Abstract: A sealing device for sealing an opening of an apparatus. The sealing device has a head that defines a cavity and a neck that defines a passage disposed between the cavity at a first end of the neck and an aperture at a second end of the neck. The aperture is configured to collapse and expand, having a first diameter in a collapsed configuration and a second diameter in an expanded configuration. The interior surface of the neck includes an engagement interface that is configured to releasably engage with a spacer. When the engagement interface is engaged with the spacer, the neck is in the expanded configuration.

Abstract: A safety cap for use with a needleless connector. The safety cap includes a body configured to at least partially enclose a head of the needleless connector (NC). The body is configured to achieve a first configuration that can be securely sealed to the NC and a second configuration that cannot be securely sealed to the NC. The second configuration is different from the first configuration. The safety cap also includes a detent in communication with the body which is configured to prevent the body from transitioning from the second configuration back to the first configuration.

Abstract: A single use cap for connectors and corresponding method of use. The single use cap has a carrier with a body including a base that defines an opening separated from an end wall by a side wall. The opening leads into a cavity sized to receive a connector head. The single use cap also has an elastomeric sleeve releasably coupled to the carrier to span the opening. The elastomeric sleeve is configured to be transferred to the connector upon insertion of the head through the opening and at least partially into the cavity.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for controlling tracheostomy weaning. The apparatus includes a lumen defining a flow path for air. The flow path is configured to communicate fluidically with an airway of a patient. A control valve coupled to the lumen is configured to automatically and selectively occlude the lumen to control a flowrate of the air passing through the lumen in real time based on respiratory data obtained from the patient.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an apparatus, system, and method of thermal detection during surgical or medical procedures. These procedures can include open-heart surgery with a pump connected to a thermal detection unit and a computing device for sending and receiving signals to control the pump. Detecting thermal changes with a thermal detection unit in an organ or tissue and controlling a pump based on the analysis of the image generated with a thermal imager unit from the detected thermal changes. The thermal detection system has a detection and imaging unit, coupled to a computing device for processing and analysis and utilized as a part of a control system for a perfusion pump.