| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7048727 |
Continuous feeding and decompressing device and method |
May 23, 2006 |
| A decompressing and feeding device for safely feeding in the gastrointestinal tract of a recovering patient continuously aspirates and feeds at a rate commensurate with the ability of the intestines to absorb fluids including nutrient. Air is also aspirated in the process so that nei |
| 6949092 |
Continuous feeding and decompressing device, tube assembly, and methods |
September 27, 2005 |
| A decompressing and feeding device for safely feeding in the gastrointestinal tract of a recovering patient continuously aspirates and feeds at a rate commensurate with the ability of the intestines to absorb fluids including nutrient. Air is also aspirated in the process so that nei |
| 6659974 |
Single lumen gastro-intestinal feeding-decompression tubes |
December 9, 2003 |
| The present invention provides a single lumen gastro-intestinal tube for use in both delivering nutrition into the gastro-intestinal tract and aspirating excess materials from the gastro-intestinal tract. The single lumen tube may be delivered into the gastro-intestinal tract transnasall |
| 6447472 |
Method and pump apparatus for combined gastro-intestinal feeding and aspiration |
September 10, 2002 |
| In accordance with the present invention, a pump apparatus for use in conjunction with the feeding and aspiration of a patient's gastro-intestinal tract is provided. In accordance with the present invention, an apparatus and method are provided in which the aspiration of excessive ma |
| 5601571 |
Surgical fastener implantation device |
February 11, 1997 |
| A fastener implanting device used to implant a head portion of a "T" or "H"-shaped fastener within a body. The device has a needle portion and a grip portion. The needle portion encloses a longitudinally displaceable slide mechanism which is adapted to engage and eject the head portion o |
| 5536255 |
Dilator/introducer apparatus for percutaneous gastrostomy |
July 16, 1996 |
| A dilator/introducer apparatus incorporating a locking system for preventing the premature longitudinal separation of the first and second halves of a frangible-type introducer. |
| 5520662 |
Gastrointestinal aspirating and feeding device with removable sleeve |
May 28, 1996 |
| A gastrointestinal aspirating and feeding device having at least one feeding orifice and a plurality of aspirating orifices. A removable sleeve is utilized to selectively control the number of operational aspirating orifices. |
| 5470337 |
Surgical fastener |
November 28, 1995 |
| A surgical fastener for securing a hollow organ to an outer tissue layer. The surgical fastener includes first and second opposing fastener heads, a filament portion extending between the first and second fastener heads, and a tubular sleeve which is slidably displaceable along the filam |
| 5139486 |
Dilator/introducer for percutaneous gastrostomy |
August 18, 1992 |
| An improved dilator/introducer used to facilitate the placement of a catheter within an internal area of a body. The introducer portion of the device has a tapered and bevelled forward end. The dilator portion of the device has a longitudinally extending slot located proximate its rearwa |
| 5133362 |
Needle for use with vacuum test tube blood sampling systems |
July 28, 1992 |
| In a double needle the blood withdrawal system the front needle for accomplishing the vena puncture is between 23 gauge and 29 gauge while the rear needle which resides in the syringe barrel and is used to puncture the stopper is similar to those standardly used between 12 and 16 gauge. |
| 5085661 |
Surgical fastener implantation device |
February 4, 1992 |
| A fastener implanting device used to implant a head portion of a "T" or "H"-shaped fastener within a body. The device has a needle portion and a grip portion. The needle portion has a fastener receiving cavity selectively covered by a movable sleeve. The sleeve's translational moveme |
| 4738207 |
Non-polluting method of burning fuel for heat and CO.sub.2 |
April 19, 1988 |
| A non-polluting method of, and apparatus for, burning fuel to produce heat and a CO.sub.2 -rich hot flue gas stream is described. Fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas, wood, inter alia) is passed into a gasifier bed (12) containing particles of calcium sulfate and, optionally, calcium oxide. Bed 1 |
