Surgery inventions 08/06

20060195055 - Shunt device and method for treating glaucoma: Surgical methods and related medical devices for treating glaucoma are disclosed. The method comprises trabecular bypass surgery, which involve bypassing diseased trabecular meshwork with the use of a seton implant. The seton implant is used to prevent a healing process known as filling in, which has a tendency to close...

20060195056 - Shunt device and method for treating glaucoma: Surgical methods and related medical devices for treating glaucoma are disclosed. The method comprises trabecular bypass surgery, which involve bypassing diseased trabecular meshwork with the use of a seton implant. The seton implant is used to prevent a healing process known as filling in, which has a tendency to close...

20060195057 - Fluid delivery apparatus with vial fill: A compact fluid dispenser for use in controllably dispensing fluid medicaments, such as antibiotics, analgesics, and the like medicinal agents from the reservoir of the device. Uniquely, the dispenser includes a novel bellows-type reservoir and vial fill means for filling the bellows-type reservoir with the medicament to be dispensed. The...

20060195058 - Methods and apparatus for extracting and analyzing a bodily fluid: A fluid handling and analysis system comprises a fluid transport network comprising at least a first fluid passageway. The fluid transport network includes a patient end that is configured to maintain fluid communication with a bodily fluid in a patient. A sample analysis chamber and waste container are each accessible...

20060195060 - Apparatus for auto-retroperfusion of a coronary vein: An apparatus and method for automatically retroperfusing a coronary vein. The apparatus includes an intraluminal graft having a tubular body extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is for fluidly connecting to an artery to automatically supply retrograde blood for retroperfusion. The tubular body and...

20060195059 - Delivery of therapeutic through multiple delivery members: Embodiments of the present invention regard the delivery of therapeutic. One such apparatus may comprise multiple, independently-activated, injection devices for the delivery of therapeutic or other substances. This apparatus may include a first catheter; a second catheter in the first catheter and a multiple delivery member injection device. This multiple...

20060195062 - Apparatus for locking concentric components in alignment: Apparatus for locking concentric components and alignment with one another generally includes a syringe sheath having a cylindrical wall between a bottom and an open top. A syringe body includes a bottom thereabout for sliding engagement with a syringe sheath inner surface and cleats formed in the syringe body wall...

20060195061 - Radiation shield for a safety syringe having a needle sheath: A syringe injection shield (100) is formed primarily from a radio-opaque substance, such as tungsten, to shield medical personnel from exposure to radiation during administration of radiopharmaceuticals to patients. Safety syringes (22) typically have a needle sheath that can be positioned around a needle (24) after administration of the radiopharmaceutical....

20060195063 - Splatter prevention mechanism for a syringe: A syringe including a barrel and a plunger slidably disposed within the barrel is disclosed. A distal end of the barrel defines a roof, and an elongate tip, in fluid communication with the barrel, extends from the roof. A protrusion forming a ridge may be disposed on one of the...

20060195064 - Portable apparatus for peritoneal dialysis therapy: A portable peritoneal dialysis apparatus having (1) a hinged door for enclosing a disposable cassette that seals tightly shut using air pressure; (2) accurate pressure sensing of pressures applied to the patient through an enclosure in the disposable cassette; (3) two pumps that can operate separately or in tandem actuated...

20060195065 - Ductal lavage microcatheter with user activated valve and nitinol introducer: A medical instrument including a ductal access device comprising a low profile, ergonomic manifold hub usable to introduce fluids into a breast duct and collect ductal fluid samples including ductal epithelial cells and clumps of ductal epithelial cells from within a breast duct. The ductal access device also comprises an...

20060195066 - Strain relief device and connector assemblies incorporating same: A connector assembly for interconnecting separate sections of tubing, e.g., catheters, and a method for using the same. Connector assemblies in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may be a two-piece construction having a connector pin and a strain relief device. The strain relief device, in addition to providing...

20060195067 - Delivery of immune response modifier compounds: Delivery of one or more immune response modifiers (IRMs) across a biological barrier by the use of a microneedle device....

20060195068 - Disposable garment having moisture indicator viewable through inspection window: A disposable garment is disclosed with a flexible inspection window on the outer portion of the garment to enable a caretaker to easily determine whether the garment is soiled....

20060195069 - Percutaneous diagnostic and therapeutic hematoma drain: The invention provides an over-the-needle, percutaneously-placed hematoma drain designed to aid in preventing, detecting, and draining a concealed hemorrhage while the drain is in place. It is designed to provide an early warning that vascular hemostasis following vascular access device removal may not be adequate for patient discharge....

20060189916 - Device for draining aqueous humor in cases of glaucoma: A device is made up of one piece, or two independent pieces, that can be linked with each other to make a unit. The anterior end of a drainage tube is introduced 2 mm into the anterior chamber of the eye while the rear end of the tube is placed...

20060189915 - Method and apparatus for reducing intraocular pressure: An intraocular drainage apparatus for treatment of glaucoma, a device to be used in the insertion of the drainage apparatus, and a method of controllably regulating intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients through the use of the drainage apparatus is described herein. The drainage apparatus is comprised of a tube capable...

20060189917 - Implant for draining chamber water from the front eye chamber into the episcleral veins: A drainage implant for draining chamber water from the eye, comprising a tube-shaped part (1) which has at least one lumen, whose open distal end (3) can be introduced into an episcleral vein and whose open proximal end (2) can be introduced into the front eye chamber for draining the...

20060189918 - Laparoscopic port hernia device: An applicator assembly for use in applying a sheet of surgical material through an opening to bridge the remote internal termination of the opening has a deployment sleeve (1), a plunger (2) for location within the sleeve (1) and a sheet of surgical material (3) which can be folded or...

20060189919 - Ocular iontophoretic apparatus with handle: An iontophoretic apparatus comprising a housing member, a current distribution member, a medicament containment member and at least one of a lateral and medial straddling member. The straddling members are configured to correspond to the external surrounding soft tissue of the eye....

20060189920 - Medical instrument for cutting biological and especially human tissue: The invention relates to a medical instrument for cutting biological and especially human tissue, having a hollow cutting tube that can rotate by means of an engine around its longitudinal axis, on whose distal end at least one blade is mounted, as well as with a handle in which the...

20060189921 - Rapid exchange aspiration catheters and their use: Methods for the removal of an embolism protection device use aspiration during the drawing of the embolism protection device into the catheter. Generally, the embolism protection device comprises a three dimensional filtering matrix that provides improved filtering without blocking the flow through the patient's vessel. In some embodiments, the embolism...

