotted tubular member and a coating disposed over the tubular member. The coating may define one or more coating gaps therein.... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080097395 - Catheter shaft including a metallic tapered region: A catheter shaft including a metallic tubular member including a plurality of apertures formed in the tubular wall of the metallic tubular member to provide a desired degree of flexibility to the metallic tubular member. The metallic tubular member includes a tapered region intermediate a region and a second, reduced... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080097394 - Drainage catheter with pig-tail straightener: A drainage catheter, including a catheter tube body that can have a pig-tail loop in a distal end, a rigid member configured to be placed inside of the catheter, a pig-tail straightening sleeve configured to move axially along the tube body, the sleeve having a lip formed on an end... Agent: Merit Medical Systems, Inc. C/o Stoel Rives, LLP

20080097398 - Interventional medical device component having an interrupted spiral section and method of making the same: A component for use as or incorporation within a medical instrument navigable through body vessels of a human subject is provided. The component includes a tubular portion with an interrupted spiral defined by alternating cut and uncut sections. The interrupted spiral has a rigidity between that of a continuous cut... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080097396 - Medical devices and related systems and methods: Medical devices including a proximal tubular member, a distal tubular member, and an intermediate tubular member connecting the proximal tubular member to the distal tubular member, and related methods.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080097397 - Vascular introducer sheath: An introducer sheath that can include an elongate tubular member, such as a metallic tubular member, including a tubular wall defining a lumen and including a proximal portion and a distal portion. In some embodiments, a portion of the tubular member, such as the distal portion, can include a plurality... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080097399 - Catheter with adjustable stiffness: A catheter has a section of the catheter shaft adjacent its proximal end in which an outer catheter wall and an inner catheter wall define a space therebetween. An electrode is disposed within the space defined between the inner and outer catheter walls. A magnetorheological fluid fills the space between... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080097400 - Devices, systems and methods for treating disorders of the ear, nose and throat: Sinusitis, mucocysts, tumors, infections, hearing disorders, choanal atresia, fractures and other disorders of the paranasal sinuses, Eustachian tubes, Lachrymal ducts and other ear, nose, throat and mouth structures are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches and, in many cases, flexible catheters as opposed to instruments having rigid shafts. Various... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson - Acclarent, Inc.

20080097401 - Cerebral vasculature device: Novel cerebral vasculature devices are disclosed, including thrombectomy removal devices that include a continuous braided structure, a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a first expandable portion located between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The braided structure includes a plurality of wires. The proximal portion and the distal... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20080097402 - Flow directed guidewire: A device for accessing a vessel, duct or lumen, comprising a guidewire having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one projection that extends from said guidewire at or near the distal end of the guidewire. When the guidewire is placed into the vessel, duct or lumen... Agent: Jeffrey R. Ramberg Law Office Of Jeffrey R. Ramberg

20080097403 - Four-way steerable catheter system and method of use: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for catheter positioning. Certain embodiments provide a catheter for use in at least intravenous and intracardiac spaces. The catheter includes a catheter body having a length and a tip portion at a distal end of the catheter body. The catheter also includes a plurality... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080097404 - Catheter having markers to indicate rotational orientation: In some embodiments, the catheter includes a lumen that has a side port that opens to a side of the catheter. The first marker is composed of a pair of axially aligned marker segments located on opposite ends of the side port. The length of the first longitudinal extending marker... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080097409 - Catheter tunneler adapter and methods of assembly to a catheter and use: A catheter tunneling adapter (10) including a generally elongated body (12) having a proximal end (14), a distal end (16) and a through passageway (18) extending therethrough between the proximal and distal end. The proximal end (14) of the adapter (10) is connectable both to a proximal hub of a... Agent: Anton P. Ness Fox Rothschild LLP

20080097407 - Luer activated device with compressible valve element: A luer activated device includes an inlet adapted to receive a male luer, an outlet associable with a fluid flow system, and a flow path defined therebetween. The inlet receives a resealable valve element having a aperture adapted to receive the male luer. The valve element is compressible, such that... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20080097405 - Luer fitting for power injectable picc: A fitting for connecting a catheter to a fluid conduit, comprises a housing defining a lumen extending therethrough from a distal end adapted for attachment to a catheter and a proximal end releasably connectable to a second fitting in combination with a wing extending from the housing away from an... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080097406 - System and method of using a color-coded medical apparatus: Color-coded medical apparatus, system and method for the administration of fluids. The tubing has a distal end and a body and contains a visible marking for identification of the fluid being administered from an intravenous bag through the tubing. The tubing and intravenous bag may be color-coded a predetermined color.... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20080097408 - Pullback carriage interlock system and method for catheter system: An optical catheter system comprising an intraluminal catheter that provides optical signals to a patient and carries optical signals from the patient, an outer housing, and an inner carriage that moves longitudinally relative to the outer housing and rotates relative to the outer housing during operation when the catheter system... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080097410 - Medical fluid aspirator: A medical fluid aspirator, which includes a barrel attached with a suction tip, a tapered isolation sleeve detachably fastened to an inside connection tube inside the barrel and sealed with a gasket ring, an inner filter tube suspending in the isolation sleeve and tightly fastened to the rear side of... Agent: Pacific Hospital Supply Co., Ltd.

