Abstract: Aspects of the invention are related to a method and a system for administrating an infusion liquid pulse. The system includes a tubing system having an inlet connected to an external reservoir adapted to contain infusion fluids and an outlet connected to a catheter. The tubing system includes a check valve proximate to the inlet and an anti-siphon valve proximate to the outlet. The system further includes an automatic pulse flow generation device. The automatic pulse flow generation device includes an internal reservoir and a bidirectional pump configured to pump infusion fluid from the external reservoir to the internal reservoir and further pump an infusion fluid pulse from the internal reservoir to be injected by the catheter, the infusion liquid pulse has a volume of at least 2 ml and a velocity of at least 5 ml/min.

Abstract: An intravenous (“IV”) liquid delivery system includes: an IV pump tubing set; a shuttle pump or membrane pump actuator operable with the IV pump tubing set; upstream and downstream valve actuators operable with the IV pump tubing set; the IV pump tubing set including an air removal device; an air detector configured to sense air in the IV pump tubing set; a control unit configured and arranged to (i) open the upstream valve actuator and close the downstream valve actuator to allow the pump actuator to draw liquid into a pump actuation portion of the IV pump tubing set, and (ii) close the upstream valve actuator and open the downstream valve actuator to allow the pump actuator to push liquid out of the pump actuation portion, the system configured to attempt to remove the air via the air removal device while operating the upstream and downstream valve actuators according to (i) and (ii).

Abstract: Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid to a user involves storing alert configuration information for the user, identifying an alert condition while operating the infusion device to deliver the fluid based at least in part on the alert configuration information for the user, and in response to identifying the alert condition, providing a user notification in accordance with the user's stored alert configuration information.

Abstract: Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid to a user involves identifying a condition of the user that is likely to influence a response to the fluid in the body of the user and classifying the condition as a first type of a plurality of types of conditions. After classifying the condition as the first type, the method continues by adjusting control information for operating the infusion device based on the first type and operating the infusion device to deliver the fluid to the user in accordance with the adjusted control information.

Abstract: A method of managing insulin includes receiving blood glucose measurements on a computing device from a glucometer. The blood glucose measurements are separated by a time interval. The method includes determining, using the computing device, an insulin dose rate based on the blood glucose measurements and determining a blood glucose drop rate based on the blood glucose measurements and the time interval. The method also includes determining a blood glucose percentage drop based on the blood glucose measurements. The method includes decreasing the time interval between blood glucose measurements by the glucometer when the blood glucose drop rate is greater than a threshold drop rate, and decreasing the time interval between blood glucose measurements by the glucometer when the blood glucose percentage drop is greater than a threshold percentage drop.

Abstract: A method of administering insulin includes receiving blood glucose measurements of a patient at a data processing device from a glucometer. Each blood glucose measurement is separated by a time interval and includes a blood glucose time associated with a time of measuring the blood glucose measurement. The method also includes receiving patient information at the data processing device and selecting a subcutaneous insulin treatment for tube-fed patients from a collection of subcutaneous insulin treatments. The selection is based on the blood glucose measurements and the patient information. The subcutaneous insulin treatment program for tube-fed patients determines recommended insulin doses based on the blood glucose times. The method also includes executing, using the data processing device, the selected subcutaneous insulin treatment.

Abstract: A method of administering insulin includes receiving blood glucose measurements of a patient at a data processing device from a glucometer. The blood glucose measurements are separated by a time interval. The method also includes receiving patient information at the data processing device and selecting a subcutaneous insulin treatment from a collection of subcutaneous insulin treatments. The selection is based on the blood glucose measurements and the patient information. The selection includes one or more of a subcutaneous standard program, a subcutaneous program without meal boluses, a meal-by-meat subcutaneous program without carbohydrate counting, a meal-by-meal subcutaneous program with carbohydrate counting, and a subcutaneous program for non-diabetic patients. The method also includes executing, using the data processing device, the selected subcutaneous insulin treatment.

Abstract: Systems for controlling or aiding patient therapy are provided. The systems may include a tissue oxygenation measurement device and a therapy delivery apparatus that is controllable to assist in attaining a target tissue oxygenation level or range, whereby patient health is improved by optimizing delivery of therapy based on measured tissue oxygenation. The therapy delivery apparatus may include, for example, a drug delivery apparatus, a ventilating apparatus, a fluid delivery apparatus and/or a chest compression delivery apparatus. The tissue oxygenation measurement device may include a probe for determining the oxygenation of tissue, for example, muscle tissue, by optically interrogating the tissue. Related methods for guiding patient therapy and exercise training are also provided.

