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6585704 Method of retaining a tip protector on a needle with a curved tip  
A system for retaining a tip protector on a needle having a curved portion or bend adjacent the tip. A Braun clip tip protector is used in combination with a small sleeve which fits around the...
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...
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...
6554809 Epidural catheter needle  
A needle comprising a hollow shaft having opposed distal and proximal ends, the hollow shaft having a lumen extending from the proximal end of the shaft and terminating at an opening on a top of...
6551289 Outer needle of anesthetic needle assembly for epidural  
A outer needle of an anesthetic needle assembly to be injected into an epidural area, has a distal end which is cut and bent to form an annular cutting edge. The distal end is gently bent so that...
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...
6544236 Device, system and method for improving delivery of hemostatic material  
A device, system and method for improving delivery of hemostatic material, in which the device includes a vent cap body capable of removably engaging a cannula. The vent cap has a passage extending...
6544214 Subcutaneous access needle and method  
A cannula is provided for connection with an implanted artificial port through a preformed needle track through the skin of a patient. The port has a flow conduit to connection with the body lumen...
6544239 Releasable locking needle assembly with optional release accessory therefor  
A needle assembly includes a needle member ( 10 ) and a blunting member ( 26 ), the needle member ( 10 ) containing a needle cannula ( 12 ), the needle cannula ( 12 ) having a puncture tip ( 14 )...
6544238 Injection needle  
A needle assembly comprises an injection needle and a needle hub, mountable on a syringe, for securing the injection needle. The needle has an injection part extending axially from the hub and...
6524284 Medical injection patch  
This invention relates to a self adhering patch which is positioned upon the needle of a syringe. When the skin of the patient is pierced with the hypodermic needle the patch comes into contact...
6517523 Needle for injection syringe and method for manufacturing the same  
A tip portion of a needle main body having an edge point includes a first slant surface slanted at 10-18 degrees with respect to the axis of the needle main body, a pair of second slant surfaces...
6517521 Painless perforated intradermal injection needle  
An improved hypodermic needle that greatly reduces the pain associated with injection through the skin that includes a translucent hub for quick observation of flashback, a regular-wall needle with...
6511458 Vascular re-entry catheter  
Total occlusions are crossed by passing a guidewire or other penetrating wire from a point proximal to the occlusion into a subintimal space between the intimal layer and adventitial layer of the...
6508802 Remote sensing gene therapy delivery device and method of administering a therapeutic solution to a heart  
The invention provides a steerable device for the delivery of a therapeutic solution, in particular, an angiogenesis-promoting substance into a heart, and a method of delivering such a substance...
6503231 Microneedle device for transport of molecules across tissue  
Microneedle devices for transport of therapeutic and diagnostic materials and/or energy across tissue barriers, and methods for manufacturing the devices, are provided. The microneedles are hollow...
6494868 Set of cannulae for tissue injections in the human face  
A set of cannulae for tissue injections is disclosed. The cannulae are ideally suited for tissue injections in the human body. In particular, the cannulae are well-suited for muscle injections in...
6485475 Introducer needle for continuous perineural catheter placement  
The present invention is directed toward an improved catheter introducer needle capable of introducing a catheter into a body at a deflection angle in the range of 40-75° from the axis of the...
6478769 Anatomical fluid evacuation apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for evacuating an anatomical fluid from a body cavity is disclosed. The disclosed apparatus and method is particularly useful in the performance of a pericardiocentesis...
6443928 Vein scope and injection system  
A vein scope comprising a monitor assembly that includes an image viewing surface and an image receiving surface. The monitor assembly is formed with a first thickness. A support assembly includes...
6440118 Device and method to sense body substance transition  
In a hypodermic needle having an end that attaches to a syringe, an elongated hollow shaft for passing fluid terminated at a sharpened point; the improvement comprising an electrically insulating...
6432092 Tissue mapping injection device  
A tissue mapping injection device suitable for use during a lymphatic breast mapping procedure is provided. The device includes a housing having an elongated body portion extending distally...
6425887 Multi-directional needle medical device  
A needle assembly ( 70 ) comprising an infusion needle ( 11 ) that includes a plurality of needle cannulae ( 13 ) made of a superelastic material such as nitinol. The needle cannulae are...
6391014 Strong diaphragm/safe needle/converting device combinations and their individual components  
A device that converts a diaphragm prior to its first penetration for clinical use, to be more readily penetrable by a needle or cannula after conversion, by creating a prehole or preslit in the...
6391005 Apparatus and method for penetration with shaft having a sensor for sensing penetration depth  
An apparatus having a shaft that can sense the depth of penetration, for penetrating into an object (the substrate). The substrate being penetrated has impedance that varies according to the depth...
6375641 Medical anesthetic needle  
A medical anesthetic needle ( 1 ) is provided that includes an inner needle ( 3 ) of a straight needle shape, having a pencil-pointed tip ( 4 ), and an outer needle ( 2 ) of a straight tubular...
