Abstract: A catheter drainage member (112) configured to be attached to a catheter tube (116), the drainage member comprising: body (115) having an inner surface (114); a well (120) defined by the inner surface of the body, the well configured to receive the catheter tube and an adhesive (122); and wherein the well is configured to selectively distribute the adhesive between the inner surface and the tube.

Abstract: A method of implanting and securing an implantable flow connector in a body of a patient for providing communication of a first space within the body of the patient with a second space within the body of the patient. The method includes providing a flow connector having a lumen having a first orifice and a second orifice, inserting a retention device into the first space within the body, subsequently inserting the flow connector through an opening in the retention device so the second portion of the flow connector extends into the first space within the body and placing the second space within the body over the retention device.

Abstract: Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems, apparatuses, and methods for operating the systems and apparatuses are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical device is configured to detect an identity of a patient-contacting disposable connected to the medical device. The medical device automatically modifies one or more operational parameters of the medical device based on the identity of the patient-contacting disposable connected to the medical device. The medical device can include a user interface and modify automatically available selections in the user interface based on the identity of the patient-contacting disposable connected to the medical device.

Abstract: Systems for delivering a device for regulating blood pressure across a patients atrial septum are provided. The delivery apparatus may include a first catheter, a hub having one or more engagers disposed thereon, the one or more engagers configured to releasably engage with a first expandable end of the shunt in a contracted delivery state within a lumen of a sheath, and an second catheter extending through a center lumen of the first catheter and the hub, wherein the first catheter, the hub, and the second catheter are independently moveable relative to the sheath. The inventive devices may reduce left atrial pressure and left ventricular end diastolic pressure, increase cardiac output, increase ejection fraction, relieve pulmonary congestion, and lower pulmonary artery pressure, among other benefits. The inventive devices also may be used to treat subjects having heart failure, pulmonary congestion, or myocardial infarction, among other pathologies.

Abstract: A method and system for performing transseptal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is disclosed. The method may include puncturing a septum between the right atrium and the left atrium and advancing a catheter system through the puncture and into the aorta. A first portion of the catheter system can remove blood from the patient, in some examples near the inferior vena cava. A second portion can return oxygenated blood to the patient, through the transseptal puncture and into the aorta.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically removing by suction urine voided by a female. The system includes an external catheter. The external catheter includes a suction tube having a portion enclosed in a hydrophilic sponge cover. The suction tube is arranged to be coupled to suction of a desired value. The cover is arranged to be disposed externally at the female's urethra opening to receive urine voided by the female, whereupon the suction draws the urine through the cover into the suction tube. The external catheter is arranged to be connected to a receptacle for collecting the urine received by the external catheter. Various embodiments of the suction tube and the cover are disclosed.

Abstract: A fluid transfer device includes a body, a first connecting portion comprising a first fluid channel to fluidically communicate with an interior of the diluent container, a second connecting portion comprising a second fluid channel to fluidically communicate with an interior of a medicament container, and a third fluid channel to fluidically communicate with a pump device. In a first configuration, the first fluid channel is fluidically coupled to the third fluid channel, and the third fluid channel is fluidically coupled to the second fluid channel to prevent a flow of fluid from the third fluid channel into the first fluid channel. In a second configuration, the second fluid channel is fluidically coupled to the third fluid channel, and the third fluid channel is fluidically coupled to the first fluid channel to prevent a flow of fluid from the third fluid channel into the second fluid channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a cannula and balloon system for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The system may comprise one or more cannula, one or more insertion mechanism, and one or more balloon cuff. The method may comprise venous-venous or venous-arterial insertion into one or more blood vessels or chambers of the heart. The balloon cuff may allow fluid flow to avoid oxygenated blood restriction to a region of the body for the cannula insertion duration. One or both the balloon cuff and dual cannula may prevent occlusion, recirculation, and mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. When there is a dual cannula, the cannula may comprise a reinfusion cannula and a drainage cannula. A reinfusion cannula may bypass one or more chambers of the heart. When the system comprises more than one cannula, the cannulae may be joined via a cannula connection mechanism.

Abstract: In one aspect, an arteriovenous access valve system may generally include a first valve configured to be positioned at or adjacent to an end of an arteriovenous graft and a second valve configured to be positioned at or adjacent to an opposite end of the arteriovenous graft. In addition, the system may include an actuator assembly in fluid communication with the first and second valves. The actuator assembly may include a housing, a driver assembly positioned within the housing and a drive magnet positioned within the housing. The drive magnet may be rotatably coupled to the driver assembly such that, when the drive magnet is rotated, the driver assembly is configured to be rotatably driven so as to supply fluid to the first and second valves or to draw fluid out of the first and second valves depending on a rotational direction of the driver assembly.

Abstract: A device for removal of a body fluid, such as a nasal fluid, and includes a collector vessel that traps and collects body fluid entrained in an air stream passing through the collector vessel. The collector vessel is made up of first and second bell shaped shell portions removably attached to one another and holding therebetween an internal, removable central member that temporarily reverses the direction and reduces velocity of the air stream.