| 4642092 |
Gastrointestinal aspirating device with suction breakers |
February 10, 1987 |
| In an aspirating and feeding device for insertion into a patient's body there is an aspirating lumen and a feeding lumen. A set of primary and secondary orifices are placed through the tube for communication between the aspirating lumen and the exterior of the tube. The size of the prima |
| 4576603 |
Feeding device for enterally administering liquids into a human body |
March 18, 1986 |
| A feeding device for the enteral introduction of nourishment to a human patient which device is comprised of three sheets of inextensible material sealed together to form four independent compartments. The top two compartments which are larger form a reservoir for the feeding solution |
| 4543089 |
Gastrointestinal feeding and aspirating device for use in treating patients |
September 24, 1985 |
| A gastrointestinal feeding and aspirating device and method for use in treating patients. The device comprises an aspirating lumen, a feeding lumen, and an inflation lumen. When properly disposed within the patient's body, orifices in the aspirating lumen are positioned within the stomac |
| 4517162 |
Apparatus for use in processing a substance in a fluidized bed |
May 14, 1985 |
| The apparatus comprises a process vessel, containing a process bed of fluidized particles, having a first submerged port at a first end and a second submerged port at a second end. Both ports are inclined in the same sense so that particles leave the second end of the bed at a higher lev |
| 4508544 |
Converting a fuel to combustible gas |
April 2, 1985 |
| A sulfur-containing fuel is passed into a first fluidized bed (13) containing CaSO.sub.4 and CaO and an oxygen-transfer mediator (e.g. H.sub.2) whereby the fuel is converted to combustible gas (18), some CaSO.sub.4 being reduced to CaS and sulfur being fixed as CaS by reaction with C |
| 4459133 |
Apparatus for converting a fuel to combustible gas |
July 10, 1984 |
| A sulfur-containing fuel is passed into a first fluidized bed (13) containing CaSO.sub.4 and CaO and an oxygen-transfer mediator (e.g. H.sub.2) whereby the fuel is converted to combustible gas (18), some CaSO.sub.4 being reduced to CaS and sulfur being fixed as CaS by reaction with C |
| 4448030 |
Combined staged air conditioner and heat store |
May 15, 1984 |
| Apparatus for carrying out a combined absorption and adsorption process comprising an adsorber (1) housing adsorbent (30) (e.g. 13.times. zeolite molecular sieve) and having means (2) for supplying heat to the adsorbent (30) from an external source, a vapor outlet in said adsorber connec |
| 4435148 |
Low pollution method of burning fuels |
March 6, 1984 |
| A low pollution method of burning a fuel comprises gasifying the fuel in a gasifier bed containing particles which are fluidized by a fluidizing gas containing substantially no inert components. The resulting combustible gas is burned with air diluted with nitrogen to reduce NO.sub.x for |
| 4431622 |
Process for producing CO.sub.2, and CO.sub.2 so produced |
February 14, 1984 |
| Fuel is passed (via line 13) to a fluidized fuel conversion bed (21) containing reactive CaO and CaSO.sub.4 at a fuel-oxidation temperature (e.g. 730.degree. C.) below the temperature at which CaO reacts with CO.sub.2 to form CaCO.sub.3. The bed is fluidized by an inerts-free gas con |
| 4375362 |
Gasification of ash-containing solid fuels |
March 1, 1983 |
| Ash-contaminated solid or semi-solid fuel is passed into the bottom zone of a fluidized bed gasifier, preferably containing CaO to fix labile sulfur moieties, and gasified at a temperature below the ash-softening point. The resulting char and ash of relatively low size and/or weight pass |
| 4309198 |
Method of converting liquid and/or solid fuel to a substantially inerts-free gas |
January 5, 1982 |
| The invention relates to the conversion of fuel (solid and/or liquid) to reducing and/or synthesis gas by contacting the fuel in a fluidized conversion bed (13) with a solid oxygen donor (e.g. CaSO.sub.4) at a fuel conversion temperature (e.g. 850.degree. to 1150.degree. C.) in the p |
| 4276062 |
Fluidized bed systems |
June 30, 1981 |
| A selected fraction of solid particles having sizes, densities and/or weights in a selected range is separated from a mixture of articles by fluidizing the mixture in a bed using a fluidizing fluid to cause particles including the selected fraction to pass out of the top of the bed; |