20060189922 - Dialysis catheter with stiffening member and flow diverting structure: Disclosed is a double lumen continuous flow dialysis catheter having contiguous lumens of different lengths, the shorter lumen acting as a blood intake lumen and the longer as a blood return lumen. The catheter is designed to ease insertion into the body without the use of a tearaway sheath and...

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20060189926 - Apparatus and methods for analyzing body fluid samples: An apparatus is provided for monitoring a predetermined parameter of a patient's body fluid while infusing an infusion fluid into the patient. The apparatus comprises an infusion line and a catheter configured for insertion into a blood vessel of the patient, and a reversible infusion pump connected between a source...

20060189924 - Method of making a patient monitor: A method for making a patient monitor includes providing an electronic device operatively connected to the monitor. The device is configured to measure predetermined signals from a user and to generate therefrom a substantially unique signature specific to the user. The method further includes storing the signature in the electronic...

20060189925 - Methods and apparatus for extracting and analyzing a component of a bodily fluid: In some embodiments, a system for bodily fluid sampling and analysis comprises a first fluid passageway having a patient end which is configured to provide fluid communication with a bodily fluid within a patient. A sample analysis chamber is accessible via the first fluid passageway. At least one pump is...

20060189927 - Device for connecting an active substance container to an injection nozzle in a device used to inject said active substance: The invention relates to an injection device which may or may not be equipped with a needle, comprising an injection nozzle and a tube which is intended to receive the active substance to be injected, whereby the tube is fixed to the nozzle using connecting means. The inventive device is...

20060189928 - Catheter device: Catheter device for insertion into a vessel of a human or animal body, comprising a guide catheter and, incorporated in same, an OCT catheter with an OCT imaging device, the guide catheter having a balloon inflatable via a supply line for occluding the vessel, as well as a device for...

20060189929 - Methods and apparatus for sclerosing the wall of a varicose vein: A preferred apparatus for delivering an intravascular drug such as a sclerosing agent (or a microfoam sclerosing agent) to a varicose vein includes a catheter having three concentric tubes. The innermost tube has a guide wire lumen and an inflation lumen. The distal end of the innermost tube has an...

20060189930 - Methods and apparatus for sclerosing the wall of a varicose vein: A preferred apparatus for delivering an intravascular drug such as a sclerosing agent (or a microfoam sclerosing agent) to a varicose vein includes a catheter having three concentric tubes. The innermost tube has a guide wire lumen and an inflation lumen. The distal end of the innermost tube has an...

20060189934 - Needle tip guard for percutaneous entry needles: A needle tip protective device for use with percutaneous entry needles. In one embodiment, the needle tip protective device includes a needle guard slidably mounted on a hypodermic needle, the latter having a needle tip located at the distal end thereof, and a change of profile formed medially there along....

20060189935 - Safety medical syringe with retractable needle: A syringe includes a hollow barrel, a hollow plunger movable within the barrel and a needle assembly secured within and at a distal end of the barrel. The needle assembly includes a needle holder, a resilient member that biases the needle holder toward the proximal end opening of the barrel,...

20060189936 - Safety needle shield apparatus: A safety shield apparatus is provided that includes a housing that defines a cavity. A distal end of the housing includes a cover having a movable tab. A hub is disposed for movement within the housing and includes a needle having a distal end and a movable projection. The hub...

20060189933 - Safety shield system for a syringe: A medical device includes a syringe assembly and a shield system for delivering medicament to a patient. The syringe assembly includes a barrel defining a medicament reservoir, and a needle cannula coupled to the barrel and in fluid communication with the reservoir. The shield system has a hub coupled to...

20060189932 - Safety syringe: The safety syringe has a hollow barrel, a needle hub, a sleeve and a plunger. The needle hub is mounted on the hollow barrel and has a needle, a hub and a stopper. The needle is mounted on the hub and the stopper is mounted inside the hub. The hub...

20060189931 - Syringe with retractable needle: A syringe retraction arrangement adapted to automatically retract a syringe (2) into a container (40) upon full depression of a plunger (20) of the syringe into the syringe thereby avoiding the potential for needle stick injuries. The syringe (2) is resiliently biased to retract into the container and has a...

20060189937 - Bubble free - self primed iv set: A bubble free, self-priming IV set for use in the administration of liquids that includes a drip chamber comprising a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet, a bubble isolation device disposed within the drip chamber that prevents air bubbles from exiting the chamber outlet, a tube having an inlet end...

20060189938 - Automatic injector with a release lock: An injection device including a contact element which is pressed onto a body tissue for an injection, a release for initiating product dispensing, which contact element and release are respectively displaceable along a longitudinal axis of the device between an initial position and an end position, wherein a movement of...

20060189939 - Fluid delivery and measurement systems and methods: Fluid delivery and measurement systems and methods are disclosed....

20060189941 - Methods and kits for volumetric distribution of pharmaceutical agents via the vascular adventitia and microcirculation: Methods and kits for delivering pharmaceutical agents to the adventitia and other regions outside the external elastic lamina (EEL) surrounding a blood vessel utilize a catheter having a needle. The needle is positioned in up to 5 mm beyond the EEL and delivers an amount of pharmaceutical agent sufficient to...

20060189942 - Skin puncture device with needle stick protection: A skin puncture device for use as an intravenous catheter or blood collecting needle set is provided with a mechanism for protection against needle injury and access to fluid passageway during insertion. The assembly includes a flexible extension tube connected to the proximal end of the needle housing for use...

20060189940 - Implant positioning system and method: A system for delivering an injectable material to a site within a mammal, the system comprising a cannula and a needle. The cannula defining an aperture in a side wall thereof and comprising an angled ramp platform disposed within the cannula proximate to the aperture that extends proximally and inwardly...

20060189944 - Spray for fluent materials: Certain embodiments relate to a sprayer or other medical apparatus for applying a biocompatible coating in situ. Such an apparatus may have a first conduit connected to a first exit opening and a second conduit connected to a second exit opening to deliver a first composition through the first conduit...

20060189943 - Two-chamber-type pre-filled syringe: A dual-chamber type prefilled syringe comprises a cylindrical body within which a front plug member, a middle plug member and an end plug member are hermetically fitted to form a first chamber and a second chamber. The cylindrical body (2) has an inner surface formed with a bypass (14). When...

20060189945 - Iv set with drip chamber access: An IV set may include a coupling for connecting the IV set to a source of liquid and a drip chamber including an access orifice, a top end having an inlet orifice, a bottom end having an outlet orifice, and a sidewall extending between the top end and the bottom...

20060189946 - Pressure activated iv set: An IV set includes a drip chamber and a pressure activated valve. The drip chamber has an operable liquid height and an outlet orifice. The pressure activated valve is disposed proximate the outlet orifice of the drip chamber and includes a sealing orifice, a valve, and a biasing mechanism. The...

