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A surgical tool including an inelastic and elastic cable to impart a bend to a shaft. A steering assembly is coupled to the shaft and configured to cause longitudinal displacement of the shaft relative to the body to tension the cables to bend the shaft bendable section in a direction of the flexible inelastic cable. The surgical tool may include an active tip with one of the cables being configured to supply energy to the active tip. The surgical tool may be a shaver that includes a shaver shaft having a flexible section configured to be aligned with a shaft bendable section with the motor of the shaver supported on a cradle of a body. The shaft bendable section may be formed by links with the flexible inelastic cable being arcuately spaced apart from tabs within sockets that engage adjacent links.

Ablation systems and methods of the present disclosure include a catheter including one or more image sensors. The one or more image sensors can facilitate, for example, positioning an ablation electrode at a treatment site of an anatomic structure and, additionally or alternatively, can facilitate controlling delivery of therapeutic energy to a treatment site of an anatomic structure.

An introducer assembly includes an elongate sheath sized for insertion into a blood vessel of a patient and a hub. The hub can be coupled to a proximal portion of the sheath and can include a first hub portion and a second hub portion. The hub can include various features to facilitate breaking apart or separating the introducer assembly from a patient. For example, the first hub portion can have a first notch which can facilitate breaking, splitting, or fracturing the hub. The second hub portion can partially surround the first hub portion and can include two wings and an opening disposed above the first notch. The first hub portion can be formed from a first material and second hub portion can be formed from a second material. In some embodiments, the second material can be stiffer than the first material to facilitate fracturing the hub.

To provide a device assembly and a method for treating heart failure by normalizing an elevated blood pressure in the left atrium of the heart of a mammal.SOLUTION: Disclosed herein is a transcatheter interatrial septum excision device assembly configured to create a sized interatrial aperture between right and left atria of a heart for relief of an elevated left atrial pressure. The device assembly comprises a delivery catheter, a tissue stabilizer attached to a first catheter having a central lumen and a penetrating tip that permits passage of a guidewire, and a cutter attached to a second catheter having a central lumen that permits passage of the first catheter. Alternative configurations comprise a (third) catheter having a central lumen that permits passage of the components to and from the right atrium, a tissue retention mechanism, and an optional coaxial alignment mechanism.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

An attachment device for securing an elongate member to a medical instrument, the attachment device comprises a base comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a first base aperture, and a second base aperture, and an adhesive at least partially disposed on the bottom surface of the base. The attachment device is free from adhesive on the bottom surface of the base between the first base aperture and the second base aperture.

Implantable devices for fixation of curved bone such as the pelvic ring pubic symphysis and acetabulum, and methods for the use of the devices are disclosed. The implantable devices are convertible between a flexible state and a rigid state, and include an elongate structure having a proximal bone interface, a main body, and a distal bone interface. In a flexible state, the devices may be inserted along, and conform to a curved pathway, and in the rigid state, the devices may support the mechanical loads required to fixate a fracture.

Provided is a cleaner, including a sprayer, a switching assembly, a water storage assembly, a conveying assembly, and a housing. Because the switching assembly movably connected to the housing is arranged and the sprayer is fixedly connected to the switching assembly, a position and an angle of the sprayer can be adjusted by moving the switching assembly, such that the use convenience is brought for a user, and a storage groove does not need to be formed, making the cleaner more attractive.

A suture needle guide tube includes a tube body and a suture needle guide. The tube body includes an internal axial channel for arranging a handling tube and a plurality of suture needle passing paths located in different positions for guiding a suture needle to pass therethrough. The suture needle guide includes a plurality of suture needle guide channels. Each suture needle guide channel communicates with the corresponding suture needle passing path to guide the suture needle out of the suture needle guide channel, through the suture needle passing path, and into an inner cavity and to allow the suture needle to exit with a suture.

A deflectable catheter is disclosed that includes a proximal handle, an elongated catheter shaft extending distally from the proximal handle and including a deflectable distal end portion, a drive mechanism associated with the proximal handle for deflecting the distal end portion of the catheter shaft between a first position where the distal end portion of the catheter shaft is aligned with an axis of the catheter shaft and a second position where the distal end portion of the catheter shaft is deflected angularly away from the axis of the catheter shaft, and indicator means associated with the drive mechanism for providing a visual indication of the position of the drive mechanism, which corresponds to a degree of curved deflection of the deflectable distal end portion of the catheter shaft.