20080097411 - Catheter assemblies having sized sheaths: Devices and methods are disclosed for a catheterization process, particularly useful for self-performed catheterizations. A catheter is enclosed in a sheath made with a specific thickness. This sheath is thick enough to avoid rips and tears from normal use, yet thin enough to allow those with even limited manual dexterity... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20080097412 - Method and apparatus for endolymphatic drug delivery: Described herein are a method and apparatus for introducing instrumentation into the lymphatic system that can be used for physiological monitoring and/or delivery of therapy. Such instrumentation, for example, may include one or more sensors for measuring physiological variables and/or one or more instruments for delivering therapy that is adapted... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080091136 - Catheter assembly with vents: A catheterization device with vents is disclosed which serves to prevent a build-up of air pressure within a closed protective sheath. The vents may be in the form of small openings and may be situated at the distal portion of the catheterization device. The small openings may optionally be covered.... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20080091137 - Apparatus and method of inserting an infusing catheter and determining catheter depth without a guidewire or direct contact with the catheter: A method and apparatus for inserting a catheter into a patient and measuring and approximating its distal end position within the body facilitate catheter insertion and improve accuracy and control. By wrapping a long infusion catheter with an outer coating, the catheter can be guided into a vein or vessel... Agent: Matthew D. Reavill

20080091140 - Cardiac reperfusion methods and devices: There are disclosed methods for preventing reperfusion injury, as well as apparatus and materials for the carrying out of the methods, and uses of the apparatus. In some embodiments the apparatus may take the form of a member which may be a guide wire, which may comprise delivery holes and... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080091134 - Bag system with device for associating sampling receptacles: The invention includes a bag system for collecting a biological fluid, in particular blood. The system includes a device for collecting the fluid which is in fluid communication with at least one fluid collection bag, and a device for sampling the fluid to be collected which includes at least one... Agent: Paul R. Morico Baker Botts L.l.p

20080091135 - Electroporation devices and methods of using same for electroporation of cells in mammals: Aspects of the present invention relate to electroporation devices and methods of using same to effectively facilitate the introduction of a biomolecule into cells of a selected tissue in a body, in particular skin such as intradermic or subcutaneous tissue. In some aspects, the present invention is a skin EP... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080091138 - Method and apparatus for modulating cellular metabolism during post-ischemia or heart failure: A drug delivery system detects a cardiac condition indicative of a need for increasing a cardiac metabolic level and, in response, releases a drug into tissue or blood to shift a source of metabolically synthesized energy fueling cardiac contraction from fatty acid to glucose. One example of such a system... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080091139 - Methods, devices, and kits for microjet drug delivery: Described here are methods, devices, and kits for microjet drug delivery. The devices described here may be modular or non-modular. The modular devices typically include a first module having a drug reservoir and a nozzle in fluid communication with the drug reservoir and a second module having an actuator and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080091141 - Angioplasty device with embolic recapture mechanism for treatment of occlusive vascular diseases: An angioplasty device with emboli pull-in mechanism is provided that includes an infusion catheter with a proximal end and a distal end. A balloon catheter having an inflatable cavity formed by an inner wall and an outer wall is disposed coaxially with the infusion catheter. The balloon catheter has a... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080091142 - Injector system and fluid control device providing air purging and sharp bolus injection: An injector system includes a source of injection fluid, a pump device, a fluid path set disposed between the source of injection fluid and the pump device, a fluid control device operatively associated with the fluid path set and a hand held control device for controlling the flow rate of... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080091143 - Universal access seal: A surgical access device including a valve housing and an instrument receiving element mounted in the valve housing having an aperture for flexibly receiving and directing instruments having a wide range of diameters. The instrument receiving element includes a braid or mesh tube generally shaped like an hourglass. The surgical... Agent: Applied Medical Resources Corporation

20080091144 - Canula sealing apparatus: Cannula sealing apparatus includes a housing having a central axially facing aperture. A surgical instrument of 10.5 mm may seal with that aperture. Alternatively, a sealing member having an aperture that will seal with a 12 mm surgical instrument can be swung up to be aligned with the aperture. If... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080091145 - Catheter assemblies with sized sheaths: A grippable sheath for a catheter assembly is disclosed providing a sterile environment for a catheter. The grippable sheath may have a flattened diameter ranging from about 10 mm to about 50 mm. More specifically, the grippable sheath may have a flattened diameter ranging from about 15 mm to about... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20080091146 - Shunt apparatus for treating obesity by extracting food: To treat obesity, a tube is positioned so that it passes through a patient's abdominal wall into the upper digestive system of the patient. The patient is allowed to carry out his/her everyday affairs including ingesting food. After ingestion, food is extracted by pumping it out of the upper digestive... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080091147 - Syringe piston using in fat transplantation: A syringe piston used in fat transplantation is structured such that free oil is easily separated from suctioned fat by a syringe piston having a filter and naturally discharged through the rear side thereof. The syringe piston without a shaft, used in fat transplantation, disposed in a syringe-shaped cylindrical vessel,... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080091148 - Combined container-syringe: A combined container-syringe is provided. A bypass chamber and front chamber is provided at a cylindrical tip. The bypass chamber has an inner diameter greater than the outer diameters of front and rear stoppers. The front stopper is inserted into the bypass chamber. The front chamber has an inner diameter... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080091149 - Device for tissue injection: A system for administering an injection is described. The invention consists of an adhesive patch with an integrated injector that controllably insets an injection needle and delivers the medication contained within the patch. Variations of the system may also subsequently and automatically retracts the needle, rendering the patch safely inert.... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080091150 - Iv regulator with integral flushing mechanism: The present invention describes IV regulators that allow interruption of normal controlled-flow for a safe and convenient bolus flush, either for a specific period of time or for a specific volume of saline flush. Two time-controlled IV regulators are shown, one employing a pneumatic cylinder counter-opposed by elastic band(s) for... Agent: Ober, Kaler Grimes & Shriver Royal W. Craig

20080091151 - Means and method for treating an intimal dissection after stent implantation: The present invention is a “rescue” catheter that is designed to be placed over a fixed wire stent delivery catheter after angiography reveals that an intimal dissection has occurred typically as an edge dissection either just proximal or just distal to the stent.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080091152 - Battlefield chest dressing: Embodiments of a chest dressing assembly having a rigid body defining an inner chamber accessible by an opening for placement over a chest wound and one or more protected check valves on the rigid body that allow fluid, e.g., blood or air, to flow out of the chamber but prevent... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080091153 - Automatic self cleaning bladder relief with diaper pad system: This invention is an automatic/semi-automatic bladder relief and fecal waste management system for use in the absence of sanitary facilities. The fecal collection bag is collapsed when not in use and is automatically expanded by the weight of feces upon defecation and is sealed after use. It incorporates an inflatable... Agent: Law Offices Eric R. Benson, Esq.

