This invention pertains to a reseal member made of a soft elastomeric material used for sealing a fluid access port. The reseal member is inserted into the fluid access port and prevents fluids from passing therethrough. The reseal member is provided with a slit or recess, or both, that allows a user to exert minimal force to insert a blunt cannula into the reseal member to create a passage to pas...

An infusion catheter including an elongated catheter body, and an infusion section at its distal end for delivery of therapeutic fluid to bodily passages. The infusion section includes an outer tube and an inner tube concentric with the outer tube, each tube having a multiplicity of ports therethrough. The inner tube delimits a central, fluid delivery lumen. The inner tube is uniformly spaced apar...

A slip-layered balloon catheter (10) for insertion into a bodily conduit, especially an artery. The catheter comprises a shaft (21) having at least one lumen (26) for delivery of a fluid inflation media and a slip-layered balloon (12, 30a) made up of a plurality of layers (14, 15, 37) with a low-friction substance (18, 42) between the layers. The low-friction substance causes the layers to slide r...

This invention is taking a bodily sample from deep within the body of a patient and collecting the sample outside the body to facilitate treatment of the patient. A sampling probe is provided in the form of an elongate catheter (4) having a proximal portion that remains outside the body and a distal portion that can be located within the body. The distal portion includes a membrane (16) with openi...

A joint prosthesis for interconnecting the ends of adjoining bones includes a cushion of expanded PTFE having at least two facets for attachment to the bones. The cushion may or may not include stems for insertion into the bones. An optional sheath surrounds the non-facet surfaces of the cushion for preventing adherence of tissue. The motion of the prosthesis is defined or limited by the orientati...

PCT No. PCT/GB95/00008 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 18, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 18, 1996 PCT Filed Jan. 4, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/18638 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 1995The invention is concerned with wound healing and in particular with the use of a collagen-containing membrane in guided tissue regeneration. The invention provides a resorbable collagen membrane for use in guided tissue regeneration wherein on...

PCT No. PCT/IB95/00015 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 9, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 9, 1996 PCT Filed Jan. 9, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/18554 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 1995An umbrella having a simplified construction which dispenses with the stretcher members of conventional umbrellas and has one end hinged to the central portion of each rib. Said umbrella includes a runner (4) axially slidable along the umbrella p...

PCT No. PCT/NL95/00006 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 29, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 29, 1995 PCT Filed Jan. 4, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/18580 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 1995The invention relates to a tensioning system for an orthodontic outer brace, comprising resilient means, and coupling means for transmitting a tensile force exerted by the resilient means to the outer brace. The resilient means comprise a resil...

PCT No. PCT/SE95/00007 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 6, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 6, 1996 PCT Filed Jan. 5, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/18651 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 1995A nozzle for generating and distributing water fog through discharge orifices (18), for example for use for extinguishing fires fighting equipment. At least two of the channels converge and collide at a point outside the nozzle, which comprises a...

PCT No. PCT/US94/14970 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 2, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 2, 1997 PCT Filed Dec. 27, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/18647 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 1995The present invention discloses the incorporation of thermoplastic polyimide into various parts of balloon catheters such as catheter shafts and balloons. Such catheter constructions may be integral or unitary in which the shaft of a portion the...

The instrument includes a flexible coil (14), a flexible pull wire (16) extending through the coil (14), a clevis (40) which is rotatably coupled to the distal end of the coil (14), a handle (12) coupled to the proximal end of the coil (14), and end effectors (18) coupled to the clevis (40) and the pull wire (16). The clevis (40) is coupled to the distal end of the flexible coil (14) by a bushing ...

Biopsy forceps jaws have a cup portion defined by a cup wall having an outer portion with a cup wall edge, and an inner portion having teeth. The teeth include peaks and valleys with the peaks rising above the outer portion cup wall edge, and the valleys remaining below the outer portion cup wall edge. The teeth are preferably arranged radially around at least a portion of the periphery of the cup...

A method and apparatus for the treatment of a prostate gland which isolates the prostatic urethra from the membranous urethra and the bladder so that fluid may be transported into the prostatic ducts without compromising the openings to the prostatic ducts. One preferred embodiment incorporates balloons located at either end of the prostatic urethra to isolate the same.

In a support for the orderly suspension of objects in rod, strip or plate form, there are two clamping jaws (2, 3) movable dependently on each other and rotatably secured to a basic component (4). One of the ends (5, 6) of the clamping jaws (2, 3) projects freely and the other is held so as to rotate transversely to their longitudinal axes (7, 8). The two axes (7, 8) lie at least approximately in ...

Apparatus (1a, 1b) for heating liquids has a receptacle (10)for receiving liquid to be heated, a heating element (30) in the form of a support (31) having an electrically insulating surface (32b) carrying a resistive track (33) for heating liquid within the receptacle (10) and a control arrangement (40) for controlling the supply of power to the heating element (30). The control arrangement (40) i...

Novel blood cell fractionation means utilizes conventional filters coated with high molecular weight polyethylene oxide derivatives crosslinked to prevent leaching from filter surfaces. These fractionation means have a special efficacy in binding white blood cells from whole blood while simultaneously allowing red cells and platelets to pass in the effluent phase.

PCT No. PCT/DE94/01556 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 28, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 28, 1996 PCT Filed Dec. 30, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/17942 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 6, 1995A process for manufacturing a fluid filter and a device for carrying out the process in which a fluid-permeable material is pre-folded to form a first filter region including a number of fold walls arranged as substantially zig-zag shaped conti...

PCT No. PCT/DE94/01558 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 28, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 28, 1996 PCT Filed Dec. 30, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/17943 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 6, 1995A filter insert (1A) for a fluid filter with an outer square or hollow cylindrical shape has a plurality of continuous zigzag folded walls (5) made of a fluid-permeable material (2) and provided in the plane of at least part of the folded walls...

PCT No. PCT/DE94/01559 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 28, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 28, 1996 PCT Filed Dec. 30, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/17944 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 6, 1995A process and apparatus is provided for producing a filter insert for a fluid filter. The insert is comprised of filter material having a number of fold walls arranged in a zigzag-shaped continuous fold. Adjacent fold walls are connected to one...

PCT No. PCT/EP94/04311 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 20, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 20, 1996 PCT Filed Dec. 23, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/17967 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 6, 1995A tubular mill for grinding natural and synthetic raw materials, in particular for the cement industry, includes a rotary cylindrical drum (11, 111) arranged with its axis (27) horizontal and containing at least one grinding element (25, 34), i...