| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 604513000 | Including docking element, port or sealing means | 24 |
| 20090105688 | IMPLANTABLE ACCESS PORT WITH LUMINOUS GUIDE AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - An implantable access port comprises a housing defining a fluid receiving chamber and a septum covering an opening of the housing to permit access to the fluid receiving chamber in combination with a light source coupled to the housing, the light source aimed so that, when the port is implanted subcutaneously in a desired orientation, light transmitted from the light source impinges on an area of skin adjacent to a location of the septum. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20130085474 | Syringe with Disinfecting Tip Feature - Syringe assemblies comprising a disinfecting reservoir collar to ensure adherence to aseptic techniques for use in flush procedures for vascular access devices (VAD's) are described. Also described are methods of disinfecting vascular access devices. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085473 | Pre-Pierced IV Access Port - An access port for the introduction of a needle cannula tip into an IV tube set includes a rigid tubular housing and a resilient member disposed adjacent an inlet of the housing. The resilient member includes an axial perforation extending through the resilient member, and is normally closed by the resilient character of the resilient member. A depression is defined in a proximal face of the resilient member, and includes sidewalls extending between the proximal face and the axial perforation to guide the tip of the cannulated needle toward the perforation as the cannulated needle is introduced into the access port. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20100042070 | NEUROLOGICAL APPARATUS COMPRISING A PERCUTANEOUS ACCESS DEVICE - Apparatus for delivering therapeutic agents to the central nervous system of a subject is described. The apparatus comprises at least one intracranial catheter and a percutaneous access device. The percutaneous access device comprises a body having at least one extracorporeal surface and at least one subcutaneous surface, the body defining at least one port for connection to an implanted intracranial catheter. The port is accessible from the extracorporeal surface of the device, but is provided with a seal such as a rubber bung between the lumen of the port and the extracorporeal surface. The percutaneous access device may have more than two ports and/or a flange. A method of implanting the percutaneous access device is also described. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20090157045 | Guidewire Compatible Port and Method for Inserting the Same - An access port assembly having an attachable catheter allows for inserting a guidewire into the catheter to aid in the placement of the integral catheter while still attached to the access port assembly. A method is described for placing an access port fixedly attached to a catheter into a patient using a guidewire inserted into the catheter. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090012496 | Intravascular Line and Port Cleaning Methods, Methods of Administering an Agent Intravascularly, Methods of Obtaining/Testing Blood, and Devices for Performing Such Methods - An intravascular port access device includes a first component having a chamber configured to attach reversibly to an intravenous line port. A second component reversibly attaches to the first component and contains a disinfecting agent and an applicator material. The second component is configured to be reversibly received over external surfaces of the intravenous line port. A method of cleansing an intravenous line port includes providing a port cleaning device having a first component with a chamber containing a first cleaning agent. A second component includes a second cleaning agent. A third component has a microbiocidal agent and is reversibly attached to the first component. The second component is removed from the device, the external surfaces of the port are contacted with the second cleaning agent, the first cleaning agent is ejected from the chamber into the port, and the third component is used to cap the port. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090012495 | Intravascular Line and Port Cleaning Methods, Methods of Administering an Agent Intravascularly, Methods of Obtaining/Testing Blood, and Devices for Performing Such Methods - An intravascular port access device includes a first component having a chamber configured to attach reversibly to an intravenous line port. A second component reversibly attaches to the first component and contains a disinfecting agent and an applicator material. The second component is configured to be reversibly received over external surfaces of the intravenous line port. A method of cleansing an intravenous line port includes providing a port cleaning device having a first component with a chamber containing a first cleaning agent. A second component includes a second cleaning agent. A third component has a microbiocidal agent and is reversibly attached to the first component. The second component is removed from the device, the external surfaces of the port are contacted with the second cleaning agent, the first cleaning agent is ejected from the chamber into the port, and the third component is used to cap the port. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20110288530 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRACTION OF THE SPINAL DISC SPACE - An extractable device is used to insert a medicinal filling into a spinal disc. The device comprises a filling member and a flowable medicine. The filling member is made of a flexible and permeable wall and is provided with a holding portion and an injection port via which the flowable medicine is injected into the holding portion after the filling member is inserted into the spinal disc. The holding portion is provided with an opening which is releasably lashed by one end of one or more threads so as to make the opening leakproof. Upon completion of solidification of the flowable medicine in the holding portion of the filling member, other end of the thread is pulled to unlash the opening of the holding portion, thereby enabling the filling member to be extracted from the spinal disc so as to leave only the medicine in the spinal disc. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20090149832 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FLUID TRANSFER VIA SUBCUTANEOUS PORT - A device for providing access to an implantable fluid transfer port, comprises a needle extending to a distal end insertable into body to enter a reservoir of a port implanted therein and an actuation member extending through a lumen of the needle from an actuator which remains external to a living body accessible to a user thereof in combination with an obturator coupled to a distal end of the actuation member, an outer diameter of the obturator substantially matching an inner diameter of the lumen of the needle so that, when retracted into the lumen, the obturator seals a distal opening thereof and an anchoring mechanism coupled to the actuation member proximally of the obturator, the anchoring mechanism being moved to an expanded state in which an outer diameter of the anchoring mechanism exceeds an outer diameter of the needle when moved out of the lumen of the needle. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20080249505 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING AN INFUSION SET WITH USER-CONTROLLED 360-DEGREE ROTARY MOTION HUB TO AN INFUSION SITE - A method for mounting an infusion set to an infusion site includes adhering an infuser base of the insertion set to an infusion site on a user's skin and inserting a cannula cartridge of the infusion set into an opening of the infuser base such that a cannula of the cannula cartridge is subcutaneously inserted into the infusion site. Subsequently, the method includes removeably attaching a hub of the infusion set to a barb of the infuser base such that a hub needle of the hub pierces a self-sealing septum of the cannula cartridge, thereby creating a fluid pathway from the hub needle to the cannula. In the method, the attachment of the hub to the barb is such that user-controlled three-hundred and sixty (360°) rotatable motion between the hub and the barb is provided. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080312638 | Medical Apparatus and Method of Use Thereof - Apparatus for the aspiration of a fluid from an individual, the apparatus comprising a port in fluid communication with the atmosphere; a catheter having a proximal end arranged to be inserted into the body of an individual and having a distal end; a one-way valve; and a fluid passage switch reversibly movable between a first position in which the distal end of the catheter is in fluid communication with the port and a second position in which the distal end of the catheter is in fluid communication with the one-way valve, the one-way valve being arranged to permit fluid flow there through in a direction from the distal end of the catheter. The apparatus may be used for both the aspiration of fluid from within the body and instillation of fluid into the body. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20120095443 | NANOCHANNELED DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS - A capsule configured for in vivo refilling of a thereapeutic agent. In certain embodiments, the capsule may contain methotrexate. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20090048578 | DISPOSABLE INFUSION DEVICE FACILITATING TISSUE FOLD FORMATION FOR CANNULA DEPLOYMENT AND METHOD - A device and method facilitates the forming of a skin fold during deployment of a cannula. The device may be a disposable infusion device and the method comprises adhering, to a skin surface, a base member having a port for receiving a cannula, forming a skin fold having skin surfaces sloping away from opposite sides of the base member, driving a cannula through the port of the base member while maintaining the skin fold, and releasing the skin fold. To facilitate the forming of the skin fold, the device comprises a base having a base surface and a flexible layer member. The flexible layer member has a first surface adjacent the base surface and a second surface adapted to be adhered to a patient's skin. The first surface has a first portion adhered to a portion of the base surface and a second portion adherable to the base surface. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110040281 | INTEGRATED VASCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEM - An integrated vascular delivery system having a frame configured to receive a catheter insertable in a patient to deliver fluid at an insertion site. The frame includes a first hub, a second hub, and a pair of flexible lateral members extending between the hubs and including a tubular lateral member. The system also includes a fluidic channel that fluidically communicates with the catheter, wherein the fluidic channel passes through the tubular lateral member and at least one of the hubs, and includes a fixed turnabout portion in which fluid flows in a direction different from that within the catheter. The first and second hubs provide anchoring points on the patient distributed around the insertion site and on opposite ends of the catheter, thereby anchoring the frame to the patient and stabilizing the catheter. A method is provided for using an integrated vascular delivery system. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110152837 | INFILTRATION CANNULA - An infiltration cannula and method of using the infiltration cannula during an infiltration procedure are disclosed herein. The infiltration cannula includes: a tubular needle and a hub. The tubular needle has a proximal end and a distal end. The tubular needle also has a plurality of apertures disposed in a pattern about the distal end. The apertures are configured to infiltrate fluid into the subcutaneous tissue of a patient. The hub is configured to be held by a person performing the infiltration procedure. The hub has a first end and an opposing second end. The first end is attached to the proximal end of the tubular needle and the second end includes a connector configured to connect to an input source for receiving the fluid to be infiltrated into the subcutaneous tissue of the patient. The fluid flows from the connector, through the hub and into the tubular needle. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20080319416 | Protector apparatus - An apparatus and a method for use with a device for delivery of a therapeutic fluid into a body of a patient and/or for sensing of a bodily analyte are disclosed. The apparatus is adapted for accommodating at least one subcutaneously insertable element and at least one penetrating member for penetrating the skin of the patient. The apparatus includes a protective member having an elongate body from which the subcutaneously insertable element and the penetrating member can be protracted to penetrate the skin of the patient and into which the penetrating member can be retracted subsequent to the penetrating, thereby retaining the subcutaneously insertable element in the body of the patient. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20110137288 | VASCULAR ACCESS PORT - An access port, wherein the access port may include a body having an exterior surface and a chamber defined therein, a bore defined in the body providing fluid communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a needle in fluid communication with the chamber, a passage defined in the body providing communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a seal secured within the passage, and an actuator in communication with the needle, configured to move the needle relative to the passage or move the passage relative to the needle. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137289 | PORTABLE EQUIPMENT FOR ADMINISTRATION OF FLUIDS INTO TISSUES AND TUMORS BY CONVECTION ENHANCED DELIVERY TECHNIQUE - The present invention is directed to a device for a portable convection enhanced delivery system that allows administering liquids to specific locations within the body, especially tissues and tumors also allowing outsubject treatment. The application system comprises a portable extracorporal pump with a fluid reservoir that is connected via an infusion system to an infusion catheter placeable to any tissue or tumor the fluid should be administered to by high flow microperfusion. The system enables administration of fluids of any kind by convection enhanced delivery also in out-patient treatment. The system can be used for delivering various drugs, proteins, protein toxins, antibodies for treatment or imaging, proteins in enzyme replacement therapy, growth factors and viruses or oligonucleotides in gene therapy etc. The application methods as well as the surgical method to implant this device are enclosed to this invention. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20090192493 | IMPLANTABLE DRUG-DELIVERY DEVICES, AND APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REFILLING THE DEVICES - In various embodiments, a needle is employed in refilling drug-delivery devices. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20080215035 | Systems, devices and methods for sustained delivery of a therapeutic fluid - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices, systems and methods for delivering therapeutic fluid (e.g., insulin) into the body, including a skin adherable cradle, for retaining a therapeutic fluid dispenser for delivering a therapeutic fluid to a user. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20120271278 | INTEGRATED SYRINGE DEVICE WITH SELF-CAPPING CONNECTOR - An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides an integrated syringe-device which can store a volume of fluid for infusion, can connect via an air-tight connector to another device (such as a luer connector), can flush fluid through the connector into the other device, and can deliver a cap that forms an air-tight closure to the device connector. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120089120 | INFILTRATION CANNULA - An infiltration cannula and method of using the infiltration cannula during a tumescent infiltration procedure are disclosed herein. The infiltration cannula may have an outwardly flaring hub which may be wedged into an adit of a patient to minimize leakage of fluid being infiltrated into the patient. Also, the infiltration cannula may be utilized to hydrate a dehydrated patient by a medically untrained person. The infiltration cannula may also be used to deliver an antibiotic/vasoconstrictive drug solution to minimize surgical site infections. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120330277 | INTRAVENOUS INJECTION SITE WITH SPLIT SEPTUM AND PRESSURE ACTIVATED FLOW CONTROL VALVE - An injection site ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20100130959 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS VIA ARTIFICIAL INTERNAL IMPLANTS - A device is provided for use with a medical implant for delivering an agent to a designated site of action in a body of a patient. The agent-delivery device comprises a body member adapted to be secured to the medical implant and an agent-delivery component associated with the body member. The agent-delivery component includes a therapeutic agent for treating the body of the patient. The agent-delivery component is configured to release the therapeutic agent after implantation in the body of the patient. | 05-27-2010 |
