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6620149 Corewire securement system  
A catheter for use in vasculature or other lumen within body structures includes a shaft formed from an elongated polymeric flexible tube. A metallic tube may be bound to the distal end of this...
6620139 Catheter system for performing intramyocardiac therapeutic treatment  
The multilumen catheter ( 2 ) is provided at one end with a needle system ( 9, 9 ′) formed by two or more single-lumen needles which are provided with respective discharge openings ( 110, 111 )...
6616632 Cannula for use with a medical syringe  
A blunt needle plastic cannula for a syringe has a central axial passage terminating in a tip opening axially through one end thereof. Different axial sections along the cannula have respective...
6613037 Methods and apparatus for treating aneurysms and arterio-venous fistulas  
Methods and apparatus are provided for temporarily excluding an aneurysm or an arterio-venous fistula from a flow path by transluminally disposing a hollow balloon catheter structure within the...
6610046 Catheter and guide wire  
A catheter and guide wire in which at least a distal end portion of a catheter body or guide wire is formed of a shape memory-specialized metal having shape memory property, but free from...
6610026 Method of hydrating a sponge material for delivery to a body  
A method of hydrating a sponge material for delivery to a body. The method includes the steps of placing a dry piece of sponge in a container at a first pressure. A hydrating fluid is then...
6607503 Arrangement for transferring an ovum from a follicle  
An arrangement for transferring an ovum from a follicle by implementing a technique of simultaneous flushing and aspiration, the arrangement comprising a double lumen needle having an elongate...
6605075 Flushable hub  
A catheter unit comprising a catheter having a hub, a connector and catheter, the connector comprising a first port, a second port, and third port. The first port, located at the proximal end of...
6605061 Catheter for drug injection in cardiovascular system  
A catheter for injecting medicants into the endocardium, myocardium or other portions of the cardiovascular system is presented where the catheter has apertures therein for ejection and retraction...
6605069 Aromatic copolyester containing active ingredients  
The invention relates to aromatic copolyesters comprising antimicrobially active substances in homogeneous distribution, processes for their preparation and their use in medical articles.
6605068 Gravity drainage cord  
A gravity drainage cord formed by braiding a plurality of strands of silk of the type used for surgical sutures, and fitted loosely, in the median region, in a tubular sheath made of a material...
6599274 Cell delivery catheter and method  
A cell delivery catheter having one of more apearutres is used to positon and deliver cells to an implant site in a patient.
6599276 Detectable stainless steel needles for meat packing  
Magnetic stainless steel needles are detectable in processed meat. The previous non magnetic versions, made of 304 stainless steel, aren't. Disposable hypodermic needles made from martensitic and...
6599267 Transluminal injection device for intravascular drug delivery  
A catheter including an injection port at or near the distal end thereof and a mechanism for causing the injection port to move between a first position and a second position. In the first position...
6599297 Device for ventilating the middle ear  
The invention relates to a device for ventilating the middle ear by means of a ventilation tube which is made of a tissue-compatible material, preferably titanium, and with a through-channel for...
6595941 Methods for external treatment of blood  
Vascular access systems, devices and methods for facilitating repeated access to a blood vessel. These systems, devices and methods can be used in external blood treatment, such as dialysis, and in...
6596235 Method for blood oxygenation  
An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation is provided, advantageously comprising an extracorporeal circuit for the preparation and delivery of hyperoxic or hyperbaric blood. In one embodiment,...
6596818 Irradiation conversion of thermoplastic to thermoset polymers  
Disclosed is a radiation-crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer composition, a process for the preparation thereof, an angioplasty balloon made using such a composition, and a method of using the...
6595967 Collapsible guidewire lumen  
A wire guided fluid catheter assembly having a collapsible guidewire lumen. Pressurization of a fluid lumen in the catheter assembly collapses the guidewire lumen, thereby increasing the fluid flow...
6596020 Method of delivering a stent with a side opening  
A method of aligning a side opening in a primary stent in registry with the ostium of a branch vessel includes advancing a first guidewire through a primary vessel such that a distal end of the...
6589213 Body canal intrusion instrumentation having bi-directional coefficient of surface friction with body tissue  
This invention provides novel instrumentation surface structure for catheters, guide wires and other instrumentation for entering body canals to an internal body work site. This instrumentation is...
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...
6588427 Heat and moisture exchanger adapter to closed suction catheter assembly and system having improved catheter cleaning  
An endotracheal suction catheter apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a distal end that is configured for allowing a catheter to be moved through the distal end and into the respiratory...
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...
6575745 Titanium alloy intraosseous anesthesia delivery device  
An intraosseous delivery apparatus having a perforating member that is made of a titanium alloy whose flexibility, wearability and cutting ability is greater than that of conventional hardened...
