C. R. Bard, Inc.

Corindus, Inc.

Other

Draeger Medical Systems, Inc.

Depuy Mitek, Inc.

The Procter Gamble Company

Baxter International Inc.

Baxter Healthcare Sa

The Holmes Group, Inc.

Cryocath Technologies Inc.

Remington Corporation, L.l.c.

Aircast, Inc.

Jcs/thg, LLC

Design Lab, LLC

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Stanley O Thompson

Jon B Taylor

Timothy Joseph Coonahan

Tal Wenderow

Thomas Bromander

James J Kennedy, Iii

Jeffrey Lightcap

John Murphy

Bernhard Uihlein

Thomas P Knapp

Matthew James Ibarra

Gregory A Gray

John P Marano

Chris Labak

Michael Tal

Thomas Swyst

Fatih Guler

Kay Herbert

Xiaoxiong Mo

David M Carpenter

Ralph A Beckman

David Edward Roche

Ronald J Vish

Henry D Sharpe, Iii

Graham P Eacock

Brice Daniel Westring

Rajesh S Rane

John P Marano, Jr

Qiaohong Chen

Darrin S Manke

William T Buresh, Ii

Stephen A Schwartz

Xu Wang

David Bossa

Jean Daher

Jeff Krull

Dan R Morrissey

Stephan Gary Bush

Gary Nelson

Philippe Marchand

Naomi Ruth Nelson

Gregory Mathus

Michael G Tal

Teresa Ann Mihalik

Domenic N Santoianni

Richard Cote

Larry K Canipe

Joseph H Bowman

John G Mathews

Mark Baerenrodt

George Kalmakis

Robert H Elden

William J Kirk

Loren M Lundtveit

Ramin Sabbaghe-Kermani

Jose Alvaro

Samuel L Millen

Keith David Fanta

Daniel Patrick O'Sullivan, Jr

Christopher Labak

Yixin Hu

Jaideep Jayaram

David J Dubiel

Ken Zhen

Richard A Lynch

Laurence Keene

Michel Morelli

Ricardo Silveira

Erez Pick

William Lockett, Iii

Daniel P O'Sullivan

Alex Therrien

André Tremblay

Michael Bailey

Vincent Nicolas Gladu

Christopher Chang

Daniel O'Sullivan

James Joseph Kennedy, Iii

Bruce Chang

Christopher Aiston

Jean F Daher

David L Carpenter

Jon Taylor

James J Iii Kennedy

A marker system includes a biopsy apparatus having a cannula and a stylet. The cannula has a distal end, the stylet has a distal stylet tip, and the stylet is received in the cannula. A tissue marker is coupled to the distal stylet tip. The tissue marker is configured to be contacted by the distal end of the cannula. The tissue marker is detached from the stylet distal tip by either of a proximal movement of the stylet relative to the cannula or a distal movement of the cannula relative to the stylet.

Single-insertion, multiple sampling biopsy device usable with various transport systems and integrated markers

A catheter system including a housing and a drive mechanism supported by the housing is provided. The drive mechanism includes an engagement structure configured to engage and to impart movement to a guide wire. The engagement structure defines a path for the guide wire, and the engagement structure is moveable between an engaged position in which the engagement structure engages the guide wire and a disengaged position in which the engagement structure does not engage the guide wire. The catheter system includes a biasing element configured to bias the engagement structure toward the engaged position, and the biasing element is aligned generally parallel to the path defined by the engagement structure.

Robotic catheter system

A single-insertion biopsy device includes a cannula having an extraction position at a distal end and a recovery opening at a proximal end. A first elongate element has a first distal end and a second elongate element has a second distal end. The first elongate element and the second elongate element are configured to move between the extraction position and the recovery opening, and to move with respect to each other to define an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the first and second distal ends are mutually radially opposite such that the first elongate element and the second elongate element surround a volume. A drive unit is configured to move the first elongate element and the second elongate element between the open and closed configurations, and to move the first and second distal ends in unison from the extraction position to the recovery opening.

Single-insertion, multiple sampling biopsy device with linear drive

A robotic catheter system includes a cassette including a housing, a first pair of engagement surfaces, and a second pair of engagement surfaces. The housing includes a front end, a rear end, a sidewall, a first channel, and a second channel. The first pair of engagement surfaces are arranged to contact a guide wire with sufficient pressure such that when the engagement surfaces are driven, axial movement is imparted to the guide wire. The guide wire extends along the first channel, through the rear end of the housing, and through the front end of the housing. The second pair of engagement surfaces are arranged to contact a catheter with sufficient pressure such that when the engagement surfaces are driven, axial movement is imparted to the catheter. The catheter device extends along the second channel, the second channel arranged at an angle with respect to the first channel.