20060189947 - Nasogastric tube insertion system and method: A nasogastric tube insertion system comprises a nasogastric tube, a guide element, and an inserter element. The inserter element has a slim, elongate main body, a handle attached to the body, and an anatomically curved insertion section. The guide element comprises a swallowable weight attached to a cord, string, monofilament...

20060189948 - Phacoemulsification tip: A phacoemulsification tip having an arched or curved shaft. Such a feature serves to produce more efficient cutting during torsional vibration of the tip while maintaining a greater space between the distal end of the tip and the posterior capsule....

20060189949 - Apparatus for patients of erectile dysfunction: The invention provides an apparatus for patients of erectile dysfunction, which is mounted to a flaccid or semi-flaccid penis to place it in an erect state and enables the user to get through sexual intercourse as is substantially the case with a sound man. The apparatus includes an external device...

20060189950 - Polyp screen: A screen for use with a fluid/specimen collector and a combination screen and fluid/specimen collector for collecting and trapping patient specimen(s) during a medical procedure comprising a collecting trap for receiving fluid/specimen(s) therein, a lid, an intake member for transferring fluid/specimen(s) from a patient into the collecting trap, and a...

20060189951 - Bowel management system and waste collection bag therefor: A bowel management system includes a waste collection catheter having at least two distinct sections. The first section is patient proximal when disposed in the patient's rectum and has durometer hardness in the range of about 50 A to about 90 A. The second catheter section is connected to the...

20060189952 - 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...

20060189953 - Water-absorbing resin composition: The object of the present invention is to provide a water-absorbing resin compound, wherein the water-absorbing resin compound can retain antibacterial properties of an antibacterial metal to suppress the emission of unpleasant odors even when an organic material exists in a system in the case of using an eluting-type antibacterial...

20060189954 - Sanitary napkin: A sanitary napkin includes a liquid-permeable topsheet, a backsheet, and a liquid-absorbent layer disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The liquid-absorbent layer has a vagina-facing region on a longitudinal centerline of the sanitary napkin and side regions on both sides of the vagina-facing region. The liquid-absorbent layer has a...

20060189955 - Invertible multi-layer moisture management fabric pad: An invertible multi-layer moisture management fabric pad has a top layer, a bottom layer, and a plurality of overlying moisture-absorbent intermediate layers located between the top and bottom layers. The bottom layer is joined to the top layer along a perimeter of the fabric pad. The moisture-absorbent intermediate layers are...

20060189956 - Hydrophobic surface coated light-weight nonwoven laminates for use in absorbent articles: The present invention relates to absorbent articles which include one or more barrier members comprising a light-weight nonwoven laminate that has been treated with a hydrophobic surface coating intended to render such components impermeable to liquids having relatively low surface tensions....

20060189957 - Human body fluid collection bag: The collection bag of the invention is used to capture body fluids/waste material throughout the complete process as an enema is being administered, eliminating contamination of the patient, bed, linens, and floor as well as the caregiver and others that administer the enema. This bag can be administered to patients...

20060189958 - Inverted cannula for use in reconstituting dry material in syringes: The present disclosure relates to a device (such as, e.g., a syringe) for reconstituting a material to be reconstituted, comprising (a) a first structure having at least one first inner portion configured to receive at least a portion of a material to be reconstituted, comprising a first proximal opening and...

20060189959 - High flow diffusion catheter: A catheter for use in the withdrawal and/or delivery of a fluid to a patient. The catheter has an elongate tube body including a wall having inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface forms an axial passageway extending through the body in between a proximal end and a distal end....

20060189960 - Intra-aortic renal drug delivery catheter: A catheter for delivering a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to a branch blond vessel of a major blood vessel comprises an elongated shaft having at least one lumen in fluid communication with an agent delivery port in a distal section of the shaft, an expandable tubular member on the distal...

20060189961 - Connector system for medical use: There are provided a male type connector (1), a protective cap (2), an inner cap (3) that supports a disinfectant-impregnated member therein and is retained in the protective cap, and a female type connector (4) in which an inner cylinder is fixed at an end of an outer cylinder, the...

20060189962 - Urinary drainage bag for urinary diversion to the bellie button: A urinary drainage bag for draining urine from the belly button as a result of a urinary diversion includes a urine collection bag, a reflux chamber attached to the collection bag for accommodating urine backflow and working out bubbles, a multi-size catheter tip extending upwardly from the reflux chamber for...

20060189963 - Multi-reservoir device for controlled drug delivery: An implantable device for the controlled release of drug or diagnostic molecules in vivo which includes a substrate formed of a metal or a polyethylene, a plurality of discrete reservoirs provided in spaced positions in the substrate, and a release system disposed in the at least two reservoirs, wherein the...

20060184084 - Medical fluid therapy flow balancing and synchronization method and apparatus: A medical fluid therapy method includes: (a) establishing a communication link between a kidney dialysis/blood treatment machine and at least one remote pump controller; (b) using the link to synchronize operation of at least one pump housed integrally with the machine with at least one pump located remotely from the...

20060184085 - Method for removing leukocytes, leukocyte-removing filter and utilization thereof: It is intended to provide a method for removing leukocytes whereby leukocytes can be removed at a higher level of performance in a short filtration time without clogging. A method comprising passing a leukocyte-containing liquid through a filter for removing leukocytes made of a nonwoven fabric having an average fiber...

20060184086 - Methods and apparatus for leukoreduction of red blood cells: A method and apparatus for red blood collection and filtration is provided wherein a red blood cell collection assembly provides for leukoreduction filtration concurrent with or soon after the red blood cell separation and collection procedure. Such procedures involve filtering the separated red blood cells in a diluted state after...

20060184087 - Access disconnection systems and methods: Apparatuses, devices, systems and methods for detecting access disconnection are provided. In one embodiment, a medical fluid system includes (i) a medical fluid machine and (ii) a device operable with the medical fluid machine, the device configured to provide electrical contact with a medical fluid, the device including (a) a...

20060184088 - Device and method providing arterial blood flow for perfusion of ischemic myocardium: The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for use in endovascular and intraoperative procedures providing arterial blood-flow for perfusion of ischemic myocardium. Aspects of the present invention provide a conduit between a non-coronary sinus of the aorta and a coronary vein. The conduit traverses a portion of the...

20060184089 - Methods and apparatus for transmyocardial direct coronary revascularization: Methods and apparatus for direct coronary revascularization wherein a transmyocardial passageway is formed between a chamber of the heart and a coronary blood vessel to permit blood to flow therebetween. In some embodiments, the transmyocardial passageway is formed between a chamber of the heart and a coronary vein. The invention...

