Abstract:
La invención describe un dispositivo diseñado para llevar a cabo el vaciamiento sanguíneo controlado de un miembro comenzando desde su extremo distal en dirección a su extremo proximal, ycomprende una manta (2) neumática hinchable configurada para adoptar una forma esencialmente troncocónicacuando se arrolla estrechamente alrededor del miembro de un paciente. La manta (2) comprende una capa (3) externa esencialmente inelástica y una capa (4) interna esencialmente elástica, siendo el grosor de la capa (4) interna gradualmente decreciente desde un extremo (2p) proximal de la manta (2) hacia un extremo (2d) distal de la manta (2). Así, la manta (4) neumática se hincha empezando por su extremo distal hacia el extremo proximal para llevar a cabo el vaciamiento sanguíneo controlado del miembro del paciente.
Abstract:
A catheter device is provided that includes an elongate body, an atraumatic member, an expandable member, and a locking device. The elongate body has a fluid flow lumen that is in fluid communication with an outlet port adjacent to a distal end of the elongate body. The atraumatic member can be at the tip of the elongate body. The expandable member is disposed proximal of the atraumatic tip and is configured to block an opening of the LAA. The locking device is disposed adjacent to the expandable member. The locking device has a first configuration in which the elongate body is coupled with the atraumatic member and second configuration in which the elongate body is un-coupled from the atraumatic member.
Abstract:
A feedback electro hemostatic compression pad developed to decrease hospitalization duration after angiography and to provide a more comfortable angiography, and which comprises a foldable (2) paddle (1) when necessary and a compressing conservation balloon (4), a micro air pump (5) which provides inflating of the conservation balloon (4) after the instruction sent according to the blood pressure values sensed with sensors and stabilizing thereof on the determined blood pressure, a control panel (6) controlling said micro air pump (5) and an air vent (3) which decreases the air in conservation balloon (4) according to the changing blood pressure values and vents the air at the end of the operation.
Abstract:
Preferably, an embodiment of a vein presentation enhancement device includes at least, an interior cover supporting a first fastening member, and an exterior cover communicating with the interior cover, wherein the exterior cover provides a first securement member that interacts with the first fastening member to secure the preferred device positioned about a limb of a subject. The preferred embodiment further includes a bladder formed between the interior and exterior covers, and an air transfer assembly connected to said bladder for transfer of air into and out of said bladder, wherein said interior and exterior covers collectively provide a plurality of projections defining a blood access window.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a hemostatic tourniquet, wherein it comprises a mechanical advantage (2) allowing for the single hand application of the tourniquet in a short time; a shaped structure (1) engaging the body; a balloon (3) enabling to increase the pressure to be applied; a system (12) for inflating the said balloon; a safety valve (13) preventing the excess pressure being generated in the balloon; a hemostatic agent bearing surface (6) being applied to stop the bleeding faster when contacted with the wound; tourniquet straps (4); strap adhesives (7); a barrier system (8) preventing the spread of the hemostatic agent; a free end (5); fasteners (9) provided on the said free end; a pressure gauge (10) showing the pressure of the balloon; and indicators (11) showing the pressure levels required to be applied on the pressure gauge.
Abstract:
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a vessel pressure control device configured for selectively applying pressure to a radial artery, the device comprising: a sensor configured to sense one or more parameters associated with blood flow through a portion of the radial artery; a pressure application element adapted to apply variable amounts of pressure to the portion of the radial artery; and a controller configured to apply logic and generate a signal to control the pressure application element in response to the one or more measured parameters, the signal controlling the pressure application element to modify or maintain the applied pressure so that at least some blood flow is maintained through the radial artery portion in an amount sufficient to reduce or prevent radial artery occlusion, and so that the applied pressure is sufficient to prevent bleeding from the portion.
Abstract:
An automated pressure regulator (60) includes an inlet port (72) configured to engage a pressurized gas bottle (58) to receive pressurized gas (99) therefrom, and an outlet port (74) that is sealably coupled to an inflatable bladder (44). The inlet port (72) is in fluid communication with the outlet port (74), with the pressure regulator (60) including a check valve disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port. The check valve is realized by a slideable piston (62) or a floating diaphragm (68). In the case of a piston, a annular flange (68) includes an inner surface (80) that engages against a spring (76) positioned between the flange (68) and the outlet port. Under a closure force applied by a combination of the spring and any internal gas pressure acting on its inner surface (80), an outer facing surface (90) of the annular flange (68) positively engages against a seal (88) to effect automated closure of the inlet when a counteracting gas pressure from pressurized gas (99) impinging on the outer surface (90) of the flange (68) is insufficient to overcome the closure force. The spring's tension is selected or varied to moderate the point when pressurized gas in the gas bottle overcomes the closure force and determines the level of inflation of the bladder (44). The automated regulator finds application in devices where rapid inflation is important and where monitoring of the pressure in the internal bladder is desirable so as to maintain an acceptable (minimum) pressure, but where user observation is not necessarily practicable because of the surrounding environmental conditions. For example, the pressure regulator (60) can be integrated into a portable battlefield tourniquet or a life vest.
Abstract:
Low-cost tourniquet cuff apparatus includes : an inflatable bladder formed of flexible material having a bladder width dimension when the bladder is uninflated and a having a bladder length dimension sufficient for encircling a limb of a surgical patient at a desired location on the limb and for overlapping upon itself, wherein the bladder includes a bladder first inner surface facing a bladder second inner surface along the bladder length dimension and across the bladder width dimension when the bladder is uninflated; securing means for securing the overlapping bladder around the limb at the desired location; port means communicating pneumatically with the inflatable bladder and releasably connectable to a tourniquet instrument for supplying the bladder with pressurized gas; and stiffener means having a predetermined stiffness and having a stiffener width dimension less than the bladder width dimension, wherein the stiffener means is non-releasably attached to the bladder first inner surface within the inflatable bladder. The stiffener means may have a stiffener length dimension that is at least equal to the limb circumference. A method of making the low-cost tourniquet cuff allows the cuff elements to be simply assembled and then sealed in one operation using radio-frequency welding or a similar process.
Abstract:
A surgical tourniquet cuff system includes a tourniquet cuff with a cuff connector for communicating pneumatically with the cuff and for releasably connecting to a tourniquet instrument connector to establish a pneumatic passageway between the cuff connector and the tourniquet instrument connector. A tourniquet instrument supplies pressurized gas through the pneumatic passageway to the cuff. The tourniquet instrument connector includes a cuff pressure transducer for producing a cuff pressure signal indicative of the pressure of gas within the gas passageway near the connection. The cuff may include a cuff usage register for containing a cuff usage record and the tourniquet instrument connector may include a cuff usage register interface for reading the record. The tourniquet cuff may further include a cuff sheath forming a flexible conduit containing the cuff connector and sized to allow the connection of the cuff connector to the tourniquet instrument connector within the sheath.