The present invention discloses a multi-functional bionic nasal irrigator, comprising a base, wherein a water pump for pumping water is arranged in the base, a key panel is arranged on an outer surface of the base, and a water pump water outlet pipe orifice connected to the water pump is arranged at the top of the base. A water-mist spray nozzle device and a water-column spray nozzle device that can be flexibly switched and mounted are designed on the base, main motor power is automatically adjusted according to assembling of different spray nozzle devices, the base is connected to the water-mist spray nozzle device and the water-column spray nozzle device both by clamping, and a diameter of a mist point water outlet hole of an atomization sheet is reduced to 0.15-0.26 mm, so that water mist sprayed has a smaller particle size.

An access device for accessing an intervertebral disc having an outer shield comprising an access shield with a larger diameter (˜16-30 mm) that reaches from the skin down to the facet line, with an inner shield having a second smaller diameter (˜5-12 mm) extending past the access shield and reaches down to the disc level. This combines the benefits of the direct visual microsurgical / mini open approaches and the percutaneous, “ultra-MIS” techniques.

An aiming guide system configured for connection to a bone plate including an aiming arm and a connection assembly. The aiming arm has a rigid body extending from a proximal end to a distal end with a plurality of aiming holes defined through the rigid body between the proximal end and the distal end thereof. The distal end defines an attachment slot through the body. The connection assembly is configured to engage an attachment screw hole of the bone plate and the attachment slot such that the aiming arm is fixed in position relative to the bone plate with each of the aiming holes aligned with a respective hole along the bone plate.

The invention is directed to a device (1) for sealingly protective and at the same time stool-discharging tamponade of a circular anastomosis of two ends of the large intestine, as occur for example in the surgical resection of a rectal carcinoma, wherein a thin-walled balloon body (5) is placed in the region of the anastomosis, and the balloon (5), providing a tamponade, is filled with a filling medium in such a way that the lowest possible pressure necessary for the sealing tamponade of the anastomosed portion of the intestine can be maintained continuously, and, even in the event of a peristaltic contraction of the rectosigmoid colon, the pressure predefined by the user is maintained as constant as possible, wherein sufficiently high volumetric flows of the pressurizing medium supplied to and removed from the balloon (5) are achieved, such that the sealing contact between the balloon (5) and the intestinal wall is maintained in all segments of the balloon body in the course of a peristaltic contraction wave miming from the sigmoid to the anus.

Kidney stone removal system is disclosed having components including a handle mechanism, a nozzle tip, and a guiding device. The handle mechanism employs a trigger that enables control of irrigation and vacuum / suction. Depression of a trigger in the trigger mechanism conveys status of vacuum / suction and irrigation to a user by providing increased resistance at different points of depression. When the trigger is in a home (undepressed) position, irrigation and vacuum / suction are turned off. When the trigger is in a fully depressed position, irrigation and vacuum / suction are turned on. When the trigger is in an intermediate position, irrigation may be turned on, while vacuum / suction remains turned off. The nozzle includes one or more irrigation ports positioned at a distal end of the nozzle and having an irrigation port departure angle of 30 to 60 degrees for directing irrigation fluid forward and laterally from the distal end of the nozzle. The guiding device is configured to be removably positioned in the nozzle for receiving a debris fragmentizing device, such as a laser device. The guiding device is configured to prevent an unintended movement of the fragmentizing device when the fragmentizing device is positioned in the nozzle while allowing fluid and debris to flow past the fragmentizing device and through a vacuum tube.

A thrombus engagement tool having a flexible shaft, a clot engagement tip, and a handle. The engagement tip may include one or more radially outwardly extending structures such as a helical thread. The helical thread can be advanced through a catheter to engage a clot. The handle may be configured to be rotated by hand. When the handle is rotated, the helical thread of the engagement tip can rotate in the same direction thereby allowing the helical threat to engage the clot. The helical thread can wrap around the flexible shaft at least about one, two, or four or more full revolutions, but in some cases no more than about ten or no more than about six revolutions.

