摘要:
A therapeutic foam for the treatment of, inter alia, varicose veins comprises a sclerosing solution foamed with a physiological gas such as carbon dioxide, oxygen or a mixture thereof. The foam has a nitrogen content of less than 0.8%. It may be generated using a pressurised canister system incorporating a fine mesh of micron dimensions through which the gas and sclerosing liquid are passed to make the foam. Alternatively, the foam may be generated by passing gas and solution between two syringes through a fine mesh. Techniques are described for minimising the amount of nitrogen in a canister or syringe based product. A technique for generating and delivering foam simultaneously using a syringe based device is also disclosed.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a delivery system, comprising dispensing means having an outlet for delivering one or more materials or one or more articles; dispensing control means for controlling the passage of the material or article through the outlet; first identification means operable for recording, emitting, carrying or associating first identity data to identify the dispensing means, or the material or article carried thereby; and permission control means operable to establish a predetermined condition of the dispensing control means when a corresponding predetermined relationship is established between the first identity data and second identity data of an associated entity.
摘要:
An objective and reproducible system for, and method of, monitoring and/or controlling the pressure during nerve blockage injection, especially by less experienced personnel, is provided in order to decrease the possibility of intraneuronal injection. More specifically, the present invention employs a pressure sensing and/or limiting device located between an injection device (typically a syringe) and a nerve block needle whereby injection pressure during a nerve block injection can be easily and objectively monitored, thereby allowing the operator to monitor the injection pressure and/or injection speed during a nerve blockage injection procedure and to take appropriate corrective actions if abnormal pressure conditions are observed.
摘要:
The invention relates to a flow cell, a method for separating carrier-free radionuclides from a liquid or liquefiable target material, and the radiochemical reaction thereof. According to prior art, flow cells are known which require reaction volumes corresponding to the volume of the target material in order to carry out the desired reactions. The inventive flow cell (1) and method enable the reaction volume, and thus the quantity of starting material, to be reduced by a multiple by reducing the cylinder volume (= reaction volume). As the radioactively marked product is present in very small quantities (picomole to nanomole), the HPL-chromatographic separation of the non-reacted starting material is significantly improved. The economic efficiency of the method is increased due to the fact that small quantities of starting material can be used.
摘要:
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring administration of a medical product within a delivery device using a medicine data storage device attached to the delivery device that includes a product identifier identifying the medical product and an intended patient identifier identifying a patient intended to receive the medical product. Before administering the medical product to an individual patient, the product identifier and the intended patient identifier are uploaded into a reader, and a patient identifier is accessed from the reader's memory or uploaded from a patient identification device associated with the individual patient into the reader. The patient identifier is compared with the intended patient identifier to determine whether the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product. Once it is confirmed that the individual patient is intended to receive the medical product, the medical product is administered to the individual patient.
摘要:
Stabilizing an object (106) in the body of a patient involves the injection of a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) material or other flowable material into the body of the patient so that the material contacts the object. The LCST material or other flowable material then forms a gel (112) in the body such that the object is contained at least partially within the gel and thereby stabilized by the gel such that the object can then be easily fragmented within the body and/or retrieved from the body.
摘要:
A plastic pre-filled syringe (1) which includes an open ended barrel (2) sealed at one end by a moveable stopper (3) and sealed at the other end by a closure (4) frangibly connected to the syringe and an overcap (6) shaped to fit over at least the end of the closure; said overcap including closure retention means adapted to hold and retain at least the end of the closure such that upon removal of the overcap from the rest of the syringe the closure will be separated from the syringe so to reveal the contents for injection.
摘要:
The invention relates to a syringe device for limiting the pressure of inflation fluid injected into a balloon catheter. The device includes a cylindrical housing having a proximal end and a distal end. A piston is received within and reciprocally movable between the distal end and the proximal end of the housing. A shaft having a proximal end and a distal end is received within an opening at the proximal end of the housing. The distal end of the shaft is coupled to the piston and the proximal end of the shaft is coupled via a slip clutch device to a hand knob. At least a portion of the external surface of the shaft is fitted with a screw thread, which may be selectively engaged with a complementary screw thread fitted either within the opening at the proximal end of the housing or a collar coupled to the housing. When the shaft is in threaded engagement with the housing, the slip clutch enable the transmission of torque from the knob to the shaft to allow the incremental axial movement of piston if the pressure of the medium within the housing is at or below a predetermined maximum allowable value. However, if the pressure of the medium exceeds the predetermined maximum value, the frictional elements within the slip clutch slip relative to each other and prevent the transmission of torque from the knob to the shaft, and thus any further pressurization of the fluid medium.
摘要:
The invention concerns a method of producing a pre-filled sterile syringe. The syringe comprises a syringe body with a proximal end and a distal end, a syringe-outlet part at the distal end, a seal, a stopper, a fluid medium and a gaseous medium, the fluid medium being a liquid. The method comprises the following steps: preparing the syringe body, seal and stopper which is/are free from germs and/or endotoxins and low in particles; a lubricant is applied; the proximal end is sealed by inserting the stopper into the syringe body; the syringe is filled through the distal end; the syringe outlet part is sealed with the seal; the syringe is sterilized in a sterilizing chamber; the syringe is then packaged and the package container is then sterilized once again.
摘要:
A protective safety cap assembly (12) for the passageway (30) of a medical device (14, 120) is provided. The safety cap assembly (12) includes a cap (36) that is guided for sliding and pivotable movement between an opened position where the proximal end (39) of the medical device (14, 120) is easily accessed and a closed position where the proximal end (39) of the medical device (14, 120) is sealed. The medical devices (14, 120) which can be protected by the cap assembly (12) include hypodermic syringes, stopcock assemblies associated with I.V. lines and catheters, or the like. A medical person holding the medical device (14, 120) in one hand can easily and repeatedly move the cap (36) between the opened and closed position with a thumb or forefinger of the hand holding the medical device.