112 results about "Peripherally inserted central catheter" patented technology

In an aspect, embodiments of the invention relate to the effective and accurate placement of intravascular devices such as central venous catheters, in particular such as peripherally inserted central catheters or PICC. One aspect of the present invention relates to vascular access. It describes devices and methods for imaging guided vascular access and more effective sterile packaging and handling of such devices. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the guidance, positioning and placement confirmation of intravascular devices without the help of X-ray imaging. A third aspect of the present invention relates to devices and methods for the skin securement of intravascular devices and post-placement verification of location of such devices. A forth aspect of the present invention relates to improvement of the workflow required for the placement of intravascular devices.

A system by which resource information relating to an insertable medical device, such as an intravascular catheter, can be identified by its source so as to be accessed by a practitioner, caregiver, or patient, is disclosed. In particular, a resource information key is included at a predetermined key location on or proximate to the medical device, wherein the key indicates the source of the resource information. In one example embodiment, therefore, an insertable medical device for establishing intravascular access to a patient, such as a peripherally inserted central catheter (“PICC”), is disclosed and comprises: an internal portion, and a portion external to the patient that includes a resource information key indicating a website where a user can acquire resource information relating to the medical device. In other embodiments indicia are provided as quick response (“QR”) codes, and as various markings to indicate compatibility of the medical device with ethanol.

The invention provides a method for constructing nursing management and quality comprehensive information of a hospital. The method comprises the following specific construction steps of: 1, establishing basic information of the whole hospital, i.e. establishing the basic information and personnel basic situations of all clinical departments and all research institutions of the whole hospital; 2, establishing manpower resource dynamic configuration, i.e. dynamically displaying a nurse scheduling table and manpower resources; 3, establishing the nursing quality management, i.e. inputting a quality check and analysis table and estimating the completing condition of nursing indexes and nursing risk factors; 4, establishing a nursing continuing education file, i.e. inputting annual assessment scores of nursing personnel, calculating the credit, querying the learning condition and carrying out special lecture and nursing teaching rounds; 5, establishing mobile nursing information, i.e. establishing patient bar codes, acquiring physical sign data, executing the advice of a doctor, establishing a nursing electronic medical record and carrying out nursing performance appraisal; 6, establishing the catheter placement maintenance of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC); and 7, carrying out stoma nursing.

A medical drape includes a patient drape (100) and a radial drape attachment (200). The radial drape attachment can be coupled to the patient drape by way of an adhesive coupling (202). The radial drape attachment includes defines one or more fenestrations (205) or apertures through which a central line may be inserted. Some or all of the radial drape attachment (200) can be transparent or pellucid. Portions of the radial drape attachment can be opaque as well. A support layer can be configured to be absorptive, fluid impenetrable, or both. A tourniquet (1801) may be integrated with the radial drape attachment, as can one or more tool-less removal features (209). Pouches (901,902) can be added to catch fluids or hold medical implements during a procedure.

The invention discloses a multi-directional valve peripherally inserted central catheter with anticoagulant and antibacterial functions and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of medical devices. A tip of the catheter on the external structure of the catheter is closed, and a plurality of long slits are radially cut at the upper part of the tip of the catheter for forming valve channels; at least one antibacterial drug is permeated and distributed in the organizational structure of silicon rubber which is used as a material for manufacturing the catheter on the microscopic structure, an anticoagulant drug is grafted on the surface of the silicon rubber, the antibacterial drug is one or the combination of two of rifampicin and nitrofuran, the anticoagulant drug is heparin sodium, the number of long slits is 2-4, and the positions of the long slits are staggered in the transverse direction and the radial direction. The catheter can conveniently prevent infection and theoccurrence of phlebitis during the long-term indwelling process of the catheter, prevent thrombosis and blockage of the catheter during the using process and have the function of preventing blood backflow, thereby being the multifunctional PICC catheter with the latest design.

