Deka Products Limited Partnership

New Power Concepts LLC

Other

Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.

Amoskeag Adv LLC

Aspire Bariatrics, Inc.

Deka Research and Development Corporation

Applied Materials, Inc.

Baxter International Inc.

Cytyc Corporation

Infant Advantage, Inc.

Deka Products Limited Liability

New Power Conceps LLC

Deka Products Limted Partnership

Deka Research Products Limited Partnership

Dean Kamen

Larry B Gray

John Matthew Kerwin

Christopher Charles Langenfeld

Richard J Lanigan

Colin Holmes Murphy

Robert Raymond Ambrogi

Jason A Demers

Richard Kurt Heinzmann

Derek Geoffrey Kane

Stephen Lewis Fichera

Kevin L Grant

Russell Herbert Beavis

Stanley B Smith, Iii

J Douglas Field

Bob D Peret

Prashant Bhat

John B Morrell

Brian Daniel Tracey

Dirk Albertus Van Der Merwe

Gregory R Lanier

Ryan Keith LaRocque

David Blumberg, Jr

Andrew A Schnellinger

Michael J Slate

Erik N Sabin

James Jason Dattolo

Marc Aurele Mandro

John David Heinzmann

David E Collins

Frederick Marshall Morgan

Eric Yeaton

Michael G Norris

Stewart M Coulter

Jesse Tetherly Bodwell

Jason Michael Sachs

N Christopher Perry

James D Dale

David E Altobelli

David W McGill

Simon Christopher Helmore

Arun Dhyaneshwar Chawan

Christopher Matthew Werner

Geoffrey P Spencer

Michael J Wilt

Robert J Bryant, Jr

Jacob William Scarpaci

Augustus Felix

David W Robinson

Peter Andrew Lund

Scott A Leonard

Robert J Duggan

Otis L Clapp

Michael S Place

Michael D Piedmonte

Richard J Rosasco

Matthew M McCambridge

Kingston Owens

Brian H Yoo

Gerald Michael Guay

Gregg W Rivinius

John J Biasi

Kevin A Durand

Bright C K Foo

William T Larkins

David D B Cannan

Thomas A Friedrich

Jared N Farlow

Daniel F Pawlowski

Charles M Grinnell

Burl W Amsbury

Timothy D Moreau

Matthew A Norris

Gregory R Lanier, Jr

Zachary E Cranfield

Kenneth S Solovay

Todd A Ballantyne

Susan D Dastous

Michael A Baker

Joseph B Seale

Finn A Arnold

Michael C Tilley

Lisa A Gustin

Alexander D Streeter

Keith David Violette

Matthew R Gill

Thomas A Doyon

James L Jackson

Rodney S Kenley

Jon Stevens

Karen E Kullas

Philip R Houle

Stanley N Lapidus

Nicole Denise Bloom

Felix Winkler

Matthew J Johnson

Thomas S Schnellinger

Sooshin Choi

Matthew C Harris

Stephen Barnett Solomon

A method of dispensing a therapeutic fluid from a line includes providing an inlet line connectable to an upstream fluid source. The inlet line is in downstream fluid communication with a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber has a pump outlet. The method also includes actuating a force application assembly so as to restrict retrograde flow of fluid through the inlet while pressurizing the pumping chamber to urge flow through the pump outlet. A corresponding system employs the method.

Pumping fluid delivery systems and methods using force application assembly

An infusion device. The infusion device includes a top portion comprising an introduction needle, and a bottom portion comprising a cannula, the top portion removably attached to the bottom portion, wherein the introduction needle is used to insert the cannula, and wherein after insertion, the top portion is removed from the bottom portion.

Infusion device system and apparatus

An example agent administration device may comprise a housing. The device may further comprise a sharp assembly including a delivery sharp. The sharp assembly may be reciprocally displaceable along a guide channel of the housing. The device may further comprise an access port in fluid communication with the delivery sharp. The device may further comprise an actuation assembly configured drive the sharp assembly, via urging of a single bias member, from a storage state in which the delivery sharp is within the housing, through a first extended position in which the delivery sharp extends a maximum distance from the housing and to a partially retracted position in which the delivery sharp extends a lesser distance from the housing.

Medical agent dispensing apparatuses, systems, and methods

A system for priming an infusion pump is disclosed. The system includes a priming cap including a septum and configured to matably connect with a male part comprising a needle and attached to a length of tubing for fluid, wherein when matably connected with the male part, the priming cap occludes the tubing.

Infusion pump methods, systems and apparatus

A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device.

