Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.

Nathan Gooch

Murtaza Yusuf Amin

Ericka J Prechtel

Scott W Sanders

Chad K Nielson

Andrew C Sheffield

Prabir Roy-Chaudhury

Amy Ho

Jeff V Peterson

Michelle Passage

A catheter () for treating hypervolemia in a patient includes a luminal ingress () joined to a luminal egress () at a distal end portion () of the catheter having a closed distal end (). The distal end portion is configured to at least temporarily reside within a vessel of the patient, the distal end portion including a semipermeable membrane. The luminal ingress is designed to convey an influent having a first osmotic concentration to the distal end portion. The semipermeable membrane is configured to pass blood-borne water from the vessel into the distal portion. The blood-borne water is absorbed by the influent to produce an effluent having a second osmotic concentration lower than the first osmotic concentration. Systems () with the catheter and methods for treating hypervolemia are also disclosed.

Catheters, catheter-based systems, and methods thereof for treating hypervolemia

Medical devices and methods thereof for determining bacterial infections in blood. The medical devices and methods thereof can utilize a coating including an antibody conjugated to a reporter protein configured to indicate a bacterial infection in a patient's blood by way of an antigen thereof. Exemplary medical devices include, but are not limited to, a catheter assembly, an AV fistula needle set, an extension set for either a catheter assembly or an AV fistula needle set, and a hemodialysis tubing set. The medical devices and methods thereof can utilize immunochromatographic separation of the antibody and an antigen-antibody complex to indicate a bacterial infection in a patient's blood.

Medical devices and methods thereof for determining bacterial infections in blood

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Nathan Gooch