Abstract: A cannulated delivery pin for administering fluids to the bone of a patient, comprising a shaft having a connection end and a pointed end and delivery holes in communication with a central conduit. The delivery holes are angled in a direction away from the pointed end to avoid clogging. Another aspect is a delivery pin having a threaded portion of the shaft adjacent the pointed end and a perforated portion of the shaft adjacent the threaded portion. A delivery system includes the delivery pin as a fixation device. Another aspect is a method for using the delivery pin.

Abstract: A convex insert system for an ostomy appliance includes a convex insert and a mounting member on the inner wall of an annular coupling. When the convex insert is mounted on the mounting member, the appliance has a convex curvature which when properly positioned helps the patient's stomal to protrude.

Abstract: A low-profile faceplate assembly for a two-piece ostomy appliance, and a method for manufacturing it, are disclosed. The faceplate includes a wafer of an adhesive skin barrier material and a flexible plastic coupling ring (for detachably coupling the faceplate to an ostomy pouch having a mating ring), and is distinguished by the mounting flange of the coupling ring being embedded within the faceplate.

Abstract: A needle point protection sheath comprises a protector tube having a bore for receiving a hollow needle plus a needle hub within the bore. The protector tube has closure cap at one end thereof and has a retention member at the other end to engage an end of the hub, to prevent the hub from passing out of the other tube end. The cap may carry a sleeve having a needle-pierceable wall at its inner end, or a mass of resilient material which is capable of being penetrated by the needle as the cap is closed, to seal the needle tip and thus prevent the spilling of blood residue when a blood collection needle is being enclosed for protection.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in whole body hypothermia includes a dialyzer having a blood side and a dialysate side separated by one or more dialysis membranes. A blood pump associated with the a blood circuit established on the blood side circulates blood through the dialyzer at high rates advantageous for hyperthermia treatments. A bypass is included whereby circulated blood can bypass the dialyzer. The bypass aids in preventing blood-side tensioning of dialyzer membranes thereby allowing proper membrane movement to assist in mixing a sorbent suspension circulated on the dialysate side of the dialyzer. A sorbent suspension composition for use as a dialysate in hemodialysis, especially when performed in conjunction with whole body hyperthermia, includes water, a surface adsorptive agent such as charcoal, a cation exchanger, and precipitated calcium phosphate. The precipitated calcium phosphate serves as a reservoir for calcium and phosphate ions to assist in controlling patient blood chemistries.

Abstract: A blood sampling device for introducing a blood sample into a vacuum tube including a pierceable stopper, the device comprising: a tubular body including a side wall provided with at least one longitudinal slot ending in rear and front enlargements, and a front transverse wall provided with an orifice and a cannula having a front part and a rear part extending on either side of a side housed in the tubular body and cooperating with the longitudinal slot, the slide being displaceable between a rear end position in which it is located in the rear enlargement of the slot while the front and rear parts of the cannula are situated inside the tubular body, and a front end position in which it is locked in the front enlargement of the slot while the front part of the cannula passes through the orifice in the transverse wall of the tubular body and protrudes from the latter for the purpose of implanting it in a sampling zone and introducing a blood sample into the vacuum tube, after the latter has been placed in the

Abstract: Training pants for infants include a pant body including of a topsheet, a backsheet and a water-impervious intermediate sheet disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a wetness retaining sheet substantially made of hydrophilic fibers such as rayon. The wetness retaining sheet is bonded to the topsheet intermittently in longitudinal and transverse direction of the sheet. Zones of the wetness retaining sheet which are not bonded to the topsheet continuously extend in the transverse direction of the wetness retaining sheet.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an otological implant for delivery of medicament and a method of using the implant. The implant includes a wick inserted through an aperture in a membrane. One end of the wick is in contact with the treatment site and the other end is readily accessible. The wick is made of a material that will convey medication from one end of the wick to the other end of the wick by capillary action so that the medication is delivered to the treatment site. The implant may also include a tube member for supporting the wick. In use, the tube member is inserted in the membrane aperture and the wick is inserted in the lumen of the tube.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blood component-recovering apparatus and a method for high-yield recovery of leukocytes captured in a filter of the blood component-recovering apparatus. The blood component-recovering apparatus includes a housing accommodating (a) a filtration portion charged with (b) a filter which is capable of passing erythrocytes but capturing leukocytes and (c) a pressing member for pressing the filter, the housing being provided in the sidewall thereof with (d) a blood flow inlet and (e) a blood flow outlet communicating with the filtration portion. The housing of the blood component-recovering apparatus is further provided in the upper wall thereof with (f) a means capable of transferring, or moving, the pressing member vertically. The pressing member of the blood component-recovering apparatus is transferred downward while a blood containing blood components is passed through the filtration portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for maintaining an intravascular access device in position at an access point on a limb of a patient includes a needle immobilizing unit engaging the needle member and preventing it from dislodgement from the blood vessel, a tube locking member locking the connecting tube in place and preventing it from being separated from the needle member, and a strap which supports the needle immobilizing unit and the locking member immovably on the limb of a patient. For further support of the apparatus in place, a splint assembly is provided which includes two splint members, forearm splint member which is secured to the forearm part of the limb and arm/hand splint member which is securable to either the arm or hand of the limb. The splint members can be used separately or coupled to each other; joint between the splint members has a latching mechanism allowing to adjust the angle between the forearm and arm/hand splint members.

Abstract: A protection system applicable to hypodermic needles, which may be activated automatically, destined to cover the complete length of the needle once used in administering a drug, to prevent accidental jabbing, the system involving one or more individual protection components, concentrically arranged to each other and to the syringe nozzle when they are in a retracted position, capable of being successively dragged among each other when the release of the retention (or link-pin) means of the innermost one is produced, provoked by the action of a spring provided for such a purpose. Alternatively, the extendible component may adopt the shape of a bellows, enclosing in its interior the hypodermic needle of the syringe and dragging during its displacement a distal component like a tumbler, which incorporates at the inside face of its base a semi-ovoidal body consisting of sections which may be mutually brought together by elastic recovery and positioned against the needle to prevent return of the tumbler.