According to aspects disclosed herein, an infusion lead assembly may include a housing including a needle receptacle, a housing lumen, a pin receptacle, and a housing conductive trace; a connector including an connector needle, an internal lumen, a metal pin, and a connector conductive trace, and an infusion lead body including an infusion lumen, an exit port, an internal wire, and a distal electrode. The infusion lead assembly may form an electrical path to transmit electrical signals across the connector conductive trace, the metal pin, the housing conductive trace, the internal wire, and the distal electrode. The infusion lead assembly may form a fluid path to transmit fluid across the internal lumen, the connector needle, the infusion lumen, and the exit port.

A chemo-o-port cover includes flexible and stretchable material sized to cover the skin surface immediately above the implanted port and a centered ring structure secured on its surface to hold numbing cream. The thickness of the cover permits the cover to provide a barrier and movement. The height and diameter of the ring defines a volume sufficient to contain an amount of numbing cream to reduce or eliminate the pain associated with injecting the chemotherapy medicament into the implanted port structure. The stretchable material also contains adhesive regions to secure the cover to the skin of the patient and keep the cover in place for long periods of time. The adhesive permits repeated use of the cover—removal and reapplication.

Systems and methods for delivering a drug or other therapy over an extended period of time (e.g., several hours, days, weeks, months, years, and so forth) are disclosed herein, as are systems and methods for monitoring various parameters associated with the treatment of a patient. Systems and methods are also disclosed herein that generally involve CED devices with various features for reducing or preventing backflow.

A system for facilitating instrument delivery through a peripheral intravenous catheter may include a catheter adapter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending there through. The catheter adapter may include a side port. The system may include an extension tube extending from the side port. The system may include a blood control valve disposed in the lumen of the catheter adapter. The system may include a peripheral intravenous catheter extending distally from the catheter adapter.

Apparatus and methods for controlled arterial/venous access are provided. The apparatus and methods may include a lumen anastomosed to a bodily lumen. A lumen clamping means may utilize a clamp manipulator to effectively seal the tubing, and the manipulator may be operated by two fingers. A needle receptor may be utilized, and the receptor may utilize a compressible member to seal tightly against a needle inserted from outside the body, in order ensure secure placement into a channel. The channel may be in liquid communication with the tubing. The manipulator and the needle receptor may be palpable from outside the body.

In some examples, a catheter assembly includes a catheter including an elongated catheter body defining a lumen, a first cuff and a second cuff. The first cuff includes a first cuff body comprising a material configured to promote epidermal tissue growth around or within the first cuff and an adhesive configured to adhere the first cuff body to an outer surface of the elongated catheter body at a first cuff position selectable by a user. The second cuff includes a second cuff body comprising the material configured to promote epidermal tissue growth around or within the second cuff body and an adhesive configured to adhere the second cuff body to the outer surface of the elongated catheter body at a second cuff position selectable by the user. A distance between the first and second cuff positions is customizable by the user based on a patient.

A bone marrow access apparatus includes a bone penetrating member and a cap. The bone penetrating member includes a tubular insertion portion, and a head portion provided at a proximal end of the tubular insertion portion. A cross-sectional shape of the head portion is wider than a cross-sectional shape of the tubular insertion portion. A recess is provided in the head portion, and an internal channel is provided through the head portion and the tubular insertion portion. The cap accommodates the head portion of the bone penetrating member therein. The cap includes a lower wall which covers at least a part of a distal side of the head portion, and a projection which projects into the recess of the head portion.

Vacuum dressings with a guide tube are provided for implantable medical devices that inhibit infection associated with in-dwelling devices while encouraging healing of the incision around the device. The vacuum dressings mitigate pooling of fluids that harbor bacteria from between the outer diameter of an inserted implantable medical device and the inner diameter of a guide tube and also in the cylindrical gap, between the outer diameter of an inserted implantable medical device and the inner wall of the subcutaneous tunnel, which remains in fluid communication with skin microflora. Implantable medical devices may also illustratively include a variety of catheters, such as venous access, peritoneal dialysis, and other indwelling venous access catheters that require skin penetration; cannulas; Steinman pins; Kirschner wires; and cardiac assist device lines.

A medical elongated body that is capable of improving convenience during use by a surgeon, and capable of preventing peeling, from a catheter main body, of a drug portion (a hydrophilic coating) containing metal ions and a drug when disposed on a wound site of a patient. An introducer sheath includes a tubular sheath configured to be percutaneously inserted into a blood vessel, and a hub connected to a proximal portion of the tubular sheath, in which the tubular sheath includes a first region and a second region located on a proximal side relative to the first region, the first region has a first hydrophilic coating having lubricity, the second region includes a groove portion extending from a distal side of the tubular sheath toward a proximal side of the tubular sheath, the groove portion having a second hydrophilic coating containing at least one of metal ions and a drug.

A vascular access device may include a housing, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the distal end of the housing and the proximal end of the housing. The distal end of the housing may include a connector configured to couple to a catheter assembly. The vascular access device may include a bag, which may be coupled to the proximal end of the housing. The vascular access device may include an instrument and a pincher disposed within the bag. The pincher may be configured to pinch the instrument to move the instrument distally through the lumen of the housing and into the catheter assembly.