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7621880 |
Double ended wire guide
Double ended wire guides are manufactured so that either end, or both ends sequentially, may be inserted into a patient. The ends are different, so that the inventory requirements of wire guides...
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7618411 |
Variable characteristic venous access catheter shaft
A central venous catheter is provided having a proximal tube segment, a distal tube segment and a transition tube segment interposed between the proximal and distal tube segments which are...
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7618379 |
Composite guidewire
Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for guidewires. Some embodiments pertain to a composite guidewire having proximal and distal section, and a connector adapted and configured...
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7615043 |
Medical device incorporating a polymer blend
A catheter including a catheter shaft formed from a polymer blend and/or a braid. The polymer blend may include polyoxymethylene added in the dispersion phase to a polymer blend. The catheter braid...
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7601138 |
Catheter
The catheter provided in accordance with aspects of the present invention includes an elongate tube having a proximal tube portion and a distal tube portion formed by stretching the distal portion...
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7595082 |
Wire guide
A wire guide includes a mandrel that has a proximal portion and a distal portion. A first coating with a low coefficient of friction is disposed on the proximal portion of the mandrel. A second...
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7594910 |
Catheter connector
A catheter connector for a subcutaneously placed catheter. The catheter connector can be configured for a single lumen catheter or a multiple lumen catheter. The connector facilitates precise...
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7591813 |
Long nose manipulatable catheter
A long nose manipulatable catheter is described herein. The catheter generally comprises a flexible joint region defining a main lumen and an adjacent wire lumen. The wire lumen has an opening near...
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7585294 |
Coupling device
A coupling device including a first connector part and a second connector part each having connecting portions for engagement with corresponding connecting portions of the other connector part. A...
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7569046 |
Guide-in-guide catheter system
A multiple catheter system is described. In one embodiment a medical catheter system includes a first catheter having an entrance orifice, an exit orifice, a channel connecting the entrance orifice...
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7569045 |
Catheter for uniform delivery of medication
The present invention provides a catheter for the delivery of fluid medication across an anatomical region. In accordance with one embodiment, the catheter comprises an elongated tube with a...
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7547303 |
Catheter assembly including foldable internal bolster
A catheter assembly including a foldable internal bolster. According to one embodiment, the catheter assembly includes a catheter, a first flexible filament and a second flexible filament. The...
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7547302 |
Anti-microbial catheter
A catheter having features configured to provide a substantially uniform flow rate of a fluid exiting the catheter and also exhibits anti-microbial properties. The uniform flow rate features may...
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7544193 |
Single operator exchange biliary catheter
Catheter for use in biliary procedures, including a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. A guidewire lumen is carried by the shaft extending from a location proximal the distal end of the...
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7524301 |
Active counterforce handle for use in bidirectional deflectable tip instruments
The present invention is directed to an active handle assembly for use in a bidirectional steerable surgical instrument having a deflectable distal end. Typically, the surgical instrument includes...
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7517340 |
Urine collection suspension and safety system
A urine collection system includes a urine collection device and a suspension system. The urine collection device includes a catheter and a urine bag. The suspension system includes a waist band,...
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7513891 |
Temperature-sensitive cannula
A cannula, for introduction into a body tissue, the cannula flexible after introduction, and rigid below a critical temperature and flexible above the critical temperature. In a method for the...
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7494478 |
Catheter assembly
A catheter assembly comprises an outer catheter comprising a distal end curved portion having a first curved shape, and an inner catheter which comprises a distal end curved portion having a second...
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7481804 |
Multilayer medical devices
A medical device includes at least four layers including a first material and a second material having a different stiffness than a stiffness of the first material, wherein at least one of the...
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7465291 |
Method of fluid delivery and catheters for use with same
A pain management system for the infusion of drug to a wound site includes a guide needle placed within an introducer tubing. The needle and tubing are pierced through the patient's skin, after...
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7465288 |
Actuation handle for a catheter
A catheter actuation handle is disclosed for deflecting a distal end of a tubular catheter body including a first actuation wire extending from a proximal end of the body. The handle includes a...
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7455657 |
Method and apparatus to modify a fluid using a selectively permeable membrane
Method and apparatus to modify a fluid by passing a compound through a selectively permeable membrane is provided. In one embodiment a fluid moving through a vessel is modified prior to its...
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7452353 |
Catheter for uniform delivery of medication
A catheter is provided for uniform distribution of fluid medication within an anatomical region. One embodiment of the catheter is comprised of an elongated, proximal tube defining a lumen and an...
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7422581 |
Catheter with angled tip of reduced diameter
A catheter is disclosed comprising a first generally tubular body segment formed about a generally first longitudinally-extending axis and having an outer diameter of no more than approximately 5...
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7419479 |
Catheter
An enteral feeding catheter ( 5 ) that provides access to both the stomach and the jejunum for feeding, aspiration and decompression. The catheter includes a dual lumen “D” tube ( 30 ) that...
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7413563 |
Flexible medical device
This invention relates to flexible medical device. The flexible medical device may comprise interlocking portions formed of a continuous channel. When formed of a continuous channel, the medical...
