DEAN LAWRENCE KAMEN
Pilots at Wind Dr, Manchester, NH

6168609, Jan 2, 2001

Sep 10, 1998

9/150913

Dean L. Kamen - Bedford NH
Larry B. Gray - Merrimack NH

Deka Products Limited Partners - Manchester NH

A61M 2900

606193

A catamenial collector, in an embodiment, has a receptacle with a flexible hollow rim capable of inflation and has a handle with substantially the length of a female vagina. The collector may have a string, in one embodiment, extending through the rim and at least a portion of the handle so that a pulling force axially applied to a string end causes the receptacle to close. In another embodiment, an elastic member is so configured that deflation of the rim also causes the receptacle to close. The collector and associated methods of use provide for the sanitary collection and disposal of menses.

2013028, Oct 31, 2013

Mar 2, 2013

13/783250

Dean Kamen - Bedford NH, US
Kevin L. Grant - Litchfield NH, US
Eric M. Soederberg - Bedford NH, US
David E. Altobelli - Hollis NH, US
David M. Flynn - Manchester NH, US
Kenneth S. Solovay - Weston FL, US
Samuel Klein - Clayton MO, US

A61F 5/00, A61M 1/00

604 30, 604 27

When a patient is fitted with an external gastrostomy connection to the stomach, ingested food can be removed through the gastrostomy connection using a pump-based or siphon-based system to achieve weight loss. The process of removing ingested food can be improved by alternating the infusion of liquid into the stomach with the removal of material from the stomach. Optionally, stomach acid may be captured and returned to the stomach. Optionally, nutritional supplements or medicines may be added to the infused liquid. Optionally, a flush mount connectorized system with a built in valve may be used to simplify the interface with the gastrostomy hardware that remains installed in the patient. Optionally, the system may be configured to disable itself from further use after a triggering event (e.g., the passage of time or a predetermined number of uses) has occurred.

5628908, May 13, 1997

Mar 9, 1995

8/401352

Dean Kamen - Bedford NH
Richard Lanigan - Concord NH
Douglas E. Vincent - Manchester NH

Deka Products Limited Partnership - Manchester NH

A61M 128

210646

Systems and methods for peritoneal dialysis establish flow communication between a patient's peritoneal cavity and a drain through a pump chamber having generally vertically spaced upper and lower regions andt a diaphragm. The systems and methods operate the pump chamber, with the upper and lower regions oriented generally vertically, by applying fluid pressure to the diaphragm. The systems and methods direct liquid to the patient's peritoneal cavity only from the lower region of the pump chamber. In this way, the improved systems and methods collect air in the upper region of the vertically oriented pump chamber, while isolating the patient's peritoneal cavity from air in the pump chamber.

2013028, Oct 24, 2013

Apr 8, 2013

13/858569

Dean Kamen - Bedford NH, US
Larry Brian Gray - Merrimack NH, US
Gerald Michael Guay - Greenville NH, US

DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Manchester NH

A61M 5/142

604506, 604151

A wearable infusion pump assembly includes a reusable housing assembly, and a disposable housing assembly including a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid. The wearable infusion pump assembly also includes a releasable engagement assembly configured to allow the reusable housing assembly to releasably engage the disposable housing assembly. A switch assembly of the wearable infusion pump assembly is configured to effectuate a functionality of the infusion pump assembly.

2014004, Feb 13, 2014

Jul 29, 2013

13/953183

Dean Kamen - Bedford NH, US
Larry Brian Gray - Merrimack NH, US
Richard J. Lanigan - Concord NH, US
John Matthew Kerwin - Manchester NH, US
Stephen Lewis Fichera - Salem NH, US

DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - Manchester NH

A61M 5/142

604151

A wearable infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid, and an external infusion set configured to deliver the infusible fluid to a user. A fluid delivery system is configured to deliver the infusible fluid from the reservoir to the external infusion set. The fluid delivery system includes a volume sensor assembly, and a pump assembly for extracting a quantity of infusible fluid from the reservoir and providing the quantity of infusible fluid to the volume sensor assembly. The volume sensor assembly is configured to determine the volume of at least a portion of the quantity of fluid. The fluid delivery system further includes a first valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the pump assembly from the reservoir, and a second valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the volume sensor assembly from the external infusion set.