Abstract: A medicament injection device arranged to receive a replaceable container subassembly includes front and rear housings releasably connectable to each other. A reloadable drive mechanism is accommodated in the rear housing for acting on the plunger of a replaceable container subassembly for expelling medicament. A needle hider front is slidably arranged within the front housing. A needle shield remover is arranged to connect with a needle shield of the replaceable container subassembly and to be removably inserted into a proximal end of the front housing through the needle hider front. The needle shield remover is adapted to interact with the reloadable drive mechanism such that a user can reload the drive mechanism.

Abstract: A medical liquid vial is disclosed with a resilient inner bladder and a pre-stress member located with the bladder. Injector assemblies are also disclosed for injecting the vial contents into a patient by advancing the vial through a series of stages or positions. Methods of filling and use are also disclosed.

Abstract: Although injection molding includes extreme conditions, an RFID device may be over-molded by injection molding. A syringe includes a barrel having a first and second axial ends, the barrel defining a cavity therein; a plunger configured to be received in the cavity and define with the barrel a chamber for holding a fluid, the plunger being axially moveable within the barrel for increasing and decreasing the volume of the chamber thereby respectively forcing fluid into or out of the chamber; and a plunger seal, also known as a “syringe stopper” for sealing between the plunger and the barrel, the plunger seal including an RFID device for identifying the syringe. The plunger seal may be made by injection molding.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a drug delivery device comprising a cartridge with a movable bung, a drive mechanism including a bearing for driving the bung in a distal direction for delivering a medicament and a piston rod for actuating the bearing. An electric conductor for transmitting an electrical signal is provided, wherein the electric conductor is configured such that a conductive connection is established or interrupted when the piston rod contacts the bearing or when the bearing contacts the bung. The invention is further directed to a method for detecting the contact between the drive mechanism and the movable bung.

Abstract: A needle shield comprises an elastomeric sheath having a closed distal end and an open proximal end. The distal end is configured to form a first seal with a distal tip of a needle in an initial position. The proximal end is configured to form a second seal with a syringe body in the initial position. The second seal is configured to release from the syringe body prior to the first seal releasing from the needle when the elastomeric sheath is moved distally from the syringe.

Abstract: Described is a needle assembly removal device comprising an inner portion, a channel formed in the inner portion, and an outer portion movably disposed on the inner portion. The channel has a proximal opening. Movement of the outer portion relative to the inner portion in a first direction causes the inner portion to change the proximal opening from a first width to a second width.

Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device having a case and a plurality of projections movable relative to the case between an extended position in which distal ends of the projections extends beyond a distal face of the case and a refracted position in which the distal ends of the projections are substantially co-planar with the distal face.

Abstract: A novel aromatherapy vaporization device having a vaporization chamber and an inhalation aperture is disclosed. Phyto material is disposed in an aromatherapy material container, which is inserted into the vaporization chamber and a spike is heated to a predetermined temperature. The spike is then inserted into the aromatherapy material container and the spike contacts the phyto material and causes phyto material vapor to be emitted into the vaporization chamber which is then available for inhalation from the inhalation aperture.

Abstract: Dry powder inhalers and dry powder inhaler storage cassettes including a compartment housing an elongate carrier preloaded with a plurality of doses of finely divided powder comprising a biologically active substance, the compartment being configured such that said preloaded doses are sealed within said compartment and such that the carrier may be advanced from the compartment to the chamber through an exit provided with a moisture barrier sealing system, wherein the moisture barrier sealing system is configured and arranged such that it is relaxable during advancement of the carrier, said sealing system being in sealing configuration prior to an advancement of the carrier, relaxed upon an advancement of the carrier and returned to its sealing configuration at the latest after release of the powder associated with said area of the carrier.

