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7635594 |
Point-of-care fluidic systems and uses thereof
This invention is in the field of medical devices. Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow real-time detection of analytes from a biological fluid. The...
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7611480 |
Gastrointestinal bioreactor
An in-vivo bioreactor device producing a dialysis effect by acting within the gastrointestinal tract for the removal of undesirable concentrated intestinal or blood substances or metabolites is...
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7505802 |
Capsule endoscope
A capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes a capsule and a transparent cover having a central axis and that is located in front of an objective optical system within the capsule. The objective...
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7494473 |
Electrical apparatus and system with improved tissue capture component
Electrosurgical tissue specimen recovery apparatus and system employing a multi-leaf capture component configured with pursing cables which are electrosurgically excited to define a cutting leading...
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7449001 |
Sampling device and method for obtaining samples of internal body substances and method for producing a sampling device
A sampling device for obtaining samples of internal body substances in the digestive system is a swallowable capsule which allows a sample of the body substance to enter the capsule through an...
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7118559 |
Body fluid collection apparatus
A surgical fluid collection apparatus includes a housing member defining an internal chamber for collection of body fluids and a holder member releasably couplable to the housing member. The holder...
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6840911 |
DNA collection device and storage method
An apparatus and method is provided for collecting a DNA sample from the skin and/or from the oral cavity of a subject, the apparatus comprising a handle mounted absorbent layer supported by a...
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6736783 |
Automated blood sampling apparatus
An apparatus and process for automatically, repetitively sampling blood from conscious animals. The apparatus can simultaneously extract blood from a number of conscious, catherized animals at...
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6623698 |
Saliva-monitoring biosensor electrical toothbrush
A biosensor electrical toothbrush having a brush head with a test channel and a renewable biosensor system within the test channel for performing routine saliva tests. The brush head stimulates...
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6582379 |
Apparatus and method of measuring the flow of a liquid, in particular urine, from a patient
An apparatus for measuring the discharge of a liquid, in particular urine, from a patient. The apparatus includes a measuring container ( 1 ), means (H) for applying a first acoustic signal to the...
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6440087 |
Oral fluid collection device and collection method
An apparatus is provided for oral fluid collection from the mouth the apparatus having a fluid resistant shield adjacent one portion or side of the absorbent to support the absorbent after the...
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6332878 |
Devices and methods for capturing and containing menstrual flow
A device for collecting menstrual flow has a cup shaped to fit over the cervix and has an attached pouch defining a reservoir that contains an absorbent material. A port having a fabric cover...
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6102872 |
Glucose detector and method
A non-invasive glucose monitoring device includes a mechanism for stimulating salivary glands secretion of saliva into oral fluid prior to collecting a sample of the oral fluid. A mechanism is...
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5993485 |
Bladder portal
A bladder portal including a fistula threaded on the inside to accept a seatable screw. The fistula includes a flange fitting inside the bladder and a flange positioned outside the body. The screw...
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5971942 |
Intestinal fluid sampler
A sampler is invented for collecting human or animal gastrointestinal fluid samples. The sampler is about the size of a medicine pill for oral administration. It has a hollow body 10, an opening...
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5840055 |
Disposable device for transfer of an active liquid into an intracorporeal cavity
A disposable device for transfer of an active liquid into an intracorporeal cavity, having a central element able to contact the mucous membrane of an intracorporeal cavity; an absorbent peripheral...
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5830199 |
Disposable device for recovery, and if appropriate analysis, of a body fluid
Disposable device for recovery, and if appropriate analysis, of a body fluid, said device comprising: a relatively rigid conduit element directly in contact with the inner wall of an elongate...
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5738110 |
Device for the diagnosis of certain gastrointestinal pathogens
A device for the diagnosis of certain gastrointestinal pathogens includes a gelatin pharmaceutical capsule which contains a malleable drag material made of a mixture of beeswax and mineral oil....
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5725481 |
Method and apparatus for collecting vaginal fluid and exfoliated vaginal cells for diagnostic purposes
There is provided a method and apparatus for collecting vaginal fluid and exfoliated vaginal cells for medical diagnostic purposes. An absorbent media is placed interlabially or intravaginally....
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5551953 |
Electrotransport system with remote telemetry link
An electrotransport system (20) for delivering a therapeutic agent (36) through a body surface (40) (eg, skin) of a patient includes a pair of electrodes (34, 38) for contacting the body surface,...
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5334502 |
Method of collecting, identifying, and quantifying saliva
A method is provided for rapidly determining during a saliva specimen collection procedure the presence of an amount of saliva, and for verifying that the sample obtained is in fact saliva. Color...
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5327897 |
Multifunction collecting device for body fluids
Methods and devices for collecting at least two separate samples of a body fluid (e.g., blood) simultaneously. The device is introduced into a body of a living being whose blood is to be analyzed...
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5316015 |
Externally controlled intestinal content sampler
Intestinal content sampling device having a capsule which is adapted to be swallowed and to pass through the intestinal tract. The capsule has an opening through which a sample can pass and a...
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5231992 |
Low-impact cervical cell and fluid collector
A cervical cell and fluid collector includes a substantially disc-shaped main body made of a high-density, non-absorbent, non-fibrous, biologically inert polyurethane foam. A porous membrane is...
