Invuity, Inc.

Sanofi-a Ventis Deutschland Gmbh

Pelikan Technologies, Inc.

Sleepy, Inc.

Jason Hegener

Dominique M Freeman

Alex Vayser

Don Alden

Dirk Boecker

Fernando Erismann

Barry Dean Briggs

Warren Paul Heim

Travis Ryan Marsot

Matt Schumann

David Wayne

Scott Dennis Taylor

Mike Beadman

Joshua Makower

Eric A Goldfarb

Joseph Catanese, Iii

Michael Jurgen Strasser

Theodore M Bender

Imraan Aziz

William M Facteau

Kyle L Lamson

Earl A Bright, Ii

Thomas Shoup

Joshua I Molho

Ajay Deshmukh

Jeffrey Perry

Ravinder D Pamnani

Brent Eaton

Amy Wang

An illuminated energy device includes a handle, an optical waveguide coupled to the handle, and an energy tip such as an electrode coupled to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is preferably adjustably coupled to the optical waveguide, and adjustment of the optical waveguide moves a distal end of the optical waveguide closer to or further away from a target such as tissue in a surgical field.

Methods and apparatus for electrosurgical illumination and sensing

A surgical system that illuminates a surgical site using one or more illumination means is powered by radiofrequency energy produced by an electrosurgical generator. Illumination may occur whether or not current is being delivered from an active electrode to target tissue.

Illuminated electrosurgical system and method of use

An illuminated energy device includes a handle, an optical waveguide coupled to the handle, and an energy tip such as an electrode coupled to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is preferably adjustably coupled to the handle, and adjustment of the optical waveguide moves a distal end of the optical waveguide closer to or further away from a target such as tissue in a surgical field.

A tissue penetrating system has a housing member, a plurality of penetrating members positioned in the housing member and a plurality of sample chambers. Each sample chamber is associated with a penetrating member. A tissue stabilizing member has a tissue interface surface configured to be applied to a tissue surface and provide for spontaneous flow of blood for sample capture. The tissue stabilizing member is coupled to the housing.

Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue

A device for receipt in a user's mouth includes a tongue engagement element having a front region, a rear region, and side regions that define an opening for receiving a user's tongue, means for retaining the user's tongue in a forward position, and means for changing the size of the opening. The tongue engagement element is shaped such that when placed in a user's mouth, the rear region extends over the user's tongue and the front region extends under the user's tongue. A method of securing a tongue engagement element in a user's mouth includes moving an expanded tongue engagement element under a front region of a tongue and over a rear region of the tongue, and allowing the tongue engagement element to return toward a non-expanded state. The tongue engagement element acts to resist rearward motion of the tongue.

Adjustable tongue retaining oral appliance

A body fluid sampling device includes a housing, a penetrating member positioned in the housing and a test strip. A compliant front end is coupled to the housing. The compliant front-end includes a rigid member with an interior aperture to receive the body fluid from a wound site.

Body fluid sampling module with a continuous compression tissue interface surface

A method of controlling a penetrating member is provided. The method comprises providing a lancing device comprising a penetrating member driver having a position sensor and a processor that can determine the relative position and velocity of the penetrating member based on measuring relative position of the penetrating member with respect to time; providing a predetermined velocity control trajectory based on a model of the driver and a model of tissue to be contacted. In some embodiments, a feedforward control to maintain penetrating member velocity along said trajectory.

Method and apparatus for body fluid sampling and analyte sensing

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