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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052652 | Securement device A securement device includes a filament which passes underneath at least a portion of the securement device and can be secured about a medical article to be retained. The filament may be secured about the medical article without the use of adhesive. At least a porti... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7867201 | Anti-stick device for bent injection needle The invention concerns an anti-stick device for a bent injection needle. The device is composed of a wall formed by articulated panels (1, 2, 3) including a base panel (1), a needle-holding panel (2), and a covering panel (3). The ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7591804 | Short winged needle and guard A winged needle comprises a hollow medical needle which typically is no smaller than 18 gauge carried by a hub. The hub has wings projecting laterally outwardly, the wings having outer tips that are spaced from each other by essentially 20 to 30 mm. A guard for a wi... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7517337 | Catheter anchor system and method A catheter system and method for intracranial infusion of therapeutic substances to a patient. An anchor formed of generally flexible, elastomeric material is used to mount the catheter to the outer surface of the skull of the patient. The anchor has a through hole ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7422573 | Forward blunting wingset with leaf spring driven shield A shieldable needle device is provided. The shieldable needle device includes a housing, a needle cannula, a tip guard and a flexibly resilient drive mechanism. The housing includes a first lateral extension and a second lateral extension which are interconnected at... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413560 | Safety arteriovenous fistula needle A Safety Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) winged safety needle device provides a safety feature including a protective shield with handling wings, which when placed in cooperating relationship, allows accommodation of a blood collection needle and a hub. The Safety AVF p... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7377911 | Medical needle device with winged shield for erroneous piercing prevention A medical needle device includes a winged shield (4) having a substantially cylindrical shaped shield cylinder (4a) and wings (5, 6) connected to the front end side thereof, a needle base (2) inserted in the shield cylinder (4 | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361159 | Passive safety shield A safety apparatus is provided which includes a needle hub having an arm extending therefrom and an extensible frame connected to the needle hub. The extensible frame includes a proximal segment that is hingedly connected to a distal segment. The extensible frame is... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351230 | Safety shield for medical needles A needle safety apparatus is disclosed which includes an inner bearing disposed within an outer bearing. The inner bearing is moveable to extend telescopically in a first interior space defined by the outer bearing. A second interior space is defined by the inner be... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347842 | Safety shield for medical needles A needle safety apparatus is disclosed which includes an inner bearing disposed within an outer bearing. The inner bearing is moveable to extend telescopically in a first interior space defined by the outer bearing. A second interior space is defined by the inner be... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341576 | Medical delivery/extraction system A medical delivery or extraction system comprising a needle assembly having a needle and a hub coupled to the needle. The hub includes a verification region or component. A syringe body rotatably coupled to the needle assembly includes at least one indicia on the ou... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338465 | Infusion device and method thereof The disclosures made herein relate to an infusion device specifically adapted for syringe injections. In one embodiment of the disclosures made herein, an infusion device comprises a body including an accessible surface having a single inlet port therein, an engagem... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331613 | Medical tubing connector assembly incorporating strain relief sleeve A connector assembly for interconnecting separate sections of tubing, e.g., medical tubing. Connector assemblies are a two-piece construction having a connector pin and a connector sleeve. The connector sleeve includes a first end, a second end, and a passageway ext... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326189 | Assembly of winged needle and protector sheath for winged needle A protector sheath for winged needle capable of accommodating a winged needle having a needle tube with a sharp blade edge, a hub firmly attached to a proximal end portion of the needle tube, and a wing provided on the hub is provided. The protector sheath has a cyl... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322963 | Telescopic safety arteriovenous fistula needle A telescopic intravenous infusion set and/or blood collection assembly is provided with a safety feature for covering the used needle. The safety feature is a telescopic device including a shield with handling wings, which when placed in cooperating relationship, al... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320682 | Safety device A safety device for a needle is provided. The device includes a spring biased sheath which acts to cover the needle before and after use. The safety device also includes a spring biased lock which is operable to lock the sheath in a safe position unless the biasing ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318816 | Insertion device for an insertion set and method of using the same An insertion device and insertion set. The insertion device for inserting at least a portion of at least one piercing member of an insertion set through the skin of a patient includes a device housing, a carrier body and a driver. The carrier body is slidably receiv... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303551 | Medical delivery/extraction system A medical delivery or extraction system comprising a needle assembly having a needle and a hub coupled to the needle. The hub includes a verification region or component. A syringe body rotatably coupled to the needle assembly includes at least one indicia on the ou... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303545 | Protective housing for a butterfly needle A butterfly-needle set has an elongated two-part case forming a pair of transversely open slots. An elongated needle in the case has a pair of generally coplanar and oppositely projecting wings projecting out of the case through the slots. The slots are sufficiently... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303543 | Medication infusion set An infusion set is provided for use in delivering fluid through a cannula, which is housed on a cannula housing, to a selected subcutaneous infusion site on a patient. The fluid is generally a medication, for example, insulin. The cannula is in fluid communication w... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300430 | Multi-lumen catheter with attachable hub The present invention is a multi-lumen catheter assembly having a selectively attachable hub including a multi-lumen catheter tube that has a proximal portion and a distal portion and a hub assembly that has a proximal portion and a distal portion, whereby the dista... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300423 | Safety device with trigger mechanism A safety device, usable in particular with hypodermic needles, and incorporating a trigger mechanism which when activated primes the device to initiate the unsheathing of the needle in use by flexing one or more needle-surrounding legs away from the needle axis; the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294118 | Retractable needle assembly A fluid collection or infusion set is provided. The set includes flexible tubing with a fitting attached to a proximal end and a needle assembly attached to the distal end. The needle assembly includes a needle hub and a needle cannula secured in the hub. An actuato... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291135 | Winged angled needle assembly A winged angled needle assembly has a hub to which a proximal end portion of an angled needle having a sharpened tip portion is joined and a pair of wings attached to both sides of the hub and further includes a fixing member attached so as to support the wings and ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7270650 | Catheter anchor system and method A catheter system and method for intracranial infusion of therapeutic substances to a patient. An anchor formed of generally flexible, elastomeric material is used to mount the catheter to the outer surface of the skull of the patient. The anchor has a through hole ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258680 | Device for subcutaneous administration of a medicament to a patient A device for subcutaneous administration of a medicament to a patient is disclosed, including a cannula housing with an interior chamber, a cannula connected to the housing and being in flow communication with the chamber, a flexible tubing having a first end and a ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7238172 | Deformable medical device for removing a needle The invention concerns a medical device comprising an inflatable sheath (2), a tubing (3) integral with a non-return valve (4), a rigid disc (5) forming a horizontal platform above the chamber (2) and means for receiving (6, 7, ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229434 | Safety non-coring needle Provided is a non-coring needle for venous access implantatable port. In one embodiment the non-coring needle comprises a puncturing assembly comprising two wings having a central sleeve, an L-shaped needle coupled to the sleeve, the needle including an annular groo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214215 | Puncture device with a flexible catheter tube for connecting to a medical infusion line A puncture device with a flexible catheter tube for connecting to a medical infusion line, wherein the device includes a catheter connecting piece or hub attachable at the puncture site on the skin surface of a patient, wherein the catheter hub has a connector for c... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207974 | Insertion device for an insertion set and method of using the same An insertion device for inserting at least a portion of at least one piercing member of an insertion set through the skin of a patient, including: a device housing and a carrier body for movement between an advanced position and a retracted position. The carrier bod... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198618 | Safety shield for medical needles Medical needle shield apparatus for covering a needle after use. In embodiments of this invention a shield with two or more segments hingedly connected to each other is movable from a retracted position where the needle is exposed, to an extended position where the ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198066 | Device for supporting and stabilising a tubing for fluid transport and such a tubing The present invention relates to an anti-kinking device, in particular for supporting and stabilising an infusion tubing for fluid infusion in a safety loop, comprising means for receiving and fixing the infusion tubing in connection with a catheter inserted into a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175610 | Protector sheath for winged-needle A protector sheath for winged needle capable of accommodating a winged needle having a needle tube with a sharp blade edge, a hub firmly attached to a proximal end portion of the needle tube, and a wing provided on the hub is provided. The protector sheath has a cyl... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7153293 | Wing retraction type mis-piercing preventer and winged needle having the mis-piercing preventer A winged needle cover capable of storing an entire needle with flexible wing in the state of the needle tube part of the winged needle not projected again, comprising a tip side opening part for taking therein the entire winged needle having a flexible tube connecte... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144389 | Safety shield for medical needles A medical needle shield apparatus is provided that includes a first cylinder, such as, for example, a shield that is extensible from a retracted position to an extended position for enclosing a distal end of a needle of a medical needle device. The shield includes a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144388 | Selectively passive shieldable medical needle device A pivotable shielding needle device for shielding used needle cannulas. The device generally includes a hub with a needle, and a shield pivotable between a first position exposing the needle and a second position encompassing the needle. A biasing element acts on th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144387 | Butterfly needle with passive guard A butterfly needle device having a passive needle protection system includes a needle that has a proximal end, a distal tip and defines a needle axis. A cylindrical base member having an axially aligned groove is disposed over the needle with a first wing extending ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128734 | Apparatus and method for reverse tunneling a multi-lumen catheter in a patient An apparatus and method for tunneling a distal portion of a multilumen catheter tube in a patient is disclosed. The apparatus includes a connector having a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end includes a first coupling portion for selective connection to ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128730 | Apparatus for delivery of therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents A system for delivery of therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents into a living body includes a port assembly having a cannula extending from the mounting side, a port opening away from the mounting side and a resilient barrier between the port and the cannula. An acces... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115112 | Device for subcutaneous administration of a medicament to a patient and tubing for same The invention relates to a device for subcutaneous administration of a medicament to a patient, comprising a cannula housing (1) with an interior chamber; a cannula (2) connected to the cannula housing (1) and being in flow communication with th... | 10/03/2006 |