20060184090 - Apparatus for subcutaneous placement of an imaging marker: A subcutaneous marking apparatus for placement of an imaging marker at a predetermined site in a tissue mass comprises a handle having a front portion and a rear portion, a cannula, a stylet slidably received within the cannula, a trigger extending from the front portion of the handle and operably...

20060184091 - Liquefaction handpiece: A liquefaction handpiece having an internal or integral reservoir for the working fluid. The reservoir may either feed the heater/pump by gravity or may use capillary or wicking action to feed the heater pump....

20060184092 - Internal medical devices for delivery of therapeutic agent in conjunction with a source of electrical power: The invention generally relates to internal (e.g., implantable, insertable, etc.) drug delivery devices which contain the following: (a) one or more sources of one or more therapeutic agents; (b) one or more first electrodes, (c) one or more second electrodes and (d) one or more power sources for applying voltages...

20060184093 - Methods of electrotransport drug delivery: A reservoir and a family of reservoirs are provided which are designed to be used with a single controller to provide a wide range of therapeutic drug delivering regimens while maintaining many of the same reservoir configurations and drug formulations. A method of making a reservoir and a family of...

20060184094 - Localized fluid delivery devices having a porous applicator and methods for using the same: Fluid delivery devices having a porous applicator, as well as methods for using the same in the highly localized delivery of fluid to a target site, are provided. The subject devices have a porous applicator through which fluid must flow in order to contact the target delivery site. The subject...

20060184095 - Trocar sleeve: A trocar sleeve that isolates the surgical device or movement thereof to inhibit or prevent an established non-jet streaming condition from becoming a jet streaming condition and a method of inhibiting or preventing a jet streaming condition from occurring due to instrument obstruction....

20060184096 - Method and apparatus for conditioning gas for medical procedures: An apparatus for conditioning gas for use in a medical procedure comprises a housing defining a chamber having an entry port and an exit port. The housing contains at least a humidification means comprising a container for liquid. A humidity sensor may be disposed within the chamber that senses the...

20060184097 - Catheter: An enteral feeding catheter (5) that provides access to both the stomach and the jejunum for feeding, aspiration and decompression. The catheter includes a dual lumen “D” tube (30) that joins to an external “Y” connector (25) at the proximal end of the tube. The connector serves both lumens as...

20060184098 - Subarachnoid spinal catheter for transporting cerebrospinal fluid: Provided is a multi-lumen intrathecal catheter capable of use for circulating a fluid through a portion of the spinal cord of a patient and having an insertable portion adapted for insertion into the spinal cord, comprising: a first lumen having a distal and a proximal end, the proximal end being...

20060184099 - Variable lumen guiding catheter: A method of reducing an amount of contrast material delivered to a patient during an imaging procedure. The method comprising: (a) injecting contrast material through a catheter with a first cross-section; and (b) increasing said cross-section of said lumen to a second cross-section greater than said first cross-section along a...

20060184100 - Breast implant introducer: A breast implant injector device comprising a hollow guide cylinder having an open injection end and an opposed filling end, the cylinder having an elongated slot extending from the injection end toward the filling end, and an elongated plunger which can be pushed through the interior of the hollow cylinder....

20060184101 - Microjet devices and methods for drug delivery: A fluid delivery system includes a reservoir, a delivery actuator, and at least one delivery nozzle of a microjet having an exit orifice with a diameter between about 1 μm and about 500 μm. The delivery actuator may be configured to deliver a quantity of fluid contained in the reservoir...

20060184102 - Container for agitating and injecting a multi-component medium: A system for dispensing a medium includes at least a first container to hold the medium, a pressurizing device, such as a pump, in fluid connection with the container for pressurizing the medium, and an agitation mechanism or device to maintain the components of the medium in a mixed state....

20060184103 - Syringe safety device: A syringe safety device configured to form a fluid coupling between a sealed vial and a syringe having a barrel for receiving fluid and a luer cone extending from the barrel for dispensing the fluid therethrough. The luer cone has a distal end with a syringe orifice therethrough. A connector...

20060184104 - Needle guard: A needle guard for an insertion device generally used with an infusion set. The needle of the insertion device is commonly adapted for puncturing at one end and including at the opposite end a hub. The needle guard includes an opening adapted to receive the insertion device and a locking...

20060184105 - Thin wall catheter and method of placing same: Methods and apparatus for introducing diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents and devices within a mammalian body are disclosed. One disclosed apparatus comprises a sheath having a proximate end, a distal end and a lumen extending therebetween. An articulator is disposed in the lumen of the sheath. A distal portion of the...

20060184108 - Catheter assembly with side wall exit lumen and method therefor: A catheter assembly includes a catheter body that extends from a distal end to a proximal end. The catheter body includes a delivery lumen, and an actuator lumen, where the actuator lumen extends from a position near or at the distal end to an intermediate portion that does not extend...

20060184106 - Steerable catheter with in-plane deflection: An improved steerable catheter with in-plane deflection comprises a catheter body having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough and a tip section at the distal end of the catheter body. The tip section comprises a flexible plastic tubing having a pair of diametrically-opposed lumens extending therethrough. The...

20060184107 - Steerable device for introducing diagnostic and therapeutic apparatus into the body: An apparatus including an elongate body having a lumen extending therethrough and a steering wire, having a distal portion defining a non-circular cross-section, associated with the distal portion of the elongate body....

20060184110 - Catheter with a transparent shaft: An intraluminal catheter having at least a section of the catheter shaft being relatively transparent, and the method of manufacture thereof. In a presently preferred embodiment, the intraluminal catheter is a balloon catheter having a transparent shaft section formed of a polyetheretherketone polymeric material. The substantially transparent shaft section, of...

20060184109 - Device to be used in healing processes: A device for tamponade of body cavities and for mechanical anchoring of a catheter, the device including a flexible tube segment (2) having an inner wall (4) and an outer wall (6) that surround an interior space (8), wherein the tube segment (2) is inflatable, and is configured without through-passing...

20060184111 - Method of making a catheter ballon using a tapered mandrel: A method of making a catheter balloon, and a balloon catheter formed thereby, in which a layer of a catheter balloon is formed by decreasing the inner diameter of a first end section of a polymeric tube, so that the tube has a reduced diameter first end section with an...

20060184112 - Medical devices: Medical devices and related methods are disclosed....

20060184115 - Anesthetizer with automatic needle decommissioning mechanism: A medical device includes a hollow needle having a distal end and a proximal end, and a substantially flexible storage chamber for storing a medical preparation. The storage chamber is disposed spaced apart from the proximal end of the needle. The medical device further includes a needle shield, means operable...