Abstract: Devices and methods for deploying an anastomotic stent between portions of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract are disclosed. The anastomotic stents are configured to atraumatically engage the tissue walls and to permit the flow of fluid, partially digested food, and food. The stents can be deployed using endoscopic catheter devices, laparoscopic tools, and combinations of both endoscopic tools and laparoscopic tools. Examples of anastomoses include anastomoses between the stomach and a portion of the intestines such as the jejunum. Anastomoses can also be formed between two closed ends of the intestines, such as two closed ends of the colon formed during a colon resection procedure. Anastomoses can also be formed between a fundal pouch formed during a gastric bypass procedure and the jejunum. Laparoscopic tools are disclosed to deploy a stent by selectively removing a radial restraint on a self expanding stent with the restraint removed through the laparoscopic access points.

Abstract: A blood treatment device includes an extracorporeal blood circuit, a dialyzer and a dialysis fluid circuit. The extracorporeal blood circuit has an arterial portion, a venous portion, an air detector configured to monitor whether air is present in the venous portion, at least one blood pump configured to pump blood through the extracorporeal blood circuit, a venous hose clamp configured to selectively clamp or release the venous portion, a user interface, and a control unit. When the control unit receives information from the air detector that there is air in the venous portion, the control unit is configured to stop the blood pump, close the venous hose clamp, raise an alarm, and display on the user interface instructions for removing air in the venous portion and displaying status reports about the removal of air, and carry out automatic removal of air from the venous portion on a user-initiated basis.

Abstract: A dynamic aspiration method including engaging a distal end of an aspiration catheter against an occlusion in a blood vessel, applying a vacuum through an aspiration lumen of the aspiration catheter using a vacuum source coupled to a proximal end of the aspiration lumen by a connecting tube, whereby portions of the occlusion are drawn into the aspiration lumen, through the connecting tube and into a collection receptacle by the vacuum source, sensing flow through the connecting tube, and automatically generating pressure differentials when a clog or restricted flow is detected.

Abstract: An underpants-type disposable diaper wherein the end portions of elastic members are kept from being drawn in, and the bonding strength in side sealed portions is kept from deteriorating. The diaper has outer member defining front and back body sections, wherein side portions of the outer member in the front and back body sections are joined to form side sealed portions, which produce a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. The front and/or back body sections, are provided with a tortuous elastic member extending with curvature from one to the other of the side sealed portions, and bonded thereto with adhesive. The amount of adhesive applied to a zone neighbouring the inner zone of each side sealed portion is larger than that applied to the outer zone of each side sealed portion.

Abstract: Interventional procedures on the carotid arteries are performed through a transcervical access while retrograde blood flow is established from the internal carotid artery to a venous or external location. A system for use in accessing and treating a carotid artery includes an arterial access device, a shunt fluidly connected to the arterial access device, and a flow control assembly coupled to the shunt and adapted to regulate blood flow through the shunt between at least a first blood flow state and at least a second blood flow state. The flow control assembly includes one or more components that interact with the blood flow through the shunt.

Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet with natural fibers and a semi-hydrophilic composition is provided. The semi-hydrophilic composition may have a wax ester and a polyglyceryl emulsifier in a ratio of between about 0.5:1 and 1.5:1. The topsheet may have a Contact Angle of between about 35° and about 100°. The topsheet may have a Fluid Strike-Through time of between about 0.5 seconds to about 18 seconds and a wicking height of between about 0 mm and about 10 mm.

Abstract: Described embodiments include apparatus (28) that includes a shunt (26). The shunt includes a flared distal portion (40), a flared proximal portion (44), and an intermediate portion (42), disposed between the distal portion and the proximal portion. The apparatus further includes a constricting flexible longitudinal element (38) passing circumferentially along the intermediate portion of the shunt, configured to constrict the intermediate portion of the shunt, and one or more proximal-portion-collapsing flexible longitudinal elements (36) configured to collapse the proximal portion of the shunt. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: To prevent or suppress the occurrence of tearing of an elastic film between stretchable regions in an elastic sheet stretchable structure. An elastic sheet stretchable structure is provided, in which an elastic film is laminated between a first sheet layer having air permeability and a second sheet layer having air permeability, and the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bonded at a large number of sheet bonded portions arranged at intervals. At the boundary between a first stretchable region and a second stretchable region, a separation distance Px in an elastic limit elongation state between a bonded portion located on a side of the boundary of the first stretchable region in a stretchable direction and a bonded portion located on a side of the boundary of the second stretchable region in a stretchable direction is 10 mm or less.

Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to aortic cannulas for use in perfusion systems to return perfusate to the heart or delivering perfusate from the heart while the organ is sustained ex vivo at physiologic or near-physiologic conditions.

Abstract: Devices and methods for treating intraocular pressure are disclosed. The devices include shunts for draining aqueous humor from the anterior chamber to the uveoscleral outflow pathway, including the supraciliary space and the suprachoroidal space. The shunts are preferably implanted by ab interno procedures.