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The present invention relates to capital equipment units, such as systems for providing medical treatment, that are associated with smart supplies. The smart supplies are tagged with data carriers which may encode such information as a unique ID for the supply or component, the identification of the supply or component, the identification of the source of the supply or component, the status of whether said supply or component has been previously used, the expiration date of the supply or component, and in the case where the supply or component contains drug, the purity levels of the drug and the concentration levels of the drug. The capital equipment units or their users then utilize the information to assure quality of any procedure run with the units, by way of improved pre-use checks, certification of the supplies for use, record keeping, inventory control, and charge capture.

A drug delivery device having a base member defining a skin-contacting surface, a syringe serving as a reservoir for the drug, and means for expelling drug from the syringe. The syringe is connected to the base member such that the longitudinal axis of the syringe is substantially parallel to the skin surface. A delivery needle is in communication with the syringe. The needle has an angled bend which directs the tip of the needle substantially perpendicular to the skin-contacting surface. In use, the tip of the needle is adapted to penetrate the skin of the subject.

A blood withdrawal system for withdrawing blood for diagnostic purposes including a lancing device having a housing with an opening and a support surface, and a lancet holder movably mounted in the opening including a lancet and a bearing member that rests on the support surface. The device further includes a trigger unit which, when moved linearly, causes a rotational movement to initiate a lancing process.

A lancet device including a lancet having a puncturing element disposed within a two-piece housing including a rear housing and a forward housing. Relative axial movement of the rear housing toward the forward housing directly drives the lancet to a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through the forward housing. During such relative axial movement, a drive structure applies a driving force against the lancet and disengages from the lancet based on deflecting structure in the housing, thereby releasing the driving force applied to the lancet. A retention member then retracts the lancet back within the housing, with the drive structure maintained disengaged from the lancet to prevent re-use.

A lancet device includes a housing with a cantilever spring extending therein and defining a lancet having a puncturing end on the cantilever spring. An actuator extends within the housing through an opening at the forward end. The actuator includes an interfering engagement with the cantilever spring. Movement of the actuator into the housing through the forward end pivots the cantilever spring against its relaxed condition and then releases the engagement with the cantilever spring, thereby permitting the cantilever spring to pivot the lancet structure to an extended position with the puncturing end extending through the forward opening, and to return to the relaxed condition retracting the puncturing end back within the housing.

The present invention provides a puncture aid comprising a housing in which a lancet holder with a lancet is displaceably mounted, the lancet holder being connected to a spring element. The lancet holder has at least one bearing element and the housing has a support surface arranged such that the bearing element rests on the support surface in a first position of the lancet holder. A trigger unit is provided, actuation of which transfer the lancet holder to a second position by means of a relative rotational movement of the bearing element and the support surface, so that the bearing element falls from the support surface in the second position of the lancet holder, and the tensioned spring element at least partially relaxes and moves the lancet holder such that the tip of the lancet emerges from the opening of the housing. The puncture aid includes a blocking element which is arranged such that it blocks a relative rotational movement of the bearing element and the support surface with respect to one another after the trigger unit has transferred the lancet holder to the second position with the result that reuse of the puncture aid is prevented.

The present invention relates to capital equipment units, such as systems for providing medical treatment, that are associated with smart supplies. The smart supplies are tagged with data carriers which may encode such information as a unique ID for the supply or component, the identification of the supply or component, the identification of the source of the supply or component, the status of whether said supply or component has been previously used, the expiration date of the supply or component, and in the case where the supply or component contains drug, the purity levels of the drug and the concentration levels of the drug. The capital equipment units or their users then utilize the information to assure quality of any procedure run with the units, by way of improved pre-use checks, certification of the supplies for use, record keeping, inventory control, and charge capture.

A method for renal replacement therapy includes priming a fluid circuit and recirculating the sterile fluid during priming to permit gas to float out of the sterile fluid into a fluid reservoir. The fluid is preferably either warmed during circulation or vibrated to promote the removal of gas.

The invention provides an ambroxol injection and a preparation method thereof; the injection contains ambroxol and the pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, disodium hydrogen phosphate and citrate, wherein the weight ratio of the ambroxol and the pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, the disodium hydrogen phosphate to the citrate is 1:0.18 to 0.22:0.12 to 0.16; and preferably, the weight ratio of the ambroxol and the pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, the disodium hydrogen phosphate to the citrate is 1:0.20:0.14. The pharmaceutical acceptable salt of the ambroxol is preferred to be hydrochloride. The used amount of active carbon adopted in the preparation is 0.2 to 0.3 percent.

