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Disclosed is a negative pressure suction sheath, comprising a sheath tube (1), a negative pressure connector (2), and a dilator (3). The negative pressure connector (2) comprises a main channel cavity (201) and a negative pressure suction channel cavity (202) located on one side of the main channel cavity (201). A proximal end of the sheath tube (1) is connected to a distal end of the main channel cavity (201). The dilator (3) is inserted from a proximal end of the main channel cavity (201) and extends out of a distal end of the sheath tube (1) and is detachably connected to the main channel cavity (201). A side channel port (205) is formed on one side of the main channel cavity (201), and the negative pressure suction channel cavity (202) is in communication with the side channel port (205). A cavity wall of the main channel cavity (201) is further provided with a pressure regulating port (203). The pressure regulating port (203) is arranged corresponding to the side channel port (205) or is located at one end of the side channel port (205) distal to the sheath tube (1), and the magnitude of the negative pressure in the sheath tube (1) can be adjusted by adjusting the opening size of the pressure regulating port (203).

The invention discloses a postoperative drainage device for clinical nursing and a monitoring system, and belongs to the technical field of biomedical engineering. The problems that an existing device manually monitors drainage liquid data, consequently, the monitoring precision is insufficient, and the complication probability cannot be predicted are solved, drainage liquid and patient vital sign data are collected in real time through the micro spectrograph, the character multi-parameter sensor, the micro pressure sensor and the intelligent bracelet and transmitted to the remote monitoring platform, and the monitoring accuracy is improved. Medical staff can check real-time data of a patient at any time and adjust a treatment scheme in time, so that the nursing efficiency and quality are improved; multi-parameter data such as color, metering and property of drainage liquid and vital sign data are analyzed through a risk prediction model, intervention measures are dynamically adjusted according to different complication types and probabilities in combination with patient condition changes and real-time monitoring data, accurate intervention on the complication is achieved, and the occurrence rate and severity of the complication are reduced.

The disclosure relates to a bearing device for a cardiac support system. The bearing device comprises a stand unit and an impeller. The stand unit is designed to support the impeller such that it can rotate. The impeller is designed to rotate during an operation of the cardiac support system in order to convey a pump fluid flow. The impeller is designed to enclose at least one subsection of the stand unit in the assembled state of the bearing device, wherein an intermediate space for guiding a flushing fluid flow is provided between the subsection and the impeller. At least one flushing outlet is formed in the impeller. The flushing outlet is designed to discharge the flushing fluid flow from the intermediate space by means of centrifugal force when the cardiac support system is in operation.

An introducer can include an introducer needle and an introducer sheath having a transition therebetween that eases tissue over a distal end of the introducer sheath without catching tissue thereon tissue despite an excised portion of the introducer needle. The introducer needle can include a needle shaft having a longitudinal needle slot extending from a proximal portion of the needle shaft through a distal needle tip, which results in an excised portion of a heel of a bevel of the needle tip. The introducer sheath can include a sheath body and a tapered sheath tip. The sheath body can be over the needle shaft sealing the needle slot thereunder but for a sheath-body opening in a proximal portion of the sheath body for an access guidewire. The introducer can include the transition from the bevel of the needle tip to at least the taper of the sheath tip.

An assembly, for packaging and safely disposing of a needle structure, including a housing having at least one containment structure. The containment structure includes a hinge movably interconnecting a base and a needle retaining segment, between open and closed orientations. The retaining segment includes a compartment removably containing the needle structure therein and the base includes a chamber for reception of the compartment and medical needle therein, when in the closed orientation. The hinge normally biases the retaining segment and compartment outwardly at substantially a predetermined angular orientation relative to the base, in the open orientation, to facilitate access to the medical needle through an access opening in the compartment. A closure is fixedly connected to and movable with both the base and the retaining segment and is structured to removably secure the housing in the closed orientation.

A urinary drainage system includes an air pressure apparatus. The air pressure apparatus includes a connector and an adapter. The connector includes a reduced diameter portion, a connector lumen extending from an upstream opening to a downstream opening in the reduced diameter portion, and a lateral port configured for drawing a fluid sample from the connector lumen. The adapter is sealing coupled to the connector and includes an adapter lumen receiving the reduced diameter portion, the downstream opening in fluid communication with the adapter lumen. A luminal space is defined in the adapter lumen around the reduced diameter portion of the connector. The adapter further includes an air intake port including a port lumen orthogonal to the adapter lumen, which is configured to provide a positive air flow to the luminal space to draw a fluid through the downstream opening in the reduced diameter portion of the connector.

