Abstract: An attachment device for use in attaching a blood collection bag to the side of a chest drainage unit wherein the attachment device consists of an upper attachment arm removably fitting within an opening located on a removable bracket attached to the chest drainage unit and further including a pair of adhesive pads near the lower end of the side surface of the chest drainage unit and the collection bag holder.

Abstract: Pouch faceplate connecting rings have adhesive annular base layers with cover layers. Each cover layer has an annular portion covering the base layer and a radially extending gripping portion with a radially extending edge and a circumferentially extending tapering edge. The gripping portions are annularly offset to facilitate removal of the cover layers.

Abstract: A device for cleansing the colon includes an elastic housing with an oval-shaped end and provided with an aspiration channel and a discharge channel isolated from each other, each channel having its own outlet port in the end of the housing. An endoscope is built into the aspiration channel and is provided with a transparent balloon on its working portion, while the discharge channel accommodates an open-end capillary tube whose open end is brought outwards through the end of the housing, the other end of the tube being connected to a pressure measurement instrument.

Abstract: A transfer bag apparatus is disclosed which is adapted to be used in the autologous transfusion of blood to a patient by collecting the blood from the collection bottle of a drainage device for the chest cavity of the patient. The transfer bag comprises a flexible bag, having means at one end of the bag to be placed in fluid communication with an infusion set to transfuse the patient with blood, and means at the other end of the bag adapted to be placed in fluid-tight communication with the interior of the collection bottle to transfer blood to the interior of the blood bag. The method of autologously transfusing a patient by means of the present invention involves collecting blood in the collection bottle, placing the transfer bag assembly in communication with the blood in the collection bottle, transferring the collected blood from the collection bottle to the transfer bag, and allowing the blood collected in the transfer bag to be infused into the patient.

Abstract: A sleeve-like element having at least one opening in a wall to permit the flow of body wastes from a stoma to a pouch while preventing a wall of the pouch from blocking the discharge end of said stoma. Said sleeve-like element protects the stoma from accidental external forces and allows a user to firm up the critical adhesive area surrounding the stoma following the attachment and assembly of the system. The sleeve-like element is readily cleanable for re-use.

Abstract: An ostomy appliance intended for attachment to a peristomal area of a wearer includes a pad of medical-grade skin-attachable adhesive material, a first coupling element secured thereto, the element having a medically-extending flange attached to a surface of the pad and an upstanding rib of closed loop form constructed to couple with a couterpart (second) coupling element on a bag or pouch. An inner chute member is located radially within and adjacent to the first coupling element, the chute member having a substantially cylindrical wall covering the whole of the radially inner surface of the first coupling element. At one of its ends, the chute has a radially outwardly extending flange positioned so that it traps the chute member in position when the two coupling elements are coupled together.

Abstract: An ophthalmic aspirating/irrigating device incorporates a needle comprising two tubes disposed in close proximity and terminating close to one another at the distal end of the device. The distal end of the needle is insertable into an eye to be treated while the proximal end of one tube is connected to a syringe by way of a valve device. The valve device contains two one way valves, one of which provides passage only from the syringe to a discharge opening and the second of which provides passage only in the direction from the tube to the syringe. The valves are of the type comprising two flexible lips normally in contact with one another and separable by a pressure rise across the valve to present an orifice. The valves are disposed such that when the device is in a vertical position with the needle projecting downwardly, the orifice of the one valve is located at a distance of at most 1 mm below the level of the orifice of the other valve.

Abstract: An ostomy appliance including a collection pouch, an adhesive faceplate for adherence to a patient, and a coupling ring assembly detachably connecting the pouch and faceplate together. The coupling ring assembly comprises a pair of flexible plastic latching rings capable of being connected together by axially-applied forces and a soft, deformable, sealing ring interposed between, and axially compressed by, opposing wall portions of the latching rings.

Abstract: A female urinary incontinence device including a periurethral cup, an external pad of soft, flexible, resilient material, and a compressible tubular elastic bellows extending between a lower opening of the cup and the inlet to a fluid discharge passage extending through the pad. The discharge passage extends forwardly (anteriorly) in a generally horizontal direction along the sagittal midplane of the pad, and the undersurface of the pad is provided with laterally-disposed and generally-horizontal surface portions, and preferably also a coplanar medial surface portion, for distributing forces and preventing inversion of the pad when a wearer is seated. A flexible discharge tube has one end detachably connected to the pad's discharge passage by means of a tubular coupling having an insert portion received in the outlet of that passage.

Abstract: A catheter tube carrying device for use in conjunction with the use of a wheelchair by a catheterized person. The carrying device includes catheter tube support means for engaging excess catheter tubing of a gravity flow drainage system for an catheter. The carrying device is used to maintain the gravity flow drainage system by supporting catheter tubing in a horizontal orientation when the catheter tube carrying device is engaged below the seat of the wheelchair. The carrying device preferably includes drainage bag support means for supporting the drainage bag at an elevation lower than the elevation of the drainage tube. Preferably, the carrying device is attached to cross-braces below the set of the wheelchair. Methods for maintaining the gravity flow drainage system are also provided.

