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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
5454790 Method and apparatus for catheterization access  
An apparatus and method for percutaneous placement of access tubes, such as feeding and drainage tubes, vascular catheters, and the like, comprises an elastic access tube in an internal stylet. The...
5417665 Intravascular cannula  
An intravascular catheter comprises a plastic tube of a diameter capable of occupying a blood vessel. The plastic tube defines a tapered distal tip. The distal tip comprises an annular, distal end...
5312360 Tension guide and dilator  
A dilator assembly for forming and enlarging percutaneous penetrations into body cavities includes an elongate guide member and one or more elongate dilation members. The guide member includes a...
5300032 Catheter introducer with flexible tip  
A catheter introducer has a tubular sheath with a relatively rigid tubular body and a soft flexible tubular tip for reducing sheath buckling tendencies.
5279610 Oroesophageal, instrument introducer assembly and method of use  
An oroesophageal introducer assembly for atraumatically introducing a relatively large instrument such as an echotransducer positioned on the distal end of a gastroscope for performing an...
RE34466 Extendable guidewire for cardiovascular procedures  
An extendable guidewire system for introducing a dilatation catheter into the cardiovascular system. The guidewire has guidewire and extension sections with a connection therebetween which permits...
5259847 Catheter to maintain minimally invasive access for exchanging internal biliary stents  
A catheter is provided to maintain minimally invasive access for exchanging internal biliary stents. The catheter includes a catheter housing and a catheter obturator. The catheter housing includes...
5242410 Wireless high flow intravascular sheath introducer and method  
A wireless high flow sheath introducer for intravascular access and a method for using such an introducer. The invention comprises a large bore flow sheath having a nested, coaxial, tapered dilator...
5205830 Catheter assembly  
Large diameter catheters for drainage of body cavities and infusion are disclosed. A removable assembly comprising a stiffening cannula, hollow dilator and wire guide facilitate insertion, reduce...
5183464 Radially expandable dilator  
An apparatus for forming and enlarging percutaneous penetrations comprises an elongate dilation tube which receives an elongate expansion member in an axial lumen thereof. The dilation tube is...
5176659 Expandable intravenous catheter and method of using  
The present invention provides an improved intravenous catheter which can be installed at a minimal diameter and expanded once installed to a full operational diameter. The apparatus of the present...
5158543 Laparoscopic surgical system and method  
A method for performing laparoscopic surgery involving placing cannulas through the abdominal wall of a patient preparatory to surgery is disclosed. The method includes inserting a needle and...
5057083 Vascular dilator with truncated tip  
A vascular dilator has a truncated tip adapted to reduce the risk of trauma to a blood vessel into which the dilator is to be inserted. The vascular dilator comprises an elongate tube having a...
4994027 Percutaneous femoral bypass system  
A method for establishing a percutaneous cannula insertion in which a hypodermic need is inserted into a selected vessel and thereafter a guide wire is threaded through the needle, so that upon the...
4978334 Apparatus and method for providing passage into body viscus  
An apparatus and method for providing a percutaneous or non-dissection passage into a body cavity or hollow viscus. A needle is attached to a syringe for insertion within the body cavity. Operation...
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