12 results about "Fluid compartments" patented technology

Disclosed herein is a medical pad for exchanging thermal energy between a targeted temperature management (TTM) fluid and a patient. The medical pad includes a fluid compartment configured for circulation of a TTM fluid therein. The pad is configured for expansion by providing compressed air to one or more air compartments of the pad, where the expansion defines an increased patient contact area of the pad. An air control module provides air pressure to one or more pads of a TTM system, and the air control module may be incorporated into a TTM system module. The pad further includes a hydrogel layer disposed across an under side of the pad.

Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus for dispensing a predetermined amount of fluid to a surface of an eye. A dispensing system includes one or more vial assemblies, each vial assembly including a vial housing and a cup-shaped member coupled to the vial housing to form a hermetically sealed fluid compartment within the vial housing for holding a fluid. The one or more vial assemblies also include a dispensing mechanism coupled to the cup member and configured to dispense a predetermined amount of fluid. The dispensing system also includes a reusable electrically powered dispensing actuator configured to be removably coupled to a vial assembly of the one or more vial assemblies by sliding into the cup member and activate the dispensing mechanism to draw fluid from the hermetically sealed fluid compartment and dispense fluid through the dispensing tip.

A drug delivery system includes a container comprising a luer compartment and a fluid compartment, a luer fitting arranged within the luer compartment and in fluidic communication with the fluid compartment, and a dispenser in fluidic communication with the fluid compartment. A method of aseptically transferring a drug to such a drug delivery system may include providing a vial comprising the drug to be transferred, withdrawing a volume of the drug from the vial with a syringe, coupling the syringe to a drug delivery system via the luer fitting, transferring the drug from the syringe to the drug delivery system, and decoupling the syringe from the drug delivery system.

Devices and system configured to deliver ultrasound to the brain may enhance brain waste clearance for a variety of purposes for acute and / or chronic indications. During use, ultrasound may be projected into multiple regions of the brain to increase circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and / or interstitial fluid (ISF) within the brain, increase mechanical mixing of CSF and / or ISF in the skull and / or between intracranial fluid compartments, induce mechanosensitive channel activation, and / or shift a microglial phenotype from the diseaseassociated state to the hemeostatic state, which may impact a neuroimmunologic state of the subject's brain. The ultrasound may be projected into the subject's brain in accordance with an ultrasonic cerebrospinal fluid clearance (UCC) treatment protocol that sets parameters for the UCC treatment. On some occasions, the parameters of a UCC treatment protocol may be responsive to subject characteristics and / or may be used to predict an outcome of treatment.

A self-cleaning mechanism for a filtration system, being disclosed, comprising a filter element positioned in a filtration chamber and a suction scanner for cleaning the filter element upon activation of a cleaning session, wherein a linear motion of the suction scanner between an initial position and a final position is automatically regulated by a linear displacement regulator comprising (i) a regulative -fluid compartment in liquid communication with a regulative flow-restrictor; and (ii) a regulative-fluid compression element linearly comoving with the suction scanner for enforcing a regulative-fluid filled in the regulative-fluid compartment, to flow through the regulative flow-restrictor. Further being disclosed are a filtration system comprising said self-cleaning mechanism, and a method for regulating the linear displacement of a suction scanner of a self-cleaning filtration system by said linear displacement regulator.

The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.

An analytical device includes a fluid compartment configured to accommodate a solvent, a blocking device configured to close an input and / or an output of the fluid compartment, a flow sensor and / or a pressure sensor coupled to the fluid compartment and configured to perform a measurement with respect to the solvent, a temperature change device coupled to the fluid channel and configured to perform a temperature change with respect to the fluid compartment, and a determination device, configured to determine a thermal property of the solvent based on the measurement and the temperature change.

An injection device for detecting failure modes including at least one of occlusions, air bubbles, leaks, and empty reservoir, based on analysis of an electric signal. The injection device includes a peristaltic fluidic pump including at least one chamber separated by a flexible membrane into a fluid compartment and an air compartment, at least one thermoelectric air compressor configured to compress air in the air compartment to deflect the flexible membrane and displace fluid in the fluid compartment toward its destination, an electric power supply configured to power the at least one thermoelectric air compressor, and means of reading and interpreting electric signals from an electric circuit including the air compressor.

A fluid supply system (10), comprising: a hollow shaft (12) configured to be rotated, the hollow shaft (12) having a peripheral wall (14) defining an inner hollow space (16) extending along a longitudinal axis (18) of the hollow shaft (12); and at least one fluid supply unit (28) for coupling a stationary fluid supply to the hollow shaft (12), the at least one fluid supply unit (28) being configured for supplying a fluid through the inner hollow space (16) of the hollow shaft (12) and including a first element (30) extending at least partially around the hollow shaft (12), wherein the first element (30) is fixedly connected to the hollow shaft (12) for rotating together with the hollow shaft (12), a second element (32) coupled to the first element (30) and being configured for staying stationary during rotation of the hollow shaft (12), a first fluid channel (36) provided in the first element (30), the first fluid channel (36) being aligned with an opening (38) extending through the peripheral wall (14), a second fluid channel (40) provided in the second element (32), a toroidal fluid compartment (42) provided at least partially within the first element (30) and / or the second element (32), wherein the toroidal fluid compartment (42) is fluidly connected to the first fluid channel (36) and the second fluid channel (40) for providing a fluid passage between the first fluid channel (36) and the second fluid channel (40), a sealing element (48) sealingly coupling the first element (30) with the second element (32), wherein the sealing element (48) is configured for sealing the toroidal fluid compartment (42) against an environment of the fluid supply unit (28), and a pipe element (34) fluidly connected to the first fluid channel (36), wherein the pipe element (34) extends along the inner hollow space (16) of the hollow shaft (12).

A self-cleaning mechanism for a filtration system, being disclosed, comprising a filter element positioned in a filtration chamber and a suction scanner for cleaning the filter element upon activation of a cleaning session, wherein a linear motion of the suction scanner between an initial position and a final position is automatically regulated by a linear displacement regulator comprising (i) a regulative-fluid compartment in liquid communication with a regulative flow-restrictor; and (ii) a regulative-fluid compression element linearly comoving with the suction scanner for enforcing a regulative-fluid filled in the regulative-fluid compartment, to flow through the regulative flow-restrictor. Further being disclosed are a filtration system comprising said self-cleaning mechanism, and a method for regulating the linear displacement of a suction scanner of a self-cleaning filtration system by said linear displacement regulator.

The invention provides barcode libraries and methods of making and using them including obtaining a plurality of nucleic acid constructs in which each construct comprises a unique N-mer and a functional N-mer and segregating the constructs into a fluid compartments such that each compartment contains one or more copies of a unique construct. The invention further provides methods for digital PCR and for use of barcode libraries in digital PCR.

An analytical device (100), comprising: a fluid compartment (120), for a solvent; a blocking device (125), configured to close an input (121) and / or an output (122) of the fluid compartment; a flow se