28 results about "Cannula tip" patented technology

A medical device for injecting fat while simultaneously allowing the injection site to be viewed with ultrasound. The device may comprise a handle with a front portion and a rear portion, a cannula having a cannula tip, extending from the front portion of the handle, and an ultrasound probe attached to the handle, the ultrasound probe comprising an ultrasound head. The ultrasound head is aligned with and spaced apart from the cannula tip, and remains so aligned during the injection process so that the injection area may be continuously viewed during the procedure.

To provide a cannula in which water droplets do not accumulate on a prong attached to the tip of the cannula. The cannula is connected to a prong, and an oxygen gas supply pipe and a hydrogen gas supply pipe are respectively extended to the prong and connected to the prong, and the cannula is configured as follows: a water stop trap is provided midway along each of the oxygen gas supply pipe and the hydrogen gas supply pipe to prevent water vapor contained in the oxygen gas and the hydrogen gas from being supplied to the prongs; Each of the oxygen gas supply pipe and the hydrogen gas supply pipe has a low-temperature portion between the water stop trap and the prong, the low-temperature portion being lower in temperature than other portions.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of plastic processing, and specifically relates to a cannula end molding device for an injection pen and a production process thereof. The cannula end molding device for an injection pen comprises: a cooling pool, in which a water cooling position is provided; a heating plate, which is arranged on the inner wall of the cooling pool and has a heating hole; a mold, which is elastically arranged on the side wall of the cooling pool, and the molding end therein is located in the heating hole; and a clamping mechanism, which is used to clamp the cannula and drive the cannula to be inserted into the mold, so that the end of the cannula abuts against the molding end to be hot-melt closed; wherein after the end of the cannula abuts against the molding end, the mold is forced to drive the molding end to move toward the water cooling position, and during the movement, the molding end is driven to rotate through the threaded channel on the side wall to help the cannula end to close. The cannula end molding device for an injection pen rotates the mold during the movement through the threaded channel, so that the molding end can help the melted end to close by rotating, and the closing is smoother.

The invention relates to a cannula having an elongate cannula tube and a distal cannula tip. According to the invention, the cannula tube has a polygonal hollow profile and / or the cannula tip has a retroreflective geometry.

To provide a method and a system for determining the location of a cannula tip in a body, which provide advantages over conventional techniques.SOLUTION: A method for determining the position of a cannula tip within a body, comprising the steps of coupling an ultrasound signal into the body, receiving the ultrasound signal, wherein the ultrasound signal is received by a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors are attached to a cannula located within the body and are arranged at a known axial distance to the cannula tip and at a known axial distance to each other along a longitudinal axis of the cannula, comparing the received ultrasound signals, and determining the position of the catheter tip relative to the ultrasound probe, wherein: And wherein the position is determined by the evaluation device depending on a comparison of signal amplitudes and signal waveforms of the received ultrasonic signals.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

The invention relates to a cannula with a longitudinally extended cannula tube and a distal cannula tip. According to the invention, the cannula tube has a polygonal hollow profile and / or the cannula tip has a retroreflective geometry.

A catheter may include an elongate body including a proximal portion including a proximal end, and a distal tip portion. The distal tip portion may include an inner liner and a marker band circumferentially surrounding the inner liner. The distal tip portion also may include an outer jacket circumferentially surrounding a first portion of the inner liner and ending proximal of a proximal end of the marker band; and a tip outer jacket circumferentially surrounding a second portion of the inner liner and the marker band. The tip outer jacket extends distally past the marker band distal end to a distal tip of the elongate body, and a proximal end of the tip outer jacket may be laterally adjacent to a distal end of the outer jacket.

The invention relates to a cannula assembly comprising a cannula tube extending longitudinally between a distal cannula end and a proximal cannula end and having a distal cannula tip, a cannula connector arranged at the proximal cannula end, a fluid channel extending longitudinally between the distal cannula end and a proximal cannula connector end, and a pressure sensor configured to detect fluid pressure in the fluid channel. The invention further relates to a medical system for use in regional anesthesia, comprising the cannula assembly.

