Shoulder restraint
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings, and in particular FIG. 1, the apparatus of the present invention is designated generally by the numeral 10. Apparatus 10 is generally compri... Read More
Inventors: Kilbey, Bryan;, Assignee: Professional Products, Inc. (DeFuniak Springs, FL) |
Packaged catheter arrangement
We claim: 1. A packaged catheter arrangement, comprising a flexible rubber catheter having an easily flexible insertion shaft with an insertion tip at one end and having two divergent fluid passage ar... Read More
Inventors: Juster, Robert W.; Patton, William E.;, Assignee: Affiliated Hospital Products, Inc. (St. Louis, MO) |
Bag with easy open line of perforations
The invention comprises a gusseted bag having one end folded over along a fold line to form a closure for such end which bag embodies an easy open improvement comprising: a line of transverse perforat... Read More
Inventors: Robinson, William M.;, Assignee: Union Camp Corporation (Wayne, NJ) |
Tampon system and method
As will be appreciated, the system of this invention provides a sanitary package and permits digital insertion for ease of insertion and precise, comfortable placement with little or no contact betwee... Read More
Inventors: Conner, James M.; Harden, Daniel K.; Genaro, Donald M.;, Assignee: Henry Dreyfuss Associates (New York, NY) |
Impact resistant thermoplastic resin composition
We claim: 1. An impact resistant thermoplastic resin composition comprising a graft copolymer II obtained by: (i) emulsion-polymerizing a monomer mixture (a) comprising 51% to 99% by weight of an alky... Read More
Inventors: Nakai, Yoshio; Tateyama, Masamitsu;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Company Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Urinary catheter package
The general purpose of the present invention is to disclose a unitary and compact package for an urinary catheter which may be used by trained medical personnel to install an indwelling urinary cathet... Read More
Inventors: Reif, Thomas H.; Warnken, Louis E.; Snyder, Roy A.;, Assignee: |
Prefilled catheter tip syringe kit
It has not been discovered that an improved medical procedure may be employed for the irrigation of catheters with a sterile solution. The invention comprises a device which may be used as an irrigati... Read More
Inventors: Mueller, Louis H.;, Assignee: |
Method for making splittable catheter
OF THE DRAWINGS In FIG. 1, a cross sectional view has been taken as would be seen from the plane normal to axis AA of FIG. 3. More specifically, the catheter 10 includes a body portion 11 and a strip... Read More
Inventors: Wells, Stanley C.;, Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, NJ) |
Compact syringe and catheter package
A package for a plurality of identical elongate articles each having a longitudinal axis and each with a head at one end and a tail at the other with a center therebetween wherein the package has a pa... Read More
Inventors: Scott, David F.;, Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, NJ) |
Use of a stent with the capability to inhibit malignant growth in a vessel such as a biliary duct
It is well known that radiation therapy can reduce the proliferation of rapidly growing cancer cells in a malignant tumor. The present invention utilizes a radioisotope which is integral to a stent wh... Read More
Inventors: Fischell, Robert E.; Fischell, Tim A.;, Assignee: Medical Innovative Technologies R & D Limited Partnership (Dayton, MD) |
Catheter emplacement apparatus
A catheter emplacement apparatus embodying this invention comprises an elongated tubular sheath formed of flexible plastic material. Such sheath is provided with a pair of diametrically opposed, axial... Read More
Inventors: Sinko, George E.; Jones, Charles A.;, Assignee: Gesco International, Inc. (San Antonio, TX) |
Introducer system having kink resistant splittable sheath
It is an object of the present invention to provide an introducer system having a sheath which is resistant to the formation of kinks. It is a further object of the invention to provide an introducer ... Read More
Inventors: Schaerf, Raymond;, Assignee: Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Endoprosthetic device with therapeutic compound
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a stent which overcomes the above-mentioned problems. In one aspect, the invention includes, a drug-delivery endoprosthetic device for insertio... Read More
Inventors: Phan, Loc; Stertzer, Simon; Froix, Michael;, Assignee: Quanam Medical Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Natural tissue valve prostheses having variably complaint leaflets
These and other objectives are achieved by the present invention which, in a broad aspect, is directed to natural tissue valvular bioprosthetics having variably compliant valve leaflets and to methods... Read More
Inventors: Hata, Cary; Tu, Roger; Sung, Hsing-Wen; Shen, Shih-Hwa;, Assignee: Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, IL) |
Device for maintaining urinary continence
In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a prosthetic urethral valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a tubular body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central lumen exte... Read More
Inventors: Pintauro, William; Brenneman, Rodney; Maciel, Mario; Wallin, Sheila K.;, Assignee: Galt Laboratories, Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
System and method for implanting cardiac valves
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a stent 1 made by support means in the form of two 0.55 mm surgical stainless steel wires 2,3. The wires are folded in 15 loops. Three loops 4 are 14 mm in h... Read More