20060184113 - Protective sheath for a cannula, injection unit comprising such a sheath and needle provided with such a sheath: The present invention relates to a protective sheath for an injection needle or cannula arranged on a cannula-holding support, said sheath comprising guide means making it possible at least to move said cannula holder from a completely retracted position to an ejection position, further comprising preliminary locking means enabling said...

20060184114 - Safe injection device: The present invention discloses a safe injector. The safe injector comprises a sleeve, a needle, and push rod, wherein the needle can be hided in the sleeve. The needle can be pushed out of the sleeve for use and be hided in the sleeve again after finishing the use....

20060184116 - Safety indwelling needle: There is provided a safety indwelling needle comprising an inner needle unit 1 having an inner needle 11, an inner needle hub 13 provided on a proximal end of the inner needle 11 and a needle protecting member disposed at a distal side of the inner needle hub 13, and...

20060184117 - Pen shaped medication injection devices: The present invention provides a delivery device comprising a fluid cartridge holder, housing and a piston drive mechanism that comprises a hollow piston rod and a drive-shaft. The hollow piston rod has an internal thread that mates with the external thread of the drive-shaft, forming a thread connection and being...

20060184118 - Medical device: The invention relates to an injector device for delivery of liquid from a high pressure source, and also to a method of performing such an injection. The device comprises a storage chamber 6, for the liquid or the liquid precursor components, comprising a storage barrel 16 with at least a...

20060184120 - Injection apparatus having a plurality of stoppers: An injection apparatus including a first body portion with a first stopper and a second body portion with a second stopper is disclosed. The first body portion is capable of receiving a first material in a portion of the first body portion distal to the first stopper. The second body...

20060184119 - Modular infusion pump: A modular infusion pump for administering a product, including a pump housing, a reservoir to contain the product, a delivery device associated with the pump housing to deliver the product from the reservoir, an energy source for the delivery device, another housing separate from the pump housing for receiving the...

20060184121 - Reprogrammable fluid delivery system and method of use: A fluid delivery system is provided for delivering fluid to a patient. The system comprises a reservoir for storing the fluid to be delivered to the patient and a fluid discharge device operatively coupled to the reservoir for delivering the fluid from the reservoir to the patient. A controller is...

20060184122 - Medicine infuser for displaying image of entered infusion condition: The preset invention provides a liquid injector in which, when an injection time period and an injection rate are entered as an injection condition, a condition image having a horizontal width corresponding to the injection time period and including the injection rate as text data is displayed in a condition...

20060184123 - Infusion pump: A drive mechanism for an infusion pump linearly moves a syringe plunger within a syringe barrel supported by the pump and includes: (i) a motor; (ii) a lead screw rotatably connected to the motor; (iii) a slide assembly having a threaded member supported thereon, the threaded member being associated with...

20060184124 - Injectors, injector systems and methods for injecting fluids: An injector for injection a fluid into a patient, including: a first pressurizing mechanism adapted to operatively connect with a first fluid container to pressurize fluid therein; at least a second pressurizing mechanism to operatively connect with a second fluid container to pressurize a fluid therein; a single drive; and...

20060184125 - Short catheter: A catheter assembly is provided which provides a flexible catheter tube having one end provided with a catheter hub. A hollow needle having a needle hub on its end is installed in the catheter tube with its sharp end extending out from one end of the catheter tube and a...

20060184126 - Method and apparatus for controlling fluid flow: A fluid flow control device includes a structural body forming a channel. A sheath is coupled to a first end of the structural body and has a tip. The sheath defines a passage in flow communication with the channel. A needle is movably positioned within the channel. The needle is...

20060184127 - Catheter securement device: A catheter securement device holds a medical article such as a catheter hub or a connector fitting in position upon the body of a patient and at least inhibits longitudinal movement of the medical article. The securement device includes a retainer and at least one anchor pad. The retainer forms...

20060184129 - Catheter securement device: A catheter securement device holds a medical article such as a catheter hub or a connector fitting in position upon the body of a patient and at least inhibits longitudinal movement of the medical article. The securement device includes a retainer and at least one anchor pad. The retainer forms...

20060184128 - Medical line securement device: A securement device includes a simply-structured retention mechanism that permits a portion of a catheter hub or a similar medical article to be easily anchored to a patient, without the use of tape or needles and suturing. A unitary retainer desirably includes a base defining a locator mechanism. The locator...

20060184131 - Delivery device for biological composites and method of preparation thereof: An apparatus for the delivery of a biological composite and a method, kit, and system for preparing a biological composite is described herein. The biological composite includes both inorganic and biological materials....

20060184130 - Reciprocating procedure syringes: A reciprocating syringe that can be used in connection with existing syringe barrels and fittings. Some embodiments comprise a frame, adapted to retain two existing syringe barrels. The frame can accommodate fittings on one or both barrels. The invention also provides a plunger complex, comprising two plungers, each adapted for...

20060184132 - Hypodermic syringe: A syringe (1), including: a syringe casing (2), and a syringe body (3) within the casing (2) and defining a chamber (4) for holding a charge of liquid. The syringe body (3) is controllably moveable relative to the casing. A hollow needle (13) is connected to the syringe body (3)...

20060184134 - Apparatus for subcutaneous administration of an injectable product: An apparatus for subcutaneous administration of an injectable product including a housing, a container for the product to be injected, an injection needle and a needle protection sleeve surrounding the injection needle, wherein the apparatus also includes an indicator to tell a user when the needle protection sleeve has attained...

20060184133 - Device for protection of the needle for a syringe injection device comprising a syringe and said protection device: The support device is adapted to be secured to the front face of the injector, and to position an angiographic syringe having a body that presents an outwardly-directed projection, the cross-section of the body at the location of said projection being non-circular. The device which is extended forwards by a...

20060184135 - Shieldable unit dose medical needle assemblies: A shieldable unit dose assembly includes a needle holding member, a safety shield member disposed around the needle holding member, and a unit dose needle including a hub which is connected to the needle holding member. The needle holder member includes a male tapering surface and the hub of the...

20060184136 - Dosage device: A dosage device has a hollow barrel and a plunger slidable within the barrel, and a plurality of formations provided on the barrel and plunger and cooperating with one another to produce a sound signal and a pointed impulse, which corresponds to a predetermined dosage of fluid drawn into or...

20060184137 - Pharmaceutical delivery systems and methods for using same: The present invention provides for an assembly for transferring a fluid between a vessel having a body with an open end and a slidable piston positioned within the body and a vial having a penetrable seal. The assembly includes a housing having first and second open ends, and a bore...