The present invention relates to a method and system for quantitative analysis of cannula motion in liposuction surgery, and more specifically, to a method and system for quantitative analysis of cannula motion in liposuction surgery that calculates the position of a cannula tip in space through infrared rays from three or more infrared LED marker modules mounted on a cannula and two camera modules that capture the same, generates trajectory information of the movement of the cannula tip during liposuction surgery, analyzes the trajectory information to determine the stroke cycle, and converts the results into graph data. [Project ID] 201900090001 [Sponsoring Organization] 365mc Networks Co., Ltd. [Research Project Title] MAIL System Improvement Project Utilizing Artificial Intelligence and IoT Technology [Contribution Rate] 1 / 1 [Organizing Institution] Hongik University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation [Research Period] Jan. 16, 2019 – Nov. 30, 2019

A medical device for injecting fat while simultaneously allowing the injection site to be viewed with ultrasound. The device may comprise a handle with a front portion and a rear portion, a cannula having a cannula tip, extending from the front portion of the handle, and an ultrasound probe attached to the handle, the ultrasound probe comprising an ultrasound head. The ultrasound head is aligned with and spaced apart from the cannula tip, and remains so aligned during the injection process so that the injection area may be continuously viewed during the procedure.

The present invention relates to a method for determining the position of a cannula tip in a body, comprising the steps of: coupling an ultrasound signal into the body, where the ultrasound signal is coupled into the body using an ultrasound probe resting on the body and along an imaging plane of an ultrasound imaging process, where the imaging plane extends in a depth direction and a transverse direction; receiving an ultrasonic signal, where the ultrasonic signal is received by a plurality of sensors attached to a cannula located in the body and arranged along a longitudinal axis of the cannula at a known axial distance to the tip of the cannula and to each other; comparing the received ultrasonic signals, wherein the received ultrasonic signals are compared with respect to their signal amplitude and signal waveform by means of an evaluation device connected to the sensor; a position of the catheter tip relative to the ultrasound probe is determined, wherein the position is determined by an evaluation device depending on a comparison of a signal amplitude and a signal waveform of the received ultrasound signal. The invention also relates to a medical system for carrying out the method.

An alternative mechanism for forming a cannula assembly having an internal coil does not require a separate tipping process for forming a cannula tip or leaving a length of tubing extending beyond the coil for formation of the tip when forming each catheter. The injection molding process that is used to form the cannula hub on the proximal end of the cannula can be modified to balance the mold flow and runners used in the process to simultaneously mold a tapered tip onto a distal end of the cannula at the same time that the infusion hub is molded.

The invention belongs to the field of minimally invasive brain surgery, and discloses a cannula and obturator with a transparent tip with an opaque part. The cannula and obturator comprises a cannula tip, an expansion cylinder and an expansion assembly. An expansion cylinder is fixed to the upper end of the intubation tip, limiting grooves are formed in the upper end and the lower end of the expansion cylinder, first extension layers are fixed to the connecting positions of the expansion cylinder and the intubation tip and the connecting positions of the expansion cylinder and the supporting cylinder, the first extension layers are located on the inner sides of the limiting grooves, and the expansion cylinder comprises a plurality of arc-shaped plates and second extension layers; a plurality of arc-shaped plates are arranged between the intubation tip and the supporting cylinder in a surrounding mode, a crushing assembly is coaxially arranged at the lower end of the impeller, and the adjustable intubation tip is arranged, so that when the intubation tip moves to the position close to hematoma, a doctor adjusts the hand action to control a pull rod, and then the tip is recycled to be in a circular state; the tip of the cannula can be adjusted after penetrating through the brain tissue, so that the tip of the cannula can penetrate through the brain tissue conveniently, and damage to hematoma before drainage can be reduced.

Disclosed cannula systems can detect the tissue type within which the cannula tip is located in real time using electrodes adjacent the cannula tip. The sensing cannula system can differentiate when the cannula tip is in adipose tissue or muscle based on electrical impedance. The system can be used in fat grafting and liposuction procedures, for example. An operator can detect if the cannula tip enters muscle by watching for an indicator light or audible alarm that is automatically activated by the device based on a change in sensed impedance. The device may also stop the flow of fat through a pump halting injection into the sub-muscular space.

The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a cannula tip inside a body, comprising the steps of: coupling an ultrasound signal into the body, wherein the ultrasound signal is coupled into the body using an ultrasound transducer placed on the body and along an image plane of an ultrasound imaging method, the image plane extending along a depth direction and a transverse direction; receiving the ultrasound signal, wherein the ultrasound signal is received by several sensors attached to a cannula located in the body and arranged at known axial distances to the cannula tip and to each other along a longitudinal axis of the cannula; comparing the received ultrasound signals, wherein the received ultrasound signals are compared with regard to their signal strengths and their signal profiles by means of an evaluation device connected to the sensors;Determining the position of the catheter tip in relation to the ultrasound probe, wherein the position is determined by comparing the signal strengths and signal profiles of the received ultrasound signals using the evaluation device. The invention also relates to a medical system for carrying out the method.

