Surgery inventions 09/08

20080234619 - Portable hyperthermia apparatus: An apparatus for implementing hyperthermia may include a reservoir cartridge having an inlet and an outlet, a disposable outflow tube having a reservoir cartridge end connected to the reservoir cartridge at the outlet and an outflow catheter end connected to an outflow catheter, a disposable inflow tube having a reservoir... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080234620 - Method of monitoring the operationality of a flow cut-off member and flow arresting system, for an extracorporeal fluid circuit: A description is given of a method of monitoring the operationality of a flow cut-off member for an extracorporeal fluid circuit. Also described is a system for arresting the flow of blood that implements this monitoring method. The system has a flow cut-off member active on a radially deformable length... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080234621 - Methods and apparatus for creating particle derivatives of hdl with reduced lipid content: The present invention is directed to systems, apparatus and methods for creating derivatives of at least one form of HDL without substantially affecting LDL. These derivatives of HDL are particles with reduced lipid content, particularly reduced cholesterol content. These particles have the capacity to bind cholesterol and are administered to... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080234622 - Methods and systems for preparing blood products: The present invention is related to pre-connected disposable sets including a pre-connected bag containing a photosensitizer for use in a blood separation and pathogen inactivation procedure.... Agent: Gambro Bct, IncIPDepartment

20080234623 - Device for enriching and/or depleting materials in a liquid: A device and method for enriching and/or depleting substances in a liquid is disclosed. An exemplary device comprises a membrane module that consists essentially of concentric elements and that has a separation element in which the substance to be enriched and/or depleted is carried, and whereby the liquid is carried... Agent: InternationalIPLaw Group

20080234625 - Fuse assembly for single use medical device: A disposable injection device includes a dispensing chamber, a plunger, a fuse in series with a light, and a housing. The dispensing chamber has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface defines a cavity for receiving a quantity of a substance. The plunger is engaged with the... Agent: Alcon

20080234626 - Multi-stage microporation device: A thermal treatment device for forming a micropore in a barrier has a micro-heater component with at least one micro-heater with a thermal member having a base end and a tip end. The device also has an ablation material in the at least one micro-heater and a power supply component... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080234628 - Multiple part electrotransport drug delivery device: An electrotransport device for delivering a therapeutic agent through a body surface of a patient. The device has an electronic module that can be coupled with a reservoir module to form the electrotransport device. The reservoir module has a reservoir that contains the therapeutic agent for delivery through the body... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080234627 - Pivotally engaged multiple part electrotransport drug delivery device: An electrotransport device for delivering a therapeutic agent through a body surface of a patient. The device has an electronic module that can be coupled with an agent module to form the electrotransport device. The agent module has a compartment containing the therapeutic agent for delivery through the body surface... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080234629 - Water electrolysis to facilitate drug delivery by iontophoresis: The present invention is an iontophoretic system that electrolyzes water to enhance the iontophoretic delivery of an active agent. The invention provides a cartridge adapted for use in iontophoretic system comprising electronics associated with a working electrode capable of electrolyzing water and a conductive composition comprising water and at least... Agent: Elmore Patent Law Group, PC

20080234630 - Disposable dispenser for patient infusion: Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and systems associated with a disposable dispenser (100, 200) of therapeutic fluid. Preferred embodiments having a small size of less than about 75 mm in length, less than 50 mm in width and less than about 10 mm in thickness and may... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 35437

20080234624 - Ocular implant with anchor and therapeutic agent: An ocular disorder treatment implant includes an anchor and a therapeutic agent. The implant has a body with first and second end portions. The implant is configured to transport fluid from the anterior chamber of an eye to a physiological outflow pathway of the eye. The body has at least... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080234631 - Apparatus systems and methods for flushing gas from a catheter of a robotic catheter system: Apparatus, systems and methods for flushing a lumen of a catheter instrument to reduce or eliminate bubbles within the lumen. An interface valve is adapted for attachment to a proximal end of the catheter instrument and can receive a working instrument for insertion into the he catheter instrument lumen. A... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080234632 - Pre-filled syringe: A two-component mixing type pre-filled syringe 1 includes a nozzle member 20, a barrel 10 formed with a bypass 13 protruding outwardly in a radial direction, a tip gasket 60 sealing a tip of the barrel 10, an intermediate gasket 70 liquid-tightly partitioning an inside of the barrel 10 into... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080234633 - Injection device: An injection device (1) with a travelling clutch which can be shifted between two different positions by the activation of an injection button. In the first position, the injection button and the driver (70) is allowed to rotate relatively to the piston rod (60), which is blocked from rotation by... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080234634 - Syringe device with a dose limiting mechanism and an additional safety mechanism: A syringe device for ejecting a dose of a medicament, the syringe device comprising: a dose limiting mechanism arranged to interact with a dose ejecting mechanism to prevent ejection of a dose exceeding a set dose, and a safety mechanism, which is arranged such with respect to the dose ejecting... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080234636 - Disposable syringe guarded in a preuse position (1): A disposable syringe includes a barrel, a needle assembly, a plunger, and a spacer. A tubular catch extends rearwardly of the barrel to terminate at a peripheral edge. The needle assembly includes a needle cannula and a needle seat for securing the needle cannula. The plunger is movable in the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080234635 - Disposable syringe guarded in a preuse position (ii): A disposable syringe includes a barrel, a needle assembly, a plunger, a press-fitting unit, and a spacer. The plunger is movable in the barrel to a retraction initiating position, where a front open plunger end is coupled with the needle assembly for withdrawal of the needle assembly into the plunger.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080234637 - Valves, valved fluid transfer devices and ambulatory infusion devices including the same: Valves, valved fluid transfer devices and ambulatory infusion devices including the same.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes, LLP Advanced Bionics Corporation

20080234638 - Valves, valved fluid transfer devices and ambulatory infusion devices including the same: Valves, valved fluid transfer devices and ambulatory infusion devices including the same.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes, LLP Advanced Bionics Corporation

20080234639 - Valves, valved fluid transfer devices and ambulatory infusion devices including the same: Valves, valved fluid transfer devices and ambulatory infusion devices including the same.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes, LLP Advanced Bionics Corporation

20080234640 - Needle arrangement for a low vacuum wound drainage system: The invention provides a needle arrangement (30) for a low-vacuum wound drainage system. The needle arrangement (30) includes a needle (32) and a needle retriever (34). The needle (32) has a sharpened, leading end (36) for piercing the skin of a patient, and a first locking formation (42) proximate the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080234641 - System and method for managing reduced pressure at a tissue site: The illustrative embodiments described herein are directed to an apparatus and method for managing reduced pressure at a tissue site. The apparatus includes a reduced pressure source that generates reduced pressure. The reduced pressure is delivered to the tissue site via a delivery tube. The apparatus includes a single pressure... Agent: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080234642 - Male hygenic device: An improved device for male hygiene intended for collection of urine is described. An absorbent pad comprises a polymer that forms a gel upon contact with water, which is enclosed in a water-permeable, corrugated plastic pouch. The pouch is contained, optionally by adhesive, in a flexible stretchable water-impermeable sheath, which... Agent: Francis H. Kirkpatrick Kirkpatent

20080234643 - Disposable diaper and disposable diaper product package: A paper diaper and a paper diaper product package. In the paper diaper, a paper diaper product body is formed of at least a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent interposed between these sheets. A plurality of design prints are applied to the paper diaper product body at... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080234644 - Absorbent article with colour changing properties: An absorbent article such as a diaper, a pant diaper, a sanitary napkin, an incontinence guard etc., which includes thermochromic fibres. The thermochromic fibres may be incorporated in one or more of the following components of the absorbent article: the inner coversheet, the acquisition layer, the absorbent structure, the outer... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080234645 - Absorbent articles comprising high permeability superabsorbent polymer compositions: An absorbent article can have a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. In some aspects, at least one of the topsheet, backsheet, and absorbent core is stretchable. In other aspects, the absorbent core can comprise layers, at least one of which includes... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080234646 - Odour-preventing, water-absorbing compositions: The present invention leads to odor-preventing water-absorbing compositions comprising at least one water-absorbing polymer and at least one substituted thiophosphoramide, to processes for their production and also to hygiene articles and their production.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080234647 - Integrated complimentary product: A disposable, integrated diaper product is provided for use with a human. The product comprises a diaper assembly, a pair of opposing lateral tabs, a fastening section, a premoistened textile component, and a liquid impermeable component. The liquid impermeable component can releasably adhesively mate against the exterior component of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080234649 - Diaper having deployable chassis ears and stretch waistband: A disposable diaper including a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The chassis includes laterally opposing side flaps formed by laterally inwardly folded portions of the chassis and deployable chassis ears formed by other laterally inwardly folded portions of the chassis. Each chassis ear is held laterally inwardly folded until being... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080234648 - Disposable diaper with adornment feature: A disposable diaper having an adornment feature on a rear panel thereof, rendering the diaper more aesthetically pleasing than a conventional disposable diaper. In one embodiment, the disposable diaper includes a real panel having an adornment of ruffled material carried thereon. The adornment feature conceals the outer surface of said... Agent: Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P.

