Abstract: A pressure sensor configured for biological pressure measurement at a distal end portion of an elongated member comprises a dissolvable hydrophilic material coated on a surface of the pressure sensor. A guide wire for biological pressure measurement may include a tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the guide wire; and a pressure sensor for biological pressure measurement, at least a portion of the pressure sensor being mounted within the tube. The pressure sensor comprises a pressure sensor membrane facing a top side of the tube. A circumferential wall of the tube includes at least six openings: a first distal opening, a second distal opening located on a right side of the tube, a third distal opening located on a left side of the tube, a first proximal opening, a second proximal opening located on a right side of the tube, and a third proximal opening located on a left side of the tube.

Abstract: A guide wire for biological pressure measurement includes a tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the guide wire; and a pressure sensor for biological pressure measurement, at least a portion of the pressure sensor being mounted within the tube. The pressure sensor comprises a pressure sensor membrane facing a top side of the tube. A circumferential wall of the tube includes at least six openings: a first distal opening, a second distal opening located on a right side of the tube, a third distal opening located on a left side of the tube, a first proximal opening, a second proximal opening located on a right side of the tube, and a third proximal opening located on a left side of the tube. The first distal opening is larger than the second and third distal openings, and the first proximal opening is larger than the second and third proximal openings.

Abstract: A sensor guide wire for an intravascular measurement of a physiological variable in a living body, may comprise a proximal tube portion; a distal end portion; and a sensor element configured to measure the physiological variable based on exposure to fluid in the living body. The sensor guide wire may further comprise a mounting structure supporting the sensor element in a freely suspended manner in a lumen within the sensor guide wire and/or a cylindrical-shaped jacket forming an interior space housing the sensor element and extending from a distal end of the proximal tube portion to a proximal end of the distal end portion in which the outer circumferential wall of the jacket includes a plurality of slots located between at least one aperture of the outer circumferential wall and one of the distal and proximal ends of the jacket.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compression unit adapted to be arranged around a patient's forearm to provide pressure to a radial artery puncture site, wherein the compression unit comprises a unit attachment band provided with a frame, and a compression element in the shape of an inflatable bladder, the compression element is further adapted to be arranged within said frame, such that when the compression unit is arranged around a patient's forearm, the compression element provides pressure to the puncture wound when the compression element is inflated. The invention also relates to a radial artery compression system.

Abstract: A sensor guide wire for an intravascular measurement of a physiological variable in a living body, may comprise a proximal tube portion; a distal end portion; and a sensor element configured to measure the physiological variable based on exposure to fluid in the living body. The sensor guide wire may further comprise a mounting structure supporting the sensor element in a freely suspended manner in a lumen within the sensor guide wire and/or a cylindrical-shaped jacket forming an interior space housing the sensor element and extending from a distal end of the proximal tube portion to a proximal end of the distal end portion in which the outer circumferential wall of the jacket includes a plurality of slots located between at least one aperture of the outer circumferential wall and one of the distal and proximal ends of the jacket.

Abstract: A guide wire for biological pressure measurement includes a tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the guide wire; and a pressure sensor for biological pressure measurement, at least a portion of the pressure sensor being mounted within the tube. The pressure sensor comprises a pressure sensor membrane facing a top side of the tube. A circumferential wall of the tube includes at least six openings: a first distal opening, a second distal opening located on a right side of the tube, a third distal opening located on a left side of the tube, a first proximal opening, a second proximal opening located on a right side of the tube, and a third proximal opening located on a left side of the tube. The first distal opening is larger than the second and third distal openings, and the first proximal opening is larger than the second and third proximal openings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an elongated male connector (1), for a medical device, and a method of producing the male connector (1). The male connector (1) has a longitudinal axis (2) and comprises a plurality of conductive members (3), each having an outer contact surface (4) and being separated from each other by insulating members (5). The conductive and insulating members (3, 5) are disposed along the male connector (1), such that the outer contact surfaces (4) are arranged essentially at the same surface level, and that each of the conductive members (3) has an elongated extension along the longitudinal axis (2) of the male connector (1). Each conductive member (3) is provided with an insulated microrod (6) extending at least partially along the length of the male connector (1), and the conductive members (3) are hollow and have an essentially cylindrical cross-section and form, together with the insulating members (5), a self-supporting male connector (1) having no core wire.

Abstract: Dorsal forearm plate having a three-dimensional concave shape adapted to the shape of the dorsal forearm such that the dorsal forearm may rest on the forearm plate, the dorsal forearm plate has an essentially rectangular extension having opposing long sides and opposing short sides and has a substantially rigid unitary body adapted to underlie the posterior of the patient's hand, wrist and forearm, the plate is provided with two attachment bands, a distal and a proximal attachment band, adapted to attach the plate at the dorsal forearm of a patient.

Abstract: A method for sealing a hole in a bodily organ includes introducing a first member and a second member into the bodily organ, the first and second members being connected by an elongated member. The first and second members are retracted proximally until the first member abuts an inner surface of the bodily organ and the second member is retracted out of the hole in the bodily organ. Then, the second member is pushed distally into abutment with an outer surface of the bodily organ. A sealing device for sealing a puncture in tissue is also described.

Abstract: An elongated introducer access assembly 2 comprising a distal end 4 and a proximal end 6, and provided with a first tubular channel 8 having a longitudinal axis 10 and running from a first proximal end opening 12 to a distal end opening (14) of the assembly and being adapted to receive a first tubular medical device. The assembly is provided with a second tubular channel 16 having a second proximal end opening 18 and running from the proximal end of the assembly. The second tubular channel being arranged in an angled direction in relation to the longitudinal axis of the first tubular channel, and that the second tubular channel enters the first tubular channel at a junction (20) proximally to the distal end of the assembly, and that an intersectional angle (?) is formed between the first tubular channel and the second tubular channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an elongated male connector (1), for a medical device, and a method of producing the male connector (1). The male connector (1) has a longitudinal axis (2) and comprises a plurality of conductive members (3), each having an outer contact surface (4) and being separated from each other by insulating members (5). The conductive and insulating members (3, 5) are disposed along the male connector (1), such that the outer contact surfaces (4) are arranged essentially at the same surface level, and that each of the conductive members (3) has an elongated extension along the longitudinal axis (2) of the male connector (1). Each conductive member (3) is provided with an insulated microrod (6) extending at least partially along the length of the male connector (1), and the conductive members (3) are hollow and have an essentially cylindrical cross-section and form, together with the insulating members (5), a self-supporting male connector (1) having no core wire.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compression unit adapted to be arranged around a patient's forearm to provide pressure to a radial artery puncture site, wherein the compression unit comprises a unit attachment band provided with a frame, and a compression element in the shape of an inflatable bladder, the compression element is further adapted to be arranged within said frame, such that when the compression unit is arranged around a patient's forearm, the compression element provides pressure to the puncture wound when the compression element is inflated. The invention also relates to a radial artery compression system.

Abstract: A medical closure device (1; 20) comprising an inner member (2; 23), which is adapted to be positioned against an inner surface of a tissue wall, and a retaining member (3; 13; 21), which is attached to the inner member, wherein the retaining member is in the form of a loop made up by multiple coils of at least one filament, the coils lying side-by-side one another such that when increasing tension is applied in the loop, at least one of the at least one filament breaks apart before side-by-side portions of the at least one filament slide readily with respect to one another.

Abstract: An introducer access assembly includes a locking unit having a second tubular channel and a recess along a length of the locking unit; a support unit; a joint configured to movably attach the locking unit and the support unit such that, when the assembly is in a closed state, the recess of the locking unit and the support unit form a first tubular channel having a longitudinal axis; and a cutting unit configured to provide an opening cut through a first tubular medical device arranged in the first tubular channel. The second tubular channel forms an intersectional angle with the longitudinal axis of the first tubular channel, and the access assembly is configured such that a second medical device may be inserted into the second tubular channel and into the first tubular medical device via the opening cut.

Abstract: Dorsal forearm plate having a three-dimensional concave shape adapted to the shape of the dorsal forearm such that the dorsal forearm may rest on the forearm plate, the dorsal forearm plate has an essentially rectangular extension having opposing long sides and opposing short sides and has a substantially rigid unitary body adapted to underlie the posterior of the patient's hand, wrist and forearm, the plate is provided with two attachment bands, a distal and a proximal attachment band, adapted to attach the plate at the dorsal forearm of a patient.

Abstract: An elongated introducer access assembly 2 comprising a distal end 4 and a proximal end 6, and provided with a first tubular channel 8 having a longitudinal axis 10 and running from a first proximal end opening 12 to a distal end opening (14) of the assembly and being adapted to receive a first tubular medical device. The assembly is provided with a second tubular channel 16 having a second proximal end opening 18 and running from the proximal end of the assembly. The second tubular channel being arranged in an angled direction in relation to the longitudinal axis of the first tubular channel, and that the second tubular channel enters the first tubular channel at a junction (20) proximally to the distal end of the assembly, and that an intersectional angle (?) is formed between the first tubular channel and the second tubular channel.

Abstract: A medical closure device (1; 20) comprising an inner member (2; 23), which is adapted to be positioned against an inner surface of a tissue wall, and a retaining member (3; 13; 21), which is attached to the inner member, wherein the retaining member is in the form of a loop made up by multiple coils of at least one filament, the coils lying side-by-side one another such that when increasing tension is applied in the loop, at least one of the at least one filament breaks apart before side-by-side portions of the at least one filament slide readily with respect to one another.

Abstract: A medical closure device (1; 20) comprising an inner member (2; 23), which is adapted to be positioned against an inner surface of a tissue wall, and a retaining member (3; 13; 21), which is attached to the inner member, wherein the retaining member is in the form of a loop made up by multiple coils of at least one filament, the coils lying side-by-side one another such that when increasing tension is applied in the loop, at least one of the at least one filament breaks apart before side-by-side portions of the at least one filament slide readily with respect to one another.

Abstract: A method for sealing a hole in a bodily organ includes introducing a first member and a second member into the bodily organ, the first and second members being connected by an elongated member. The first and second members are retracted proximally until the first member abuts an inner surface of the bodily organ and the second member is retracted out of the hole in the bodily organ. Then, the second member is pushed distally into abutment with an outer surface of the bodily organ. A sealing device for sealing a puncture in tissue is also described.