Devices systems and methods are disclosed for removing secretions from the lumen of a functional assessment catheter for the lungs. The system comprises a flushing unit configured to deliver a clearing fluid to the lumen of the pulmonary catheter to remove debris, secretions, or moisture from the lumen or sensors.

A flat embolic braid having a first side comprising a first side surface, and a second side comprising a second side surface facing in an opposite direction than the first side surface, the braid having an elongated constrained configuration for being deployed through a delivery catheter, and a three-dimensional unconstrained configuration, wherein in the three-dimensional unconstrained configuration, the braid assumes a plurality of successive loops in which the braid is at least partially twisted between successive loops of the plurality, so that the first side surface faces externally of each loop, and the second side surface faces an interior of each loop, respectively, regardless of a change in direction and/or orientation of the braid.

An apparatus for forming a wave form for a stent from a wire includes a pair of tension wires configured to rotate about an axis. The tension wires and axis are substantially orthogonal to the stent wire disposed in a gap between the tension wires. When the tension wires are rotated, a bend is formed in the portion of the stent wire disposed between the tension wires. The tension wires may be controlled such that the axis of rotation is aligned with the particular tension wire around which the stent wire is to be bent for each particular bend formed in the stent wire, thereby preventing the particular tension wire from translating during rotation such that the tension wire behaves like a rotary pipe bending die around which the stent wire is bent. A feed assembly feeds the stent wire into the forming area between the tension wires.

A method for forming a desired bend angle in an orthodontic appliance comprising: monitoring bending of the orthodontic appliance in a gripped state, the monitoring being continuous; in response to an initial bend angle in the orthodontic appliance in the gripped state being reached, causing the release of at least a portion of the orthodontic appliance so that orthodontic appliance is in a free state, measuring resultant angle of the bend in the free state; in response to resultant angle being within a predefined tolerance of the desired bend angle, determining that desired bend angle has been reached.

A method is provided for determining the shape of a surgical linking device that is to be attached to a bony body structure such as the spinal column based on digitized locations of a plurality of attachment elements engaged to the bony structure. The method is implemented by a computer system through a GUI to generate an initial bend curve to mate with the plurality of attachment elements. The initial bend curve may be simplified based on user input to the GUI to reduce the number of bends necessary to produce a well-fitting linking device and may be altered to help obtain the goals of surgery.

A coil winding apparatus includes: a core rod feeding unit configured to feed a string-shaped core rod from a core rod nozzle; a core rod drawing unit configured to draw out the core rod; a wire rod feeding unit configured to feed a wire rod towards the core rod; a rotator capable of rotating about the core rod nozzle; the guide member provided on the rotator, the guide member being configured to clamp, with the core rod, the wire rod that has been fed from the wire rod feeding unit; and a rotating unit configured to rotate the rotator to rotate the guide member together with the rotator so as to revolve the wire rod around the core rod in a vicinity of the core rod nozzle.

A coil winding apparatus includes: a core rod feeding unit configured to feed a string-shaped core rod from a core rod nozzle; a core rod drawing unit configured to draw out the core rod; a wire rod feeding unit configured to feed a wire rod towards the core rod; a rotator capable of rotating about the core rod nozzle; the guide member provided on the rotator, the guide member being configured to clamp, with the core rod, the wire rod that has been fed from the wire rod feeding unit; and a rotating unit configured to rotate the rotator to rotate the guide member together with the rotator so as to revolve the wire rod around the core rod in a vicinity of the core rod nozzle.

A method for bending a surgical rod using an automated bending system includes receiving an indication of a plurality of line segments defined on the rod and an indication of an angle measurement to be formed between at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments. Bending parameters to perform on the rod to form the angle measurement between the at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments are determined and operation of the automated bending system is controlled using the bending parameters to create an angle having the angle measurement between the at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments.

A mandrel for forming a stent with a tapered profile and one or more anti-migration features includes a first stent shaping segment having a first diameter, a second stent shaping segment having a second diameter less than the first diameter and a tapered segment disposed therebetween. A third stent shaping segment is releasably securable to the second stent shaping segment and has a third diameter greater than the second diameter. One or more movable pins are outwardly extendable from corresponding apertures formed within the tapered segment. An actuation element is engagable with the first stent shaping segment and includes a tapered surface configured to engage the one or more movable pins and support the one or more movable pins extended from the corresponding apertures.

A bicycle cable includes an inner line and an outer sheath. The inner line connects a driving mechanism and a driven device of a vehicle therebetween. The driven device includes a brake device or a derailleur. The inner line is composed of a plurality of threads twining together. The inner line has a maximum outer diameter ranged of 1.2 mm, and a minimum outer diameter ranged between 0.90-1.0 mm. The outer sheath has an outer diameter ranged between 3.5-4.5 mm and an inner diameter ranged between 2.0-2.2 mm. The outer sheath is sleeved onto the inner line. A gap formed between an inner face of the outer sheath and the inner line has a maximum ranged between 0.8 mm to 1.3 mm.