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5997510 |
Surgical trocar having obturator handle with flexible contact portion
A surgical trocar has a cannula assembly including a sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end and a passageway therethrough. A housing having an opening is located at the proximal end of the...
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5997524 |
Catheter assembly for percutaneous access to subcutaneous port
An access catheter for percutaneously connecting to a subcutaneously implanted port comprises a catheter body having a distal end and a proximal end. A needle or other access tube is connected to...
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5998540 |
Polyurethane dispersions useful for preparing thin wall articles
Disclosed are aqueous polyurethane dispersions prepared from polyester polyols having 0.95 to 1.5 equivalents of carboxylic functionality thereon per equivalent of polyol, the dispersions also...
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5997506 |
Hysterosonogram/hysterosalpingogram cannula with soft seal
A cannula which has a semi-rigid hollow shaft and a soft seal for endocervix to prevent the cannula from slipping out of position during medical procedures, which may be straight, curved or angled...
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5989231 |
Optical gastrostomy and jejunostomy
An optical feeding tube includes an elongated sheath having a first lumen for delivering nutrients to a gastro-intestinal tract and an imaging device disposed in a second lumen. The imaging device...
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5984941 |
Trocar
A trocar is formed from a cannula and an interfitting obturator for penetrating body cavity walls in laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. The obturator is provided with an improved piercing tip...
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5984919 |
Surgical trocar
A surgical trocar includes an operative sleeve adapted for disposition across a tissue barrier and an obturator removably disposed in the sleeve. A source of energy is introduced to a cutting...
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5985394 |
High-water-containing elastomer medical catheter
The present invention provides a process for preparing; a high water-containing elastomer medical catheter and a urinary catheter prepared by the process. The process comprises a) heating a mixture...
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5984904 |
Sleeve for a surgical instrument
A surgical sleeve which includes an array of spaced apart protuberances on an interior wall surface. The spaced protuberance reduce the surface contact between the sleeve and the tip and define a...
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5984907 |
Transition sleeve assembly for catheters
A sleeve assembly for use in the transition region of a catheter between a relatively stiff catheter body and a less stiff distal catheter region mediates the difference in stiffness between these...
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5985307 |
Device and method for non-occlusive localized drug delivery
A device for the local delivery of a substance into a natural tissue conduit in the mammalian body. The device provides a means for locally delivering a substance into the boundary layer of fluid...
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5984908 |
Venous return catheter having integral support member
A venous return catheter (30, 56, 60, 70) and method of use therefor having a semi-rigid support member (32) extending within a lumen (42) to prevent kinking thereof during insertion and use. The...
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5980502 |
Catheter for the right coronary artery
A catheter for the right coronary artery where the catheter includes a substantially straight proximal shaft section and a distal shaft section. The distal shaft section includes a support arm...
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5976119 |
High pressure perfusion device
The present invention includes a guidewire device capable of delivering perfusion fluids to a vascular site while at the same time exhibiting handling characteristics associated with existing...
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5976114 |
Aortic cannula with reduced velocity flow-through tip
An improved aortic cannula is formed from a cannula body and a tip provided on the distal end of the cannula body wherein the tip is designed to accommodate the fluid flow requirements of an...
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5971957 |
Through-the-needle cannula and split needle placement apparatus and method of use
A novel enhanced needle splitting through-the-needle cannula placement apparatus includes a hinged housing, a scored splittable needle, a needle splitting means and sliding means for facile removal...
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5971974 |
Left coronary artery catheter
A left coronary catheter including a hub, a linear flexible tubular body stock extending from the hub and a curved flexible tubular stem extending from the body stock. The curved stem includes a...
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5971968 |
Catheter probe having contrast media delivery means
A catheter probe and methods for contrast media delivering comprising localized contrast media irrigation means for providing contrast media to the distal tip section, wherein the contrast media...
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5968008 |
Cannula with parallel channels and sliding sheath
An improved cannula having parallel conduits, one for removing material and one for injecting material, is disclosed. In certain medical procedures, it is necessary to deposit fluid while...
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5968022 |
Medical hollow needle and method of production
A needle has a hollow cylindrical member defining a lumen along a center axis. A first bevel face is formed at an incline across an end portion of the needle between opposite outer wall surfaces...
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5965276 |
Method of forming a membrane especially a latex or polymer membrane including multiple discrete layers
Single and multiple layer membranes such as gloves and condoms include one or more deactivating barrier layers and/or indicating layers to indicate to a user membrane breach or the presence of a...
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5964796 |
Catheter assembly, catheter and multi-port introducer for use therewith
A assembly for use in performing a medical procedure within a region in a body of a patient having a vessel therein comprising a multi-port introducer adapted to be inserted into a vessel of the...
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5961486 |
Clot resistant multiple lumen catheter
Blood is circulated through a multiple lumen catheter which connects between a vein of a patient and the blood treatment device. The catheter and the lumens thereof each define distal ends which...
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5961498 |
Catheter with two-ply adhesive layer
A catheter with a first component, a second component, and a glue line disposed between the components which is filled with an adhesive layer joining the components. The adhesive layer is formed in...
