Hollister, Inc.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

The United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs

Case Western Reserve University

Paul Charles Fletter

Adam J Foley

Martin McMenamin

David Hannon

Padraig M O'Flynn

Marine V Richard

John T Clarke

William Kirwan Arnold

Margot S Damaser

James J Fitzpatrick

Paul Zaszczurynski

Vincent Naughton

David J Farrell

Daniel E O'Brien

Stephen Collum

Malford E Cullum

John P O'Mahony

Brock Edward Masters

Enda F Carter

Mark W Jockel

Jeremy Robert Quint

Hassan K Awada

Mitchell Cooper

Marine V G Richard

Wen H Ko

Denise Gamblin

Steven L Garverick

Marine Veronique Germaine Richard

Robert A Greynolds

Steven Majerus

Martin Mcmenamin

Daniel O'brien

Padraig M O'flynn

John P O'mahony

Marine Veronique Richard

Padraig M O'FLYNN

Ko Wen

Hygienic Hydrophilic coatings, hydrophilic coating formulations and wetting fluids that include an anti-infective agent.

Hygienic medical devices having hydrophilic coatings and methods of forming the same

Systems and methods are provided for providing a standardized pressure value representing a transient pressure event within a region of interest within a living body. An air-charged catheter is configured to record pressure data representing the region of interest. A measurement assembly includes a parameter calculation component configured to calculate at least a peak pressure representing the transient pressure event and a time to peak pressure, representing the time necessary to reach the peak pressure, from the recorded pressure data. A standardization component is configured to calculate the standardized pressure value as a function of the peak pressure and the time to peak pressure. A user interface is configured to display at least the standardized pressure value at an associated display.

Standardized measurement of physiological pressures using an air-charged catheter apparatus

A catheter package includes an elongated case. A cap is attached to the case by a flexible strap. The case receives the tubing portion of a catheter. The catheter has a funnel attached to the tubing. The funnel has a seal portion releasably engageable with the case. The cap is releasably engageable with the funnel to retain the funnel in contact with the case. A user can flip the cap off the funnel to permit removal of the catheter from the case. The funnel may include ridges or a tactile ring to improve the user's grip on the funnel. An adaptor may be disposed between the funnel and case to allow mating of different cross sectional shapes of the funnel and case. A hydration device may be inserted in the case. Alternately, a tubular liner may be inserted in the case to separate liquid water on the outside of the liner from the catheter tubing on the inside of the liner. A window in the liner mounts a patch of filter material that permits the passage of water vapor into the interior of the liner.

Flip open catheter package

A urinary catheter assembly () Includes a catheter tube (), a connector (), and a urine collection bag. The assembly further includes a package with a body receiving the catheter tube () and the urine collection bag () is in its compact configuration. The bag () may be variously configured, such as having a non-woven fabric backing portion and/or an outer adhesive or containing a superabsorbent polymer additive.

Urinary catheter assemblies and packaging for such assemblies

A urinary catheter () includes a shaft () having a hydrophilic material and a distal end and a proximal end with a lumen running between the two. The proximal end includes an eyelet () that is in fluid communication with the lumen. A handle is attached to the distal end of the shaft and includes a first grip member () and a second grip member () configured so that the first grip member pivots relative to the second grip member. A sleeve () defines an interior chamber (), and the shaft is positioned within the interior chamber. The sleeve is sealed to the first grip member so that when the first grip member is pivoted, the sleeve is torn open.

Urinary catheter with sealed chamber and method

Hygienic medical devices having hydrophilic coating

An ostomy appliance includes a dual-chamber pouch, which can continuously drain liquids from body waste, while collecting solids in the pouch. The ostomy appliance can also include a flat output tap including a lumen, the size of which can be increased by applying pressure.

Ostomy appliance

A reusable urinary catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft and a plurality of removable members associated with the catheter shaft. A different one of the removable members is configured to be removed from the catheter shaft between each consecutive use of the reusable urinary catheter assembly. By such a configuration, the number of times that the reusable urinary catheter may be reused is limited by the number of removable members.

Urinary catheters having limited reusability

A catheter package includes an elongated case (). A cap () is attached to the case by a flexible strap (). The case receives the tubing portion of a catheter. The catheter has a funnel () attached to the tubing. The funnel has a seal portion releasably engageable with the case. The cap is releasably engageable with the funnel to retain the funnel in contact with the case. A user can flip the cap off the funnel to permit removal of the catheter from the case. A hydration device may be inserted in the case. Alternately, a tubular liner may be inserted in the case to separate liquid water on the outside of the liner from the catheter tubing on the inside of the liner. A window in the liner mounts a patch of filter material that permits the passage of water vapor into the interior of the liner.

Catheter package assembly

Catheter with variable funnel shape

Systems and methods are provided for in vivo measurement of pressure. An implantable sensor assembly includes a pressure sensor configured to provide an analog signal representing pressure and a signal conditioning component configured to convert the pressure sensor output into a digital signal. A transmitter is configured to transmit the digital signal to an external base unit. A power control unit is configured to dynamically allocate power throughout the implantable sensor assembly, such that during an active measurement interval of the implantable sensor assembly, each of the pressure sensor, the signal conditioning component, and the transmitter are powered only for a portion of the active measurement interval necessary to perform a related function.

Implantable pressure sensor

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Mt. Prospect, IL, United States of America

Paul Charles Fletter