Surgery inventions 06/06

20060142688 - Programmable apparatus and method for optimizing and real time monitoring of gene transfection based on user configured arbitrary waveform pulsing train: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for generating and applying an electric field according to a user configured arbitrary waveform pulsing train. A control module allows the user to input operation parameters and configure the arbitrary waveform pulsing train for the electroporation process. A micro-controller unit coupled...

20060142689 - Systems, methods and compositions for cleaning wounds: Systems, methods and compositions for effectively cleaning wounds are described. According to the present invention, wound care is promoted by the use of a charged solution and particularly in the presence of sonic energy. Inventive methods for producing a solution which promotes removal of microbes, comprising charging a solution that...

20060142690 - Apparatus and method for cleaning a surgically prepared bone surface: An apparatus suitable for cleaning a surgically prepared working surface comprises a body portion adapted to supply pressurized fluid (preferably carbon dioxide gas) to the surgically prepared working surface and aspirate surface debris dislodged from the surgically prepared working surface. The apparatus further comprises a head portion adapted to constrain...

20060142691 - Apparatus and method for piercing skin with microprotrusions: A method and device are described for applying a microprotrusion member (44) including a plurality of microprotrusions (90) to the stratum corneum with impact. The method and device are used to improve transport of an agent across the skin for agent delivery or sampling. The applicator (10, 60, 80) causes...

20060142692 - Fluid delivery system and flow control therefor: A fluid delivery system having a closed-loop control process for delivering a medical fluid to a patient. A fluid infusion system includes a pump for delivering a fluid to a patient via an administration tube. A flow sensor associated with the administration tube provides an indication of the actual flow...

20060142693 - Disposable mouthwash container: A disposable mouthwash container for use at a location such as a restaurant or preparatory to a meeting, for quick and easy rinsing of the user's mouth and to receive the used mouthwash back into the same container and be re-sealed for disposal. Each embodiment of the invention seals the...

20060142694 - Bi-directional steerable catheter control handle: The present invention is a handle for controlling the deflection of a distal end of a catheter body. The catheter body includes first and second deflection wires that extend through the catheter body from the distal end of the catheter body. The handle comprises a slide base, an adjustment knob,...

20060142695 - Long travel steerable catheter actuator: The present invention is an electrophysiology, RF ablation, or similar catheter (i.e., catheter or sheath) that includes an actuator that significantly increases the length of travel (i.e., steering travel) of the actuation wires, as compared to the length of travel provided by prior art actuators. The catheter includes a hollow...

20060142696 - Catheter: A catheter includes a distal shaft, and a proximal shaft having its distal portion inserted and fixed in the distal shaft. The distal shaft includes a guide wire lumen, and a distal shaft lumen, with the distal shaft lumen communicating with a proximal shaft lumen. The proximal shaft includes a...

20060142697 - Elongated medical device with functional distal end: An elongate medical device that may be used for performing medical procedures on a patient is provided. This elongate medical device may include a first member having a distal end, an outer surface, and a first lumen, where the first member may have an elongated configuration such that the length...

20060142698 - Internal needle inserter: A device comprises a housing having a mounting surface adapted for application to the skin of a subject, a needle with a pointed end portion adapted to penetrate the skin the subject, the needle having a first position in which the distal end portion is retracted within the housing, and...

20060142699 - Rotatable suture ring: An introducer sheath having a rotation component allowing rotation of a suture ring. The rotation component having a first position allowing rotation of the suture ring and a second position which secures the rotational position of the suture ring. In one embodiment, the introducer sheath comprises a main body having...

20060142700 - Two-way slit valve: A slit valve (10) for use with an inflatable medical device having a flange surface (12) with an opening therein. The slit valve (10) has a valve body (14) connected to the flange surface (12) and a chamber formed in the valve body (14) for accepting an inflation tube (34)...

20060142701 - Mixing syringe with and without flush: A displaceable valved stopper is disclosed which partitions a conventional syringe into proximal and distal chambers to provide a multi-chamber, mixing syringe assembly. Also the valved stopper and a valve assembly are disclosed for use in a single conventional syringe to provide dual chamber mixing plus a disparate and sequentially...

20060142702 - Aortic cannula: The invention relates to an aortic cannula for delivering fluid, especially blood, into a vessel of the human body, particularly the aortic arch. Said aortic cannula comprises an elongate basic cannula body into which the fluid is directed, an orifice from which the fluid is discharged at the distal end...

20060142703 - Catheter aperture with related structures and method: An elongate catheter shaft having a side port aperture through a side wall of the catheter shaft between proximal and distal ends of the shaft. The side port aperture is open to a lumen. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to stiffening structure disposed in the immediate vicinity of...

20060142704 - Multifilar cable catheter: A catheter device including an elongate catheter shaft comprising a multifilar cable tubing having a proximal portion and a distal portion. At least a part of the distal portion is more flexible than the proximal portion....

20060142705 - Implantable medication delivery device having needle receiving slot: A medication delivery device having a housing including at least one needle receiving port comprising a septum and a needle entrance opening. The entrance opening in accordance with the invention comprises an elongate slot having a length L and a width W where L is significantly greater than W and...

20060142706 - Ocular device for current controlled variable delivery of active principles: Device for delivering active principles to the eye, comprising a reservoir able to contain the active principles, and means for releasing the active principles contained in the reservoir towards the vicinity of a site intended to receive the active principles, characterized in that the device also comprises means for distributing...

20060142707 - Apparatus and method for autologous normovolemic hemodilution: A system and method for autologous normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) are disclosed. The system can include a vacuum canister, which is sized to accept donor bags of a predetermined capacity. The vacuum canister is connected to a vacuum source which applies a suction to the donor bag within the canister. The...

20060142708 - Method for removing pigments from a pigmented section of skin: The present invention relates to a method for removing pigments from a pigmented section of a skin by puncturing the skin at the pigmented section, with a skin puncturing device which is provided with at least one needle, and then bandaging the punctured section with a suitable adsorbing pad. The...

20060142709 - Activated carbon substrates: A substrate that contains an odor control composition is provided. The odor control composition includes activated carbon for adsorbing one or more odorous compounds to reduce odor. The odor control composition also contains a water-soluble binder for increasing the durability of the activated carbon when applied to a substrate. In...

20060142710 - Absorbent article: An absorbent article having a substantially oblong rectangular absorbent body A composed of a topsheet 2, a backsheet 3, and an absorbent core 4 between the topsheet 2 and the backsheet 3. The absorbent article further has a pair of side sheets 5 as leak preventive side members on its...

20060142711 - Article for assisting in toilet training: A toilet training article in the form of a toilet training pad containing an effervescent agent is disclosed. The toilet training pad, which may be an insertable pad or integrated directly into an undergarment, contains an effervescent agent which releases gas upon being contacted by urine. The effervescent agent may...

20060142716 - Absorbent article featuring a non-abrasive temperature change member: Disclosed is an absorbent article including a temperature change member. In addition to the temperature change member, the article can include an outercover, and an absorbent body disposed on the outercover. The temperature change member includes temperature change material that is disposed in a temperature change composite in a nonuniform...