A male cap can include a male tapered outer surface that can be configured to mate with a female luer to create a fluid tight fit. The male cap can also include a water-soluble antimicrobial composition disposed on the male extension. The male cap can include a fluid-soluble, slower-dissolving material covering the water-soluble antimicrobial composition or incorporated within the water-soluble antimicrobial composition. The slower-dissolving material can be configured to slow a dissolution of the water-soluble antimicrobial composition during installation of the male cap into the female luer.

A device may include a flexible tube comprising: a distal end, a proximal tip, the proximal tip comprising a suction line extension being configured for placement in a uterine cavity of a uterus after childbirth, a tube center of the flexible tube; and at least one lumen around the tube center, the at least one lumen comprising a suction line, the suction line being in communication with a source of negative pressure and the suction line extension, the suction line extension being configured for applying the negative pressure to the uterine cavity using the source of the negative pressure thereby causing mechanical hemostasis of bleeding blood vessels of a uterine wall of the uterine cavity. Embodiments include an anchoring mechanism being proximate to the suction line extension along the flexible tube, the anchoring mechanism being configured for maintaining the suction line extension in a desired position within the uterine cavity.

A syringe assembly includes (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material is removably attached to the plunger. A strip package includes at least two cap assemblies. Each of the cap assemblies includes a cap holder and an antiseptic cap positioned in the cap holder. The antiseptic cap includes a sidewall defining a chamber and an antiseptic substance within the chamber. A strip extends over at least two cap assemblies. The strip includes a first seal engaged to the cap holder and a second seal engaged to the antiseptic cap.

The invention relates to a device (150) for monitoring the state of health of a patient (100), wherein the device (150) comprises an input interface (160) for inputting a first pressure signal (145) and a second pressure signal (155) and a processing unit (165) for processing the first pressure signal (145) and the second pressure signal (155) in order to determine a processing value (170) in order to monitor the state of health of the patient (100) based the processing value (170).

An introducer can include an introducer needle (134) and an introducer sheath (136) having a transition therebetween that eases tissue over a distal end of the introducer sheath without catching tissue thereon tissue despite an excised portion of the introducer needle. The introducer needle can include a needle shaft (140) having a longitudinal needle slot (146) extending from a proximal portion of the needle shaft through a distal needle tip (144), which results in an excised portion of a heel of a bevel (150) of the needle tip. The introducer sheath can include a sheath body (162) and a tapered sheath tip (170). The sheath body can be over the needle shaft sealing the needle slot thereunder but for a sheath-body opening (166) in a proximal portion of the sheath body for an access guidewire.

A cardiac assist device with an expandable cup (4) having a transport state and an operational state, the expandable cup comprising a plurality of inflow apertures (5), and an outflow nozzle (6), and an inflatable balloon (8) positioned inside the expandable cup (4). A catheter assembly (3) is connected to the inflatable balloon (8) during operation, and a control unit (2) is connected to the catheter assembly (3). The control unit (2) is arranged to operate the inflatable balloon (8) with a frequency of more than 100 beats per minute.

The present invention relates generally to improved systems and methods for removing undesirable material residing in vessels. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for using at least one cannula to remove substantially en bloc, from a site of obstruction or interest, undesirable material without fragmentation and without excessive fluid loss.

Methods for aspiration to remove thrombus / clot material using a system configured to remove, filter and return clot. These methods allow the removal of clot material using a fluidically-driven aspiration device when attached to an aspiration catheter and proximate to obstructive clot material. A fluidic actuator drives an aspirator, which may be automatically controlled to apply a vacuum in a pattern to enhance clot removal and collection from the body as well as improve blood return using the same closed system. The fluidic actuator may direct the aspirated blood through a filter and deaerator to allow the filtered blood to be returned to the patient.

