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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072453 | Patterning technology for folded sheet structures The present invention supplies practical procedures, functions or techniques for folding tessellations. Several tessellation crease pattern techniques, and the three-dimensional folded configuration are given. Additionally several new forming processes, including ma... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8025645 | Guard for flexible tubing clamp and method of using same A clamp guard (10,110,210, . . . ) for securing to flexible tubing (50) such as catheters and their extension tubes and about a clamp (60) therealong for housing the clamp at least when the clamp is in a tubing-clamping state, to prevent inadver... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021349 | Method of using a syringe A device (10,110,210) for the expression of liquids, such as for the maintenance treatment of vascular catheters. A syringe (16; 116a,116b; 216) has a support structure (15,215) and includes at least two separate comp... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021343 | Syringe for sequential expression of different liquids A device (10,110,210) for the expression of liquids, such as for the maintenance treatment of vascular catheters. A syringe (16;116a,116b;216) has a support structure (15,215) and includes at least two separate compar... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7993309 | Scrubber for medical device cleaner A luer cleaner (100) including a generally hollow body (112) having an open first end (104), a closed second end (106), and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough between the first end and the second end. The first end (104) is... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988128 | Sealing luer A connector (100) for a medical device including a body (110) having a proximal end (114), a distal end (112), and a passage (116) extending therethrough between the proximal end and the distal end that fluidly connects the proxima... | 08/02/2011 |
| D641560 | Room divider | 07/19/2011 |
| 7938806 | Tearaway introducer sheath with hemostasis valve A tearaway introducer sheath assembly (100,200) having an integrated valve (300). The valve is seated within a valve housing (222) defined by the hub portion (200) of the sheath (200). The valve (300) includes a pair of dist... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937192 | Detection of derailment by determining the rate of fall A method and a device for the recognition of a derailment state of a wheel (RAD) of a rail vehicle. The acceleration of the wheel (RAD) is measured perpendicularly to a rail plane (ε) with at least one acceleration sensor (SEN), whereby from an acceleration signal ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7871398 | Catheter with larger proximal end portion Catheter assembly (100) having at least one lumen (150 or 160) and joined to hub (106). While the lumen inner diameter(s) remain constant from distal end (144) of the catheter (140) to proximal end (142), the outer ca... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7857793 | Luer cleaner A luer cleaner (100) including a generally hollow body (112) having an open first end (104), a closed second end (106), and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough between the first end and the second end. The first end (104) is... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857770 | Guide wire advancer assembly A guide wire advancer (102) for advancing a guide wire (107) into a patient and including a body having a longitudinal axis. The body includes a first portion (110) adapted to allow a user to advance a guide wire along the longitudinal axis usin... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856745 | Information clip for flexible tubing Information-bearing articles (10,50,100,100′,150, . . . 850) for securing to flexible tubing (38) such as catheters and their extension tubes, to provide important information about the tubing (38) such as flow rating or contraindications on t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7839868 | Communication method and system for the transmission of time-driven and event-driven Ethernet messages A communication method for transmitting Ethernet messages in a distributed real-time system in which a plurality of network node computers, e.g. four network node computers (111, 112, 113, 114), each comprising at least one communication controller (121, 1... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827656 | Luer clip A clip (100) for retaining a first conduit (210) to a second conduit (230), the first conduit including a first connector (220) and the second conduit including a second connector (240). The first connector is releasably connected ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7815613 | Flexible conduit clamp A clamp (110) for releasably clamping a catheter body having a first portion (112), a second portion (122), and a hinge (132) connecting the first portion and the second portion, such that the first portion is disposed to face the second ... | 10/19/2010 |
| D625410 | Dual lumen catheter hub | 10/12/2010 |
| D625409 | Single lumen catheter hub | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806889 | Method of attaching a hub to a multiple catheter assembly A multiple catheter assembly (100) including a first catheter (110) having a first proximal end region (112), a first distal end region (114) terminating in a first distal tip (116), and an outer surface (120) defining at le... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806887 | Method of inserting a catheter into a sheath A catheter insertion sheath assembly (100) including a tubular sheath body (106) having a proximal end (102), a distal end (104), and a hollow passage (107) extending between the proximal end and the distal end. A handle portion ( | 10/05/2010 |
| D625004 | Luer | 10/05/2010 |
| D625003 | Luer connector | 10/05/2010 |
| 7799015 | Method for securing a clip to a conduit connection A method for retaining a first conduit (210) to a second conduit (230) by attaching a clip (100) to the first conduit and the second conduit, the first conduit including a first connector (220) and the second conduit including a second co... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7744571 | Tearaway sheath assembly with hemostasis valve A tearaway sheath assembly (100) having a splittable sheath tube (102) a splittable hub (110), a splittable valve (150) and a split cap (180). The valve (150) is of the elongated duckbill type and having a slit (158) ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743714 | Rail vehicle with impact-absorbing posts A rail vehicle with at least two impact-absorbing posts (RS1, RS2) which are disposed in a front end region (END) and extend vertically to the floor (BOD) of the rail vehicle. A deformable area (KZO) is provided on the front side of the floor (BOD) and... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7717898 | Shielded tip catheter A multilumen catheter assembly (100) including an elongated body (108) having a proximal end (102) and a distal end (104) and a first lumen (110) having a sidewall (118) extending between the proximal end and the distal end,... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715408 | Method for establishing communication plans for a divided real-time computer system A method for establishing communication schedules for a distributed real-time computer system comprising nodal computers, wherein: a) a grid (RAS) is created, which contains all of the parameters necessary to enable basic communication between nodes (KR1 . . ... | 05/11/2010 |
| D615649 | Suture wing for flexible tubing | 05/11/2010 |
| 7704239 | Catheter button hub A catheter hub (100) including a first port (104) and a second port (108) fluidly communicating with the first port through a first conduit (106). The first conduit (106) turns at an angle of greater than approximately 135 degrees ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7704002 | Luer cleaner with self-puncturing reservoir A luer cleaner assembly (100) for cleaning luer fittings (190) secured to proximal ends of medical tubing. The luer cleaner (100) includes a luer-receiving cavity (124) within which are contained scrubbers (110) that scrub exposed ... | 04/27/2010 |
| D613394 | Venous access port assembly | 04/06/2010 |
| 7678083 | Pre-curved catheter tip A catheter retaining clip (100) including first and second generally straight body portions (104,106), each of which extends along a longitudinal axis parallel to the other and includes a retention section. The generally straight body portions are conn... | 03/16/2010 |
| D599478 | Adapter clamp for tubing | 09/01/2009 |
| D596308 | Luer cleaner | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556617 | Catheter safety needle A catheter insertion needle assembly (100) including a generally elongated body (110), a slider assembly (120), and a needle housing (126) with a needle (130). The elongated body has a proximal end (114) and a distal end ( | 07/07/2009 |
| 7556612 | Dual-lumen bi-directional flow catheter A multi-lumen catheter assembly (100) including an elongated cannulating body (102) having a generally circular cross-section. The body includes a first lumen (110) having a generally arcuate cross-section with a generally rounded first cross-se... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7532976 | Method of determining the use of at least one toll road section A method of, and a toll-collecting system (SYS) for, determining whether at least one toll road section is being used by a vehicle (FAR), wherein the position of the vehicle (FAR) is determined by means of at least one position calculating system (POS) and the deter... | 05/12/2009 |
| D592303 | Catheter information clip | 05/12/2009 |
| D590499 | Hub for small dual lumen catheter | 04/14/2009 |
| D590061 | Catheter information clip | 04/07/2009 |