20060142713 - Absorbent article featuring a temperature change member: Disclosed is an absorbent article including a temperature change member. The temperature change member includes a matrix of fibers and temperature change material intermixed within the matrix of fibers....

20060142714 - Absorbent article featuring a temperature change member: Disclosed is an absorbent article including a temperature change member. The temperature change member includes a matrix of fibers and temperature change material intermixed within the matrix of fibers....

20060142715 - Absorbent article featuring a temperature change member: In some forms of the invention, an absorbent article (e.g., training pants) includes an impermeable cover, an absorbent body and a temperature change member disposed with the absorbent body. The absorbent article further includes a liquid retarding member that is disposed with the temperature change member to temporarily maintain liquid...

20060142712 - Absorbent articles that provide warmth: An absorbent article that contains a warmth-providing substrate is provided that is capable of generating heat upon activation. Specifically, the substrate is coated with an exothermic composition that may be formed from a variety of different components, including oxidizable metals, carbon components, binders, electrolytic salts, and so forth. The oxidizable...

20060142717 - Absorbent bed pad: The present invention provides for an absorbent pad for absorbing liquids exuded from a body, comprising a planar body having a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer perimeter defining a middle portion; a particulate blended and dispersed within at least one of the top surface, the bottom surface...

20060142718 - Dental absorbent pad: A dental absorbent pad (10) is disclosed having a moisture permeable, outer layer (11), a moisture absorbent layer (12), a stiffening plate (13), and a moisture impermeable backing (14). The moisture absorbent layer and stiffening plate are smaller in size than the overlying outer layer and backing so that a...

20060142719 - Evaporative disposable garment: A disposable garment having a liquid permeable liner, a liquid impermeable/vapor permeable outer cover in opposed relationship with the liner and an absorbent body disposed between the liner and the outer cover. The outer cover has a water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) as determined by a Water Vapor Transmission Rate...

20060142720 - Package and dispensing system for personal care articles: The present invention provides a package for holding and dispensing absorbent personal care articles. The package has a plurality absorbent personal care articles and a plurality packaging components. Each of the packaging components has a compartment, a fixed end and a free end. Each fixed end is connected directly or...

20060142721 - Pouch with wiping capability: An individually wrapped absorbent article includes an absorbent article and a unitary sheet of material configured as a pouch surrounding the absorbent article. The unitary sheet of material includes an interior surface and an exterior surface. At least one of the interior and exterior surfaces has a liquid absorbent capacity...

20060142722 - Multilayer absorbent article: An article for use in contact with a tissue layer of a person and capable of holding its position with respect to the contacted tissue layer while reducing the opportunity for damage to the tissue layer comprises a support structure and a contact layer associated with the support structure. The...

20060142723 - Sanitary napkin: A sanitary napkin includes: a napkin body having a liquid-absorbent layer for absorbing and retaining liquid; and first and second projections each exerting an elastic contractive force between longitudinally opposing front and rear ends to concavely curve the body surface of the napkin body and raise itself from the body...

20060142724 - Sanitary napkin: A sanitary napkin includes: a napkin body having a liquid-absorbent layer for absorbing and retaining liquid; and a projection projecting from a body surface of the napkin body. The projection has an apex and a pair of side wall portions formed of a liquid-permeable material. The apex is spaced apart...

20060142725 - Sanitary napkin: A sanitary napkin includes a napkin body having a liquid-absorbent layer for absorbing and retaining liquid and a projection projecting from a body surface of the napkin body. The projection is secured at laterally spaced base ends to the body surface of the napkin body. A distance between the base...

20060142726 - Interlabial pad: An interlabial pad can maintain a state of constant contact with the inner walls of the labia and prevent leakage and falling away, regardless of changes in the position of the wearer. According to an interlabial pad having a pair of strip-shaped areas extending toward the side-edges along the center...

20060142727 - Disposable wearing article: A disposable wearing article is provided with a pair of liquid-barrier sheets on a body-side surface of the article. A dimension by which distal edges of distal zones of the barrier sheets are spaced from each other in a transverse direction is gradually enlarged from a side of rear ends...

20060142728 - Absorbent garment with strand coated adhesive components: An absorbent garment includes a body panel having a terminal waist edge, at least first and second layers terminating at the terminal waist edge and at least one elastic element disposed between the first and second layers. The body panel has at least first and second adhesive regions. The first...

20060142729 - Adult incontinence garment with extension strip: The an adult incontinence garment has front and rear body portions connected by a crotch portion and pressure sensitive adhesive tabs for connecting the front and rear body portions to one another when in place on an individual of normal girth. An extension strip is provided for adapting the garment...

20060142730 - Disposable, sterile fluid transfer device: The present invention relates to a sterile sample collection device for fluids and a method of using the same. It is comprised of a transfer device having a body with a bore formed through at least a portion of its interior. Contained within the bore is a movable plunger. The...

20060142731 - Floating gastro-intestinal anchor: The present invention is directed to a floating anchor, which can be inserted into the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, or rectal cavity and reverts to a bent shape when placed therein....

20060142732 - Variable curve catheter: Disclosed is a deflectable tip guiding device, such as a catheter, that enables a physician, or other health care personnel, to vary the radius of curvature of the tip of the device. In one embodiment, a guiding device includes an elongate body and a deflectable distal tip. An elongate stiffener...

20060142733 - Catheter tip and method of attaching a catheter tip to a catheter shaft: The present invention is a method of bonding a shaft tip to a distal end of a catheter or sheath shaft. The method includes extruding a shaft to have an initial outside diameter that is greater than an outside diameter the shaft will have when finished. A lap joint area...

20060142734 - Fluid seal for endoscope: A seal is provided for effectively inhibiting the egress of fluids from the working channel of an endoscope when an elongate device having a region with a non-circular cross-sectional shape is disposed therein. The seal has a body portion with a proximal end adapted for insertion of the elongate device,...

20060142735 - Self-sealing male luer connector with multiple seals: A self-sealing male Luer connector attaches to any standard female Luer valve to open a flow channel between the two. The self-sealing male Luer connector includes a rigid housing having a distal end with a rigid male Luer connector and a proximal end at which a proximal seal is formed....

20060142736 - Biodegradable drains for medical applications: The invention relates, generally, to medical appliances. More particularly, it relates to tubular shaped devices used as drains for draining fluids (liquids and/or gases) from antrums or other parts of the human or animal body. According to the present invention a drain is provided, which is suitable for draining a...

20060142737 - Catheter: The invention provides a catheter, e.g. a urinary catheter, comprising two parts joined in a fixed connection. One part is made for manipulation of the other part, which other part is made for insertion into the body. The catheter comprises a sleeve attached to the outer surface of one of...

20060135905 - Tampon applicator with improved fingergrip and method of making same: The present invention provides a tampon applicator barrel having a fingergrip with one or more gripping structures that have an acute edge for improved gripping. Preferably, the one or more gripping structures are one or more embossed ring-like structures. The present invention also provides a method for forming the one...