Abstract: A dose indicator device for a pressurised metered dose inhaler comprises an inner wheel, annular outer wheel, actuator and housing; the inner wheel comprising primary indexing teeth and a flexible drive arm; the outer wheel comprising secondary indexing teeth on an outer face of the outer wheel; the inner wheel and outer wheel located at least partially within the housing such that the inner wheel and outer wheel are rotatable about a common longitudinal axis of rotation; the actuator movable in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation to engage the primary indexing teeth to rotate the inner wheel; the housing being fixed relative to the axis of rotation and comprising a deflector; the deflector configured such that, on rotation of the inner wheel, the drive arm is intermittently deflected and brought into contact with the secondary indexing teeth to rotate the outer wheel about the axis of rotation.

Abstract: An inhaler comprising a reservoir of an inhalable composition. A valve element moved by a flexible diaphragm and biased into a position in which it closes a composition flow path from a reservoir. A first air flow path is partly defined by one side of the diaphragm and a second air flow path is partly defined by the opposite side of the diaphragm. Each flow path has an outlet opening at an outlet end and the second flow path has an inlet upstream of the outlet end. The air flow paths are arranged such that suction at the outlet end causes a reduction in pressure in the first air flow path relative to the pressure in the second air flow path creating a pressure differential across the diaphragm that moves the valve element against the biasing force to open the composition flow path.

Abstract: A resistive foil heater for a portable inhaler. A reservoir of vapor material, usually a fluid, has transport by the foil to directly heat the material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the material to the gas phase. The foil may have a dimpled plate shape, or box shape, a capillary or parallel plate shape.

Abstract: The invention suggests a system for automated adjustment of a pressure set by a ventilation device, in particular a positive and-expiratory pressure and/or a maximum airway pressure, the system comprising a pressure detection arrangement for detecting a transpulmonary pressure at the end of an expiration phase and/or for detecting a transpulmonary pressure at the end of an inspiration phase, and a means for automated adjustment of the pressure set by the ventilation device on the basis of the transpulmonary pressure detected at the end of the expiration phase and/or the transpulmonary pressure detected at the end of the inspiration phase.

Abstract: A connector of a double-lumen tube for Differential Lung Ventilation is provided. The connector includes a tube connection unit disposed at one side of the double-lumen tube, and branched in one direction to connect to the ventilator, with the pair of lumen tubes of the double-lumen tube inserted into the tube connection unit, a connection valve unit disposed in the one direction in which the tube connection unit is branched, for controlling a flow amount of gas or fluid provided to the respective branched lumen tubes and externally indicating an operation state of a valve that controls the flow amount of the gas or the fluid, and a ventilator connection unit disposed at one side of the connection valve unit, in connection to the ventilator, for providing pressure of the ventilator separately to the pair of lumen tubes through the connection valve unit.

Abstract: A sealing device (20) includes a base (22) adapted to attach at any of a plurality of positions on a patient interface device (8), an arm (26) having a first end coupled to the base (22), and an end portion (24) connected to a second end of the base and adapted to apply pressure to an area of a cushion member (12) of the patient interface (8) device when the base is attached at any of the plurality of positions on the patient interface device.

Abstract: A mask assembly for treating sleep disorder including: a first frame including a first wall that at least partially delimits a breathing chamber, a second wall surrounding an opening through the first wall and defining a first substantially cylindrical surface surrounding the opening, the second wall extending from the first wall, the opening allowing the flow of pressurized gas to the breathing chamber; a second frame including a third wall defining a second substantially cylindrical surface, a fourth wall, a member extending toward a forehead support and two headgear attachment locations, the third wall extending from the fourth wall, the second cylindrical surface at least partially overlapping with the first cylindrical surface, and the second frame being configured to removably interlock with the first frame proximate the opening; and a cushion molded to the first frame and adapted to seal around at least a patient's nose.

Abstract: A respiratory assistance device including a pair of prongs which are airways to be attached to a user's nose, and a blower which is connected to the pair of prongs and sends air to the user's nasal cavity via the prongs. The blower is placed on and is in contact with the user's mouth. The blower includes a housing including an intake port from which gas is taken in, a flow channel through which the air taken in via the intake port flows, and a discharge port which sends the air flowing through the flow channel toward the prongs, an impeller arranged in the housing so that its front side faces the intake port, and a partition member arranged on a rear side of the impeller so that a slit is formed along an inner periphery of the housing thereby partitioning the rear side into a space where the impeller is arranged.

