Catheter Imaging Systems, Inc.

Osbon Medical Systems, Ltd.

The Coca-cola Company

Cordis Corporation

Hamilton Beach/proctor-silex, Inc.

Other

Symbiosis Corporation

Shopsmith, Inc.

Zing Systems, L.p.

Timm Medical Technologies, Inc.

David S Rowley

Phillip Jack Snoke

Steven C Gamper

Kirk William Charles

David G Lincoln

Stephen J Flynn

Devin L Moore

John A McMillan

Michael J Mark

John M Mitchell

Devin Lee Moore

Maureen Carroll

William S Credle, Jr

Maureen E Carroll

Bruce William Copeland

Robert John Cottone, Jr

Thomas Scott Klinker

Joseph J Kopp, Jr

Jeffrey W Clark

Kevin W Smith

Charles R Slater

Matthew S Solar

Thomas O Bales, Jr

Saul Gottlieb

Jurgen A Kortenbach

Dana W Ryan

Lionel D Gillespie

Terry L Myers

Gregory J Murphy

Susan K Marshall

John D Santy, Jr

R Scott Myerly

Devin Moore

John D Reardon

Rickey D Burns

Joe Kopp

Lionel Gillespie

Kurt J Sonnentag

Stephen C Gamper

Pump assisted vacuum therapy impotence treatment apparatus may be provided in either electric or manually operated embodiments. The axis of a pump housing affixed to a vacuum chamber via an elastomeric coupler is at an angle to the vacuum chamber axis, and turned towards a user's torso to be drawn into the user's body for better vacuum sealing. The pump cylinder of a manual embodiment has an enlarged annular rest area for receiving a resilient skirt around the piston head during nonuse of the pump. This prevents compression set of the resilient skirt, for more reliable subsequent use of the pump. The vacuum chamber is tapered and transitions from a relatively smaller round end for receipt of a male sex organ to a relatively larger oval shaped end for bayonet mounting on the resilient coupler. A pair of sizing inserts adjusts the vacuum chamber end which receives the male sex organ. The smaller of the two inserts recesses into the larger insert, which improves the vacuum seal formed with the larger insert. The inserts help reduce scrotal tissue intake.

Powered external vacuum appliance for the treatment of impotence

A catheter and methods are provided for inserting at least portions thereof into a vessel, cavity, or tissue of a human body to thereby provide manipulation of a distal portion of the catheter when positioned within a vessel, cavity, or tissue. The catheter preferably has a module which includes an elongate tube having at least one lumen extending from a distal end to a proximal end of the tube, a module interface connected to the proximal end of the tube, and a deflector connected to the tube for deflecting the distal portion of the elongate tube. A handle detachably connects to the module and is configured to be readily held in the hand of a user. The handle has a body which includes a wall positioned in and extending transversely across distal portions of the body. The wall has an outer surface thereof defining an exterior portion of the body and a first cavity formed within the body. Preferably, the body detachably and coextensively connects to the module interface through the outer surface of the wall. A controller is connected to the body and detachably connects to the deflector of the module for responsively controlling the deflector to thereby manipulate distal portions of the elongate tube. The controller and the deflector connect to define a unitary catheter manipulator extending from the first cavity, through the wall, and to the tube for manipulating a distal portion of the catheter when positioned within a vessel, cavity, or tissue.

Steerable catheter having disposable module and sterilizable handle and

Handle for steerable catheter

Handle interface for steerable catheter

Powdered external vacuum appliance for the treatment of impotence

Elastic cincture band expansion device for the treatment of impotence

A ring loader device is used for expanding an elastic cincture band prior to application to a user's male sex organ for cincturing an engorged condition thereof as a treatment for impotence. A cone component has a conical shaped pyramid with vertical grooves. A corresponding dome component has matable ribs which are received in the cone grooves. The ribs enter the grooves and align the cone and dome as they are matably pressed together. As a prior step, a suitable elastic ring is placed over the tapered smaller end of the cone component, and becomes expanded against the cone outer surface as the dome is pressed onto the cone. The cone may include particular surface contours for corresponding receipt of inside diameter features of the elastic ring, such as a urethra channel or radially inward points for added cincturing pressure. The cone and dome arrangement may be used to expand and align an elastic ring onto a transfer collar, or directly onto the outside diameter of a vacuum chamber. Lubricant applied to the exterior of the cone is beneficially swept by a thrust with the dome mechanism during ring expansion onto the ring and onto a receiving transfer collar or vacuum chamber. The presence of the lubricant after expansion permits the elastic ring to be rotated as desired. Visual elements assist desired alignment of elastic ring inside diameter features, which are otherwise difficult to discern after the elastic ring is expanded onto a further element.

Penile cincture band loading apparatus and method

The catheter is formed by a housing having a size and shape which fits readily into the hand of the user. An elongate tube is connected to and extends from the housing. The elongate tube is formed from a flexible polymeric material and constructed of three portions, a proximal portion, a medial portion, and a distal portion. Each of the portions is coaxial with one another and the longitudinal axis of the catheter housing. In addition, each of the portions has substantially the same outer circumference. The proximal and distal portions are formed of a flexible polymeric material which has a higher durometer of hardness than that of the medial portion. A pair of control wires extend longitudinally through the proximal, medial, and distal portions and parallel to the axis of the coaxial portions for selectively bending the portions in response to movement of the control wires. A control wheel is carried by the housing for controlling the movement of the control wires to thereby bend the selected portions and remotely manipulate the catheter within a human body. At least one lumen extends from the catheter body through each of the proximal, medial and distal portions of the elongate tube to form a working channel therein.

Catheter having a multiple durometer

Low cost beverage dispenser

The catheter has a housing of such a size as to be readily held in the hand of the user, and a tubular proximal portion connected to and extending from the housing. The proximal portion is formed of a flexible polymeric material. The distal portion is coaxial with and is adjacent to the proximal portion. The distal portion is also formed of a flexible polymeric material and it has substantially the same outer circumference as the proximal portion. The distal portion is more flexible than the medial portion. A pair of control wires extend longitudinally through the proximal and distal portions and parallel to the axis of the coaxial portions for bending the flexible portions in response to movement of the control wires. A control is carried by the housing for controlling the movement of the control wires to thereby bend the flexible portions and remotely manipulate the catheter within a human body.

Method of forming a catheter having a multiple durometer

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Smyrna, GA, United States of America

David S Rowley