| 4259088 |
Distributing fluids into fluidized beds |
March 31, 1981 |
| A distributor for distributing a fluid into the volume of a fluidized bed contained in a vessel comprises a base member in which are mounted upstanding nozzles having outlets for directing the fluid horizontally away from the nozzles into the volume of the bed, the outlets of some no |
| 4255162 |
Integrated process for converting sulfur-containing fuels to low sulfur combustible gas |
March 10, 1981 |
| Sulfur-containing fuels are converted to substantially sulfur-free combustible gas in an integrated process involving part combustion in a dense phase fluidized conversion bed of particles comprising alkaline earth metal oxides. An oxygen-containing gas is passed into the base of the |
| 4222749 |
Removing particles from a particle-containing fluid |
September 16, 1980 |
| Fines are removed from a fines-containing fluid by fluidizing a bed of fluidizable solids with the fines-containing fluid at conditions avoiding fluid spouting at the bed surface, the bed solids being preferably at least two orders of magnitude greater in size than the particles, and |
| 4216197 |
Converting calcium sulphide to calcium oxide |
August 5, 1980 |
| CaS is converted to CaO with increased production of SO.sub.2 and decreased production of CaSO.sub.4 by passing CaS-containing particles into one region of a conversion bed wherein they are fluidized at an elevated temperature by an upwardly-passing oxygen-containing fluidizing gas, |
| 4155313 |
Utilization of solid material containing combustible matter |
May 22, 1979 |
| Solid particles comprising combustible matter (e.g. coal) associated with or contaminated by inert matter (e.g. ash, rock) is segregated in a segregation zone into low density/small size and high density/large size fractions. The low density/small size fractions are passed to a utili |
| 4129411 |
Fluid distributor |
December 12, 1978 |
| The invention comprises a fluid distributor which, in a preferred embodiment, comprises an array of parallel rollers rotatably mounted at their ends. All, or alternate, rollers have a number of peripheral grooves or slots which define, with adjacent rollers, apertures for the passage of |
| 4085707 |
Combustion or part-combustion in fluidized beds |
April 25, 1978 |
| In the partial or full combustion of fuels in a fluidized bed, the provision of heat transfer surfaces within the bed impedes particle circulation resulting in localized regions of relative intense chemical reaction which can damage the heat transfer surfaces and cause detrimental ph |
| 4081513 |
Disposal of sulfur oxide pollutant-containing gas |
March 28, 1978 |
| A pollutant such as SO.sub.2 is removed from a pollutant-containing gas stream by passing the stream to a drying zone to which a solution and/or dispersion of pollutant-reactive material (such as CaO) is supplied, the drying zone operating to evaporate the liquid (e.g. water) and at leas |
| 4043741 |
Burner equipment and operation thereof |
August 23, 1977 |
| Fuel gas produced e.g. in a fluid bed gasifier and which comprises deposit-forming materials such as heavy hydrocarbons (e.g. tars) and non-combustible fines is passed via conduits and solid-removing cyclones to a burner for admixture with air and subsequent combustion. Deposits form |
| 4041141 |
Production of elemental sulphur |
August 9, 1977 |
| Elementary sulfur is obtained from sulfur-containing materials which release sulfur oxides (SO.sub.x) in the presence of oxygen by fluidizing such materials in a bed with an oxygen-containing gas (e.g., air), and passing the resulting SO.sub.x -containing gases through a bed (preferably |
| 3969089 |
Manufacture of combustible gases |
July 13, 1976 |
| Substantially sulfur-free combustible fuel gas under superatmospheric pressure is produced by partial combustion or gasification under superatmospheric pressure of a sulfur-containing solid, liquid or gaseous fuel. The gasification is effected within a fluidized bed of particles cont |
| 3941314 |
Nozzle assembly for distributing fluid |
March 2, 1976 |
| A nozzle for uniformly distributing fluid from a high velocity and high pressure zone to a lower pressure and a relatively low velocity zone which comprises: an inner wall member that contains a plurality of orifices that communicate with an outer wall member containing a plurality of or |
