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8142413 |
Coaxial guide catheter for interventional cardiology procedures
A coaxial guide catheter to be passed through guide catheter having a first lumen, for use with interventional cardiology devices that are insertable into a branch artery that branches off from a...
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8105286 |
Access device
An access device places a medical article within a body space of a patient. The device has a needle that includes an elongated body and a needle hub. The device further includes a dilator disposed...
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8105288 |
Apparatus for peripheral vascular access
This invention provides devices and methods for insertion of a catheter into a vessel. The devices include coaxial slidably mounted needle, dilator and catheter components. The methods include...
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8066674 |
Catheter introducer system
A catheter introducer system is provided with a catheter sheath having a valve providing for a friction fit around a catheter. The friction fit is selectively adjustable to vary between a first...
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8048032 |
Coaxial guide catheter for interventional cardiology procedures
A coaxial guide catheter to be passed through guide catheter having a first lumen, for use with interventional cardiology devices that are insertable into a branch artery that branches off from a...
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8014873 |
Apparatus for implanting an electrical stimulation lead
In one embodiment, an introducer is provided for implanting an electrical stimulation lead to enable electrical stimulation of nerve tissue. The introducer includes an outer sheath and an inner...
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7981132 |
Self-conforming surgical seal
The present disclosure relates to surgical seal, or valve, of the type adapted to releasably receive a surgical object. The seal disclosed herein defines an aperture that is configured to maintain...
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7918863 |
Minimally invasive surgical stabilization devices and methods
The various embodiments of the present inventions provide stabilization devices and methods for use of the stabilization devices with minimally invasive gynecological procedures such as methods of...
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7914492 |
Catheter introducer system
A catheter introducer system is provided with a catheter sheath having a valve providing for a friction fit around a catheter. The friction fit is selectively adjustable to vary between a first...
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7799037 |
Surgical insertion tool
A tool is provided for facilitating determining a proper location for an implantable device or medication, and for then delivering the implant to the precise location determined with the tool. To...
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7766049 |
Balloon catheter
This is a balloon catheter having at least two lumens. One of the lumens is a large working lumen. The balloon catheter is especially useful as a guide catheter or micro catheter and may be used in...
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7749185 |
Method of inserting double-Y-shaped catheter with attachable hubs
A method for inserting a multi-lumen catheter into a patient is disclosed. The catheter includes an elongated, central, multi-lumen tube portion having a proximal end and a distal end. A distal...
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7722567 |
Access device
A device may include a hollow needle, a dilator mounted coaxially on the needle, and a sheath mounted coaxially on the dilator. The dilator may be slideably displaceable relative to the sheath.
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7641630 |
Drainage catheter hub with locking cam
The drainage catheter hub includes a locking cam for securing a suture to maintain an anchor configuration of the distal end of the drainage catheter. The locking cam is rotatable to a first...
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7618430 |
Retractable dilator needle
A dilator having a retractable needle is disclosed. The dilator includes an elongated dilator body having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen longitudinally extending therethrough....
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7381200 |
Infusion device
It is an object of the present invention to provide an infusion device that can be easily inserted into the body and that when inserted into a blood vessel reliably ensures the flow of blood. The...
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7166088 |
Catheter introducer system
A catheter introducer system is provided with a catheter sheath having a valve providing for a friction fit around a catheter. The friction fit is selectively adjustable to vary between a first...
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7025746 |
Vascular access device
A vascular access system comprises a needle having a distal tip and a proximal fitting section and a dilator having a solid distal section connected to a solid proximal section and an annular...
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7001396 |
Safety introducer assembly and method
An introducer assembly includes an outer sheath, and a dilator assembly that includes a dilator hub and a dilator sheath. The dilator sheath is disposed within the outer sheath passage, and a...
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6971998 |
Implant delivery catheter system and methods for its use
Catheter systems and methods for implanting helical or dart-like implants into the myocardium or other body tissue. The catheter system includes a helix for fixing the distal end of the catheter to...
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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...
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6869417 |
Tool for facilitating the connecting of a catheter or other tubular member onto a guide-wire without access to the ends of the guide-wire
An attachment tool to facilitate the attachment of a catheter or similar elongated instrument to a guide-wire or other elongated guide member, without requiring access to either end of said wire or...
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6855124 |
Flexible polymer needle catheter
A catheter device having an elongated tubular member with a proximal end and a distal end, and a needle disposed near the distal end. In one embodiment, the needle has a rigid, penetrating tip...
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6814715 |
Expandable cannula
Cannulas for surgical and medical use expand along their entire lengths. The cannulas are inserted through tissue when in an unexpanded condition and with a small diameter. The cannulas are then...
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6811958 |
Medical long object and method for producing the same
A medical long object of the present invention has a part made of a polymeric material containing a laser color developing agent at least in a part of the surface thereof, and a light developing...
