Medtronic, Inc.

Medronic, Inc.

Beth C Bullemer

Stanten C Spear

Ron A Drake

William K Wenger

Kendra Yasger

Gary R Fiedler

Les Stener

Johnson E Goode

James Martin Haase

Wende L Dewing

Brian J Steffens

Bruce R Jones

Mark G Bearss

Mark Salzwedel

A slitter for slitting a guide catheter has a handle and a blade assembly coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter. The blade assembly includes a user-deflectable portion coupled to the shroud for causing the shroud to flex in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion. The handle and the blade assembly may be assembled from piece parts in a manufacturing method.

Guide catheter slitter

Slitter with adjustable shroud

A slitter for slitting a guide catheter is assembled from a handle, a blade assembly coupled to the handle, and a holding mechanism coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter.

Slitter with mechanical holding finger

User interfaces for medical perfusion systems that provide oxygenation, filtering, and recirculation of blood in connection with various medical procedures are provided. In particular, user interfaces for use with blood pumps that assist in managing alarms commonly encountered during cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries are provided.

Blood pump system user interface alarm management

An implantable delivery device including a housing, a port assembly, and a plurality of grooves. The housing includes an outer wall defining an exterior face. The port assembly includes a septum and a port opening that is exteriorly open relative to the housing face. The plurality of grooves are formed in the exterior face proximate the port opening, and are sized to receive a needle tip to guide the needle tip toward the port opening. In one embodiment, the port assembly is fluidly connected to a reservoir, such that the port assembly constitutes a reservoir refill port.

Implantable therapeutic substance delivery device with septum guide and method of use

Medical device slitter

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Maple Plain, MN, United States of America

Beth C Bullemer