Patch-sized fluid delivery systems and methods

A system and method for growing and maintaining biological material including producing a protein associated with the tissue, selecting cells associated with the tissue, expanding the cells, creating at least one tissue bio-ink including the expanded cells, printing the at least one tissue bio-ink in at least one tissue growth medium mixture, growing the tissue from the printed at least one tissue bio-ink, and maintaining viability of the tissue.

System and method for creating tissue

A portable patient-care kit is disclosed. The kit includes a housing, a plurality of compartments and a touch-screen user interface device. The housing forms a container space. The plurality of compartments is disposed within the container space such that each compartment is configured to retain at least one medical apparatus. The touch-screen user interface device has a transceiver that can communicate via a mobile data network.

System, method, and apparatus for remote patient care

A medical agent delivery device may comprise a laminate of a number of layers coupled together. The medical agent delivery device may further comprise a collapsible reservoir within the laminate. The medical agent delivery device may further comprise a sharp bearing body having at least one microneedle. The medical agent delivery device may further comprise a collar element attached to the sharp bearing body. The medical agent delivery device may further comprise a removable cover assembly including a microneedle encasing body coupled to the sharp bearing body and to a release liner. The microneedle encasing body may be attached more weakly to the sharp bearing body than to the release liner.

Medical agent dispensing systems, methods, and apparatuses

A fluid handling cassette, such as that useable with an automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) cycler device or other infusion apparatus, may include a generally planar body having at least one pump chamber formed as a depression in a first side of the body and a plurality of flowpaths for a fluid that includes a channel. A patient line port may be arranged for connection to a patient line and be in fluid communication with the at least one pump chamber via at least a first one of said flowpaths, and an optional membrane may be attached to the first side of the body over the at least one pump chamber. In one embodiment, the membrane may have a pump chamber portion with an unstressed shape that generally conforms to the depression of the at least one pump chamber in the body and is arranged to be movable for movement of the fluid in a useable space of the at least one pump chamber. One or more spacers may be provided in the at least one pump chamber to prevent the membrane from contacting an inner wall of the at least one pump chamber. The patient line, a drain line, and/or a heater bag line may be positioned to be separately occludable in relation to one or more solution lines that are connectable to the cassette.

Pump cassette and methods for use in medical treatment system using a plurality of fluid lines

A peristaltic pump having at least first, second, and third stages is provided. The peristaltic pump includes a plunger, inlet and outlet valves, a spring, and an actuator. The plunger actuates toward and away from a tube, the inlet valve is upstream of the plunger, the outlet valve is downstream of the plunger, the spring biases the plunger toward the tube, and the actuator mechanically engages and disengages from the plunger. In the first stage, the inlet valve is opened and the plunger is actuated from the tube, in the second stage, the inlet valve is closed, the plunger is actuated toward the tube, and the actuator is mechanically disengaged from the plunger, and in the third stage, the outlet valve is opened. In the third stage or in a fourth stage, the actuator actuates the plunger toward the tube to discharge fluid downstream past the outlet valve.

Peristaltic pump

A method for controlling a device using a shape-memory alloy wire is disclosed. The method includes determining an ontime for the shape-memory alloy wire based on a target volume to be pumped by a pump plunger, determining the temperature of the shape-memory alloy wire and adjusting the ontime based on the temperature of the shape-memory alloy wire.

Method and system for shape-memory alloy wire control

A fluid connector assembly. The fluid connector assembly includes a tab portion including a slot; a plug portion slidably connected to the tab portion the plug portion comprising a fluid path and a disc, the disc configured to seat within the slot; a catch feature located on a first end of the tab portion and configured to interact with a reservoir; and a latching feature located on a second end of the tab portion, the latching feature configured to interact and lock onto the reservoir, wherein force applied to the plug portion may overcome a threshold force and unseat the disc from the slot wherein the plug portion moves with respect to the tab portion.

Infusion pump assembly

A protective mechanism for use when gripping a medical device to a rack is provided. A related system and method are also provided. The protective mechanism includes a connector, an actuation member configured to have a first end portion and a second end portion. The cover member is configured to interact with the actuation member so as to pivot to uncover the connector when the actuation member pivots in a first direction and to pivot to cover the connector when the actuation member pivots in a second direction.

System, method, and apparatus for clamping

A repeater system may control a pump by using a repeater and a user interface. An adhesive patch system may be used for affixing a pump or other object to a human body. Such an adhesive patch system may include two sets of adhesive members, each member including an adhesive material on at least one side so as to attach to the body. The members of the first set are spaced to allow the members of the second set to attach to the body in spaces provided between the members of the first set, and the members of the second set are spaced to allow members of the first set to detach from the body without detaching the members of the second set. Also, fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems.

Adhesive and peripheral systems and methods for medical devices

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Dean Kamen