Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for treating a mammal (e.g., a human) having one or more stenotic blood vessels. For example, amnion coated balloons that can be used in balloon angioplasty are provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a volume of a wound are described, the method comprising the steps of: applying a dressing over a wound, the volume of which is to be measured, the dressing including at least a sealing drape over the wound so as to create a sealed wound cavity; creating a vacuum in said wound cavity by vacuum pump means so as to produce a predetermined vacuum in the wound cavity; measuring a volume of air extracted from said wound cavity in producing said predetermined vacuum; and, calculating a volume of said wound.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of pressurized fluid delivery devices for use in medical procedures. In particular, a fluid delivery pump comprises at least one compressive member configured to apply a force to a fluid reservoir. The at least one compressive member is associated with a flexible envelope, such that the flexible envelope may move the compressive member. The flexible envelope may be substantially air-tight so that it may be pressurized. When a negative pressure is created inside the flexible envelope, the flexible envelope may change volume, applying a force to the at least one compressive member. The at least one compressive member may then apply a force to the fluid reservoir and the fluid is forced out of the reservoir.

Abstract: An irrigated ablation system with retrograde flow includes one or more medical devices (e.g., an ablation catheter and sheath) encompassing an irrigation lumen that terminates distally at an irrigation orifice and a drainage lumen that terminates distally at a drainage orifice. One or more pumps are coupled to the irrigation lumen and to the drainage lumen to deliver irrigant through the irrigation lumen and to extract fluid through the at least one drainage lumen. For example, a peristaltic pump can be used to simultaneously deliver irrigant through the irrigation lumen and to extract an equivalent volume of fluid through the drainage lumen. Alternatively, a feedback controller can be used to monitor parameters, such as impedance, pressure, ablation time, and/or irrigant volume, and control based thereon the rate at which the pump extracts fluid.

Abstract: An accessory for a nasal mucus aspirator includes an accessory body suitable to be gripped and a terminal nozzle placed at a distal end of said accessory body and suitable to be at least partially inserted into a nostril of a user. In the accessory body, there are formed a compressed air inlet passage suitable to be fluidically connected to a compressed air source for receiving a flow of air at a positive pressure, said compressed air inlet passage defining a constriction so as to generate a Venturi effect, and an aspiration duct flowing into said constriction and fluidically connected to the terminal nozzle so as to generate a negative pressure due to the Venturi effect suitable to aspirate the mucus.

Abstract: Device for the recovery of cell-free serum from whole blood, comprising a blood bag for the reception and the coagulation of the whole blood into a solid fraction and into a fluid containing a serum, wherein the blood bag has an outlet and a barrier in the area of the outlet which is suitable for retaining at least a major portion of the solid fraction and for the passage of said fluid, a filter module which is fluidically connected to the blood bag via the outlet, comprising an interior in which a semi-permeable membrane is arranged which subdivides the interior into a retentate space and a permeate space and allows the separation of the fluid into a serum as a permeate and into a retentate in which possible particulate components contained in the fluid remain, wherein the filter module has an inlet device for introducing the fluid into the retentate space and a permeate outlet for discharging the serum from the permeate space, and at least one receiving container for serum, comprising an inlet opening which

Abstract: A wound fluid collection system includes a canister adapted to collect bodily fluids from a tissue site. The canister includes an acoustic transducer adapted and positioned to insonify a cavity within the canister, the cavity being defined by a wall of the canister and the bodily fluids collected within the canister. A resonant frequency may be calculated based on a resulting received signal from the insonification. The resonant frequency may indicate a volume of the cavity within the canister. The difference between a known volume of the canister and the calculated volume of the cavity provides the volume of bodily fluid collected in the canister.

Abstract: A wound dressing for use in a vacuum wound therapy treatment includes a backing layer for positioning over a wound to define a reservoir in which a reduced pressure may be maintained over the wound. A portal member affixed to the backing layer provides a connection to a reduced pressure source through an opening in an ambient surface. A primary port extends between the opening and a primary aperture in a reservoir surface to providing fluid communication between the reservoir and the reduced pressure source. At least one supplemental port establishes fluid communication between the primary port and a supplemental aperture in the reservoir surface that is distinct and substantially spaced from the primary aperture.

