441 patents
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Utility
Patient line check and occlusion detection for a dialysis machine using adjusted pump operating parameters
23 May 23
A dialysis machine (e.g., a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine) can include a patient line that provides dialysate solution to a patient and removes effluent dialysate from the patient through a catheter.
Kulwinder S. Plahey, Jie Zhu
Filed: 20 Jun 19
Utility
Wetness Detector with Integrated Inertial Measurement Unit Configured for Use In a Dialysis System
18 May 23
A detector assembly configured for use in a dialysis (e.g., a hemodialysis) system is disclosed herein.
Colin Weaver, Martin Crnkovich, David Yuds
Filed: 18 Nov 21
Utility
Self-Sealing Fluid Connectors
18 May 23
The present teachings may generally include a first fluid connector that includes a first body having a first central cavity that defines a first fluid pathway and a first seal within the first central cavity.
David Yuds, Eric Bergman, Jonathan Leclerc, Jessica Steuber, Areeba Zakir, Laura Chang, Diego Suarez del Real Pena
Filed: 31 Oct 22
Design
Flow splitter
9 May 23
Diego Suarez del Real Pena, Jose Eduardo Pena Martinez, Irving Uziel Hernandez Gomez
Filed: 26 Jul 22
Utility
Techniques for modelling and optimizing dialysis toxin displacer compounds
2 May 23
Systems, methods, and/or apparatuses may be operative to perform a dialysis process that includes a displacer infusion process.
Xia Tao, Vaibhav Maheshwari, Peter Kotanko, Stephan Thijssen, Nadja Grobe
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Spent dialysate container for disposing spent dialysate in a dialysis system
18 Apr 23
Dialysis systems for operating dialysis machines (e.g., peritoneal dialysis machines) for conducting dialysis treatments are disclosed.
David J. Yuds, Eric Bergman, Jonathan F. Leclerc
Filed: 10 Sep 20
Utility
Techniques for determining patient blood characteristics during a dialysis process
11 Apr 23
Techniques and apparatus for de-priming processes are described.
Peter Kotanko, Stephan Thijssen
Filed: 2 Oct 20
Utility
Dialyzer manufacturing tool
11 Apr 23
A dialyzer housing manufacturing system includes a molding device configured to mold a dialyzer housing, and a tool coupled to a robotic arm and configured to retrieve the dialyzer housing from the molding device after the dialyzer housing is molded.
Bryce Aaron Virgil, Bill Ray Cower
Filed: 4 Dec 19
Utility
Integrated Cross Contamination Sensors
6 Apr 23
In some embodiments, a medical system includes a dialysis machine having at least one outer surface to be disinfected at a given location, at least one disinfection sensor connected to the dialysis machine at the given location, the disinfection sensor including two or more electrode in fluid contact with the outside surface of the dialysis machine, and a conductivity sensor component in electrical contact with the two or more electrodes, the conductivity sensor component configured to send an electrical signal indicating a conductivity of a liquid on an outside surface of the dialysis machine and in contact with the two or more electrodes, a processor configured to receive the electrical signal and thereby determine a disinfection status of the given location, and a user interface configured to indicate the disinfection status of the given location.
Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Colin Weaver, Christian Schlaeper
Filed: 2 Dec 22
Utility
Techniques for Determining Calcimimetic Drug Activity
6 Apr 23
The described technology may include processes to model parathyroid gland (PTG) functionality and/or calcimimetic administration to healthy subjects and/or patients with a health abnormality that affects PTG function.
Gudrun Schappacher-Tilp, Peter Kotanko
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Devices and Methods for Lateral Flow Tests of Bodily Fluids
30 Mar 23
The disclosed devices for lateral flow testing may include a receptacle for receiving bodily fluids from a patient that has a predetermined fluid volume for application to one or more lateral flow test strips.
Eric David Bergman, Daniel Lewis Sloat, Jonathan Fitzmaurice Leclerc, Rachel Lauren Bartels
Filed: 8 Dec 22
Utility
Inflatable vest for respiratory assessment
28 Mar 23
A lightweight inflatable vest is provided with embedded listening devices.
Lisa Sysun, Daniel L. Sloat
Filed: 20 Nov 20
Utility
Techniques for determining characteristics of dialysis access sites using image information
21 Mar 23
A dialysis access site monitoring system may generate a treatment recommendation for treating a condition of an access site based on a video of the access site.
Fansan Zhu, Peter Kotanko
Filed: 8 Nov 19
Utility
Training prosthetic for self-cannulation training
14 Mar 23
A self-cannulation training system is provided that includes a cannulation pad, a simulated access, a simulated cannula, a control unit, and first and second indicators.
Samuel Trevino, Daniel L. Sloat, Mary Vasseur Finn, Derek S. Merrikin
Filed: 28 Oct 20
Utility
Drain apparatus for hemodialysis machines
7 Mar 23
This disclosure relates to dialysis systems and methods.
Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Colin Weaver, David Yuds
Filed: 30 Sep 19
Utility
Intradialytic monitoring of blood volume change
7 Mar 23
Paul Balter, Linda Ficociello, Christina Rossi
Filed: 30 Dec 19
Utility
Remote monitoring and control of treatment parameters on a medical device during a medical treatment
7 Mar 23
A method comprising: establishing a wireless connection between a first medical device and a second medical device, comprising: receiving, by the first medical device, via a short-range wireless technology protocol, connection information related to the second medical device; and establishing, by the first medical device, a wireless connection with the second medical device based on the connection information.
John Arrizza
Filed: 10 Jun 22
Utility
System of detecting a leak in a heat exchanger of a hemodialysis device
28 Feb 23
A leak may be detected in a heat exchanger of a hemodialysis device.
Martin Crnkovich, Roland Levin, Christopher McCormick, Fei Wang, Aiyuan Wang
Filed: 25 Jun 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Identifying Risk of Infection In Dialysis Patients
23 Feb 23
A method and system for determining a patient's risk of developing an infection is disclosed.
Thomas C. Blanchard, Len Usvyat, Joanna L. Willetts, Melissa C. Herman, Brian C. Ellison, Judith E. Moran, Dinesh K. Chatoth
Filed: 7 Nov 22
Design
Blood flow line
21 Feb 23
Perry N. Law, Louis LeeGrande Barrett, Christopher Yim Chau
Filed: 29 Oct 19