Abstract: A suction swab and a method of making a suction swab. The suction swab can include a shaft, a pad coupled to the shaft, and an aperture formed through the pad and the shaft. The shaft can be elongated and can have a lumen, a longitudinal direction and an outer transverse dimension oriented substantially perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal direction. The shaft can include a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end can be coupled to a suction source. The aperture can be in fluid communication with the lumen of the shaft, can be elongated, and can have a width and a length greater than the width. The length of the aperture can be greater than the outer transverse dimension of the shaft. The method can include coupling the pad to the distal end of the shaft, and forming an aperture through the pad and the shaft.

Abstract: A suction oral brush. The oral brush can include a handle having a longitudinal direction and a lumen, and can be adapted to be coupled to a suction source. Bristles can extend outwardly of a first side of a distal end of the handle. A proximal aperture can be formed in the first side of the distal end of the handle that is in fluid communication with the lumen of the handle. The proximal aperture can include a distal end and a proximal end positioned no further distally than a proximal end of the bristles. A distal aperture in fluid communication with the lumen can be formed in a sidewall of the distal end of the handle, and can have a width greater than its height. The bristles can be arranged such that none of the bristles lie on the centerline of the distal end of the handle.

Abstract: A method of moisturizing while decolonizing mammalian tissue, the method comprising applying a multi-valent cationic antiseptic composition to the tissue, and applying a moisturizer composition to at least a portion of the same tissue; wherein the mammalian tissue is oral tissue of a subject; wherein the multi-valent cationic antiseptic is other than a metal ion; and wherein the applied compositions essentially exclude any component which causes a precipitate when combined with a multi-valent cationic antiseptic contained in the multi-valent cationic antiseptic composition when tested according to Test Method F, and/or wherein the moisturizer composition is such that a log reduction in the number of viable bacterial cells of at least 2 is provided when 106 cfu of Pseudomonas auerginosa are combined with a mixture 1.1 g of the moisturizer composition and 1.5 g of the multi-valent cationic antiseptic composition containing 0.

Abstract: Radiopaque catheter and method of manufacture thereof having a first layer and a second layer in a coaxial arrangement wherein each of the layers has a radiopaque filler material intermixed therewith. The radiopaque filler materials and/or the concentrations thereof may be the same or different for each of the layers. Further, the plastic binder material used for each of the layers may be the same or different. By selecting a high concentration of a highly radiopaque filler material for an inner layer and a lower concentration of a radiopaque filler that is selected to provide a relatively smooth surface, the X-ray visibility of the catheter may be maximized while still maintaining a relative smooth outer surface.