Abstract: The present disclosure provides a biopsy device for performing soft tissue biopsy on any major organ through the venous system, and a method for using the biopsy device. The biopsy device of the present disclosure is a system that is sufficiently flexible such that the system can be guided manually and with existing tools i.e., fluoroscopy for visualisation and simple guidewires. Once in place, the biopsy device of the present disclosure can generate enough force and can transmit that force to the distal cutting end of the system to penetrate the organ and obtain a biopsy.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a catheter for insertion into a subject and navigation to a target organ, the catheter comprising: a first elongated tube and a second elongated tube; the first elongated tube having a first lumen with a first proximal end and a first distal end; and the second elongated tube having a second lumen with a c-shaped cross section forming a channel with a second proximal end and a second distal end, the second elongated tube sharing a common wall with the first elongated tube.

Abstract: An airway management device comprising a body having a proximal end for receiving an oxygen supply tube and an distal end for insertion into a trachea of a patient; said body including a linear portion adjacent to the proximal end and a curved portion adjacent to the distal end; said body including an external shell and having a first bore through said shell for receiving the oxygen supply tube; wherein flexural strength for said airway management device is provided by said shell.

Abstract: An airway management device comprising a body having a proximal end for receiving an oxygen supply tube and an distal end for insertion into a trachea of a patient; said body including a linear portion adjacent to the proximal end and a curved portion adjacent to the distal end; said body including an external shell and having a first bore through said shell for receiving the oxygen supply tube; wherein flexural strength for said airway management device is provided by said shell.

Abstract: An airway management device has a body (6) including an external shell moulded from a polypropylene copolymer (PP) blended with a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), the external shell extending from a proximal opening to a distal tip of the body (6), the external shell having a curved portion (35) and a linear portion (37). Methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.

Abstract: A balloon-anchored, biopsy device includes a first elongated tube, a second elongated tube, and a flexible biopsy needle. A section of the first elongated tube near the distal tip may include a balloon for insertion into a blood vessel that when inflated, anchors the section in the blood vessel near a biopsy site. The second elongated tube includes a beveled distal exit of a second lumen, which may be positioned at the biopsy site when the first elongated tube is anchored in the blood vessel by the inflated balloon. The flexible biopsy needle is configured to exit the beveled distal exit for penetration into tissue at the biopsy site at a predefined angle between a longitudinal axis of the section of the first elongated tube and a longitudinal axis of the flexible biopsy needle, and to acquire a biopsy sample of the target organ at the biopsy site.

Abstract: An airway management device comprising a body having a proximal end for receiving an oxygen supply tube and an distal end for insertion into a trachea of a patient; said body including a linear portion adjacent to the proximal end and a curved portion adjacent to the distal end; said body including an external shell and having a first bore through said shell for receiving the oxygen supply tube; wherein flexural strength for said airway management device is provided by said shell.

Abstract: An airway management device comprising a body having a proximal end for receiving an oxygen supply tube and an distal end for insertion into a trachea of a patient; said body including a linear portion adjacent to the proximal end and a curved portion adjacent to the distal end; said body including an external shell and having a first bore through said shell for receiving the oxygen supply tube; wherein flexural strength for said airway management device is provided by said shell.

Abstract: An airway management device comprising a body having a proximal end for receiving an oxygen supply tube and an distal end for insertion into a trachea of a patient; said body including a linear portion adjacent to the proximal end and a curved portion adjacent to the distal end; said body including an external shell and having a first bore through said shell for receiving the oxygen supply tube; wherein flexural strength for said airway management device is provided by said shell.