20060184138 - Combined container-syringe: This combined container-syringe comprising a glass cylinder which can be pre-filled with a drug, an cylindrical tip provided at an exterior portion of an anterior end of the syringe, and a finger grip provided at an exterior portion of an posterior end of the syringe, and a drug is pre-filled...

20060184139 - Pressure activated safety valve with improved flow characteristics and durability: A valve assembly for vascular access, comprising a body defining a lumen adapted for flowing blood, the body including a luer housing for connection with a first blood conduit and a barb housing for connection with a second blood conduit and a plurality of slitted membranes disposed within the body...

20060184140 - Mixture injection port: A mixture injection port is capable of suppressing the continuous accumulation of medical fluid or blood therein and allowing efficient internal cleaning. A recirculation part is formed at a step between an inner cavity and a narrow tube part. Even if the fluid is accumulated in a clearance area produced...

20060184142 - Catheter infusion port: A port (100) for a catheter assembly (200), including a body (102) and a cover (150) and having a distal discharge port (116) for connection to an implanted catheter assembly. Within the body is a longitudinal U-shaped channel (120) extending to a proximal body wall (104) from the distal body...

20060184141 - Implantable access port: An implantable access port for use in transferring a fluid transdermally between an external fluid storage or dispensing device and a site within a patient's body is disclosed. The access port includes a base, a bowl-shaped reservoir defined within the base by a smooth surfaced wall, and a septum secured...

20060184143 - Implantable fluid delivery apparatuses and implantable electrode: A cochlear implant system is described. An implantable housing includes an electronics module containing circuitry for developing an electrical stimulation signal for the inner ear, and a fluid channel port for receiving therapeutic fluid for the inner ear. An electrode array includes multiple electrode contacts in electrical communication with the...

20060184144 - Fecal specimen collectors: Methods of collecting a fecal specimen using a fecal specimen collector made from ice, and kits for performing such methods, are provided....

20060184145 - Ostomy appliance: An ostomy appliance body side member or an ostomy appliance comprising an adhesive wafer having a first adhesive surface for securing the appliance to the user's skin, said wafer having a second surface being covered with a carrier sheet which wafer has a hole for receiving a stoma wherein a...

20060184146 - Disposable absorbent article: A disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent mat between a liquid-permeable top sheet and a liquid-impermeable back sheet. The absorbent mat includes a sheet-shaped water-absorbent layer that contains a water-absorbent resin powder but that does not contain pulp fibers; and a fiber assembly layer that contains a water-absorbent resin powder...

20060184149 - Absorbent article: An absorbent article has an absorbent member 1 containing a web 2 of hydrophilic long fibers. The long fibers have a crimp percentage of 40% to 90% and are oriented in the planar direction of the absorbent member 1. The web 2 has a superabsorbent polymer embeddedly supported therein. The...

20060184148 - Folded fibrous structures: Folded fibrous structures, more particularly, folded sanitary tissue products, especially in rolled form, are provided....

20060184147 - Treatment composition for making acquisition fluff pulp in sheet form: A treatment composition for making acquisition fluff pulp in sheet form, having a cross-linking agent and an anti-hydrogen-bonding agent. The cross-linking agent may be a polycarboxylic acid, aldehyde, urea-based derivatives or a mixture thereof. The anti-hydrogen-bonding agent may be a silicon polymer terminated with at least one quaternary amine functional...

20060184150 - Sanitary napkins capable of taking complex three-dimensional shape in use: A catamenial device. The device comprises a topsheet having a body facing surface, a backsheet joined to said topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises three zones differing in stiffness, at least one of the zones comprising laterally-oriented portions where...

20060184151 - Disposable diaper: Here is disclosed a disposable diaper, which includes a liquid-absorbent zone in a crotch region having first through fourth sections. A stiffness of the first and second sections formed from top- and backsheets is lower than a stiffness of the third and fourth sections formed from the top- and backsheets...

20060184152 - Disposable nappy with a hip band: The invention relates to a disposable diaper (2), used more particularly in the event of incontinence, comprising a hip band (10) forming a hip opening in the diaper which is closed in the direction of the periphery whereby said hip band can be opened in at least one place and...

20060184153 - Flexible tip medical instrument: A biopsy device includes a flexible distal portion for obtaining a biopsy sample from a biopsy site. The device includes a caring cannula with a wall defined between a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen therebetween. The wall of the cannula defines a coring relief notch...

20060184154 - Methods and apparatuses for detecting occlusions in an ambulatory infusion pump: An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to...

20060184155 - Manipulator and end effector for catheter manufacture: Manipulator end effector apparatus equipped with sensing capabilities attached to the manipulator arm for location of tubing or filamentary bodies is provided. The end effector picks up tubing with vacuum assisted bellows and presents it to the open jaws of two hooks in between a pair of rubber covered wheels....

20060184156 - Catheter: A catheter includes a main body; a first and a second lumen provided in the main body, wherein a first and a second guide wire are insertable in the first and second lumens, respectively; a first inclined surface provided, on a side of the center axis line, such that the...

20060184157 - Front-loading syringe adapter for front-loading medical injector: A syringe adapter, which permits use of syringes of various types and sizes to be used with a front-loading injector, includes a piston extension and an adapter face plate. The piston extension includes structure for connecting the piston extension to a drive piston of the injector and a plunger of...

20060184158 - Osmotic delivery system with early zero order push power engine: The present invention is directed to an osmotic engine useful in an osmotic delivery system for delivery of a beneficial agent in a controlled manner over a preselected administration period. By including a flowable engine comprising at least one osmotic agent and at least one fluid vehicle, the resulting osmotic...

20060173395 - Set for blood processing: A combined arterial and venous blood tubing set is provided for transport of blood between a patient and a blood processing unit. The set comprises an arterial set component comprising arterial tubing having an arterial patient connector at one end and an arterial unit connector at the other. A venous...

20060173396 - Systems and methods for temperature adjustment using bodily fluids as a thermic medium: In some embodiments, there is provided an apparatus for affecting the temperature of a bodily organ using a bodily fluid as a thermic medium; other embodiments provide a method of using the apparatus. The apparatus can include a fluid-drawing device such as a needle, an extra-bodily fluid pathway that can...

20060173397 - Ophthalmology implants and methods of manufacture: The present disclosure provides an ophthalmology implant and methods for treating glaucoma or optic neural transmission deficiency, wherein at least a portion of the implant is made of or includes a nanometer-sized substance, such as nanotubes, nanofibers, sheets from nanotubes, nanowires, nanofibrous mesh and the like....

20060173399 - Mems flow module with pivoting-type baffle: Various embodiments of MEMS flow modules that regulate flow or pressure by the pivoting or pivoting-like movement of a flow regulating or controlling structure are disclosed. One such MEMS flow module (40) has a flow regulating structure (62) including a plurality of baffles (66) and a flow plate (50) including...