The invention discloses a PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) management system and an application method thereof and relates to the technical field of hospital information management. The PICC management system comprises a business database server which is used for storing various business data, a clinical PICC terminal, an IIS (Internet Information Serves) application server, an interface server terminal, an interactive phone voice self-service appointment terminal, a short message transmit-receive terminal and a specialist administrator terminal; the clinical PICC terminal obtains medical advice from an HIS (Hospital Information System) due to interaction with the business database server and automatically reminds specialists and nurses to perform PICC pre-cathetering estimation, post-cathetering maintenance and confirmation of complications and daily observation operation; the IIS application which is connected with the business database server is used for managing the various business data in the business database server; the interface server terminal performs information interaction and synchronization with the HIS system; the interactive phone voice self-service appointment terminal which generates phone voice according to arrangement information automatically perform voice answering; the short message transmit-receive terminal receives a short message transmit-receive request and returns transmit-receive result data back to a transmission request party; the specialist administrator terminal is used for specifying clinical terms, complication names and background control procedures.

A medical drape (100) includes an upper portion (101) and a lower portion (102). The upper portion (101) can be pellucid, while the lower portion (102) can be opaque. To facilitate central catheter insertion, the upper portion (101) can define one or more apertures (104,105) through which a central line may be inserted. A tourniquet (401) may be integrated with the drape, as can one or more tool-less removal features (108,109).

The invention relates to the technical field of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) cathetering, and in particular relates to a PICC cathetering method based on controllable magnetic field guidance. The method comprises the following steps: preparing objects, making a patient and the environment ready, and making an operator ready; preparing a probe; placing a guide wire into a Sedinggerpuncture needle; withdrawing the puncture needle to enlarge a puncture point; pushing a PICC catheter into a vein along the guide wire; feeding the PICC catheter into a blood vessel from a dilator; and starting a magnetic field detector to observe the position of the catheter, wherein a controller guides the orientation of the catheter, and the position of the catheter can be observed through a display. The head part of the guide wire can control the size of a magnetic field; a magnetic field detector is arranged outside the guide wire, so that the position of the guide wire can be confirmedin real time; and a controllable electromagnet is arranged outside the guide wire, so that the orientation of the guide wire can be guided. The whole process is visualized, and no ionizing radiation exists; and the orientation of the guide wire can be controlled.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments and discloses a device and method for judging PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) malposition. The method comprises: judging that a tip of a PICC enters superior vena cava by detecting continuous interruption of liquid drip. The device comprises a single-chip microcomputer, a photoelectric sensor for measuring liquid dripping speed, and an acoustic prompter for giving a prompt according to a prompt signal transmitted by the single-chip microcomputer; an I/O output end of the photoelectric sensor is electrically connected with an I/O input end of the single-chip microcomputer, and an I/O output end of the single-chip microcomputer is electrically connected with an I/O input end of the acoustic prompter; the method can conveniently and effectively judge the PICC malposition; the device is simple in structure and convenient to use.

The invention discloses a mobile nursing vehicle special for PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) medicine changing. The mobile nursing vehicle comprises a vehicle body and is characterized in that a garbage can and a push-pull handle are respectively fixedly connected to two sides of the vehicle body, wheels are fixedly mounted on the lower surface of the vehicle body, the upper surfaceof the vehicle body is provided with an opening, a cushion block is vertically slidably connected in the opening, a height adjusting mechanism, a sterilizing mechanism and a fixing mechanism are fixedly connected into the vehicle body, the height adjusting mechanism comprises a motor, two threaded rods and two driven gears, the motor is fixedly mounted in the vehicle body, the two threaded rods are fixedly connected to the lower surface of the cushion block, the two driven gears are rotatably connected into the vehicle body in a limit manner, and the inner sides of the two driven gears are provided with inner threads. By the coordination of the structures above and using the cushion block to support and fix the arm of a patient, vehicle fixing is achieved while the cushion block can be conveniently sterilized.

An upper arm fixation device for central venous catheterization through peripheral venous puncture. The annular cuff is cylindrical with a height of 10±2cm and a diameter of 8±1cm. There is an adjustable inflatable cushion inside the annular cuff. The adjustable inflatable cushion There is a pressure sensor on the surface of the inner ring, and in the control cavity installed outside the annular cuff, the pressure sensor, pressure adjustment device, wireless transmission module, and input module are respectively connected to the microprocessor, and the pressure adjustment device is connected to the adjustable inflatable cushion through pipelines . The invention has a simple design and can be directly placed on the upper arm without external pipelines; it does not require medical staff to keep watch during the puncture process, which improves work efficiency. The applied pressure is uniform, and the contact area with the arm is larger. Combined with the pressure sensor, the pressure on the arm can be accurately sensed. When the pressure is adjusted to an appropriate pressure, the blood vessel will not slide and shift after bursting, which facilitates the puncture. .

The invention belongs to the field of clinical medical instruments and particularly relates to a special dressing change cart for a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter). The special dressing change cart comprises a cart body and wheels located at the bottom of the cart body, wherein four vertical stand columns are taken as support columns of the cart body, and a medical supply placing layer, a standby article storage layer and a medical waste storage layer are parallelly arranged in the length direction of the stand columns from top to bottom of the cart body in sequence; the medical supply placing layer comprises a square accommodating box, the accommodating box is divided through partitions into multiple accommodating areas for correspondingly accommodating different medical supplies, and a box cover for opening and closing the accommodating box is hinged to the box edge on one side of the accommodating box; the standby article storage layer adopts a bi-parting cabinet structure; the medical waste storage layer comprises at least three fixing rings for arranging garbage bags and edge tool boxes; space for allowing the fixing rings to rotate and accommodate is reserved in the medical waste storage layer. The special dressing change cart for the PICC is simple, easy and reliable to operate and high in working efficiency and can meet the clinical PICC dressing change requirement for refinement, standardization and rapidness.

A method of inserting a catheter and catheter placement apparatus that were designed for improving the safety and efficiency in the placement of a PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) implant are described. The invention enables placement of the catheter into the body while the catheter is maintained in a sterile environment.

A puncture resistant bag has an open end into which is inserted the injection port of a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) assembly which has a flexible catheter. The open end of the bag is irreversibly sealed by one or two fastening mechanisms each having two parts which join to seal together a first side and a second side of the bag. Each fastening mechanism has a first part joined to or passing through the first side which is captured or adhesively bonded to a second part joined to or passing through the second side. The bag has indicia indicating where to cut to remove the locking mechanisms to access the port. The bag is sized such that the port cannot be rotated to a position adjacent the open end.

The invention discloses a mobile PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) cathetering treatment frame. The treatment frame comprises a base, a stand column, a control console, an engine base and a storage frame, wherein the engine base is used for placing a color Doppler ultrasound machine, the stand column is fixed in the center of the base, the engine base is fixed at the top end of the stand column, and B-ultrasonic probe supports are arranged at the two ends of the engine base; the control console is located below the engine base, is connected with the stand column through a lifter, and can lift along the stand column; the storage frame is located below the control console and is connected with the stand column; and rollers are arranged at the bottom of the base. The control console is provided with either a drawing plate or a folding plate; the treatment frame further comprises an arm table which is located below the engine base and is connected with the stand column through the lifter, and the arm table is provided with either a drawing plate or a folding plate; and the lifter is a rack lifter. According to the treatment frame, the color Doppler ultrasound machine, a B-ultrasonic probe device and a working table are integrally combined, so that the working space can be saved, and the treatment frame can be conveniently moved; a PICC apparatus can be carried to a sickbed, a patient can finish washing a catheter and changing a membrane even if the patient does not need to get out of bed, so as to prevent the blocking of the catheter or the infection of a blood vessel on the skin where the catheter is placed, so that the working efficiency can be improved.