20080091154 - Ostomy pouch and high performance deodorizing gas filter assembly therefor: An ostomy pouch and high-performance gas filter assembly therefor, in which the filter assembly includes an envelope defining a filter chamber containing a radial flow deodorizing filter pad. The pad's opposite faces are joined to the inner surfaces of the envelope in such a way that the periphery of the... Agent: Marshal, Gerstein & Borun LLP (hollister)

20080091155 - Condom catheter: The bullet shaped condom urinary catheter has an air hose with a source of pressurized air ducted to near the larger open first end. The air hose terminates in an annular shaped hollow located near the larger open first end and the hollow is thinner on its inner circumference. That... Agent: Wuilliam M. Selenke

20080091156 - Three-dimensional printed article: A three dimensional printed article having a composite image printed thereon is disclosed. The composite image includes top and bottom artwork portions printed on the top and bottom surfaces of the printed article substrate. Both artwork portions are visible through a translucent or transparent substrate, thereby forming a visible composite... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080091158 - Sanitary napkin including a moisture sensitive stabilizing layer: An absorbent article including a cover layer, a barrier layer, and a stabilizing layer arranged between said cover layer and said barrier layer. The stabilizing layer has a Dry Stiffness Index of at least about 0.9 g/gsm and a Wet Stiffness Loss of at least about 80%.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080091157 - Sanitary napkin including a stabilizing layer with dry stiffness index and wet stiffness loss: An absorbent article including a cover layer, a barrier layer, and a stabilizing layer arranged between said cover layer and said barrier layer. The stabilizing layer has a Dry Stiffness Index of at least about 0.9 g/gsm and a Wet Stiffness Loss of at least about 80%.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080091159 - Absorbent article having increased absorption and retention capacity for proteinaceous or serous body fluids: Absorbent articles for the absorption of proteinaceous or serous body fluids, particularly menses. The absorbent article has a better handling towards such fluids, both in terms of retention capacity and absorption rate, by comprising a selected polyacrylate based material.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080091160 - Disposable absorbent articles with zones comprising elastomeric components: Absorbent articles having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet are disclosed. The absorbent articles include a thermoplastic elastomer joined to or disposed in a stretch zone on at least one component or region of the absorbent article... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080091161 - Contoured and shaped feminine sanitary device: A contoured and shaped feminine sanitary device (10) comprising a substantially fluid-impermeable bottom layer (26), a substantially fluid-absorbent core (24), and a substantially fluid-permeable top layer (28), with at least one raised area (18) and at least one of back or front extensions (14,16) for facilitating and enhancing fluid absorption... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20080091162 - Three-dimensional printed article: A three dimensional printed article having a composite image printed thereon is disclosed. The composite image includes top and bottom artwork portions printed on the top and bottom surfaces of the printed article substrate. Both artwork portions are visible through a translucent or transparent substrate, thereby forming a visible composite... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080091163 - Disposable pants: The present invention has an object to provide disposable pants (1) achieving improved workability in putting on and taking off by increasing the visibility of tabs (25)(26) on adhesive pieces (22a)(22b). The disposable pants (1) comprise a front abdominal section (2) and a rear section (3) joined almost annularly, and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080091164 - Radiopharmaceutical pig: A pharmaceutical pig is used to transport a syringe containing a liquid radiopharmaceutical from a radiopharmacy to a medical facility for administration to a patient. The pharmaceutical pig includes an elongate polymer cap that is removably attached to an elongate polymer base. The elongate polymer cap includes a cap shell... Agent: Mallinckrodt Inc.

20080091165 - Method and apparatus for collecting colostomy waste: An improved colostomy waste removal method and apparatus which comprises an adhesive pad adhered to a patient's stomach. The pad contains a generally central hole which fits over the stoma and through which a severed ileum protrudes. The pad includes a hole sized to receive the patient's ileum. The pad... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080091166 - Methods and devices for retrieval of a medical agent from a physiological efferent fluid collection site: Methods and devices for selectively removing an agent from a physiological efferent fluid collection site are provided. A feature of the invention is that a non-occlusive aspiration device is employed to selectively remove the target agent from the site only when the target agent is present in the site. Also... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080091167 - Method and apparatus for intervertebral disc expansion: An intervertebral disc is expanded and injected by forming and dilating an opening in the disc annulus and introducing an inflatable member into the disc nucleus pulposus. The inflatable member location within the nucleus pulposus is verified and the inflatable member is gradually inflated for augmenting a space in the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080091168 - Medical implements and medical implement production methods: The present disclosure provides medical implements having films fixed to at least a portion of their surface. In embodiments, a medical implement of the present disclosure may include a substrate including a synthetic resin, a film including a methyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer in combination with a polyether block amide... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080091169 - Steerable catheter using flat pull wires and having torque transfer layer made of braided flat wires: 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: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division