An alternative mechanism for forming a cannula assembly having an internal coil does not require a separate tipping process for forming a cannula tip or leaving a length of tubing extending beyond the coil for formation of the tip when forming each catheter. The injection molding process that is used to form the cannula hub on the proximal end of the cannula can be modified to balance the mold flow and runners used in the process to simultaneously mold a tapered tip onto a distal end of the cannula at the same time that the infusion hub is molded.

A cannula device (1) comprises a housing (11), a cannula (10), and a puncture device (17), wherein the cannula (10) is arranged on the housing (11), and in a state of use, the puncture device (17) is arranged on the housing (11) and comprises a puncture trocar (18) received in the cannula (10). The puncture trocar (18) is displaceable relative to the cannula (10) and comprises a trocar tip (180) which can be moved to protrude from the cannula (10) in a puncture direction (P) by displacing the puncture trocar (18) relative to the cannula (10), wherein the puncture device (17) can be removed from the housing (11) in a removal direction (A) opposite to the puncture direction (P). The protective element (15) is received in the housing (11) and comprises a connecting portion (150) arranged on the puncture cannula (18) and at least one protective leg (152, 153) pivotably connected to the connecting portion (150), wherein the puncture cannula (18) is configured to carry the protective element (15) when the puncture cannula (18) is removed from the housing (11) in the removal direction (A), and the at least one protective leg (152, 153) is configured to pivotally move relative to the connecting portion (150) to approach the cannula tip (180) when the protective element (15) is carried by the puncture cannula (18).

The invention relates to a cannula (4), in particular an infusion cannula (4), for a drug delivery device (32), in particular for an infusion pump (1), and to a drug delivery device (32), in which the cannula (4) comprises a container-side cannula end (6) and a recipient-side cannula end (7), at which a first cannula tip (8) is formed, wherein the cannula (4) comprises, between the container-side cannula end (6) and the recipient-side cannula end (7), a central cannula section (9) and at least one adjacent, in particular adjoining, end-side cannula section, in particular a first end-side cannula section (10) adjacent to the recipient-side cannula end (7) and a second end-side cannula section (11) adjacent to the container-side cannula end (6), the first end-side cannula section (10), in particular the central cannula section (9), is elastically deformable such that the cannula tip (8) can be displaced from a starting position (12) into a piercing position (13) and can be elastically restored when the central cannula section (9) is elastically deformed and the first end-side cannula section (10) is fixed or positionally fixed.

A ureteroscope or endoscope in which a reusable portion is inserted into a pistol-grip handle of a single-use portion and a resilient cap covers the reusable portion and a hollow end of the handle. A hub assembly and cannula of the single-use portion can be rotated either under power or manually, and a tip portion of the cannula can be deflected manually or under power in a deflection plane. One or more ports can be attached to the hub assembly communicate with one or more lumen in the cannula. The ports are aligned in a luer plane that may be in-line with the deflection plane or at an angle relative to the deflection plane. A remote display connects to the ureteroscope or endoscope wirelessly or through a cable. A display shows the current relative orientation of an image sensor and a working channel and the current direction of view of the image sensor relative to the patient.

A cannula has an elongate cannula tube and a cannula tip. The cannula tube can have a polygonal hollow profile. The cannula tip can have a retroreflecting geometry.

The invention relates to a cannula arrangement comprising a cannula tube extending longitudinally between a distal cannula end and a proximal cannula end and having a distal cannula tip, and a cannula connector arranged at the proximal cannula end. The cannula arrangement further comprises a locating lance extending longitudinally between a distal lance end and a proximal lance end and arranged to be axially movable along a longitudinal axis of the cannula tube, wherein the locating lance has a locating element at its distal end, which is configured to be located by means of an ultrasound imaging method.The cannula assembly further comprises an actuating device, which is configured for manual operation, is operatively connected to the locating lance, and by means of which the locating lance can be moved from a starting position to a locating position, wherein in the starting position the locating element is arranged inside the cannula tube and in the locating position the locating element is arranged distally outside the cannula tube, projecting from the cannula tip. The invention also relates to an ultrasound system for use in an ultrasound imaging procedure, comprising the locating lance.

