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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE41159 | Modifying and supplying liquid nutritional feeding The present invention relates to an apparatus for modifying and feeding a liquid nutritional feeding composition. The apparatus comprises a chamber (3) for receiving a beneficial agent for modifying a liquid nutritional feeding composition, the chamber has an... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7658722 | Adapter for power injectors A syringe adapter includes an adapter body having a first connecting portion that may be received into a power injector unit used to deliver contrast media. The adapter also includes a second connecting portion configured to receive the rearward end of an associated... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7654976 | Drug pump systems and methods A menu driven reprogrammable drug pump is provided with a memory, such as flash memory, a display, a keyboard, and a communications port to allow a generic pump to be programmed with a desired pump application (therapy) program and patient specific settings. Program... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651475 | Microneedle transport device A transdermal transport device includes a reservoir for holding a formulation of an active principle, and an array of needles which have bores in fluid communication with the reservoir to facilitate transporting the formulation to and from the reservoir through the ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7611482 | Minimally-invasive smart devices There is provided a minimally-invasive smart device which can detect environmental conditions in the vicinity of a target site within a patient's body and autonomously determine whether the medical device on the distal end of the instrument should be activated to pe... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611483 | Indicator metrics for infection monitoring A method for monitoring an infection in proximity to an implantable medical device includes monitoring an indicator of infection in proximity to an implanted medical device; determining whether the indicator crosses a first threshold indicative of infection for a fi... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7597679 | Safety system for an electrically driven medical delivery device and a computer-readable medium This invention relates to a safety system for an electrically driven medical delivery device for delivering a dose of medication, wherein the safety system is configured for preventing delivery of an erroneous dose of the medicament and comprising detector means for... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7594901 | Surgical cassette with multi area fluid chamber A surgical cassette having an aspiration chamber or infusion chamber with a sensing portion and a storage portion. The sensing portion has a small transverse cross sectional area and facilitates accurate fluid level measurements. The storage portion has a larger tra... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7569030 | Safety limits for closed-loop infusion pump control A system and process for providing safety limits on the delivery of an infusion formulation by an infusion pump system in response to a sensed biological state. The safety limits may comprise user-initiated event signals corresponding to events that may significantl... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7556613 | Array and method for dosing a hormone regulating blood sugar in a patient The invention concerns an array and a method for dosing a hormone regulating the blood glucose, especially insulin of a diabetic patient (10). In order to improve the administration of the hormone, the invention provides the following characteristic combinati... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7553291 | Modular patient care system with interchangeable modules A modular patient care system having a central management unit module and one or more detachable functional units is described. Using unique mechanical and electrical features, the modular patient care system is capable of flexibly, bilaterally, and safely providing... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7537579 | Safety interlock system for an enteral feeding pump A safety interlock system for a flow control apparatus is disclosed that permits operation when a magnet-less administration feeding set is properly mounted to recess formed along the housing of the flow control apparatus. The administration feeding set comprises fl... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7513884 | Branching catheter systems with diagnostic components Branching catheter systems with diagnostic components for detecting and isolating fluid flow problems (e.g., leaks, occlusions, etc.) and methods for detecting and isolating fluid flow problems are disclosed. Among the fluid flow problems that may potentially be det... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7445609 | Apparatus for controlling the delivery of medical fluids An apparatus for medical fluid delivery is to be improved for the sake of simple monitoring of the quantity of medical fluid delivered. For attaining this object, a safety device (15) with a patient model (16) is provided, which from past values and cu... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442180 | Apparatus and methods for administering bioactive compositions Bioactive agents are dosed by a jet dispenser using inkjet technology, such as that used in printing devices. The jet dispenser dispenses precise amounts of bioactive agent into a fluid manifold, in which the bioactive agent can be mixed with an infusion liquid for ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442181 | Device for dispensing medical active ingredients A device and system for dispensing medical active ingredients. Medical active ingredients may be, e.g., drugs or anesthetics, which enter the patient's bloodstream. Injection pumps and perfusors are usually used for their dispensing, and vapors are frequently used i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7414255 | Drop counter The present invention relates to a Drop Counter for counting a succession of falling liquid drops. The Drop Counter includes a light emitting diode for providing a light beam directed to a falling liquid drop. A photo diode sensor is positioned in side-by-side relat... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404796 | System for determining insulin dose using carbohydrate to insulin ratio and insulin sensitivity factor An apparatus and method are provided for determining a patient's carbohydrate to insulin ratio (CIR) and insulin sensitivity factor (ISF), and using these values, along with values for current blood glucose level and deviation from target blood glucose level, for de... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402154 | Method for compensating for pressure differences across valves in cassette type IV pump A pump used to infuse a fluid into a patient is controlled in accordance with an algorithm that enables a microprocessor to monitor and adjust each pump cycle to compensate for a differential pressure between the pump's inlet and outlet. The algorithm defines a flui... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7369635 | Rapid discrimination preambles and methods for using the same A system, method and program are disclosed for achieving rapid bit synchronization in low power medical device systems. Messages are transmitted via telemetry between a medical device and a communication device. The synchronization scheme uses a portion of a unique ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367358 | Medical fluid delivery system and method relating to the same A medical fluid delivery system for the use in the delivery of medical fluids. The medical fluid delivery system may include a pumping system, a disposable medical fluid line set and a valve operating system. The disposable tubing line set may include valves adapted... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361267 | Dialysis machine blood circulating circuit fitting A fitting (1) for a blood circulating circuit (4) of a dialysis machine has a first ans a second mouth (8, 9) for connecting the fitting (1) to a first ans a second portion (2, 3) of the blood circulating circuit (4) respect... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361155 | Compensating liquid delivery system and method A device and method for accurate delivery of a liquid is described. The device comprises a flow channel through which the liquid flows. During manufacture or at some other point prior to the delivery of the liquid, the flow channel is characterized in terms of one o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363075 | Transdermal delivery system for dried particulate or lyophilized medications The present invention provides a system for transdermal delivery of dried or lyophilized pharmaceutical compositions and methods using thereof. The system comprises an apparatus for facilitating transdermal delivery of an agent that generates hydrophilic micro-chann... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356382 | System and method for verifying connection of correct fluid supply to an infusion pump A system and method for verifying that a particular fluid supply is connected to an infusion pump or pump channel. An upstream pressure sensor coupled to a fluid conduit associated with the fluid supply is used to provide pressure signals in response to pressure sen... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354190 | Two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method A two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method produces a solution including a first substance and a second substance in a predetermined ratio by first mixing the first substance with a first liquid to produce a first solution and then mixing the first solution wi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347836 | Drug pump systems and methods A menu driven reprogrammable drug pump is provided with a memory, such as flash memory, a display, a keyboard, and a communications port to allow a generic pump to be programmed with a desired pump application (therapy) program and patient specific settings. Program... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338260 | System and method for controlling current provided to a stepping motor A system and method is disclosed for controlling the input electrical current to an infusion pump stepper motor based on predetermined torque requirements. The system can include a motor controller and a non-volatile memory containing expected load torque values thr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338464 | Non-constant pressure infusion pump The present invention relates to an implantable infusion pump having a refillable infusate reservoir in fluid communication with a delivery site via a flow path. This flow path includes a flow resistance. The infusion pump includes a sensing device(s), positioned re... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335377 | Transdermal delivery system for dried particulate or lyophilized medications The present invention provides a system for transdermal delivery of dried or lyophilized pharmaceutical compositions and methods using thereof. The system comprises an apparatus for facilitating transdermal delivery of an agent that generates hydrophilic micro-chann... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331938 | Medicine liquid injection device where medicine liquid sucked up from medicine liquid tank and injected to subject does not flow back The present invention provides liquid injector 100 wherein syringe 210 sucks a liquid from liquid tank 200 in a suck state in which connection switch mechanism 105 connects syringe tube 103 to tank tube 102, and syringe 2... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326183 | Intraocular pressure control An improved method of controlling intraocular pressure with a microsurgical system using measured flow rate and a dual infusion chamber. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327273 | Fluid monitoring device This invention relates to a device to monitor the administration of a fluid through a conduit, such as intravenous fluid, and detect the completion of fluid delivery by monitoring the fluid level inside a chamber. The device will monitor, through an optical fluid se... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326186 | Injector system and fluid control device providing sharp bolus injection An injector system includes a source of injection fluid, a pump device, a fluid path set disposed between the source of injection fluid and the pump device, and a fluid control device operatively associated with the fluid path set. The fluid control device is adapte... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322955 | Medicament injection apparatus The present invention relates to a medicament injection apparatus. It is desirable following injection of a medicament to wait a short time before withdrawing the needle unit from the patient to allow injected medicament to disperse within the patient to reduce the ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324949 | Implantable medical device management system A suite of applications is provided for the administration of implantable medical devices, particularly implantable therapeutic substance infusion devices. The applications may be accessed over a public network, such as the Internet, and may be run using middleware.... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320676 | Pressure sensing in implantable medical devices An implantable medical device for delivering a therapeutic substance to a delivery site in a patient. A reservoir holds a supply of the fluid therapeutic substance. A catheter has a proximal end, a delivery region and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the d... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314554 | Extracorporeal blood treatment machine The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine in which a blood circuit (3) is equipped with an inlet line leading to a filtration unit (2) and with an outlet line (3b) from the filtration unit; a fluid circuit compris... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311691 | Rapid infusion system A rapid infusion system for the intravenous delivery of fluids at standard and rapid flow rates. The system includes a pump assembly, a drive assembly to power the pump, and a fluid containment system that keeps the infused fluid out of direct contact with the pump ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308894 | Apparatuses and methods for providing a conscious patient relief from pain and anxiety associated with medical or surgical procedures according to appropriate clinical heuristics A care system and associated methods are provided for alleviating patient pain, anxiety and discomfort associated with medical or surgical procedures. The system comprises: at least one patient health monitor device coupled to a patient and generating a signal refle... | 12/18/2007 |