20060135906 - Iontophoretic device and method for administering immune response-enhancing agents and compositions: An iontophoresis device and method delivers an immune response-enhancing agent, or composition thereof via iontophoresis. The device may include an active electrode assembly having a drug solution holding portion, comprising an immune response-enhancing agent, or composition thereof; and a non-active electrode assembly. An iontophoresis device delivers an immune response-enhancing agent...

20060135907 - Device and method for checking a medical device: A device integrated with and/or operably coupled to a medical device, including an acoustic element for detecting a sound associated with the medical device to monitor and/or assess the performance and/or condition of the medical device. The invention encompasses a method for assessing the operation, performance and/or condition of a...

20060135908 - Insertion device for infusion sets: An insertion device for infusion sets, including a housing for generally enclosing an infusion set placed in the insertion device and a drive device for displacing the infusion set, wherein the displacing is as friction-free as possible with respect to the housing....

20060135909 - Catheter assembly with tapered joints and method of manufacture: A catheter assembly comprises at least one catheter shaft and a balloon. The catheter shaft comprises a substantially cylindrical portion and at least one tapered portion. The tapered portion forms an angle with the cylindrical portion of about 1 degree to about 25 degrees. At least one of the waists...

20060135910 - Percutaneous safety needle inserter: An infusion device comprises an elongate housing member and a slider member. The housing member comprises a hollow cavity extending therethrough and a front plate secured to a first end of the housing. The slider member is positioned within the hollow cavity of the housing so as to be axially...

20060135911 - Temperature modulation of transdermal drug delivery: A trans-body-surface drug delivery device for the administration of at least one drug to an individual at a therapeutically effective rate. The device including a reservoir having at least one drug and a thermoeffector having a first surface that is controllable to at least one of heating and cooling the...

20060135912 - Biodegradable pericardia constraint system and method: A system has been developed for injecting a biodegradable pericardial constraint including: a biodegradable viscoelastic substance (BES); an external injection container for the BES; a cannula having a distal section adapted to be inserted into a pericardial sac of a mammalian heart and a proximal section connectable to the external...

20060135913 - Pivotable needle unit: The present invention generally relates to the insertion of needles or needle-like members. Thus, a device comprises a housing having a mounting surface adapted for application to the skin of a subject, and a needle unit connected to the housing by a hinge allowing the needle unit to pivot corresponding...

20060135914 - Low profile adaptor for use with a medical catheter: Low profile adaptor for use with a medical catheter, such as a gastrostomy feeding tube. In a preferred embodiment, the adaptor comprises a body having a lower portion and an upper portion. A first channel is provided in the lower portion, and a second channel is provided in the upper...

20060135915 - Catheter with direction orientation: A regional anesthesia catheter used with a guide such as for example a needle cannula has a distal portion integrally connected to a main portion of the catheter by a junction portion that has a cross-sectional profile different from the distal and main portions, so as to predispose the distal...

20060135916 - Catheter with direction orientation: A regional anesthesia catheter used with a guide such as for example a needle cannula has a distal portion integrally connected to a main portion of the catheter by a junction portion that has a cross-sectional profile different from the distal and main portions, so as to predispose the distal...

20060135917 - Needle tip: A needle for medical uses, for example for inserting a dialysis membrane into human or animal tissue, wherein the needle has an end portion made of solid material and provided with at least two areas which intersect a longitudinal axis of the needle and each other whereby at least one...

20060135918 - Reusable drug delivery device: This invention relates to a reusable drug delivery device, preferably a device that is placed or implanted in the eye to release a pharmaceutically active agent to the eye. The device utilizes a rigid box-like holder and cap and can be reused once the active has completely diffused from the...

20060135919 - Ostomy support garment: An ostomy support garment in the form of a material having a hole for receiving a stoma, said hole having a stabilised edge wherein the edge is provided with an element allowing an increase or reduction of the length of the edge of the hole and providing a snug fit...

20060135920 - Discontinuous lotion application onto the topsheet of an absorbent article: wherein the lotion is applied to the liquid pervious topsheet (24) in the form of a pattern of a plurality of stripes (70), that are separated by a plurality of areas having no lotion; and the pattern of a plurality of stripes (70) is a discontinuous pattern....

20060135922 - Apparatus and method of forming a composite web structure and an absorbent structure comprising said web: A method and a device of forming a composite web containing at least one layer of superabsorbent particulate material and at least one layer of fibrous material, the web being intended for use as an absorbent structure in absorbent articles. The layers of fibrous material and at least one layer...

20060135921 - Porous particulate collagen sponges: The present invention relates to the development of new porous particulate collagen sponges, combining the desirable features of low toxicity, resorbability, and satisfactory porosity, particularly when wetted in an aqueous medium. Accordingly, the present invention is directed to new porous, particulate, dehydrothermally cross-linked, wetted sponges, as well as a process...

20060135923 - Nonwoven fabrics for use in personal care products: A nonwoven fabric composite that comprises at least one extensible layer of elastomeric fine fibers treated with a wetting agent is provided. The nonwoven fabric composite can be used a barrier layer or a wrap for an absorbent materials to prevent particles form migrating out of the absorbent material....

20060135924 - Absorbent article having a skin contactable hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive: There is provided an absorbent article having a skin contactable hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition, which provides improved adhesion to skin. The pressure sensitive adhesive uses an endblock softening agent. The endblock softening agent contained in the adhesive's composition is preferably a low softening point aromatic resin tackifier....

20060135925 - Diaper system that includes an applique: The present invention relates to a system that includes a package and a plurality of diapers that are within the package. The system further includes an appliqué that is within the package. The appliqué is adapted to be detachably adhered to each of the plurality of diapers in the system....

20060135927 - Absorbent articles and/or packaging components each having different patterns in a single container: In the present invention, a packaging component having an outer surface and an interior volume contains within the interior volume a plurality of absorbent personal care articles. Each absorbent personal care article has a garment facing surface and a body facing surface. A portion of the plurality of the absorbent...

20060135926 - Wrapper component for personal care articles having an easy opening and closing feature: The present invention provides a wrapped personal care product having a wrapper component and a personal care product placed within the wrapper component. The wrapper component has a chamber, an opening having a first side and a second side which reveals the chamber when opened but conceals the chamber when...

20060135934 - Feminine hygiene product: Absorbent articles for absorbing a bodily fluid comprise a pad region and a pre-formed conformable gluteal region. The pad region includes a first absorbent core, a liquid pervious surface, and a liquid impervious surface, wherein the absorbent core of the pad region is positioned between the liquid pervious surface and...

20060135928 - Method for production of diaper pants having a detachable and resealable connection member: Method for producing disposable diaper-pants having openable and resealable side panels. Absorption bodies are applied on a continuous web of inner or outer coversheet material so that front portions and rear portions of adjacent diaper-pants blanks in a web are directed toward each other. A continuous web of outer or...

