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7377909 Connection assembly for use with splittable sheath  
A connection system for connecting a hemostasis valve to a splittable sheath is disclosed. The connection system includes an adapter fitting having a shaft defining a lumen. The shaft has a...
7318817 Minimal access lumbar diskectomy instrumentation and method  
A minimal incision maximal access system allows for maximum desirable exposure along with maximum access to the operative field utilizing a minimum incision as small as the METRx and Endius...
7316667 Lead insertion tool for hemostatic introducer system  
A tool for protecting a cardiac stimulating lead from damage upon passing through a hemostasis valve of a vascular introducer in the course of an implantation procedure comprises a splittable,...
7314481 Stent introducer apparatus  
A stent introducer apparatus includes a handle with a proximal end and a distal end and having a portion that is coaxially slidable from the distal end to the proximal end and vice versa. A...
7306618 Vascular device for emboli and thrombi removal and methods of use  
Apparatus and methods are provided for use in filtering emboli from a vessel and/or performing thrombectomy and embolectomy, wherein a vascular device disposed on a guidewire comprises a support...
7192433 Locking vascular introducer assembly with adjustable hemostatic seal  
A vascular introducer assembly is disclosed that includes a dilator, a sheath having an axial lumen for accommodating the dilator, a locking collar for securing the dilator and the sheath to one...
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...
7101353 Splittable medical valve  
A hemostatic valve couples to a sheath proximal hub having an inside and an outside surface. The hemostatic valve has a valve body having a proximal porting and end, and a distal portion and end. A...
7014626 Dual-lumen peel-away sheath introducer  
A system and method for introducing medical devices within vasculature that incorporates a dual lumen introducer allowing a plurality of guidewires to be introduced without entanglement. The...
7011648 Device for implanting catheters  
A device for implanting catheters has a tube with a wall and a wire. The tube is intended to be introduced into a body so that at least one catheter can be inserted for implantation through the...
6994693 Tunneler-needle combination for tunneled catheter placement  
An access system for providing subcutaneous access to a vessel, organ, or body cavity comprises a needle and a rigid or semi-rigid tunneler arranged coaxially around the needle, such that the...
6979319 Telescoping guide catheter with peel-away outer sheath  
A guide catheter employs a retractable inner guide movably disposed within an open lumen of a splittable outer guide. The outer guide includes a longitudinal pre-stress line extending from distal...
6969373 Syringe system  
A medical device is provided having a needle or a catheter, insertable into a living body, which defines a plurality of holes in fluid communication with a central lumen. The holes may be of...
6966896 Introducer and hemostatic valve combination and method of using the same  
An introducer and hemostatic valve for improved torsional guidance and kink resistance includes an entirely circumferentially reinforced introducer connected directly to a valve body formed of a...
6939327 Peel-away sheath  
A peel-away sheath for a catheter includes at least one weakened area in a non-longitudinal pattern, such as a helical pattern, along the length of the sheath. One embodiment of a catheter sheath...
6874999 Micropumps with passive check valves  
An exemplary device and method for microfluidic transport is disclosed as providing inter alia a passive check valve ( 100 ), a fluid inlet channel ( 210 ), a fluid outlet channel ( 220 ) and a...
6869416 Multi-size convertible catheter  
The present invention relates to a multi-size catheter for use in biliary endoscopic procedures. The multi-size catheter comprises an outer diameter defined by a plurality of superimposed peelable...
6837891 Cannula for receiving surgical instruments  
A cannula ( 10 ) receives surgical instruments ( 120 ) for performing a surgical procedure on a body ( 130 ). The cannula ( 10 ) comprises a tube structure ( 12 ) defining a passage ( 16 ) through...
6796991 Releasably locking dilator and sheath assembly  
A releasably locking dilator and sheath assembly and methods for releasing the dilator from the sheath and longitudinally splitting the sheath are provided. The assembly includes a dilator having a...
6692464 T-fitting for splittable sheath  
A splittable sheath assembly including a sheath, a T-shaped fitting and an attachment mechanism. The sheath is adapted for use in the trans-cutaneous insertion of medical instrumentation through a...
6663595 Peelable PTFE sheaths and methods for manufacture of same  
The present invention provides improved medical introducer devices which incorporate a single or multi-layer PTFE peelable sheath. Devices of the present invention are suitable for use in inserting...
6645178 Apparatus for inserting medical device  
An apparatus is disclosed for inserting a medical device such as a catheter into a patient. The apparatus comprises a rigid obturator defining a distal obturator end. A flexible sheath has an...
6641564 Safety introducer apparatus and method therefor  
An introducing apparatus is provided which includes an elongate tubular sheath extending from a sheath proximal end to a sheath distal end. The sheath has a bore sized to receive a dilator...
