Nexus Medical, LLC

Venetec International, Inc.

Dornoch Medical Systems, Inc.

The Boeing Company

Zimmer Gmbh

Other

Stl International, Incorporated

Entracare Corporation

Larry C Smith

Chris Winsor

W Cary Dikeman

Steve A Cash

Craig B Schmidt

Christopher Hosler

Jeff O'Bryan

Christopher Winsor

Lawrence E Guerra

Richard J LaConte

David J Boles

Jeffery J O'Bryan

James J Johnson

Roger C Teeter

Mitchell J Piorkowski

David S Melberg

Shannon J Kupfer

Scott P Kube

Tony D Autrey

Richard J Laconte

Jordan B Sylvester

A medical waste fluid collection cart may include a container assembly and a suction tube having a lumen extending through the suction tube. The suction tube may communicate with the container to deposit waste fluid from a surgical site in the container. The container assembly may include a container, a base forming a bottom of the container, and a lid assembly. The base may include an interior surface defining a draining opening. The interior surface may extend along a ramped path toward the drain opening. The lid assembly may include a lid ring and a lid capable of engaging each other with a twist lock mechanism. The lid ring may engage the container and the lid may cover at least part of a central opening to the container. The container may have a window and a tinting assembly. The container assembly may have a vacuum level detection system.

Medical waste fluid collection and disposal system

Implementations described herein include a system for guiding medical waste fluid into a medical waste collection canister. The system includes a manifold and a filter. The manifold includes a top surface and a sidewall extending from the top surface in a first direction. The top surface and the sidewall define an interior chamber of the manifold. The top surface includes an inlet port and a vacuum port disposed therein. The inlet port connects to a source of medical waste fluid and the vacuum port connects to a vacuum source. The manifold can be formed from a first polymer. A filter is positioned within the interior chamber of the manifold and immediately upstream of the vacuum port so as to filter air flowing into the vacuum port. The filter extends away from the top surface of the manifold in the first direction and the filter is formed from a second polymer. The filter is fused to a surface of the interior chamber of the manifold or to a peripheral surface of the vacuum port so as to form a fused interface, and not merely a press fit connection.

High flow manifold

An anchoring device for securing a catheter to a patient includes a platform and a retaining strap. The platform includes a plurality of connectors extending outwardly from a base, each of the connectors including a head at a distal end of a post. The retaining strap cooperates with the platform to define a catheter-receiving passageway designed to receive a portion of the catheter. The retaining strap may include a first end including a first pull tab and a second pull tab, a second end including a third pull tab and a fourth pull tab, and a stretch portion between the first end and the second end. The retaining strap may also include a plurality of attachment locations, each of the attachment locations including a through-hole designed to receive the head of one of the plurality of connectors.

Intravenous catheter anchoring device

An intravascular valve component broadly includes a valve case and a flexible pressure-actuated flow control valve. The valve case includes attached proximal and distal case portions that present respective spaced apart fluid ports and a fluid passageway extending between the ports. The flexible pressure-actuated flow control valve is disposed within the fluid passageway and includes a slitted central valve wall and an annular flange surrounding the central valve wall. The annular flange includes a radially-extending flange wall and a projection extending axially from the flange wall, with the projection engaging one of the case portions to restrict radial movement of the flow control valve relative to the valve case.

Intravascular valve component with improved valve positioning

A suction canister liner including a body portion having a sidewall and a bottom. An annular tapered sealing surface is positioned over the sidewall of the canister liner body portion to allow ease of loading and unloading. The annular tapered sealing surface has a top diameter and a bottom diameter, where the top diameter is greater than the bottom diameter. The canister liner may be placed within the interior of a canister. The canister sidewall includes a vacuum port adapted to communicate with a vacuum source. A lid having a patient port and a suction port engages and removably covers the open top end of the canister liner. The annular tapered sealing surface of the canister liner seals against the interior surface of the rim of the canister when a vacuum is applied to the canister interior through the vacuum port by the vacuum source.

Suction canister liner and system

An intravenous catheter anchoring assembly is disclosed and includes a patient-contacting membrane, a platform, and a retaining strap for securing a catheter or tubing of an administration set to a patient. The strap is attached to the platform with adjustable pull-tabs that permit a variety of catheter shapes and sizes to be secured. The strap is also elastomeric so that the strap is stretchable and thereby grabs the secured catheter. The strap and platform further define a plurality of passageways that permit the catheter to be secured in a plurality of non-aligned directions.

An injection site () for infusion of parenteral fluids has a pressure-actuated valve () and a split septum unit (), which prevent reflux of blood into the assembly (). The septum unit () includes a resilient split septum body () precompressed so that the septum body () is caused to protrude proximally () upon insertion of a cannula (). Consequently, upon removal of the cannula (), there is essentially no 'drumming' or creation of friction-induced negative pressures sufficient to generate blood reflux. The preloaded septum body () also has its proximal surface () essentially flush and coplanar with the adjacent proximal end () of the tubular septum holder () to enhance the cleanliness of the unit ().

Intravenous injection site with split septum and pressure activated flow control valve

Canister lid

Canister lid insert

Cap for a canister lid port

An improved injection site () for infusion of parenteral fluids and the like is provided, having a pressure-actuated valve () and a novel split septum unit (), which effectively prevent reflux of blood into the assembly (). The septum unit () includes a resilient split septum body () which is precompressed so that the septum body () is caused to protrude proximally () upon insertion of a cannula (). Consequently, upon removal of the cannula (), there is essentially no 'drumming' or creation of friction-induced negative pressures sufficient to generate blood reflux. The preloaded septum body () also has its proximal surface () essentially flush and coplanar with the adjacent proximal end () of the tubular septum holder () to enhance the cleanliness of the unit (). The specialized well () and septum unit () afford a resilient seal between the periphery of the septum body () and the surface (), and a separate hard-surface seal between the outer margin of the surface () and the septum holder ().

A catheter anchoring assembly includes a permeable adhesive strip, a platform for securing the catheter, and a flowable adhesive layer. The flowable adhesive layer adhesively secures the platform to the adhesive strip. The flowable adhesive is applied to one side of the strip with a skin-contacting adhesive on the opposite side of the strip. The flowable adhesive layer and strip are configured so that the flowable adhesive is spaced from the skin-contacting adhesive or, at the very least, is prevented from penetrating the skin-contacting adhesive. The flowable adhesive layer and strip also permit the assembly to be very flexible and, thus, comfortable for a patient to wear.

Intravenous securement device with adhesively interconnected anchoring component and permeable adhesive strip

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Shawnee, KS, United States of America

Larry C Smith