The invention provides a special patient garment for a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) cathetering patient. The special patient garment comprises a coat, wherein the coat comprises sleeve bodies at the left and right sides; a first axial crack with a zipper is arranged between the wrist part and the oxter of the sleeve body at the left side or the right side; the first crack corresponds to a fixing application position of the PICC cathetering patient; a second crack is arranged in an upward direction in a position being 5cm above the elbow in the right center position of the front side of the first axial crack; a magic tape is arranged on the second crack; a medical tube body transfusion fixing device is arranged outside the garment at the second crack, so that a transfusion device can be conveniently led out and fixed. The special patient garment can solve the problem of care and transfusion inconvenience of the existing PICC cathetering patient. A first zipper opening is formed in the left side or right side sleeve body of the coat; during catheter maintenance, only the zipper arranged on the first crack needs to be opened without taking off the patient garment or curling the sleeves, so that the exposureof the privacy of the patient is avoided; the operation is convenient; during the transfusion on the patient, the transfusion device can be led out from the medical tube body fixing device arranged on the second crack; the pasting membrane looseness and the catheter displacement are avoided.

The invention discloses a cervical gear for automatically blocking internal jugular vein blood flow for peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)puncture. The cervical gear includes a first support plate, a driving box, a micro air pump, and a detection component,a second support plate is arrangedon the inner side of the first support plate, hinges are mounted below the left and right sides ofthe first support plate correspondingly, fixing rodsare connected below the hinges, support plates aremounted below the fixing rods,the driving box is arranged on the front surface of the support plate, and a pressure plate is embedded to theinner side of the support plate. The cervical gearfits to the neck of a patient, the comfort effect is high, the overall structure is simple, wearing of thecervical gearis convenient,the operation is convenient, the second support plate can be rotated with respect to the first support plate, the automatic head turning operation of the patient is then realized, the problemthata medical staff is needed to assist the patient to turn the head in the prior art is solved, the burden of the medical staff is advantageously reduced, and the pressure plate canrealize automatic compression of the internal jugular vein of the patient, the problem thatthe medical staff is needed to perform the pressing operation in the prior art is solved,and practicality ishigh.

The invention discloses a method for preventing mechanical phlebitis caused by PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) catheterization. According to the method, an electric knee pad is used as an elbow guard which dry-heats to prevent the mechanical phlebitis caused by PICC catheterization. The method includes the steps: the electric knee pad is tied to an upper arm of a puncture side limb 12 hours after a successful PICC catheterization, the range of skin temperature is kept between 37 DEG C and 41 DEG C by adjusting the temperature of the electric knee pad, and each single temperature holding is performed for 30-40 minutes three times a day and is continued for 3-4 days. The method has the advantages that constant temperature and uniform time are adopted, a puncture spot is avoided, a primary site of mechanical phlebitis at the position 5cm above the puncture site is included, occurrence rate of mechanical phlebitis is significantly reduced, and prevention effect is significant; the method is simple and easy, temperature and time execution differences during therapy are small, influencing factors are few, working strength is never excessively increased for medical staff, good comfortableness and treatment compliance are achieved for patients, and paint and economic burden are reduced for patients.

The present invention provides a PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) pipeline maintenance simple simulation training device and a usage method thereof. The device comprises a waste PICC pipe, a pipe end fixed body, an adhesive plaster, a syringe, a water container, a wet cotton swab and gauze. The pipe end fixed body is boring, the tip of the waste PICC pipe passes through the hole to communicate with the water container, and the syringe communicates with the liquid inlet of the waste PICC pipe to simulate injection punching and sealing pipe liquid; the wet cotton swab simulates the disinfection of a portion to be disinfected, and the gauze is fixed at the through holes of the pipe end fixed body to simulate that the aseptic transparent dressing covers the skin puncture port; and the gauze wraps the liquid inlet end and fixes the PICC pipe and the gauze to the surface of the pipe end fixed body. Relatives of patients or nurses can repeatedly perform exercise of the maintenance of the PICC pipeline. The required materials are easy to obtain and are metical refuses or daily lift waste with no need for spending money, so that the patients which need to spend huge medical fee cannot have burden any longer.