20080091170 - Cannula system for free-space navigation and method of use: The present invention is directed to a novel shape-transferring cannula system, which provides access to tortuous and unsupported paths. The shape-transferring cannula system and method enables exploration of hollow body structures, and creates a custom-contoured access port for insertion and removal of, for example, diagnostic, surgical, or interventional instruments to... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20080091171 - Method and system for navigating through an occluded tubular organ: A method generates a three dimensional (3D) model of a tubular organ having an occluded segment. The occluded segment adjoins a proximal segment at a proximal end thereof, and a distal segment at a distal end thereof. The procedures included injecting a first dye injection into the tubular organ, the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080091172 - Medical tube inserted in body cavity of patient and medical device set using the same: The medical tube inserted into a body cavity of a patient includes a flexible tube and a magnet provided at the tip end portion of the tube for electromagnetically detecting the position of the tip end portion of the tube inserted in the body cavity, from outside the body. This... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080091173 - Iv catheter with in-line valve and methods related thereto: A method and apparatus are disclosed for positioning a compression member about the septum of a seal member. In one embodiment, a source of low pressure or vacuum is provided to draw the septum of seal member into the hollow body of the compression member. In an alternative embodiment, a... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080091174 - Portable hand pump for evacuation of fluids: A manually operable pump for the effective removal of fluids to include blood, blood clots, fluid, and air from a body cavity of a subject is provided. The manually operable pump is adapted to be connect to a range of fluid conduits and is equipped with one-way valves that effectively... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080091175 - Web-enabled portable medical device: A portable personal medical device, e.g., a wearable insulin pump, is provided with a web server and is controllable over a network by a browser equipped client, thereby enabling comprehensive and comfortable control, operation and/or configuration of the device.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080091176 - Osmotic delivery systems and piston assemblies for use therein: An osmotic delivery system is disclosed for delivering an active agent formulation to a fluid environment. The osmotic delivery system typically comprises a reservoir having a lumen that contains the active agent formulation and an osmotic agent formulation and a piston assembly positioned in the lumen to isolate the active... Agent: Barbara G. Mcclung, Esq. Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc.

20080086073 - Multi-region staged inflation balloon: The present invention involves a surgical device and method of use, particularly an assembly and method incorporating a shaped expandable member along the distal region of an ablation device to facilitate ablation of a circumferential region of tissue engaged by the expandable member. The ablation device assembly includes an elongate... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080086075 - Vascular access devices and methods of use: Vascular access devices and methods of use may utilize a single access port which is attached to a vessel wall and allows for controlled insertion of small to large sized instruments and catheters. The access port may be secured via securement mechanisms deployed from within the vessel lumen. Also, one... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080086076 - Anti-aspiration device with content monitoring functionality: A patient stomach fullness sensor is employed in conjunction with an optional patient angle sensor to shut off or to reverse the flow of fluid in a gastric tube when the combination of stomach fullness and patient angle relative to the horizontal becomes sufficient to indicate that gastric juices may... Agent: Lawrence D. Cutter

20080086078 - Devices for reduction of post operative ileus: An apparatus and method for reducing post-operative ileus and/or gastric stasis is described. The method can include applying to the intestine a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a drug that is effective in reducing post-operative ileus and/or gastric stasis, such as by introducing the composition through a surgical... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080086079 - Triggering mechanism for needle-free injector: Needle-free hypodermic jet injection devices having an actuation system to effect an injection from a drug delivery system. The actuation system includes an injection force assembly adapted to transmit a driving force to the drug delivery system. The actuation system further includes a trigger assembly adapted to alter the actuation... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.c.

20080086080 - Elastically deformable surgical access device having telescoping guide tube: A surgical access device is disclosed that includes an access port having an elongated body with opposed proximal and distal end portions and defining a longitudinal axis, the body having a central lumen extending there through and having a resilient bulb portion formed between the proximal and distal end portions... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080086081 - Medical balloon incorporating electroactive polymer and methods of making and using the same: An expandable medical balloon having at least one static state, at least one expanded state, and at least one deflated state, the expandable medical balloon including at least one active region, the at least one active region including electroactive polymer.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080086072 - Methods and devices for controlling biologic microenvironments: A microenvironment of a biological body is controlled, and more particularly, is measured, changed, and monitored with respect to temperature, pH level, moisture and other tissue parameters of a region of the body while, optionally, administering a therapeutic agent to that region.... Agent: Paul D. Bianco: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini, & Bianco P.l.

20080086074 - Visual insufflation port: A visual insufflation obturator is provided. The obturator includes seals, valves, screens and/or various other tip features to eliminate the ingress of fluids, matter and/or gas that can disrupt the visual field of the laparoscope disposed within the obturator. The obturator provides additional features such as lens and anti-fog features... Agent: Applied Medical Resources Corporation

20080086077 - Fluid injection device: A fluid injection device includes: a pulse generation section that includes a fluid chamber whose volume is changeable, and an inlet flow passage and an outlet flow passage that are connected to the fluid chamber; a first connection flow passage connected to the outlet flow passage, having an end portion;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080086082 - Radiopaque marking to detect balloon deflation: Apparatus is provided, including a balloon configured for insertion into a body of a patient; and at least one marking coupled to the balloon, a state of the marking being indicative of a state of inflation of the balloon and detectable from outside of the body.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080086083 - Inflatable toroidal-shaped balloons: An inflatable toroidal-shaped balloon for medical use is provided with a central opening traversing the balloon in an inflated state. The balloon is useful to achieve larger outer diameters than conventional balloons.... Agent: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

20080086084 - Balloon catheter: An balloon catheter is provided with an improved neck portion. The neck portion of the balloon is used to attach the end of the balloon to a catheter. Before attaching the balloon to the catheter, the neck portion is lengthened and thinned out to make the neck portion more flexible.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080086085 - Blood drawing device with flash detection: A device for drawing fluid from a lumen, and particularly blood from a blood vessel, is disclosed. The device may provide indication of the entry of an intravenous cannula into the lumen. The device may include a central body having an outer wall and an inner fluid passage. The outer... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080086086 - Method and apparatus for infusing liquid to a body: A system for infusing liquid to a body includes an infusion device, a network interface with a cell phone and wireless link and a network server system capable of communication with the infusion device through the network interface. The server system has access to a file of information specific to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080086087 - Fluid delivery system including a fluid path set with sterile check valve connector: The fluid delivery system includes a fluid path set with a first section adapted for connection to a syringe and to a source of fluid to be loaded into the syringe, and a second section that is removably connected to the first section. A connector removably connects the first and... Agent: Gregory L. Bradley, Esq. Medrad Inc.

