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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837658 | Anti-drawback medical valve A medical valve includes a housing having an interior forming an inlet and an outlet. A longitudinally movable member is secured within the interior of the housing. External to the movable member and within the interior is a fluid path. Movement of the movable membe... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7753892 | Anti-drawback medical valve A medical valve has an interior flow path having a volume that is substantially the same when in either the closed mode (when the valve is closed) or the open mode (when the valve is open). To those ends, the medical valve has a housing forming an interior, and a va... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7708719 | Medicament container, a medicament dispensing kit for administering medication and a method for packaging the same A medicament container, medicament dispensing kit and packaging process that minimizes exposure of the medication to oxygen to prevent degradation of the medication are disclosed. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7488308 | Injector with bypass channel An injector with a substance container defining a substance chamber configured for containing a substance to be injected, and an injection conduit configured for injecting the substance into a patient. A driver is associated with the substance chamber for driving th... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7361164 | Multi-outlet medical dispensing device A medical delivery device comprising an elongate body having a plunger slidably and sealingly engaged to form a cavity to receive fluid materials and a first outlet disposed at an end of said body and has a male luer end portion and a valve assembly is disposed with... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347828 | Suction adapter for medical instrument A suction adapter for use with first and second medical devices capable of accommodating suction, the adapter including a manifold having at least three ports and a flexible flow valve. The ports may include: a suction port configured for connecting to a suction sou... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7322956 | System and method for mixing at least four components System for mixing four components including a first syringe arrangement and a second syringe arrangement each with two chambers for holding components. Each of the two respective chambers of the syringe arrangements are connected in a uniquely defined fashion due to... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7264632 | Controlled deployment delivery system A controlled stent-graft deployment delivery system (10 50 or 900) includes a stent-graft (30 or 63), a retractable primary sheath (40) containing the stent-graft in a first constrained diameter configuration, an outer tube (18 | 09/04/2007 |
| 7214214 | Sealing rubber closure for syringe/container A sealing rubber closure is provided for use with a syringe/container specified by ISO (the International Organization of Standardization) and having a Luer nozzle to be inserted into a Luer-nozzle-receiving part of the sealing rubber closure. The Luer-nozzle-receiv... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182277 | Spray device and method A spray device including a barrel having a bypass and at least two spaced stoppers defining a first and second chambers and a spray nozzle. Movement of the first stopper drives the second stopper to the bypass and the fluid in the first chamber into the second chamb... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169134 | Apparatus with rotatable valve syringe Valve syringes of the invention include a barrel, a plunger and an applicator valve. The applicator valve, which controls the flow of the fluid material contained within the barrel, can rotate at the end of the barrel between an open position and a closed position. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7101352 | Pressure sleeve assembly A pressure sleeve assembly and a method of its use in a fluid injection system are disclosed. The pressure sleeve assembly includes a longitudinal base member, an endplate associated with the longitudinal base member, a fixed or freely removable door, a cylinder and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7079886 | Apparatus and method for programming a KVO phase and a first phase of an injection procedure as a flushing medium phase A fluid injection arrangement in the context of patient imaging systems, in which phases of contrast medium injection and flushing medium injection can be freely and selectably ordered as to make available to the operator and patient a vast array of possible protoco... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063681 | Trocar for inserting implants An implant retention trocar includes a cannula for puncturing the skin of an animal and an obturator for delivering the implant beneath the skin of the animal. The implant retention trocar has a cannula distal tip design which causes a minimum of trama and tearing o... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7044933 | Fluid injection system for coronary intervention A fluid injection apparatus and method of injecting fluid are disclosed. The apparatus includes a control syringe electrically connected to a power-actuated syringe. A sensor is provided proximate the control syringe to monitor the position of the plunger therein, w... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037303 | Urinary flow control valve A flow control valve (22) such as for a catheter (10) allows discharge of urine from a bladder (12) by manual actuation. The valve (22) may be a double-duckbill valve (22) with a single slit (62) at one apex (60a | 05/02/2006 |
| 6945950 | Ureteral stent with small bladder tail(s) A ureteral stent for assisting movement of urine along a patient's ureter and into the patient's bladder. The stent includes an elongated tubular segment extending toward the bladder from a kidney end region for placement in the renal cavity to a bladder end region.... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926707 | Instrument including connector for facilitating connection onto a guidewire without access to the ends of the guide-wire and method of use A tubular instrument including a hollow wall portion and a connector arranged to be used with a guide-wire. The guide-wire has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the distal end portion of the guide-wire is arranged to be extended to some interior posit... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6907679 | Method for lyophilizing an active agent A process for lyophilizing a solution of an active agent in a container is provided. Solution of active agent is deposited into a container, the container is covered with a covering plate and placed inside a lyophilizing apparatus. Lyophilization can be conducted to... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6846301 | Disposable safety syringe A safety syringe 10 includes a generally tubular body 14 having a needle end 18 and plunger end 22, needle 38 and retractable needle seat 30, two-way valve 36, plunger 42, stopper 62, piston 52, a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6796966 | Apparatus, and kits for preventing of alleviating vasoconstriction or vasospasm in a mammal The invention relates to compositions, methods, apparatus, and kits for alleviating or preventing vasoconstriction or vasospasm in a mammal. The compositions, methods, apparatus, and kits are also useful for alleviating or preventing ischemic tissue damage resulting... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6796972 | Catheter anchoring balloon structure with irrigation The present invention is directed to an anchoring balloon structure for use with catheters. The anchoring balloon structure contains an expandable balloon disposed about a port on a catheter, and a pressure-relief valve for regulating the pressure in the balloon and... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6749833 | Design and planning system for improving the survival rate of injected structures The present invention includes a method for evaluating the acceptability of a device for the delivery of cells in a cell implantation therapy comprising: determining a first rate of cell survival in a stable environment, evaluating a second rate of sur... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6740060 | Gasket for bypass type prefilled syringe A bypass type prefilled syringe has a tubular body formed with a bypass for establishing communication between front and rear compartments for preliminarily storing medicament and pharmaceutical liquid, respectively. A gasket for dividing interior space of the tubul... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6723075 | Medical fluid infusion and aspiration In an embodiment, a slit valve catheter has a generally tubular catheter body with an exterior surface exposed to an environment and an interior surface defining a lumen. The catheter further includes a valve which has a protuberance projecting radially from the cat... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6716187 | Platelet concentration syringe kit A single-use system for separating blood and producing platelet concentrates includes an elongated container for receiving blood from a patient. The container has a movable plunger mounted within the blood container for expressing blood fractions separated during ce... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6712784 | Drug delivery device with a flexible grating to hinder unforced removal of a drug in solid form from an insert tube A drug delivery device includes an insert tube and an elongate plunger. The insert tube has a tubular wall that confines a passage and that has drug entrance and release ends. The drug release end has first and second radial parts, and is provided with a flexible gr... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6645170 | Simplified disposable needle-free injection apparatus and method One form of the present invention provides a needle-free injection system including the following components: a cartridge for holding liquid drug prior to injection, the cartridge having a rear end and a front end; a plug mounted to the front end of the c... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6592557 | Partial aortic occlusion devices and methods for cerebral perfusion augmentation Methods are provided for partial aortic occlusion for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. Alternatively, the methods can be used to partially occlude aortic blood flow to condition the spinal cord ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6569151 | Device for connecting a catheter or other tubular member onto a guide-wire without access to the ends of the guide-wire A tubular instrument, e.g., a catheter including a hollow wall portion forming the distal end of the instrument and terminating at a distal opening, having a connector arranged to be used with a guide-wire. The guide wire has a distal end portion and a pr... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6514231 | Disposable syringe with single variable volume chamber A single chamber disposable syringe containing a medicament includes a valve member positioned in the variable volume chamber adjacent to the medicament outlet for selectively communicating the variable volume chamber with the medicament outlet.... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6508792 | Discoid and elastic valve to produce a hermetic closure inside pre-filled syringes A discoid and elastic valve is designed to block up the neck of the syringe from inside, in order to close the communication between the syringe's internal main body, where the liquid is, and the needle which is connected in the syringe neck through its p... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6475193 | Continuous injecting apparatus A continuous injecting apparatus comprises an hollow housing (10) including an upper portion and a lower portion (10',10"); a syringe (1) mounted in the hollow housing (10); a connector (20) tightly threaded onto the front end portion of the housing (10);... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6436077 | Medical fluid infusion and aspiration In an embodiment, a slit valve catheter has a generally tubular catheter body with an exterior surface exposed to an environment and an interior surface defining a lumen. The catheter further includes a valve which has a protuberance projecting radially f... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6432090 | Disposable injection device designed to be pre-filled The invention relates to an injection device comprising a syringe body (1, 13), which delimits a chamber which is designed to be filled with a liquid, and a unit (17) for distributing the liquid, comprising an end piece (17a) for closing off the chamber, ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6383168 | Needleless syringe with prefilled cartridge In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a needleless injection apparatus includes a cartridge having a plunger disposed at a rearward end. The cartridge includes an inner portion with a throat at a forward portion and a displaceable outlet valv... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379328 | Disposable syringe The present invention is related with an improved syringe having a novel piston design. The syringe comprises an outer tube or cylinder made of, for example, plastic material, narrowed at its outlet for fitting a detachable hollow needle. Inside the outer... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6231551 | Partial aortic occlusion devices and methods for cerebral perfusion augmentation Methods are provided for partial aortic occlusion for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. Alternatively, the methods can be used to partially occlude aortic blood flow to condition the spinal cord ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6210375 | Needle retraction mechanism with controlled retraction speed A needle retraction mechanism includes a hollow handle defining a cavity, a needle hub assembly movably disposed in the handle, a biasing mechanism to move the needle hub assembly from an extended position to a retracted position and a latch to hold needl... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6179815 | Low compliance inflation/deflation system A system for selectively inflating and deflating a balloon of a dilation balloon catheter. The system includes an inflation syringe that generates a positive pressure for inflating the balloon and a vacuum source that generates a negative pressure for def... | 01/30/2001 |