A member of a rigid flexible elastic material, the member including a body portion and an aperture portion with the member adapted for delivery through an axial longitudinal channel of a percutaneous delivery subsystem, the aperture portion including an expanded mode having a lateral dimension greater than an inner diameter of the channel when the aperture portion extends outside the channel and a collapsed mode wherein the lateral dimension is not greater than the inner diameter of the channel when the aperture portion is within the channel, the channel including a first axial opening and a second axial opening with the aperture portion transitioning from the expanded mode to the collapsed mode when inserted into the openings and the aperture transitioning from the collapsed mode to the expanded mode when exiting from the openings.

Shape memory filament for suture management

An automatic faucet includes a housing forming partially an internal barrel and a faucet head and being constructed to include at least one water inlet conduit extending into said barrel and a water outlet for delivering water from a spout. The automatic faucet also includes a faucet head having a removable faucet crown and the spout, wherein the faucet crown is removably mounted to the faucet head. The automatic faucet also includes a valve module, a sensor module, a battery module, a turbine module, and a control module. The valve module includes a valve controlled by an electromagnetic actuator for controlling the water flow from the spout. The sensor module is constructed to provide sensor data influenced by a user. The control module is constructed to control opening and closing of the valve by providing signals to the electromagnetic actuator. The control module is also constructed to receive sensor data from the sensor module and execute a sensing algorithm. The control module is also constructed to execute a power management algorithm for managing electrical power generated by the water turbine and provided to and from the battery.

Automatic faucets

A biopsy device includes a biopsy sample extraction needle having a sample extraction end, a recovery end, and a transport channel linking the extraction and recovery ends. In a first configuration, a valve has a first position wherein the valve directly connects a pump to an ambient vent and the pump can reduce the pressure in at least the sample extraction end. In a second configuration, the valve has a second position wherein the valve directly connects the pump to a fluid reservoir and the pump can draw fluid from the fluid reservoir. In a third configuration, the valve has a third position wherein the valve directly connects the pump to the extraction end and the pump can supply fluid to the extraction end to flush fluid along the transport channel from the extraction end to the recovery end to transport a sample along the transport channel.

The present invention provides for exemplary embodiments of a single-insertion, multiple sampling biopsy device. Exemplary embodiments of a single-insertion, multiple sampling device with integrated marker release.

A robotic catheter system including a housing and a drive mechanism configured to engage and to impart motion to a catheter device is provided. The drive mechanism is supported by the housing. The robotic catheter system includes a guide catheter support coupled to the housing. The guide catheter support is located in front of the drive mechanism, and the guide catheter support has a longitudinal axis. The guide catheter support includes a first surface configured to engage a guide catheter and a rotation joint allowing the first surface to be rotated about the longitudinal axis such that the surface is able to engage the guide catheter at a plurality of angular positions relative to a patient.

An automatic faucet includes a housing constructed to receive at least one water inlet conduit and having a spout for delivering water. The automatic faucet includes a valve module, a sensor module, a battery module, a turbine module, and a control module. The valve module includes a valve controlled by an electromagnetic actuator for controlling the water flow from the spout. The sensor module is constructed to provide sensor data influenced by a user. The control module is constructed to control opening and closing of the valve by providing signals to the electromagnetic actuator. The control module is also constructed to receive sensor data from the sensor module and execute a sensing algorithm. The control module is also constructed to execute a power management algorithm for managing electrical power generated by the water turbine and provided to and from the battery.

A method of operating a disposable pumping unit includes enabling the disposable pumping unit to be loaded into a peritoneal dialysis hardware unit between a door and a housing of the hardware unit; structuring the disposable pumping unit to have a fluid pump receptacle, the fluid pump receptacle constructed and arranged to extend from both surfaces of the unit so as to fit within a first opening provided in the door and a second opening provided in the housing of the hardware unit; and enabling the disposable pumping unit to be guided into the hardware unit such that the fluid pump receptacle becomes aligned with the opposing first and second openings when the door is closed against the housing.

Method of operating a disposable pumping unit

Disclosed are clips for a patient monitoring pod that is used with portable patient monitoring devices and systems. A patient monitoring pod and clip can rotate relative to each other to accommodate a patient's environment.

Clip for a patient monitoring pod

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Stanley O Thompson