The invention discloses an ECMO equipment operation state monitoring method, and belongs to the technical field of ECMO equipment operation state monitoring. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, collecting vibration signals of a blood pump at low, medium and high test rotating speeds through a vibration sensor; carrying out mean value removal processing on the signals, and carrying out weighted synthesis on low-frequency, intermediate-frequency and high-frequency fault enhancement signals based on frequency band energy; extracting an energy abnormal synthetic value and an extreme value abnormal synthetic value for the fault enhancement signal and the envelope signal thereof; respectively splicing the two types of abnormal composite values of different frequency bands to obtain an energy abnormal splicing matrix and an extreme value abnormal splicing matrix; and finally, processing the two matrixes by using an operation state evaluation neural network, outputting an operation state score of the blood pump, and realizing accurate monitoring of the operation state of the blood pump of the ECMO equipment.

The speed-adjustable negative pressure drainage device comprises a drainage tube, a bottle body, a cover body and a negative pressure source connector, the cover body is rotated to drive a top ring cambered surface protrusion to jack up a bead body, a through hole is opened according to the angle gradient, external air enters dilution negative pressure, and linear speed regulation without negative pressure source adjustment is achieved; the bead body periodically opens and closes the through holes to form pulsating type instantaneous suction force, so that the adhesive force between blood clots and the tube wall is destroyed, and blockage is actively prevented; the gradient section of the drainage tube accelerates liquid flow through abrupt drop to generate local negative pressure to pull rear liquid flow; the upper convex hulls enlarge the sectional area of a pipe cavity before sharp drop, decelerate liquid flow and form a vortex region, so that blood clots are separated and deposited due to inertia, and liquid-solid layering is realized; the device has the functions of mechanical blockage prevention, precise pressure control and overload protection, the clinical blockage rate is reduced from 30% to 5% or below, power support is not needed, the device is suitable for postoperative drainage scenes such as the abdominal cavity and the thoracic cavity, and the medical operation load and the complication risk of a patient are remarkably reduced.

Clot material may be removed from a patient and separated from blood so that the blood may be collected using an efficient dual-stroke technique. The methods described herein withdraw clot and blood from a patient during a first stoke of a pump at a first rate, filter the blood to remove clot, and drive the filtered blood into a collection chamber at a second rate that is different from the first rate. The first rate may be optimized to disrupt and remove clot, while the second rate may be optimized to move the blood without damaging, e.g., lysing, the blood.

A robotic drive system includes a main body and a telescoping member extendable from the main body. The telescoping member is configured to support an interventional device. The robotic drive system may include a drive system positioned within the main body. The drive system can include a drive screw, and one or more hub adapters operatively coupled to the drive screw and configured to translate along the length of the main body.

The invention relates to a method for determining a total fluid volume flow (1) in the region of an implanted vascular support system (2), comprising the following steps: a) determining a reference temperature (3) of the fluid, b) determining a motor temperature (4) of an electric motor (5) of the support system (2), c) determining the thermal dissipation loss (6) of the electric motor (5), d) ascertaining the total fluid volume flow (1) using the reference temperature (3), the motor temperature (4), and the thermal dissipation loss (6) of the electric motor (5).

The present application relates to the technical field of medical devices, and discloses a flexible sputum scab remover for pneumology department, which comprises an outer rod, the end of the outer rod is provided with a sputum suction head, the sputum suction head and the inner part of the outer rod are provided with a flow guide pipe, the inner part of the outer motor stator fixedly connected with the outer rod is rotatably connected with an inner rotor sleeve ring, the inner part of the inner rotor sleeve ring is threadedly connected with a threaded sleeve rod, and the end of the threaded sleeve rod is movably connected with an extension rod; the rotating ring is driven to rotate by the annular motor, the flexible brush rod is driven to rotate by the rotating ring, the flexible brush rod is used for cleaning the respiratory tract by high-speed rotation, the flexible brush rod is used for scraping, the damage degree of the respiratory tract is low due to the elastic colloid material of the flexible brush rod, the contact efficiency with sputum scab is improved by high-speed rotation, the flexible brush rod is used for cleaning, the cleaning efficiency and the cleaning effect of the device are effectively ensured, the damage of the flexible brush rod to the respiratory tract is reduced, and the cleaning safety of the flexible brush rod is improved.

