Abstract: The present invention relates to a fitting for an enteral feeding line, comprising: attachment means configured to connect the fitting to a complementary fitting, a tapered tip coaxial with an axis and a flange extending around the tip and coaxial with the tip, the flange extending away from the tip and delimiting with the tip an annular space configured to receive the complementary fitting, the attachment means being disposed at the annular space, the annular space comprising a first portion comprising the attachment means and a second portion not provided with attachment means, the second portion having an axial length along the axis and the tip having a predetermined diameter at an interface I between the first portion and the second portion, a ratio of the predetermined diameter to the axial length being greater than or equal to 1.0 and less than or equal to 2.0.

Abstract: A respiratory assistance device (1) for a patient, includes a tubular element forming a main channel (5) (207) which is to be connected via the distal end (7) thereof to an airway of the patient, the main channel connecting to the exterior of the respiratory system of the patient via the proximal end (6) thereof, the device further including at least one auxiliary channel (8) (209) allowing the injection of jets of breathable gas for ventilation of the patient via the distal outlet openings (17) of the auxiliary channel(s), the outlet openings opening out into the main channel in the vicinity of the distal end thereof, deflection elements (14b) (14a) allowing the deflection of gas jets to the interior of the main channel, and an internal jet separator, coaxial and central to the main channel, which further ensures diversion of the flow for expired gases.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interfacing device for establishing a connection between a fluid-injection instrument and a flask, said device comprising: fluid flow means configured such as to open into the flask to be perforated when the interfacing device is attached to the flask to be perforated; and a distal opening allowing the flow of gases and a proximal opening allowing the flow of liquids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical drape (1) comprising a main sheet (10), characterized in that it comprises a drape attachment (20) composed of: a separable film (22) having at least one internal layer (22a) and one external layer (22b), the internal layer (22a) having less mechanical resistance than the external layer (22b), and a layer of adhesive (24), fixed to the internal layer (22a) of the separable film (22), the drape attachment being fixed to the main sheet (10) by means of the layer of adhesive (24).

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for treating an epistaxis, comprising: a compressible body designed to come into contact with walls of a nasal cavity of a patient, or surrounded by a veil of hemostatic properties; an envelope designed to envelop the compressible body; and a compression device for compressing the compressible body in the envelope, said compression device being designed so as to compress or release the compressible body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for introducing a catheter in a vein, comprising the following steps: puncturing the vein, introducing a guide in the punctured vein, fixing a catheter on the distal coupler of a connector, introducing a mandrel in the catheter, introducing the set formed by the catheter and the mandrel in the vein by having said set slide on the guide, withdrawing the mandrel and the guide, and connecting a fluid injection device on the second proximal coupler of the connector.

Abstract: The invention concerns an interfacing device (1) intended to connect a fluid injection instrument and a puncturable flask (2), comprising: a base (10) suitable for connecting the interfacing device (1) to the fluid injection instrument, an attachment means for attaching (20) the base (10) to the puncturable flask (2), arranged at a distal end (1a) of the interfacing device (1), characterized in that the attachment means for attaching (20) has a divergent proximal end (21) forming a shoulder and a convergent distal end (22) suitable for facilitating the penetration of the attachment means for attaching (20) into the puncturable flask (2).

Abstract: A respiratory assistance device (1) for a patient, includes a tubular element forming a main channel (5) (207) which is to be connected via the distal end (7) thereof to an airway of the patient, the main channel connecting to the exterior of the respiratory system of the patient via the proximal end (6) thereof, the device further including at least one auxiliary channel (8) (209) allowing the injection of jets of breathable gas for ventilation of the patient via the distal outlet openings (17) of the auxiliary channel(s), the outlet openings opening out into the main channel in the vicinity of the distal end thereof, deflection elements (14b) (14a) allowing the deflection of gas jets to the interior of the main channel, and an internal jet separator, coaxial and central to the main channel, which further ensures diversion of the flow for expired gases.

Abstract: The invention relates to a releasable blocking system (1) of a catheter (4), comprising a base (2) adapted to receive a catheter (4), and a shell (3), mounted in rotation on the base (2) between an open position, in which the shell (3) is away from the base (2), and a closed position, in which the shell (3)is hooked on the base (2) and blocks the catheter (4) in position, in which: the system comprises an actuator (25) provided with a guide aperture (251), mobile in a housing (20) between a rest position and a blocking position, the actuator (25) comprising a first drive element (255), the shell (3)comprises a second drive element (33), adapted to cooperate with the first drive element (255) when the shell (3) is shifted from its open position to its closed position, and shift the actuator (25) to its blocking position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a secure connector set for a liquid circuit, including: a male connector and a female connector, each including a proximal coupler and a distal coupler, the distal coupler of each connector defining a passage and including a tubular part, in which a connection member fixedly mounted on the proximal coupler extends coaxially, and an elastically deformable membrane which is substantially tubular, closed at a distal end by a membrane body, and movable between a downstream plugging position, in which the membrane sealingly covers a free end of the connection member, and an upstream connection position, in which the connection member passes through the membrane, in which the tubular part of the distal coupler of the male connector is designed to be inserted, upon connection, into the tubular part of the distal coupler of the female connector, and wherein, in a downstream plugging position, for the male and the female connectors, the membrane sealingly blocks the passage in the distal coupl