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5957899 |
High pressure transluminal fluid delivery device
The present invention includes a fluid delivery device capable of delivering perfusion or other fluids to a vascular site. Preferred embodiments permit delivery of large quantities of fluid without...
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5957901 |
Catheter with improved spray pattern for pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis therapy
An improved catheter includes a double spiral configuration of infusion holes around the circumference and along the length of the catheter which provides an improved lateral dispersion of a...
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5957902 |
Surgical tool for enlarging puncture opening made by trocar
A surgical tool of the type used with a trocar expands the diameter of a puncture opening made in a body cavity so that a linear incision is not needed in certain surgical procedures. An elongate...
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5954698 |
Catheter apparatus having valved catheter hub and needle protector
Catheter apparatus having a needle protector attached to a catheter hub. The needle protector includes a needle. The catheter hub defines a valve chamber. A valve is positioned in the chamber for...
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5954694 |
Nested tubing sections and methods for making same
The invention provides a nested tubing cannula which comprises outer and inner elongate tubular members, both having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The inner tubular member...
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5954707 |
Catheter with locking device
A catheter with a locking device is formed of a catheter and a locking device attached to a proximal end of the catheter. The locking device is formed of a cylindrical portion fixed to the proximal...
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5947925 |
Catheter assembly
A highly safe catheter assembly exhibiting excellent torque transmission, pushability and kink resistance and operation of a guidewire is provided. The catheter assembly comprises a catheter having...
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5947930 |
Trocar having protector with sinusoidal member
A surgical trocar has a cannula assembly including a sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end and a passageway therethrough. A housing having an opening is located at the proximal end of the...
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5948489 |
Catheter having extruded, flexible, pliable and compliant marker band
A tubular catheter body comprising a catheter consisting essentially of plastic material and having a tubular, flexible, and compliant marker band affixed to and surrounding the external surface of...
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5947940 |
Catheter reinforced to prevent luminal collapse and tensile failure thereof
A catheter reinforced to prevent luminal collapse and tensile failure thereof, comprising an elongated tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal extent, the elongated...
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5944732 |
Subcutaneous tunnelling device and methods of forming a subcutaneous tunnel
A subcutaneous tunnelling device, a dilator and a method of forming a subcutaneous tunnel are provided. The device includes a trocar having a front end with a point configured for piercing skin,...
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5944728 |
Surgical retrieval basket with the ability to capture and release material
A surgical extractor, and related method, for removing material (such as calculi and stones) from the body has the ability to capture and release material. The extractor has a sheath, a basket...
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5944691 |
Catheter having an expandable shaft
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a catheter for insertion within the human vasculature. The catheter is capable of being irreversibly expanded from a first diameter to a...
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5944701 |
Self coiling catheter
Medical guidewires have coiled proximal ends which allow and facilitate management of guidewires during use in an operating room.
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5941858 |
Medical device for insertion into the body
A catheter apparatus for use in determining the location of a tip of a catheter inside biological tissue is disclosed. The apparatus includes a catheter, a detector positioned within the catheter,...
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5938645 |
Percutaneous aspiration catheter system
A percutaneous aspiration catheter removing thrombus or other emboli from blood vessels and a method of extracting embolus pieces larger than the diameter of the catheter. The percutaneous...
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5938653 |
Catheter having controlled flexibility and method of manufacture
A guiding catheter or angiographic catheter and method of manufacture for use in cardiovascular interventions which incorporates an annealed low-flexibility proximal zone wherein a transition zone...
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5935110 |
Control forward/flashback forward one hand introducer needle and catheter assembly
The catheter includes a catheter hub at its proximal end having a radially extending wing. The needle is connected at its proximal end to a needle hub. The needle may have at least one notch...
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5935114 |
Rapid exchange delivery catheter
A catheter exchange member is provided for reducing exchange time when replacing one catheter (or similar device) with another in the vascular anatomy of a patient. The catheter exchange member...
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5931830 |
Hollow coil guide wire apparatus for catheters
A catheter guide wire includes a strip of material formed into an elongate coil, with a central hollow having a plurality of windings. The windings include inhibiting features to inhibit relative...
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5931829 |
Methods and systems for establishing vascular access
A body lumen access system comprises a distal access cannula and a proximal access cannula. The distal access cannula is attached to or within the body lumen and the proximal access cannula is...
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5931831 |
Dual-lumen suction catheter with smaller diameter vent lumen having multiple apertures therein
A dual-lumen suction catheter is disclosed consisting of a longitudinally extending pliable tube having separate and independent suction and vent lumens. The proximal end of the catheter has a...
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5931865 |
Multiple-layered leak resistant tube
The present invention is an improved tubular device for carrying liquids or gases that is resistant to leakage following a puncture. In its preferred form, the tubular device employs two or more...
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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...
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5928206 |
Medical device
Disclosed is a medical device in which a surface of a base material for constructing the medical device is coupled to a high-molecular weight compound composed of N-substituted alkylacrylamide by...
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5921970 |
Large variable diameter medical suction system
A large diameter medical suctioning system for rapid evacuation of fluid foreign matter from patients using an increased diameter suction tube and a variable diameter suction tip. The variable...
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