Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
604275000 | Nozzle insertable into body orifice | 21 |
20080249483 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR BIOFILM REMOVAL - Systems and methods for removal of bacterial biofilm from a target site of a human patient includes a surgical instrument having an introducer for bodily insertion and maintaining an irrigation duct and a nozzle. A distal portion of the introducer is transitionable between a plurality of bend angles relative to a proximal portion thereof. In particular, the instrument is adapted to independently maintain the distal portion at each of the plurality of bend angles relative to the proximal portion. The nozzle is maintained relative to the distal portion of the introducer and is adapted to dispense pressurized irrigant from the irrigation duct toward a layer of bacterial biofilm. | 10-09-2008 |
20090043267 | Portable Self-Contained Bowel Lavage System - A portable, self-contained bowel lavage system for supporting a person in a sitting or squatting position during an enema, comprising a housing ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090143750 | SURGICAL FIELD SMOKE EVACUATORS - Universally adaptable evacuators are adaptable to all surgical fields, easy to apply and, in most cases, may be expanded and/or removed as necessary. A hollow tube including a fitting adapted for connection to a vacuum source and at least one smoke inlet is held in position with the smoke inlet proximate to a surgical wound. According to a preferred embodiment, a stapling tab extending from a flexible perforated tube is used to hold the evacuator in place around the periphery of a surgical incision. According to an alternative embodiment, a smoke evacuator attaches temporarily or permanently to a retractor or other surgical instrument. Standard tubing and couplers may be used and the assembly may be prepackaged in sterile condition and disposed after use. | 06-04-2009 |
20090209924 | ENHANCED PNEUMOSTOMA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE - A partially-implantable pneumostoma management device maintains the patency of a pneumostoma while controlling the flow of material through the pneumostoma. A tube of the pneumostoma management device is placed through the chest wall into the lung. The tube comprises a plurality of holes in the distal end to allow the entry of gases and non-gaseous discharge from the lung. A contact surface prevents over-insertion of the tube while releasably securing the device to the chest of the patient. The contact surface has features to reduce irritation of the skin of the chest. | 08-20-2009 |
20100249730 | ENEMA DEVICE - An enema device for use with a source of enema fluid having an elongated nozzle includes a hollow elongated rigid body having an interior extending between first and second ends and a feed portion formed at the first end defining a feed portion opening. A hollow nozzle receiving portion extends from the feed portion opening and is in fluid communication with the feed portion opening and the interior of the hollow elongated body. The hollow nozzle receiving portion is sized and configured to slidably receive the elongated nozzle, wherein when the elongated nozzle is slidably received within the hollow nozzle receiving portion, the elongated nozzle is in fluid communication with the interior of the hollow elongated body. The enema device further includes a discharge portion disposed at the second end of the elongated body. The discharge portion defines a discharge opening in communication with the interior of the hollow elongated body. | 09-30-2010 |
20100292658 | Device and methods for delivering fluids to animals - Embodiments of the present invention feature devices and methods for providing fluids to or venting gas from animals which feature a tube and a sheath in which the sheath covers the tube as the tube in inserted into the oral cavity and esophagus. | 11-18-2010 |
20110152794 | Throat obstruction dislodging device and method for its use - A device that helps clear an obstruction lodged in a person's throat has a barrel with a proximal end and an open distal end. A plunger assembly is slidably received within the barrel through the proximal end such that drawing the plunger outwardly from the proximal end produces a suction in the barrel thereby drawing air into the barrel through the distal end. The inside diameter at the distal end is relatively smaller compared to the inside diameter of the barrel at its medial section. One or more O-rings encircle the outer surface of the barrel at the distal end. The distal end is intubated into the throat of the person with the O-ring helping create a seal within the throat. The plunger is drawn outwardly from the proximal end drawing air into the distal end causing a suction in the throat, which suction helps dislodge the obstruction upwardly toward the mouth. | 06-23-2011 |
20110288500 | DRUG-DELIVERY ELEMENT FOR AN ELONGATE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT - An implantable medical device including an implantable elongate component and at least one elongate drug-delivery element. The elongate drug-delivery element releasably carries at least one drug and is configured to be mounted to the elongate component such that the longitudinal axis of the drug-delivery element is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the elongate component. | 11-24-2011 |
20110319840 | FACETED NASAL SEAL - A nozzle for a nasal rinse device includes a collar that forms a conduit. The collar is configured to attach the nozzle to the nasal rinse device. An outlet aperture defined by the collar is on a top portion of the nozzle. The nozzle also includes a skirt extending outwards and downwards from the collar, and an outer surface of the skirt is faceted. | 12-29-2011 |
20130053792 | EXPANDABLE CATHETER SYSTEM FOR VESSEL WALL INJECTION AND MUSCLE AND NERVE FIBER ABLATION - A catheter-based/intravascular ablation (denervation) system includes a multiplicity of needles which expand open around a central axis to engage the wall of a blood vessel, or the wall of the left atrium, allowing the injection of a cytotoxic or/or neurotoxic solution for ablating conducting tissue, or nerve fibers around the ostium of the pulmonary vein, or circumferentially in or just beyond the outer layer of the renal artery. The expandable needle delivery system is formed with self-expanding materials and include structures, near the end portion of the needles, or using separate guide tubes. The system also includes means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into the tissue of the wall of the targeted blood vessel. | 02-28-2013 |
