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8147481 Vascular guidewire control apparatus  
A controller for use with a guidewire, such as a vascular guidewire, provides a mechanism for gripping and applying a torque to the guidewire without the need to thread the guidewire axially...
8075475 Endoscope system and medical instrument  
According to the present invention, there is provided an endoscope system including: an endoscope having an elongated insertion portion; a medical instrument configured to be inserted in a channel...
8062258 Mechanical pump for removal of fragmented matter and methods of manufacture and use  
Material transport catheters and methods for their use rely on rotation of an impeller within a catheter body and a clearing element for preventing buildup of materials at the opening of the...
8020277 Apparatus for compressing an expandable medical device  
Various systems for compressing and loading an expandable medical device into a sheath are disclosed. One system comprises an array of moveable blades radially disposed about a central axis and...
8007469 Medical instrument inserter  
A catheter system for positioning an instrument within a body that includes a hub defining a lumen therethrough for passage of the instrument toward the body. The catheter system also includes an...
7963947 Apparatus, system, and method of shielding the sharp tip of a transseptal guidewire  
Apparatus, system, and methods for introducing a sharp tip of a transseptal guidewire through a hub of a transseptal needle and into a lumen of a transseptal needle are provided. The apparatus...
7888304 Use of carrageenan in an enzyme flush  
The present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for clearing and cleaning enteral feeding tubes. More particularly, the composition is an ingestible gel composition that comprises...
RE42049 Surgical and pharmaceutical site access guide  
An introducer guide 15 for introducing medical items into an internal tissue of a patient is provided. The guide 15 includes a cannula 20 defining a lumen sized to receive the item and a lateral...
7729738 Stabilized tissue penetrating catheters  
A tissue penetrating catheter that is usable to advance a tissue penetrator from within a blood vessel, through the wall of the blood vessel to a target location. The catheter includes at least one...
7717865 Side loading wire torquing device  
A side loading, wire torquing device includes a body portion having a channel in which a wire is fitted. In one embodiment, a slider is movable along the channel to secure the wire between the...
7717115 Delivery methods and devices for implantable bronchial isolation devices  
Disclosed is an apparatus for deploying a bronchial isolation device in a bronchial passageway in a lung of a patient. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an outer shaft having a distal end....
7615032 Vascular guidewire control apparatus  
A controller for use with a guidewire, such as a vascular guidewire, provides a mechanism for gripping and applying a torque to the guidewire without the need to thread the guidewire axially...
7611492 Puncture device  
A puncture device which can stick a puncture needle certainly to a predetermined region of a skin includes a puncture needle having a curvature portion, a retaining member retaining the puncture...
7544170 Guidewire management devices and methods  
A method of performing a medical procedure on a living body is provided. The method comprises inserting a leading end portion of a guidewire into the living body and advancing a trailing end...
7458964 Catheter movement control device  
The present invention relates to a device for controlling movement of a catheter that is at least partially disposed therein a urinary catheter pouch. The invention particularly relates to a...
7449011 Apparatus and method for providing percutaneous access and medicament to a target surgical site  
Access system for forming and enlarging a percutaneous penetration are disclosed. The apparatus includes a radically expandable dilation assembly having a radically expandable sleeve body and a...
7191900 Guide wire containment and dispensing apparatus  
The invention is a medical guide wire containment and dispensing device. The device is of unitary construction and defines a single, generally annular opening that receives the guide wire....
7087040 Apparatus for delivering ablation fluid to treat lesions  
A surgical apparatus for delivering fluid to treat a lesion comprising a housing, an elongated member extending from the housing, and a plurality of tines positioned in the housing. Each of the...
7004957 Actuating and locking mechanism for a surgical tool  
An actuating mechanism for actuating a surgical tool of a surgical instrument including an actuating device having an actuator surface. The actuating device is operable by applying a force to...
6986749 Device for inserting a guide wire and/or for handling a catheter shaft  
The invention relates to a device for handling at least one guide wire (51) in order to guide an invasive medical instrument or in order to handle a catheter shaft using invasive medical...
6852290 Multi-well apparatus  
A multi-well assembly according to one embodiment comprises a multi-well block and a guide plate. The multi-well block defines a plurality of wells, with each well having a fluid-impermeable bottom...
6730061 Multiple hypodermic needle arrangement  
A hypodermic needle is provided comprising a first, hollow needle having movably secured therein one or more further, hollow needles. Each further needle and part of the hypodermic needle being...
6706018 Adjustable length catheter assembly  
A catheter assembly for cannulating a heart vessel includes a guide handle having proximal and distal ends, a lumen open at least at the distal end of the guide handle, and a stop member disposed...
6626868 Needle apparatus  
A needle apparatus has a thin walled catheter enclosing a tubular needle having a sharp point, the catheter and the needle being relatively moveable longitudinally a short distance, from a first...
6447477 Surgical and pharmaceutical site access guide and methods  
A guide (100) is provided for biopsy and microtherapy which includes an introducer cannula (120) defining a lumen (125) sized to receive a diagnostic or therapeutic item therethrough and a lateral...
6290675 Device for withdrawing a catheter  
A device is disclosed for withdrawing a catheter or a probe from a body cavity or a body vessel with a drive which preferably is a friction drive and engages the axially movable part of the...