The invention provides a digestive tract reconstruction device for protecting an anastomotic stoma, and relates to the field of medical instruments. The device comprises a nail anvil assembly, a nail bin assembly, a connection closing assembly and an anastomotic stoma protection assembly. A rotary guide mechanism is arranged in the nail bin assembly and drives the nail anvil assembly to rotate by a preset angle during axial movement, so that the short shaft of the oval nail anvil is aligned with the long shaft of the anastomotic stoma and exits without interference. And barbs are arranged in the cutting knife to hang and cut tissues, so that the nail anvil can be greatly overturned. The anastomotic stoma protection assembly comprises a degradable gasket and a folding flow guide tube, and the flow guide tube retreats and is unfolded along with the nail anvil to cover the anastomotic stoma and isolate pollutants. The mechanical injury of the anastomotic stoma when the nail anvil is withdrawn can be avoided, and the risks of infection, bleeding and leakage of the anastomotic stoma after operation are effectively reduced.

A catheter pump assembly is provided that includes an elongate body, an elongate flexible shaft disposed in the elongate body, and an impeller coupled with the distal end of the elongate flexible shaft. The drive system includes a drive component, a motor and a tension member. The tension member is coupled with the motor and the drive component and to cause the drive component to rotate, and thereby to cause the impeller to rotate.

Blood circuit apparatuses having one or more pumps that are configured to provide a first, positive, pressure and a second, negative, pressure may couple to an aspiration catheter and are coupled to a blood return circuit including a blood return line are also connected to a controller that is configured to independently control the movement of the positive and negative pressure. These apparatuses may be used to remove clot material, filter the clot material, and return the filtered blood to the a chamber for immediate or later return to the patient.

Needleless connector disinfecting devices are provided that include a body having a top surface and a bottom surface, a cavity in the body, the cavity configured to receive a needleless connector, an activation arm disposed on the body, a cartridge housing disposed on the activation arm, a swab cartridge disposed in the cartridge housing, and a disposal chamber disposed in the body, the disposal chamber configured to receive used cleaning swabs. The activation arm is configured to slidably move the cartridge housing on the top surface of the body between a non-biased position in which a bottommost cleaning swab in the swab cartridge is in contact with an end portion of a needleless connector and a biased position in which the cartridge housing is disposed over the disposal chamber. Additional needleless connector disinfecting devices and methods of using needleless connector disinfecting devices are also provided.

The present invention belongs to the field of medical instruments. Disclosed is a pressure-relief urine bag, comprising: a bag internally provided with a urine storage cavity, wherein an input tube communicating the outside with the urine storage cavity is provided on the bag, and fluid can enter the urine storage cavity through the input tube, but the fluid in the urine storage cavity cannot be drained through the input tube; a warning structure comprising a pressure-sensing member and a vibration member, wherein the pressure-sensing member is electrically connected to the vibration member, the warning structure is connected to the bag, the pressure-sensing member is located in the urine storage cavity, and when the occupied space in the urine storage cavity reaches a set value, the fluid presses the pressure-sensing member and causes the vibration member to vibrate and produce sound; and an output tube, which is connected to the bag at one end, and comprises a manual urine drainage tube and an automatic urine drainage tube, wherein one end of the manual urine drainage tube is in communication with the urine storage cavity. The present invention can alert a patient and medical staff when the urine bag is about to be full of urine, and even if the patient and medical staff fail to notice and allow the urine bag to fill up, the urine in the bag can still be drained through the automatic urine drainage tube, thereby effectively preventing leakage or bursting caused by excessive pressure in the urine bag.

The invention relates to a method for determining a fluid volume flow (1) through an implanted vascular support system (2), comprising the following steps: a) determining a fluid temperature parameter in the region of a cannula (4) of the support system (2), b) operating a heating element (5) which can bring about a change in a fluid temperature in the cannula (4), c) determining the fluid volume flow (1) using at least the fluid temperature parameter or the change thereof and at least one heating element operating parameter or the change thereof. The invention also relates to a vascular support system.

A cardiac support system (20) is equipped with a retaining structure (30) for the cardiac support system, said retaining structure (30) being intended to fix the cardiac support system in place. The cardiac support system comprises a device for monitoring the integrity of the retaining structure (30).