Abstract: A medical device (100) for securing a catheter (700) to a support (600) is described, comprising a base element (200) having a first side (201) fixable to the support (600), and a second side (202) opposite the first side (201), and comprising a top element (500) having a first side (501) connectable with the second side (202) of the base element (200). When the first side (501) of the top element (500) is connected with the second side (202) of the base element (200), the top element (500) and the base element (200) are arranged for forming a feedthrough for the catheter (700) between the second side (202) of the base element (200) and the first side (501) of the top element (500). At least one of the base element (200) and the top element (500) comprises a deformable fluidum filled chamber (430), the deformable fluidum filled chamber (430) arranged such that the catheter (700) is locally tightly held between the base element (200) and the top element (500) when positioned there between.

Abstract: Injection monitoring circuitry is provided for coupling to part of an injection device having a syringe and a plunger rod. The injection monitoring circuitry has an input to receive force measurement data from a force sensor, the force measurement data includes a plurality of timestamped force measurements of force applied by a user to the injection device when an injection is administered to an injection site. Processing circuitry is provided to determine from the force measurement data when an end of injection has been reached, the end of injection corresponding to the plunger rod having reached an end position in a distal portion of the barrel of the syringe during administration of the injection by the user. Machine readable instructions and an injection monitoring method are also provided.

Abstract: A puncture needle includes: a rod-shaped main body; and a blade surface located at a distal end portion of the main body, which includes: first, second, and third blade surface portions. The first blade surface portion and the second blade surface portion form a blade edge at a ridge line where the first blade surface portion and the second blade surface portion meet, wherein a needle tip is located at a distal end of the blade edge. The third blade surface portion is contiguous with a proximal side of at least the first blade surface portion, and the third blade surface portion is a single flat surface that is inclined with respect to a central axis of the main body. In a side view of the main body, a line extending along the third blade surface portion intersects with the first blade surface portion.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for measuring depth, position, and/or angle of a cannula in a medical drug delivery device. In particular, a drug delivery device having a cannula is positioned adjacent to tissue, a voltage pulse is provided to the cannula, a charge is measured at an electrode in the drug delivery device, and the depth of penetration of the cannula is determined based in part on the charge at the first electrode. Systems and methods described herein can be used to determine subcutaneous insertion depth in a wearable bolus injector. In some implementations, insertion depth determination is achieved through capacitive sensors which measure needle depth in a drug delivery device.

Abstract: Automatic injection devices (i.e., auto-injectors) and methods are disclosed that use gas-generating chemical reactions for parenteral delivery of therapeutic fluids. The generated gas may place the auto-injector in a punctured configuration to puncture a patient's skin with a needle, an injected configuration to deliver the therapeutic fluid through the needle and into the puncture site, and/or a retracted configuration to withdraw the needle from the puncture site.

Abstract: A multiple carrier injection system includes an adapter, having at least one arm, and a pen needle assembly. The pen needle assembly includes a hub retaining a needle and a bullet having a cover to seal the bullet, where the bullet encloses the hub in a first position. The arm engages the adapter to the hub, and the arm causes the hub to rotate within the bullet to move the hub into a second position.

Abstract: A liquid medicine administration device includes a prefilled syringe and a gasket biasing member assembly. The biasing member assembly includes: a gasket pressing member configured to press a gasket; a flange attachment member attached to the prefilled syringe; a biasing member housed between the pressing member and the flange attachment member; and an operating member including an engagement holding portion. The pressing member includes an engagement portion to be engaged with the flange attachment member. When the engagement holding portion is located at an abutment position, deformation of a deformable portion is inhibited by abutment between the engagement holding portion and an abutment portion of a deformable portion, and engagement between the engagement portion and the attachment member body portion is held.

Abstract: Drug delivery system, injection device, transfer apparatus, vial holder and method of administering and transferring are disclosed which provide for passive warming of chilled injectable transferred through the transfer apparatus and into the injection device. The injection device may include a skin-facing surface including a skin boundary displacement extension or structure around a needle injection site to create a high pressure zone in the tissue. Radio frequency tracking and monitoring features for tracking patient compliance also may be provided.

Abstract: A gastric jejunal (GJ) feeding tube device for GJ feeding of an infant or child is provided. The device comprises a GJ button comprising a GJ button body, a gastric port, a jejunal port, a gastric channel, and a jejunal channel. The device also comprises a multi-lumen tube comprising a multi-lumen tube body, a multi-lumen tube proximal end, and a multi-lumen tube distal end. The device also comprises a jejunal tube comprising a jejunal tube body, a jejunal tube proximal end, a jejunal tube distal end, a spring, and a ring. The spring provides a kink-resistant feature. The ring is positioned at the jejunal tube proximal end. The jejunal tube and the GJ button are operatively connected at the ring and the mating surface by radial compression. The ring has a higher durometer than the jejunal tube body and an outer diameter that does not substantially decrease distally.

Abstract: A balloon catheter has an outer shaft which surrounds a shaft lumen. The outer shaft has a proximal outer shaft portion connected to a distal outer shaft portion. An inner shaft is in a distal portion of the shaft lumen. A guide wire lumen is in the inner shaft. An opening at a proximal end portion of the inner shaft permits the guide wire to be guided out from the outer shaft. A metallic tube is in the shaft lumen. The proximal end portion of the inner shaft is engaged with the metallic tube. A separate, elongate and metallic stiffening element is in the shaft lumen, and is connected to the metallic tube and protrudes from the metallic tube into the distal portion of the shaft lumen and into the proximal portion of the shaft lumen to stiffen portions of the outer shaft.

