Class 604/536 - With expansible internal elements

Subclass of Class 604 - Surgery
Definition: Subject matter for a flexible, axially, expansible means
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 10/25/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8043281	Catheters incorporating valves and permeable membranes Devices, systems and methods for delivering one or more drugs to one or more internal body locations (such as the cerebrospinal fluid) are disclosed. In various aspects, the systems and methods may involve catheters having infusion sections with permeable membranes ...	10/25/2011
7387624	Squeeze-actuated catheter connecter and method A connector for coupling medical tubing (e.g., a catheter) to an implantable medical device. The connector, in one embodiment, may include a retaining member surrounding an optional housing. The retaining member may have at least one locking finger that extends thro...	06/17/2008
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
7303553	Device for connecting a cannula made of a flexible material with a tube A device for connecting or disconnecting cannula to or from a tube. The connection is uncomplicted, quick, safe and provides reproducible conditions in a surgical procedure for connecting to a blood pump that assists the heart or replaces the heart. A nipple (4	12/04/2007
7240926	Fluid connector for medical use and uses thereof A fluid connector, for use in the medical field, has a tubular male socket and a tubular female socket. Each socket includes a fitting end for an end piece and a nesting end. The female socket has external notches for axially retaining a locking collar which is fixe...	07/10/2007
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
7194312	Tension adapter for a catheter A tension adapter for a catheter is disclosed, in which a wire is arranged for electrical stimulation. The tension adapter tensions the catheter by means of a hollow cylindrical elastic tensioning piece (26) which is axially flattened. A contact lug (24	03/20/2007
7153309	Guide system for bone-repair devices A system, including methods, apparatus, components, and kits, for guiding a hole-forming tool and/or a fastener through a bone and then to a bone-repair device that is connected to the bone. In some embodiments, the system may include a guide device including (1) a ...	12/26/2006
6997919	Implantable medical connector for medical tubing with anchoring features A connector and method of medical tubing is disclosed. The connector defines a fluid passageway, and the connector includes a first end, a first intermediate portion, a middle portion, a second intermediate portion, and a second end. The middle portion is located be...	02/14/2006
6562023	Catheter connector including seal ring and method A catheter connector includes an outlet tube (34, 36), and a compression seal (140) defining an undulating shape to product ring seals during use. A cam slot formed on a lever arm is useable in locking a locking sleeve (120) of the connector. The lever ar...	05/13/2003
6254589	Catheter connector Compressible lock washers for use in catheter connectors. One such lock washer (60) includes a support ring (62) and tube engagement flanges (64) extending centrally therefrom, oblique to the ring and each extending from the same side thereof. The tube en...	07/03/2001
6066155	Captured sleeve and stent delivery device A balloon catheter with a tubular catheter shaft having a proximal and a distal end. The elongated dilatation balloon is arranged on the catheter shaft in the vicinity of the distal end. An indispensable covering sleeve is movable along the catheter shaft...	05/23/2000
6048332	Dimpled porous infusion balloon The systems and methods described herein include drug delivery catheters that have dimpled porous balloons mounted onto the distal end of the catheter. In one embodiment, the balloons are adapted for delivering therapeutic agents to the tissue wall of a b...	04/11/2000
6043273	Compositions, apparatus and methods for facilitating surgical procedures Methods are provided for conducting surgical procedures in a patient wherein, during the surgical procedure, autonomous ventricular electrical conductivity and escape beats are reversibly and transiently suppressed to facilitate the surgical procedure. Al...	03/28/2000
6010494	Connection system for medical applications The present invention provides a connection system for connecting a cannula to a device, the system involving a chamber operably coupled to the device, wherein the chamber has two apertures and contains a flexible substance, one of the apertures operably ...	01/04/2000
5993437	Catheter connector Compressible lock washers for use in catheter connectors. One such lock washer (60) includes a support ring (62) and tube engagement flanges (64) extending centrally therefrom, oblique to the ring and each extending from the same side thereof. The tube en...	11/30/1999
5919183	Introducers and assemblies An introducer, such as for an endotracheal tube, comprises a solid rod made of an aliphatic polyurethane containing about 20% barium sulphate. The hardness of the material is about 60 Shore D so that the introducer is resilient within a range of deformati...	07/06/1999
5637102	Dual-type catheter connection system A catheter connection system is defined by a rigid, tubular stem attached at a proximal end thereof to a medical device. The stem has a plurality of comparably configured engagement barbs encircling and radially, outwardly extending on an exterior surface...	06/10/1997
5514117	Connector having a medical cannula A medical connector for manually connecting a fluid conveying conduit that is in fluid communications with a patient's vasculature and having a junction terminal at an end thereof to a fluid conduit for administration of fluid to the patient. The connecto...	05/07/1996
5509911	Rotating adapter for a catheterization system A rotating adapter for connecting two tubular fluid carrying members in a catheterization system. The adapter (10) includes a standard threaded Luer connector at one end (28) for connection to a flexible catheter, and is rotatably affixed about a stem (22...	04/23/1996
5437650	Securing collar for cannula connector A securing collar is used in combination with two tubular flow connectors to prevent the inadvertent disconnection of I.V. tubing sets. The securing collar includes a housing supported by one of the connectors, a radial flange extending from the housing, ...	08/01/1995
5338313	Adjustable valve having a radially compressible sealing body An adjustable surgical valve has a sealing body with an axial passage extending through it, a toroidal body axially aligned with the sealing body, and a device that selectively changes the relative axial positions of the sealing body and the toroidal body...	08/16/1994
5217441	Trocar guide tube positioning device A trocar penetration depth indicator has a first, inner housing including a first threaded section and longitudinally extending gripping fingers, and a second, outer housing including a camming surface and a second threaded section to engage the first thr...	06/08/1993
5209740	Catheter adapter having retention notches A catheter adapter of the type wherein compression applied to the catheter provides a retention force thereon and wherein notches are provided on the adapter for wrapping the catheter around the adapter in a manner such that a force applied to the cathete...	05/11/1993
4889527	Two-piece coupling device for fluid exchange A two-piece coupling device is provided for the exchange of liquid or gaseous material. The first coupler has a sleeve with a longitudinal central passage and an axially projecting extension with at least one step. A jacket at least partially surrounds th...	12/26/1989
4875897	Catheter assembly A catheter assembly including a first catheter having distal and proximal ends, and a second catheter which is positionable within the first catheter. The second catheter has a smaller diameter and is more flexible than the first catheter. The second cath...	10/24/1989
4673400	Aseptic connector assembly for conduits for sterile fluids A simplified aseptic connector assembly for tubes or conduits to conduct sterile fluids and comprising interconnectable complementary male and female connector members respectively connectable to the ends of tube sections to be connected, one of the membe...	06/16/1987
4508367	Connector The invention is a coupler for interconnecting the ends of two fluid conduits wherein the connectors are each mounted inwardly of the open end of respective cupped members; the cupped members telescope one over the other and one of them has a flared end t...	04/02/1985
4405163	Coupling for medical apparatus tubes A coupling for connecting the ends of medical apparatus tubes. The coupling has male and female conical mating elements on first and second end pieces. Each end piece is adapted to receive the end of a tube. The end pieces are locked together to prevent u...	09/20/1983

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