Abstract: A breast pump according to the present invention includes a variable pressure generating unit, the variable pressure generating unit including a power driving unit including a stepping motor that is capable of rotating both normally and in reverse, and a negative pressure forming unit that creates a negative pressure state periodically by causing an elastic body to deform in accordance with a cycle period formed by the power driving unit, wherein the negative pressure forming unit is coupled to the expressing unit, and the stepping motor is capable of modifying an amplitude of the cycle period and the cycle period during negative pressure formation as desired. Hence, a suction pressure and a pressure increase/decrease cycle can both be set as desired, and moreover, a breast pump that uses electric power can be constructed compactly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a breast pump (1) for extracting milk from a female breast comprising an expression kit (2), a container (5) connected to the expression kit (2), and a vacuum unit (6) connected to the expression kit (2), wherein the combined volumes of the expression kit (2), the container (5), the vacuum unit (6) and the connections thereof define a system air volume, and a vacuum pressure sensor for determining volume changes in the system air volume in response to changes in vacuum pressure.

Abstract: An extracorporeal circulation management device pumps blood in synchronization with heartbeats of a patient based on measurements of blood flow. Maximum and minimum blood flow measurement samples are compared with upper and lower threshold values to identify candidate timing for a systolic phase and diastolic phase of the heartbeat. During pulsatile pumping of the blood using the candidate timing, differences in the pulsatile flow measurements are determined. Based on the size of the difference, a final correction may be made to identification of the systolic and diastolic phases, and the corrected phase information is used to start and stop the motor unit.

Abstract: A heart pump including a housing defining a cavity including at least one inlet and at least one outlet, an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet upon rotation of the impeller, a drive that rotates the impeller within the cavity, a magnetic bearing including at least one bearing coil that controls an axial position of the impeller within the cavity, a sensor that senses an axial position of the impeller within the cavity and a controller. The controller includes an electronic processing device that, in response to a change in axial hydraulic forces on the impeller determines an axial position of the impeller within the cavity, determines a reference power in accordance with the determined axial position and controls the magnetic bearing to cause the impeller to move until a bearing power indicator indicative of the power used by the magnetic bearing reaches the reference power.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood pump. The blood pump according to the present invention includes: a housing including an inlet, through which blood flows, at an upper part of the housing and an outlet, through which the blood is discharged, along an edge of the housing; an impeller part, which is rotatable and disposed inside the housing, including a plurality of blades on the surface thereof so as to move the blood flowing in through the inlet toward the outlet by using a centrifugal force; a rotary shaft member disposed to penetrate the center part of the impeller part so as to support the impeller part to be rotatable which moves the blood to the lower part thereof; and a magnetic body disposed on the impeller part for rotating the impeller part in a predetermined direction according to a change in a magnetic field outside the housing.

Abstract: Methods are provided for controlling the speed of a pump based on a valve state index and/or for deriving a valve state from time-series signal representing a pressure difference or a flow rate. The methods may be employed in blood pump systems or in blood pump control systems.

Abstract: An implantable pump system is provided, including an implantable blood pump suitable for use as a partial support assist device, the system further including an extracorporeal battery and a controller coupled to the implantable pump, and a programmer selectively periodically coupled to the controller to configure and adjust operating parameters of the implantable pump. The implantable pump includes a flexible membrane coupled to an electromagnetic actuator including a magnetic assembly and electromagnetic assembly, so that when the electromagnetic assembly is energized, the electromagnetic assembly causes wavelike undulations to propagate along the flexible membrane to propel blood through the implantable pump. The controller may be programmed by a programmer to operate at frequencies and duty cycles that mimic physiologic flow rates and pulsatility while operating in an efficient manner that avoids thrombus formation, hemolysis and/or platelet activation.

Abstract: A system for purifying incoming fluid is modular and includes a heat exchanger module, an evaporator-condenser module and a compressor. The system components are arranged in a stacked configuration to facilitate gravitational flow of the purified fluid such that the purified fluid drains passively for collection. A system for preparation of ready-to-use treatment fluid includes the modular fluid purification system, a preparation station and a coupling device. The components are configured to be retained in a portable carrier that is manually operable for improved access to and mobility of the components. A coupling device can connect the flow channels of several components and can be used in preparing ready-to-use dialysate. A system prepares a receptacle and a ready-to-use treatment fluid in the receptacle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dialysis device having an extracorporeal blood system, a dialyzing fluid system, a dialyzer and a control unit, wherein the dialysis device has a heating mechanism for heating the blood in the extracorporeal blood system before entry into the dialyzer or in the dialyzer as well as a cooling mechanism for cooling the blood in the extracorporeal blood system after exiting the dialyzer and wherein the control unit is configured such that the blood is heated before entry into the dialyzer or in the dialyzer to a dialysis temperature which is above the body temperature of the patient and is cooled back to the body temperature of the patient after exiting the dialyzer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger tube (1) which is a component of a heat exchanger of an oxygenator. The heat exchanger tube (1) comprises a tube body (2) consisting of thermoplastic polyurethane (PTU). The tube body (2) has a Shore hardness of greater than 60 D. This results in a heat exchanger tube optimised for use in a heat exchanger of an oxygenator.