20060135929 - Contoured and shaped feminine sanitary device: A contoured and shaped feminine sanitary device (10) comprising a substantially fluid-impermeable bottom layer (26), a substantially fluid-absorbent core (24), and a substantially fluid-permeable top layer (28), with at least one raised area (18) and at least one of back or front extensions (14,16) for facilitating and enhancing fluid absorption...

20060135930 - Hygienic absorbent article: Disclosed is a hygienic absorbent article including: a back layer; an absorbent layer; and a three-dimensional portion to rise in T-shaped state over the absorbent layer due to longitudinal elastic contractive force of elastic members provided in the three-dimensional portion. The three-dimensional portion has: connecting portions fixed onto the absorbent...

20060135931 - Disposable wearing article: A disposable wearing article has an elasticized first band lying in a front half of a crotch region and attached to distal zones of a pair of leak-barrier sheets provided on a body side of the article and an elasticized second band lying in a rear half of the crotch...

20060135935 - System and method for unfolding and dispensing diapers: The present invention relates to a system and method for unfolding and dispensing diapers. The system includes a dispenser and a folded diaper that is within the dispenser. The dispenser engages the diaper to unfold the diaper as the diaper is removed from the dispenser. The method includes grasping a...

20060135933 - Stretchable absorbent article featuring a stretchable segmented absorbent: Disclosed is an absorbent article including a stretchable, liquid impermeable outercover, a stretchable, liquid permeable liner generally superposed with the outercover and an absorbent structure disposed between the liner and the outercover. The absorbent structure includes an absorbent body including at least two segments....

20060135932 - Stretchable absorbent core and wrap: A stretchable absorbent article comprises a stretchable backsheet and an absorbent core that is at least partially enveloped by a stretchable core wrap. The absorbent core has a quantity of superabsorbent materials contained within a matrix of polymer fibers. The stretchable core wrap has a mean flow pore diameter of...

20060135936 - Absorbent garment having sensory cue for line of weakness: An absorbent garment includes a body panel having a crotch edge and a waist edge, and first and second portions separated by a longitudinally extending line of weakness. The line of weakness extends between and terminates at the waist and crotch edges. The absorbent garment further includes a sensory cue...

20060135937 - Apparatus for electrically preparing injectable substances: A container has at least one wall. A reservoir is defined within the wall. The reservoir can be sealed. At least one electrode extends at least partially into the sealed reservoir. An electrical contact element is connected to the electrode to facilitate electrically coupling the a signal generator or other...

20060135944 - Anchoring system for a medical article: An anchoring system secures a catheter to the body of a patient and arrests axial movement of the catheter without meaningfully impairing fluid flow through the catheter. The anchoring system includes an anchor pad that adheres to the patient's skin and supports a retainer. The retainer includes interacting structure with...

20060135941 - 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 include one or more of a flow restricting membrane or flow restricting component within an infusion section of the catheter. In...

20060135938 - Device and method for the vacuum infusion of a porous medical implant: Disclosed is a novel device for the vacuum infusion of a porous medical implant contained therein with one or more pharmaceutical substances and a method for the device's use. The device is deformable, and capable of adjusting to the outer contour of a porous medical implant to facilitate packaging, shipping...

20060135939 - Electret enhanced automatic iv drip chamber shutoff: An automatic stop valve formed in a container of a medical fluid administration system includes an electrical field that attracts the float and valve seat together to shut off flow from the exit port of the container when the fluid within the container is reduced to a predetermined level. One...

20060135943 - Method and apparatus for treating vulnerable plaque: An apparatus and method to treat vulnerable plaque. In one embodiment, the apparatus has an elongated catheter body adapted for insertion in a body lumen, with a drug delivery device attached near a distal portion of the elongated body. The drug delivery device is configured to deliver a biologically active...

20060135942 - Methods and devices to deliver injected agents to an aneurysm site: Method and devices to administer a bioactive material within a vessel while maintaining nearly-constant pressure within the vessel are disclosed. In one embodiment the methods and devices include a multi-lumen catheter to administer bioactive materials and simultaneously drain or evacuate excess fluid or bio-inactive materials at an aneurysm site within...

20060135940 - Programmed pulsed infusion methods and devices: This invention disclosed herein provides methods, devices, software products, and systems for infusing a fluid into a blood vessel is provided that includes the step of administering the fluid into the blood vessel in programmed pulses. The programmed pulses generally defined by programmed pulse variables that include a fluid flow...

20060135945 - Stepped cannula: Described herein are cannulas having a stepped exterior. Also described are methods of making and using these cannulas, for example to deliver one or more materials to the central nervous system of an animal....

20060135946 - Hemostasis cuff for catheter securement: Implantable catheters including one or more cuffs are described herein. At least one of the cuffs may include a collagen material, such as Avitene® collagen. The catheter may include a combination of collagen cuffs and collagen-free polymeric cuffs. Various methods for the fabrication of collagen cuffs are also disclosed herein....

20060135947 - Occlusal stent and methods for its use: Improved methods, systems and devices for occluding body passageways, particularly lung passageways. Such occlusion is achieved with occlusal stents which are particularly suited for use in performing Endobronchial Volume Reduction (EVR) in patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or other conditions where isolation of a lung segment or reduction...

20060135948 - Multi-exchange catheter guide member with improved seal: A catheter and a guidewire exchange system includes a catheter and a guide member. The catheter includes a lumen extending through the shaft and sized to receive the guidewire, and a longitudinal guideway enabling transverse access from the shaft exterior surface to the lumen. The guide member includes a housing,...

20060135949 - Tunneler with an expandable attachment mechanism: A tissue tunneler including an expandable attachment mechanism for securing a catheter. In one variation, the tissue tunneler comprises an elongate tunneler with a protrusion extending from the proximal end of the tunneler. An expansion mechanism is provided on the protrusion for insertion into the catheter. An oversleeve slidably disposed...

20060135951 - Medical device with elastomeric bulb: In a pre-filled Foley catheter for urine drainage, the conventional clip for releasing sterile water from a bulb (21) at the proximal end of the catheter, to fill the anchor bulb (20) at the distal end of the device, is replaced by a plug (25) which has an annular portion...

20060135950 - Supra pubic catheter: A device for retaining a supra pubic catheter having a moveable retainer axially moveable along the catheter....

20060129082 - Selective plasma exchange therapy: Disclosed is a method for removing from a patient's blood a specific plasma fraction containing substances within a specific molecular weight range and a plasma purification apparatus by which the method can be accomplished....

20060129083 - Method of treating copd with artificial arterio-venous fistula and flow mediating systems: A method for treatment of COPD, hypertension, and left ventricular hypertrophy, and chronic hypoxia including creation of an artificial arterio-venous fistula and installation of a flow mediating device proximate the fistula. The flow mediating device is operated to limit flow as medically indicated to provide the optimum amount of bypass...

20060129084 - Method of detecting disorder of syringe pump, liquid sucking discharging device, and biochemical analyzer: A pressure sensor is connected to an intermediate portion of an air pipe that connects a syringe pump to a spotting nozzle of a spot fixing device. The syringe pump consists of a syringe and a plunger that slides up and down in the syringe, for sucking and discharging a...

