A system and apparatus for the collection of serous or serosanguinous fluid from a percutaneous site after surgery. A pump unit with one or more pumps or powered sources provide continuous negative pressure suction to draw fluid from the percutaneous site and pumps the fluid into disposable reservoirs with one-way valves that are easy to handle while maintaining sterility and a seal to prevent the loss of vacuum. Air is continuously removed from the reservoirs. Measurement and analysis of the output is performed automatically. Additionally, through such a peristaltic pump device, controlled collection of measured surgical and/or bodily fluid from a subject patient may be undertaken allowing for more effective and closer analysis, as well.

An adapter for an evacuator for increasing a suction power of the evacuator includes a suction assembly adapted to be coupled with the evacuator. The suction assembly has a housing, an impeller arranged inside the housing and configured to provide a suction, and an inlet conduit to facilitate a flow of fluid to the impeller. The suction assembly also includes an outlet conduit arranged inside the housing and adapted to be coupled to the evacuator. The outlet conduit is in fluid communication with the impeller and facilitates a flow of the fluid from the suction assembly to the evacuator.

An aspiration thrombectomy system is described with an aspiration catheter assembly having fittings interfaced with conduit and a pump. The aspiration catheter assembly can include a guide catheter and an aspiration catheter. The aspiration catheter can be introduced with a proximal end of a tubular element placed within the guide catheter to form a suction lumen extending through the aspiration catheter and a portion of the guide catheter. A connection section forming an effective seal between the aspiration catheter and the inner wall of the guide catheter can be fixed or extendable through actuation or release of a self-extending structure. The aspiration catheter can be positioned into an artery with a distal opening positioned proximal to a clot. The fittings can include a filter for removing thrombus from the aspiration flow. The fittings and/or the tubing adjacent the pump can include a flow meter for measuring flow to the pump. The fittings can include a pressure sensor for measuring pressure in the fittings. In addition, the aspiration catheter can have one or more pressure sensors integrated into the wall of the catheter with each configured to measure pressure in the interior or exterior of the catheter. The aspiration catheter and/or flow through the catheter can be manipulated based on pressure and flow measurements.

A medical device for use with an associated tube inserted into an incision formed in skin or tissue of a patient includes a dressing including an opening sized to receive and allow movement of the associated tube. A valve is operatively connected with the opening of the dressing and includes a main body; and an opening formed in a portion of the main body. The opening is sized and dimensioned to accommodate the surgical tube.

The invention provides a device for aspirating uterine fluid of a woman in her period, enabling her, without using tampons, pads or synthetic hormones, to be free of menstrual flow for six or more hours and to be involved in even the most demanding activities entirely undisturbed.

Described are methods, systems, devices for facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures within the neurovasculature. A catheter advancement device includes a flexible elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a single lumen extending therebetween. The flexible elongate body has a proximal segment, an intermediate segment, and a tip segment. The proximal segment includes a hypotube coated with a polymer. The intermediate segment includes an unreinforced polymer having a durometer of no more than 72D. The tip segment is formed of a polymer different from the intermediate segment and has a durometer of no more than about 35D and a length of at least 5 cm. The tip segment has a tapered portion that tapers distally from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter over a length of between 1 and 3 cm.

A device may include a flexible tube comprising: a distal end, a proximal tip, the proximal tip comprising a suction line extension being configured for placement in a uterine cavity of a uterus after childbirth, a tube center of the flexible tube; and at least one lumen around the tube center, the at least one lumen comprising a suction line, the suction line being in communication with a source of negative pressure and the suction line extension, the suction line extension being configured for applying the negative pressure to the uterine cavity using the source of the negative pressure thereby causing mechanical hemostasis of bleeding blood vessels of a uterine wall of the uterine cavity. Embodiments include an anchoring mechanism being proximate to the suction line extension along the flexible tube, the anchoring mechanism being configured for maintaining the suction line extension in a desired position within the uterine cavity.

A catheter, a kit and a method of using the catheter for removing a thrombus from a blood vessel in a mammal. The catheter includes a tubular body with a hollow interior, an exterior surface, a proximal end, and a distal end and a plurality of protrusions extending upwardly from the exterior surface, wherein each protrusion has an aperture. The distal end of the catheter is inserted into the blood vessel and a suction is applied to the proximal end of the catheter to aspirate the thrombus from the blood vessel. The kit includes the catheter, a suction device and a mechanism for controlling the suction flow.

The present disclosure provides a manifold that can be easily attached to a medical or dental chair in which a patient sits and a flexible arm and funnel connected to the manifold and configured to receive a High Volume Evacuator (HVE) tube. The flexible arm which holds the funnel is configured to be sufficiently rigid to maintain its shape and position, allowing a clinical practitioner to leave the funnel in the appropriate place to capture aerosols emitted from a patient during a procedure use the negative pressure from the HVE. Thus, also provided herein is a method of using the disclosed manifold to remove aerosols emitted during a clinical procedure.

A fat harvesting systems and related methods of harvesting and reinjecting fat that provides a medical professional with multiple technique options. Harvested fat can be subjected to a variety of pre-reinjection preparation steps within a single, self contained reservoir such that the potential for contaminating the harvested fat is avoided. The fat harvesting system can be completely self-contained kit requiring no additional external systems or alternatively, can utilize available surgical suite systems, for example, vacuum to successfully harvest, prepare and reinject fat cells. The fat harvesting system can size harvested fat cells so as to be especially desirable for different injection locations in the body. The fat harvesting system is a single use, disposable system that requires no sterilization equipment and recovered and sized fat cells are maintained in a sanitary environment so as to avoid contamination that could result in having to discard recovered fat cells.