Abstract: A Safety Huber needle assembly comprising a needle used to pierce the septum of an implanted venous port, a baseplate that rests against the insertion site and a pivotally displaceable housing that acts to remove the needle from the septum of the implanted port and to effectively enclose the needle to provide user safety when the housing is displaced to a needle securing state.

Abstract: Packaged cardiopulmonary bypass or organ perfusion system sensor subassemblies are provided. The packaged sensor subassemblies include a sensor subassembly and a package. The sensor subassembly includes a pre-calibrated pH sensor in a dry environment, a pre-calibrated PC02 sensor in a dry environment, and a pre-calibrated pC02 sensor in a wet environment, is sterile, and is disposed in the package. Also provided are methods of use of the packaged cardiopulmonary bypass or organ perfusion system sensor subassemblies.

Abstract: A system for dispensing medication includes: a medicine canister that contains medicine to be dispensed, an actuator that houses the medicine canister and an adapter assembly that allows for obtaining information. The adapter assembly includes a connector assembly and an electronics module. The connector assembly connects to the medicine canister. The electronics module obtains information related to patient usage of medicine from the medicine canister. In another embodiment, a method for using the same electronics module with first and second medicine dispensing apparatuses, including a first medicine canister and a second medicine canister, is provided. The first medicine canister contains first medicine and the second medicine canister contains second medicine. First information, related to dispensing the first medicine, is stored with the electronics module joined to the first medicine dispensing apparatus.