Grand Valley State University

Spectrum Health Innovations LLC

Corewell Health Innovations LLC

Sprectrum Health Innovations, LLC

Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University

Spectrum Health Innovation, LLC

Eric Jon VanMiddendorp

John P Farris

Andrew T Heuerman

Taylor S Sims

Vaughn R Gerber

Timothy D Stoepker

Jason Lawrence Barr

Garrett Goodwin

Md Maruf Hossain

Amanda E Stark

Abby A Merritt

Chelsea M Edge

Mark C Celmer

Michael Czechowskyj

Brandon D Johnson

Jill M Morris

Michael Matusiak

Dylan DiGiovanni

Taylor Rieckhoff

Dan Scheske

Justin Dykstra

Matthew S Dykstra

Kevin T Weaver

Colin Jack

Benjamin Vander Wal

Phillip N Keshavarzi

Chris Pung

Tyler D Kramer

Dan Switzer

Robert J Ball

Jonathan T Moroney

Isaac Running

Travis L Dusendang

Angelo Fusco

Hannah N Gorenflo

Casey S McKellar

Kristina H Emery

Nelson C Edward Schrader

Chad M Huizenga

Ashley Meitz

James R Lebolt

An external urine collection system for collecting urine excreted by a user through the user's external urethral orifice includes a urinary assembly having a sleeve and a cup that define a collection chamber. The sleeve can be attached to an area around the user's external urethral orifice by an adhesive. The cup can be coupled to the sleeve through a male connector and female connector that form a liquid tight seal between the sleeve and the cup. An outlet is defined by at least one of the sleeve and the cup for draining urine excreted by the user into the urinary assembly.

External urine collection system and related method

A patient slider device configured to move a patient from a first bed surface to a second bed surface positioned adjacent thereto. The patient slider device includes a frame, a bed engagement assembly and a patient pulling assembly. The bed engagement assembly includes a bumper with the bumper being adjustable relative to the frame. The patient pulling assembly includes a winch assembly, preferably positioned proximate a lower end of the frame, and a sheet engaging clamp assembly. The sheet engaging clamp assembly includes a base member and a locking member structurally configured to clamp a sheet therebetween.

Patient slider device

An apparatus to remove liquid from a ventilation system can include a housing, a first port extending into an interior volume of the housing and a second port extending toward the first tube, into the interior volume, separated from the first port by a gap that is at least 5 mm in length, such that ventilating fluid transfers from the first port to the second while secretions and condensate escape through the gap, to be trapped in the housing. The first port joins with a ventilator. The second port joins with an intubation tube coupled to a tracheostomy or endotracheal tube. An extraction port is in a floor of the housing so that accumulated liquids in the housing can drain downward and out the extraction port, while minimizing positive end expiratory pressure loss in the ventilation system, and without exposing caregivers to biological material in the drained liquid.

Liquid removal apparatus for a breathing circuit and related method of use

An external urine collection system for collecting urine excreted by a female user through the female user's external urethral orifice includes a urinary assembly having a sleeve and a cup that define a collection chamber. The sleeve can be attached to an area around the female user's external urethral orifice by an adhesive. The cup can be coupled to the sleeve through a male connector and female connector that form a liquid tight seal between the sleeve and the cup. An outlet is defined by at least one of the sleeve and the cup for draining urine excreted by the user into the urinary assembly.

External female urine collection system and related method

An orthosis includes dynamic tensioning elements, recreating and/or improving on the load sharing typically provided by soft tissue, such as ligaments, tendons, muscle and a capsule at a joint of a patient or wearer, thereby providing support and preventing further injury from joint instability and/or joint laxity. The orthosis can support a glenohumeral joint of the shoulder brace and can prevent additional injury from various shoulder instabilities, for example, anterior, inferior, posterior and/or multidirectional instabilities. This can be accomplished by dynamically tensioning posterior, anterior and/or humeral head straps of the orthosis. The straps can be primarily adjustable only in tension forces stored there within, rather in orientation relative to the shoulder. This can simplify setup and use, and can ensure the orthosis has a low profile. Related methods of use also are provided.

Dynamic tensioning orthosis and related method of use

A medical tubing holder system includes a connector, a holding assembly and a retainer block. The holding assembly has an arm, and optional flanges to capture part of medical tubing, such as an endotracheal tube. The retainer block is distal from the holding assembly. The retainer block defines an aperture that receives a tube therein. The aperture is smaller than a tube flange placed between the block and the holding assembly, so as to capture the tube flange. An attachment element joins the holding assembly to the retainer block, and has length that is adjustable to selectively vary a distance between the block and the holding assembly. The attachment element effectively secures the retainer block, holding the tube flange, to the holding assembly and connector, which is secured to the patient's head, to prevent self or accidental extubation. A related method is provided.

Medical tube holder and related methods

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Eric Jon VanMiddendorp