Surgery inventions 10/09

20090241945 - Device for delivering a respiratory gas: A device is described for making available a respiratory gas (mixture) to a patient, comprising means for making available one or more gases and means for delivering the respiratory gas (mixture) to the patient, their being assigned a respiratory air line that is connected to the surrounding area and in... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20090241946 - Device for detecting the improper adjustment of a ventilatory support machine used on a mammal: A device for detecting the improper adjustment of a ventilatory support machine used on a mammal. The device (12) includes measuring elements (40) for taking a measurement, as a function of time, of a neurophysiological signal involved in the respiratory process of the mammal for at least two successive breathing... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090241947 - Apparatus for controlled and automatic medical gas dispensing: Apparatus for supplying in a controlled and automatic way boli of nitric oxide (NO) to patients ‘(50)’ affected by respiratory diseases. The apparatus comprises a reservoir (20) connected an electro-valve (21) for adjusting the flow. The electro-valve (21) is switched on/off by a microprocessor (40) in order to supply the... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090241948 - Humidification in breathing circuits: A method for humidifying gas in a ventilator circuit 100, 101, 102, 105, 106 comprises aerosolising a humidifying agent such as water or saline using an aerosol generator 2 and delivering the aerosolised humidifying agent to the inspiration line 101 of the ventilator circuit coupled to the respiratory system of... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090241949 - Dry powder inhalation system: Dry powder inhaler systems for pulmonary delivery of pharmaceuticals are disclosed. The dry powder inhalation systems comprise a dry powder inhalation device or inhaler and a cartridge containing a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an active ingredient for delivery to the pulmonary circulation. The present devices provide rugged devices which are reusable,... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090241950 - Method of treating diabetes mellitus in a patient: The need for the delivery of insulin by injection can be reduced or eliminated by delivering an aerosolized monomeric insulin formulation. Repeatability of dosing and more particularly the repeatability of the blood concentration versus time profile is improved relative to regular insulin. The blood concentration versus time profile is substantially... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20090241951 - Leak-compensated pressure triggering in medical ventilators: This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for inelastic and elastic leaks in a ventilation system. The disclosure describes a model-based enhancement to conventional pressure triggering methodology that optimizes the timing and patient work of pressure triggering performance. The methods and systems described herein compensate for the additional effort... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090241952 - Systems and methods for compensating for pressure drop in a breathing assistance system: A breathing assistance system configured to determine pressure drop may include a gas delivery system configured to deliver gas toward a patient, one or more sensors configured to measure one or more parameters of gas delivered by the gas delivery system, a calibration module, and a pressure drop calculation module.... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090241953 - Ventilator with piston-cylinder and buffer volume: A mechanical ventilator is provided with a piston-cylinder for performing an air displacement function and a buffer volume and associated output valve for providing an air metering function. The piston-cylinder may comprise a reciprocating arrangement, in which compressed air is supplied to the buffer volume with each stroke of the... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090241957 - Breathing assistance systems with lung recruitment maneuvers: The disclosure provides a method for controlling the delivery of a breathing gas to a patient including automatic lung recruitment maneuvers. The method may include regulating the FiO2 and the PEEP of the breathing gas delivered to the patient, determining a blood oxygenation level of the patient, automatically adjusting the... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090241954 - Controlling the operation of a respiratory gas monitor: The invention concerns a method for controlling a respiratory gas monitor device, which typically comprises at least one respiratory gas analyzer, a gas sampling line, a gas pump for sucking sample(s) of respiratory gas from said gas sampling line, a power supply and a processing unit, and a pressure sensor... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090241955 - Leak-compensated flow triggering and cycling in medical ventilators: This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for inelastic and elastic leaks in a ventilation system. The disclosure describes a model-based enhancement to conventional flow triggering and cycling methodologies that improves the timing and patient work of flow-based triggering and cycling performance. The methods and systems described herein compensate... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090241956 - Method for controlling delivery of breathing gas to a patient using multiple ventilation parameters: The disclosure provides a method for controlling the delivery of a breathing gas to a patient. The method may include regulating the fractional inspired oxygen (FiO2) of the breathing gas delivered to the patient, determining a blood oxygenation level of the patient, determining a ventilation parameter, and automatically adjusting the... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090241958 - Method for selecting target settings in a medical device: The disclosure provides a method for controlling the delivery of a breathing gas to a patient. The method may include regulating the delivery of the breathing gas delivered to the patient, determining a value for a first ventilation parameter, comparing the determined value of the first ventilation parameter to a... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090241959 - Manual ventliation or resuscitation device: A manual ventilation or resuscitation device is provided. The body of the device has rigid panels that encompass a sealed volume and are movable with respect to each other. The body has a displacement in a direction of a hand displacement and at least one other direction. A size adjuster... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090241960 - Dual high and low pressure breathing system: A breathing system allows a single valve and corresponding control system to utilize either high or low pressure gas input and control the delivery of gas to a patient in a manner independent of the gas pressure level. Some such systems include a blower that provides gas with low pressure,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090241961 - Breathing assistance apparatus: Headgear for use with a respiratory mask is described. The headgear includes a continuous and substantially curved elongate member extending in use below a user's nose and at least two headgear straps capable of attachment to the ends of the elongate member. A mask attachment on the elongate member is... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20090241962 - Ventilator leak compensation: A ventilator including a pneumatic system for providing and receiving breathing gas, and a controller operatively coupled with the pneumatic system. The controller is operable to control circulation by the pneumatic system of breathing gas to and from a patient, and to adjust at least one of a volume and... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090241963 - Fluid-flow connectors and arragements: A suction arrangement includes a suction source (1) with a single inlet (13) and a connector (5) of caltrop shape with four interconnected ribbed ports 50 to 53, one of which (50) is connected to the suction inlet. The other three ports (51 to 53) are connected with tubing interconnections... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20090241964 - 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