20060173398 - Method and apparatus for laparoscopic treatment of ascites: A method and apparatus for removing ascitic liquid from the peritoneal cavity utilizes a valve which extends through the intestinal wall into the intestine. A seal is formed between the intestine and the valve to prevent the escape of material from the intestine into the peritoneal cavity and to prevent...

20060173400 - Applicator for feminine hygiene tampon and feminine hygiene product: An applicator for a feminine hygiene tampon more securely prevents a push rod of the applicator from coming out of a casing and remaining in a vagina. The applicator has a casing which accommodates a tampon and a push rod which is disposed inside the casing to push the tampon...

20060173401 - Iontophoresis device: The present invention provides an iontophoresis device with high administration efficient of a drug. An iontophoresis device, including an active electrode structure including: an electrode to which a positive electrical potential is applied; a drug holding part for holding a drug solution containing positively charged drug ions, the drug holding...

20060173402 - Medical instrument having medical-treatment electrode: A first medical instrument includes a medical catheter, a rotatable member, an injection needle, and at least one medical-treatment electrode supported by the rotatable member. The medical catheter has a distal end. The rotatable member is connected to the medical catheter and is rotatable with respect to the medical catheter....

20060173403 - Variable flow device: A surgical handpiece having an active flow restrictor responsive to a feedback loop that can vary the fluid flow resistance through the handpiece....

20060173404 - Aspiration system for ophthalmic medical devices: An ophthalmic aspiration system that can be used with a hand piece and a vacuum source. The aspiration system includes a first tube that is connected to the hand piece and a second tube that is connected to a vacuum source. A filter assembly is connected to both tubes to...

20060173405 - Single use lubricant dispenser: A single use lubricant and applicator is disclosed where the lubricant and applicator consist of a single package. The package is a pre-measure quantity of sterile lubricant in a closed container. The user opens the container, uncoils the applicator, and then squeezes the lubricant reservoir attached to the applicator to...

20060173406 - Algorithm sensor augmented bolus estimator for semi-closed loop infusion system: An infusion system is for infusing a fluid into the body of a patient. The infusion system includes at least one sensor for monitoring blood glucose concentration of the patient and an infusion device for delivering fluid to the patient. The sensor produces at least one sensor signal input. The...

20060173407 - Tubing assembly and signal generator placement control device and method for use with catheter guidance systems: A tubing assembly having a signal generator placement control device for use in conjunction with electronic catheter guidance systems. The control device facilitates control of the position the guidance systems' signal generator relative to the end of the tubing assembly. The tubing assembly includes a tubular insulator coupled to one...

20060173410 - Insertion device: An insertion device, generally used with an infusion set, including a needle being adapted for puncturing at one end and including at the opposite end a hub. The hub includes a handle part and a guard part that are capable of securing the needle through the use of locks. Locking...

20060173408 - Medicine injection devices and methods: A reloadable medicine injector and methods are described in which a barrel with a receiving cavity is adapted to slidably receive a syringe subassembly for axial movement therein. Upon removal of a safety and release of a syringe driver, the syringe driver moves forward and injects the syringe needle. A...

20060173409 - Safety syring: A safety syringe, particularly, referring to a safety structure formed as a part in the syringe barrel mainly includes: a barrel with a rubber stopper in its interior cavity, where a shallow disk indention is at the rear surface of the rubber stopper, an annular check rib in the rear...

20060173411 - Syringe assembly having disabling mechanism: A syringe assembly having passive disabling structure includes a barrel and a plunger rod assembly. The plunger rod assembly includes a plunger rod and a stopper connected by an indexing locking element. The number of strokes of the syringe plunger before the stopper is locked into the barrel rendering the...

20060173412 - Liquid infusion apparatus: Liquid infusion apparatus includes non-magnetic materials in a pumping structure and ultrasonic drive motor therefor, and in a controller that supplies drive signals to the motor to facilitate convenient operation in intense magnetic fields without distorting the magnetic fields and without radiating objectionable radio-frequency interference. A non-MRI-compatible liquid infusion apparatus...

20060173413 - Intravenous catheter insertion device with retractable needle: An intravenous catheter insertion device is disclosed to include a barrel, which has a body and a stop wall, a deformable portion extending from the body, a retainer connected with the deformable portion, and a press portion for pressing by the user to deform the deformable portion. A needle set,...

20060173414 - Insertion device for inserting an injection needle: An insertion device for inserting an injection needle into a tissue including a needle holder carrying the injection needle and a protection device for covering the injection needle after the removal thereof from the tissue wherein the needle holder is mounted to move along the needle axis in relation to...

20060173415 - Syringe adaptor: A syringe adaptor for use in maintaining a plunger in a fixed position relative to a barrel of a surgical syringe is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a syringe adaptor is provided having a body that is adapted to mate to a plunger on a syringe, and at least one...

20060173417 - Combination insulin pen and transmission device: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a combination insulin pen and transmission device. In one specific embodiment an insulin injection device is provided, comprising: a container which holds the insulin; and a data transmitter, which data transmitter transmits data regarding injection of the insulin; wherein the data...

20060173416 - Syringe with coordinated inserts: A syringe for at least one of drawing a fluid into the syringe and dispensing a fluid substance therefrom, the syringe comprising a barrel comprising an inner surface defining a cylindrical chamber for retaining a dispensable fluid therein, a distal end terminating in a tip to which a needle is...

20060173418 - Loss of resistance syringe: A syringe including a barrel having an inner barrel portion and an outer barrel portion and a plunger slideably disposed within the barrel, the plunger having an inner plunger portion and an outer plunger portion. At least one of the inner barrel portion and the outer plunger portion is made...

20060173419 - Medical fluid delivery system and method relating to the same: A medical fluid delivery system for the use in the delivery of medical fluids. The medical fluid delivery system may include a pumping system, a disposable medical fluid line set and a valve operating system. The disposable tubing line set may include valves adapted to interface with the valve operating...

20060173420 - Check valve for medical y-site: A check valve for use in a Y-site in an infusion system comprises a fixation portion configured to retain the check valve in a common lumen of the Y-site, and a flap member extending axially from the fixation portion. The flap member has an outer surface, at least a portion...

20060173421 - Applications of lipss in polymer medical devices: Medical devices have material that that has a laser induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS) pattern on at least a portion thereof. The LIPSS pattern is provided by exposing a material surface to a pulsed polarized laser energy fluence below the ablation threshold. The LIPSS pattern is useful for purposes such...