20060129085 - Iontophoresis device: An iontophoresis device for administering drug ions via the first ion-exchange membrane, comprising a first semi-permeable film having a number of pores passing through the film from a front surface to a back surface, a first ion-exchange membrane formed of ion-exchange resin filling the pores of the first semi-permeable film...

20060129086 - Interchangeable tissue macerating and sculpting methods and devices: Various surgical fluid jet cutting instruments for selective bulk removal and precision sculpting of tissue are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the instrument can include a fluid delivery tube having a nozzle for forming a high pressure fluid jet, and at least two evacuation tubes that are adapted to be...

20060129087 - Method and apparatus for supplying predetermined gas into body cavities of a patient: A gas supply apparatus measures a first pressure inside a first body cavity of a patient and a second pressure inside a second body cavity of the patient. The gas supply apparatus regulates a pressure of a predetermined gas based on the measured first and second pressures inside the first...

20060129088 - Metering pump control system: A metering pump system having a human interface device that is selectively mounted to a pump base. In an embodiment of the invention, sensors are provided that monitor characteristics corresponding to the material being pumped, and provide information about those characteristics to a computer which alters pumping parameters based on...

20060129091 - Enhanced cross stream mechanical thrombectomy catheter with backloading manifold: An enhanced cross stream mechanical thrombectomy catheter with backloading manifold having a distal end with outflow and inflow orifices at one side for producing concentrated cross stream jet flow for selective and concentrated thrombus ablation during thrombectomy procedures. The invention provides for suitable distancing of high powered ablation or suction...

20060129090 - Multi-position infusion set device and process: An infusion set for subcutaneous delivery of an infusant. The infusion set may include a base removably attachable to an infusion site and a connector temporarily lockable to the base. The connector can engage the base in a plurality of orientations. The connector locks into the base after at least...

20060129089 - Needleless injection device: A needleless injection device comprising a cylinder for medicine having an injection nozzle at a forward end thereof and an opening at its rearward end; a piston sliding in the cylinder through said open end, in use, to drive the medicine through the nozzle; a ram to drive the piston...

20060129092 - Single lumen adapter for automatic valve: A fluid adapter for connection between a valve having a plurality of ports and a tube has a housing with a distal end and a proximal end. The tube has a single lumen. The proximal end has a first opening connecting to a first lumen being disposed through the housing....

20060129094 - Gastro-occlusive device: A gastro-occlusive device, comprising a balloon disposable in a stomach cavity of a patient, and inflatable therein to occlude a portion of the volume of the stomach cavity, a gas flow tube coupled at a distal end thereof with the balloon and extending outwardly through a stomach wall for coupling...

20060129093 - Multiple balloon catheter: A balloon catheter may be provided with multiple balloons. At least one of the balloons may include at least one blade. The multiple balloons may be inflated by a common inflation lumen, or by separate inflation lumens. In some embodiments, a predilation balloon may be provided to predilate a lesion...

20060129095 - Drug delivery apparatus: A drug delivery apparatus is provided which enables a medical professional to conveniently and controllably distribute drugs over an expanded target area within a patent. The apparatus comprises a catheter tube attached to a fluid delivery component. The catheter tube includes a distal end, a proximal end, a plurality of...

20060129096 - Fluid-handling device: A pre-filled hypodermic syringe adapted for use with a retractable-type needle unit (18). The syringe has a barrel (10) provided with a piston member (14). The piston member (14) includes a plastics portion (30) mounting a dislodgeable blocking portion (36) of chemically inert material in such a way that the...

20060129097 - Safe syringe: A safe syringe has a barrel, a needle assembly, a sheath and a plunger. The barrel has an open front end, an open back end and multiple longitudinal slots defined through the barrel and communicate with the open front end. The needle assembly is mounted retractably in the open front...

20060129098 - Insufflation gas warmer and humidifier: An insufflation gas warmer and humidifier apparatus and methods are provided. Insufflation gas is received from a bulky insufflation tubing. Insufflation gas received travels through, in one aspect, a channel or winding flow path, in a passage. The configuration of the passage ensures that the insufflation gas, which travels through...

20060129099 - System of dampening pressure pulsations caused by a positive displacement pump in endoscopic surgery: A system for distending body tissue cavities of subjects by continuous flow irrigation during endoscopic procedures, the system including: a fluid source reservoir containing a non viscous physiologic fluid meant for cavity distension; a fluid supply conduit tube connecting the fluid source reservoir to an inlet port of a variable...

20060129101 - Hollow curved superelastic medical needle and method: A needle assembly 10 compromising an infusion needle 11 that includes a needle cannula 13 made of a superelastic material such as Nitinol. The needle cannula is cold-worked or heat annealed to produce a preformed bend 16 that can be straightened within passageway 21 of a coaxial outer cannula 12...

20060129102 - Catheter assembly for intracranial treatment: A catheter assembly for intracranial treatment of a patient is provided having both outer and inner catheters. The outer catheter has at least one element and defines a lumen in communication with at least one aperture and an opening. The inner catheter is sized to be received within the lumen...

20060129100 - Access device: A device may include a hollow needle, a dilator mounted coaxially on the needle, and a sheath mounted coaxially on the dilator. The dilator may be slideably displaceable relative to the sheath....

20060129103 - Dialysis catheter anchoring system: An anchoring system for securing a dialysis catheter to a patient comprises an anchor pad and a retainer. The anchor pad is attached to the skin of the patient by an adhesive layer on one side of the pad. The retainer is disposed upon the surface of the anchor pad...

20060129104 - Encoding and sensing of syringe information: A syringe for use with a powered injector to inject a fluid into a patient that includes a length of material adapted to transmit or propagate electromagnetic energy therethrough. The length of material includes at least a first indicator positioned along the length of material. The first indicator is adapted...

20060129105 - Needle protection device for an injection unit: A needle protecting device including: a sleeve-shaped base body which may be connected to a casing of the injection device or is formed by a casing of the injection device, a needle protecting sleeve which is mounted on the base body, wherein, in a proximal protective position, the needle protecting...

20060129106 - Safety shield for medical needles: A medical needle shield apparatus is provided which includes an extensible shield having a first segment and a second segment extending therefrom. The second segment includes an opening configured for clearance of a medical needle of a medical needle device during attachment of the extensible shield to the medical needle...

20060129107 - Inflation syringe quick release apparatus: The present invention relates to a collar for use with an inflation device, the collar having a release mechanism allowing a user to advance and/or retract a plunger in a non-threaded fashion. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the release mechanism has a first position in which the...

20060129108 - Prefilled syringe: A prefilled medical syringe includes a syringe barrel. A syringe plunger is disposed in the barrel and displaceable by means of a plunger rod. An end plug closes off a cannula side of the syringe barrel. The plug is provided with a through-channel closed off by a membrane. A finger...

20060129109 - Reconnectable disconnect device for fluid transfer line: An improved disconnect device suitable for use with an IV tube or other medical tubing device which can be either manually disconnected or automatically disconnected by the application of an axial force sufficiently low to prevent patient injury; which can be sterilely reattached after disconnection; which allows fluid flow in...