6371943 Spring tip needle combination  
An improved needle for directional placement of the needle into or to a target area, such as a blood vessel or organ, for the purpose of performing an invasive procedure with a minimal amount of...
6346095 Needle and method for delivery of fluids  
A needle ( 10 ) for the delivery of a liquid to a subject comprises a shaft ( 11 ) having an internal surface defining a longitudinally extending internal bore open at one end ( 15 ) to receive a...
6334856 Microneedle devices and methods of manufacture and use thereof  
Microneedle devices are provided for transport of therapeutic and biological molecules across tissue barriers and for use as microflameholders. In a preferred embodiment for transport across...
6328717 Needle assembly having an elongate blunting device which allows for venting of air  
The invention generally relates to a needle assembly of the kind having a needle, an elongate blunting device, a shifting member, and a flash chamber. The needle is of the kind that has a needle...
6322536 Minimally invasive gene therapy delivery and method  
The invention is directed to a device and method for delivering a therapeutic substance (64) to a bodily tissue in a minimally invasive manner. The device includes an elongate flexible tubular...
6322543 Method for administration of pharmaceuticals  
A low dead space disposable 1 cc insulin-like syringe with a needle of unconventional length and gauge is provided, the needle preferably being fixed and non-interchangeable. The syringe is...
6309374 Injection apparatus and method of using same  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for using the apparatus for injecting an agent into a tissue, particularly into thin tissues such as the sclera of the eye. The invention...
6302870 Apparatus for injecting fluids into the walls of blood vessels, body cavities, and the like  
Apparatus for injecting fluids into the walls of blood vessels, body cavities, and the like, includes a plurality of laterally flexible needles disposed in a catheter for exit either out the distal...
6296624 Body access system  
A Body Access System for the collection of samples and the administration of fluids comprising means to prevent complete withdrawal of a needle stylet, means to dispose of needles and needle...
6290683 Skin piercing needle assembly  
A needle assembly for passing a needle through an aperture formed in a plate placed between the needle assembly and a body to be pierced by the needle, the needle assembly including a needle having...
6283948 Trocar obturator having grooved passageway  
An obturator for use in surgical procedures, particularly minimally invasive procedures. The obturator has an elongated member having a distal piercing tip. The obturator also has a longitudinal...
6280424 Apparatus and method for using a needle in an intravascular assembly  
An apparatus and method is disclosed in which an intravascular device allows blood to flow into a plurality of apertures longitudinally located in a portion of the needle.
6261272 Needle for subcutaneous delivery of fluids  
A needle (10) for the delivery of a liquid to a subject comprises a shaft (11) having an internal surface defining a longitudinally extending internal bore open at one end (15) to receive a liquid...
6258071 Magnetic resonance-compatible needle  
A medical needle is made of non-metallic non-magnetic materials such that medical interventional procedures requiring needle access to people, animals or isolated tissues can be performed in a...
6245044 Variable extension combined spinal/epidural needle set and method for its use  
An epidural needle has an elongate tube defining a longitudinal axis having a proximal end, a distal end and an axial hollow bore having an inside diameter therethrough. The needle has a hub with a...
6241710 Hypodermic needle 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...
6231540 Injection member  
An injection member for a jet spray injection device through which device a dose of medicine is administered for subcutaneous or intramuscular injection has a jet nozzle designed as a...
6221056 Strong diaphragm/safe needle units and components for transfer of fluids  
A needle has a blunted tip and a recessed orifice to avoid unintentional needle sticks and user contact with inoculum contained in the needle. A diaphragm is designed for use with the relatively...
6221049 Methods and apparatus for crossing vascular occlusions  
Methods and apparatus for crossing totally to substantially occluded blood vessels by passing a redirectable wire such as a guidewire from a relatively proximal point past the occlusion within a...
6217561 Medication injection device and method  
Apparatus and method for catheterized delivery or infusion of medication and anaesthesia are disclosed. The perforating catheter is first used to perforate the periodontal ligament and/or the...
6213989 Hypodermic cannula  
A tissue penetrating cannula comprises a tube having a sharp end formed by a first cut surface defining an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the tube and forming a generally oval tube edge...
6210379 Needle assembly having an elongated blunting device which allows for venting of air  
The invention generally relates to a needle assembly of the kind having a needle, an elongate blunting device, a shifting member, and a flash chamber. The needle is of the kind that has a needle...
6200302 Hypodermic needle for percutaneous drug delivery  
Devices and methods are disclosed for the percutaneous administration of a composition to a desired in vivo location. The composition comprises a biologically active substance and a...
6200296 5mm injection needle  
A needle assembly for a medication delivery pen or hypodermic syringe having a usable length of 5 mm (0.197") that delivers a dose of medication to a proper location in the tissue "strata" or...