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7611480 Gastrointestinal bioreactor  
An in-vivo bioreactor device producing a dialysis effect by acting within the gastrointestinal tract for the removal of undesirable concentrated intestinal or blood substances or metabolites is...
7547281 Algorithm sensor augmented bolus estimator for semi-closed loop infusion system  
An infusion system is for infusing a fluid into the body of a patient. The infusion system includes at least one sensor for monitoring blood glucose concentration of the patient and an infusion...
7517332 Infusion device for medical fluids  
An infusion device comprises a pusher for a plunger of a syringe containing a liquid to be infused. A load cell measures the push force. An encoder associated to a motor commanding the pusher...
7510542 Dual pump irrigation/aspiration system and method for determining joint pressure  
A dual pump irrigation/aspiration pump system capable of operating in a plurality of different modes suitable for a variety of different endoscopic surgical procedures. The system monitors actual...
7452190 Method for discriminating between operating conditions in medical pump  
A method is disclosed for determining the operating condition of a medical pump based on data derived from a pressure sensor and a position sensor. The pressure sensor generates pressure data by...
7377907 Insulin pump  
A portable insulin delivery device that supplies insulin in a pre-pressurized chamber, passes the insulin through a pressure-dropping labyrinth to a flow control valve. The valve is activated by a...
7371224 Device for rinsing a body cavity  
A device for rinsing a body cavity with a fluid includes a rinse pump for introducing fluid into a body cavity and a pressure sensor on a pressure side of the rinse pump. A medical instrument...
7347836 Drug pump systems and methods  
A menu driven reprogrammable drug pump is provided with a memory, such as flash memory, a display, a keyboard, and a communications port to allow a generic pump to be programmed with a desired pump...
7337922 Platen pump  
An infusion pump for expelling a fluid from a collapsible fluid reservoir to a patient. The pump includes a housing having a chamber therein for receiving the fluid reservoir. A first wall is...
7297132 Shape memory shutter device  
A shape memory shutter device for controlling the rectum of a disabled person, comprises a section of conduit to be connected to the rectum of the disabled person, and a shutter which controls the...
7207966 System for fluid retention management  
The present invention provides a fluid retention management system that records and displays fluid retention of a patient based on the weight of fluid entering and exiting the patient's body....
7172586 Method of inotropic treatment of circulatory failure using hypothermia  
A method for treating cardiac failure such as congestive heart failure by application of hypothermia. Hypothermia may be applied by endovascular cooling using a heat exchange catheter circulating...
7172570 Apparatus and method for monitoring a vascular access of a patient subjected to an extracorporeal blood treatment  
In the apparatus and method for monitoring a vascular access ( 6 ) of an extracorporeal circuit ( 5; 10 ) of a patient, a control and calculation unit ( 17 ) varies a flow rate of a blood pump ( 9...
7168334 Arrangement for measuring a property of a fluid present in a tube  
Apparatus for measuring a property of a fluid is provided including a tube for retaining the fluid, the tube including a lateral access opening and a domed portion including a sealing surface on...
7147813 Neovascularization promoting membrane for bioimplants  
A method of addressing a condition of a living body comprising the steps of using an energy beam to form a set of pores in a work piece biocompatible membrane. The pores should have a mean area of...
7147615 Needle dislodgement detection  
An apparatus for detecting dislodgement of a needle inserted into a patient includes a sensor for detecting wetness due to blood and a sensor holder to secure the sensor to the patient such that...
7083591 Surge-flow regulator for use in ophthalmic surgical aspiration  
A surge-flow regulator ( 36 ) for use with an ophthalmic surgical instrument ( 12 ) having an infusion line ( 20 ) adapted to irrigate a surgical site with fluid and an aspiration line ( 24 )...
7083068 Platen pump  
Disclosed is an infusion pump for expelling a fluid from a collapsible fluid reservoir to a patient. The pump includes a housing having a chamber therein for receiving the fluid reservoir. A first...
7079886 Apparatus and method for programming a KVO phase and a first phase of an injection procedure as a flushing medium phase  
A fluid injection arrangement in the context of patient imaging systems, in which phases of contrast medium injection and flushing medium injection can be freely and selectably ordered as to make...
6986753 Constant ocular pressure active infusion system  
An irrigation system for a medical device. The irrigation system may include a pump that can pump irrigation fluid from a reservoir through an irrigation line. The system may further have a...
6950025 Medical surgery safety device  
A medical surgery safety device used in connection with surgical insulting instruments and other operation room medical equipment. The safety device includes one or more remote unit attached to the...
6899697 Surgical system pump and method therefor  
The automatically controlled pump supplies pressurized irrigation fluid to a surgical site. The pump system includes a motor in a housing and a pump in a housing defining input and output ports....
6889074 Patient specific dosing contrast delivery systems and methods  
This invention relates generally to the field of medical devices for delivering contrast media during medical diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures and more particularly, this invention...
6878273 Dialyzing apparatus  
A dialyzing apparatus includes a dialyzer which removes water from blood of a patient at a pre-set water-remove rate, an autonomic-nerve-activity-related-information obtaining device which obtains...
6849059 Irrigation/aspiration apparatus  
An irrigation/aspiration apparatus capable of detecting an aspiration pressure accurately while preventing an aspirated liquid from entering an aspiration pressure detecting system. The apparatus,...