20060129110 - Automatic clamp apparatus having lateral motion resistance for iv infusion sets: A clamp apparatus for selectively occluding a resilient tube to prevent free flow of fluid in the tube. The device comprises a base member to which the resilient IV tube is attached or through which it passes, and a slide clamp that slides relative to the base member and relative...

20060129111 - Burette float and drainage aperture: The present invention relates to a turbulence minimization apparatus comprising a float and seat assembly adapted to control turbulence and formation of microbubbles in a quantity of contrast media in the burette of a contrast media delivery system. The float includes an upper convex surface providing an impact surface for...

20060129112 - Luer receiver and method for fluid transfer: An improved luer lock receiving septum having a configuration which provides rapid and tight resealing and yet allows penetration of the septum by the luer tip with a low penetration force. The elongated septum includes an upper portion of enlarged diameter having a target surface, a central slit, and a...

20060129113 - Eye drop applicator: A novel applicator for engagement to an eye drop vial. The eye drop vial would be squeezable and contain a liquid therein that is compatible with the eye. The adapter includes a neck having a multiplicity of inner diameters adapted to a multiplicity of eye drop vials and a cup....

20060129114 - Absorbent article having a functional enhancement indicator: A feminine hygiene article having a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region. The feminine hygiene article is for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, the feminine hygiene article comprising at least one functional...

20060129115 - Array of absorbent articles having functional enhancement indicators: An array of feminine hygiene articles for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings. Each feminine hygiene article of the array has a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region, the array of feminine hygiene...

20060129116 - Method of using an absorbent article having a functional enhancement indicator: A method for placing a feminine hygiene article in the crotch portion of an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings. The method comprising the steps of providing a feminine hygiene article having a body-facing surface and at least one functional enhancement...

20060129117 - Skin-friendly single-use product: The invention relates to a suction body component which is suitable for the durable storage of body fluids and is used to absorb, skin-friendly, single-use products. The suction body component comprises a carrier material and a particulate super absorbing polymer material. The super absorbing polymer material has a core provided...

20060129118 - Absorbent article having disposal wings with odor absorbency: An absorbent article (20) has a longitudinal-direction (22), a lateral cross-direction (24), an overall longitudinal article-length, an overall lateral article-width, and an intermediate portion (76) interposed between a pair of longitudinally opposed end portions (72). The article comprises a backsheet (28), a liquid-permeable topsheet (26), an absorbent body (30) sandwiched...

20060129119 - Absorbent undergarment with disposal feature: An absorbent article (2) includes a first body panel (4) having a first waistband edge (20) and laterally opposed first side portions (24); and a separately provided second body panel (6) having a second waistband edge (18) and laterally opposed second side portions (28). A separately provided crotch member (50)...

20060129120 - Tampon with an overwrap or overwraps having both masking and wicking properties: An improved absorbent catamenial tampon is disclosed comprising an overwrap with both a masking region and a wicking region. The compressed absorbent member of the tampon has an inner region, an exterior surface, and an insertion end opposed to a withdrawal end. The overwrap comprises a masking region and a...

20060129121 - Absorbent article with large stretch fastener: A fastener is provided that is adapted for use with an absorbent article. The fastener includes a rectangular extensible portion configured to extend in a lateral direction such that the fastener extends distally from the absorbent article. The extensible portion of the fastener includes a fastener attachment region for attachment...

20060129122 - Method and apparatus for delivering epinephrine: A method of administering epinephrine to a patient includes administering a first dose by automatic injection followed by administering a second dose by manual injection. The first and second injections are administered using the same syringe. In some embodiments, the first and second injections provide the same volume of medicine...

20060129123 - Transcutaneous inserter for low-profile infusion sets: A low-profile inserter for an angled infusion set comprises an inserter housing having a bottom wall, a retainer slidably connected to the inserter housing for movement between retracted and extended positions in a direction substantially parallel with the bottom wall, and a base member connected to the inserter housing. The...

20060129124 - Gastrojejunal feeding tube: An adjustable size balloon at the distal end of a feeding tube is used to aid in positioning, along with an endoscope, the tube in the jejunum or small bowel of a patient, without creating an obstruction in the intestines. The balloon is fully inflated when the endoscope that is...

20060129125 - Needleless delivery systems: Described are devices and methods related to the needleless injection of fluid into tissue of the lower urinary tract, such as the urethra and prostate....

20060129126 - Infusion device and method for infusing material into the brain of a patient: A fluid infusion device and a method of using the same. The device includes an outer, flexible guide catheter having a distal end for introduction beneath the skull of a patient and a proximal end remaining external of the patient. A flexible infusion fiber is located within the guide catheter...

20060129127 - Feeding device for infants: A feeding device especially for facilitating the transition from non-oral tube feeding to oral feeding is disclosed. The device comprises a fluid reservoir-having a fluid outlet, a nipple having a fluid outlet, a conduit for conveying fluid from the reservoir to the nipple fluid outlet and a manually adjustable valve...

20060129128 - Method and system for drug delivery: A medical device and procedure for delivering a drug into a uterus are described. In one implementation, the medical device includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member and a stopper device. The first elongate member is configured for transcervical insertion into the uterus and includes a lumen extending...

20060129129 - Eye implant devices and method and device for implanting such devices for treatment of glaucoma: A deformable, insertable device for relieving intraocular pressure comprising a body portion composed of a biocompatible porous material, said body portion comprising a first end portion and a second end portion, said body portion defining pores therethrough, said pores being of such size and quantity as to permit drainage of...

20060129130 - Sheath/catheter system with controlled hardness and flexibility: A sheath/catheter system includes a catheter including a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end including a distal tip portion exhibiting controlled hardness and flexibility. The system also includes a sheath including a proximal end and a distal end. The system further includes a mechanism for controlling the...

20060129131 - Catheter: Catheter (1), comprising a catheter body (2), the inner volume of which forms a first catheter channel (4), which serves to accommodate a guide wire (15) during the introduction of the catheter into the body of a patient, with at least one separating wall (5), arranged therewithin, which divides off...

20060129132 - Deflectable telescoping guide catheter: A catheter employs an inner guide with a pre-formed distal tip, an outer guide with a predetermined deflection location, and a proximal actuator. The inner guide can be longitudinally extended and axially rotated relative to the outer guide. The proximal actuator can adjustably change a bend angle of the predetermined...

20060129133 - Connector for use with a medical catheter and medical catheter assembly including said connector: Connector for use with a medical catheter assembly and medical catheter assembly including the connector. In one embodiment, the connector comprises a rear portion, an intermediate portion, and a front portion. The rear portion is frusto-conical in shape and tapers rearwardly in cross-sectional diameter from its front end. A centrally-disposed,...

20060129134 - Dialysis catheter: A catheter assembly includes catheter having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen extending between the ends. At least one end of the catheter is formed from a material that can be trimmed to achieve a selected length for the catheter. A tubular connector is telescoped over the...