20080086088 - Medical fluid delivery system and method relating to the same: A medical fluid delivery system for the use in the delivery of medical fluids. The medical fluid delivery system may include a pumping system, a disposable medical fluid line set and a valve operating system. The disposable tubing line set may include valves adapted to interface with the valve operating... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, Llc

20080086089 - Magnetically induced safety technology: Safety medical devices that secure needle tips in the devices using magnetic forces are provided. Magnetic force is used to rotate binding components of safety devices. Safety needle assemblies and methods of making and using the same are provided. Safety needle assemblies are provided, comprising: a cannula comprising a proximal... Agent: David W. Highet Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080086090 - Medication fluid tube stabilization device: An interactive fluid tube stabilization device for an intravenous feeding tube is formed of an acrylic material that has a cylindrical shape. A lengthwise slit forms two overlapping sides for the device that can be manually spread apart to fit over and clamp onto the top bed rail of a... Agent: Langdale & Vallotton, LLP

20080086091 - Antiseptic cap and antiseptic cap equipped plunger and syringe barrel assembly: The present invention provides an antiseptic cap for use with an access site having a housing with a wall defining a chamber, the wall having a set of threads on an inner surface of the wall; and an access site contacting surface associated with the housing having an antiseptic substance... Agent: Joseph A. Fuchs Rockey, Depke & Lyons, Llc

20080086092 - Syringe shield: A syringe shield for protecting a user from radiation emanating from a radioactive liquid disposed within an enclosed syringe. In a preferred embodiment the syringe shield includes a tungsten component housing or barrel fitted with a yieldable grip and a lead glass window for receiving the vial of a syringe... Agent: John M. Harrison

20080086093 - Automatic stop cock valve: A flow control device includes a fitting having three portals. Two of the portals are input portals and one of the portals is an exit portal. Located in one of the input portals is a normally closed back flow prevention valve. The normally closed back flow prevention valve prevents back... Agent: Alcon

20080086094 - Contrast fluid delivery system: The present invention relates to a disposable set (5) for establishing a fluid connection between a fluid dispensing unit (17) and a dosing device adapted to dispense the fluid into a patients' vein. The disposable set comprises a length of a tubing (15) for establishing a fluid connection from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080086095 - Pressure actuated flow control valve: A pressure actuated flow control valve for an infusion catheter permits gravity flow of a liquid through the catheter and into a patient while resisting back flow of blood from the patient and into the catheter. The valve has a hemispherical body with an outstanding circumferential flange and a normally... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080086096 - Nano particle additives for venous access catheter: Described is a catheter which includes a reinforced polymer shaft. The polymer includes nano particles having a dimension of less than about 6 nm. Described is also a method of forming a medical device. Granules of a selected polymer are prepared. Reinforced granules of the selected polymer are prepared. The... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080086097 - Vascular access device fluid flow direction: A medical device may include an extravascular system for communication of fluid with a vascular system, a fluid path within the extravascular system, and a fluid flow director in communication with the fluid path. The director encourages movement of stagnant fluid within the fluid path of the extravascular system. A... Agent: David W. Highet Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080086098 - Cannula for dispensing fluid products for vaginal and anal applications: A cannula (1) for dispensing fluid products for vaginal and anal applications comprising: an inner tubular body (2) with a handgrip (4); at least one straight longitudinal slot (5), which is formed on the lateral surface of the inner tubular body; an outer tubular body (6), which is open at... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080086099 - Vascular access device including a tear-resistant septum: A vascular access device may include a body, a single-disk septum in communication with the body, and a rigid member supporting the septum. A method of manufacturing a vascular access device may include providing a body, providing a single-disk septum in communication with the body, and supporting the septum with... Agent: David W. Highet Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080086100 - Vascular access device stagnant fluid displacement: A medical device may include an extravascular system, a vascular access device attached to the system, and at least one access port attached to the device capable of displacing stagnant fluid within the extravascular system. A method for eliminating stagnant fluid within an extravascular system may include providing an extravascular... Agent: David W. Highet Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080086101 - Ophthalmic insert: A medical device for delivering medication to an eye includes a stent having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end includes a collarette configured to be secured against a punctum of the nasal lacrimal system, and the distal end includes an expandable pouch for storing the medication... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Llc

20080086102 - Foldable measuring container: Embodiments of the present invention provide for a foldable container adapted to measure a volume of liquid. The container comprises a box and a bag. The bag is preferably a substantially transparent plastic bag that lines an interior of the box. The box is convertible between a substantially flat configuration... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (hou) Intellectual Property Department

20080086103 - Kit including an absorbent article: A kit includes a package, and an absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent article being disposed in the package in a storage state and removable from the package in an operative state. The kit also may... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080086104 - Absorbent article having improved fastening means: The invention concerns an absorbent article, such as a diaper, pant diaper, incontinence guard, panty liner, open diaper, belt diaper or the like. More specifically, the invention concerns a fastening device for an absorbent article having a receiving portion with an opening, and a tab element which is shaped so... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080086105 - Protective underwear with abdominal support: A protective undergarment having an absorbent chassis and an abdominal support member extending across the region of the undergarment which covers that abdomen of the wearer in order to provide abdominal support. The support member can be a pair of elastomeric panels which provide a supportive surface adjacent the abdomen... Agent: Michael G. Panian Covidien

20080086106 - Fastener with adhesive blocker: An absorbent article including a front waist region having an inner surface, and outer surface, a first lateral end portion and a second lateral end portion, a back waist region having an inner surface, and outer surface, a first lateral end portion and a second lateral end portion, a crotch... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20080086107 - Devices for delivering substances through an extra-anatomic opening created in an airway: Devices and methods for delivering substances to lung tissue through an extra-anatomic passage created in an airway.... Agent: Broncus Technologies, Inc. C/o Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080086108 - Method and apparatus for delivering a drug: A device to facilitate the administration of an injection to a patient can comprise a hand piece that comprises of a core and a sheath. The core can comprise of a needle assembly and a thumb piece, and the sheath can enclose a portion of the core, at least in... Agent: Dardi & Associates, Pllc

20080086109 - Arterial closure device: A method of closing an incision includes inserting a catheter (32) and the first and second balloons (50, 58) through an introducer (48) to have the first balloon (50) located in the artery (24). Next, the catheter (32) and the first balloon (50), which has been inflated, are withdrawn to... Agent: William H. Honaker, Esq. Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080086110 - Extendable device on an aspiration catheter: Aspiration catheters generally comprise a tube or shaft with an aspiration opening at or near its distal end and a suction device that is at or near the proximal end of the catheter. An aspiration lumen extends from the suction device to the aspiration opening. The aspiration catheter can be... Agent: Dardi & Associates, Pllc

20080086111 - Fluid delivery systems and volume metering in cell delivery: A fluid delivery system includes a source of an injection fluid including a source outlet. The system also includes a control system including a control system inlet in fluid connection with the source outlet, a control system outlet and, alternatively, an actuator. The control system is adapted to deliver a... Agent: Gregory L Bradley Medrad Inc

20080086112 - Microdevice for detecting, activating and delivering molecules: An implantable microdevice for investigating the efficiency of site-specific drug delivery, as well as real-time on-site evaluation of the endogenous or exogenous compounds as a result of the specific physiological stress/changes is described. The unique arrangement of the implantable microdevice makes it possible to carry out several diagnostic and therapeutic... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080086113 - Medical devices having porous regions for controlled therapeutic agent exposure or delivery: According to an aspect of the invention, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided which contain the following: (a) one or more porous regions comprising pores and (b) one or more therapeutic agents which are (i) contained within the porous region, (ii) disposed beneath the porous region, or (iii) both.... Agent: Mayer & Williams Pc

20080082036 - Cerebrospinal fluid shunt having long term anti-occlusion agent delivery: The invention includes a shunt for at least partial implantation into a patient that includes an elongated conduit having at least one lumen therethrough, that includes a proximal end for receipt of bodily fluids for flow through the shunt and a distal end for discharge of the bodily fluids from... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20080082037 - Tear-duct drain: A tear-duct drain includes a hollow rigid tube which is elongated and has a first flange at one extremity thereof. A flexible, resilient and collapsible second flange is bonded to the tube at a predetermined distance away from, and so providing a leading edge at, the opposite extremity of the... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080082039 - Ultrasound liquid delivery device: The present invention relates to an ultrasound liquid delivery device comprising an ultrasound transducer, an ultrasound horn, a channel running at least partially through said horn, and dampening grommet at the proximal end of the horn. The device of the present invention may further comprise a liquid supply emptying into... Agent: Bacoustics, LLC

20080082041 - Managing obstructive sleep apnea and/or snoring using local time released agents: A method for managing at least one breathing condition may include storing an agent near a patient's airway and delivering the agent to the mucosal tissue in the pharyngeal area in a time-released manner during a sleep period. The delivered agent may cause increased contraction of muscle tissue in the... Agent: CovidienIPCounsel

20080082042 - Needleless injector drug capsule and a method for filling thereof: A method for filling needleless injector capsules with liquid drug, whereby dissolved gas within the drug is replaced by a less soluble gas in order to reduce the inclusion of gas bubbles, or to prevent the growth of bubbles during storage and thereby prevent breakage of the capsules.... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080082043 - System including electronic based temperature monitoring device and optional integrated cooler for maintaining a temperature of such as injectables: A monitor either usable in cooperation with or apart from a portable cooler to maintain a temperature of medications. The cooling device defines an interior volume for holding the medications, a power source including at least one of a 12 volt DC and an attachable 110 volt AC supply. A... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080082044 - Syringe assembly: A syringe assembly consists of two basic types of assembly units: a dispensing unit, and a separate, independent plunger unit. The dispensing unit and the plunger unit are assembled together coaxially to form a two-unit syringe assembly for storage or prior to use. At least the dispensing unit is a... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20080082045 - Methods and devices for facilitating visualization in a surgical environment: Devices and methods for visually confirming the positioning of a distal end portion of an illuminating device placed within a patient include inserting a distal end portion of an illuminating device internally into a patient, emitting light from the distal end portion of the illuminating device, observing transillumination resulting from... Agent: Law Office Of Alan W. Cannon