6830558 Flow condition sensor assembly for patient infusion device  
A device for delivering fluid to a patient including an exit port assembly adapted to connect to a transcutaneous patient access tool, a flow path extending from the exit port assembly, and a flow...
6780166 Irrigation/aspiration apparatus  
An irrigation/aspiration apparatus for ophthalmic surgery, includes: an irrigation fluid supplying unit, which supplies irrigation fluid into a patient eye; an aspiration unit provided with a hand...
6746504 Filter for use in medical procedures  
A gas filler device for use in medical procedures such as laparoscopy is disclosed. Preferably, the gas filter device includes a housing having a first side wall and a second side wall, and a gas...
6745630 Method and device for detecting stenoses in a tubular line system  
A method and device for detecting stenoses in a tubular line system during an extracorporeal hemotherapy. The tubular line system has an arterial branch going out from the patient and leading to a...
6743245 Asynchronous method of operating microsurgical instruments  
An improved, asynchronous method of operating a microsurgical instrument, such as a vitrectomy probe. The instrument includes a port for receiving tissue and an inner cutting member. A flow of...
6736801 Method and apparatus for monitoring intravenous drips  
A method and apparatus for monitoring intravenous drips by the transmission and detection of a signal, for example a red light, through a fluid flow passage whereby detection of a signal of a given...
6736796 Fluid drug delivery device  
A portable insulin delivery device that supplies insulin in a pre-pressurized chamber, passes the insulin through a pressure-dropping labyrinth to a flow control valve. The valve is activated by a...
6716193 Medical device for injecting liquid  
The invention relates to a device for injecting liquid, comprising a piece of tubing on which there is situated at least a first liquid occlusion system. According to the invention, a regulation...
6671563 System and method for collecting data and managing patient care  
A care management system in which the management of the administration of care for patients is automated. Hospital information systems are monitored and the information from those systems is used...
6659980 Methods, apparatuses, and uses for infusion pump fluid pressure and force detection  
An occlusion detection system detects an occlusion in a fluid path of an infusion pump. The infusion pump is for delivering fluid to a user. The infusion pump includes a housing, a motor, a...
6659974 Single lumen gastro-intestinal feeding-decompression tubes  
The present invention provides a single lumen gastro-intestinal tube for use in both delivering nutrition into the gastro-intestinal tract and aspirating excess materials from the gastro-intestinal...
6638241 Apparatus for treating bruxism  
Apparatus for the treatment of bruxism, including a biosensor adapted to sense a phenomenon associated with a bruxing event, and a relaxation stimulator in communication with the biosensor and...
6620133 Delivery device with a sensing unit  
An injection device includes a timing device that is triggered by an injection. After a predetermined period of time, the timing device triggers a sensing device that produces a signal, such as an...
6607517 Method of inotropic treatment of heart disease using hypothermia  
A method for treating cardiac failure such as congestive heart failure by application of hypothermia. Hypothermia may be applied by endovascular cooling using a heat exchange catheter circulating...
6602221 Self-contained fluid management pump system for surgical procedures  
A fluid management pump system ( 20 ) for applying an irrigation/distention solution to a surgical site. The system includes a pump ( 22 ) for forcing the solution through an inflow tube ( 28 ). A...
6565535 Medical infusion and aspiration system  
The present invention is a medical infusion and aspiration system capable of accurate pulsate delivery of high rates off flow. The system comprises a pumping mechanism, a cassette housing, a...
6551302 Steerable catheter with tip alignment and surface contact detector  
A steerable percutaneous catheter for guiding at least one functional device to selected surfaces of a body for treatment thereon, particularly adapted for laser-assisted Percutaneous...
6544212 Diabetes management system  
A system is provided that enables glycemic control for a subject. The system includes an insulin delivery unit, a glucose sensor, and a control unit. The control unit includes a processor unit that...
6517510 Automatic patient control device  
The present invention relates to regulating the temperature of a desired medium that is applied to the exterior surface of a mammal. These devices have been used in the past but not with the...
6511454 Irrigation/aspiration apparatus and irrigation/aspiration cassette therefore  
An irrigation/aspiration apparatus for supplying an irrigation fluid from an irrigation source to a surgical site through a surgical instrument to remove the irrigation fluid with residual tissue...
6485454 Automatic infusion set for continuously infusing liquid medicine of double bottles  
Automatic infusion set for continuously infusing liquid medicine of double bottles, including a hollow circular barrel and a float-type sealing valve disposed in the circular barrel. The sealing...
6475178 Autopriming a micro-cassette while minimizing the formation of air bubbles in a pumping chamber  
A pump used to infuse a medical liquid into a patient is autoprimed under the control of a microprocessor that monitors and adjusts a priming sequence to minimize the accumulation of small air...
6461323 Surgical system pump with flow sensor and method therefor  
The automatically controlled pump supplies pressurized irrigation fluid to a surgical site. The pump system includes a motor in a housing and a pump in a housing defining input and output ports....
6442415 Contrast-enhanced coronary artery and coronary artery bypass graft imaging using an aortic root catheter injection with either magnetic resonance angiography or computed tomographic angiography  
A three-dimensional method of imaging the coronary arteries and coronary artery bypass grafts using a catheter contrast enhanced technique. The method involves the percutaneous placement of a...
6402702 Automatic whole blood collection system  
A whole blood collection system includes an automated pump/control unit and an accompanying disposable blood set. When combined and connected to a source of anticoagulant, these elements allow...
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