The invention relates to a cannula arrangement comprising a cannula with a cannula tube extending longitudinally between a distal cannula end and a proximal cannula end and having a distal cannula tip, and a coil unit configured for control by means of a control device and comprising at least one coil arranged on the cannula tube, wherein the coil unit is configured to generate a magnetic field around the cannula. The invention further relates to a method for determining the position of a cannula in an ultrasound image, comprising the steps of: generating a magnetic field around the cannula by means of a coil unit, wherein the coil unit is arranged on a cannula tube of the cannula; measuring a magnetic field strength generated by the coil unit by means of a measuring device; and determining the position of the cannula as a function of the measured magnetic field strength.The invention further relates to a medical system for determining the position of a cannula.

The present invention relates to a cannula motion tracking system in liposuction surgery, and more specifically, to a cannula motion tracking system in liposuction surgery in which a marker system emitting infrared LEDs is mounted on one side of a cannula used for liposuction, and a pair of camera modules detecting infrared rays on one side of the operating room capture and analyze the infrared rays from the marker system to track the current position of the cannula tip within the operating room space. [Project ID] 201900090001 [Sponsoring Organization] 365mc Networks Co., Ltd. [Research Project Title] MAIL System Improvement Project Utilizing Artificial Intelligence and IoT Technology [Contribution Rate] 1 / 1 [Organizing Institution] Hongik University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation [Research Period] Jan. 16, 2019 – Nov. 30, 2019

Medical cannula (Fig 1-3), characterized in that the protective cap (1) has a handle on a cannula (2), a conical tip (3) and a marker attached to the tip (4), which marks and indicates the orientation of the cannula tip with respect to an anatomical structure, in particular the eye.

cannula (10) comprising a cannula body (12) extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis (L), a cannula tip (11) arranged at a distal end of the cannula body (12) and several sensors (13) for receiving an ultrasonic signal (B, B'), wherein the sensors (13) are arranged on a surface of the cannula body (12) at a known axial distance (d) to the cannula tip (11), so that by evaluating the received ultrasound signal (B, B') a position (P') of the sensors (13) and thereby a position (P) of the cannula tip (11) can be determined.

The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a cannula tip inside a body, comprising the steps of: providing an ultrasound transducer of an ultrasound imaging system; providing a transmitter comprising several ultrasound position transmitters and at least one mounting section; attaching the transmitter to the ultrasound transducer, wherein the transmitter is detachably attached to the ultrasound transducer by means of the mounting section and is fixed to the ultrasound transducer in a defined relative position to the ultrasound transducer; coupling several ultrasound position signals into the body, wherein the ultrasound position signals are coupled in by means of the several ultrasound position transmitters; receiving the ultrasound position signals, wherein the ultrasound position signals are received by means of a sensor attached to a cannula located in the body and arranged at a known axial distance from its cannula tip;Determining the signal transit times of the ultrasound position signals, wherein the signal transit times are determined by means of an evaluation unit connected to the sensor and the transmitter; determining the position of the cannula tip in relation to the ultrasound transducer, wherein the position is determined by means of the evaluation unit as a function of the signal transit times, the relative position of the transmitter to the ultrasound transducer and the axial distance of the sensor from the cannula tip. The invention also relates to a medical system for determining the position of a cannula tip.

A method for determining a position of a cannula tip inside a body includes coupling an ultrasonic signal into the body using an ultrasound probe resting on the body and along an imaging plane. The imaging plane extends along a depth direction and a transverse direction. The ultrasonic signal is received by a plurality of sensors attached to a cannula located in the body and arranged at known axial distances to the cannula tip and to each other along a longitudinal axis of the cannula. The received ultrasonic signals are compared with regard to their signal amplitudes and their signal waveforms by an evaluation device connected to the sensors. The position of the catheter tip relative to the ultrasound probe is determined by the evaluation device depending on the comparison of the signal amplitudes and signal waveforms. A medical system is configured for carrying out the method.

A cannula comprising a cannula tube and a cannula tip is described herein. The cannula comprises a proximal end, a distal end, a cannula tube lumen, a sidewall, and a sidewall opening extending through the sidewall, the sidewall opening having a proximal end and a distal end. The cannula tip is secured to the distal end of the cannula tube and comprises a proximal tip portion inserted into the cannula tube lumen and a distal tip portion extending beyond the distal end of the cannula tube. The cannula tip is configured to permit fluid flow therethrough and is configured to eject the distal tip of an elongated device through the sidewall opening of the cannula tube when the elongated device is inserted through the cannula tube from the proximal end.