20080234650 - Anchor for nonabsorbant string of tampon: The invention is a modified withdrawal string for a tampon. The modified withdrawal string is nonabsorbant or monofilament string. The string has one or more anchor filaments at one or more locations along its length. Other attachments are a closed circumference at the end of the withdrawal string as well... Agent: William M. Sellenke

20080234651 - Pants-type disposable wearing article: A pants-type disposable wearing article includes leg-circumferential first elastic members attached to crotch region's lateral margins of an outer sheet and waist-circumferential second elastic members attached to waist regions' upper margins of the outer sheet. The elastic members are joined to the sheet while the sheet and the second elastic... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080234652 - Apparatus and methods for making, storing, and administering freeze-dried materials such as freeze-dried plasma: A freeze-dried material is stored in a first chamber of a container along with a reconstituting liquid for the freeze-dried material, which is stored in a second chamber of the container. A sealing wall within the container forms a barrier between the first chamber and the second chamber preventing contact... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080234653 - Apparatus and methods for making, storing, and administering freeze-dried materials such as freeze-dried plasma: A freeze-dried material is stored in a first chamber of a container along with a reconstituting liquid for the freeze-dried material, which is stored in a second chamber of the container. A sealing wall within the container forms a barrier between the first chamber and the second chamber preventing contact... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080234654 - Apparatus and methods for making, storing, and administering freeze-dried materials such as freeze-dried plasma: A vessel receives a liquid material, which is freeze-dried in situ within the vessel. A gas permeable material carried by the vessel provides gas transport for sublimation during drying. After freeze drying, an oxygen-free inert gas is introduced into the vessel through the gas permeable material, to occupy the interior... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080234655 - Electroporation device and injection apparatus: An apparatus is provided for injecting a fluid into body tissue, the apparatus comprising: a hollow needle; and fluid delivery means, wherein the apparatus is adapted to actuate the fluid delivery means in use so as to automatically inject fluid into body tissue during insertion of the needle into the... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20080234656 - Method for altering drug pharmacokinetics based on medical delivery platform: A method for directly delivering whereby a substance is introduced into an intradermal space within mammalian skin which involves administering the substance through at least one small gauge hollow needle having an outlet with an exposed height between 0 and 1 mm. The outlet is inserted into the skin to... Agent: Jones Day

20080234658 - Device and methods for controlling blood perfusion pressure using a retrograde cannula: Devices and methods are disclosed for the control of blood perfusion pressure within a blood vessel that undergoes arterialization. A cannula is introduced that contains a stenosis that either resorbs or is removed in time, allowing a gradual increase in blood pressure between two blood passages connected at either ends... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080234657 - Methods for contributing to cardiovascular treatments: Disclosed herein are methods that can contribute to cardiovascular treatments. The methods are designed to provide bioactive materials to the first proximal third of coronary arteries, the portion of these arteries most likely requiring treatment.... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20080234659 - Urological medical devices for release of therapeutic agents: According to an aspect of the present invention, urological medical devices are provided, which contain one or more urologically beneficial agents selected from alpha-adrenergic blockers, calcium channel blockers, and combinations thereof, among others. The urological devices are adapted for implantation or insertion into a subject's urinary tract, whereupon at least... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20080234660 - Steerable catheter using flat pull wires and method of making same: A catheter assembly includes an inner liner made of flexible material and an outer layer having a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes at least one flat wire and a corresponding lumen through which the flat wire may travel. The steering mechanism may also include at least one pull ring... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080234661 - Catheter employing shape memory alloy shaping wire or pull wire and method of its manufacture: An electrophysiology catheter includes an elongate catheter body having a distal end and a proximal end, a catheter tip including at least one metallic catheter component, such as an electrode, thereon, and at least one internal catheter component joined to the at least one metallic catheter component. The at least... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080234662 - Constructive disposal placed in artifon catheter applied in perforations above the papillae in fistula-papillotomy: Constructive disposal placed in artifon catheter applied in perforations above the papillae in fistula-papillotomy, where the procedure known as Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERPC) is characterized by the combination of instrumental transpapillary access and the obtaining of contrasting images through pancreatic bile, a result obtained through the use of the artifon... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080234663 - Method for selecting bolus doses in a drug delivery system: A method, apparatus and system for selecting a bolus dose of a drug in a drug delivery device is disclosed. The method comprises selecting the bolus dose from a pre-determined schedule of bolus doses, wherein each dose corresponds to a range of a body analyte levels.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 30623

20080228124 - Radiographic contrast media capture material: The present invention relates to materials, coatings, apparatus, and methods for removing radiocontrast agent from a patient. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, molecular imprinting technologies are utilized to create a safe, predictable and reliable medium for removal of nephrotoxic contrast agent from body fluids of a patient,... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080228125 - Methods and devices for rendering different types of patient access devices compatible with different types of tubing sets: In general, this invention relates to methods and devices for introducing and/or draining fluids into and/or from a patient's body. Methods and devices are provided for rendering conventional tubing sets, or fluid flow sets, which are normally coupleable with only specific complementary patient access devices, compatible with other access devices... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080228126 - Method of inhibiting disruption of the healing process in a physically modified stomach: Methods for inhibiting disruption of the healing process in a hollow body organ such as a stomach that is physically modified to restrict or reduce its food receiving capability are described. A physical boundary is used to form the stomach modification. An inlet portion of the modified stomach communicates with... Agent: Rodman Rodman

20080228127 - Uveoscleral shunt and methods for implanting same: Devices and methods for treating intraocular pressure are disclosed. The devices include shunts for draining aqueous humor from the anterior chamber to the uveoscleral outflow pathway, including the supraciliary space and the suprachoroidal space. The shunts are preferably implanted by ab interno procedures.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080228128 - Applicator having an intermittent gripping structure: An applicator having an intermittent gripping structure. The applicator can have an insertion member having an insertion end and a gripping portion opposite the insertion end. The gripping portion can have at least one substantially continuous ring disposed along substantially the entire circumference of the gripping portion and can have... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080228129 - Fluid dispensing apparatus: A compact fluid dispenser for use in controllably dispensing fluid medicaments, such as antibiotics, blood clotting agents, analgesics, and like medicinal agents from collapsible containers at a uniform rate. The dispenser includes a novel stored energy source that is provided in the form of a compressible-expandable member that functions to... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20080228130 - Methods and systems for occluding collateral flow channels in the lung: The lateral flow between adjacent lung segments is occluded by blocking collateral flow channels with particles. A gas flow is established from one lung segment through the flow channels in an intermediate fibrous septum, and out through the adjacent lung segment. Particles entrained in the gas flow become lodged in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080228131 - Microdialysis probe with a spiral line: A microdialysis probe with a probe body, a probe needle for introduction into a tissue, an inlet line and an outlet line for a perfusion solution and a dialysis membrane, wherein at least one hollow channel forms the outlet line and extends at least partly spirally about the probe needle... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080228132 - Valve for transcutaneous access to existing blood vessel or fistula: A valve for facilitating the introduction of fluids into or withdrawal of fluids from the vascular system of an animal, including a human animal, which connects to a natural or artificial blood vessel to allow access to blood in the vascular system without the need to additionally puncture the skin... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20080228133 - Delivery of a sympatholytic cardiovascular agent to the central nervous system: A sympatholytic cardiovascular agent delivered by a drug delivery pump to a central nervous system site to alleviate symptoms of acute or chronic cardiac insult or impaired cardiac performance. The drug delivery pump can be external or implantable infusion pump (IIP) coupled with a drug infusion catheter extending to the... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080228134 - Methods to store human breast milk: Methods for storing human breast milk, preserving its natural flavor and nutritional content. Through the use of an apparatus such as a breast pump, breast milk is expressed from a lactating woman. The milk is transferred through a fill line into a storage container. After the container is substantially filled... Agent: R. Michael West Law Offices Of R. Michael West