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5170801 |
Medical capsule device actuated by radio-frequency (RF) signal
A medical capsule device for releasing a substance at a defined location in the gastrointestinal tract. The device has a capsule body defining one or more apertures in the circumferential wall...
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4878895 |
In-vivo stimulation, collection, and modification of peritoneal macrophage
The instant invention pertains to improvements in processes and apparatus for stimulating, collecting, and optionally modifying, macrophages from the peritoneal cavity of a vertebrate.
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4842995 |
Diagnostic method for the evaluation of clinical parameters by direct collection of biological materials and device for its accomplishment
This invention relates to a device for the diagnostic evaluation of clinical parameters by direct collection of biological materials consisting of a solid support, of suited materials, shape and...
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4817632 |
Oral fluid collection article
The present invention is an oral fluid collection article for placement in the buccal cavity of an individual for the collection and fittering of a saliva fluid. The collection article has a...
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4773431 |
Intra-amniotic loop catheter
An intra-amniotic loop catheter which allows direct access to a free floating segment of the umbilical cord for direct blood sampling. The loop catheter is formed of a flexible, resilient material...
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4735214 |
Gastrointestinal diagnostic capsule and method of use
A gastrointestinal diagnostic capsule that includes an encapsulated expandable foam material introduced through the oral cavity and through the esophagus into the stomach with the capsule being...
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4732155 |
Implantable chemoattractant system
A system for providing sustained prolonged release of a chemoattractant to a surrounding biological medium which contains cells responsive to the chemoattractant. The system consists of a...
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4687001 |
Subcutaneous fluid and culture chamber and implant technique
A subcutaneous culture chamber for providing a priviledged site for studying infectious disease processes of microorganisms in laboratory animals consists of a pliable polyethylene cylinder with...
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4507115 |
Medical capsule device
A medical capsule device comprises a capsule body having a chamber formed inside and a communicating path for communicating the chamber with outside, a movable member arranged in the chamber and...
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4505277 |
Implantation device for use in vivo stimulation and collection of monocytes from peritoneum of vertebrate
An apparatus for in vivo stimulation and collection of monocytes from peritoneum of vertebrate is disclosed. The apparatus is implanted between the skin and the peritoneum. This device stimulates...
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4481952 |
Device for the study of the alimentary canal
A swallowable capsule for obtaining samples of gastric and/or intestinal fluids, the capsule defining an inner fluid receiving chamber having an inlet port which is normally sealed off from the...
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4439197 |
Medical capsule device
A medical capsule device includes a capsule body provided with a chamber inside and a communicating path for communicating the chamber with the outside, a movable member arranged in the chamber and...
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4360016 |
Blood collecting device
A blood collecting device (10) includes a lancet (40) and a capillary tube (30) carried together by an elongated member (14). The tube (30) is simultaneously positioned adjacent the skin when the...
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4301814 |
Cassette implant
There is provided a cassette-implant for implantation in the body of mammals, comprising a housing with at least one removable and replaceable wall portion, with inlet and with outlet means for the...
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4266022 |
Process for the determination of at least one of the iso-enzymes of lactatedehydrogenase
Process for the determination of at least one of the isoenzymes of lactatedehydrogenase by visually observing and recording the conversion of lactate and nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide to...
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4257427 |
Method for collecting body fluids
A method for collecting fluids present at the body of a human being or animal. An enclosure is temporarily situated at a cavity of the body, this enclosure having within itself a hollow interior...
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4239040 |
Capsule for medical use
A capsule for discharging drugs into a live body or collecting samples from the body comprises an external cylinder having slidably mounted therein an internal cylinder. The internal cylinder is...
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4232673 |
Method for collecting and processing body fluids
Methods for purposes such as obtaining information pertaining to human beings or other animals having body cavities wherein fluids from which desired information can be derived are at least...
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4186730 |
Methods for collecting body fluids
A method for collecting fluids present at the body of a human being or animal. An enclosure is temporarily situated at a cavity of the body, this enclosure having within itself a hollow interior...
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4172446 |
Apparatus for collecting body fluids
Apparatus for collecting body fluids at an internal cavity of the body of a living being. An enclosure is introduced into a body cavity with the enclosure in a contracted or evacuated condition....
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4104127 |
Article for growing cultures in a body cavity in the presence of gas, and package for the article
Cultures of microorganisms can be grown in a body cavity by situating therein a nutrient on a suitable carrier while maintaining the nutrient exposed to a predetermined gaseous atmosphere, so that...
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4036214 |
Fluid-collecting and microorganism-detecting devices
Devices for collecting body fluids and/or detecting the presence of microorganisms. The device is capable of being introduced into a body cavity and to remain therein, this device having an...
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3998211 |
Structures for growing cultures within human and animal bodies
Structures for enabling certain microorganisms, if they are present, to grow in nutrients while the latter are situated within a human or animal body. The nutrient for the microorganism is situated...
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RE29061 |
Internal blood collection
Methods and devices to be used in connection with collection and analyzing of blood. A device which is capable of receiving and holding blood is introduced into the interior of a body cavity where...
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3958561 |
Methods and devices for collecting body fluids
Methods and devices according to which body fluids, such as blood, are collected in the interior of the body in a cavity thereof with the fluid which is collected being directed to a fluid...
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3934575 |
Tampon device to test for micro-organisms
For use in testing for the presence of micro-organisms, a tampon, and a plurality of devices incorporated therein, said devices each include a culture medium for promoting the growth of...
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