20080082038 - Medical device including a bioactive in a non-ionic and an ionic form and methods of preparation thereof: A medical device having a bioactive in a salt and a free-base form contained within the device and/or coated onto a surface of the device. The salt and the free-base form have different solubilities in an aqueous medium. The elution of bioactive from the device in an aqueous medium is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080082040 - Surgical system: A surgical system controls a fluid and includes an irrigation line for conducting an irrigation fluid; a first fluid vessel for holding the irrigation fluid; and, a surgical handpiece. The irrigation line has a first end connected to the first fluid vessel and a second end connected to the handpiece.... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20080082046 - Balloon catheter, an assembly of the balloon catheter and a method of inserting the assembly into a guiding catheter: In an assemble of a balloon catheters (2, 3), there are provided an elongate lumen tube (21, 31), a balloon portion (22, 32) provided at a distal end of the elongate lumen tube (21, 31) and a terminal tool (23, 33) placed at proximal ends of the balloon catheters (2,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080082047 - Vein holder: A vein holder to prevent vein roll during vein puncture procedures while also preventing the caregiver from accidentally sticking themselves. The legs of the vein holder are to be adjusted as needed to straddel the size of vein being used. Once placed on the caregiver's thumb and the legs adjusted... Agent: Stoney Race Harmon

20080082048 - Determining an injection region in a heterogeneous body structure: A device and method for determining at least one infusion and/or injection region for infusing and/or injecting a medical drug into a heterogeneous body structure in order to achieve a distribution of the medical drug in a desired target region of the heterogeneous body structure is provided. The device and... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brainlab)

20080082049 - Guide wire exchange catheter system: A guide wire exchange system including an elongate, flexible, guide wire exchange catheter capable exchanging one guide wire for another in a safe, efficient, and secured manner, where a primary guide wire, after having been advanced through the body, is to be replaced with a secondary guide wire that is... Agent: Kensey Nash Corporation

20080082050 - Systems and methods for treating a vessel using focused force: Systems and methods for treating a vessel include devices having a main elongated element with a balloon at its distal end, an auxiliary elongated element wherein a distal end of the auxiliary elongated element is proximal to the balloon, and a core wire having a internal core wire portion and... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20080082051 - Device and method for facilitating introduction of guidewires into catheters: A guide structure for facilitating the introduction of a guidewire into a catheter comprises a body having a guide channel therethrough. An attachment end of the guide structure is adapted to receive and align a distal end of the catheter within the guide channel. A receiving end of the guide... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080082052 - Medical tubing set sheath: A medical tubing set sheath is provided which includes a retention portion for attaching the sheath to a collar of a connector attached to the medical tubing set. The sheath may serve as a handle to facilitate torque-locking of the connector to another connector. The sheath may also include a... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080082053 - Flashback chamber visual enhancement: Featured is a medical infusion device for vascular access with enhanced flashback visualization that includes a hub assembly having a flashback chamber. The hub assembly includes a proximal portion, a distal portion and a substantially transparent window section intermediate the proximal portion and distal portion. A needle is coupled to... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080082054 - Indwelling needle: An indwelling needle includes a cylindrical main body to be fixed to a fitted body, a cylindrical hub for holding a needle, and a cylindrical protective cover which surround the needle and is provided slidably along the needle. In the usage state of this indwelling needle, the hub and the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080082055 - Detachable plunger rod syringe: A plunger rod assembly for use with a syringe barrel is provided and includes a plunger rod slidably disposable within the syringe barrel, wherein the plunger rod includes a hub extending distally from a distal end thereof and at least two tabs extending outwardly therefrom. The syringe further includes a... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080082056 - Introducer assembly and method therefor: An introducer assembly includes a sheath having a sheath proximal end and distal end, and a passage therethrough. The introducer assembly further includes a handle assembly that is mechanically and/or bonded coupled with a tubular sheath.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080082057 - Method and apparatus for diagnosing meibomian gland dysfunction: According to the method of the present invention a probe tip is located in contacting relation with the eyelid, the probe tip being connected to a handle. When pressure is exerted on the eyelid by pressing it against the eyelid, a preselected pressure is exerted thereon. In another embodiment of... Agent: Robert G. Rosenthal