20080228135 - Apparatus for treating a damaged spinal disc: The advantages of this invention are provided by a surgical tool for repairing a damaged spinal disc of a patient comprising: a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; a guide wire contained within the catheter so that when the guide wire is pulled, the catheter will flex... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20080228136 - Dual modulus balloon for interventional procedures: A device for interventional surgical or medical procedures is presented. The device is generally in the form of a balloon and is used to position itself or other working elements up against or through lumen walls in the body. The balloon is comprised of at least two materials of different... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080228137 - Methods and devices for passive residual lung volume reduction and functional lung volume expansion: The volume of a hyperinflated lung compartment is reduced by sealing a distal end of the catheter in an airway feeding the lung compartment. Air passes out of the lung compartment through a passage in the catheter while the patient exhales. A one-way flow element associated with the catheter prevents... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080228139 - Angioplasty balloon with concealed wires: A balloon catheter having wires situated between an outer layer and a surface of a balloon is described. Each wire may be confined within an interior space of a pocket or encapsulated within a sheath. The pocket includes the outer layer and the balloon surface. The outer layer and balloon... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080228138 - Catheter with balloon having visual marker: A balloon catheter may have a flexible shaft extending between a proximal and distal end, with a hub affixed to the proximal end, and a balloon that has one or more visual markers. The visual marker(s) indicate and confirm specific information about attribute(s) of that individual product.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080228140 - Catheter with portions that can change in volume: A catheter for administering a substance into body tissues includes an elongated catheter body that has at least one portion of the length of the catheter body that expands after the catheter is inserted in the patient's body. The portion that expands provides a seal against backflow of the substance... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brai)

20080228141 - Methods and apparatus for regional and whole body temperature modification: Methods and apparatus for temperature modification of selected body regions including an induced state of local hypothermia of the brain region for neuroprotection. A heat exchange catheter is provided with heat transfer fins projecting or extending outward from the catheter which may be inserted into selected blood vessels or body... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20080228142 - Portable intravenous fluid heating system: The present invention discloses a portable intravenous fluid heating system comprising (a) a metallic heated conduit for warming IV fluids passed therethrough at a continuously regulated normal body temperature and transporting said IV fluids; and, (b) a controller unit including a power source operative to apply an electric potential across... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080228143 - Injection device: An injection device comprising an outer housing inside which is located a medicament-holding barrel (9) with a needle (10) at one end thereof, at least part of the needle being moveable in and out of the outer housing, a plunger (8) moveable within the barrel, an inner housing (7) intermediate... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080228144 - Insertion head for medical or pharmaceutical applications: An insertion head for medical use, including a housing formed by two housing parts, a puncture needle and a flexible cannula supported by the puncture needle, wherein before use the puncture needle and cannula are arranged in a protected position inside the housing and can be deployed by gripping the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080228145 - Guidewire introducer and shaping tool: The improved guidewire introducer and shaping tool includes a polymer inner layer and a metal outer layer. A polymer luer hub is provided on a polymer tubing shaft so that the internal taper of the hub has a smooth transition to the inner diameter of the polymer tubing shaft. A... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080228146 - Positioning device for ostial lesions: A device and methods for positioning of a catheter at an ostium includes an anchoring portion and an expandable portion. The anchoring portion is configured to be attached to the shaft of the catheter at a location proximal to a treatment device positioned on the catheter. The expandable portion extends... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20080228147 - Injector for use with pre-filled syringes and method of assembly: An injection device for use with a pre-filled syringe. The device features a track and track follower engagement which facilitates locking a protective needle guard over the tip of the needle at the conclusion of the injection. The device further includes a tamper evidence overcap which, once removed from the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080228148 - Medicament cartridge: Many of those having diabetes take a combination of slow and fast acting types of insulin. It is important that the different forms of medicament do not become confused. To this end, a medicament cartridge is provided comprising a sleeve having a bottleneck providing a flange at a first end,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080228149 - Blunt cannula for accessing a slit septum: A blunt cannula (10) includes a distal portion (12) and a proximal portion (14). The distal portion (14) has a non-uniform taper defined by a plurality, such as four, differently tapered segments (22, 24, 26, 28). The proximal portion (12) may additionally or alternatively have a non-circular, such as oval,... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080228150 - Soft body catheter with low friction lumen: The disclosure is directed to radiation catheter devices, methods for controlled application of irradiation to tissue at a body site, such as a cavity formed after removal of tissue, e.g. cancer, using such radiation catheter devices, solutions for forming a more lubricious luminal surface and method for lining lumens of... Agent: Edward J. Lynch, Patent Attorney

20080228151 - Transdermal drug delivery with controlled heat for treating musculoskeletal pain and/or inflammation: Systems and methods for transdermal drug delivery with controlled heat are provided. Such systems can comprise a heating apparatus that includes an exothermic chemical composition, typically in the form of individual heating elements. The heating apparatus can be exposed to ambient oxygen through a cover. The cover can reduce the... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080228152 - Treatment brassiere and method of producing same: A treatment brassiere includes a breasts-supporting garment and a treatment layer. The breast-supporting garment includes at least a breast support having an inner surface and a securing device for securing the breast support on a user that the inner surface of the breast support is contacting with the breast surface... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20080228153 - Apparatus and method for collecting cord blood: The invention is devices and methods for collecting fetal blood from the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of a baby. Embodiments of the invention are open circuit devices and methods that allow collection of relatively large quantities of cord blood while reducing the risk of contamination to levels... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080228154 - Device, system, kit or method for collecting effluent from an individual: The present invention relates to a device, method, system and kit for receiving effluent from an individual. In an alternative embodiment, the present invention is directed to a device, method, system and kit for collecting effluent from an individual during a medical or diagnostic procedure including but not limited to,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080228155 - Colostomy bag: A colostomy bag provided with a stoma ring, a gas outlet and an external deodorizing filter in which a vertical baffle is provided intermediate the stoma ring and the gas outlet and extending from the upper marginal wall of the bag and a level slightly below the lowest point of... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080228156 - Device for collection of fluid: The present invention relates to a device for collecting liquid and, in particular, a device for collecting liquid or liquid-like substances used and/or generated in the course of medical procedures, said device consisting of a bag-like product that is removable attachable to the site being treated, such as the ear... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080228157 - Absorbent article having a potty training readiness indicator: A potty training readiness indicator, which can be utilized in a disposable absorbent article, having at least one indicating member. The potty training readiness indicator which indicates to the caregiver when the wearer is ready to be potty trained.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080228158 - Absorbent article with patterned sbs based adhesive: An SBS based construction adhesive that includes an amount of SIS adhesive to make an SBS/SIS adhesive that shows excellent shear hang time values when used to manufacture disposable absorbent articles. The SBS/SIS adhesive is applied in a spiral pattern having a particular width and frequency to form an endflap... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080228159 - Breathable and liquid impermeable web and method of making the web: A method is disclosed for modifying the physical characteristics of a web which involves passing the web between at least one pair of interengaged rolls to incrementally stretch the web, and then withdrawing the incrementally stretched web from between the rolls under tension. A web modified according to the disclosed... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080228160 - Essential home pharmacy kits: A home pharmacy kit provided to organize, educate, simplify and add convenience to the consumer regarding self-treatment with over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and self-management of therapy with widely and commonly used OTC medications. The kit of the invention allows a consumer to achieve appropriate therapy when self-medicating and allows a consumer... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20080228161 - Materials for facilitating administration of dimethyl sulfoxide (dmso) and related compounds: The invention relates generally to materials for facilitating the administration of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and related compounds. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a kit comprising items used for the safe and effective administration of DMSO. In another embodiment, the invention relates to indicating containers for holding or delivering DMSO.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080228162 - Single-use ampoule: A single-use, blow-molded container for medical or pharmaceutical media is presented. The container comprises a flexible storage portion connected to one end a dispensing portion and a cap connected to the other end of the dispensing portion, wherein the cap is separated from the dispensing portion to create an outlet... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20080228163 - Needle venting device for sealed containers: An improved liquid handling needle device for use with the reconstitution of toxic drugs such as those used in chemotherapy and other applications. When diluent, in this example, is added through a septum into a sealed container, a positive pressure builds up. Aerosols containing the reconstituted drugs can be release... Agent: James C. Smith