Abstract: An ostomy garment comprises an undergarment having front, back and crotch panels, waist and leg bands stitched together to construct a typical panty or undergarment. The garment incorporates a retaining pocket and closure device. The retaining pocket has an opening defined by a crisscross arrangement which surrounds the connected flanges of an appliance and contains the appliance pouch apart from the user's abdomen.

Abstract: A method of removing human body fatty tissue includes inserting an ultrasonic aspirating probe into the body in the area of the fatty tissue between the flesh, including blood vessels and arteries, and the muscle. The probe is ultrasonically vibrated at high frequencies and low amplitudes creating localized tissue separation and frictional heat. This heat causes the fatty tissue surrounding the probe to melt. The probe is specially adapted to provide a localized flow of irrigating fluid. This fluid serves to emulsify the melted and separated fat. The emulsified fat is then aspirated through specially designed orifices from the body using suction.

Abstract: A milking apparatus includes a bottle for storing drawn mother's milk, a milking section to be pressed against the mother's breast, and a suction portion including a suction generating section, for generating a suction in the bottle, and a pressure adjusting mechanism for adjusting the amount of suction. The pressure adjusting mechanism and the suction generating section include an attaching body formed with an open-air introducing hole, a compression coil spring, a valve rod having a tapered surface, a diaphragm having a valve seat adapted to closely contact with the tapered surface, a cap cooperating with said diaphragm to define a suction chamber therebetween, a pressure releasing push button having a cam surface and adapted to arrest the valve rod, and a pressure adjusting knob for applying a pressing force to the cam surface of said push button. Further, the milking apparatus includes a dome-shaped cup with a collar interposed between the bottle and the milking portion with its vertex facing downward.

Abstract: A surgical suction tip comprises a tubular body portion with a hollow tip portion at one end communicating into the body portion, and a cap portion releasably closing the other end, a tubular connecting portion mounted externally on the cap portion communicating through the cap portion into the body portion. A hollow filter member within the body portion defines an annular chamber between the filter member and the body portion and communicating with the tubular connecting portion through the cap portion, a plurality of apertures in the filter member connecting the interior of the filter member with the annular chamber. The body portion has locating means thereon locating one end of the filter member within the body portion, while the other end of the filter member is closed. Waste material flows from the tip portion into the hollow interior of the filter member and then to the annular chamber and to the tubular connecting portion.

Abstract: An ostomy appliance has four annular parts. The first part is attachable to the body of the wearer. It is also attachable to the third part by a second part which comprises a rotatable locking ring. The third part is attachable to the fourth part in a push fit manner and the ostomy bag is connected to the fourth part.

Abstract: A cardioplegia administration set including a heat exchanger, a bubble trap, a three-end connector, a normally-closed, pressure-responsive valve and interconnecting tubing. A first tubing means having an inlet adapted to be connected to a source of cardioplegia solution and an outlet connected to an inlet of the three-end connector interconnects inlets and outlets of the heat exchanger and the bubble trap therebetween so that a solution passageway is established from the source of cardioplegia solution through the heat exchanger and the bubble trap to an end of the three-end connector adapted to connect to an injection catheter. A second tubing means has an inlet connected to a recirculation outlet of the three-end connector and an outlet adapted to be connected to the source of cardioplegia solution so that a solution passageway is established from the three-end connector through the normally-closed valve back to the source of cardioplegia solution when the valve is open.

Abstract: A drainage device is provided with a disposable collection chamber which is attachable to a nondisposable section. The nondisposable section of the drainage device includes the suction control regulator and a valve to prevent admission of atmospheric air to the collection chamber. A receptacle is provided in the nondisposable section to indicate contamination of the nondisposable section in the event liquid from the collection chamber flows into the nondisposable section. A liquid biocidal chamber is provided in the collection chamber to prevent contaminates and infectious material from passing from the collection chamber into the nondisposable section.

Abstract: A milking equipment is formed with an electric suction section, a milk sucking section equipped with an open trumpet at its side, and a bottle connected vertically to each other in a manner to effect vertical communication among them. The electric suction section is equipped with a pressure adjusting screw and a pressure releasing button which can freely adjust the internal pressure by intaking the air. The operation of the pressure adjusting unit is easily attained only by holding the equipment with one hand when the milking is performed, and the back flow of the sucked milk toward the suction section is prevented. The equipment works with easy operation, and the suction force to the mother can be changed readily.

Abstract: A medical irrigation device which enables the introduction of a sterile fluid ito a urinary bladder and thereafter the withdrawal of the fluid containing particulate matter such as prestatic tissue, blood clots and stones is provided. The device enables the reintroduction into the bladder of the withdrawn fluid relatively free of particulate matter.

Abstract: An incontinence device for use by females wherein the device includes a forwardly facing internal leg, the internal leg having a curved surface dimensioned so as to conform to the anterior vaginal wall. The device further includes an external leg connected to the internal leg by a U-shaped bite portion to define therewith a generally J-shaped structure. The external leg is dimensioned so as to conform to the mons veneris of the female using the device. The device includes a further internal leg extending rearwardly therefrom toward the cervix.