6599237 Instrument and method for facilitating endoscopic examination and surgical procedures  
A surgical instrument includes a working sheath and an obturator. A method is also described for facilitating endoscopic examination and surgical procedures using such an instrument. The sheath is...
6579264 Device for putting a catheter tube into place in a vein  
A device for installing a catheter tube in a vein by the Seldinger method, once the device has been inserted, has a tubular cylindrical sheath, with a slot running its entire length, mounted on a...
6544247 Introducer system  
An introducer system for introducing a lead or catheter and a method of use. The introducer system includes an elongated introducer sheath which has a luer hub mounted to its proximal end through...
6497681 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HOLDING AND MAINTAINING THE POSITION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE SUCH AS A CARDIAC PACING LEAD OR OTHER INTRAVASCULAR INSTRUMENT AND FOR FACILITATING REMOVAL OF A PEELABLE OR SPLITTABLE INTRODUCER SHEATH  
A holding device and method of use with a peelable or otherwise splittable introducer sheath or catheter through which a cardiac pacing lead or other elongated flexible instrument extends into the...
6475189 Apparatus and method for a self-blunting safety catheter  
A catheter unit having a needle, an actuator body, and an elongated blunting member coupled to a flash chamber and to carriage. The blunting member is disposed coaxially within the bore of the...
6402722 Apparatus and method for percutaneously placing gastrostomy tubes  
An apparatus and method for percutaneously placing gastrostomy tubes. The method enables percutaneous placement through an existing penetration, as well as placement where no penetration exists....
6355013 Balloon catheter with longitudinal safety stop  
The present invention relates to a balloon catheter having a tubular basic body with distal and proximal ends, and at least one lumen extending between the proximal and the distal ends. A balloon...
6273874 Protected peelable U-wing introducer  
A protected peelable introducer for insertion into an anatomical passageway such as a vein or artery. The introducer comprises a needle assembly having a U-wing member and a stylet in fluid...
6273871 Catheter introducer  
A catheter introducer is disclosed having a splittable introducer and an introducer needle. The splittable introducer includes a pair of wings and a tray with an open top extending from the...
6210366 Vascular access kit  
A vascular access device is provided which can be used for chronic venous or organ access. When implanted, the device facilitates repeated intermittent infusions of medical treatment while reducing...
6159198 Introducer system  
An introducer system for introducing a lead or catheter and a method of use. The introducer system includes an elongated introducer sheath which has a luer hub mounted to its proximal end through...
5951518 Introducing device with flared sheath end  
An improved percutaneous introducer device is provided that provides a splittable sheath having a flared lead in for the facile introduction of ancillary medical implements, such as small diameter...
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...
5916229 Rotating needle biopsy device and method  
A biopsy device and method are provided for removing samples of tissue from a patient's body. The device comprises a hollow outer needle with an opening, a rotatable inner needle with a cutting...
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...
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...
5766203 Sheath with expandable distal extremity and balloon catheters and stents for use therewith and method  
A sheath for advancement into a vessel of a patient having a stenosis therein which at least partially occludes the flow of blood in the vessel. A flexible elongate tubular member has proximal and...
5752937 Reinforced splittable medical introducer cannula  
A reinforced splittable medical introducer cannula for insertion into a patient and delivering a catheter to a desired location within a patient comprising: (a) a body made of splittable material...
5743882 Needle blunting assembly for use with intravascular introducers  
A needle blunting assembly for use with intravascular introducers, needles and other cannula which are insertable into the bodies such that they become contaminated with body fluids. The blunting...
5713867 Introducer system having kink resistant splittable sheath  
An introducer system featuring a sheath which is kink resistant. Such a sheath thereby permits the sheath to be dramatically bent while still allowing a lead to be introduced therethrough. The kink...
5441504 Splittable lead introducer with mechanical opening valve  
A transvenous lead introducer having a mechanical valve assembly disposed thereon. In a preferred embodiment, a longitudinally splittable introducer sheath is provided with a sliding valve at or...
5389087 Fully exchangeable over-the-wire catheter with rip seam and gated side port  
A fully exchangeable over-the-wire catheter is disclosed having a lumen adapted to slidingly receive a guidewire throughout the longitudinal extent of the tubular shaft. The tubular shaft may also...
5352236 Balloon protector  
An elastomeric compression unit forming a balloon protector for a catheter and a catheter system having the balloon protector are disclosed. The balloon protector is formed of an elastomeric tube,...
5324269 Fully exchangeable dual lumen over-the-wire dilatation catheter with rip seam  
A fully exchangeable over-the-wire dilatation catheter disclosed having an expandable balloon mounted on the distal end of a flexible, elongate tubular shaft provided with first and second through...
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