20080228164 - Implant delivery system: An embodiment includes a site marker deployment system that includes a deployment device having an inner cannula and a site marker that may be selectively interposed within the inner cannula. The site marker includes at least one generally elongated filament member. The filament member is selectively configurable between a first... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080228165 - Systems and methods for introducing elements into tissue: Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080228166 - Sonography guided embryo transfer for in vitro fertilization: The present provides novel systems and methods to facilitate embryo transfer, to maximize implantation rates and to improve pregnancy rates resulting from In Vitro fertilization.... Agent: Theodore S. Maceiko Jones Day

20080228167 - Catheter with pressure sensor system: A catheter for administering a substance into a patient's tissue including a number of pressure sensors for detecting changes in the shape of the catheter or a backflow along the surface of the catheter. In response to the pressure distribution profile collected along the surface or length of the catheter,... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080228168 - Catheter with changing material properties: A catheter for administering a substance into a patient's tissue includes an elongated catheter body surrounding a lumen. At least one part of the length of the catheter body includes a material that changes its stiffness due to changes in the ambient conditions in the administering environment.... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080228169 - Over-the-wire catheter with lateral access: An over-the-wire catheter includes a guide wire lumen that is defined by a distal bracket and a proximal bracket. Both brackets are formed as part of the catheter, and the lumen is dimensioned for receiving a guide wire therethrough. Between the distal bracket and the proximal bracket is a lateral... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20080228171 - Endovascular devices and methods for exploiting intramural space: Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to visually define the vessel wall boundary, protect the vessel wall boundary from perforation, bypass an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080228170 - Vascular fluoroscopic marker: A radiopaque marker configured for being securing to a tubular member adapted for introduction into a patient and having relief sections to provide localized accommodation of diametrical-circumferential dimensional reduction.... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20080228172 - Intravenous access safety device: An intravenous catheter system comprises a Y-shape, where one arm includes a needle for catheterization, another accommodates a syringe assembly, and the third is threaded for attachment to IV tubing. A syringe assembly is threadedly attached to the Y for cannulation, after which the needle is withdrawn into a tube... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20080228173 - Safety catheter for injecting fluid: A catheter includes a tubular body having a channel having its ends opening out respectively at the ends of the tubular body, injector element for injecting fluid into the channel, a tubular endpiece having a channel with ends opening out respectively at the ends of the tubular endpiece, and element... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080228174 - Drain tube assembly for draining a body cavity: A drain tube assembly for draining a body cavity, the assembly comprising a flexible drain tube having a distal end for insertion into the body cavity and a proximal end, the distal end having at least one drainage hole therein, and at least one attachment ring so as to provide... Agent: John L. Cordani Carmody & Torrance

20080228175 - Medical device: The invention provides a medical device with a retention section for anchoring the medical device in the body of a living being, a drainage section for draining fluids from the body, e.g. urine, and a tip which facilitates insertion into the body. During the anchoring of the medical device, the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080221495 - Blood pump system user interface alarm management: User interfaces for medical perfusion systems that provide oxygenation, filtering, and recirculation of blood in connection with various medical procedures are provided. In particular, user interfaces for use with blood pumps that assist in managing alarms commonly encountered during cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries are provided.... Agent: Kagan Binder, Pllc

20080221496 - Machine for extracorporeal blood treatment: In a machine for extracorporeal blood treatment, a syringe pump (4) for infusion of an anticoagulant comprises a support (5) for the syringe, a pusher (6), a sensor of the pushing force of the pusher (6), and a control unit (8) for guiding the pusher (6) in accordance with the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080221497 - Use of arginine and like substances and methylglyoxal and like substances in dialysis machines: A kidney dialysis filter based on arginine attached to a cellulose polymer or a chitin polymer or a dendrimer polymer (or other nonsoluble carrier polymer—large enough that they will not go from dialysis machine to patient by going through the filtration membrane or by dissolving and entering the blood stream... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, Llc

20080221498 - Extracorporeal circulator: An extracorporeal circulator comprising a line for extracting blood from a patient, a pump for supplying blood, an artificial lung section performing gas exchange on blood, a line for supplying blood passed through the artificial lung section to the patient, a unit for removing bubbles mixed into the blood, a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080221499 - Transducer protector: A transducer protector (TP) and a method for forming the transducer protector are disclosed. The transducer protector is operable in cooperation with a hemodialysis system, and may be mounted between a drip chamber and a pressure transducer. The transducer protector is mounted in an integrally-assembled housing which includes an inlet... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20080221500 - Implant having mems flow module with movable, flow-controlling baffle: Various embodiments of MEMS flow modules that may be disposed in a flow path (296) of a shunt (290) are disclosed, where the shunt (290) may be used to control a flow out of an anterior chamber (284) of an eye (266). One such MEMS flow module (58) has a... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & Chief Ip Counsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080221501 - Systems and methods for reducing intraocular pressure: The present invention provides systems and methods for reducing intraocular pressure, thereby to treat glaucoma and other disorders. The systems of the present invention include a shunt insertable across the clear cornea and a delivery device for inserting the shunt in the transcorneal position. The shunt has a body with... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & Chief Ip Counsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080221502 - Absorbent tampon providing clean digital insertion: A tampon has a generally uniform fiber distribution along its length, an insertion end, a withdrawal end, and a longitudinal axis. A finger recess having a depth of at least about 5 mm is formed into the withdrawal end. Nonetheless, a column strength of at least about 10 Newtons (N)... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080221503 - Method of treating diseases: A method of treating diseases includes of acting on an organ which has an unhealthy inclusion, and using for the acting on the organ which has an unhealthy inclusion a pressure which deviates from a normal pressure for the inclusion.... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20080221504 - Apparatus and method for treating tissue: An apparatus and method used for medical and/or cosmetic treatment of a tissue, such as skin tightening, skin laxity and/or wrinkle reduction and or other skin flaws, including an energy source, a vacuum chamber and rollers which may facilitate easy sliding of the apparatus from one treated area to another.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 30623

20080221505 - Expandable blade device for stabilizing compression fractures: A medical device and method of using the device to reinforce and stabilize a compressed tissue is disclosed. The medical device is inserted into the tissue, typically a vertebral bone, cuts the tissue inside, and then a binding cement is injected into the pulped tissue without removing the tissue. The... Agent: Fish & Associates, Pc Robert D. Fish

20080221506 - Small vessel ultrasound cathter: An ultrasound catheter adapted for accessing small vessels in the distal anatomy is disclosed. The ultrasound catheter comprises an elongate tubular body formed with a delivery lumen. The flexibility and dimensions of the tubular body allow access to the distal anatomy by advancement over the guidewire. An ultrasound radiating member... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080221507 - Systems and methods for nasal irrigation: Systems and methods for nasal irrigation are provided in which a nasal irrigation device includes a source of saline solution, an effluent receptacle, a nasal interface, a vacuum source, a fluid passageway to communicate the source of saline solution with the effluent receptacle through the nasal interface and a nasal... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080221508 - Fluid control system for a medical device: The present invention provides a medical device having an elongate body with both a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the elongate body defines an intake lumen and an exhaust lumen. The medical device also has a first pliable element defining a cooling chamber disposed at a point along... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.a.