Abstract: A patient interface for delivery of a supply of pressurised air or breathable gas to an entrance of a patient's airways comprising: a cushion member that includes a retaining structure and a seal-forming structure permanently connected to the retaining structure; a frame member attachable to the retaining structure; and a positioning and stabilising structure attachable to the frame member.

Abstract: An oxygen mask for delivering oxygen to a patient comprises a mask body adapted to substantially cover a patient's nose and mouth and having a peripheral edge adapted to substantially seal against the patient's face and forming a compartment, an oxygen inflow port defined in the mask body, an L-shaped connector coupled to the oxygen inflow port, an oxygen conduit coupled to the L-shaped connector and having access to the compartment in the mask body via the oxygen inflow port, the oxygen conduit adapted to conduct oxygen flow from an oxygen supply to the compartment in the mask body, and an expired gas sampling tube coupled to the mask body and having access to the compartment in the mask body, the expired gas sampling tube having a perforated segment with a plurality of perforations attached to an interior surface of the mask body, the expired gas sampling tube adapted to couple to an instrument operable to monitor the expired gases.

Abstract: A detection system and method comprising a proximal end that connects to a ventilating device, a distal end that connects to a ventilating tube, a lumen between the proximal end and the distal end, a housing surrounding the lumen that couples the proximal end and the distal end, wherein at least a portion of the housing is transparent, and at least one detection element at least partially exposed to gases in the lumen, whereby continuously monitoring the proper positioning of the ventilating tube in an airway.

Abstract: A removable water trap device (110) removes moisture from a respiratory gas stream from a patient interface assembly (140), enabling monitoring of gas within the respiratory gas stream by an analysis bench (120). The device includes a housing (111), an upstream water trap connector (115), and a filter assembly (360). The housing includes a first portion (210) insertably attachable to a tether assembly receptacle (132) to connect the device to the analysis bench for delivering the gas stream via a tether line (136). The upstream water trap connector is attachable to a downstream patient interface connector (141, 143) in a sample flow line (145, 148) of the patent interface assembly for receiving the gas stream via the sample flow line. The filter assembly is insertably contained within the housing and configured to remove moisture from the gas stream, the filter assembly including a downstream water trap connector (116) attachable with the tether line within the tether assembly receptacle.

Abstract: An oxygen concentration device is provided which, when the number of revolutions of a compressor reaches an upper limit of control, increases an oxygen concentration, and can extend an operating time of the oxygen concentration device, comprising a control means which controls the number of revolutions of the compressor based on a detected value of an oxygen concentration sensor, judges deterioration due to moisture absorption based on the detected value of the oxygen concentration sensor, a detected value of a pressure sensor, and an operating time of an adsorption cylinder and, when criteria for judgment of the deterioration due to moisture absorption are satisfied, makes a purge step time shorter than an initially set time.

Abstract: A humidification breathing apparatus for generating and delivering humidified air to a patient at a desired humidity proximate the patient, the apparatus comprising an air flow path and a controller for controlling operation of the humidification breathing apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to operate the humidification breathing apparatus to control humidity at a point in the flow path to achieve the desired delivered humidity proximate the patient based on the patient exhaled humidity and flow.

Abstract: A vaporizer filler includes a fill port. The fill port defines an open interior. The open interior is configured to receive the nozzle of an anesthetic bottle. An agent reservoir is configured to receive and store anesthetic agent. A valve is disposed between the open interior and the agent reservoir. At least one vent extends through the fill port. A method of filling a vaporizer includes inserting the nozzle of a bottle filled with anesthetic agent into a vaporizer filler. At least one vent is occluded from fluid communication. Fluid communication between and open interior and an agent reservoir is opened. Anesthetic agent is poured into an agent reservoir of a vaporizer. Fluid communication is closed between the open interior and the agent reservoir. At least one vent is opened to fluid communication with the open interior. Pressure within the open interior is released through the at least one vent.

Abstract: A system and related method to optimize the process of getting a child to fall asleep. The system is a computer-implemented system comprising a set of functions or algorithms to assist a child develop a routine to fall asleep. The particular routines are dependent on the age of the child, with three categories being toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children. The routines include providing for the generation of a set of sounds for selectable periods of time, dependent on the age group. The sounds include lullabies, stories, songs and white noise. The time periods range from 15-45 minutes. The method involving the use of the sound generation routine establishes a regularity of process that comforts a child and enhances the likelihood of a good transition to sleep.

