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6494859 Methods using pressure to obtain fluids and cellular material from breast ducts  
Methods, kits, and apparatus for obtaining cellular, chemical, and other materials from breast ducts are described. A single milk duct is accessed and washed with a washing fluid to obtain marker...
6491715 Device for treating growing, dilated or malformed blood vessels and method for treating biological material  
In a device for treating blood vessels with a laser, the laser provides a beam in a wavelength range from 750 to 850 nm, preferably 805 nm. The device has a measuring unit which measures the...
6482170 Apparatus and method for relieving gastric pressure during enteral feeding  
A gastric pressure relief apparatus for incorporation within an enteral feeding system, including an enteral feeding container, an administrative tube and an enteral feeding tube. The apparatus...
6481439 Methods and systems for treating ischemia  
Methods for treating total and partial occlusions employ a perfusion conduit which is penetrated through the occlusive material. Oxygenated blood or other medium is then perfused through the...
6482220 Method and apparatus for creation of drug delivery and/or stimulation pockets in myocardium  
An apparatus and method for creating drug-filled pockets within muscle tissue, such as myocardium of the heart for increasing angiogenesis. More particularly, the apparatus has an excising assembly...
6479232 Human xenografts for microbicide testing and anatomical modeling  
A method for screening candidate antimicrobial compounds is described that utilizes a human vaginal xenograft engrafted in a non-human host. The method may be performed by using pathogen inoculated...
6476069 Compositions for creating embolic agents and uses thereof  
A composition useful as an embolic agent that selectively creates an embolic blockage in the lumen of a blood vessel, duct, fistula or other like body passageways by combining a monomer component...
6436633 Human xenografts for microbicide testing and anatomical modeling  
A method for screening candidate antimicrobial compounds is described that utilizes a human vaginal xenograft engrafted in a non-human host. The method may be performed by using pathogen inoculated...
6413245 Sub-tenon drug delivery  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for delivering a drug formulation to a human eye. The method includes the steps of inserting the apparatus below the Tenon's capsule and above the sclera at a...
6387378 Device for storage and mucosal delivery of biological or pharmaceutical materials to animals  
Disclosed herein is a device for storing and/or delivering an effective amount of biological or pharmaceutical material to an animal comprising a tube disposed to contain said biological or...
6375970 Methods and materials for preterm birth prevention  
Materials and methods for reducing the incidence of preterm birth involving the use of polymeric compositions are provided.
6371937 Manometer infusion apparatus  
A manometer for measuring the hydrodynamic pressure of fluids parenterally administered to a patient is disclosed. The manometer includes a transparent housing that has a passage that accommodates...
6364855 Multilumen urethral catheter for transperineal brachytherapy  
A urethral catheter adapted to facilitate transperineal brachytherapy, comprising, a sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen filled with a masma comprising a plurality of...
6299593 Double and multiple lumen chest drainage tube  
A double-lumen chest drainage tube is employed to remove a mixture of air, blood and fluids from a pleural cavity following lung surgery. The drainage tube is constructed of a polymeric inner tube...
6296632 Ball-shaped fiber implant, and method and device for inserting the implant  
In the method proposed, the implant material in the form of a fibre is unwound from a bobbin (10) with the aid of a stream of air (24) and injected through a tube (19) into the body (22). In front...
6290672 Exploratory tubular sonogenic catheter  
An improved catheter for delivery of a saline solution to a fallopian tube to be examined by ultrasonic energy and for filling the uterus with a saline solution simultaneously in a sealed position....
6206270 Method of assembling needles for eyebrow makeup  
A method of assembling needles for eyebrow makeup comprises the steps of inserting short needles into holes, wrapping a thermoplastic tube onto distal ends of short needles, inserting a long needle...
6200288 Everting toroid device for insertion into a body cavity  
An everting toroid for use in delivering a powdered, fluid, or aerosolized pharmaceutical composition, or other composition, to an internal body cavity, such as the urethra, or other cavity, is...
6199554 Method and apparatus for combining injury-mediated therapy and drug delivery  
A method of enhancing injury-induced revascularization of a tissue as treatment of a disease, such as coronary artery disease, is described. The method involves (i) creating injury in a tissue...
6186982 Subcutaneous drug delivery device with improved filling system  
A subcutaneous drug delivery device having a housing having an internal reservoir in communication with a drug delivery needle via a fluid path. An expandable chamber disposed adjacent to the...
6159174 Method of using lectins for therapy of diseases transmittable by sexual contact  
In order to prevent conception and/or the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) one or more lectins capable of binding sperm and/or the pathogenic microorganisms responsible for STD's are...
6156017 Cleaning device  
A cleaning device is a device directly connected with a bath shower head. It is primary used in the individual hygiene. The structure thereof includes a joint directly connected a general used...
6156003 Surgical visualization and moisturizing device  
A surgical visualization and moisturizing device providing improved visualization and moisturizing of a surgical site such as an anastomosis. The device of the present invention is provided with a...
6077916 Biodegradable mixtures of polyphoshazene and other polymers  
Biodegradable polymeric compositions are provided, wherein biodegradable polyphosphazenes are combined with at least one other polymer, either in the form of a blend, a semi-interpenetrating...
6022340 Ballon/delivery catheter assembly with adjustable balloOn positioning  
This is a catheter assembly having an expandable balloon adjustably positionable over a polymeric delivery catheter shaft.