20080221509 - Multilumen catheter: A multilumen catheter having tubings extending into lumens within the catheter. The lumens may be used for blood, drugs or other medicants. The lumens may also be used for sensors. The junction element, external to the patient, connects the tubings to the lumens. The tubings, also external to the patient,... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080221510 - Applicator for inserting an implant: The invention pertains to an applicator (1) for inserting an implant, in particular a rod-like implant (2) containing an active substance, under the skin of a human or animal, comprising a housing (3), a cannula (6) extending from the housing (3), and a handle (15) for grasping and maneuvering the... Agent: Howrey LLP-eu

20080221511 - Bone void filler: A novel composition and kit for a bone void filler are provided. The improved bone void filler includes a porous, collagen scaffolding admixed with calcium phosphate and at least one stabilizer agent. Optionally, the bone void filler further includes at least one bioactive agent.... Agent: Medtronic Spinal And Biologics

20080221512 - Patient hydration system with taper down feature: A patient hydration system with an infusion subsystem which infuses fluid into a patient and a urine output measurement subsystem for measuring the amount of urine output by the patient. A controller is configured to control the infusion subsystem and is responsive to the urine output measurement subsystem. The controller... Agent: Iandiorio Teska And Coleman

20080221513 - Method for ensuring constant speed of a motor in an injection device: The present invention relates to a method for ensuring a constant target speed of a battery driven electrical motor, the battery driven electrical motor being adapted to move a piston rod in an injection device so as to inject a set dose of medicine from the injection device, the method... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080221514 - Hemorrhoid treatment suppository: A suppository device has a shaft having a first end and a second end. The first end has a bulbous upper portion. The diameter of the wide section of the bulbous upper portion is between 6 millimeters and 12 millimeters. The shaft has a tapered surface extending toward the second... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080221515 - Syringe set for balloon catheter: A syringe holder which is capable of holding a plurality of types of syringes used for expanding a balloon catheter so as to be capable of being detached and attached is proposed. Preferably, a clearance is provided between the syringe holder and the syringe, so that gas can come into... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080221516 - Adapter for multiple capacity needle immobilizing device: An adapter for a multiple capacity needle immobilizing device having a body portion and entry holes for allowing the distal ends of sharp needles to enter the body includes a base having a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion having apertures positioned to align with the entry... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & Chief Ip Counsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080221517 - Fixed-dose syringe with limited aspiration: A syringe configured with a limited maximum usable capacity. The syringe of the invention desirably has a retractable needle to prevent reuse. In the preferred embodiment, a dose-limiting structure includes a stop-ring member on the head of the plunger that abuts a constriction in the housing when the plunger is... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Michael Ritchie, Docketing

20080221518 - System and method using the rectal mucosal membrane for inducing hypothermia and warming: A system and method for cooling and warming the central nervous system of a patient comprises a delivery tube with one of the ends couplable to a supply of fluid. A head structure is coupled to the other end of the delivery tube and cooling or warming fluid is directed... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080221520 - Positioning system for percutaneous interventions: A positioning system for percutaneous interventions, which is useful with clinical operating procedures and permits rapid and precise insertion of a needle or other medical instrument into a patient's body. Positioning is accomplished by using a combination of navigation software and a reference frame and needle or instrument holder.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080221519 - System for guiding a probe over the surface of the skin of a patient or an animal: The invention relates to a system for guiding a probe over the surface of the skin of a patient. Performing measurements with ultrasound techniques for small structures such as blood vessels need well-defined spatial relationship between the measuring probe and the tissue which has to be examined. The invention seeks... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080221522 - Methods and apparatuses for detecting occlusions in an ambulatory infusion pump: An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080221523 - Methods and apparatuses for detecting occlusions in an ambulatory infusion pump: An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080221521 - Methods and systems for detecting an occlusion: Systems and methods for detecting an occlusion may include receiving a signal corresponding to a first force needed to deliver a first material through the tube. Furthermore, the systems and methods may include indicating that an occlusion exists if the first force is greater than a baseline value plus a... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080221524 - Needleless microprotrusion elastoplast system: A needleless microprotrusion system for infusion of a medicament into a patient includes a plurality of microprotrusions having a length sufficient to penetrate a stratum corneum of the patient. A chemodenervating agent is disposed for delivery by the microprotrusions and a substrate is provided for supporting the microprotrusions and conforming... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080221525 - Gastrostomy garment: A flexible belt-shape garment to be use around the torso of a person requiring a gastrostomy tube to be nourished is disclosed. The garment comprises a totally flexible main elongated body having an upper end, a lower end a first lateral side and a second lateral side, an outer surface... Agent: Reyes Law Services, Psc Hector M. Reyes Rivera, Phd Jd

20080221526 - Plaster device: A plaster device serves for fixating a length of a medical tube in relation to a skin surface of an individual having the tube inserted into a body part via an access opening. The plaster device includes an adhesive part having an upper side an adherent lower side for attaching... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080221527 - Arthroscopic harvesting and therapeutic application of bone marrow aspirate: Methods of arthroscopic harvesting of bone marrow aspirate from bone joints and therapeutic application of the bone marrow aspirate in a bone joint. The method of harvesting includes extracting bone marrow from a joint, adding a biomaterial, and adding clotting agent to form a clot.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080221528 - Needle protecting device comprising an integrated needle carrier removing device for removing a needle carrier from an injection apparatus: A needle protecting device for use with an injection apparatus, wherein the injection apparatus has an associable needle carrier, the needle protecting device including a needle protecting sleeve and an integrated needle carrier removing device for removing the needle carrier from the injection apparatus.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080221530 - Injection device with a gearbox: An injection device for injection of set dose of liquid medicine from a cartridge has a piston rod (4, 104)/nut (3, 113) assembly where a nut is screwed up along a threaded piston rod during a dose setting operation. During administration of the set dose the nut is also screwed... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080221529 - Syringe with rear plunger lock: A syringe having a plunger lock, the syringe comprising a syringe body having an open rear end, a plunger lock provided adjacent the open rear end, the plunger lock comprising at least one catch member having a portion extending partially into the open rear end of the syringe body and... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.c.

20080221531 - Flush syringe having compressible plunger: An I.V. flush syringe assembly includes a barrel having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining fluid, an open proximal end and a distal end with a passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber. An elongate plunger having a proximal end, a distal end and a stopper is... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & Chief Ip Counsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080221532 - Microneedle sheet and method for manufacturing the same: In a microneedle sheet having a microneedle array composed of a large number of microneedles Formed on the surface of the sheet, the ridge lines or conical plains of the microneedles are curved inward into said microneedles. Since the ridge lines or conical planes of the microneedles have a shape... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080221533 - Implantable device with bioabsorbable layer, kit and method for use therewith, and apparatus for preparing same: An implantable device for use in an externally-accessible pierced opening in a mammalian body is disclosed. The implantable device has an elongated member adapted for insertion into the opening. A bioabsorbable material is provided on at least a portion of the elongated member and a pharmaceutical agent is carried by... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Us Bank Center

20080221534 - Tongue scraper and treatment device: A tongue treatment device including a handle, a gripping portion and a working end for scraping a tongue and applying a treatment material to the tongue surface. The working end is configured as a closed loop defining an opening. On a first or upper side of an outer portion of... Agent: Office Of Donald Grant Kelly

