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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7740621 | Medical needle and medical device One of the aspects of the present invention is to provide a medical needle extending along a predetermined direction and having a vertical cross-section taken along a plane perpendicular to the predetermined direction of which cross-sectional area varies based upon ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7371247 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of penetrating members each having a tip. A penetrating member driver is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. Each tip of a penetrating member is uncovered during launch of the penetrating member by the pe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7344512 | Protector and blood pump system A protector effectively suppresses infections. The protector protects a tube entry part, where a tube passes through the skin of a living body, from infections, and includes a sticking part that is stuck onto the skin of the living body in a periphery of the tube en... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331931 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating member is operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generato... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7291117 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes a voice coil based penetrating member driver. A plurality of penetrating members are included. A transport mechanism is configured to... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7258693 | Device and method for variable speed lancet A method of penetrating tissue is provided. The method comprises using a lancet driver to advance a lancet into the tissue; advancing the lancet at a first desired velocity in a first layer of tissue; advancing the lancet at a second desired velocity in a second lay... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252653 | Liquid injection needle and liquid injection device A liquid injection needle (10) includes a hollow needle part (2) for injecting a liquid (8) and a supporting part (3), to which the needle part (2) is fixed. The needle part (2) includes an anchoring part (22) that ex... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244265 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes a drive force generator and a penetrating member operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves the member alo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232451 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A skin penetrating system has a housing member and a plurality of penetrating members positioned in the housing member. A tissue stabilizing device is coupled to the housing member. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performanc... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229458 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of cartridges each with a distal port and a proximal port. A plurality of penetrating members are provided, each coupled to a cartridge and having a sharpened distal tip and a shaft portion slidably disposed within th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226461 | Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with sterility barrier release A device for use with a gripper is provided. A cartridge is provided that defines a plurality of cavities. A plurality of penetrating members are at least partially contained in the cavities of the cartridge. The penetrating members are slidably movable to extend ou... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7198606 | Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with analyte sensing A device for use with a penetrating member driver to penetrate tissue is provided. A plurality of penetrating members are coupled to a single cartridge and are operatively couplable to the penetrating member driver. The penetrating members are movable to extend radi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150738 | Substance delivery apparatus and a method of delivering a therapeutic substance to an anatomical passageway A catheter assembly is provided having a balloon disposed at the distal end thereof. The balloon is capable of being inflated to selectively dilate from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. A syringe assembly is in fluid communication with a deliv... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7048723 | Surface micromachined microneedles Surface micro-machined micro-needles (32) are formed as single needles (32) or in two-dimensional or three-dimensional micro-needle arrays (30). The micro-needles (32) are fabricated on a substrate (12) which can remain attached to... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041068 | Sampling module device and method A tissue penetration device and method of using same that may include a lancet module or sampling module. The sampling module may optionally be in a cartridge configuration and include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025768 | Systems and methods for ablation of tissue A system for treating tissue includes a probe assembly having a cannula, a shaft, and one or more needle electrodes. The shaft has a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the distal and proximal ends of the shaft, and is slidable within the lumen... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025774 | Tissue penetration device A tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoid... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6980855 | Microneedles for minimally invasive drug delivery The present invention provides a microneedle incorporating a base that is broad relative to a height of the microneedle, to minimize breakage. The microneedle further includes a fluid channel and a beveled non-coring tip. Preferably arrays of such microneedles are f... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6767341 | Microneedles for minimally invasive drug delivery The present invention provides a microneedle incorporating a base that is broad relative to a height of the microneedle, to minimize breakage. The microneedle further includes a fluid channel and a beveled non-coring tip. Preferably arrays of such microneedles are f... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6595960 | Flexible needle assembly An apparatus and method of providing a flexible needle assembly for use with a medication delivery pen. The flexible needle assembly includes a needle cannula having proximal and distal points and a hub coupled to the needle cannula. The hub includes a fl... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6565542 | Epidural needle having a distal flare Apparatus and methods for injecting fluid into the epidural space. An improved epidural needle or cannula is provided having a distal bulge or flare located within a few millimeters of the distal tip. The distal flare provides an increased resistance to p... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6533949 | Microneedle structure and production method therefor A method for processing a wafer to form a plurality of hollow microneedles projecting from a substrate includes forming, by use of a dry etching process, a number of groups of recessed features, each including at least one slot deployed to form an open sh... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6508786 | Needle position lock A needle or cylindrical element position lock includes a disposable template assembly having front and back templates halves which define an array of close-fitting through-holes to guide needles therethrough. A series of lock slides locks the positions of... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6494868 | Set of cannulae for tissue injections in the human face A set of cannulae for tissue injections is disclosed. The cannulae are ideally suited for tissue injections in the human body. In particular, the cannulae are well-suited for muscle injections in the human face. Each cannula injecting device includes a hu... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6290683 | Skin piercing needle assembly A needle assembly for passing a needle through an aperture formed in a plate placed between the needle assembly and a body to be pierced by the needle, the needle assembly including a needle having a needle point, and a sleeve associated with the needle, ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6012213 | Method for forming a rib on a cannula for a tip protection device Methods for forming a rib on a cannula for cooperation with a safety cover which securably and reliably locks the tip of a cannula in an interior chamber within the safety cover. The cover comprises an elongate body having the interior chamber and an axia... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5944732 | Subcutaneous tunnelling device and methods of forming a subcutaneous tunnel A subcutaneous tunnelling device, a dilator and a method of forming a subcutaneous tunnel are provided. The device includes a trocar having a front end with a point configured for piercing skin, and a dilator which has a front end removably attached to th... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5712249 | Use of insulin-like growth factors I and II for inhibition of inflammatory response The present invention relates to methods for using IGF as inhibitors of inflammatory response, ischemic injury, and organ rejection.... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5669543 | Hollow needle for tag attacher A hollow needle for tag attachers, which comprises a blade (2) made by press working of a thin metal plate and a shank (3) of a synthetic resin integrally secured at a rear end part of the blade (2), wherein the blade (2) includes a front end part (2a) wh... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5389091 | Site-selective durability-enhanced catheter and methods of manufacturing and using same The present invention is directed to novel methods and apparatus for structurally enhancing a catheter which can be employed to withstand the damaging stresses experienced by catheters implanted in bodily tissues, particularly catheters implanted in the c... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5306239 | Method of and set for spinal anesthesia A spinal anaesthesia is performed with the use of a step and instruments for removing an antiseptic substance after its application of patient's skin for disinfection and before introduction of a spinal needle, to prevent contamination of central nervous ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5290266 | Flexible coating for magnetic resonance imaging compatible invasive devices Invasive devices, such as laser fiber guides and biopsy needles, constructed of a material which exhibits little or no magnetic susceptibility, have a flexible polymer coating for retaining pieces of the device in the event of a fracture of the invasive d... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5046350 | Apparatus for attaching surgical suture components A pair of dies is disclosed for attaching a surgical needle having a generally cylindrical end portion defining an elongated aperture having a generally circular cross-section and a suture having a generally elongated end portion of generally circular cro... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4955872 | Intravenous needle and holder assembly In an intravenous needle and needle holder assembly, the needle is attached to an inner case, through which intravenous fluid is supplied, by a length of flexible tubing. An outer case is provided which surrounds the tubing during insertion of the needle ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4878904 | Intravenous needle and holder assembly In an intravenous needle and needle holder assembly, the needle can be moved between a retracted position in which it has a substantially rigidified junction with the holder to facilitate insertion in a patient's blood vessel, and an extended position in ... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4795446 | Medical tube device A cannula for insertion into a body incision is provided with a tip having an opening in the sidewall and a pair of recesses in the outer surface of the tip forming a longitudinally extending ridge on one side on the tip for facilitating the insertion of ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4645491 | Surgical needle The invention provides a catheter placement apparatus for use in inserting a catheter to a preferred depth, the device comprising a surgical needle with a longitudinal window through which a catheter inserted into the needle can be viewed, and a catheter ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4403990 | Support assembly for a cannula and the like An assembly is provided which is attachable to a member, such as a cannula, in a uniformly secure fashion in response to heat. The assembly includes a first portion, which is deformable in the presence of heat and into which the member can be slidably ins... | 09/13/1983 |
| 3994295 | Hypodermic syringe needle mounting An adapter device for mounting a hypodermic needle on a syringe barrel consists of two telescoped elements the outer of which is a casing or shell and the inner or which is a resilient tube bonded at opposite ends to a stem adapted for connection to the b... | 11/30/1976 |
