Patent classifications
A61M2210/1085
Gynecology and urology kit for improved bladder visualization for fast fill catheter
The present invention is a kit designed with a novel sized catheter valve capable of directing fluid easily through two separate paths or restricting fluid passage completely. The novel catheter valve is easy for an operator to use due to the relatively large valve control. The novel valve catheter also has a color code as an added safety measure.
BLOOD COMPONENT COLLECTION BLADDER
A fluid collection loop includes a flexible tube having a first end and a second end, a connector, and a fluid component collection bladder. The connector is configured to couple the first end of the flexible loop and the fluid component collection bladder. The fluid component collection bladder includes a first chamber defined between a top end and a flow chamber separator, and a second chamber defined between a bottom end and the flow chamber separator. The flow chamber separator extends from a first end of the fluid component collection bladder towards a second end of the fluid component collection bladder and a gap exists between the fluid component collection bladder and the second end of the fluid component collection bladder.
Flow Indwelling Urinary Catheter
Improved flow indwelling urinary catheters are disclosed in which inflow openings at a distal end of a catheter are distally biased and in proximity to a distal end of a catheter balloon resulting in greater urine outflow volume and velocity, greater urine emptying volume from the bladder and patent urine outflow as the catheter is withdrawn from the bladder.
Drug delivery devices with drug-permeable component and methods
Drug delivery devices having a drug-permeable component and methods of making and using the same are provided. Drug delivery devices include a housing having a first and second wall structures that are adjacent one another and together form a tube defining a drug reservoir lumen. The second wall structure, or both the first wall structure and the second wall structure, are permeable to water, and the first wall structure is impermeable to the drug while the second wall structure is permeable to the drug, such that the drug is releasable in vivo by diffusion through the second wall structure.
Catheter device and method for inducing negative pressure in a patient's bladder
A catheter includes an elongated tube having a distal portion having a distal end and a sidewall defining at least one drainage lumen. The catheter also includes a permeable material. The permeable material is configured to be deployed in the urinary tract to maintain the distal end of the elongated tube at a predetermined position in a bladder, a ureter, a renal pelvis, or a kidney of the patient. When deployed, the permeable material defines a three-dimensional shape of sufficient size to permit flow of at least a portion of fluid from the urinary tract through the permeable material and the at least one drainage lumen.
Intra-cavity circulation heat perfusion apparatus
An intra-cavity circulation heat perfusion apparatus, comprising a casing, an electromagnetic induction heating means, and a controller. The electromagnetic induction heating means comprises a tray and an electromagnetic induction coil; the tray is used for bearing a heating tank; a master control unit of the controller controls the electromagnetic induction coil to be electrified to heat the heating tank, so as to indirectly heat a medicinal liquid in a liquid storage chamber; a data acquisition unit is used for acquiring medicinal liquid temperature values of the heating tank, a liquid outlet pipeline, and a liquid return pipeline and transferring same to the master control unit; the master control unit controls a power control unit according to the medicinal liquid temperature values to control a heating power of the electromagnetic induction coil.
Catheter system
In one example, the disclosure relates to a catheter system comprising an elongated body defining a lumen. The elongated body comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion. An anchoring member is positioned on the proximal portion of the elongated body. The anchoring member configured to anchor the proximal portion of the elongated body to a patient. The catheter system includes one or more sensors positioned on the elongated body. The one or more sensors are configured to sense a parameter of a fluid within the lumen of the elongated body. The catheter system includes memory positioned on the elongated body, the memory configured to store patient-specific information.
Indwelling valve actuated urinary catheter
An indwelling valve actuated urinary catheter has an inner catheter having an inlet port configured on a distal end and for locating within the bladder and a sheath that extends over the inner catheter to produce a valve. The sheath extends over the inlet port when the valve is in a closed position and manipulation of a valve actuator on the proximal end, located within the penis, opens the valve. A bladder plug configured on the distal end of the inner catheter may form a seal between the catheter sheath and the inner catheter. The valve actuator may comprise a proximal nodule and a distal nodule that are configured within the urethra along the penis. Manual manipulation of the valve actuator through the penis, such as by pinching the penis, moves the proximal and distal nodules with respect to each other to open or close the valve.
DRUG-COATED BALLOON CATHETERS FOR BODY LUMENS
Various embodiments disclosed relate to drug-coated balloon catheters for treating, preventing, or reducing the recurrence of a stricture and/or cancer, or for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), in a non-vascular body lumen and methods of using the same. A drug-coated balloon catheter for delivering a therapeutic agent to a target site of a body lumen stricture includes an elongated balloon having a main diameter. The balloon catheter includes a coating layer overlying an exterior surface of the balloon. The coating layer includes one or more water-soluble additives and an initial drug load of a therapeutic agent. In some embodiments, the balloon catheter includes a length-control mechanism which stretches and elongates the balloon when it is in a deflated state, giving the balloon a smaller cross-sectional deflated profile for tracking through the body lumen and for removal after treatment.
Device for determining removability of Foley catheter
A device can be coupled to a foley catheter inserted into the bladder of a patient, where the foley catheter includes a urine passage through which urine can be drained from the bladder. The device includes a pressure sensor that is connected to a urine outlet of the urine passage and configured to measure a pressure value of the urine being drained through the urine outlet, a processor connected to the pressure sensor and configured to determine whether the foley catheter can be removed by comparing the pressure value and a predetermined threshold value, and a display unit connected to the processor and displaying whether the foley catheter can be removed according to the control of the processor.