Abstract: Sleep assistant system and method for assisting in easing hardship of falling asleep are provided. The method includes the following. Data indicating at least one biosignal is received. A falling-asleep hardship index is determined based on the received data to indicate hardship of falling asleep for a user. Sleep guidance in visual form and/or audio form is provided, based on the falling-asleep hardship index, to assist the user before falling asleep in changing the falling-asleep hardship index for the user from a first state to a second state, wherein the sleep guidance is a portion of user interaction between the second user device and the user. The second state, different from the first state, indicates a less hardship for falling asleep in terms of the at least one biosignal from the user.

Abstract: A catheter tip having a spring element that imparts longitudinal flexibility, pushability and radial rigidity to the catheter tip, thereby improving deliverability, is provided. The spring element also provides radial support to the distal edge of the catheter tip. The spring element may taper distally, but may have a substantially constant inner luminal diameter. The spring element may be partially covered or embedded, leaving its distal end exposed. The spring element may also include spaced coils in a proximal region. The apparatus may be used with any interventional catheter system, but is particularly suitable for use with balloon-expandable stent systems and balloon-angioplasty systems, where flexibility of the catheter tip and minimal flaring of the distal edge of the catheter tip is desirable.

Abstract: A method of making a multi-lumen catheter may include disposing an outer surface of a mandrel against an outer surface of a first catheter; disposing a first heat shrink material around the first catheter and the mandrel; heating the first catheter and the mandrel to form a U-shaped channel along the outer surface of the first catheter; removing the first heat shrink material and the mandrel from the first catheter; placing a second catheter into the U-shaped channel; disposing a second heat shrink material around the first catheter and the second catheter such that the second catheter is retained within the U-shaped channel; and heating the first catheter and the second catheter to cause reflow between the first catheter and the second catheter to form the multi-lumen catheter.

Abstract: An intravascular catheter is disclosed that includes an elongated shaft defined by a wall including at least one port extending through the wall into a lumen. At least one channel may be defined between layers of polymer making up the catheter shaft. The channel extends along at least a portion of the shaft and is in fluid communication with the port. Outer and inner diameters of the catheter may be substantially constant along the length of the catheter.

Abstract: A medical device including a shaft having an elongated inner member and an elongated tubular reinforcing member disposed over at least a portion of the inner member. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the outer surface of the inner member is spaced from the inner surface of the reinforcing member, defining a space substantially free of any other structures of the device. In some embodiments, the shaft can include a tip structure disposed on a distal portion of the inner member. In some such embodiments, the reinforcing member has a distal end, and the tip structure is disposed on the distal portion of the inner member adjacent the distal end of the reinforcing member. Additionally, in some embodiments, the reinforcing member can include a plurality of apertures defined therein, for example, to enhance the flexibility or other such characteristics of all or portions of the reinforcing member.

Abstract: A device for gripping a catheter, including a first jaw having a first exterior side and a first radial passage. The device has a second jaw having a second exterior side, opposite the first exterior side, and a second radial passage. The device also has a resilient joint connecting the first and second jaws so that manual compression of the first exterior side toward the second exterior side causes relative rotation between the first and second jaws that mutually aligns the first and second radial passages, such that the catheter can be inserted through the first and second radial passages, and so that releasing the manual compression causes the first and second jaws to rotate so that the first and second radial passages are no longer mutually aligned and so that the catheter passes through and is gripped by the device along mutually aligned first and second central axes.

Abstract: A method of managing an access cite and site management device for an interventional cardiology access lumen having a cylindrical hub and a tubular portion extending from the cylindrical hub includes adhering an adhesive pad directly or indirectly to a patient at an intervention cardiology access site. After the adhering, an access lumen is deployed and a portion of the access lumen positioned against a retention pad that is supported by the adhesive pad. The retention pad has a surface configured to the portion of the access lumen.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a needle introducer. The needle introducer includes a needle guide and a cannula body coupled to the needle guide. The needle guide includes a flared head and a tapered neck. The needle guide forms a first channel extending from a first opening in the flared head to a second opening in the tapered neck. The cannula body includes a beveled tip at a distal end of the cannula body. The cannula body forms a second channel extending from a first opening in a proximal end of the cannula body to a second opening in the distal end of the cannula body. The cannula body is coupled to the needle guide via the tapered neck of the needle guide to connect the first channel to the second channel. The cannula body is configured to maintain an injection portal in the soft tissue.

