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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971715 | Medical disposables containers A disposal system including a container having a door movable between a first position and a second position for introducing material to be disposed into the container, and a sensing system operatively associated with the container to sense the position of the door ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7828831 | Hot and cold fluid therapy system A temperature controlled fluid therapy system includes a reservoir for containing hot or cold fluid, a pump with a submersible motor disposed within the reservoir, a watertight blanket for containing the hot or cold fluid, and output and intake conduits for circulat... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828758 | Ankle support with calcaneous control strap A foot support having straps which receive the calcaneous and wrap around the midfoot in a tensioned state for stabilizing the rearfoot and the midfoot to avoid excessive inversion and eversion of the foot. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7806879 | Medical suction system A disposable liner/lid system useable with a rigid canister and having an adhesive seal to provide improved sealing characteristics and effectively reduce the likelihood of spillage and leakage. The liner includes a flange and the lid includes adhesive that is secur... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7473234 | Brace with worm gear A patient care system for positioning on a limb of a patient for assisting in flexion or extension of a joint. The system has a threaded shaft which engages a toothed gear. The threaded shaft is rotated to rotate the toothed gear for assisting in flexion or extensio... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7322950 | Process for manufacture of laminate shells An orthosis may be made by providing a laminate material having a flexible foam material and a substantially rigid plastic sheet material sandwiched between a pair of soft flexible sheet materials. A body support is formed by heating the laminate material under cond... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320670 | Brace and strap system A brace and strap system including a brace having a posterior support having a substantially rigid posterior splint, an anterior support having a substantially rigid anterior splint. A strap system secures the supports in fitting engagement with the body parts of th... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316660 | Spinal brace having laminate shells A spinal orthosis for treating a spine, including an anterior support and a posterior support, each support made of a laminate having a flexible foam material and a substantially rigid plastic sheet material sandwiched between a pair of soft flexible sheet materials... | 01/08/2008 |
| D538925 | Suction canister | 03/20/2007 |
| D531309 | Portion of a sharps container | 10/31/2006 |
| D527574 | Container top | 09/05/2006 |
| 7025737 | Spinal brace having overlapping rigid members A spinal orthosis including a posterior support having a substantially rigid posterior splint, an anterior support having a substantially rigid anterior splint, and a pair of overlapping supports having substantially rigid splints are releasably attachable to the po... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6926685 | Strap system A strap system for use with a brace of the type having a first shell generally conforming to a first body part of a user and a second shell generally conforming to a second body part of the user. The strap system includes a first strap and a first buckle located on ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6899689 | Spinal brace An adjustable brace including a substantially rigid shell conforming to a body part of a user and a strap for securing the shell in fitting engagement with the body part, the shell having a substantially rigid central body portion and a pair of opposite and substant... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893411 | Thigh cuff extension A thigh cuff extension for use with a medical brace. The thigh cuff extension includes a plurality of flexible and conformable body portions releasably and adjustably connectable to one another so as to provide a cuff body adjustably positionable to snugly encircle ... | 05/17/2005 |
| D501047 | Cautery device | 01/18/2005 |
| 6793662 | Amniotic membrane perforator A one piece surgical device for perforating an amniotic membrane, the device including a elongate body defining a tip portion and an opposite handle potion, with the tip portion including a blunt end surface and a rearwardly projecting hook portion which is adjacent... | 09/21/2004 |
| D496102 | Amniotic membrane perforator | 09/14/2004 |
| 6739338 | Neo-natal oxygen delivery system A system for delivering warm, humidified oxygen to patients at very low flow rates, the system including a conduit having an inlet connected to a source of humidified oxygen at a first flow rate and an outlet end for delivering humidified oxygen to a patient at a se... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6666838 | Low-profile lumbo-sacral orthosis A low-profile lumbo-sacral orthosis consists of flexible anterior and posterior members, both shaped to fit around the waist of a patient's torso, and a closure system on each side of the orthosis for joining the flexible anterior and posterior members. T... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6551348 | Temperature controlled fluid therapy system According to the present invention, a temperature controlled therapy device is provided which maintains a desired temperature in a fluid. The temperature controlled therapy device includes a fluid reservoir, a temperature controlled fluid, a watertight bl... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6478759 | Thoraco-lumbo-sacral orthosis A thoraco-lumbo-sacral brace formed of flexible materials designed to fit patients of varying shapes and sizes. The brace comprises an anterior support and a posterior support, both made of a hook and loop material, and connected by two sets of connection... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6432073 | Foot orthosis An orthosis including a splint, a sole member detachably connectable to a surface of the splint, a fastener extending from the surface of the splint, an aperture extending through the sole member for receiving the fastener, a projection extending from the... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428493 | Foot orthosis An orthosis including a splint, a sole member detachably connectable to a surface of the splint, an adjustable fastener extending from the surface of the splint, an aperture extending through the sole member for receiving the adjustable fastener, a projec... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6390659 | Light handle having bendable shield A disposable light handle is designed for removable attachment to manually adjustable light fixtures employed in sterile medical settings. The light handle includes an elongated handle body, having one end closed, and an opposite end provided with a threa... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6085493 | Method for the supply of medical supplies to a health-care institution based on a nested bill of materials on a procedure level A method for integration of the institutional supply chain for medical products utilizing a nested bill of materials on a care event level of a clinical pathway for one or more medical procedures. The medical supplies appropriate for use in a care event a... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6053314 | Receptacle for contaminated wastes A receptacle for liquid medical wastes including an open top vessel having a bottom, an integral upstanding wall (or multiple side walls in one embodiment) defining an upper flanged rim, a lid adapted to cover the open top of the vessel in sealing engagem... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6046160 | Composition and method for enhancing wound healing The healing of wounds is enhanced by contacting the wound surfaces with a dressing of D-glucose polysaccharide obtained by hydrolysis of starch containing ascorbic acid, collagen type I and alpha-tocopherol acetate. The collagen type I, and the ascorbic a... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6046178 | Method and compound for treating wounds with starch hydrolysate medication A medication and method for treating wounds by contacting the wound, for a sufficient period of time, with a therapeutically effective amount of a starch hydrolysate composition including trace elements, to beneficiate the wound healing processes. A possi... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5995937 | Modular health-care information management system utilizing reusable software objects Disclosed is a health-care information management system that utilizes modular and reusable software objects to allow for user configuration. The disclosed information management system allows for the creation by the user software objects representative o... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5991728 | Method and system for the tracking and profiling of supply usage in a health care environment A method for tracking medical supply usage on a procedure level in a clinical setting. The method includes the steps of creating at least one procedural template comprising a list of anticipated supplies to be used during a given medical procedure, creati... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5960837 | Suction canister having molded interlocking lid A suction canister particularly suitable for the collection of waste fluids from a medical patient including an open-top receptacle and a lid adapted to close the open-top of the receptacle. The receptacle and lid are each readily and inexpensively moldab... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5915461 | Heat pack and trigger apparatus A heat pack including apparatus for triggering the crystallization of a supercooled salt solution in the heat pack, wherein the supercooled salt solution is sealed within a flexible package. The apparatus comprises a solid trigger device, and a packet hav... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5848993 | Bulb syringe providing for visual observation of contents thereof and for enhanced deflation/inflation control A bulb syringe providing for uniform, hence repeatable, deflation/inflation of the bulb and a tactile-discernible limit of deflation of the bulb and resultant control over the consistency of degree of suction produced with the deflated bulb is allowed to ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5792128 | Absorbent article having a radiopaque element embedded in a side edge thereof and method for making same An absorbent article in the form of a closely-woven single-layered fabric sheet which has incorporated therein an elongated radiopaque thread embedded in multiple folds along at least one edge of the sheet. The radiopaque element preferably is unattached ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5785530 | Method and apparatus for visually depicting in three dimensions a health care treatment regimen for a given medical diagnosis Method and apparatus for visually depicting a health care treatment regimen for a given medical diagnosis including a substantially flat planar platform and a plurality of groupings of geometric members which are representative of various events which go ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5772316 | Light handle adapter An assembly for attachment to a conventional operating room light fixture includes a handle and a disposable cover. The handle has an upper portion adapted to be attached to the light fixture. The handle further includes an annular rigid disk at a central... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5735605 | Thermocouple temperature probe adapter An apparatus is disclosed which adapts the output signal of a thermocouple temperature sensor to be electrically the same as the output signal of a thermistor temperature sensor. The disclosed apparatus, which consists of a conversion circuit, a translati... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5729879 | Surgical blade removal and disposal device A disposable case for deposing surgical blades includes a surgical blade removal device for removing a blade from a surgical knife handle. The case has an upper half and a bottom half connected by hinge means for allowing the upper half and the bottom hal... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5725517 | Absorbent woven article including radiopaque element woven therein and anchored at the ends thereof A woven absorbent article, useful in medical application, including at least one yarn-like radiopaque element extending along the length dimension and fully from one end to the opposite end of the absorbent article and having its opposite ends anchored to... | 03/10/1998 |
