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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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