20130165873 | METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSIS OF DISORDERS OF THE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT - A method for irrigating a paranasal sinus may involve advancing a distal portion of a sinus irrigation catheter through an ostium of a paranasal sinus into the sinus and passing fluid through multiple ports disposed at different locations along a length of the catheter distal portion into the sinus. A flexible irrigation catheter device for irrigating a paranasal sinus may include: an elongate catheter body having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen therebetween, and a tapered distal portion extending proximally from the distal end of the catheter body; a proximal hub coupled with the proximal end of the catheter body for connecting to a source of irrigation fluid; multiple side ports disposed along the catheter body closer to the distal end than the proximal end and in fluid communication with the lumen; and a distal end port at the distal end of the catheter body. | 06-27-2013 |
20130245571 | Enteral Safety System and Methods - Enteral safety system (ESS) may include syringe having visual indicator such as barrel with measurement marks of a color. Barrel may allow content viewing. ESS may include hub for connecting syringe to enteral set. Hub may have a visual indicator such as being same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing or set may have a visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Enteral tubing may allow content viewing. ESS may include an enteral tubing-feeding tube hub for connecting enteral tubing to a feeding tube. This hub may have visual indicator such as same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may have visual indicator such as a lengthwise stripe same color as barrel's marks. Feeding tube may allow content viewing. The syringe, syringe-enteral tubing hub, enteral tubing, enteral tubing-feeding tube hub, and feeding tubing are properly connectable by reference to visual indicators such as color matching. | 09-19-2013 |
20150290447 | Medical Tubing Tether Device - A medical tubing tether device secures medical tubing to a patient to prevent the medical tubing from being inadvertently removed from the patient's nose. The device includes a tether comprising a loop configured to be positioned around a person's neck. A fastener is attached to said tether. The fastener is configured for removably coupling medical tubing to the tether. | 10-15-2015 |
604278000 | Having orifice sealing means | 2 |
20080294125 | SURGICAL ACCESS ASSEMBLY WITH WINEPRESS SEAL - A surgical access apparatus includes a housing, an access member extending from the housing and having a longitudinal passageway for passage of an object and defining trailing and leading ends and an elongated seal mechanism mounted relative to the housing. The elongated seal mechanism includes a trailing hub and a leading hub longitudinally spaced from the trailing hub, and being adapted for relative rotational movement about the longitudinal axis, a plurality of spokes extending between and connected to the trailing hub and the leading hub, and an elongated seal member disposed within the spokes and adapted to establish a sealing relation about the object. The spokes define a first minimum internal dimension in a first condition thereof in the absence of an object and defining a second minimum internal dimension in a second condition thereof upon insertion of the object and relative rotation of the trailing hub and the leading hub. The second minimum internal dimension is greater than the first minimum internal dimension. The at least two of the spokes are generally obliquely arranged at a first angle relative to the longitudinal axis when in the first condition thereof and are adapted to be generally arranged at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis when in the second condition thereof, the second angle being less than the first angle. | 11-27-2008 |
20130310773 | SURGICAL ACCESS DEVICE INCLUDING GIMBAL MOUNT COOPERATING WITH BELLOWS - A surgical access device includes a seal assembly having a seal housing and a gimbal mount disposed within the seal housing, the seal housing defining a central longitudinal axis and having a longitudinal passage for receiving at least one surgical object therethrough and the gimbal mount adapted for angular movement relative to the central longitudinal axis. The surgical access device also includes a bellows configured to engage at least a portion of the gimbal mount, the bellows dimensioned and adapted to establish a biasing relationship with the gimbal mount, such that the bellows overcomes a frictional relationship between the gimbal mount and the seal housing, thereby moving the gimbal mount towards a position in which the passage of the gimbal mount is aligned with the central longitudinal axis. The bellows is configured to be attached to a side wall of the seal housing. | 11-21-2013 |
604279000 | Vaginal or douche type | 6 |
20090105668 | FEMININE VAGINAL DOUCHE FOR TIGHTENING A VAGINAL ORIFICE - A feminine vaginal douche and a method for simulating sexual intercourse. The feminine vaginal douche including a douche device, a dispenser, and a douche formula. The method includes the steps of inserting a vaginal douche into an orifice, dispensing douche formula into an orifice, and stimulating muscles of the orifice to expand and contract. | 04-23-2009 |
20110282304 | CANNULA FOR DISPENSING FLUID PRODUCTS, PARTICULARLY FOR VAGINAL AND RECTAL APPLICATIONS - A cannula ( | 11-17-2011 |
20120209220 | Pocket douche and Enema - The Douche and Enema Syringe will hermetically attach to standard bottled water. The syringe is connected to the flexible tube and it's connected to the cap chamber. The rear pipe is also connected on the other side of cap chamber and it has an opening with a slightly similar dimension to the neck of standard bottled water that is available in the market. The rear pipe and flexible tube has an internal axial passage in fluid communication to the nozzle. The rear pipe has thin rings/threads around the pipe passage with diameters slightly larger than the neck opening of the water bottle it will be attached to, so that when the rings are pushed into the water bottle, it hermetically joints the two. It then provides a smooth flow of water spraying out from the nozzle holes use for douche or enema. | 08-16-2012 |
20140074051 | Applicator for dispensing a medicinal substance - Applicators | 03-13-2014 |
20160113866 | INTRAVAGINAL DEVICES FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF LUBRICANTS - The present technology provides intravaginal devices designed to deliver lubricants to the vagina for a sustained period of time. The intravaginal devices include a first segment comprising an outer surface and a lumen containing a lubricant, wherein the first segment is configured to deliver the contents of the lumen to the outer surface, and the first segment comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of a hydrophilic, semi-permeable elastomer and a hydrophobic elastomer. The lubricant may be an aqueous lubricant. The present technology further provides an intravaginal device including a solid first segment that includes a hydrophilic semi-permeable elastomer, an outer surface and an aqueous lubricant, wherein the first segment is configured to deliver the aqueous lubricant to the outer surface. | 04-28-2016 |
20180021503 | VAGINAL DOUCHE WITH A COMPOSITION TO TIGHTEN THE VAGINA | 01-25-2018 |