Abstract: Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some instances, the intravascular device is a guide wire with electrical conductors embedded within a core wire. In some instances, the electrical conductors are coupled to conductive bands adjacent a proximal portion of the guide wire and a sensing element adjacent a distal portion of the guide wire. Methods of making, manufacturing, and/or assembling such intravascular devices and associated systems are also provided.

Abstract: A loading tool that aids in single-handed backloading or sideloading of a medical device having a lumen onto a guidewire is described. The loading tool comprises two continuous sections—a proximal attachment section and a distal loading section. The attachment section has a tubular configuration with a longitudinal slot removed. The attachment section is configured to fit over a distal portion of the medical device. The loading section has a conical shape with a longitudinal slot removed. The loading section is configured to guide the proximal end of a guidewire into the lumen of the medical device onto which the attachment section of the loading tool is mounted.

Abstract: A movable protection and/or rewrapping device for a balloon catheter may include a tubular member with a bore extending along a length thereof. The tubular member may have at least one rib disposed on an inner surface of the bore. The tubular member may be flared away from the bore at one end and inwardly tapered at the other end. The rewrapping device may include an actuator configured to open a longitudinal slit in the tubular member.

Abstract: Provided is an expansible catheter balloon that has a spreadable outer diameter controllable easily in treatments for a calcific aortic stenosis, rheumatic and congenital aortic stenoses and others, and that can be effectively prevented from being freely shifted and can easily be fixed at a predetermined position. The catheter balloon includes a balloon having shoulder parts made of a non-expansible material or made low-expansible and an expandable waist part, and a catheter having a catheter body to which this balloon is fitted.

Abstract: A fill valve for mediating two-way fluid communication between a medical instrument and a medical device is provided. The fill valve comprises a valve element and a valve housing. The valve element comprises a valve element body extending along a major axis, a valve element first end comprising a recessed internal surface configured to provide a sealing contact engagement with a medical instrument, a valve element second end, and a valve element body external surface. The valve element is resilient and deformable. The valve element also has a hole that extends along the major axis and that is substantially cylindrically symmetrical with respect to the major axis. The valve housing is configured to hold the valve element in place by a circumferential compression fit. An enteral feeding button comprising such a fill valve, and a valve element of such a fill valve, are also provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt for treatment of hydrocephalus, comprising a valve having an inlet port and an outlet port, which ports are for draining CSF, and a control port for regulating the drainage of CSF through the valve according to a hydrostatic pressure provided to the control port, which hydrostatic pressure is dependent on the body position of the patient. The disclosure further relates to a method for treatment of hydrocephalus comprising regulating drainage of CSF based on a hydrostatic pressure that is dependent on the body position of the patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for fabricating a porous coatings with controlled structure in the micro and nano-size domain. In particular, but not exclusively, it relates to a process for fabricating coatings with an anisotropic pore size distribution and to coatings obtained using such coatings. It describes in particular the use of ink-jet method to deposit in a controlled way such coatings. It also relates to porous coatings with controlled structure in the micro and nano-size domain. The coating has a thickness between 10 nanometres and 10 millimetres and its porosity is created in such a way that the pore size distribution is anisotropic. It finally describes objects covered with this coating.

Abstract: Implantable devices and methods for delivering drugs and other substances to locations within the body of a human or animal subject to treat or diagnose sinusitis and a variety of other disorders. The invention includes implantable substance delivery devices that comprise reservoirs and barriers that control the rate at which substances pass out of the reservoirs. The delivery devices may be advanced into the body using guidewires, catheters, ports, introducers and other access apparatus. In some embodiments the delivery devices may be loaded with one or more desired substance before their introduction into the body. In other embodiments the delivery devices are loaded and/or reloaded with a desired substance after the delivery device has been introduced into the body.

Abstract: A system, method, and therapeutic elastic tape. The therapeutic elastic tape includes an elastic fabric having a back side and a face side, an adhesive material applied to the elastic fabric. The therapeutic elastic tape further includes a medication applied to at least the back side of the elastic fabric for diffusion to a portion of a body of the user during utilization.