Abstract: Provided is a filtration module for separating plasma from blood comprising a feeder channel lid, a feeder channel defined by a feeder channel laminating layer having a thickness of less than 5 mil, a filter element in fluid communication with the feeder channel and having a pore size of less than 2 microns and low surface area, and a filtrate take-off port having a dead volume of less than 10 ?L. Also provided are methods for filtering a blood sample comprising supplying the blood sample to a feeder channel of a filtration module and drawing the blood sample over a filter element of the filtration module in a single pass process configuration to provide a retentate and a plasma filtrate.

Abstract: A system for anal and/or stomal irrigation comprises a reservoir (102) for an irrigating liquid, a catheter (100) comprising a catheter tip for insertion into the rectum and/or stoma of a user and for expelling of the irrigating liquid from the catheter tip, the catheter further comprising an expandable retention element (104), such as a balloon. A pump (101) is provided to pump the irrigating liquid from the reservoir to the catheter tip, and a user-operable control interface (123;125) comprising a dedicated emergency stop zone (125) is provided for receiving user input to withdraw the irrigating liquid from the retention element (100) for purging thereof in any operational state of the system.

Abstract: Devices and methods for obtaining high flow rates in a port catheter system, and devices and methods for using a high flow rate port catheter system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a reservoir is dedicated for aspiration and a separate reservoir is dedicated for infusion. Fluid flow channels associated with aspiration are larger than the fluid flow channels associated with infusion. The catheter connected to the port can have an offset tip configuration. Methods for accessing the port are also disclosed.

Abstract: An infusion pump apparatus includes a length of resilient tubing removably loadable in an infusion pump having a housing, a pumping mechanism, and a pump door. A latch member is pivotally mounted to the pump door and cooperates with a latch pin fixed on pump housing. A free-flow protection device is biased to pinch the tubing closed to stop fluid flow. The latch member has a first range of pivotal motion in a latching direction for causing the latch member to engage with the latch pin to secure the door in a closed position and a second range of pivotal motion in the latching direction for causing the latch member to actuate the free-flow protection device to unpinch the tubing and allow flow. The latch member pivots through at least a portion of the first range of pivotal motion before beginning to pivot through the second range of pivotal motion.

Abstract: A medical fluid delivery machine includes a pump interface having an actuation area for delivering positive or negative pressure to a medical fluid handling device; a pressure sensor positioned to measure pressure within the actuation area; a valve positioned to selectively vent the actuation area to atmosphere; and a control unit in signal communication with the pressure sensor and control communication with the valve, the control unit performing a sequence during pumping, wherein (i) application of positive pressure or negative pressure to the actuation area is stopped, the valve is switched to vent the actuation area to atmosphere, then switched to close the actuation area to atmosphere, and at least one pressure signal reading is taken via the pressure sensor, and (ii) a determination is made whether positive pressure or negative pressure to the chamber should be resumed based on the at least one pressure signal reading.

Abstract: A medical infusion pump for delivering a medicament to a patient. The pump includes a user interface to display a choice of nominal medicament delivery rates. The user interface enables a practitioner to select one of the displayed nominal medicament delivery rates. It further enables the practitioner to enter a numerical multiplier factor, thereby creating a nominal delivery rate. It further enables the practitioner to create a custom alphanumeric string that the practitioner associates with a patient characteristic, enter a numeric value relating to the patient characteristic, and determine an actual delivery rate by modifying the selected nominal medicament delivery rate based on the numeric value relating to the patient characteristic. The pump mechanism is then controlled to deliver medicament from a reservoir to a patient at the actual delivery rate.