Abstract: A peripheral intravenous catheter assembly may include a low-drag septum. The septum may include a body having a distal end and a proximal end, which may be sealed. The septum may include a slot disposed within an outer surface of the body and oriented along a longitudinal axis of the body. The slot may include a distal end spaced apart from the distal end of the body, and a proximal end spaced apart from the proximal end of the body. An introducer needle may extend through the slot.

Abstract: Methods and devices for use and handling of intravenous and/or subcutaneous needles, and, more particularly, to safety devices for shielding needles or other sharp articles or devices that present a safety hazard are disclosed. In an embodiment, a needle protective sheath can include a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls joining the top and bottom walls. A finger shield extends from the top wall at a front opening of the sheath and is attached to the top wall by a hinge portion. The finger shield can be rotated about the hinge portion to block the front opening so as to secure a needle within the sheath.

Abstract: The present invention provides a drug delivery system (1) comprising a drug delivery device (2, 3) carrying at least one reservoir (40a, 40b), and a needle unit (4) being attachable to the drug delivery device (2, 3) in axial extension thereof and adapted to establish a flow way between the at least one reservoir (40a, 40b) and a drug delivery site. The needle unit (4) comprises a needle structure (11) comprising a front needle portion (12) for entering the drug delivery site, and at least one back needle portion (13a, 13b) for insertion into the at least one reservoir (40a, 40b), and a needle shield (20).

Abstract: A pump module for an infusion pump includes a plunger-cylinder unit that can be coupled to the infusion pump in order to deliver fluid from a fluid feed line into a fluid drain line to a patient. The plunger-cylinder unit has a delivery chamber that is fluidically connected to the fluid feed line and the fluid drain line. The delivery chamber is delimited by the cylinder (14). The plunger can be moved linearly/back and forth in the axial direction. A plunger seal seals the plunger in relation to the cylinder. The section of the wall of the cylinder, over which the plunger seal passes during the back-and-forth motion of the plunger, is sealed in a sterile manner in relation to the surroundings.

Abstract: A wearable drug delivery device that can deliver a liquid drug stored in a container to a patient is provided. The container can be a prefilled cartridge that can be loaded into the drug delivery device by the patient or that can be preloaded within the drug delivery device when provided to the patient. A sealed end of the container is pierced to couple the stored liquid drug to a needle conduit that is coupled to a needle insertion component that provides access to the patient. A drive system of the drug delivery device can expel the liquid drug from the cartridge to the patient through the needle conduit. The drive system can be controlled to provide the liquid drug to the patient in a single dose or over multiple doses.

Abstract: A nasogastric tube structure is disclosed which comprises a first tube, a clamping member and a positioning member. The first tube has a front necking opening, a rear opening, a stopper ring on a wall thereof adjacent to the rear opening and an engaging groove on the wall thereof adjacent to the stopper ring. The clamping member comprises two corresponding positioning segments and a C-shaped clip portion for connecting the two positioning segments and engaging with the engaging groove. The positioning member is sleeved on the two positioning segments.

Abstract: An integrated guidewire includes a wire and a flexible tube. The wire is sized and shaped to move in an anatomical material transportation system of a patient. The flexible tube is sized and shaped to move in the anatomical material transportation system, having proximal and distal ends, the proximal-end is coupled to a device external to the patient, the flexible tube is configured to transfer fluids between the distal-end and the device, and the wire and the flexible tube are intertwined with respect to one another.

Abstract: An administration assembly for a medicament delivery device is presented having a plunger rod, a plunger rod holder and an activation sleeve configured to receive a portion of the plunger rod holder. The triggering member is configured to move the activation sleeve from a first position to a second position relative to the plunger rod holder. The plunger rod is configured to be axially locked relative to the plunger rod holder when the activation sleeve is in the first position. The plunger rod is released from being axially locked when the activation sleeve is moved towards the second position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for administrating fluids to a patient, such as an infant. The system comprises a container that defines a drip chamber, a source of nutritive fluid fluidically communicating with the drip chamber, and a tube connecting the drip chamber to the gastric cavity of a patient, the chamber including a membrane that is gas-permeable but that is resistant to fluid passage. The system allows fluids to be introduced to the patient and for gastric gases to be released while they are resistant to the leak and spillage.

Abstract: Disclosed is an injection device for delivering a medicament from a syringe contained within a housing, the device being configured to move the syringe through the housing to cause insertion of a needle of the syringe into a user's skin and move a syringe bung through a syringe body, delivering medicament through the needle. The device includes: a plunger engaging the bung; a sleeve around the plunger; an insertion spring biasing the sleeve to the housing; and a delivery spring biasing the plunger to the sleeve. A release mechanism releases the sleeve from the housing to commence insertion and release the plunger from the sleeve, following insertion, delivering medicament. A velocity regulator regulates the plunger upon release and disengages during delivery, and includes a screw thread associated with the sleeve or plunger and one or more thread engaging members formed on the other of the sleeve and the plunger.