Capnia, Incorporated

Rasor Associates, Inc.

Other

The United States of America As Represented by the United States

Schering Aktiengesellschaft

The United States of America As Represented by the United States Energy

Ned S Rasor

Julia S Rasor

Gerard F Pereira

Thomas Fritzsch

Joachim Siegert

Lorin K Hansen

Edward J Britt

Ingfried Zimmermann

David R Riley

Jurgen Hilmann

Christopher S Murray

Clint B Geller

Julia Suzanne Rasor

Ernest G Tickner

Lothar Lange

Joseph William Spickler

The invention is an integrated device and improved method for percutaneous placement of a tracheostomy tube into a patient which includes a film sheath everted from a pusher moved through a guide that is positioned over an incision site in a patient's neck. The pusher moves through an incision, which may be preexisting or created by the device, into the patient's trachea, laying down the film sheath as it advances. The film and pusher may effect blunt dissection of the patient's tissue, and the device may optionally include a blade(s), needle or other cutting tool and/or the tracheostomy tube itself so that the tracheostomy can be completed with fewer procedural steps and surgical instruments.

Everting device and method for tracheostomy

Apparatus, methods, and kits for treating symptoms associated with common ailments, such as headaches, rhinitis, asthma, epilepsy, nervous disorders and the like, are provided. The apparatus comprises dispensers for carbon dioxide and other therapeutic gases. The methods comprise delivering small volumes of these gases to patients in a manner where the gas infuses into a body region in order to bathe the mucous membranes therein. It has been found that even very short exposure of patients to small volumes and high concentrations of such gases can provide significant relief from symptoms.

Methods for treating allergy

Methods for treating headaches

Described here are devices and methods for the delivery of treatment agents simultaneously with capnic gases. Specifically, the treatment agents and capnic gases may be delivered to a mucosal membrane at a controlled flow rate to treat rhinitis. Exemplary capnic gases include carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, and dilute acid gases.

Methods and apparatus for treating rhinitis

A device for converting heat into electrical energy that is an integrated combination of thermionic and thermoelectric energy converters in a single device, or 'TITE'. The electron output of thermionic portion of the TITE is the input of the thermoelectric portion of the device. The electron collector is covered by a thin layer of doped or undoped semiconductor material or a combination of doped and undoped semiconductor materials with appropriate doping and thickness to achieve increased operational temperature ranges and efficiency.

Integrated thermoelectric/ thermionic energy converter

Apparatus and methods deliver vasoconstrictive agents simultaneously with capnic gases. The capnic gases can enhance the effectiveness of the vasoconstrictive agent, lower the dosage of drug or concentration of agent necessary to achieve a therapeutic result, or both. Exemplary capnic gases include carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, and dilute acid gases.

Methods and apparatus for the enhanced delivery of physiologic agents to tissue surfaces

Methods for treating trigeminal neuralgia

Methods for treating rhinitis and conjunctivitis

Methods for treating jaw pain

Methods and apparatus for relieving headaches, rhinitis and other common ailments

Apparatus, methods, and kits for treating symptoms associated with common ailments, such as headaches, rhinitis, asthma, epilepsy, nervous disorders and the like, are provided. The apparatus comprises dispensers for carbon dioxide and other therapeutic gases. The methods comprise delivering small volumes of these gases to patients in a manner where the gas infuses a body region in order to bathe the mucous membranes therein. It has been found that even very short exposure of patients to small volumes and high concentrations of such gases can provide significant relief from symptoms.

Apparatus, methods and kits for treating symptoms associated with common ailments such as headaches, rhinitis, asthma, epilepsy, nervous disorders and the like, are provided. The apparatus includes dispensers for carbon dioxide and other therapeutic gases. The methods include delivering small volumes of these gases to patients in a manner where the gas infuses a body region in order to bathe the mucous membranes therein. It has been found that even very short exposure of patients to small volumes and high concentrations of such gases can provide significant relief from symptoms.

Method for co-application of gases and drugs to potentiate their action in relieving headaches, angina and other ailments

The invention relates to methods and devices for transcutaneous and transmucosal application of carbon dioxide in the form of a gas and in the form of a capnic solution (such as carbonated water) for the relief of pain, including musculoskeletal disorders, neuralgias, rhinitis and other ailments. Gaseous carbon dioxide is applied to the skin for at least three minutes, and the capnic solution may be held on the skin for at least three minutes, which provides relief of symptoms. The capnic solution may also be sprayed onto mucous membranes such as the nose for relief of symptoms such as allergic rhinitis.

Method and apparatus for transcutaneous infusion of carbon dioxide for local relief of pain and other ailments

A holder and/or a holder and cover for containing a dispenser of a consumable product, such as a cartridge containing pressurized gas for therapeutic use, and a method for selecting the optimum parameters for such holder are provided to allow sensitive determination of the amount product remaining in the dispenser. The holder has a curvilinear or partly curvilinear circumference, and holds the dispenser so that the center of mass of the dispenser and the product it contains is at a predetermined optimum location relative to the center of mass of the holder. Thus, when the holder is placed on a horizontal surface, the holder can roll along the curvilinear circumference, and the predetermined optimum relationship of the center of mass of the dispenser and the center of mass of the holder causes the holder to come to rest at adequately spaced unique locations on the circumference of the holder depending upon the combined mass of the dispenser and the product it contains. Markings placed on the external surface of the holder can then be used to determine the amount of product remaining in the container. The holder is preferably made of plastic and can be composed of a fluorescent plastic to permit the dispenser to be easily located, grasped and removed for use, and then replaced after use, even in the dark.

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Ned S Rasor