Abstract: A system for managing a patient's glucose level includes a glucose sensor to generate and store data signals for measurements of the patient's glucose level made by the glucose sensor; an insulin pump; and sensor electronics operatively coupled to the glucose sensor, the sensor electronics comprising a memory storing one or more predetermined characteristics associated with the sensor electronics; and a computing device in electronic communication with the sensor electronics. The computing device comprises a processor configured to operate the sensor electronics to (i) receive the generated data signals, (ii) obtain the one or more predetermined sensor characteristics from the memory and (iii) execute a closed-loop algorithm to provide insulin delivery instructions to an insulin pump by at least using the data signals and predetermined characteristics.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device for injecting dosed amounts of a liquid therapeutic agent, with a receiving device for the therapeutic agent, an applicator device for transferring the therapeutic agent to an application site, a dosing device for transferring the therapeutic agent from the receiving device to the applicator device, a trigger device for activating the dosing device, and a detection device for detecting the applied amount of the therapeutic agent. A sensor arrangement is provided which comprises at least one identification device, which identifies whether the therapeutic agent has reached the application site or a site different than the application site.

Abstract: Disclosed is an auto injector and a method for administering a medicament. The auto injector comprising: a housing; a cartridge receiver; a drive module coupled to move a plunger rod configured to move a first stopper; a temperature sensor configured to provide a temperature signal indicative of the temperature of the medicament in the cartridge; a processing unit configured to: receive the temperature signal; control the drive module to move the plunger rod from a first plunger rod position to a mix plunger rod position wherein the movement from the first plunger rod position to the mix plunger rod position is based on the temperature signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an auto injector for administering a medicament. The auto injector comprising: a housing; a cartridge receiver configured to receive a cartridge assembly comprising a cartridge (700) and a cartridge code (1000) feature, the cartridge containing the medicament; a code sensor configured to read the cartridge code feature; a drive module coupled to move a plunger rod; and a processing unit coupled to the code sensor and the drive module. The processing unit being configured to: receive from the code sensor a code signal indicative of the cartridge code feature; control the drive module to move the plunger rod to a first plunger rod position, the first plunger rod position being based on the code signal; receive a trigger event; control the drive module to move the plunger rod to a second plunger rod position following reception of the trigger event.

Abstract: An auto injector is disclosed comprising: a housing, a cartridge receiver, and an ejector member. The cartridge receiver is configured to receive a cartridge containing the medicament. The auto injector further comprises a blocking member coupled to an ejector member. The blocking member is configured to move between a blocking position wherein a connector opening is blocked and a non-blocking position wherein the connector opening is not blocked.

Abstract: Provided is a system for calculating design specifications of an administration apparatus which administers an administration object substance to an object region using a high-energy substance as a driving source. An object administration apparatus to be an object of calculation of the design specifications is specified and substance information related to a prescribed administration object substance to be administered in the object administration apparatus is acquired. Region information related to a prescribed object region is acquired, and distribution information related to a distribution state of the prescribed administration object substance is acquired. In addition, based on the respective pieces of acquired information, design specification information related to a configuration of the object administration apparatus including energy information related to a high-energy substance to be used to administer the prescribed administration object substance is calculated.

Abstract: A device configured to securely hold syringes, used carpules/capsules, and unused carpules/capsules is described. The device is equipped with a first syringe holder and a second syringe holder, each disposed at differing angles with respect to a base of the device. The device is also equipped with multiple carpule/cartridge holders, each bored into the device. The entirety of the device is preferably metallic, lending to its capacity to be autoclaved for ideal sterilization before use. The device facilitates one-handed closing or capping of syringes, helping to ensure the safety of the patient and the administrator. It is envisioned that the device be used to contain liquid anesthetics to be administered to a patient. The placement of the carpule/cartridge holders enables the dentist or other dental staff to readily keep track of how much anesthetic has been applied, helping to prevent error or injury. And for documentation, to keep track of dosages used.

Abstract: A needleless injection device is provided that includes a body forming a housing, a gas generator, a tubular reservoir that contains an active ingredient, and a T-shaped elastically deformable membrane having a tubular portion. The reservoir extends axially in the housing from an upper end to a lower end and the tubular portion is configured to extend and lie axially in the reservoir under an effect of a pressure generated by the gas generator. An injection nozzle is arranged at the lower end of the reservoir. The tubular portion is funnel shaped and includes at least an upper segment that decreases along an axial elongation direction of the member and a lower segment that increases along the axial elongation direction. The axial length of the upper segment is greater than that of the lower segment.