20080221535 - Emesis container: A collapsible, hands-free emesis container is provided with improved portability, deployment and emesis reception characteristics. The container includes a receptacle for receiving emesis, a chute for directing emesis and a retainer to maintain desired positioning of the container about a support structure, which may be the neck of an impaired... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080221536 - Device for carrying out the minimally invasive withdrawal of blood from animals by using blood-sucking assassin bugs: The invention concerns a device for carrying out the minimally invasive withdrawal of blood from animals by using blood-sucking assassin bugs. Blood samples are required within the scope of many testing arrangements, hence blood withdrawals are one of the most common interventions. In all known methods, a tapping of a... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080221537 - Emesis container: A collapsible, hands-free emesis container is provided with improved portability, deployment and emesis reception characteristics. The container includes a receptacle portion for receiving emesis, a chute portion for directing emesis and a retainer to maintain desired positioning of the container about a support structure, which may be the neck of... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080221538 - Disposable absorbent article: An absorbent article that can be a sanitary napkin. The absorbent article comprises a topsheet joined to a backsheet and has an absorbent core material disposed therebetween, the absorbent core material being a fibrous absorbent material exhibiting on one side thereof discrete raised portions. The raised portions define a continuous... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080221539 - Absorbent core for disposable absorbent article: An absorbent core material for a disposable absorbent article and an article with at least one absorbent core material. The absorbent core material can be a fibrous airlaid nonwoven web comprising cellulosic fibers and having a first density, and having a plurality of discrete out-of-plane deformations, the out-of-plane deformations having... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080221540 - Absorbent article containing a crosslinked elastic film: A technique for imparting latent elasticity to components of an absorbent article is provided. More specifically, a latent elastic film that contains a crosslinkable semi-crystalline polyolefin is initially incorporated into an absorbent article. The film is not highly elastic prior to crosslinking and is thus dimensionally stable. Consequently, the film... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080221541 - Absorbent article: A feminine hygiene device. The absorbent core can have a first compressibility in an unaltered state, wherein at least a portion of the absorbent core that is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the absorbent core has a second compressibility in an altered state. The second compressibility can be... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080221542 - Absorbent article: A feminine hygiene device. The absorbent core can have a first compressibility in an unaltered state, wherein at least a portion of the absorbent core that is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the absorbent core has a second compressibility in an altered state. The second compressibility can be... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080221543 - Disposable absorbent product having a graphic indicator: A disposable absorbent article having a graphic adapted to convey a signal enabling a user to distinguish between the back portion and front portion of the disposable absorbent article is disclosed. In one version of the invention, the graphic is composed of a colored hot-melt adhesive. The colored hot-melt adhesive... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080221545 - Disposable wearing article: A disposable wearing article is provided with a pair of liquid-barrier sheets on a body-side surface of the article. A dimension by which distal edges of distal zones of the barrier sheets are spaced from each other in a transverse direction is gradually enlarged from a rear end toward a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080221544 - Receptacle for a contaminant: An apparatus for receiving and storing a soiled item has a container and a cover, which can be rotated about spindles. The cover comprises a casing in which a movable body can move to and fro. The moveable body is placed inside a compartment at the closed end of a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20080221546 - Novel disposable diaper construction and adhesive: A novel spray-on adhesive composition is made from a high melt index polymer and a rosin ester tackifier that interact to produce a composition that can form a low VOC, non-tacky, hot melt adhesive material that can be used in disposable article manufacture. The adhesive provides surprisingly high initial adhesion.... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080221547 - Medicine bottle configuration and method of using same: A medicine bottle assembly includes a medicine bottle having a storage cavity and an outlet port, with the outlet port disposed on an exterior of the bottle and in fluid communication with the storage cavity. Liquid medicament is disposed in the storage cavity and defines a current fluid level. The... Agent: Coats & Bennett, Pllc

20080221548 - Eradication of pigmentation and scar tissue: The invention is a non-surgical method for the eradication of pigmentation and scar tissue from an area of skin. The method comprises repeatedly puncturing the area of skin with an array of needles. As the needles are inserted into the skin, the needles and surface of the skin are washed... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080221549 - Rapid injection device: A rapid injection device including a hand-held injection unit having multiple needles to inject at least one subject, and an injection manager to control at least the injection unit according to injection parameters, such as for performing rapid injections by receiving a mode of operation, receiving a dosage amount, receiving... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20080221551 - Acute kidney injury treatment systems and methods: Systems and methods for the clinical treatment of individuals susceptible to or suffering from acute kidney injury are provided. Drugs, biologics, or other therapies or treatments are administered by fluid agent delivery directly to the kidneys via their arterial blood supply. Bifurcated renal artery infusion catheter devices and methods can... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080221550 - Rapid exchange infusion catheter: An infusion catheter and method, with an elongated shaft having a guidewire lumen which has a proximal section and a common distal section extending to a distal port at a distal end of the shaft, and an infusion lumen which is in fluid communication with the distal port of the... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080221552 - Agent delivery perfusion catheter: An agent delivery catheter and method, configured to deliver an agent to an inner surface of a patient's body lumen by forming an agent containment pocket along the inner surface of the body lumen wall, while minimizing ischemic conditions during the procedure.... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080221553 - System and method for rapidly cooling cardiac arrest patient: A combined occlusion/infusion catheter is placed in the aorta of a cardiac arrest patient to occlude the aorta at a location just above the renal arteries/celiac trunk while rapidly infusing a liter or more of cold saline into the aorta below the occlusion. This flushes white cells from the bowel... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080221554 - Deploying embolic coils: An embolic coil delivery system includes a catheter and an embolic coil disposed within the catheter, the embolic coil including a coil wire and a fiber bundle. A method of producing an embolic coil delivery system includes: advancing a delivery sheath over a distal end of an embolic coil while... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080221556 - Device for the controlled release of a predefined quantity of a substance: The application provides a device (10) for the controlled release of a predefined quantity of a substance and a method for controllably releasing a predefined quantity of a substance from a compartment. The device comprises a matrix arrangement of compartments (20) in a substrate, each compartment being closed by at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080221555 - Method for wirelessly monitoring implanted medical device: A method is provided for monitoring the status of a medical device implanted in a patient. The method includes the steps of implanting in a patient a medical device which comprises (i) a substrate in which two or more reservoirs are located, with each covered by a reservoir cap, (ii)... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080221557 - Method of opening reservoir of containment device: A method is provided for selectively opening a containment reservoir. The method includes providing a device which comprises a substrate in which at least one reservoir is located and covered by a reservoir cap; and directing laser light to said reservoir cap to cause the reservoir cap to disintegrate or... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080214977 - Controllable swab device: An improved swab device includes a handle member having a swab portion and a hinge. The hinge divides the handle member into a handle portion and a controllable portion. The device further includes a first stop member and a second stop member. The controllable portion may articulate from a rest... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080214978 - Method of treating a bodily fluid: A method of treating a bodily fluid withdrawn and then returned to a living body. The method involves withdrawing the bodily fluid from the living body and causing the bodily fluid to flow through a treatment system, altering at least the density of the bodily fluid through the action of... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20080214979 - Methods and apparatus for leak detection in blood processing systems: A blood processing system includes a flow reversing device with at least an air sensor in the venous line located near the patient. During treatment, blood flow is reversed to cause air to infiltrate the blood lines if any disconnections or breaks in the blood line are present. One means... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080214981 - Extracorporeal blood set: A blood set comprises an arterial line having a patient end provided with a multiport connector (14) having first port (15) connected to a blood transport tube (13), a second port (16) bearing a male luer connector for connecting to a vascular access device (17), and a third port (18)... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080214980 - Splitable tip catheter with bioresorbable adhesive: Splitable-tip catheters are disclosed with bioresorbable adhesive to provide spatial separation of distal tip elements during use. The invention can be particularly useful in hemodialysis applications where it is desirable to separate blood extraction and return lumens. The adhesive facilitates insertion of the distal end of the catheter as an... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080214982 - Fluid management flow implants of improved occlusion resistance: This invention relates to achieving or improving uniform distribution of fluid flow in medical devices such as when combined with antibiotics impregnated in a catheter and/or with a drug-eluting catheter to further inhibit the catheter from becoming occluded by debris in the CSF or by bacterial biofilm formation or tissue... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080214983 - Pressure sensing valve: A pressure sensing catheter having a pressure sensor and an antenna that is coupled to the pressure sensor, e.g., by a connector, are provided. The pressure sensor can be adapted to measure a pressure surrounding the catheter, and the antenna can be adapted to telemetrically communicate the measured pressure to... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080214984 - Pessary and lubricant system and method: A device comprising a tubular applicator and lotion dispenser in combination. The device includes a tubular applicator and a lotion dispenser for applying lotion to the tubular applicator. The lotion dispenser includes a lotion selected from the group consisting of gels, solutions, compositions, lubricants, and creams.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080214985 - Active transdermal medicament patch: An active transdermal medicament patch includes a planar substrate with a therapeutic face releasably retainable against the skin of a patient. A return electrode and a medicament matrix susceptible to permeation by medicament are secured at separated locations on the therapeutic face. Each electrically conductively engages the skin, when the... Agent: Kent S. Burningham, P.C.