20060173422 - Introducer apparatus with eversible sleeve: Disclosed is an introducer apparatus comprising an sleeve fixation mechanism or introducer member, such as a catheter, introducer, or ring-like structure, which is attached to a protective sleeve comprising a thin flexible material such a polymeric film. The sleeve is inverted into the passageway of a second member, such as...

20060173423 - Method for surgically implanting a fluid injection port: A method for implanting surgical injection port. The injection port is of the type having a housing with a closed distal end, an open proximal end and a fluid reservoir therebetween. The housing further includes a needle penetrable septum attached to the housing about the opening, and at least one...

20060173424 - Surgically implantable injection port having an absorbable fastener: An implantable surgical injection port having an undeployed position, and a deployed position wherein it is attached to tissue. The port includes a housing having a closed distal end, a open proximal end and a fluid reservoir therebetween. The port further includes a needle penetrable septum attached to the housing...

20060173425 - Eye drop guide: An eye drop guide uses a mirror to locate the orifice of a dispenser in line with the eye. The mirror is positioned at about 50 degrees from the orifice so that when a patient tilts his head and positions the mirror to see his own eye the orifice is...

20060173426 - Aspiration system for orthopedic medical devices: An aspiration system to be used in surgical procedures that require large amounts of sterile fluids circulated through the human body as for example orthopedic surgery. The aspiration system includes a filter assembly and a restrictive aspiration tube. The restrictive aspiration tube can be coupled to a vacuum source. The...

20060173427 - Post operative breast surgery drain support garment: A post operative breast surgery drain support garment including a form fitting support structure and one or more pouches attached to the front of the support structure and unobstructed from access. Each pouch is adapted in size and shape so as to form fittingly receive and maintain therein a single...

20060173428 - Absorbent article with logically correlated image and textual graphics: A graphic image for absorbent articles is provided which includes an image graphic and a textual graphic. The image graphic depicts an activity, state or condition and the textual graphic is a word, phrase, sentence or command that describes the activity, state or condition and is logically correlated to the...

20060173429 - Absorbent article with logically correlated image and textual graphics: A graphic image for absorbent articles is provided which includes an image graphic and a textual graphic. The image graphic depicts an activity, state or condition and the textual graphic is a word, phrase, sentence or command that describes the activity, state or condition and is logically correlated to the...

20060173430 - Fluid-absorbing products comprising superabsorbent material in a water-soluble pouch and methods of using the same: Fluid-absorbing articles containing superabsorbent material in a water-soluble pouch are disclosed. Methods of making and using fluid-absorbing articles are also disclosed....

20060173431 - Absorbent articles comprising polyamine-coated superabsorbent polymers: An absorbent article comprises a fluid pervious topsheet, a fluid impervious backsheet which may be joined to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. Additionally, the absorbent core comprises at least a superabsorbent material comprising a base polymer having a surface coating comprising a...

20060173432 - Absorbent articles comprising polyamine-coated superabsorbent polymers: An absorbent article comprises a fluid pervious topsheet, a fluid impervious backsheet which may be joined to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. Additionally, the absorbent core comprises at least a superabsorbent material which contains at least a base polymer that has a...

20060173433 - Absorbent articles comprising polyamine-coated superabsorbent polymers: An absorbent article comprises a fluid pervious topsheet, a fluid impervious backsheet which may be joined to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. Additionally, the absorbent core comprises at least a superabsorbent material comprising a base polymer having a surface coating which comprises...

20060173434 - Ultra thin absorbent article including a hot melt superabsorbent polymer composition: An absorbent article such as a panty liner that includes a liquid pervious top sheet, a first interior component, a liquid impervious back sheet having an exterior surface and an interior surface, a hot melt superabsorbent polymer composition disposed between the top sheet and the interior surface of the back...

20060173435 - Disposable wearing article: A wearing article comprises a flexible chassis and a semi-rigid absorbent panel laid on inner surface of the chassis. A liner defining an innermost layer of the chassis is bonded to the absorbent panel in a fixed zone defined in a crotch region. A passage is formed through the liner...

20060173436 - Disposable absorbent article having a waist opening with a scalloped edge: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed having stretchable front and back regions each having a first scalloped end, a second end, a first side edge, a second side edge, an interior surface and an exterior surface. An absorbent assembly is secured to the interior surfaces of the front and back...

20060173437 - Surgical method: An irrigating technique that can be used to increase the flow of fluid through the trabecular meshwork. Pulses of relatively high pressure irrigating are directed at the trabecular meshwork. These pulses can be focused, thereby perforating the trabecular meshwork, or applied over a larger area so as to stimulate the...

20060173438 - Universal utility board for use with medical devices and methods of use: A utility fixture secured to a proximal portion of an elongate medical device and methods of use. The utility fixture may have one or more receptacles for receiving and retaining additional medical instruments. The utility fixture may provide the operator a means to free a hand during a medical procedure....

20060173440 - Microcatheter devices and methods for targeted substance delivery: Delivery catheters useable to deliver substances, articles or devices to target locations within the bodies of human or animal subjects. The delivery catheter generally comprises a catheter having a tissue penetrating distal tip member on the distal end and one or more delivery aperture(s) whereby a substance, article or device...

20060173439 - Syringe drive system: A syringe driver or pump system based upon a syringe stem and associated assembly having a spiral threaded pattern along the outer surface of the stem, a collet-button which is displaceable along the stem assembly (as a nut is displaced along a bolt) and a spring. All are disposed to...

20060173441 - Method and device for accessing a pericardial space: A method for accessing a pericardial space of a heart of a mammalian patient is disclosed comprising: guiding a catheter through a coronary sinus of the heart and to a cardiac vein; advancing said catheter to a distal segment of the cardiac vein; intentionally puncturing the vein with the catheter...

20060173443 - Delivery system for therapy comprising hollow seed, preferably polymeric: Hollow metal and polymeric containers (or seeds) are provided having a therapeutic agent encapsulated therein, e.g., a nucleic acid or cytokine, that diffuses out of the seeds via one or more holes disposed therein and is thereby delivered to target sites, e.g., tumor cells. These hollow seeds can be precisely...

20060173442 - Delivery system for therapy comprising hollow seed, the method of use thereof: Hollow metal and polymeric containers (or seeds) are provided having a therapeutic agent encapsulated therein, e.g., a nucleic acid or cytokine, that diffuses out of the seeds via one or more holes disposed therein and is thereby delivered to target sites, e.g., tumor cells. These hollow seeds can be precisely...

20060173444 - Ambulatory medical apparatus with hand held communication device: A communication device (CD) exchanges messages with an implantable infusion pump via telemetry such that commands are supplied thereto and operational information is obtained therefrom. The CD is controlled, at least in part, by a processor IC according to a software program operating therein and provides feedback to a user...