441 patents
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Determination of Patient Blood Volume at Start of a Dialysis Treatment
13 Oct 22
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for determining beginning blood volume of a patient during dialysis (e.g., hemodialysis).
Louis LeeGrande Barrett, Perry N. Law, Douglas L. Cox
Filed: 17 Jun 22
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Medical Treatment Devices with Controllable Light Guides and Smart Covers
13 Oct 22
In one aspect, a medical device includes: a housing; a plurality of attachment points disposed on a face of the housing and configured to hold a medical fluid tubing system; a lighting system disposed at or below the face of the housing; and a processor configured to control the lighting system to (a) visually indicate the locations of the attachment points and (b) in response to a feedback signal indicating whether or not the medical fluid tubing system is attached to at least one of the attachment points, alter the visual indication of the lighting system.
James Peterson, Stephen A. Merchant, David Yuds, Jon F. Moss
Filed: 7 Apr 21
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Remote Monitoring and Control of Treatment Parameters on a Medical Device During a Medical Treatment
6 Oct 22
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
Home Dialysis Supplies Delivery Robot, Network, and Method
29 Sep 22
A delivery robot is provided for the delivery of home dialysis supplies to a home dwelling of a home dialysis patient.
Eric Bergman, Jessica Steuber, David Yuds, Jonathan Leclerc
Filed: 24 Mar 21
Utility
Measuring fluid flow associated with a dialysis machine
27 Sep 22
A dialysis machine (e.g., a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine) can include a control unit configured to monitor an amount of fluid withdrawn from a heater bag line during a PD treatment.
Kulwinder S. Plahey
Filed: 5 Nov 19
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Systems and Methods for Detection of Potential Health Issues
22 Sep 22
A device for detecting potential health issues includes a retinal scanner configured to capture retinal data of the user, a blood pressure sensor configured to capture blood pressure data of the user, an alert module configured to alert the user of a potential health risk, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the retinal scanner, the blood pressure sensor, and the alert module.
Eric Bergman, Jonathan Leclerc, David Yuds, Maria Tamayo-Coffey, Jessica Steuber
Filed: 3 Jun 22
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Systems for Supporting Medical Fluid Bags and Related Methods
22 Sep 22
This disclosure relates to systems for supporting medical fluid bags and related methods.
Diego Suarez del Real Pena, Jose Eduardo Pena Martinez, David Yuds, Jonathan Leclerc
Filed: 17 Mar 21
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Techniques for modeling parathyroid gland functionality and calcimimetic drug activity
20 Sep 22
The described technology may include processes to model parathyroid gland (PTG) functionality and/or calcimimetic administration to patients with a health abnormality that affects PTG function.
Gudrun Schappacher-Tilp, Peter Kotanko, Doris Helen Fuertinger
Filed: 17 Oct 19
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Medical Fluid Cassette Leak Detection Methods And Devices
15 Sep 22
This disclosure relates to medical fluid cassette leak detection methods and devices.
Hernando Garrido Garza, Akbar Doctor, Preetam Kodam, Dante Marchetti, John Jacob
Filed: 9 Mar 21
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Electrical Plug for a Medical Device
15 Sep 22
A dialysis machine comprising: a power supply for providing power to the dialysis machine, the power supply including a power supply cable that includes a first ground wire electrically connected to a first ground prong; and a hydraulics system for making dialysate, supplying the dialysate to a dialysate circuit, and draining spent dialysate from the dialysate circuit, the hydraulics system including a hydraulics grounding cable that includes a second ground wire electrically connected to a second ground prong.
Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Colin Weaver, David Yuds
Filed: 8 Apr 22
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Dialysis System Having a Directional Alarm System
15 Sep 22
A medical device, such as a dialysis machine, may be equipped with a focused directional speaker system and/or displays to direct audible and visual alarms towards a patient in order to minimize disruption to others caused by an alarm.
David Yuds, Ulrich Moissl
Filed: 10 Mar 21
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Methods and Systems for fluid balancing in a dialysis system
13 Sep 22
An extracorporeal blood processing system comprises a plastic molded compact manifold that supports a plurality of molded blood and dialysate fluidic pathways along with a plurality of relevant sensors, valves and pumps.
Thomas Patrick Robinson, Charles E. Clemens, David Jacob Mishelevich, James Roswell Braig, Barry Neil Fulkerson, Daniele Ghidoli, Russell Thomas Joseph
Filed: 31 Aug 20
Design
Flow splitter
6 Sep 22
Diego Suarez del Real Pena, Jose Eduardo Pena Martinez, Irving Uziel Hernandez Gomez
Filed: 17 Aug 20
Utility
Cleaning cartridge for a cassette port in a dialysis machine
30 Aug 22
Dialysis systems and methods for operating dialysis machines (e.g., peritoneal dialysis machines) for conducting dialysis treatments are disclosed.
Kulwinder Plahey, Lynn Jensen
Filed: 30 Apr 20
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Arteriovenus fistula maturation monitoring systems and methods
30 Aug 22
Techniques and systems for determining an arteriovenous (AV) fistula maturation in a patient may include detecting a first series of oxygen saturation levels of the patient at a central venous catheter (CVC) associated with a first series of hemodialysis treatments prior to the AV fistula implantation are described.
Peter Kotanko, Stephan Thijssen, Hanjie Zhang, Israel Campos
Filed: 16 Jan 19
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System and Method for Measuring Edema at Home and Measurement Pattern for Use Therewith
25 Aug 22
A system and method for measuring edema, at home, is provided, along with a measuring pattern for use therewith.
Daniel L. Sloat, Lisa Sysun
Filed: 23 Dec 21
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Techniques for Conducting Virtual Clinical Trials
25 Aug 22
Techniques and apparatus for generating, performing, and evaluating virtual clinical trials that include clinic modules to represent real-world operational aspects of trial entities are described.
Doris H. Fuertinger, Alice Topping, Franz Kappel, Stephan Thijssen, Peter Kotanko
Filed: 10 Feb 22
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Conductivity Control Systems
25 Aug 22
A dialysis system has a module with a dialyzer configured to remove one or more substances from a dialysis solution as it passes through a dialyzer.
Natalie Rebacz, Kerissa Adams, Stephen A. Merchant, Mary Hoover
Filed: 3 Aug 20
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Medical Fluid Cassette Leak Detection Methods and Devices
25 Aug 22
A method is provided for detecting leaks in a disposable medical fluid cassette that includes a base and a flexible membrane attached to the base in such a way that the base and the flexible membrane cooperate to at least partially form a fluid passageway.
Kulwinder S. Plahey, Jie Zhu, Tri Ly, Robert Matthew Ohline, William Scott Crawford
Filed: 9 Feb 22
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Infusion methods for extracoporeal systems
23 Aug 22
A method of operating an extracorporeal blood treatment system to infuse blood into a patient at an end of an extracorporeal blood treatment includes clamping an access line of an arterial line set.
Martin Joseph Crnkovich, David Yuds, Christian Schlaeper
Filed: 4 Aug 17