6576001 Lumen design for catheter  
The invention provides a device for heating or cooling a surrounding fluid in a feeding vessel and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a catheter assembly capable of insertion...
6575920 Distal tip portion for a guide wire  
Methods and devices relating to guidewires. In one embodiment, a distal tip portion of a guidewire comprises a first tip member and a second tip member. The first tip member has a first end, and a...
6572593 Deflectable needle assembly  
The present invention provides a deflectable needle system for use in performing diagnostic or therapeutic medical procedures. The needle assembly of the invention provides access to physiological...
6569129 Biological revascularization  
A catheter delivery system for delivering a treatment substance to an occlusion in a lumen of a tubular vessel includes a tubular catheter and a treatment substance. The tubular catheter includes a...
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,...
6569119 Trocar system having cannula with finger grips  
A trocar system is provide which preferably has a cannula having an elongate cannula body. The cannula body includes medial and distal portions thereof having a first diameter and a proximal...
6569089 Lighted intubating laryngoscope  
The present invention is an intubating laryngoscope with light provided to the suction tip or blade simultaneously during intubation. Preferably, the laryngoscope is made of a transparent,...
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...
6562022 Catheter with enhanced reinforcement  
An intracorporeal catheter such as a guiding catheter employed for intravascular procedures which generally has an elongated catheter shaft with a polymeric wall with a multistrand reinforcing...
6551270 Dual lumen access port  
A port assembly adapted for insertion into the tissue of a patient during laparoscopic or endoscopic surgery wherein the port assembly includes an access port having a plurality of openings therein...
6551269 Introducer catheter lead delivery device with collapsible stylet lumen  
An introducer catheter used to deliver an endocardial cardiac electrode has a stylet lumen which collapses upon removal of the stylet to allow for more clearance for the lead and connector to pass...
6547766 Catheter with variable dimension guide wire lumen  
An intraluminal catheter customizable to accept various diameter guide wires is disclosed. The catheter has a large bore lumen for receiving a large diameter guide wire, and alternatively, for...
6547767 Syringe assembly for a catheter  
A substance delivery apparatus for a catheter assembly is provided. The delivery apparatus includes a base and a needle connected to the base. The needle is capable of pivotally moving with respect...
6547765 Device for intubating lacrimal ducts  
In accordance with the invention, an intubation set is provided having an improved connector between the tube and a probe. In a preferred embodiment, the connector includes a deformable sleeve...
6547768 Medical devices with reduced friction polyamides, and method  
The medical devices of the present invention include polymer blends of polyamide and maleated polyethylene. The polyamide component of the blended materials of the present invention may include...
6547769 Catheter apparatus with weeping tip and method of use  
The invention provides surgical needles with a porous distal portion from which a liquid injectate will weep or ooze multidirectionally under injection pressure while the porous distal portion of...
6544270 Multi-lumen cardiac catheter and system  
A system which includes a catheter and at least a first and second lead, where the catheter includes an elongate catheter body having at least two lumens through which the first and second leads...
6544276 Exchange method for emboli containment  
The present invention provides a method for exchanging catheters while containing emboli within a blood vessel such as a saphenous vein graft, coronary artery, carotid artery, or other similar...
6540698 Medical device having wet lubricity and method for its production  
A highly safe medical device which exhibits long-lasting low surface friction in a body fluid or in an aqueous medium is provided. Also provided is a method for producing such medical device...
6540735 System and method for facilitating hemostasis of blood vessel punctures with absorbable sponge  
A system for facilitating hemostasis of a puncture site in a blood vessel delivers an absorbable sponge pledget in a hydrated state to a position at an exterior of the blood vessel puncture to...
6537243 Device and method for obtaining interstitial fluid from a patient for diagnostic tests  
A device for obtaining a sample of interstitial fluid from a patient for use in monitoring the level of blood glucose in the patient. The device comprises a hollow tube having a wall surrounding a...
6537241 System and method for site specific therapy  
A system, including catheter apparatus, and related method for performing site specific therapy. The catheter apparatus can include one or more semipermeable microcatheters (preferably in the form...
6537290 Sealing access cannula system  
The present invention discloses a system and method for providing sealable access to a viscus region or hollow organ and performing surgical procedures therein. The present invention is...
6539252 Method and apparatus for the treatment of blood borne pathogens such as immunodeficiency virus  
A method and apparatus for destroying blood borne pathogens is disclosed which utilizes a low intensity direct current to generate positive particles from various metals which destroy viral...
6533771 Sanitary tampon of small fiber agglomerations  
Provided is a sanitary tampon including an absorbent wrapped by a liquid-pervious sheet. The absorbent is a mass of a plurality of compressed, small fiber agglomerations. At least the small fiber...