20060129136 - Catheter: An apparatus (50) is adapted for insertion in a body lumen (140) having a surgical connection (58). The apparatus (50) includes a first conduit (80) insertable in the lumen (140) and having a distal end portion spaced distally beyond the surgical connection (58). The first conduit (80) directs fluid through...

20060129135 - Irrigation system: The irrigation system comprises a reservoir (1) for irrigating liquid, a probe (3) for arrangement in a user, conduit means (6,7,10,11) for conducting the irrigating fluid from the reservoir to the probe, and a fixation member (5) for fixation of the probe in the user. Pumping means (9) are provided...

20060129137 - Regulation of vacuum level in a wound treatment apparatus: A wound treatment apparatus has a vacuum bandage covering a wound of a patient, a vacuum source coupled to the vacuum bandage, and a controller that operates the vacuum source to apply negative pressure to the wound through the bandage in a controlled manner. The controller is programmed to limit...

20060129138 - Drug delivery system: An implantable drug delivery system has a housing, a collapsible reservoir, a microfabricated flow channel, and at least one magnet. The collapsible reservoir is disposed in the housing. The microfabricated flow channel is connected at one end to the collapsible reservoir and opens at an external surface of the housing....

20060129139 - Osmotic delivery system having space efficient piston: An osmotic delivery system having a space-efficient piston is provided. The enclosure has an interior holding the piston, a protein or polypeptide, and an osmotic agent. The piston is movable with respect to an interior surface of the capsule, and defines a movable seal with the interior surface of the...

20060116623 - Access disconnection systems and methods: An extracorporeal blood system includes: (i) an extracorporeal blood machine; an extracorporeal blood circuit coupled operably to the machine, the extracorporeal blood circuit including first and second blood lines, the blood lines configured to be in blood flow communication with a patient; (ii) an electrical loop including first and second...

20060116624 - Method and an apparatus for determining the efficiency of dialysis: The invention relates to characterization of a dialyzer's capacity to accomplish a dialysis clearance of a patient, and strategies for improving the efficiency of a dialysis treatment of the patient The invention involves determining a whole body clearance ratio (420) for a dialysis treatment of a patient (410). The whole...

20060116626 - Fluid infusion methods for glaucoma treatment: Methods of treating glaucoma are disclosed, such as a method that includes inserting a stent through an incision in an eye; the stent having an inflow portion that is in fluid communication with an outflow portion of the stent; transporting the stent from the incision through the anterior chamber of...

20060116625 - Tmr shunt: A conduit is provided to provide a bypass around a blockage in the coronary artery. The conduit is adapted to be positioned in the myocardium or heart wall to provide a passage for blood to flow between a chamber of the heart such as the left ventricle and the coronary...

20060116627 - Compositions, kits, methods, and apparatus for transvascular delivery of a composition to an extravascular tissue of a mammal: Compositions, methods, kits, and apparatus are provided for delivering a macromolecular assembly such as a plasmid, virus vector, or other gene vector, to an extravascular tissue such as muscle tissue. The composition comprises the macromolecular assembly and a vascular permeability-enhancing agent. In another embodiment, the composition further comprises a vasodilating...

20060116628 - Iontophoresis device: An iontophoresis device is capable of suppressing the change in a composition of a drug solution and/or an electrolyte solution of a working electrode structure, thereby allowing the working electrode structure to be retained in a stable state for a long period of time. The iontophoresis device includes: an electrolyte...

20060116629 - Catheter insertion apparatus: A catheter is provided including a first lumen and a second lumen. A first member is disposed for relative movement within the first lumen and defines a cavity. A second member is disposed for relative movement within the second lumen. The cavity of the first member is configured for disposal...

20060116630 - Method & apparatus for pressurizing a body cavity for diagnostic and rehabilitative purposes: A method and apparatus for both the diagnostic measurement and therapeutic treatment of a body cavity. According to one form of the method of the invention, a fluid (liquid or gas) under pressure is introduced into a selected body cavity while monitoring the pressure or flow of the fluid (liquid...

20060116631 - Needleless injector: Needleless injectors for injecting fluids subcutaneously without a needle are generally discussed herein with particular discussions on needleless injectors for injecting a volume of fluid through two or more nozzles. The injectors can have a spring driven force generating component or a gas driven type. The injectors can have a...

20060116632 - Reclining breast pumping system: A disclosed reclining breast pumping system includes a breast shield that forms a passageway. Material of the breast shield adjacent to a first end of the passageway is shaped to fit over an area surrounding the areola and nipple of a woman's breast. Material of the breast shield that extends...

20060116633 - System and method for a magnetic catheter tip: A system whereby a magnetic tip attached to a surgical tool is detected, displayed and influenced positionally so as to allow diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to be performed rapidly, accurately, simply, and intuitively is described. The tools that can be so equipped include catheters, guidewires, and secondary tools such as...

20060116634 - System and method for controlling movement of a surgical tool: A system whereby a magnetic tip attached to a surgical tool is detected, displayed and influenced positionally so as to allow diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to be performed rapidly, accurately, simply, and intuitively is described. The tools that can be so equipped include catheters, guidewires, and secondary tools such as...

20060116635 - Arterial closure device: An arterial closure device (20) comprises a body (26) having first and second ports (28, 30) and a catheter (32) having proximal and distal ends (34, 36) extending from the body (26). The catheter (32) defines first and second lumens (38, 40) in operative communication with the first and second...

20060116636 - Self-sealing catheter for deformable tissue: A self-sealing catheter for use in non-conformable tissue is provided. In an embodiment, the catheter includes a tube with an expandable portion that comprises nitinol. Upon an increase in temperature, the expandable portion of the tube expands to conform to the surrounding non-conformable tissue such that the expandable portion in...

20060116637 - Tract measuring device having a unitary occluded tip and inflatable sock member and method of making the same: A stoma or tract measuring device and method of using the same. A tract measuring device of the present invention may generally include a shaft having a first and a second end; and an inflatable sock molded in situ at one end of the shaft; the inflatable sock having a...

20060116638 - Spring clip safety iv catheter: A safety IV catheter includes a unitary, resilient needle guard received in a catheter hub. The needle guard includes a proximal arm or wall that includes an opening through which a needle passes for axial movement. When the needle is retracted from the catheter, it releases the force that had...

20060116640 - Dispenser having piezoelectric elements and method of operation: A dispenser is provided. The dispenser has a reservoir for storing a liquid or solid material. The dispenser may have a piezoelectric valve or pump located in an opening of the reservoir for regulating dispensing of the material. Alternatively, the dispenser may have a piezoelectric inchworm that directly or indirectly...

20060116639 - Total patient input monitoring: A monitoring system and method for monitoring the total delivery of medication to a patient while in a healthcare facility. The system includes a processor that stores medication delivery data in a data storage unit. The processor also configured to access remote databases to obtain any further data concerning the...

