Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of medical devices, and in particular relates to a post-operative indwelling urinary catheter suitable for males. In view of a problem that a urinary catheter is prone to shaking due to collision, in the present disclosure, by arranging a shield, a limiting ring is rotated to adjust a connection position of a spiral tube and a chassis, and the shield is pushed to cause a fixing soft disk to be abutted against a human body, avoiding the possibility of urethral irritation or injury when an external urinary catheter I is shaken, avoiding bacterial invasion and urinary tract infection, and improving the comfort of use.

Abstract: A biliary drainage device for negative pressure-retrograde installation of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (NR-PTBD) according to the present disclosure is in a pancreaticoduodenectomy process, the biliary drainage device including a flexible tube having a suction port formed at one side end and mounted on an afferent loop in order to suck bile; and a guide member installed at the other end of the tube so that the tube inserted through a cut part of a biliary tract can penetrate a liver tissue.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system may treat blood outside the body of a patient. The system may include one or more pumps configured to pump blood in a fluid flow path at a collective rate over 4 liters per minute. The system may include one or more heat exchangers operable to heat at least a portion of the blood to a temperature of at least 42 degrees Celsius and to allow the blood to cool one or more degrees following heating. The system may include one or more albumin dialysis modules configured to perform albumin dialysis on at least a portion of the blood at least after the one or more heat exchangers allow the blood to cool one or more degrees.

Abstract: A method of performing closed-loop dialysis treatment during hemodialysis is provided. The method involves determining an initial ultrafiltration rate and setting an ultrafiltration pump of a dialysis system to the determined ultrafiltration rate. A series of measurements and calculations are made to ensure that a rate of change of blood volume during treatment follows a specified profile. A threshold may be used to keep the rate of change of blood volume tracking the profile. Patient fluid dynamics may be measured in real-time and used to determine the ultrafiltration pump rate.

Abstract: Examples of a negative pressure wound closure system and methods for using such a system are presented. Certain embodiments facilitate closure of the wound by preferentially contracting to provide for movement of the tissue. Certain embodiments can utilize tissue securing portions that aid in securing the system within a wound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a canister for a mobile negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device, specifically adapted for ensuring prolonged uninterrupted use of the NPWT device. The canister has an inlet port and a filter member. The canister also includes a bypass member adapted to at least partly allow passage of air from the inlet port to the filter member. Also disclosed is a corresponding NPWT device that includes the canister.

Abstract: Urinary catheter kits can include a working tray, a storage tray, a protective paperboard, and a urinary catheter assembly, including a urinary catheter and a drainage system. The working tray can be nested on top of the storage tray. The working tray can include preformed sections configured to accommodate a plurality of components of the urinary catheter kit.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a vial adapter for interconnecting a vial and a fluid delivery device, and, more particularly, to a vial adapter having a modular design consisting of separately constructed components cooperatively arranged and coupled to one another. The modular construction allows for rapid manufacturing reconfigurations of one or more components with minimal costs to create new vial adapter configurations that meet specific needs.

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: 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: 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.