An expandable introducer includes a hub and a tubular sheath (121) coupled thereto. The tubular sheath (121) defines a central lumen (103). A circumference of the tubular sheath includes a full thickness region (162) having a first wall thickness (T2) and a reduced thickness region (161) having a second wall thickness (T1) smaller than the first wall thickness (T2). The reduced thickness region (162) is configured to be folded such that the tubular sheath includes an unexpanded, folded state and is configured to expand to an expanded, unfolded state in response to a device passing though the central lumen (103). A first outer diameter of the tubular sheath in the unexpanded, folded state is smaller than a second outer diameter of the tubular sheath in the expanded, unfolded state.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical sampling, and discloses a gynecological vaginal secretion sampling device which comprises a shell, a sealing cover mechanism, a support mechanism and a sampling mechanism. According to the device, after the shell is taken down, the support mechanism and the sampling mechanism are inserted into the lower body of a patient, then normal saline is injected into the fixing pipe through the liquid injection pipe, and the normal saline expands along with the injection of liquid into the liquid bag, so that an inner plate is pushed to move towards the inner wall of the supporting shell, and then a rubber plate is driven to move outwards; after the rubber plate is in contact with the inner wall of the vagina of the patient, injection of the normal saline is stopped, then the outer cover is rotated to drive the gear to rotate, and the gear drives the rotating rod in the gear to rotate, so that the sampling cotton blocks rotate to dip secretions in the vagina of the patient; by arranging the rotating rods, secretions of different depths of a patient can be sampled through the single rotating rod, secretions of different positions can be sampled through the device due to the arrangement of the multiple rotating rods, and therefore samples are richer.

Systems and methods are provided for insertion of a medical device into a blood vessel. The system may include a sheath assembly with an introducer sheath and a variable size repositioning sheath. The variable size repositioning sheath may be configured to be adjustable in size in a radial direction and to be inserted into the blood vessel or an expandable introducer sheath. In some aspects, the system may include an intracardiac device such as a blood pump with an elongate catheter.

A method for downloading data from a surgical hub to a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method comprises assembling a first shaft assembly to a handle and downloading a first set of operational data from the surgical hub to the handle once the first shaft assembly is attached to the handle. The method further comprises assembling a second shaft assembly to the handle and downloading a second set of operational data from the surgical hub to the handle once the second shaft assembly is attached to the handle, wherein the second set of operational data is different than the first set of operational data.

A nasal irrigation device that includes a receptacle and a top that is selectively connectable to the receptacle, where the top includes a nozzle that is selectively rotatable to the receptacle, the nozzle including a finger placement area and a projection circumferentially located away from the finger placement area, the finger placement area and the projection being configured to facilitate rotation of the nozzle. Related processes of using and making such devices.

A tissue resection apparatus is provided which includes an outer tube with a helical coil disposed on a distal end. The coil is provided with a first electrode. A central tube has a distal edge profile comprising one or more surface segments. One of the surface segments includes a second electrode. The central tube is slidably disposed within the outer tube and positioned such that second electrode opposes at least a portion of the first electrode. A cutting tube is slidably disposed within the central tube and includes a cutting edge.

A safety mechanism for an obturator having a sharp distal tip and a notch proximal to the sharp distal tip. The safety mechanism includes a sheath and clip combination configured to releasably couple to a needle hub. The clip is configured to transition between a coupled configuration and an uncoupled configuration. The clip can include a first arm including a first keyhole aperture and a second arm including a second keyhole aperture. The clip can further include a biasing member connecting the first arm to the second arm, the biasing member configured to bias the clip toward the uncoupled configuration. The first keyhole aperture and the second keyhole aperture are configured to slidingly receive the obturator. The clip can transition from the coupled configuration to the uncoupled configuration when the first keyhole aperture and the second keyhole aperture engage the notch.

