Abstract: A restraint device includes first and second restraint and/or support portions adapted to extend around part of a person. First and second connector portions are used to secure the first and second restraint and/or support portions to the person. In one aspect, a lock member is used to selectively prevent disconnection of the first and second connector portions. A removable tag or other information element may be carried on at least one of the first and second restraint and/or support portions and may indicate the individual or individuals that placed the restraint device on the person or that removed the restraint device from the person, and/or what time the restraint device was placed or removed. A plurality of removable tags or other elements may be carried on at least one of the first and second restraint and/or support portions and may have a unique identifier to indicate whether or not the restraint device had been previously removed from the person after an initial placement.

Abstract: A trocar-cannula complex for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures performed through a port site of a patient and in the delivery of biologically active agents to the patient includes a trocar and a cannula. The cannula includes a tubular structure with a central lumen receiving the trocar and an outer surface adapted to interface with tissue at the port site. A first delivery mechanism is associated with the cannula for delivering a first biologically active agent to a patient and a second delivery mechanism is associated with the cannula for delivery of a second biologically active agent to the patient. Various other manners of delivering the agents are also disclosed.

Abstract: A fluid delivery cannula which provides an interface between an access point or port site in the body of a patient and a working channel which may receive tools or instruments used during surgical procedures which may be less invasive surgical procedures than traditional open procedures. The cannula allows introduction of fluid(s) into the port site and then into tissue generally at or near that location within the body of the patient. The fluid delivery cannula includes an expandable sleeve that may itself comprise a cannula through which a needle, or trocar assembly is inserted. At least one fluid passageway, is defined, for example, in either the expandable sleeve itself, or defined, by the combination of the needle or trocar assembly and the expandable sleeve. Visual identifiers are used with the fluid delivery cannula to visually distinguish the location of the fluid passageway relative to an adjacent area.

Abstract: A medical apparatus for dispensing a biologically active liquid includes a trocar-cannula complex configured to be inserted through selected tissue of a patient and including a cannula and an elongated trocar having a closed converging tip at a distal end thereof and a fluid delivery channel. The cannula includes a working channel through which medical instruments may be advanced. A fluid delivery device may be removably coupled to the cannula. The fluid delivery device includes an inner portion adapted to receive the biologically active liquid, an outer surface adapted to contact the tissue of the patient, and at least one pathway from the inner portion to the outer surface for delivering the biologically active liquid from the inner portion to the outer surface when the outer surface is in contact with the tissue.