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6796972 |
Catheter anchoring balloon structure with irrigation
The present invention is directed to an anchoring balloon structure for use with catheters. The anchoring balloon structure contains an expandable balloon disposed about a port on a catheter, and a...
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6719772 |
Retaining device for axially restraining movement between tubular elements of a medical device
A retaining device for axially restraining a sheath connected to a housing and a dilator connected to a hub includes a generally C-shaped clip having spaced apart circumferential ends defining a...
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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...
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6632182 |
Multiple bit, multiple specimen endoscopic biopsy forceps
A flexible or rigid endoscope biopsy device provides for the taking of multiple biopsy specimens from different sites, and for separating and storing these specimens in a partitioned container. The...
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6592553 |
Introducer assembly and method therefor
An assembly includes an introducing assembly having an elongate tubular sheath which has an external diameter. The sheath, which extends from a distal end to a proximal end, has a bore including an...
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6589225 |
Methods, systems, and kits for implanting articles
Methods, systems, and kits for subcutaneously implanting articles, such as drug inserts and reservoirs. The methods rely on percutaneously forming a tissue tract and radially dilating the tract to...
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6585716 |
Method of treating the heart
Devices and methods described for delivery of therapeutic substances to a depth within the heart muscle via the venous side of the heart, with a primary focus on delivery through the coronary...
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6582441 |
Surgical insertion tool
A tool is provided for facilitating determining a proper location for an implantable device or medication, and for then delivering the implant to the precise location determined with the tool. To...
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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...
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6565542 |
Epidural needle having a distal flare
Apparatus and methods for injecting fluid into the epidural space. An improved epidural needle or cannula is provided having a distal bulge or flare located within a few millimeters of the distal...
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6461327 |
Atrial isolator and method of use
An atrial isolator comprising two tubular members, two lumens, drainage ports, and expandable occluders. The expandable occluders are adapted to engage an opening of the superior vena cava into the...
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6228052 |
Dilator for introducer system having injection port
An introducer system for a lead, catheter, probe or the like, employing a dilator and introducer sheath assembly for dilating a body vessel in preparation for introducing the lead, etc., through...
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6213957 |
Apparatus and method for removing tissue
A surgical apparatus for removing tissue, which includes (i) an elongated body defining an opening at a distal end and forming a tissue receiving cavity in communication with the opening (ii) a...
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6183443 |
Expandable introducer sheath
The present invention comprises a method and device for providing an expandable introducer sheath. The method of employing the inventive device comprises inserting an elongate flexible tubular...
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6159179 |
Cannula and sizing and insertion method
A relatively inexpensive cannula is sized by including indica on a cannulated dilator that is used to measure the depth of a body cavity, and in one embodiment with the use of a cuttable fixture...
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5782807 |
Releasably locking introducer devices
A releasably locking dilator/sheath medical introducer device is provided having a dilator with a non-circular cross-sectional shape to enable insertion of a catheter, guide wire and the like into...
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5772678 |
Retractable disposable tip reusable trocar obturator
A manual dilating trocar uses an automatically retracting stylet. The stylet is threaded through a dilating obturator which is, in turn, inserted into a trocar sheath. A spring near the handle of...
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5685856 |
Coaxial blunt dilator and endoscopic cannula insertion system
A coaxial blunt dilator insertion system for insertion of laparoscopic cannulas which uses a coaxial needle guide and blunt dilator instead of a sharp trocar to insert primary and secondary...
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5672158 |
Catheter introducer
A catheter introducer (31) which allows a dilator section (33) and a sheath section (32) to be engaged with and disengaged from each other promptly and smoothly. The catheter introducer (31) is...
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5669881 |
Vascular introducer system incorporating inflatable occlusion balloon
A vascular introducer comprising a pliable tube having an occlusion balloon mounted thereon to occlude or block blood flow through a blood vessel into which the introducer is inserted. A valving...
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5569204 |
Aspiration catheter arrangement
An aspiration catheter arrangement for aspiration of thrombi and emboli from blood vessels has a central catheter (2) and an outside catheter (1) surrounding it coaxially. A guide wire (4) and a...
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5549595 |
Gear activated trocar assembly
A trocar assembly is disclosed for use in inserting a laparoscopic instrument into the abdominal cavity during surgery and includes a cylindrical member activated by intermeshing gears to expand a...
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5509908 |
Angular sheath introducer
A sheath introducer for a catheterization or similar procedure comprises a body having a upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion being angled with respect to the upper portion; a...
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5499975 |
Smooth transitioned dilator-sheath assembly and method
An introducer set including a sheath and dilator is formed within a heated mold to form a smooth external shape on the set. In one embodiment, the distal end of the sheath is embedded in the...
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5472426 |
Cervical discectomy instruments
Arthroscopic cervical discectomy instruments include a push knob for a guide wire, a pair of telescopically mounted dilator tubes, one of which includes a water port so that the tube provides the...
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