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7407498 |
Construction of medical components using gas assisted microcellular foaming
A method of forming a medical device or components thereof, including the steps of providing a first component of said medical device which is formed a first material and providing a second...
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7407497 |
System for connecting a compatibility liner with a source of perishable therapeutic
A system for connecting a compatibility liner with a source of perishable therapeutic is provided. In one exemplary system for connecting a reservoir of perishable therapeutic with a lumen, a...
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7390324 |
Magnetic retrieval device and method of use
Apparatus and method for retrieving a remotely located device equipped with a magnetic coupler is provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic coupling carried at an end of an elongate member for...
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7381205 |
Displacement device for a catheter
The invention relates to a device for adjustably displacing the distal end of a flexible catheter tube ( 1 ). Said device comprises a spring-elastic guide wire ( 2 ) with a spiral end section ( 2...
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7381200 |
Infusion device
It is an object of the present invention to provide an infusion device that can be easily inserted into the body and that when inserted into a blood vessel reliably ensures the flow of blood. The...
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7381196 |
Vacuum venous assist cannula
A cannula having an elongated tubular flexible body reinforced to prevent kinking in which the distal end of the tube is inserted in the heart and is provided with openings allowing blood to enter...
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7377915 |
Catheter connector system
A catheter connector system that allows trimming of the proximal end of a catheter (single or multiple lumen) prior to the placement of a connector hub. In one variation, the catheter connector...
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7367967 |
Catheter with sheathed hypotube
A catheter assembly and method for constructing same comprises the engagement of a substantially hollow proximal tubular member, which is at least partially coated with at least one polymeric...
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7364566 |
Method and apparatus for intra-aortic substance delivery to a branch vessel
A renal flow system injects a volume of fluid agent into a location within an abdominal aorta in a manner that flows bi-laterally into each of two renal arteries via their respectively spaced ostia...
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7361169 |
Medical line stabilizer
A medical line stabilizer includes an elongate rigidifying body having an axis. An open channel extends parallel to the axis which is adapted to receive a medical line, such as intravenous tubing....
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7354430 |
Catheter incorporating a curable polymer layer to control flexibility
The present invention relates generally to catheters for performing medical procedures including percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. More particularly, the present invention relates to...
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7354428 |
Guiding catheter shaft with improved radiopacity on the wire braid
An intracorporeal catheter, such as a guiding catheter, employed for intraluminal procedures is disclosed. The catheter generally has an elongated catheter shaft including a polymeric inner layer...
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7351914 |
Flexible printed circuit board for catheter, catheter using same, and production method of catheter
The present invention provides a flexible printed circuit board having a band-like meandering pattern as a whole, which includes multiple linear parts configured about parallel to each other and a...
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7347852 |
Catheter retention
A multiple tube catheter, such as a hemo-dialysis catheter, has first and second tubes which are attached to each other over a zone by one or more longitudinally extending wires which joins the two...
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7338482 |
External catheter access to vacuum bandage
A bandage is provided for use with a wound having a wound surface. The bandage is connectable to a vacuum source and may include a flexible cover positioned over the wound and a collar coupled to...
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7329248 |
Catheter sheath pinch clamp
A catheter insertion sheath assembly ( 100 ) including a tubular sheath body ( 106 ) having a proximal end ( 102 ), a distal end ( 104 ), and a hollow passage ( 107 ) extending between the proximal...
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7326196 |
Catheter assemblies for controlled movement of fluid
A catheter assembly for infusion or aspiration of an internal body site includes a catheter comprised of a tubular sidewall extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal end, the sidewall...
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7316677 |
Ureteral access sheath
A ureteral access sheath adapted for insertion into a urethra includes an elongate tube extending between a proximal end and a distal end. A handle assembly is disposed at the proximal end and...
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7314489 |
Method and apparatus to facilitate nutritional malabsorption
A method and apparatus to facilitate nutritional malabsorption by diverting digestive secretions, such as bile or pancreatic secretions. A tube is positioned substantially within the small...
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7306585 |
Guide catheter
A guide catheter includes a hollow elongate shaft defining a channel. The hollow elongate shaft (or a segment thereof) includes an inner tube and a multilayer sheath formed around the inner tube....
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7306580 |
Medical device with therapeutic agents
A medical device is adapted for at least partial implantation into a body and includes first and second sections along the length of the device. A first therapeutic agent is associated with the...
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7300430 |
Multi-lumen catheter with attachable hub
The present invention is a multi-lumen catheter assembly having a selectively attachable hub including a multi-lumen catheter tube that has a proximal portion and a distal portion and a hub...
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7276043 |
Occlusion-resistant catheter
A catheter comprises an elongated tube having an interior defined by a sidewall having openings. At least a portion of the catheter is spirally formed into a corkscrew pattern or has an inwardly...
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7261708 |
Removable catheter hub
A removable hub ( 100 ) for a catheter ( 170 ) including a lower portion ( 110 ) having a lower proximal end ( 114 ), a lower distal end ( 112 ), and a lower channel ( 116, 118, 120 ) extending...
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