Abstract: A catheter port adapted to be selectively secured to a patient's scalp about a site at which a catheter is to be selectively inserted into, and removed from of the patient's head. The port includes a cushion adapted to be secured to the patient's scalp at its bottom surface about the site and at its top surface to a member, an inner tube having one portion mounted on the member and having another portion that is adapted to extend into the patient's head about the site for guiding movement of a catheter relative to the site and for reducing exposure of the catheter from the patient's scalp, an outer tube having a proximal end mounted on one of the member and inner tube, an intermediate portion extending away from the one of the member and the inner tube in a distal end and a septum mounted on the outer tube.

Abstract: A catheter port adapted to be selectively secured topically to a patient's body about a site at which a catheter is to be inserted into the patient's body. The catheter port includes a cushion adapted to be secured to the patient's epidermis at its bottom surface about the site and at its top surface to a member, an inner tube having one portion mounted on the member and having another portion that is adapted to extend into the patient's body about the site for guiding movement of a catheter relative to the site and for preventing any portion of the catheter from ever contacting the patient's epidermis, an outer tube having a proximal end mounted on one of the member and inner tube, an intermediate portion extending away from the one of the member and the inner tube in a distal end and a septum mounted on the outer tube.

Abstract: A catheter port adapted to be selectively secured topically to a patient's body about a site at which a catheter is to be inserted into the patient's body. The catheter port includes a cushion adapted to be secured to the patient's epidermis at its bottom surface about the site and at its top surface to a member, an inner tube having one portion mounted on the member and having another portion that is adapted to extend into the patient's body about the site for guiding movement of a catheter relative to the site and for preventing any portion of the catheter from ever contacting the patient's epidermis, an outer tube having a proximal end mounted on one of the member and inner tube, an intermediate portion extending away from the one of the member and the inner tube in a distal end and a septum mounted on the outer tube.

Abstract: An anti-biofilm catheter comprising a tubing configured to be disposed within a luminal system, wherein the tubing comes in contacting engagement with a blood flow within the luminal system in vivo. The catheter comprises a surface disposed over at least a portion of the tubing, wherein the surface comprises a surface profile having a skewness value of from about ?0.01 to about ?0.6 such that few or no components of the blood flow is capable of attaching themselves to the surface to encourage biofilm formation. The surface profile further comprises a kurtosis value of from about 2.7 to 3.3.

Abstract: An anti-biofilm catheter comprising a tubing configured to be disposed within a luminal system, wherein the tubing comes in contacting engagement with a blood flow within the luminal system in vivo. The catheter comprises a surface disposed over at least a portion of the tubing, wherein the surface comprises a surface profile having a skewness value of from about ?0.01 to about ?0.6 such that few or no components of the blood flow is capable of attaching themselves to the surface to encourage biofilm formation. The surface profile further comprises a kurtosis value of from about 2.7 to 3.3.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and method for preventing and treating decubitus by topical administration of a therapeutic dosage of a composition containing an antioxidant agent, an anesthetic and vasodilating agent, and an antifungal agent emulsified in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.