Abstract: The invention relates to an interfacing device for establishing a connection between a fluid-injection instrument and a flask, said device comprising: fluid flow means configured such as to open into the flask to be perforated when the interfacing device is attached to the flask to be perforated; and a distal opening allowing the flow of gases and a proximal opening allowing the flow of liquids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a male connector for a liquid circuit, comprising: a distal connection piece comprising a tubular part that defines a passage; a proximal connection piece; a joining member extending in a fixed and co-axial manner in the tubular part of the distal connection piece, the joining member being formed by a tubular body on which is fixed, at a free end, a cylindrical valve which is elastically deformable and closed at a distal end by a valve thickness traversed by a slit; and a sliding ring mounted on the tubular body, the sliding ring being movable between an inactive position, in which it encapsulates the walls of the valve, leaving the distal end of the valve free, and a connection position, in which it is situated at a distance from the distal end of the valve and exposes all or part of the lateral walls of the valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operating drape formed by an impermeable web that has a window (3) for access to the operating site, characterized in that the web consists of two impermeable sheets (10,20) held together, one along the extension of the other, in a sealed manner by an adhesive that allows the sheets to be separated by peeling and in that the window (3) is shared between the two sheets. The invention applies in particular to operating drapes used in surgery.

Abstract: The conductor is composed of at least one layer (2) of a material (A) that conducts electricity, said layer being applied to the outer face of the lateral wall of the tube (1) and being insulated by a non-conductive sheath (B) applied to the layer, In said conductive layer (2) forming, at the distal end of the tube, a distal ring (4) that matches the shape of the rounded distal end of N the tube and is not covered by the insulating sheath (B) of the layer, so as to form a neurostimulation contact, and said conductive layer (2) forming, at the proximal end of the tube, a proximal ring (3) that is not covered by the insulating sheath (B), so as to form an electrical connection.

Abstract: The invention relates to a male connector for a liquid circuit, comprising: a distal connection piece comprising a tubular part that defines a passage; a proximal connection piece; a joining member extending in a fixed and co-axial manner in the tubular part of the distal connection piece, the joining member being formed by a tubular body on which is fixed, at a free end, a cylindrical valve which is elastically deformable and closed at a distal end by a valve thickness traversed by a slit; and a sliding ring mounted on the tubular body, the sliding ring being movable between an inactive position, in which it encapsulates the walls of the valve, leaving the distal end of the valve free, and a connection position, in which it is situated at a distance from the distal end of the valve and exposes all or part of the lateral walls of the valve.

Abstract: A surgical drape has an impermeable cloth with a window providing access to the surgical site. The cloth has two peelable impermeable films which are a continuation of one another and are sealed together by a heat weld making it possible to separate the films by peeling. The window is shared between the two sheets. The invention has application in surgical drapes used in operations.

Abstract: According to the invention, the spring-effect deformation capacity of the valve (5) essentially relates to the plug (Sa) and to an intermediate valve portion (5c) between the plug (Sa) and a tubular gap (6). The valve (5) and the fixed end piece (3) are conformed so that the valve can be permanently tightened on the fixed end piece without forming a significant dead volume in said gap independently from the deformation of the valve, and so that the valve can be maintained on the fixed end piece (3) without any flexion under the action of the mobile end piece. The slot (9) of the valve includes a moulded proximal slot (9A) followed by a pierced distal slot (9B) for communication between the moulded slot and said gap when the slot is open. Application in medical fluid connectors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical drape (1) comprising a main sheet (10), characterised in that it comprises a drape attachment (20) composed of: a separable film (22) having at least one internal layer (22a) and one external layer (22b), the internal layer (22a) having less mechanical resistance than the external layer (22b), and a layer of adhesive (24), fixed to the internal layer (22a) of the separable film (22), the drape attachment being fixed to the main sheet (10) by means of the layer of adhesive (24).

Abstract: The invention relates to a needle stick guard for an anti-needle-stick puncturing kit for positioning a catheter according to the Seldinger technique, including a rocker having a journal so as to enable same to rotate about an axis, and an outer tip for locking the needle stick guard together with a base of another element of the puncturing kit. The rocker comprises three positions: a position in which it is locked together with another element of the puncturing kit; a position in which it is unlocked from the other element of the puncturing kit; and a protection position for trapping a sharp end of a needle in the guard.

Abstract: The invention relates to a secure connector set for a liquid circuit, including: a male connector and a female connector, each including a proximal coupler and a distal coupler, the distal coupler of each connector defining a passage and including a tubular part, in which a connection member fixedly mounted on the proximal coupler extends coaxially, and an elastically deformable membrane which is substantially tubular, closed at a distal end by a membrane body, and movable between a downstream plugging position, in which the membrane sealingly covers a free end of the connection member, and an upstream connection position, in which the connection member passes through the membrane, in which the tubular part of the distal coupler of the male connector is designed to be inserted, upon connection, into the tubular part of the distal coupler of the female connector, and wherein, in a downstream plugging position, for the male and the female connectors, the membrane sealingly blocks the passage in the distal coupl