Covidien LP

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Smith + Nephew

James Augustine

Scott Wudyka

William Durkin

Steven Kleis

A tunneler device is provided which includes a handle, a shaft extending distally from the handle, a connecting device including a body supported on a distal end of the shaft configured to be received within a lumen of a catheter, and a resilient separation prevention device supported on the connecting device. The resilient separation prevention device is inwardly deflectable towards the connecting device upon insertion of the connection device into the lumen of the catheter and biased towards a non-deflected position in engagement with an inner surface of the catheter to prevent retraction of the connecting device from the catheter.

Tunneler device including a separation prevention device

A portable NPWT system includes a dressing assembly for positioning over a wound to apply a negative pressure to the wound and a canister assembly. The canister assembly includes a control unit having a vacuum source and a controller and a collection canister in communication with the dressing assembly operable to receive fluid from the wound. The collection canister has ports to introduce a vacuum from the vacuum source into the collection canister. A ball float is provided to substantially close the suction port in response to one of collection of a predetermined volume of exudate in the collection canister, tilting of the collection canister beyond a predetermined angle of orientation or inversion of the collection canister.

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Bridgewater, MA, United States of America

James Augustine