Ethicon, Gmbh

Pilling Weck Incorporated

Glenn H Stahl

Karin Elise Taylor

Martin Nohilly

Rochelle Kleinberg

Stephen Wahlgren

Li Yue

Andrew J March

Mosaddeq Hossain

Robert Banik

Michael William Ammerman

Andrea Slater Tomko

Stephen Wilcox

A placement device for a medical patch includes an alignment guide having a shaft with a first end having a first anatomical alignment marker and a second end having a second anatomical alignment marker, a swinging gate both pivotally and rotationally coupled with the first end of the shaft for selectively pivoting the gate toward and away from the shaft and rotating the gate between opposite sides of the shaft, whereby the gate has first and second major faces and a first opening extending through the gate between the first and second major faces. The placement device includes a spacer for selectively adjusting spacing between the gate and the first end of the shaft, and a flexible diaphragm having a flexible dome disposed within the first gate opening. At least one magnet is located in the center of the flexible dome for holding the medical patch within the flexible dome.

Placement devices that enable patients to accurately position medical patches at target locations and methods therefor

An ergonomically superior endoscopic suction-irrigation instrument for surgery comprises a telescope sheath connected at an adjustable angle, preferably approximately 30&deg;, to a vertically elongated handle having thumb-operated irrigation and suction valves and a hook for supporting the handle from the surgeon's hand when the surgeon's grip on the handle is loosened. The instrument is especially suited for sinus surgery.

Endoscopic suction-irrigation instrument for surgery

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Collegeville, PA, United States of America

Glenn H Stahl