Freudenberg Medical, LLC

Laxmi Therapeutic Devices, Inc.

Michelle Halpin

Sumita Pennathur

Alex Shen

John C Day

Leanne Beer

Dimitri Stroumpoulis

Bill Van Antwerp

Justin Daniel Rofeh

Luke Satish Kumar Theogarajan

Landon Christopher Peik

Seth Boden

Microneedles for analysis of analytes in body fluids may be manufactured from robust materials such as stainless steel by laser cutting at least the basic needle configuration, applying a coating to electrically insulate and/or assure biocompatibility of the needle, and forming electrodes on the needles via lithography or other processes (preferably after treatment of the coaled areas at which the electrodes are to be applied). Preferably, the needles have a depression formed therein from which the electrodes extend, and which contains a sensing medium which produces a measurable output in response to the local concentration of the analyte of interest Thus, when a needle is inserted into the skin such that the depression and its sensing medium encounters body fluids, analyte measurements can be obtained via the electrodes.

Needles for measurement of body fluid analytes such as glucose

An adjustable base plate for use with a tracheotomy stoma includes a flexible membrane and a base component having an accessory mounting portion disposed in a center of the flexible membrane and adapted to mount a tracheostoma accessory. The base plate defines a conically shaped region formed by a plurality of conforming members extending radially from the accessory mounting portion that are laterally spaced from one another and connected to one another by a plurality of web portions formed by the flexible membrane. An adhesive material is applied to the flexible membrane.

Adjustable baseplate for use with irregular tracheostomas

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Michelle Halpin