20080214986 - Gels with predetermined conductivity used in electroporation of tissue: Gel compositions with adjusted conductivity are disclosed which compositions are used for directing reversible electroporation and irreversible electroporation of cells and tissue. The gel compositions are also used in a similar manner in order to carry out thermotherapy on cells and tissues.... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080214988 - Methods and devices for fractional ablation of tissue: Methods and devices for ablating portions of a tissue volume with electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to produce lattices of EMR-treated ablation islets in the tissue are disclosed, including lattices of micro-holes, micro-grooves, and other structures. Also, methods and devices for using the ablated islets are disclosed, including to deliver chromophores, filler,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080214987 - Microdevice and method for transdermal delivery and sampling of active substances: A system and method of using a high-aspect ratio microdevice for treating, preventing or ameliorating a medical condition is provided.... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080214989 - Biopolymer powder gelating/jetting apparatus: A system is provided for efficiently gelating and injecting a constant amount of biopolymer powder for effectively using biopolymer in sealing, stanching, and prevention of adhesion of a post-surgical site. Powder transfer line 320 for transferring biopolymer powder atomized with the pressure of noninflammable gas in powder agitating container 220,... Agent: Hahn & Voight PLLC

20080214990 - Fluid conduit connection: A fluid conduit connector assembly includes a connector having a body with an inner surface defining a fluid channel. The connector also includes an inlet region for flow of fluid into the fluid channel, and an outlet region for flow of fluid from the fluid channel. The connector further includes... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080214991 - Catheter system with attachable catheter hub: A hemodialysis catheter assembly adapted for use in a subcutaneous tunneling procedure incorporates a mechanism for securing the catheter hub member to the elongated catheter, and to provide the requisite fluid communication between fluid passages within the hub and the catheter lumens within the catheter. The catheter hub member may... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080214993 - Catheter adapter apparatus: A catheter adapter apparatus includes an adapter body. The adapter body includes a fluid source end adapted for connection to a fluid source and having an internal bore to transfer the fluids supplied by the fluid source, and a catheter end for connection to a catheter tube. The catheter end... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080214992 - Catheter tunneling systems, instruments and methods: An instrument for facilitating insertion of a catheter through a subcutaneous tunnel includes a tunneling stylet defining a longitudinal axis and having leading and trailing ends, a bifurcated segment adjacent the leading end of the tunneling stylet and a releasable cover releasably mountable to the leading end of the tunneling... Agent: Kendall (cdfs)

20080214994 - Device for irrigating and pressurizing a cavity: The invention concerns a device (1) for irrigating and pressurizing a body cavity (2). Said device comprises a circuit consisting of at least one source (3), wherefrom flows a fluid under pressure, connected to a supply conduit (3) emerging in its downstream end into the cavity (2), a discharge conduit... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080214996 - Needleless injectors: A needleless injector generally includes a barrel having a proximal and a distal end and a bore therethrough along with an injection head disposed at the barrel distal end in fluid communication with the bore; an energy source is disposed at the barrel proximal end and a bolt may be... Agent: Allergan, Inc. (t2-7h)

20080214995 - Viscous formulations and their use in needle-free injection: Formulations are described that are viscous and will benefit from needle-free delivery at high driving pressures. Conventional delivery of these viscous formulations by hypodermic syringes is inconvenient as well as painful. Formulations include those which have a viscosity of about 5 cS or more at about 20° C. and which... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080214997 - Needleless syringe functioning with a double-composition pyrotechnic charge: The technical field of the invention is that of pre-filled and disposable needleless syringes, used for intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular injections of liquid active principle for therapeutic use in human and veterinary medicine. The inventive syringes (1) are mainly characterized in that they function with a pyrotechnic charge (6) consisting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080214998 - Perfusion device and method: A perfusion device and method is provided. In one embodiment, the device includes a container having a first internal chamber configured to hold the material; a port for introducing the liquid into the chamber; a vent for releasing gas and liquid from the chamber; and a means for sealing the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Synthes

20080214999 - Angioplasty device and method of making same: An angioplasty device and particle trap for use in removal of a particle from a small diameter vessel or vessel-like structure is disclosed. One embodiment includes a catheter for insertion into a vessel-like structure, the catheter having a catheter wall and a movable member, a trap operably connected to the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080215001 - Needle shroud assembly: A needle shroud assembly for a syringe holder comprises a barrel (16), a needle shroud (24) captively telescoped relative to the forward end of the barrel (16) and retained by a top outer body (44). A locking ring (42) cooperates with the shroud, having diametrically opposed keyways which are brought... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080215000 - Syringe assembly having disabling mechanism: A syringe assembly having passive disabling structure includes a barrel and a plunger rod assembly. The plunger rod assembly includes a plunger rod and a stopper connected by an indexing locking element. The number of strokes of the syringe plunger before the stopper is locked into the barrel rendering the... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080215002 - Methods and devices for non-invasive cerebral and systemic cooling: A method for cerebral and systemic cooling by circulating a cold liquid through a nasal catheter looped through the patient's nasal cavities and around the nasal septum. The nasal catheter is inserted into the patient's first nostril, advanced through the nasal cavity, around the nasal septum and out of the... Agent: O''melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080215003 - Gateway system: This invention relates to an injection site or gateway or a system comprising such an injection site or gateway. In one form the invention concerns a system comprising an inserter device and a gateway for subcutaneous injection of fluid where comprises a distal surface (1a) corresponding to a proximal surface... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080215004 - Vascular access device chamber replacement: A vascular access device may include a body, housing, neck, and a septum with a substantially non-gaseous cross section. A method of operating a septum of a vascular access device may include providing a vascular access device in an external environment and actuating the septum without transferring a substantial amount... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080215005 - Drug delivery device: A drug delivery device having a housing containing a gas generator controlled by an electronic controller. The gas generator generates gas into a reciprocable chamber, whereby reciprocation of the chamber causes a lever to reciprocate a pawl, and this action causes a ratchet to The device may also be provided... Agent: Fox Rothschild, LLP

20080215006 - Medical device with transcutaneous cannula device: The present invention generally relates to the insertion of a transcutaneous device of the type comprising a cannula (651) and a therein moveably arranged insertion needle (661), as well as the connecting of such a transcutaneous device with a fluid supply. Thus, a device is provided comprising an insertion needle... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080215007 - Disposable front loadable syringe and injector: A syringe for an injector that has at its nozzle end a connection to the fluid delivery tubing that prevents, reduces, or eliminates fluid leaks, by virtue of a ridge on the external surfaces of the connector which engage to tubing. Furthermore, the syringe and injector are configured to permit... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080215008 - Expandable trans-septal sheath: Disclosed is an expandable transluminal sheath, for introduction into the body while in a first, low cross-sectional area configuration, and subsequent expansion of at least a part of the distal end of the sheath to a second, enlarged cross-sectional configuration. The sheath is configured for use in the vascular system... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080215009 - Iv catheter introducer with retractable needle - continuation: An IV catheter introducer having a retractable needle holder and a tubular plunger that are held by a detent structure in a preferred positional relationship prior to and during insertion of the catheter. Following insertion, the plunger is pushed past the detent structure, permitting a compressed spring to force the... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Michael Ritchie, Docketing

20080215010 - Apparatus and method for using an intraosseous space for moving fluid into and out of the body: An apparatus for communication between a site within a body and a source, depot, reservoir, device or machine external to the body via the mouth of the body, comprising an implant for placement in tooth-supporting bone, the implant having a first portion extending into the mouth external to the tooth-supporting... Agent: David Aker

20080215011 - Enema device: An enema device for use with a source of enema fluid is provided. The enema device includes a hollow elongated body having first and second ends an interior extending between the first and second ends, a feed portion formed at the first end of the hollow elongated body, and an... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080215012 - Syringe: A multi-chamber syringe 10 which can be manufactured at a low-cost and high-productivity is provided. The syringe 10 includes a generally cylindrical barrel 12, a push member 14 and a plug 16, both of which are disposed to fit the inner side surface 12a of the barrel 12 and slidably... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080215013 - Shield for covering the extremity of an administration device or assembly, an administration assembly and an administration device: The invention relates to a shield (1) for covering at least part of a needle (2) and needle hub (6) of a needle assembly, said shield (1) having an open proximal end (1a), a closed distal end (1b) and a longitudinal wall (4) extending from said proximal end (1a) to... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080215014 - Manually activated flow/no flow medical slit valves and related methods: Slit valve technology is disclosed comprising medical slit valves and related methodology, the slit valves being either normally open or normally closed. A slit or slits are disposed in membranes or diaphragms spanning across the lumen of a cannula of elastomeric material with memory. Each slit valve is closed and... Agent: Lynn G. Foster, L.c.