5088515, Feb 18, 1992

May 15, 1990

7/523801

Dean L. Kamen - Bedford NH

F16K 714

137 15

A valve having a disposable portion, which comes into contact with the fluid being controlled by the valve. The disposable portion has a valving chamber and a flexible membrane, which can seal off a mouth that is located on a protrusion in the chamber. The disposable portion is held by a fixture which uses a control gas to apply pressure to the flexible membrane. The disposable portion may also have a pressure conduction chamber, which may be used to measure the flow rate of liquid through the disposable portion.

2013000, Jan 3, 2013

Sep 11, 2012

13/610617

Samuel Klein - Clayton MO, US
Stephen B. Solomon - New York NY, US
Moshe Shike - Larchmont NY, US
Dean Kamen - Bedford NH, US
Michael Ambrogi - North Hampton NH, US
David E. Altobelli - Hollis NH, US
Eric Yeaton - Epsom NH, US

ASPIRE BARIATRICS LLC - King of Prussia PA

A61F 2/04

604 9, 604 8

The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for treating obesity. A tube is positioned that passes through a patient's abdominal wall into the upper digestive system of the patient. The patient is allowed to carry out his/her everyday affairs including ingesting food. After the patient has ingested food, the food is extracted by pumping it out of the upper digestive system through the tube. The present invention is less invasive than current surgical procedures for reducing weight and allows patients to live a normal and active lifestyle without experiencing adverse side effects.

2011030, Dec 15, 2011

Jul 25, 2011

13/190127

Dean Kamen - Bedford NH, US
Larry B. Gray - Merrimack NH, US

DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Manchester NH

A61M 5/142, A61M 5/00

604151, 604 9301, 604246, 604264, 604174, 604244

A disposable unit for a therapeutic fluid delivery device. The disposable unit includes a base portion comprising a reservoir cavity and a fluid path, the reservoir cavity including a reservoir port and a septum, the fluid path including a fluid channel from the reservoir port to a cannula port. The disposable unit also includes at least one flexible membrane portion attached onto said base portion and forming a top of said reservoir cavity and a top of said fluid channel and a tubing connected to said base portion at said cannula port, said tubing in fluid communication with said reservoir cavity.

2011002, Feb 3, 2011

Jul 30, 2010

12/847354

Dean Kamen - Bedford NH, US
Richard Kurt Heinzmann - Francestown NH, US
Jason M. Sachs - Goffstown NH, US

DEKA Products Limited Partnership - Manchester NH

H02J 7/00

320109, 180 6529

A system for charging a battery within an at least partially electric vehicle. The system includes a charging device wherein the charging device configured to electrically connect to the at least partially electric vehicle and charge at least one battery by a predetermined amount. The system also includes a network configured to determine the location of the charging device.

2012020, Aug 16, 2012

Feb 27, 2009

12/395339

Larry Brian Gray - Merrimack NH, US
Dean Kamen - Bedford NH, US
Eric Yeaton - Epsom NH, US

A61M 5/142, A61M 37/00, B65B 1/04

604131, 141 2, 141 18

A repeater system may control a pump by using a repeater and a user interface. An adhesive patch system may be used for affixing a pump or other object to a human body. Such an adhesive patch system may include two sets of adhesive members, each member including an adhesive material on at least one side so as to attach to the body. The members of the first set are spaced to allow the members of the second set to attach to the body in spaces provided between the members of the first set, and the members of the second set are spaced to allow members of the first set to detach from the body without detaching the members of the second set. Also, fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems.