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7120487 Catheter system and method for administering regional anesthesia to a patient  
A catheter system and method is provided for overcoming various problems commonly associated with the application of regional anesthesia. Disclosed herein are several embodiments for providing...
7014634 Anesthetic delivery device  
Disclosed is a vapor wand for administering inhalation anesthesia to wild animals. The wand has a fibrous wick that absorbs liquid anesthetic inserted by a syringe through a distal end cap and/or a...
6866648 Method and apparatus to decrease the risk of intraneuronal injection during administration of nerve block anesthesia  
An objective and reproducible system for, and method of, monitoring and/or controlling the pressure during nerve blockage injection, especially by less experienced personnel, is provided in order...
6860875 Method and apparatuses of using foramen catheter needle scope to induce temporary blockade of sacral nerves  
A using method and apparatuses of foramen catheter needle scope of the present invention uses a new approach, new sites and set of apparatuses to block sacral nerves or nerve plexus to reduce pain...
6626887 Hard tissue drug delivery device and method  
A medication delivery device is disclosed having a hollow drill bit with a lateral opening that is adjacent to a beveled or sharpened tip of a hypodermic needle. The lateral opening, which can be a...
6527760 Out-patient joint lavage kit and protocol  
Out-patient knee lavage is performed by use of a kit comprising: A. Means for preparing the knee joint for lavage; B. An optional surgical drape; C. A first needle and a first syringe containing a...
6428529 Epidural administration of therapeutic compounds with sustained rate of release  
A drug delivery system provides sustained-release delivery of therapeutic biologically active compounds administered epidurally. In the preferred embodiment the biologically active compound is an...
6361786 Microbicide treated polymeric materials  
A microbicidal organic polymer material for use in manufacturing of contact lenses, catheters, condoms, surgical sutures and gloves, medical examination devices and similar uses is provided by...
6004293 Slotted regional anesthesia needle  
A hypodermic needle device for administration of anesthesia to a patient's epidural space comprising a hypodermic needle having a barrel portion with opposed distal and proximal ends, a hub...
5976110 Catheter system for administration of continuous peripheral nerve anesthetic  
A catheter system having an epidural needle, an electrically conductive stimulation wire attached to the needle, a multi-purpose connector, which is adapted to connect to intravenous tubing for...
5865184 Combined spinal and epidural anesthesia  
A method of combined spinal and epidural anesthesia includes (a) inserting a catheter into an epidural space in a patient; (b) performing a spinal anesthesia for the patient; (c) monitoring an...
5857996 Method of epidermal surgery  
A method of epidural surgery is provided that improves visibility in the epidural space of a patient for more effectively conducting therapeutic surgery therein. The method includes the steps of...
5843048 Epidural catheter needle  
An epidural needle through which an epidural catheter may be threaded for administering liquid anesthesia into the epidural space, the needle having a curved distal end, the tip of the needle...
5685852 Needle assembly and methods useful for epidural anesthesia  
The needle assembly of the present invention includes a hollow cannula having a sharp distal end, a hollow stylet having a blunt distal end with a radial opening and an interior deflection surface...
5591132 Epidural catheter  
An epidural catheter with a patient end that forms a coil in its natural state, either in the plane of the length of the catheter or helically, so that, when inserted in the epidural space, the...
5505694 Apparatus and method for raising a skin wheal  
The sight of a large I.V. needle makes one shiver with fright due to one's association of an I.V. needle with pain. An apparatus and method of anesthetizing the intended site for I.V. needle...
RE35192 Post-surgical anesthesia at a continuous and progressively decreasing administration rate  
A method of administering post-operative anesthesia directly to the surgical site through a catheter introduced into the site during the post-operative procedure. The flow of medication into the...
5458631 Implantable catheter with electrical pulse nerve stimulators and drug delivery system  
A catheter intended to be implanted in the epidural space of a patient for relief of pain, either temporarily or permanently, includes four circumferential ring electrodes connected to terminals by...
5328479 Set for continuous epidural anesthesia  
A set for continuous epidural anesthesia has an epidural catheter and a device for determining its required length and including an epidural needle insertable into an epidural space and a ruler...
5318517 Multiple lumen thoracostomy catheter and method for administering anesthesia  
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for administering medicants, specifically anesthesia, to a catheterized patient. An administration tube is provided in longitudinal...
5306239 Method of and set for spinal anesthesia  
A spinal anaesthesia is performed with the use of a step and instruments for removing an antiseptic substance after its application of patient's skin for disinfection and before introduction of a...
5304141 Method and apparatus for inducing anesthesia  
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for introducing spinal anesthesia directly into the subarachnoid space of a patient. One apparatus and method utilizes a small gauge spinal...
5269755 Catheter with outer membrane medicament delivery system  
A catheter is disclosed having an outer sheath made of a porous polymer material such as expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). The sheath has a porosity to allow anti-microbial or...
5257972 Device for and method of length determination of epidural anesthesia catheter  
A device and a method for determining a required length of an epidural catheter for a continuous epidural anesthesia, has an element formed as a ruler and having two opposite sides, a shorter scale...
5234406 Method and system for continuous spinal delivery of anesthetics  
The catheter system for delivering an anesthetic solution to the subarachnoid space of a patient comprises a small diameter catheter section joined to a larger diameter extension tube. The small...
5207640 Method of anesthetizing a patient  
A method of anesthetizing a patient includes the steps of providing a plurality of gas permeable tubes, providing means for injecting an anesthetizing gas onto the tubes, inserting the tubes within...
5199946 Device and method for administering interpleural anesthesia  
Using a safe blunt-nosed hyperdermic needle an anesthetizing fluid is deposited in a patient's pleural space by clearing the passage for the advance of the needle using the pressure of the...
5180371 Hypodermic anesthetic injection apparatus and method  
An aspirating hypodermic syringe and method for injecting dental anesthetic in which anesthetic flow through the needle is established independently of the fingers of the operator and in which...
5171226 Method of long term epidural catherization  
A novel subcutaneous tunneling device is disclosed which is particularly directed to long-term epidural catheters for relieving intractable pain, which catheters require tunneling from the...
5135525 Catheter set for continuous spinal anaesthesia  
A catheter set including an epidural cannula having a dull leading end; i.e., a leading end without a cutting grinding. A first trocar, only the tip of which projects beyond the epidural cannula,...
5129889 Synthetic absorbable epidural catheter  
A sterile catheter formed of a biodegradable, biocompatible material for use in a continuous epidural anesthesia procedure. The epidural catheter has an effective lumen size and includes a flexible...
5119832 Epidural catheter with nerve stimulators  
A catheter intended to be temporarily implanted in the epidural spaces of a person for relief of pain includes four circumferential ring electrodes connected to terminals by fine wires embedded in...
5106376 Anaesthesia set  
An anasesthesia set which includes a straight epidural cannula with a ground opening, a spinal cannula which is longer and thinner than the epidural cannula and which is insertable therein such...
5100379 Microcatheter having improved tensile strength  
A wireless polymeric microcatheter having improved tensile strength; and the process for making same.
5004456 In-dwelling catheter  
A catheter intended for the administration of an anesthetic into a body space and methods of use such as introduction within the interpleural space are disclosed. According to the disclosure, the...
4994036 Catheter set for spinal anaesthesia  
A spinal cannula adapted for insertion into an epidural cannula that may be advanced up to the dura. In placing the end of the spinal cannula intrathecally, the dura is pierced by the spinal...
4973305 Method and apparatus for inserting and retaining an epidural catheter  
A method of making an epidural insertion of a catheter and means for retention therein whereby a double lumen catheter having an air and medication conduit are provided, and the air conduit has a...
4958901 Method for making a multi-lumen epidural-spinal needle and tip and stock configuration for the same  
The present invention discloses a method for producing a multi-lumen needle suitable for administrating spinal anesthesia. The method will provide a needle that will allow the simultaneous...
4950233 Nerve block needle and safety method of use  
A nerve block needle is curved in a manner for use in penetrating skin and muscle at the side of a rib, so as to have the tip re-entrant, in the direction of and proximate to the groove in the...
4940458 Epidural needle placement system  
An epidural needle placement system and procedure comprising a hollow barrel and an epidural needle for insertion therein that is adapted to be advanced in a controlled manner.
4808157 Multi-lumen epidural-spinal needle  
The needle of the present invention is a multi-lumen needle and preferably a dual-lumen epidural-spinal needle. The needle of the present invention is provided with a hub, which allows for...
4759746 Retro-bulbar needle  
A needle for use in the administration of retro-bulbar or peri-bulbar anesthetics and a method for its use is set forth. The needle is composed of a hub portion having a central longitudinal axis...
4753635 Inducing analgesia by implantation of cells releasing neuroactive substances  
A method of inducing analgesia or reducing pain is described. The method involves implanting in the central nervous system of a host susceptible to pain, living material capable of releasing...
4747824 Hypodermic anesthetic injection method  
A method and apparatus for effecting painless hypodermic needle administration of liquid anesthetics particularly in dentistry in which the needle is carried on a light wand and the anesthetic is...
4737146 Multi-lumen epidural catheter  
A multi-lumen epidural catheter includes a flexible inner tube 10 having a tip opening 12 and a surrounding flexible outer tube 11 having a pair of side openings 13 spaced upstream from the tip. An...
4721506 Flat-inclined tip needle  
An epidural needle and method of use are disclosed involving a needle shaft having a first end and a second end with an axial channel extending therebetween. The first end of the needle shaft...
4586921 Method of applying a local anesthetic agent to a wound  
A surgical device is provided for placement in a patient, e.g. percutaneous placement, for the application of a local anesthetic agent to a wound. The device comprises a catheter and obturator. The...
4518383 Instrument and method for epidural and spinal anaesthesia  
An instrument for epidural and spinal anaesthesia has outer and inner needle assemblies. The outer assembly has a hollow needle the forward end of which is bent at an angle of about 20° and has an...
4405308 Anesthesia device with selective spray ports  
An anesthesia device comprising, a syringe having a chamber, and a device for pumping fluid from the chamber. The device has an elongated cannula attached to the syringe, with the cannula having a...
4334526 Method for administering a dissociative, unconscious type of anesthesia  
A method and system of administering a dissociative unconscious type of anesthesia are disclosed. The method and system are designed for use in office surgical units and outpatient facilities....
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