20060116641 - Fluid delivery device having an electrochemical pump with an ion-exchange membrane and associated method: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for controllably adjusting a fluid delivery device. The device includes an electrochemical pump capable of transporting a fluid. A displaceable member is positioned between a pump product chamber and a reservoir, wherein the pump product chamber is capable of retaining...

20060116643 - High pressure injection syringe: A pressure injection syringe with an actuator that includes a plunger for pressurizing viscous fluid material within a chamber. The plunger distal tip includes a high pressure seal defined by a seal member within a seal seat. The high pressure seal is viscoselective to permit air passage therepast for aspiration,...

20060116642 - Specially designed syringes for dispensing granular or powdered solids: An apparatus and method for delivering a granular or powdered material, e.g., a bone growth promoting material. The inventive syringe apparatus includes a syringe barrel having a proximal and distal end, a lid attached to the syringe barrel that is selectively movable between an open and closed position relative to...

20060116645 - Syringe: The present invention relates to syringes. The syringe of the present invention is provided with a plastics material body moulded around a needle. The syringe provides particular advantage being used for the injection of local analgesia for dentistry or surgical procedures. The syringe of the present invention is intended to...

20060116644 - Syringe device having venting system: A syringe device includes a syringe tube having a distal end with a passageway in fluid communication with a cavity thereof. A plunger rod slidingly and sealingly engages within the cavity of the syringe tube. The plunger rod includes at least one aperture in fluid communication with a hollow interior...

20060116646 - Bi-inoculator dual syringe clip: The bi-inoculator dual syringe clip of the invention is a unique piece of equipment that is a lightweight, convenient, sterile, and easy to use device that clips two existing syringes together which allows two inoculations to be combined into one step without having to combine the antibodies. The bi-inoculator dual...

20060116647 - Device for administering a injectable product in doses: A device for administering an injectable product in doses including a casing having a receptacle for a container which contains the product and accommodates a piston such that the piston can advance towards an outlet for delivering a selected product dosage, a dosing member, with which a dosing movement can...

20060116648 - Port design and method of assembly: An access port assembly having an ultrasonic weld energy director and method of assembling the access port utilizing the energy director. The access port may include a dual chamber port base and a port top for securing two septa on the base. An energy director may be positioned on the...

20060116649 - Mini eye drop tip: A tip is provided for a liquid dropper which facilitates formation of a mini drop, a mini drop being a drop smaller than a standard typical drop. A conduit is provided extending from a reservoir of liquid to a tip. The tip provides a location for release of the mini...

20060116650 - Personal care apparatus with a suction pipette: In a personal care apparatus (1) with an air pump (3) and with a suction piece (8) the suction piece (8) is of tubular design and is equipped with just one single circumferentially defined suction aperture (13), the suction piece (8) having at least two suction piece sections (14, 15)...

20060116651 - Humor absorbent article: The present invention relates to a technique for a body fluid absorbent article including a moving absorbent, capable of using a wider range of the absorbent for absorption and efficiently moving the absorbent. The present invention is characterized in that the absorbent 25 including a body fluid absorption and holding...

20060116652 - Absorbent article having a pair of rear side flaps: The invention is directed to an absorbent article having a pair of longitudinal edges, front and rear transverse edges, a front end region, a rear end region, and a central region disposed between the front and rear end regions. The front end region has a width defined between the longitudinal...

20060116653 - Absorbent article having outwardly convex longitudinal central channels for improved protection: In one aspect of the invention, the invention is directed to an absorbent article having a pair of longitudinal edges, front and rear transverse edges, a front end region, a rear end region, and a central region disposed between the front and rear end regions. The absorbent article comprises: a...

20060116654 - Pant-type disposable garment: A pant-type disposable garment having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings is disclosed. The garment comprises a first waist panel, a second waist panel and a crotch panel positioned between the first waist panel and the second waist panel. The crotch panel is openable and reclosable with...

20060116655 - Three-piece disposable undergarment with folded crotch member and method for the manufacture thereof: A method of manufacturing a disposable undergarment includes moving a web of body panel material in a longitudinal machine direction, cutting the web of body panel material along the longitudinal machine direction and thereby forming a rear body panel web and a front body panel web, each having a respective...

20060116656 - Absorbent garment: A disposable absorbent garment for wear about a wearer's waist includes a garment shell and an absorbent assembly constructed to take in and retain body exudates released by the wearer, the absorbent assembly including an inner waist band. The absorbent assembly may be permanently detached from the garment shell. The...

20060116657 - Mixing capsule: The invention relates to a mixing capsule (11), for a two-component mixture, comprising a container piece (13) and an ejection nozzle (19) on the front face thereof. A piston (15) may be axially displaced in the container piece (13). A through opening (55) is provided in the front face of...

20060116659 - Emboli protection device and related methods of use: An evacuation sheath assembly and method of treating occluded vessels which reduces the risk of distal embolization during vascular interventions is provided. A method of treating a lesion within a blood vessel, e.g., a coronary artery, includes advancing a sheath into the blood vessel, the sheath having a lumen extending...

20060116658 - Multi-lumen stoma measuring device and method for using same: A multi-lumen stoma or tract measuring device and method of using the same. The measuring device generally including a multi-lumen shaft, a head secured to one end of the shaft, and a deployable retention member secured to the shaft. The head having an opening in communication with each of the...

20060116660 - Medical hub having transparent observation section: A medical hub for connecting a tubular member to a fluid source has a first structure for connecting to the fluid source, a second structure for connecting to the tubular member, and a transparent portion formed between the first and second structures. The transparent portion in one embodiment has a...

20060116661 - Device for opening a human bladder: The present invention relates to a device (40) for urinary catheterisation. In particular, the invention relates to a device comprising an oblong member (1) for opening the human bladder and a guide member (2) for manipulating the oblong member. The guide member may be provided in a bend configuration e.g....

20060116662 - Electrotransport delivery device having improved safety and reduced abuse potential: An electrotransport device for delivering one or more therapeutic agents through the skin includes electrodes for contacting the skin, at least one electrode containing the agent, a power source for generating electrical current (IL) for delivering the agent, a current generating and controlling means and a disabling means for permanently...

20060116664 - Automatic conveyor driven by hydrogels, provided with an adjustable output characteristic for conveying a medium: A device for the dosed output of a substance, the device involving hydrogel-based osmotic drive, wherein output characteristics of the device, including a time profile, may be adjusted by a user. In some embodiments, the device may be used once and, in other embodiments, it may be used several times....

20060116663 - Electro-osmotic fluid delivery device and method: The present invention is directed to a fluid delivery device including a mechanism for decreasing the time required to achieve a constant fluid delivery rate. The fluid delivery device includes an electrochemical cell including a first half-cell and a second half-cell. A controller is operably connected to a first electrode...

20060116665 - Osmotic delivery device having a two-way valve and a dynamically self-adjusting flow channel: An implantable osmotically driven delivery system having a dynamic, two-way valve and a self-adjusting, variable geometry fluid flow channel. As pressure within the agent delivery system increases, the fluid channel narrows, thereby restricting flow. At exceptionally high pressures, the valve can be designed to close altogether at the orifice or...