20080082058 - Debriding callus foot tissue: An exemplary process of debriding callus foot tissue is disclosed. The exemplary process includes applying a chemical peel to callus foot tissue and using instrumentation to remove the chemically treated callus foot tissue. In certain embodiment, the process includes preparing the chemical peel, including customizing at least one attribute of... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20080082059 - Portable wound therapy system: A portable system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound, includes a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject, a portable subatmospheric pressure mechanism dimensioned to be carried or worn by the subject and a container for collecting exudates from... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080082060 - Cord blood correcting device and method of correcting cord blood: The present invention relates to a cord blood correcting device characterized by including: a branch indwelling needle having an outer cylinder needle provided on a distal end side, an inner needle drawing tube portion provided on a proximal end side, an inner needle provided inside the inner needle drawing tube... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080082061 - Draining body fluid from a patient: Systems and techniques for draining body fluid from a patient. In one aspect, a device includes a body fluid inlet that is biasable to a negative pressure suitable for draining body fluid from a patient, a fine measurement chamber having a volume V1 and being connectable to the body fluid... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080082062 - Sensor and associated articles for toilet training: Presented is a toilet training system including a disposable absorbent article including a first wetness sensor; a first signaling device adapted to communicate with the first wetness sensor and providing a first feedback mode of a wetness state of the disposable absorbent article; and a second signaling device adapted to... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080082063 - Toilet training using sensor and associated articles: Presented is a method for effectively toilet training a subject, the method including providing a disposable absorbent article to a caregiver, wherein the absorbent article includes a wetness sensor having a signaling device, and wherein the signaling device provides to the caregiver a feedback mode of an insult contemporaneous with... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080082066 - Crosslinked carboxyalkyl cellulose fibers having non-permanent and temporary crosslinks: Substantially water-insoluble, water-swellable, non-regenerated, carboxyalkyl cellulose fibers, wherein the fibers have a surface having the appearance of the surface of a cellulose fiber, and wherein the fibers include a plurality of non-permanent intra-fiber metal crosslinks and a plurality of temporary intra-fiber crosslinks; and fiber bundles that include the fibers.... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080082064 - Crosslinked carboxyalkyl cellulose fibers having permanent and non-permanent crosslinks: Substantially water-insoluble, water-swellable, non-regenerated, carboxyalkyl cellulose fibers, wherein the fibers have a surface having the appearance of the surface of a cellulose fiber, and wherein the fibers include a plurality of non-permanent intra-fiber metal crosslinks and a plurality of permanent intra-fiber crosslinks; and fiber bundles that include the fibers.... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080082065 - Mixed polymer superabsorbent fibers containing cellulose: A mixed polymer composite fiber including a carboxyalkyl cellulose, a galactomannan polymer or a glucomannan polymer, and cellulose fiber.... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080082068 - Absorbent articles comprising carboxyalkyl cellulose fibers having permanent and non-permanent crosslinks: An absorbent article includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least one component of the article, such as the absorbent core, includes a superabsorbent fiber. In one aspect, the article includes substantially water-insoluble, water-swellable, non-regenerated, carboxyalkyl cellulose fibers, where the... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080082067 - Cellulose fibers having superabsorbent particles adhered thereto: Cellulose fibers having superabsorbent particles adhered thereto.... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080082069 - Absorbent articles comprising carboxyalkyl cellulose fibers having non-permanent and temporary crosslinks: An absorbent article includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least one component of the article, such as the absorbent core, includes a superabsorbent fiber. In one aspect, the article includes substantially water-insoluble, water-swellable, non-regenerated, carboxyalkyl cellulose fibers, where the... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080082071 - Absorbent articles with graphic variety: A method of providing an array of disposable absorbent articles. The array is manufactured by or for the same business entity. The method includes providing an array of at least two different disposable articles. The array includes a first disposable article having a first outer cover; a first absorbent structure... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080082070 - Method of marketing incontinence products: A method of marketing incontinence products is disclosed. The method includes creating a product offering of incontinence products. The product offering includes first, second and third segments that are distinguished from one another by display segmentation elements. The first segment is directed to male incontinence consumers, the second segment is... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080082072 - Male incontinence protector: An incontinence protector for males intended for disposable use, including a fastening pocket for fastening the genitalia during use.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080082075 - Absorbent article with a c-fold absorbent layer: Absorbent articles suitable for use as sanitary napkins, diapers, bladder control pads, or other absorbent products are provided. The absorbent articles include a cover layer, a barrier layer, an absorbent layer, and an acquisition layer. The absorbent layer and acquisition layer are interposed between the cover layer and the barrier... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080082073 - Absorbent article with integrated ears: The invention discloses an integrated absorbent chassis for an absorbent article. The back sheet of the disclosed absorbent article is made from a single sheet of composite material that has elastomeric characteristics in predetermined regions. For example, the ear portions of the article are extendable for a better fit of... Agent: Gosz And Partners LLP

20080082074 - Absorbent article with refastenable and adjustable side panels: An absorbent article comprising a single side panel permanently attached to one of the front waist region and the back waist region is provided. The side panel is non-contoured and elastic, and can be refastened or adjusted to the body to maintain the article in a pant configuration.... Agent: Gosz And Partners LLP

20080082076 - Engageability of fibrous surfaces for use with touch fasteners: A method for forming a hook-engageable landing zone on a fibrous surface by selecting a region of the surface to form the landing zone, by raising fibers from the surface in the selected region to form fibrous loops extending from the surface, and by anchoring the fibrous loops in the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080082077 - System and method for flow rate control: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method controlling the flow of fluid in a surgical cassette. One embodiment of the present invention includes surgical system comprising a surgical console and a surgical cassette. The surgical console and surgical cassette can each contain portions of a valve system... Agent: Alcon

20080082078 - Glaucoma surgery methods and systems: Methods and systems are disclosed for creating an aqueous flow pathway in the trabecular meshwork, juxtacanalicular trabecular meshwork and Schlemm's canal of an eye for reducing elevated intraocular pressure. Some embodiments described apparatus and methods useful in photoablation of tissues. In some embodiments, a photoablation apparatus is used to perforate... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080082080 - Acute hemodialysis catheter assembly: A medical catheter includes an elongate catheter member defining a longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis transverse to the longitudinal axis, and having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongate catheter member includes an outer member and at least one longitudinal lumen within the outer member for passage... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080082081 - Bolster assembly: A bolster assembly for use in aligning a tubular interventional device along an outer epidermal layer of a patient. A base portion of the assembly has a first surface for contacting the epidermal layer at an exit site of the tubular interventional device from the body of the patient, and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20080082079 - Low profile catheter assembly: A medical catheter assembly includes a catheter hub, an elongate catheter member extending from the catheter hub and having at least one longitudinal lumen for passage of fluids, an extension tube extending from the catheter hub and defining an internal lumen in fluid communication with the at least one longitudinal... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080082082 - Surgical fluid transfer apparatus: A surgical fluid transfer apparatus for passage of fluids includes a hub defining a longitudinal axis and having an internal chamber, an elongated member extending from the hub and defining a longitudinal conduit and a closure valve disposed within the internal chamber of the hub. The closure valve is adapted... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080082083 - Perforated expandable implant recovery sheath: An expandable sheath accommodates a medical device that is being removed from a body with a larger diameter than the sheath. The same sheath may be used to reposition a device, such as an implant for repairing a patent foramen ovale (PFO), within the body to an alternative delivery site.... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080082084 - System and method to vent gas from a body cavity: One aspect of the invention is a method to vent gas from a body cavity during an endoscopic procedure. A body cavity is in fluid communication with an exhaust gas inlet of a vacuum break device. The vacuum break device has a chamber in fluid communication with both the inlet... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.