Abstract: A urinary catheter product comprises a urinary catheter connect to a bag, a connector for connecting the urinary catheter to a bag, and a bag having a port for connection to a urinary catheter.

Abstract: A connector product comprises a conduit connected to a device, a connector for connecting the conduit to a device, and a device having a port for connection to a conduit.

Abstract: An endoprosthesis includes a stent structure having an elongate member longitudinal portions of which overlap to define the crossover structures. The stent structure may also include loop structures, which are contiguous with the crossover structures, through which a filament extends. A guard structure is secured to the stent structure and located adjacent to the crossover structures to obstruct displacement of the filament between the longitudinal portions of the elongate member of the crossover structures. A method for operating the endoprosthesis includes displacing the loop structures toward one another along the filament to displaced positions relative to the suture structure for reducing the respective profiles of the stent structure and patch structure.

Abstract: Materials and methods of treating an eye with a hydrogel formed on the eye. Embodiments are provided that include post-keratectomy bandages. A method of treating a patient by application of a hydrogel bandage to a cornea by providing a first hydrogel precursor in a dry form immobilized in a first deposit at a first location in a well, providing a second hydrogel precursor in a dry form immobilized in a second deposit at a second location in the well, mixing the deposits together to form a mixture, and transferring at least some of the mixture to the cornea, with the mixture forming a covalently crosslinked hydrogel on the cornea.

Abstract: An endoprosthesis includes a stent structure having an elongate member longitudinal portions of which overlap to define the crossover structures. The stent structure may also include loop structures, which are contiguous with the crossover structures, through which a filament extends. A guard structure is secured to the stent structure and located adjacent to the crossover structures to obstruct displacement of the filament between the longitudinal portions of the elongate member of the crossover structures. A method for operating the endoprosthesis includes displacing the loop structures toward one another along the filament to displaced positions relative to the suture structure for reducing the respective profiles of the stent structure and patch structure.

Abstract: An endoprosthesis includes a stent structure having an elongate member longitudinal portions of which overlap to define the crossover structures. The stent structure may also include loop structures, which are contiguous with the crossover structures, through which a filament extends. A guard structure is secured to the stent structure and located adjacent to the crossover structures to obstruct displacement of the filament between the longitudinal portions of the elongate member of the crossover structures. A method for operating the endoprosthesis includes displacing the loop structures toward one another along the filament to displaced positions relative to the suture structure for reducing the respective profiles of the stent structure and patch structure.

Abstract: Materials and methods of treating an eye with a hydrogel formed on the eye. Embodiments are provided that include post-keratectomy bandages.

Abstract: An endoprosthesis includes a stent structure having an elongate member longitudinal portions of which overlap to define the crossover structures. The stent structure may also include loop structures, which are contiguous with the crossover structures, through which a filament extends. A guard structure is secured to the stent structure and located adjacent to the crossover structures to obstruct displacement of the filament between the longitudinal portions of the elongate member of the crossover structures. A method for operating the endoprosthesis includes displacing the loop structures toward one another along the filament to displaced positions relative to the suture structure for reducing the respective profiles of the stent structure and patch structure.

Abstract: A medical guidewire having a core-to-tip construction that includes a core wire region surrounded by a flexible coil. The core wire having a distal tip segment that includes a proximal flat drop axially separated from a distal flat drop by a cylindrical or frusto-conical linking portion. The proximal and distal flat drops each having a pair of parallel planar surfaces, wherein the planar surfaces of the proximal flat drop are at an angle to the planar surfaces of the distal flat drop. The tip construction provides improved flexibility while maintaining columnar strength and providing excellent torsional characteristics.

Abstract: A guiding catheter for placement in a patient's vessel. The catheter includes an elongate hollow shaft with open proximal and distal ends and a bore extending there through. The catheter shaft includes an inner liner, a metallic reinforcement layer overlying the inner liner, and a unitary outer jacket covering the reinforcement layer. A distal portion of the outer jacket of the catheter shaft is chemically softened to be more flexible than a proximal portion of the outer jacket. A connector fitting is mounted at the proximal end of the shaft in communication with the bore and a distal tip is attached to the distal end of the shaft. A method of manufacturing the guiding catheter is also disclosed.