A device for closing containers or lines for administering medical or pharmaceutical fluids, comprising a first tubular element and a second tubular element, which are open at the respective opposite ends and are mutually associated, at a respective end, so that they are mutually substantially coaxial and can move axially so as to slide and / or rotate with respect to each other, their respective free ends being respectively associable with the mouth of a container or an administration line of a fluid and with the mouth of a tank for feeding the fluid to the container, or to the administration line, or to the inlet of a fluid user device, and a valve element for adjusting the flow of the fluid, which is formed inside the first and second tubular elements.

A package for infusion or instillation of medicinal or nutritional products into the body of a patient comprises a bag of liquid diluent equipped with at least one drain tube and a mixing tube equipped with a coupling and perforation device for a bottle of a pharmacological or nutritional substance in powder, gel or other material, provided with a perforatable cap. The package comprises a flexible airtight sterile casing, containing said bottle of the substance in powder or other and the coupling and perforation device. The bottle is housed in the casing in a coupling position with the coupling and perforation device and is manually manoeuvrable from the outside of the casing up to a perforating position of the cap of the bottle.

This cartridge type hollow fiber membrane module is provided with: a housing; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes accommodated in the housing; a first potting section bundled in a state in which a first end part of the hollow fiber membranes forms an opening; a second potting section bundled in a state in which a second end part of the hollow fiber membranes forms a seal; an affixing section that affixes the first potting section attachably and detachably to the housing; a seal section that creates a watertight seal between the first potting section and the housing; and a holding section that holds the second potting section attachably and detachably to the housing and allows liquid to pass between the second potting section and the housing.

An articulated, adjustable, and lockable alignment arm, and associated extensions and accessories, which are user manipulable to model the size and shape of the fractured limb of a patient in the field. The alignment arm is adjusted for proper orientation by setting it over the injury, and then locking the arm into a selected orientation which models the patient's limb around the area of the injury. Next, first and second arm extenders and protective end pads are used to expand the effective size of the alignment arm to form a custom splint structure. Lastly, the splint structure is secured to the patient's injured limb through the use of flexible cravats. The cravats are self-sterilizing, stored so that their sterility is maintained, and deployed so that only the sterile portion of the cravat comes into contact with a patient's skin.

An ultrasonic medical probe has a horn or shaft, a shank at a proximal end of the shaft, a probe head at a distal end of the horn or shaft, opposite the shank, and at least one polymeric component fixed to at least one of the horn or shaft, the shank, and the probe head. The shank is provided at a proximal end opposite the horn or shaft with an externally threaded connector for attaching the probe to a source of ultrasonic vibratory energy. The polymeric component is of a composition that transmits and is essentially impervious to ultrasonic vibratory energy but that degrades or decomposes upon exposure to a source of extreme energy (other than ultrasonic vibratory energy), rendering the probe inoperative for use.

A lancet device including a lancet having a puncturing element disposed within a two-piece housing including a rear housing and a forward housing. Relative axial movement of the rear housing toward the forward housing directly drives the lancet to a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through the forward housing. During such relative axial movement, a drive structure applies a driving force against the lancet and disengages from the lancet based on deflecting structure in the housing, thereby releasing the driving force applied to the lancet. A retention member then retracts the lancet back within the housing, with the drive structure maintained disengaged from the lancet to prevent re-use.

A Foley catheter drainage collection system which is capable of permitting the removal and reconnection of drainage bags without compromising the sterility of the drainage system lumen. The collection system has a tubing element which includes a drainage valve associated with an end thereof remote from the insertion end of a Foley catheter. The drainage valve associated with the tubing element is movable from an open catheter drainage position to a closed position. The collection system also includes a drainage bag having a first connector element associated therewith and a second connector element is associated with the drainage valve. The second connector element is adapted for mating engagement with the first connector element. The collection system further includes a retaining element for maintaining the connector elements in mating engagement when the drainage valve is disposed in the open catheter drainage position.

The invention discloses a novel automatic cotton swab box, and belongs to the technical field of medical auxiliary tools. The novel automatic cotton swab box comprises a box body, a box cover, an automatic swab pushing device and a temperature and humidity monitoring device, wherein the box body is provided with a storage chamber in which cotton swabs are stored and a drying chamber in which a drying agent is put; a partition plate and a cotton swab tray are arranged in the storage chamber; the cotton swab tray comprises a guiding slot and a plurality of inclined plates which are arranged at intervals; the inclined plates are used for restricting the cotton swabs to ensure that the cotton swabs can enter into the guiding slot one by one; the automatic swab pushing device comprises a controller, an infrared sensing probe, an electromagnet and a swab pushing assembly; the controller is used for controlling power-on or power-off of the electromagnet according to a sensing situation of theinfrared sensing probe so as to drive the swab pushing assembly to push out the cotton swabs arranged in the guiding slot one by one; and the temperature and humidity monitoring device is used for monitoring the temperature and humidity in the box body and executing an alarm action when the humidity exceeds the standard. By adopting the novel automatic cotton swab box disclosed by the invention,the problems that the cotton swabs are stored in a packaging bag so as not to be conveniently taken out and used, and are easily wet and easily polluted are solved.