The invention provides an endoscopic positive negative pressure suction rotary-cut biopsy needle and a biopsy system.The biopsy needle comprises a far-end pipeline part and a near-end handheld part, the near-end handheld part comprises a near-end shell and a rotary-cut knife tube transmission assembly, and the near end of a rotary-cut knife tube is installed in the near-end shell through the rotary-cut knife tube transmission assembly; a negative pressure interface is formed in the near-end wall of the near-end shell; the rotary cutter tube transmission assembly comprises a circumferential rotation transmission mechanism and an axial movement transmission mechanism, the circumferential rotation transmission mechanism comprises a mandrel assembly and a rotating shaft sleeve which are located in the near-end shell, the rotary cutter tube is fixedly sleeved with the mandrel assembly, and the mandrel assembly is sleeved with the rotating shaft sleeve; the rotating shaft sleeve and the rotary cutter pipe are in dynamic sealing through a first dynamic sealing piece; the near end of the rotating shaft sleeve is fixedly and hermetically communicated with a rotating pipe; the rotating pipe is also hermetically communicated with the negative pressure interface through a second dynamic sealing piece; the rotating shaft sleeve is driven to rotate, so that the rotating shaft sleeve drives the mandrel assembly to rotate, and then the rotary cutter pipe is driven to rotate.

Various implementations include an inflatable sheath (8) for delivering a medical device, the sheath includes a fluid chamber (for example, a fluid-bearing chamber) (356) that when inflated expands the sheath from an unexpanded configuration in which the central lumen has a first diameter to an expanded configuration in which the central lumen has a second, larger, diameter.

Methods of ablating a basivertebral nerve (BVN) in a lumbar or sacral vertebral body of a patient. An introducer and one or more instruments are selected after a pre-surgical evaluation. The introducer has a handle coupled to a shaft defining a central channel and an opening at a distal tip thereof. The introducer is inserted through a pedicle of the vertebral body such that its opening reaches a cancellous portion of the vertebral body. The one or more instruments are delivered through the central channel. A distal deflectable section of the one or more instruments is advanced past the introducer's opening to position it proximate to the BVN in a posterior midline section of the vertebral body. An active element is extended relative to at least a portion of the one or more instruments. Energy is delivered to the active element to ablate at least a portion of the BVN.

The invention provides a combined debridement nursing device for an operating room, and belongs to the technical field of debridement devices. Comprising a flushing handle, one end of the flushing handle is fixedly connected with a flushing assembly, the flushing assembly is used for assisting in wound cleaning, and the flushing assembly is connected with the flushing handle; and the suction assembly is used for extracting liquid and foreign matters in the wound, and the suction assembly is connected with the flushing assembly. By arranging the flushing assembly and the suction assembly, the flushing assembly and the suction assembly are arranged on the flushing gun and the suction pipe correspondingly, the flushing assembly can avoid direct contact between a flushing head and a wound surface and improve the debridement efficiency, necrotic tissue can be conveniently removed in the debridement process, and therefore the flushing head can treat the wound surface more conveniently; the suction assembly can be used in combination with the flushing gun and can be independently used, blockage can be effectively prevented, and the debridement efficiency is improved.

A disposable or reusable length adjustable tubular retractor, a surgical system, and a tube breaker for adjusting the length of the length adjustable tubular retractor are provided. The length adjustable tubular retractor includes a cylindrical body and at least one or a plurality of grooves or through slots or a combination thereof circumferentially disposed along the cylindrical body at predetermined positions. Each of the at least one or a plurality of grooves, through slots, or a combination thereof is configured such that the cylindrical body is breakable at each of the predetermined positions to form a size-selected length adjustable tubular retractor. A surgical system includes the length adjustable tubular retractor and a retractor handle.

An expandable introducer sheath with an interlock dilator. The present technology provides an expandable sheath with a step feature inside its distal opening, and a dilator with an interlock that includes a catch surface configured to engage with the step feature and resist further relative movement so that the body of the dilator is prevented from exiting the distal end of the expandable sheath. This interlocking engagement may allow the dilator to be used to extend and maintain tension on the expandable sheath during insertion into a patient, and then to be retracted from the expandable sheath by pulling the dilator in the opposite direction. The present technology also provides a dilator hub with a spring mechanism configured to achieve and maintain a desired tension on the expandable sheath and to prevent overextension of the expandable sheath when the dilator is being inserted into the expandable sheath.

An introducer sheath is described. The introducer sheath may include a tubular body. The tubular body may extend from a distal end toward a proximal end. The tubular body may include a lumen. The lumen may at least partially be defined by a wall. A channel may be disposed within the wall. The channel may be configured to receive a guidewire. The tubular body may include an expandable portion expandable to increase a cross-sectional area of the lumen.