6228049 Surgical and pharmaceutical site access guide and methods  
An introducer guide 15 for introducing medical items into an internal tissue of a patient is provided. The guide 15 includes a cannula 20 defining a lumen sized to receive the item and a lateral...
6171234 Imaging gore loading tool  
A tool for coaxially loading a flexible member into a lumen of a catheter. Typically, the flexible member is a flexible imaging core or similar device. The tool includes a body which has a...
6093179 Apparatus and method for placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube  
A method for placing a feeding tube placement wire in a patient. The method includes the step of providing a placement wire dispenser. The dispenser includes a rotatable placement wire receptacle...
6086008 Apparatus and method for permitting introduction and withdrawal of a catheter  
A catheter reel apparatus facilitating one-person, single-handed control of catheter movement along a guidewire is provided in an embodiment. In a preferred embodiment, the reel has two grooves of...
5910129 Catheter distal assembly with pull wires  
A catheter assembly having a sheath, which includes a side wall enclosing an interior bore, and a distal region. The assembly also has a bendable catheter tube, which is carried for sliding...
5824001 Radially vented flashback chamber and plug assembly  
A radially vented flashback chamber and plug assembly includes a plug seated in the proximal end of a flashback chamber. In one embodiment of this invention, the flashback chamber has an open...
5810835 Catheter insertion device with valve  
The catheter insertion device of the present invention includes a catheter dispenser having a catheter outlet extending from a base and a drum receptacle engaged to the base in a rotating...
5800389 Biopsy device  
A biopsy needle device (10) is provided which includes an introducer cannula (20) defining a lumen (25) sized to receive a biopsy needle (11) therethrough and a lateral opening (24) in...
5752923 Biopsy instrument with handle and needle set  
A biopsy instrument 40 includes a handle 1 and a disposable biopsy needle set or needle cartridge 20. The needle set includes a cannula 9 with a cannula hub 8 and a stylet 7 with a stylet hub 6....
5685852 Needle assembly and methods useful for epidural anesthesia  
The needle assembly of the present invention includes a hollow cannula having a sharp distal end, a hollow stylet having a blunt distal end with a radial opening and an interior deflection surface...
5507728 Peristaltic interlumenar device advances  
A medical device for advancing or retracting an elongate member is disclosed. The device is made up of a flexible tube. The elongate member is connected to a bead. The bead and elongate member are...
5424299 Composition and method for rejuvenating enteral feeding tubes  
An ingestible rejuvenation composition is injected into an enteral feeding tube to clean remnant food from the tube and decontaminate the tube. The rejuvenation composition includes a carrier,...
5389100 Controller for manipulation of instruments within a catheter  
An everting catheter system which includes an elongated outer catheter having an outer catheter lumen and an opening, an elongated inner catheter movable in the outer catheter lumen and having the...
5385562 Guide catheter system for an angioplasty balloon catheter  
The present invention relates to a guide catheter system for guiding an angioplasty balloon catheter into a patient's vascular system. The guide catheter system includes a guide catheter and a...
5366444 Hand operated guide wire advancement device  
A device is provided for feeding a guide wire into a hollow needle inserted into a patient's blood vessel to facilitate use of the wire for sliding a catheter over the wire into the blood vessel....
5366441 Catheter introducer assembly with guidewire  
A catheter introducer assembly is disclosed. The catheter introducer assembly is made UP of a housing having a needle attached to it. A guidewire is slidably located within the lumen of the needle....
5355871 Elastomeric controller for endoscopic surgical instruments  
A body controller is provided for an endoscopic surgical instrument having a cylindrical housing and an instrument body concentrically disposed interior of the housing and moveable between first...
5352237 Endoscopic instrument including a handle having a flywheel mechanism  
A handle for an endoscopic or laparoscopic surgical instrument including a flexible member positioned within a tubular body member extending from the handle. The flexible member is secured about a...
5325746 Wire guide control handle  
A lockable wire guide control handle for grasping and manipulating a wire guide. The control handle includes an elongated member and a thumb slide positioned in a retention channel formed in the...
5318541 Apparatus for catheter exchange in vascular dilitation  
A catheter exchange tool for use in vascular dilitation procedures comprising a tool couplable between a balloon catheter and a balloon guidewire. The tool is operated by a physician to exert a...
5312338 Rotation tool for medical guidewire  
A gripping-knob rotation tool for attachment to a medical guidewire as used in angioplasty and other medical procedures. The tool is installed laterally over the guidewire at any desired position...
5269754 Laparoscopic cholangiogram device  
A surgical instrument for facilitating the injection of a contrast fluid into the cystic duct during the course of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedure comprises an elongated, rigid outer...
5261892 Sensor delivery device  
A device for storing and delivering a sensor through a catheter. A sensor delivery device (10, 10') includes an elongate tube (20), which is attached to a rigid housing (22, 22'). A sensor (12),...
5176647 Catheter device for performing a cholangiogram during a laparoscopy surgery  
A hand-held instrument for performing a cholangiogram during a laparoscopic surgical procedure is disclosed. The instrument includes a pistol-shaped housing having a cannula mounted at a forward...
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