The invention relates to a sterilization device for sterilizing packaging containers with electron beams in a filling machine. The sterilization device comprises at least one first electron beam emitter adapted for sterilization of at least the interior of the packaging container and at least one electron beam emitter adapted for sterilization of at least the exterior of the packaging container. The invention further comprises a method for sterilizing packaging containers.

Systems and methods for using a sterile drape with a surgical table are described. The system includes a sterile drape and at least one securement device that secure the sterile drape to the surgical table. The securement device may be an adhesive sticker having a perforation. Because of the perforation, the sticker is prone to break under small levels of force exerted on the sticker. In this way, a user can visually determine whether potential breaches of sterility have occurred when the sticker has broken. Additionally, the system may include magnets, weights, poly-ties, rubber bands, hooks, clips, buckles, adhesive tabs, straps, tape, and the like to secure the sterile drape to the surgical table. In this way, the surgical table can be prepared, the sterile drape can be installed, and the drape can be secured to the table to prevent breaches of sterility.

An apparatus for producing a fluid containing a radioactive component, comprising a shielded chamber (5) having an opening for receiving an isotope container (6) containing a radioactive isotope (7); a chamber a chamber closure (18) for cooperating with and sealing the chamber opening; a first fluid port including a first hollow needle protruding from the chamber closure to the shielded in the chamber for fluid communication with the isotope chamber; a second fluid port including a second hollow needle protruding from the closed end of the chamber opposite the chamber closure to the shielded chamber in fluid communication with the isotope container; first and second compressible buffers (28, 29) mounted so as to at least partially surround the respective first and second hollow needles (12, 13) , each buffer member providing an outer surface in contact with the opposite end of the isotope container; and a spacer member of a predetermined thickness associated with one or each of the first and second compressible buffer members for Determine the positioning of the isotope container within the shielded chamber.

A connector is provided for forming a substance transfer pathway between two or more volumes without exposing the interior contents of the volumes to an exterior environment. A removable cover is provided over a flap-defining membrane or boundary element, wit h the flap including an adhesive. Two receptacles and / or conduits may be connected to one another with corresponding connectors by removing the covers, registering the flaps, joining the receptacles and / or conduits, and then freeing the flaps from the surrounding membranes.

The medical puncturing device (10) includes a housing (12) having a proximal end (18) and a distal end (16) and a skin puncturing assembly (14) within the housing. The skin puncturing assembly includes a movable carrier (50) and a skin puncturing element (52). The skin puncturing element is adapted to puncture the skin of a patient. The carrier is movable from a retracted position wherein a distal tip of the skin puncturing element is disposed within the housing, to a puncturing position wherein the distal tip is exposed to puncture the skin of the patient. The carrier is moved from the retracted position to the puncturing position upon radial deformation of the housing. An internal guide (42) may be provided within the housing for guiding the movement of the carrier from the retracted position to the puncturing position.

A system for extraction of cells from a sample of tissue comprises a main device (1) and a disposable kit (4) for use with said main device; said main device (1) is configured to host at least one disposable kit and to execute at least one preset program; said disposable kit (4) comprises a work chamber (11) for the sample of tissue and a plurality of solution bags (12), the disposable kit comprises also fluid transfer means (14, 19) operating between the work chamber and the solution bags (12) and controlled by the main device via suitable interface means; in a preferred embodiment the disposable kit (4) is mounted on a drum and contained in an active capsule carried by a rotary carousel; claims are also directed to the disposable kit for use in said system.

The present invention relates to an injection needle assembly having opposite distal and proximal ends, and wherein the assembly comprises an injection needle (46) having proximal (48) and distal (50) pointed ends, wherein the distal pointed end is arranged to penetrate a membrane arranged at the proximal end of a medicament container; a tubular needle holder (40) comprising distal engagement means (44; 70) and proximal engagement means (54); a tubular cap (26) comprising proximal outer engagement means (60; 80) and proximal inner engagement means (36, 38; 72); a tubular needle cover (12) comprising first engagement means (52) arranged to cooperate with the proximal engagement means (54), and second engagement means (58; 78) arranged to cooperate with the proximal outer engagement means (60; 80) of the cap; characterized in that said needle cover is arranged to be displaced from a first position wherein the second engagement means (58; 78) and the proximal outer engagement means (60; 80) prevents the needle cover and the needle holder to be axially displaced by a linear displacement, to a second position wherein the needle cover and the needle holder are distally displaced, and wherein the proximal inner engagement means (36, 38; 72) of the cap and the distal engagement means (44; 70) of the needle holder prevents the needle holder to be proximally displaced but allows the needle cover to be distally displaced.