20080215015 - Patch-like infusion device: A system and method for a patch-like, self-contained substance infusion device (700) which provides one or more substantially hidden patient needles (760) which can be placed in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir assembly (710) that includes a rigid bladder portion (712) used in conjunction with a non-distensible bladder film... Agent: David W. Highet, Vice President And Chief Intellectual Property Counsel Becton, Dickinson

20080215016 - Medical tubes: (b1) when a tube being made of the composition (A) and having an inner diameter of 2.1 mm, an outer diameter of 3.5 mm and a length of 20 cm is looped by inserting both ends thereof into a hollow jig having a hole 10 mm in diameter and 5... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080215017 - Method of making cobalt-based alloy tubes having enhanced mechanical performance characteristics and a tube formed by the method: A method for the manufacture of cobalt-based tubes is provided, wherein cobalt alloy strips are formed into tubes, and the drawn tubes are subjected to hardening and/or stress relieving by heat treatment. A synergistic effect of the material composition, the tube drawing and the heat-treatment process results in production of... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080215018 - Method and apparatus for treating stenoses at bifurcated regions: A bifurcated catheter includes a first catheter branch having a first distal portion and a second catheter branch having a second distal portion. The first and second distal portions are linked together for delivery to the bifurcated region. Upon delivery to the bifurcated region, the first and second distal portions... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20080215020 - Apparatuses and methods for healing wounds: The invention relates to the development of apparatuses and methods for healing wounds that combine use of a high glycerin-content hydrogel dressing with negative pressure for removing exudate from a wound. In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods further include a photon-emitting device that delivers near infrared stimulation to the wound... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080215019 - Device for treatment of wounds: A wound treatment device comprises a lower part (1) and an upper part (3), wherein the lower part is attached to the healthy skin in the area of a wound and completely surrounds the wound. Through the upper part (3) supply devices (7, 9) for treatment mediums are guided. The... Agent: K & L Gates LLP

20080215021 - Male external catheter and method of making same: A male external catheter formed of injection-moldable plastic material is disclosed, which has a neck section with inner and outer surfaces having substantially different contours. The male external catheter has a generally cylindrical body section, a drain tube section and the funnel-shaped neck section. The drain tube section has a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080215023 - Compositions and/or articles comprising cyclodextrin complexing material: Personal care products are provided. An exemplary personal care product includes a composition that is applied to the body or clothing, or an article applied against the body; a plurality of particles associated with the composition or a component of the article, the plurality of particles, at least some of... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080215022 - Multi-layered protective article: The present invention generally provides a multi-layered protective article designed to be used in, for example, undergarments. The multi-layered protective article may not only create a barrier between the individual and the undergarment, but may also act as an absorbent. Further, the multi-layered protective article may contain a fragrance, a... Agent: Lampel & Associates, P.C.

20080215024 - Absorbent article having a dehydration indicator: A wearable article comprising a dehydration indicator adapted to measure a urine ionic strength correlated to a specific gravity of the wearer's urine and provide a visible signal when the urine ionic strength reaches a value corresponding to a predetermined threshold of the specific gravity. The wearable article may be... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080215025 - Edge fold having substantially uniform gathers for absorbent article and method for making: A method for making an edge fold on an absorbent article having longitudinal edges including the steps of activating a portion of an absorbent article along its longitudinal edges to create substantially uniform gathers, folding a portion of the absorbent article along its longitudinal edges, and bonding a portion of... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080215026 - Superabsorbing foam, method for the production and use thereof: A superabsorbent foam comprising from 0.01% by weight to 10% by weight of fibers composed of woodpulp or waste paper, based on the dry weight of the foam.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080215027 - Reusable diapers: A reusable diaper may include an inner layer to wick moisture and an outer layer substantially impervious to liquids. A waist portion may include a corner region for securing the diaper in a desired position. The corner region may be resiliently stretchable and substantially impervious to liquids, and may include... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080215028 - Highly-adjustable, fitted cloth diaper: A cloth diaper is fitted, washable and reusable, and highly effective in reducing or preventing leaks. The diaper comprises fabric preferably on both the outermost surface and the inner most surface that is stretchable, soft, and has hydrophilic and wicking properties. The diaper comprises an inner absorbent layer(s) between said... Agent: Pedersen & Company, PLLC

20080215029 - Platen pump: Disclosed is an infusion pump and a fluid container for expelling a fluid from the fluid container to a patient. The pump comprises a housing having a chamber therein for receiving the fluid reservoir. A first wall is provided on the housing for contacting the fluid reservoir, and a second... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080215030 - Assembly for filling a container of a delivery device with a pharmaceutical: A filling assembly for a container of a delivery device. The filling assembly includes a housing, a cartridge, and a transfer needle assembly. The housing is adapted to releaseably secure a fillable secondary container, and to movably mount the pharmaceutical filled cartridge. When the cartridge is advanced within the housing,... Agent: Eli Lilly & Company

20080215031 - Pelvic balloon tamponade: An implantable device is provided for controlling hemorrhage in a body cavity, comprising an expandable balloon and a conduit for supplying a physiologically compatible fluid to inflate the balloon. When the balloon tamponade device is implanted or inserted into the body cavity, it is inflated with a physiologically suitable fluid,... Agent: Evans Leroy & Hackett, PLLC

20080215032 - Minimizing metal toxicity during electroporation enhanced delivery of polynucleotides: Methods are provided for introducing a polynucleotide into healthy tissue and generating a pulsed electric field in the tissue via invasive electrodes, resulting in enhanced delivery of the polynucleotide into cells of the tissue, while minimizing local side effects to the electroporated tissue and systemic side effects to the electroporated... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20080215034 - Endotracheal cuff and technique for using the same: An inflatable balloon cuff with a water-swellable coating may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. The water-swellable coating may enhance a cuff's mechanical pressure seal. The water-swellable coating may be loosely adhered or not adhered to the cuff in order to allow the... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20080215033 - Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus: Methods, devices and systems facilitate diagnosis, and in some cases treatment, of back pain originating in intervertebral discs. Methods generally involve introducing one or more substances into one or more discs using a catheter device. In one embodiment, a patient assumes a position that causes back pain, and a substance... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080215035 - Systems, devices and methods for sustained delivery of a therapeutic fluid: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices, systems and methods for delivering therapeutic fluid (e.g., insulin) into the body, including a skin adherable cradle, for retaining a therapeutic fluid dispenser for delivering a therapeutic fluid to a user.... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 35437

20080215036 - Atraumatic occlusion balloons and skirts, and methods of use thereof: One aspect of the present invention relates to catheters that can be placed in or around bodily conduits to occlude or widen a biological lumen without imparting significant trauma to the lumen. In certain embodiments, the invention particularly relates to the use of a polymer composition which can be made... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20080215037 - Temperature responsive systems: A shape memory material activated device of the present invention uses a shape memory material activator to create a path through a shell wall of the device. The path through the shell wall may release a substance contained in the shell or allow a substance to enter the shell. The... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.