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| 20090301480 | DIAGNOSTIC SAMPLE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A bronchoalveolar lavage instillation/aspiration system which includes (i) a needleless bronchoalveolar lavage instillation/aspiration device with a barrel member including a barrel lumen having a distal aperture and a self-sealing member configured for maintaining a fluid-disruptable, resealable barrier to the distal aperture; and (ii) a catheter assembly configured to provide a patent path of fluid communication between the instillation/aspiration device and a patient bronchial passage, where the catheter includes a wedging structure configured to engage a patient bronchial passage. In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention may include one or more methods of making and using a system or component described herein. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090306544 | INSTILLATION/ASPIRATION DEVICE - A three-in-one instillation aspiration device configured for (i) instillation of a sampling fluid from a sealed body, (ii) aspiration of the sampling fluid from a target site with collected material into the sealed body, and (iii) transport, without external exposure, of the collected sample to a diagnostic site. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090306545 | BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE CATHETER ASSEMBLY - A catheter assembly configured for use in a non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage procedure. The catheter assembly may include an inner catheter member having an inner catheter lumen and an outer catheter member having an outer catheter lumen, where the inner catheter member is disposed longitudinally and coaxially through at least a lengthwise portion of the outer catheter lumen, a distal end portion of the outer catheter includes an atraumatically-shaped disruptable seal—which seal includes at least a pair of overlapping slits that extend at least partially through an internal distal end wall portion of the outer catheter—and where a distal end portion of the inner catheter includes a wedging structure configured to at least partially sealingly contact an inner circumference of a passage in a lower portion of a patient lung. | 12-10-2009 |
