Patent classifications
A61M2205/8243
Haptic Feedback of an Electronic Medical Device
Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to a medical handheld device that includes an actuating feature configured to generate a trigger signal, a sensor configured to detect a functionality of the medical handheld device in response to the trigger signal, and a haptic source configured to generate a haptic signal including information associated with the functionality of the medical handheld device.
Drug injection device
A drug injection device is disclosed. A drug injection device, according to the present invention, comprises: an injection unit which is provided with an ampoule accommodation portion for accommodating an ampoule that contains an injectable solution, and injects the injectable solution into a person being operated on; and an injection speed adjustment unit which is connected to the injection unit, applies pressure to the injectable solution, and adjusts the injection speed of the injectable solution, being injected into the body of the person being operated on, by selectively adjusting the speed of the pressure applied to the injectable solution, wherein the injection speed adjustment unit comprises: an injection unit attachment portion to which the ampoule accommodation portion is detachably attached; a pressurizing plunger which is connected to the ampoule accommodated in the ampoule accommodation portion and applies pressure to the injectable solution; and a pressurizing plunger up/down driving module which is provided on the same axis as the pressurizing plunger and drives the pressurizing plunger up or down.
MEDICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING AN IMPLANTED INTERNAL UNIT, AN EXTERNAL UNIT, AND A METHOD OF INITIATING OPERATION OF EXTERNAL UNIT
A method of initiating operation of an external unit for a medical system further comprising an internal unit implanted into a body of a patient; a transformer core arranged under the skin of the patient; and internal cabling connecting the internal unit and the transformer core, the internal cabling comprising an internal winding around the transformer core, wherein the external unit comprises external cabling including an external winding around the transformer core to allow supply of power from the external unit to the internal unit via the transformer core, the method comprising the steps of: evaluating, by the external unit, a signal indicative of a magnetic flux in the transformer core; when the signal indicates that the magnetic flux in the transformer core is below a predefined threshold flux, providing power to the internal unit by the external unit via the transformer core.
Systems and Methods for Opening Eustachian Tubes
Systems and methods for opening the eustachian tubes of a subject are provided. Aspects of the systems include: a swallow inducer; a nasal passage seal; a pressure source configured to apply positive pressure to a sealed nasal passage; a sensor configured to detect a parameter indicative of a swallow resultant palate closure; and a controller operably coupled to the pressure source and the sensor, wherein the controller is configured to cause the pressure source to apply positive pressure to a sealed nasal passage upon detection by the sensor of the parameter indicative of a swallow resultant palate closure. Also provide are methods of using the systems to open eustachian tubes. The systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, e.g., the treatment of a subject for Otitis Media with Effusion (OME).
PRESSURE BASED TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF A VAPORIZER DEVICE
A vaporizer device (100) may be configured to adjust, based on ambient pressure, a setpoint temperature and/or a ramp rate of the vaporizer device. The setpoint temperature of the vaporizer device may be adjusted based on the ambient pressure in order to account for differences in the boiling point of a vaporizable material at different ambient pressures. Adjusting the setpoint temperature of the vaporizer device based on ambient pressure may further compensate for changes in the sensitivity of a user's taste buds in different ambient pressure and/or humidity environments. The ramp rate of the vaporizer device may be adjusted based on the ambient pressure such that the vaporizer device is able to achieve the higher boiling point of the vaporizable material in a higher ambient pressure environment in a same quantity of time as a lower boiling point of the vaporizable material in a lower ambient pressure environment.
ELECTRONIC ATOMIZATION APPARATUS
Provided is an electronic atomization apparatus in the technical field of atomization. The electronic atomization apparatus includes a main unit and an atomizer. The main unit includes a housing component, a control assembly, and a battery assembly. The control assembly and the battery assembly are disposed inside the housing component. The control assembly is electrically connected to the battery assembly. The atomizer includes an atomization housing and a heating circuit disposed inside the atomization housing. One end of the atomization housing is connected to one end of the housing component. The atomization housing is provided with at least two atomization compartments that are independent of each other. The heating circuit is electrically connected to the control assembly. Another end of the atomization housing is provided with a gas outlet. The gas outlet may selectively communicate with one of the at least two atomization compartments.
Induction-based aerosol delivery device
An aerosol delivery device includes a receptacle configured to receive a substrate configured to carry an aerosol precursor composition, and a resonant transformer including a transmitter coupling device and a resonant receiver coupling device that is positioned in proximity to the substrate when received in the receptacle. The aerosol delivery device also includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter configured to drive the resonant transformer. The PWM inverter includes a bridge circuit coupled to the transmitter coupling device, and a PWM controller embodied as an integrated circuit and configured to output a PWM signal to the bridge circuit configured to drive the transmitter coupling device to generate an oscillating magnetic field and induce an alternating voltage in the resonant receiver coupling device when exposed to the oscillating magnetic field. The alternating voltage causes the resonant receiver coupling device to generate heat and thereby vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.
MEDICAL SYSTEM WITH CONNECTOR FORMING AN EXTERNAL WINDING
A medical system comprising an internal unit; a transformer core; internal cabling comprising an internal winding around the transformer core; and an external unit comprising power supply circuitry and external cabling coupled to the power supply circuitry for enabling supply of power from the power supply circuitry to the internal unit via the transformer core. The external cabling comprises a connector including a first connector part and a second connector part; a first conductive current path between the power supply circuitry and the first connector part; a second conductive current path between the power supply circuitry and the second connector part; and a third conductive current path between the first connector part and the second connector part, conductively connecting the first connector part and the second connector part.
IMPLANTABLE PUMP FOR DIRECT SODIUM REMOVAL THERAPY HAVING ON-BOARD ANALYTE SENSOR
Systems and methods for performing Direct Sodium Removal (DSR) therapy are provided in which an implantable device includes a pump coupled to an inlet catheter designed for placement in a patient's peritoneal cavity, an outlet catheter designed to be coupled to the patient's bladder, and is operably coupled to an analyte sensor, the pump programmed to transfer and/or cease transfer of fluid from the patient's peritoneal cavity to the patient's bladder for voiding responsive to a level of analyte detected by the analyte sensor. In addition, the system may include a processor that computes an amount of analyte transferred per pumping session.
Ambulatory device and components thereof
Certain embodiments provide multi-medicament or single medicament infusion systems for preventing the cross-channeling or improper delivery of medicaments. The system may include one or more of an infusion pump, medicament cartridges, cartridge connectors, a multi-channel fluid conduit, and an infusion set. The medicament cartridges may be sized and shaped differently such that the medicament reservoirs can only be inserted into the pump under selected configurations.