Abstract: A syringe adapter having a syringe holder and an actuator are disclosed. The syringe holder may include a fixed portion that may receive a barrel of a syringe and an adjustable portion adjustably positioned relative to the fixed portion, where the adjustable portion may receive a plunger of the syringe. To facilitate aspirating fluid to and/or dispensing fluid from the syringe, the actuator may be selectively actuated with one or more digits or a palm of a user's hand to adjust a position of the adjustable portion. The selective actuation of the actuator may be performed with one or more digits of the user while two or more other digits are engaging a portion of the adapter adjacent a dispensing end of the syringe. The adapter may include a gear system translating movement of the actuator to movement of the adjustable portion of the syringe holder.

Abstract: A communication device arranged for transmitting information from a medicament delivery device is presented. The communication device includes at least one rotation detection arrangement, the at least one rotation detection arrangement being configured to detect a rotation of at least one physical part of the medicament delivery device. The communication device also includes at least one determination unit configured to determine information related to a medicament delivery performed by the medicament delivery device. The communication device further includes at least one activation unit configured to activate the at least one determination unit based on the detected rotation. Also, the communication device includes at least one transmission unit configured to provide a wireless transmission of the information to an external receiving device.

Abstract: A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 ?m and not greater than 55 ?m and a width of not less than 30 ?m and not greater than 75 ?m. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.

Abstract: A sensor device removably attachable to a drug delivery device includes a sensing arrangement arranged within the sensor device and circuitry configured to process signals provided by the sensing arrangement. The sensing arrangement is configured such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the sensing arrangement is operable to read encoded information present on a rotatable component internal to the drug delivery device and that is able to be sensed through a window or aperture of the drug delivery device, and is operable to sense through the window or aperture at least a part of a drive mechanism of the drug delivery device. The circuitry is configured to determine information relating to a set dose, and to determine information relating to whether the drug delivery device is in a dose setting mode or whether the device is in a dose delivery mode.

Abstract: Medical delivery device (10) comprises a rod element (30) and a dosage member (60). The rod element (30) has a stem (310) with a longitudinal axis (380), a first thread arrangement (3320, 3330), a distal end and a proximal end. The dosage member (60) comprises a delivery orifice (620) and a chamber body (610) with a distal end, a proximal end and a hollow interior. The stem (310) of the rod element (30) extends into the interior of the chamber body (610) of the dosage member (60) and the delivery orifice (620) is arranged adjacent to the proximal end of the stem (310) of the rod element (30). In a dosing status of the medical delivery device (10), the rod element (30) is movable along its longitudinal axis (380) relative to the delivery orifice (620) of the dosage member (60) by the first thread arrangement (3320, 3330) of the stem (310) of the rod element (30) and a second thread arrangement (650) travelling along each other.

Abstract: A medical delivery device (1; 10) comprises a rod element (3; 30), a dosage member (6; 60) and a lock mechanism. The rod element (3; 30) has a stem (31; 310) with a longitudinal axis (38; 380), a distal end and a proximal end. The dosage member (6; 60) comprises a delivery orifice (62; 620) and a chamber body (61; 610) with a distal end, a proximal end and a hollow interior. The stem (31; 310) of the rod element (3; 30) extends into the interior of the chamber body (61; 610) of the dosage member (6; 60) and the delivery orifice (62; 620) is arranged adjacent to the proximal end of the stem (31; 310) of the rod element (3; 30).

Abstract: A medical delivery device (1) comprises a rod element (3), a dial shell (4), a delivery orifice (62) and a switching mechanism (7, 36). The rod element (3) has a stem (31) with a longitudinal axis (38), a first thread arrangement (35, 36), a proximal end and a distal end. The dial shell (4) has a second thread arrangement (411). The delivery orifice (62) is arranged adjacent to the proximal end of the stem (31) of the rod element (3). The switching mechanism (7, 36) is arranged for changing the medical delivery device (1) from a dosing status to a delivery status.

Abstract: A rotary sensor assembly, comprising a first sensor part with a plurality of position sensor segments, and a second sensor part with a grounded contact in contact with a position sensor segment. For a current incremental rotational position a contact is in contact with an un-powered current-position sensor segment, with the neighbour segments being in a powered state. When the contact is rotated to a powered next-position position sensor segment, the next-position sensor segment becomes a new current-position sensor segment. Electronic circuitry is adapted to detect that the new current-position sensor segment is grounded and that the first and second sensor parts thereby have been rotated one increment relative to each other, and subsequently change the state of the former current-position sensor segment from un-powered to powered and the state of the new current-position sensor segment from powered to un-powered.

