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7326197 Method and apparatus for chest drainage  
The present invention describes a device for placement in the thoracic cavity of a patient. The device is a cannula, tube or catheter for chest drainage. The device serves as a conduit for drainage...
7229433 Apparatus for treating pneumothorax and/or hemothorax  
An apparatus for treating pneumothorax and/or hemothorax that does not require the assembly of parts and can be used by medical personnel with minimal experience and training in treating these...
7172577 Guidewire locking device and method  
A locking device ( 21 ) is provided that is fixedly mounted to a catheter ( 34 ) and used to frictionally secure a guidewire ( 36 ) to the catheter ( 34 ) so that the guidewire ( 36 ) and catheter...
7144386 Catheter introducer having an expandable tip  
A catheter includes a body having an outer surface defining a lumen and an expandable tip on a distal end thereof. The tip includes an opening axially extending therethrough. Upon insertion of a...
7115114 Medical device having releasable retainer  
A medical device having a releasable retaining includes needle cannula connected to a hub having an open proximal end with a frusto-conically shaped cavity therein. The cavity is part of a...
7070586 Surgical access apparatus and method  
A trocar system for providing access across a body wall includes a trocar and an anchor provided in the form of a first helix. The anchor is adapted for placement in an operative position wherein...
7048718 Winged injection needle having needle covering means  
A winged injection needle having a needle covering means used at treatments for infusion solution, blood transfusion and extracorporeal blood circulation, characterized by comprising a puncturing...
7011647 Introducer sheath  
A variety of devices for use in accessing the subarachnoid space are described. In several embodiments an introducer sheath is disclosed having three main sections, a distal portion, an...
6989003 Obturator and cannula for a trocar adapted for ease of insertion and removal  
A surgical trocar device having an obturator and cannula that requires less force to insert and remove from tissue. The cannula includes a head assembly and the obturator includes a cap assembly...
6936026 Micro perfusion device  
A micro perfusion device and method for obtaining at least one constituent of a body fluid. The at least one constituent is obtained using a subcutaneously-positioned perfusion catheter into which...
6905481 Percutaneous catheter assembly  
The present invention is a percutaneous catheter assembly intended for long-term blood flow of several days, said assembly comprising generally three components: a catheter housing having three...
6872198 Double-y-shaped multi-lumen catheter with selectively attachable hubs  
A multi-lumen catheter and method for inserting same in a patient is disclosed. The catheter includes an elongated, central, multi-lumen tube portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The...
6808505 Diagnostic needle arthroscopy and lavage system  
A system for performing diagnostic needle arthroscopy and lavage through a single port of entry into the joint compartment. The system is comprised of a handpiece having valves for irrigation and...
6669708 Devices, systems and methods for creating sutureless on-demand vascular anastomoses and hollow organ communication channels  
The present invention provides devices, systems, assemblies, and methods intended for the introduction and sutureless juncture of a prepared communication channel to the interior spatial volume of...
6666844 Method and apparatus for accessing the pericardial space  
A pericardiocentesis apparatus and method for accessing the pericardial space. The invention consists of inserting a percutaneous tube whose tip has a hole which is positioned over and contacts the...
6592573 Through-port heart stabilization system  
A heart stabilizer includes a shaft and two articulating arms coupled to a distal end of the shaft. At the end of each arm is a rotatable foot adapted to be angled relative to the heart wall...
6589208 Self-deploying catheter assembly  
A self-deploying catheter assembly comprises an anchoring device mounted to a tube. A distal end of the anchoring device is held in a fixed position by a releasable suture while a proximal end is...
6582420 Intercostal lockable directable port device  
A port device includes a tubular body sized to be inserted through a pair of ribs in a chest wall of a patient, a ball provided about the body, and a base defining a socket in which the ball is...
6579267 Pivoting joint infusion assembly  
System for the subcutaneous delivery into the body of a patient of a fluid from a remote vessel. The system includes a main assembly and placement member with a needle. A delivery tube for carrying...
6569118 Adapter and method of attachment for “LUER LOK” receptacles  
An adapter for a “LUER LOK” receptacle includes a housing having an internal recess configured to engage a hub of the receptacle. The adapter also includes a fitting attached to the housing,...
6562005 Catheter button system and surgical method of anchoring catheter button  
A catheter button system for anchoring a catheter to a patient's body tissue, consists of a catheter button having a primary aperture for snugly receiving a catheter tube, and at least one...
6520938 Medication infusion set  
An improved medication infusion set is provided of the type having a soft cannula for subcutaneous delivery of a selected medication to a patient. The infusion set comprises a cannula housing...
6508786 Needle position lock  
A needle or cylindrical element position lock includes a disposable template assembly having front and back templates halves which define an array of close-fitting through-holes to guide needles...
6503245 Method of performing port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery  
A method for performing through-port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery is provided. A port device is positioned in the chest wall and directed as necessary. A heart stabilizer...
6482182 Anchoring system for a brain lead  
A brain lead anchoring system is described which allows for installation of a brain stimulation lead or a drug delivery catheter without the lead or catheter ever being unsupported during...
6464691 Port device for port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery system  
A port device is insertable between the ribs of a patient and functions as an entryway for surgical instruments. The port device includes a tubular body having proximal and distal portions. The...
6451041 Apparatus for protecting a port site opening in the wall of a body cavity and reducing electrosurgical injuries  
A medical apparatus is disclosed. The medical apparatus includes a trocar assembly having a cannula and a trocar, wherein (1) the cannula has (i) a lumen defined therein and (ii) a length L 1 , (2)...
6432085 Self-retaining surgical access instrument  
A surgical access device for permitting introduction of instrumentation within tissue, includes an elongate member defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends, a first peripheral...
6423036 Cannula anchoring port  
A port for anchoring a cannula is provided. The port consists of a sealing cap removably attached to a threaded cone top. The threaded cone top is threaded onto a cone section from which a...
6355028 Stable port device for port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery system  
A port device includes tubular body with a distal swivel, a platform movable along the length of the port body, and preferably three legs movable relative to the platform. The tubular body is...
6344038 Surgical anti-friction device  
A surgical anti-friction device for use with highly flexible, reinforced swan neck liposuction cannulas. The flexible cannulas are constructed of metal and plastic, with the metal cannulas having...
6231549 Shim device for enteral feeding system  
A shim device is provided for use with a low profile gastrostomy device having a gastrostomy tube fitted in a mature stoma and held in place between an internal retention mechanism disposed within...
6228071 Devices and methods for cannulating a blood vessel  
A cannula has a distal portion which is angled relative to a proximal portion. The distal portion is straightened during introduction with a stiffening element. After introduction, the stiffening...
6228022 Methods and instruments for spinal surgery  
Surgical techniques and instruments are provided for preparing a disc space for implantation of a vertebral fusion device or implant. In accordance with one embodiment of the technique, a surgical...
6213988 Introducer with external hemostasis clip  
An introducer of the type employing an elongated introducer sleeve for receiving a catheter or lead body and an associated hemostasis clamp including a clamping member configured to engage the...
6171299 Method of providing surgical access through an incision  
An active cannula or sleeve which does more than merely maintain a channel or passage is usable to create and/or enlarge a channel or passage, to position a scope or instrument, to move or locate...
6162221 Drainage tube introducer for endoscope  
A drainage tube introducer for an endoscope includes an electrically conductive exposed portion provided on the outer surface of a part at the distal end of a drainage tube guide wire that is...
6146378 Placement guide for ablation devices  
A placement guide for positioning ablation devices within a human body is disclosed. The placement guide comprise an outer catheter and an inner tubular member disposed within a lumen of the outer...
5935107 Apparatus and method for surgically accessing a body cavity  
An access device, such as a gastrostomy tube, includes a Mallincott anchoring structure reinforced with an insert and operable by a pair of sutures. An electrosurgical obturator is positioned in...
5928198 Medical tube assemblies  
A tracheostomy assembly comprises a tracheostomy tube having an obturator inserted therein, the obturator including two resilient catches at its machine end extending along the outside of a...
5911714 Surgical cannula system  
A novel surgical cannula system is disclosed. The system generally comprises a guide rod, a cannula housing, an obturator and a dam assembly. A novel method for deploying the surgical cannula is...
5906584 Device for the invasive thermometrical measurement and for the introduction of a medicament for surface and deep hyperthermia treatments  
A device for invasive temperature measurements during surface and deep hyperthermia treatments. The device includes a needle-pin element and a catheter of a biocompatible material semi-rigid sheath...
5885217 Catheter introducer  
A catheter introducer which allows a dilator member and a sheath member to be engaged with and disengaged from each other promptly and smoothly. The catheter introducer includes a sheath member...
5879338 Needle-syringe assembly for guidewire insertion  
A needle-syringe for inserting a guidewire G in a patient comprises a barrel 10 and a hollow nozzle 15 opening into the interior of the barrel 10. It comprises a plunger 11 slidably mounted in the...
5879333 Catheter with body locking into cannula hub  
A system for introducing a fine bore catheter into a vein includes a cannula unit comprising an elongate tubular sheath, defining a distal end and a proximal end, and a hub enclosing the proximal...
5817062 Trocar  
A thoracic trocar having a deflectable member. The deflectable member has a frustoconical outer surface and is movable between first and second positions. The outer surface is angled toward the...
5817061 Trocar assembly  
A multi-patient use trocar assembly is disclosed. The trocar assembly has obturator and cannula subassemblies. The obturator subassembly has an elongated obturator shaft which can receive an...
5443484 Trocar and method for endoscopic surgery  
A trocar system for assisting in the generation of ports for endoscopic surgery is disclosed in which a retractor is used to place the peritoneum in counter-traction to facilitate the penetration...
5226890 Tissue gripping device  
An apparatus for maintaining a positional relationship between a trocar cannula and body tissue into which the cannula is inserted includes a tissue engaging member having a conical outer surface...
5176662 Subcutaneous injection set with improved cannula mounting arrangement  
An improved subcutaneous injection set is disclosed which has a soft cannula for subcataneous delivery of a selected medication to a patient. The cannula is supported by and protrudes outwardly...
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