Inventors: Andersen, Henning Rud; Hasenkam, John Michael; Knudsen, Lars Lyhne;, Assignee: |
Device and methods for in vivo culturing of diverse tissue cells
The anatomically specific device is a living prosthesis or implant for transport and for in viva culturing of tissue cells in a diverse tissue lesion. The entire macrostructure of this device is compo... Read More
Inventors: Brekke, John H.;, Assignee: Kensey Nash Corporation (Exton, PA) |
Apparatus and method for performing vertical banded gastroplasty
In accordance with the present invention, an apparatus and method which enable vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) to be performed without the use of staples are disclosed. Further, a laparoscopic inst... Read More
Inventors: Bessler, Marc; Mintz, Max R.; Sutherland, Byron C.;, Assignee: Sutherland; Byron C. (Houston, TX); Mintz; Hava Mattea (Houston, TX); Conley, Rose & Tayon, P.C. (Houston, TX) |
Method for retrieving pancreatic juice utilizing and endoscopically wire-guided catheter
The present invention is an improved method for accurately and quickly positioning a double lumen gastroduodenal tube into predetermined locations utilizing an endoscopically placed guide wire to retr... Read More
Inventors: Waxman, Irving; Freedman, Steven;, Assignee: The Beth Israel Hospital Association (Boston, MA) |
Guide tube for gastrostomy tube placement
FIG. 1 shows a preferred guide tube 10 which is approximately 40 cm in overall length and approximately 5 mm in tube outer diameter. The guide tube 10 is preferably made of a hollow, cylindrically-sh... Read More
Inventors: Buffington, C. A. Tony; Mauterer, John V.; Abood, Sarah K.;, Assignee: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) |
System for applying fasteners to tissue
The invention includes a surgical fastener and an applicator used in delivering the fastener into body tissue. The fastener and applicator of the present invention may be used in a number of medical p... Read More
Inventors: Bolduc, Lee; Kramer, Thomas A.; Hodges, Brian A.; McCoy, Tim; Lunsford, John;, Assignee: Origin Medsystems, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA) |
Body fluids and solids drainage system
Accordingly, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a system for facilitating the movement of body matter including solids, semi-solids, liquids and gas from a body cavity withou... Read More
Inventors: Heim, Warren P.; Brassell, James Lawrence;, Assignee: Team Medical, LLC (Boulder, CO) |
Applicator for attaching fasteners to tissue
The invention includes a surgical fastener and an applicator used in delivering the fastener into body tissue. The fastener and applicator of the present invention may be used in a number of medical p... Read More
Inventors: Bolduc, Lee; Kramer, Thomas A.; Hodges, Brian A.; McCoy, Tim; Lunsford, John;, Assignee: Origin Medsystems, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA) |
Device for endoscopic vessel harvesting
Applicant has devised an apparatus for removing vessels and arteries from the patient with minimally invasive procedures. The apparatus has a self-retaining, full-length semi-tubular hood attached to ... Read More
Inventors: Puskas, John D.;, Assignee: Emory University (Atlanta, GA) |
Method and device for full thickness resectioning of an organ
The present invention is directed to a full-thickness resection system comprising a flexible endoscope and a stapling mechanism, wherein the endoscope is slidably received through at least a portion o... Read More
Inventors: Adams, Ronald D.; Sullivan, III, Roy H.; Main, Lauren O.; Kratsch, Peter K.; Nunez, George A.; Kortenbach, Jurgen A.; Solar, Matt; Buess, Gerhard F.; Schurr, Marc O.;, Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (Maple Grove, MN) |
Lung constriction apparatus and method
The invention provides a lung constriction device including a jacket of flexible material configured to cover at least a portion of a lung. The jacket has a pair of opened ends to permit the lung port... Read More
Inventors: Gonzalez, Hugo X.; Muff, Diane M.; Sirokman, William A.;, Assignee: Spiration, Inc., (Redmond, WA) |
Devices and method for handling a plurality of suture elements during a suturing procedure
Accordingly, the invention provides a device and method of handling a plurality of suture elements after having been located at a surgical site on a patient body, so as to inhibit opposed portions of ... Read More
Inventors: Isbell, Lewis; Jackson, Jasper; Whitin, Katherine;, Assignee: Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL) |
Surgical instrument having a fastener delivery mechanism
A delivery device for delivering a plurality of individual surgical fasteners is disclosed. The delivery device has a drive mechanism having a distal and a proximal end, and a first and a second oppos... Read More
Inventors: Knodel, Bryan D.; Thompson, Bennie; Fuchs, Richard P.; Kuhns, Jesse; Nuchols, Richard P.;, Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH) |
Submucosal esophageal bulking device
There is provided in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method of treating gastroesophageal reflux disease. The method comprises the steps of identifying a patient having gastroeso... Read More
Inventors: Johnson, George; Tsukashima, Ross;, Assignee: Endonetics, Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Method for treating wall forming gastrointestinal tract
In general, it is an object of the present invention to provide a minimally invasive method and apparatus for treating the gastrointestinal tract. Another object of the invention is to provide a metho... Read More
Inventors: Silverman, David E.; Stein, Alan;, Assignee: Enteric Medical Technologies, Inc. (Foster City, CA) |
Obesity Surgery 