Abstract: A needle shield remover for assembly with a cap of a medicament delivery device, wherein the needle shield remover comprises a longitudinally elongated tubular body (10, 10?, 10?) having a plurality of structural features, wherein said plurality of structural features are symmetrically disposed on the tubular body (10, 10?, 10?), in relation to a plane of symmetry which is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis.

Abstract: User-friendly attachment mechanisms for pen needles provide improved handling and ease of use, including locking installation and removal features and sensory feedback when a needle-bearing hub is seated on a pen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device including a cartridge holder to which an injection needle holder can be fixed, the injection needle holder holding an injection needle having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being protected by an inner injection needle cap detachably connected to the injection needle holder, the cartridge holder being mounted in a housing and configured to receive a cartridge of medicament, a cap assembly detachably connected to the housing, and a gripping mechanism configured to remove the inner injection needle cap from the injection needle holder when the cap assembly is pulled away from the cartridge holder.

Abstract: A medicament injection device comprising: a main body; a medicament cartridge holder fixed with respect to the main body, wherein the medicament cartridge holder is configured to hold a medicament cartridge; a needle carrier carrying a needle, wherein the needle carrier is axially movable with respect to the main body; and a rotatable cap at a distal end of the device, wherein the cap comprises a first pre-stressed spring coupled to the needle carrier, wherein the cap is arranged so that rotational movement thereof causes release of the first pre-stressed spring thereby causing the needle carrier to move axially towards a proximal end of the device.

Abstract: The syringe can have a plunger body and a plunger seal both independently slidingly engaged within a cavity of a barrel for movement along a common longitudinal axis, and a needle anchored to the plunger body and extending across the plunger seal, the needle having an inlet aperture allowing fluid flow communication into an internal conduit of the needle, the barrel having a reservoir for receiving a medical fluid, the reservoir extending between the plunger seal and a bottom, the bottom being closed by a septum.

Abstract: A syringe protecting device equipped with an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder and a spring, wherein, when the spring is released from its compressed state, the inner cylinder is moved rearward with respect to the outer cylinder so that a syringe needle is stored inside the outer cylinder, and the syringe protecting device further equipped with a releasable pre-locking mechanism for fixing the inner cylinder to the outer cylinder while maintaining the spring in the compressed state in the front-rear direction, wherein, the pre-locking mechanism fixes the inner cylinder before movement to the outer cylinder by engaging the protruding sections of the ring with the engaging sections of the through groove sections.

Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a safety syringe having a retractable needle shield which is capable of being retracted to expose the needle for use; being advanced to a needle shielding position; and, if desired, of being removed from the syringe with the shielded needle safely contained within the retractable needle shield via a frangible segment between the syringe barrel and the needle/needle shield components. The disclosure further pertains to a method of using the safety syringe having a retractable needle shield.

Abstract: The Pierce Ear Hole Protector is a Earrings that is a hypodermic tube with holds on it and goes in the hole of a pierce ear to inject a healing substance to keep a pierce ear from closing or getting infected or sore by a administering a injection to the center of the tube treating area around pierce ear hole with a medicine of choice for pain relief.

Abstract: A method for reducing patient stress during prolonged subcutaneous pharmaceutical injection wherein a flexible, nonmetallic sleeve is provided for pharmaceutical delivery. A penetration needle, disposed in the sleeve, allows the flexible sleeve to penetrate a patient's skin. Once the flexible, nonmetallic sleeve has penetrated a patient's skin the penetration needle is removed and a delivery needle is introduced to an upper and of the sleeve.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for applying an anesthetic includes a receptacle having an upper end, a substantially hollow interior, a lower end having a tube or nozzle extending therefrom, and an attachment for attaching to the barrel of a syringe or vice versa. The receptacle receives a container or canister containing an endothermic gas or vapor(propellant) that rapidly absorbs heat when released to the atmosphere. A depressible actuating member or trigger propels the gas or vapor through an outlet nozzle that is oriented to project a stream of gas or vapor along a delivery axis that intersects a delivery axis of the needle, therefore, the gas or vapor can be successively delivered to an injection site with minimal repositioning of the housing.