Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Embecta Corp.

Mohammadreza Ramezanifard

Michel Bruehwiler

Cole Constantineau

Sudarsan Srinivasan

Jeffrey Thomas Chagnon

Tyson Montidoro

Stefan Gisler

John A Hibner

Sean P Conlon

David James Cagle

Judy Lin Walish

David Alexander Monroe

Saeed Sokhanvar

Daniel J Yasevac

A medication delivery device (MDD) (e.g., injection pen, wearable pump) is paired with an external device (e.g., smart phone, iPad, computer) via wireless link or wireline connection. The MDD provides to the external device captured data from the flow sensor relating to medicine delivery to a patient to ensure complete delivery and minimize MDD misuse or malfunction or inaccuracies in dosing. The MDD can have Bluetooth&#x2122; and/or near field communication (NFC) communication circuits for proximity-based pairing and connectivity with the external device for real-time or deferred transfer of captured data to the external device, depending on memory and power availability at the MDD. The MDD or external device can use captured data and corresponding time stamps to determine flow infomatics such as flow rate, total dose delivered, and dose completion status. An LED on the MDD indicates states such as powered on, paired, delivery in progress and delivery completion.

Smart medication delivery devices for providing users with delivery infomatics and methods of using same

An electronic system () connectable to a medication delivery pen () and a needle assembly (), the electronic system () exchanging data regarding a medicament traveling from the medication delivery pen () to the needle assembly (), the electronic system () comprising a hub () having a spike () that is configured to engage the medication delivery pen () and pierce a reservoir septum () of the medication delivery pen (), a flow sensor () that is in fluid communication with the hub () to measure flow data of the medicament, one or more circuit boards () electrically contacting the flow sensor () to process and transmit the flow data, the one or more circuit hoards () include one or more fluid path holes () to route a flow of medicament, and a septum () that is configured to provide fluid communication between the flow sensor () and one of a plurality of needles () of the needle assembly () to administer the medicament to a patient.

Pen needle exchange system

An electronic system () connectable to a medication delivery pen () and a needle assembly (), the electronic system () exchanging data regarding a medicament traveling from the medication delivery pen () to the needle assembly (), the electronic system () comprising a hub () having a spike () that is configured to engage the medication delivery pen () and pierce a reservoir septum of the medication delivery pen (), a flow sensor () that is in fluid communication with the hub () to measure flow data of the medicament, a circuit board () electrically contacting the flow sensor () to process and transmit the flow data, the circuit board () including a fluid path hole () to route a flow of medicament, and a septum body () that is configured to provide fluid communication between the flow sensor () and one of a plurality of needles () of the needle assembly () to administer the medicament to a patient.

A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, and an end effector. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The body comprises a pivotal trigger. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The end effector comprises a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic blade is operable to deliver ultrasonic vibrations to tissue. Pivotal movement of the trigger causes movement of the clamp arm. The shaft is operable to be selectively coupled and decoupled from the ultrasonic transducer. The apparatus comprises electro-mechanical means for coupling and decoupling the shaft from the ultrasonic transducer, and may further comprise means for preventing movement of the shaft as it is coupled to the ultrasonic transducer.

Coupling features for ultrasonic surgical instrument

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Mohammadreza Ramezanifard