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4723550 Leakproof hemostasis valve with single valve member  
A hemostasis valve in which the valve member is a tubular, resilient gasket which may be compressed with variable pressure to provide a variable pressure seal to an elongated member extending...
4700705 Catheter based surgical methods and apparatus therefor  
Methods for effecting various surgical procedures via the use of a flexible, small diameter, catheter. The catheter includes a working head arranged to be moved, e.g., rotated, at a high rate of...
4699611 Biliary stent introducer  
A device and technique for percutaneous placement of a tubular prosthesis involves gripping the leading end of the prosthesis by an expandable member inserted into the lumen of the prosthesis from...
4686984 Catheter for widening a puncture channel  
For widening puncture channels of the kidney, use is made of catheters increasing by steps in diameter, which are inserted consecutively into the kidney through a puncture channel over a guiding...
4667657 Surgical wound retractor  
A surgical wound retractor including two diverging branches made up of a stationary part and a movable working part hinged thereto. The working parts of both branches have one common guide which...
4641648 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument and method for use in inserting and positioning prosthesis, including a body portion having an elongate hollow handle defining a feed trough for supplying normal saline...
4607618 Method for treatment of morbid obesity  
Morbid obesity is treated by implacement in the fundus of a hollow shaped appliance. The appliance is formed of semi-rigid skeleton members and is collapsible to a dimension and shape which can be...
4574791 Muscle-toning device  
This invention is directed to a muscle-toning device, and more particularly to a device to aid in the strengthening of the pubococcygeus muscle related to the female pelvic structure, so as to...
4543950 Patient's mouthpiece  
A toroid shaped mouthpiece that is inserted into a patient's mouth between the patient's gums and cheeks. The mouthpiece is particularly configured to sustain an oral space through which the...
4535759 Ultrasonic medical instrument  
An ultrasonic friction reducing device is comprised of an ultrasonic generator having a special sweep frequency oscillator, a piezoelectric crystal transducer and a cervical dilator probe. The...
4531512 Wrapping system for intra-aortic balloon utilizing a wrapping envelope  
A wrapping system for an intra-aortic balloon in which a wrapping guide is provided which restrains the proximal end of the envelope from rotating as the distal end is rotated thereby providing a...
4512338 Process for restoring patency to body vessels  
A process in which a shape memory alloy such as nitinol wire which has been previously fabricated in its parent phase to form a longitudinally oriented coil of adjacent wire loops and thereafter...
4503569 Transluminally placed expandable graft prosthesis  
A transluminally placed endovascular graft prosthesis includes a helically wound coil having a generally tubular shape and is made of a shape memory Nitinol alloy having a transition temperature in...
4502485 Plastic forceps  
A pair of disposable plastic forceps includes elongeated arms, each having a proximal end portion providing a handle and a distal end portion for attachment of a contacting member to each of the...
4474182 Surgical Stoma Tool and methods of making and using the same  
The present invention relates to a Surgical Stoma Tool and methods of making and using the same wherein an elongated circular cylindrical element which is provided at one end thereof with a...
4449532 Dilator to facilitate endoscope insertion into the body  
A dilator for surgical use having a ball on the end of a thin stiff stem. A plurality of telescoping tubes are adapted to be slid along the stem and atop one another so as successively to enlarge...
4434797 Catheter  
A catheter intended to be inserted in a body duct, vessel or cavity in order to maintain the passage of liquid, gas or solid substances. The catheter (1) is made of plastic. The catheter (1) is...
4365621 Device for members for closing body passages  
A device for temporarily or permanently closing body passages or cavities in humans and animals and including a member (2) of a material which swells at least 20% by absorbing body fluids and which...
4346714 Method of inserting teat dilator  
A dilator for a teat of a dairy cow operates to facilitate the flow of fluid from the teat. The dilator has a body having a passage adapted to be positioned in communication with a duct of the...
4290420 Stress incontinence diagnostic and treatment device  
An apparatus for diagnosing and treating stress urinary incontinence includes a belt surrounding the patient's trunk, a support plate on the belt, parallel tubes on the plate, and a generally...
4281658 Dilator  
A dilator for a test of a female mammal operates to facilitate the flow of fluids from the teat. The dilator has a body having a passage adapted to be positioned in communication with a duct of the...
4273131 Surgical stylet  
The surgical stylet formed as an elongated, thin member which includes a metallic core which is capable of being bent and remain stationary in any particular desired configuration. A rigid plastic...
4243037 Fecal impaction remover  
A device for breaking up impacted fecal from the rectum comprising an outer hollow tube having an opening at one end for introducing an enema solution into the tube cavity and having an opening at...
4241912 Isometric vaginal exercise device and method  
An isometric vaginal exercise device includes a rounded shaft having a flange attached to one end thereof. The shaft has a concave portion adjacent the flange, wherein the diameter of the concave...
