The present invention provides a system, a method, devices and a computer implemented with a method for the monitoring and the control of a subject's organ perfusion. The present invention further provides for the use of a system, a method, devices and a computer implemented with a method for the monitoring and the control of a subject's organ perfusion.

Provided is a pressure gauge capable of being effectively used for internal pressure measurement of a balloon catheter and capable of providing easy monitoring of a pressure value even when measuring internal pressure of an extracorporeal circulation circuit. The pressure gauge measures internal pressure of a balloon catheter used for treatment and diagnosis or pressure of a body lumen of a living body and includes a coil-shaped tube 2 to elastically deform. One end of the tube 2 is set as an open fixed end and the other end is set as a sealed free end and pressure introduced from the open fixed end can be measured based on a displacement position of the tube 2 due to the pressure.

A urinary catheter may include a catheter shaft and a connector coupled with the proximal end of the catheter shaft. The connector may have a first arm ending in a fluid outlet configured to allow urine to flow out of the urinary catheter and a second arm with an aperture and ending in an inflation inlet used for introducing inflation fluid into the urinary catheter. The catheter may further include a primary lumen, an inflation lumen, a retention balloon mounted to the catheter shaft proximal to a fluid inlet and over a distal filling hole, and a pilot balloon mounted on the second arm of the connector over the aperture. The pilot balloon inflates at an inflation pressure that is higher than the inflation pressure of the retention balloon and lower than a predetermined pressure threshold.

A joint-spacing balloon catheter comprising: a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; first and second balloons mounted to the distal end of the shaft, the first balloon being disposed distal to, and spaced from, the second balloon, with the portion of the shaft between the first and second balloons being flexible; and a handle attached to the proximal end of the shaft.

Device for gravity-driven, particularly continuous, control of the filling pressure in a balloon catheter (3), comprising: a balloon reservoir that is statically loaded with a vertically guided weight guide or stamp (9) that weighs vertically on the balloon reservoir, wherein said weight guide or stamp is designed to carry vertically arranged and therewith plumb-vertically acting weight elements (8), and wherein the balloon reservoir is guided in a cylindrical shell (6).

A gallium silica glass composition is described. The glass can be used in variety of biomedical applications

A system for treating an aneurysm comprises an elongate flexible shaft and an expandable member. An expandable scaffold is disposed over the expandable member and may be expanded from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. A double-walled filling structure is disposed over the scaffold and has an outer wall and an inner wall. The filling structure is adapted to be filled with a hardenable fluid filing medium so that the outer wall conforms to an inside surface of the aneurysm and the inner wall forms a substantially tubular lumen to provide a path for blood flow. In the expanded configuration the scaffold engages the inner wall of the filling structure. A tether is releasably coupled with the filling structure and the flexible shaft thereby constraining axial movement of the structures relative to each other.

An apparatus is provided that operable in different modes to perform various functions for treating a body lumen. The apparatus includes a shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending therebetween, and a balloon on the distal end having an interior communicating with the lumen. The apparatus includes a valve on the distal end that selectively opens or closes an outlet communicating with the lumen. With the valve open, fluid introduced into the lumen exits the outlet into a body lumen. With the valve closed, fluid introduced into the lumen expands the balloon. The apparatus also includes an actuator for axially compressing the balloon, and a helical member extends between ends of the balloon interior that expands the balloon from a contracted condition to an expanded helical shape when the actuator is activated.

Balloon guide catheter with a balloon bonded thereto maximizing bonding strength and integrity while minimizing outer profile. Reflow jacket(s) is melted to/embedded within a braid supporting structure of the catheter securing beneath the balloon. Radially arranged apertures and/or recesses may be defined in the balloon through which adhesive is seepable upwards when secured about the catheter shaft. Proximal and distal bond interface areas of the balloon may be skived at right angles into two sections each extending radially 180°. Proximal and/or distal edges of the balloon may be flipped inwards prior to securing to the catheter shaft to form respective proximal and/or inverted bonds. During prepping of the catheter, residual air may be purged from the balloon via an exhaust hole defined in the compliant balloon or an exhaust tube secured between the exterior surface of the catheter shaft and the balloon.

An insertion portion mounted tool of an insertion instrument includes: an expansion and retraction section provided on an outer circumferential side of an insertion portion so as to be movable forward and backward in a longitudinal direction, and configured to be expanded in the subject by an operation from outside of the subject to thereby be held by an inner wall of the subject; a positioning portion that defines a range in which the expansion and retraction section is movable forward and backward in the longitudinal direction with respect to the insertion portion; and a rotational movement restriction portion that restricts an angle in which the expansion and retraction section is rotationally moved in an outer circumferential direction on an outer circumference of the insertion portion.