5957884 System for morselating and removing tissue from a patient  
A method for morselating and removing the morselated tissue through a small incision comprising in general inserting a tissue container into the body cavity of a patient through an incision,...
5954687 Burr hole ring with catheter for use as an injection port  
A burr hole ring with a catheter for use as an injection port comprises a modified burr hole ring adapted to engage the skull at a burr hole drilled therein. The interior of the burr hole ring...
5954742 Dilatation catheter  
A balloon-free dilatation catheter has an elongated flexible sheath which is insertable into an animal body so that its distal end is located at or within a selected portion of an internal passage,...
5954688 Everting toroid device for delivering a drug into a body cavity  
An everting toroid for use in delivering a powdered or liquid or aerosolized drug to an internal body cavity, such as the urethra, is described. The drug may be distributed on the surface of the...
5951521 Subcutaneous implantable sensor set having the capability to remove deliver fluids to an insertion site  
An implantable subcutaneous set for mounting onto a skin of a user and contacting a subcutaneous placement site beneath the skin includes a base, a cannula, an insertion device and an externally...
5906589 Method and apparatus for occlusion monitoring using pressure waveform analysis  
A method and apparatus for occlusion monitoring in a flow circuit using pressure waveform analysis. The flow circuit includes a first conduit and a second conduit which fluidly interconnects a...
5906597 Patient-controlled drug administration device  
A PCA device includes a fluid conduit having an upstream portion and a downstream portion, a first flow-restricting orifice in the upstream portion, a second flow-restricting orifice in the...
5899878 Nasal irrigation system  
There is disclosed a nasal irrigation system having an applicator or irrigating member through which a pressurized stream of irrigating fluid is passed through to the nasal passage. The applicator...
5897527 Portable analgesic system  
A portable analgesic system comprises a liquid medicine supply unit which stores a given amount of liquid medicine temporarily and then discharges the liquid medicine automatically, a first...
5847010 Treatment of multiple sclerosis  
The present invention is a method of preventing or ameliorating the episodic recurrence of MS, comprising administering an effective amount of selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors of Type IV,...
5843091 Extension regulator for catheter carried medical instruments  
An extension regulator for catheter carried medical instruments which extend from the distal end of the catheter or a point adjacent thereto, includes a regulator which is disposed on a hand-held...
5833644 Method for emboli containment  
A multi-catheter emboli containment system is disclosed in which a treatment chamber within a blood vessel is formed by at least two occlusion balloons on opposite sides of a stenotic lesion,...
5830152 Pencil-grip fine needle aspiration syringe holder  
A pencil-grip fine needle aspiration syringe holder for accurately placing a needle into a region using a single hand disposed close to the needle tip in a position of natural function, useable...
5823991 Penile erection assist device and method  
A penile erection assist method and apparatus treats male impotence by providing physiologically active vasodilating drugs to the penile erectile tissues in a manner which minimizes pain therein....
5817124 Anal dilator with self-expanding element  
An anal dilator for treating anal disorders, such as fissure-in-ano, having a self-expanding means for slowly dilating the anal muscles to cause a relaxation of anal muscles thereby promoting...
5800408 Infusion device for distributing infusate along an elongated infusion segment  
An infusion device for use in delivering an infusate from an elongated infusion segment along an elongated section of a body vessel with either a relatively symmetric infusate distribution profile...
5780044 Liquid delivery compositions  
Improved biocompatible liquid delivery compositions, which are useful for the formation of sustained release delivery systems for active agents, are provided. The compositions include liquid...
5752930 Implantable techniques for infusing equal volumes of agents to spaced sites  
An implantable catheter defining a plurality of fluid exits responsive to a first range of pressure on a fluid agent for delivering substantially the same flow rate of the agent through each of the...
5722950 Method for remote delivery of an aerosolized liquid  
The invention provides an apparatus for remote delivery of an aerosolized liquid by laparoscopic technique, a method of delivering an aerosolized liquid into the body of an animal by means of the...
5720734 Gastrostomy feeding ports  
Gastrostomy ports are disclosed for reliably providing enteral feeding to a patient over long periods of time. Gastrostomy ports shown herein provide one-way valves which include a resilient valve...
5716347 Gastrostomy feeding ports with positively sealing entrance valves  
Gastrostomy feeding ports are disclosed which remain positively sealed after repeated and extensive use. In one embodiment, a valve housing defines an inner passageway to provide fluid...
5702362 Nasal applicator  
Nasal applicators are an important aid for introducing powdery, pharmacologically active medicaments into the nasopharyngeal space of a patient. The present nasal applicator is based on a manually...
5645531 Constant pressure blood mixture delivery system and method  
A system and method for blood mixture fluid delivery to a patient includes fluid delivery conduits connected to the patient for delivering blood mixture fluid, a pump for controlled pumping of...
5624393 Irrigation system for surgical instruments  
The present invention provides a retrofitted attachment to an existing bone sagittal saw or drill to cool bone during the cutting and/or drilling phase of surgery. The irrigation apparatus...
5605545 Tubing system for delivering fluid to a surgical site  
A tubing set and method for use with a system for providing pressurized fluid from a fluid source to a surgical site. The system includes a fluid source, a length of flexible tubing having one end...
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