4240436 Therapeutic cold pack  
A disposable perineal ice pack having an anatomical shape specially adapted for treatment of swelling and other disfunction of the rectal-vaginal pelvis region of female subjects, composed of a...
4240412 Medical device  
A medical device comprising first and second ball sections, an intermediate section having a peripheral surface and opposite ends, and first and second generally cylindrical sections for coupling...
4236520 Fluid drain or injection tube for an animal's udder  
A fluid drain or injection tube for insertion into a teat of an animal's udder has an elongated body with closed and open opposite ends, and with an axial bore terminating at the open end. The body...
4168708 Blood vessel occlusion means suitable for use in anastomosis  
A T-shaped blood vessel occluder has a stem with a pair of opposing arms at one end forming a bar. Generally conically shaped solid bulbs are connected to the extremities of the bar. The occluder...
4167938 Exerciser for vaginal muscles  
A distensible body having an air impervious bladder of stretchable material is connected to a compressed air source and to a pressure indicator by hoses. A squeeze bulb and a releasable check valve...
4106489 Device to strengthen muscles  
A device for increasing the muscular strength of certain muscles within the vaginal region of the human body. The device includes means whereby the user is enabled to increase a radial type...
D247512 Surgical dilator  
4013079 Medical dilator  
A dilator for medical applications particularly for dilating the cervical canal of the uterus in which a rigid rod-shaped probe has a profiled head section on the free end of the probe. A housing...
4007735 Cervical dilation vibrator  
A vibrator having a detachable probe for dilating the cervix includes an eccentric at one end of the holder near the probe, a variable speed pneumatic motor at the other end of the holder, the...
4000743 Uterine anteverter  
An apparatus for moving a retroverted uterus to an anterior position to facilitate visualization of the uterus during laparoscopic procedures and the like. The apparatus comprises an elongate rod...
3994301 Submammary dissector  
A submammary dissector for providing a submammary pocket by insertion through an incision in a person's axilla the dissector having a curved portion at one end thereof and a handle portion at an...
3983877 Throat pack  
The present invention provides a throat pack comprising a resilient moulding of polymeric foam material shaped and adapted for insertion into and occlusion of the oro-pharynx or laryngo-pharynx or...
3949750 Punctum plug and method for treating keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye) and other ophthalmic aliments using same  
A plug of suitable dimension and material is removably inserted into the upper and/or lower punctal apertures of the eye to block the opening and the attendant canaliculus so as to thereby prevent...
3938517 Teat cautery bullet  
A teat cautery bullet or device for insertion through the teat orifice and into the papillary duct of an injured teat of a dairy cow or similar animal to control hemorrhaging and prevent formation...
3938504 Method for measuring vagina dimensions  
A trial and error method for measuring dimensions of the vagina and specifically the effective diameter of the vaginal sphincter muscle of an animal such as a dog or other female animal, using a...
3908637 Rigid urethral instrument  
A rigid urethral instrument for introduction into the bladder through the urethra, and for carrying out the functions of a urethral sound and a urethral catheter. The major portion of the...
3821956 BOVINE TEAT DILATOR AND MEDICAMENT DISPENSER  
A dilator for an injured or diseased teat of a cow has a base portion and a portion to be inserted in the milk duct. The latter portion is provided with a spirally grooved conical outer wall and a...
3811449 DILATING APPARATUS AND METHOD  
To accurately dilate tissue preparatory to introducing medical instruments therein, an elongated, flexible probe of uniform diameter having a rounded insertion tip is employed to sound the tissue....
3747603 CERVICAL DILATORS  
A surgical kit includes a set of cervical dilators having probes of different diameters and handles of identical size and configuration and color coded to the probe diameter. Each dilator is...
3712300 HEMORRHOIDAL SUPPORT  
A hemorrhoid support shaped to utilize the sphincter rectal muscle for retaining the rectal insert portion thereof in an inserted position with an enlarged cylindrical head portion of the insert's...
3703898 TEAT DILATOR  
A teat dilator for insertion into the canal opening in a cow's teat and characterized by a multi-sided frame of more than two members joined together; the frame providing a cavity which may be used...
3698391 MEATAL DILATOR  
A meatal dilator designed specifically to dilate the urethra has a relatively long dilating shaft one of whose ends is tapered to a blunt tip. The other end of the shaft is connected to a grip...
3687129 CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF EMPLOYING SAME  
A male contraceptive device which comprises a plug having a coating of fabric on its outer walls. The plug is inserted in the vas deferens. The fabric coating allows for the ingrowth of cells from...
3648683 REVERSIBLE INTRA-VAS DEVICE  
A device is disclosed for blocking body passages, having special application in the vas deferens for preventing the flow of sperm from the testis to the seminal vesicle. The device is maintained in...
3463141 MALE CONTRACEPTIVE  
3374791 Ear speculum