20090241965 - Nasal devices with noise-reduction and methods of use: Described herein are nose-reduced nasal devices configured to reduce or eliminate the unwanted noises associated with use of a nasal device. These noise-reduced nasal devices include a flap-valve airflow resistor and a noise-reduction feature that is a noise-reduction element, a noise-reduction flap valve, or both. The noise-reduction feature typically prevents... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20090241966 - Condom packaging for singular direction of removal of contents: A condom package for a singular direction or removal of the contents thereof to assure its proper application onto a user. The package includes a container having a configuration with an essentially flat top side and a bottom side, the top side and the bottom side each having an external... Agent: Allen F. Bennett Santucci, Priore & Long, LLP

20090241967 - Mandibular and neck support and positioning device: A mandibular and neck support and positioning device intended to keep the airways unobstructed, facilitating breathing in patients with trauma or under anesthesia, on sedatives or in deep relaxation, where the device has a base support for at least the patient's neck, the base support has at least two pusher... Agent: Lott & Friedland, P.A.

20090241968 - Athletic protection device: An athletic protector, such as an athletic cup, with regions formed of the same compositional material, which is more rigid in one such region than in another such region.... Agent: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090241969 - Integrated oral appliance for sleep-disordered breathing: A custom, sized and fitted, integrated oral appliance is provided to treat breathing obstruction and restriction in the upper airway during sleep. Several novel features are integrated in a single device, which includes mandible repositioning to open the airway, and tongue restraint to prevent airway blockage. This device is comprised... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090241970 - Drape for clean operation: A drape for clean operation is a flexible bag-shaped structure for maintaining a substantially closed operating space around an operation site. The bag-shaped structure comprises a bottom wall 1 and a transparent top wall 2 and has a closed proximal end 100a and a closed distal end 100b. The bottom... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090241971 - Oral appliance for maintaining stability of one or more aspects of a user's masticatory system: According to one embodiment, an oral appliance for maintaining stability of one or more aspects of a user's masticatory system includes a first arch adapted to receive at least some of the user's teeth and a second arch adapted to receive at least some of the user's teeth. The first... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090241972 - Enhanced implantable loop antenna system and method: As described herein vascular anchoring systems are used to position an implant in a vascular area such as a bifurcated vasculature with relatively high fluid flow, for instance, in an area of a pulmonary artery with associated left and right pulmonary arteries. Implementations include an anchoring trunk member having a... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle