A device for connection to a medical connector, the device includes a cap, an elastic sealing ring and a peelable seal. The cap configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The cap includes one or more threads adapted to engage with a female luer connector. The cap is adapted to engage a male luer connector in a press-fit connection. The peelable seal prevents the disinfectant or the antimicrobial agent from exiting the chamber.

The administration system including a stopcock including a fluid inlet path, a first fluid outlet path and a second fluid outlet path, the first fluid outlet path being equipped with a connecting member configured to be connected to an administration extension tube; a purge tubing including a first end fluidly connected to the second fluid outlet path and a second end configured to be fluidly connected to a collection container; and a non-return valve configured to enable a flow of fluid from the second fluid outlet path to the purge tubing and to prevent a flow of fluid from the purge tubing to the second fluid outlet path.

Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for thrombolysis. For example, a medical device for thrombolysis can include a conduit, a supply reservoir, and a waste reservoir. The conduit can be configured to insert into a lumen of a venous access device having an intraluminal clot. The conduit can include a supply lumen configured to convey an aqueous thrombolytic composition from the supply reservoir through an opening in a distal-end portion of the conduit to the intraluminal clot. The waste reservoir can be configured to collect waste from the lumen of the venous access device including fibrin fragments, platelets, red blood cells, or spent solution of the thrombolytic composition used to break down the intraluminal clot. Administering a thrombolytic composition in accordance with the disclosed systems, devices, and methods can break down clots more quickly than at least the common 3-way stopcock method.

A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter, and a needle hub coupled to the catheter adapter. The needle hub may be transparent, and a needle may be secured within the needle hub. The catheter system may also include a flow control plug coupled to the proximal end of the needle hub. In some embodiments, a flashback pathway may be disposed between an outer surface of the flow control plug and an inner surface of the needle hub. In some embodiments, the catheter system may include an inner barrel and an outer barrel, and the inner barrel and the needle hub may be configured to move proximally within the outer barrel to retract the needle. The flashback pathway may be disposed between an outer surface of the needle hub and an inner surface of the inner barrel.

Intravascular delivery system is designed for a safe and efficient access to secondary and tertiary vascular structures, such as the branches of the coronary sinus, to enhance the delivery and deployment of various catheters, such as, for example, pacemaker electrical leads. The over-the-wire system features a straight, or alternatively shaped, micro-catheter distal tip of an inner catheter that seamlessly cooperates with a peel-away reinforced outer catheter. The inner catheter and the peel-away reinforced outer catheter are advanced in their engaged mode of operation towards (or beyond) the target site. Subsequently, the inner and outer catheters are disengaged, and the inner catheter is removed from the outer catheter. A pacemaker lead may be advanced over the wire inside the outer catheter to the target site for deployment. Subsequently, the outer catheter is easily split and may be rapidly removed from the blood vessel.

An infusion system comprises an infusion pump that comprises an input unit and a display unit. The input unit is adapted for adjusting a value of at least one parameter for controlling operation of the infusion pump and/or an infusion process, and the display unit displays the value of the at least one parameter. The input unit comprises at least one slide bar adapted to be touched by a user's finger and moved along its length to change the value of the parameter, wherein movement in a first direction increases the value of the parameter and in a reversed, second direction decreases the value. The slide bar is adapted so that the rate of change of the parameter value correlates with the speed of the finger movement and in an idle mode is decelerated in a similar way as under influence of an inertia load and/or a friction.

Inside a connector body (112, 114; 300) of a medical connector providing a fluid flow conduit, a one-way valve (118) is fitted directly into one end of a stop valve (116) in a manner providing a fluid tight seal between these valves. The stop valve (116) prevents fluid flowing out of the end (111; 311) of the connector body (112, 114; 300) unless a complementary end of a separate device (not shown), typically a Luer lock connector, engages the end of the connector body and opens the stop valve (116). To facilitate manufacture and assembly, the one-way valve (118) and the stop valve (116) can be formed as parts of a single piece of elastomeric material, the parts being hingedly connected so that the one-way valve part (118) can be folded over to be fitted directly into the end of the stop valve part (116). A further possibility, also applicable when only a stop valve (116) is provided, is that the connector body (300) may be formed in one piece with a folding, snap fit closure (312).

A valve and a method for administering a plurality of drug fluids to a patient are disclosed. For each drug fluid, the valve may be rotated into a selected drug position associated with the drug fluid. With the valve being in the selected drug position, a backpriming may be performed of a connector line of a drug container containing the drug fluid. Thereafter, the drug fluid may be administered with the valve being in the same selected drug position. Thereafter, the valve may be flushed, optionally while maintaining the same selected valve position.

Methods and devices are provided for various insufflation sealing approaches for a trocar. For example, a trocar is provided that has a housing and a cannula extending therefrom. The housing and the cannula have a tool pathway extending therethrough for receiving a surgical tool, and the housing has an insufflation port therein. A variety of seal elements are provided that seal the insufflation port to prevent fluid flow into the port. The port and seal elements are configured to have a reduced profile to prevent interference between the trocar and a tissue surface during use.

A hemostasis or bleed-back control valve such as a Tuohy-Borst adapter is provided that is capable of sensing pressure in vivo. The valve may include a main valve body having a lumen. An upstream main seal may be disposed in the lumen of the main valve body. A catheter fitting may be disposed at a downstream end of the main valve body. A pressure transducer may be in fluid communication with the lumen of the main valve body. Such devices may be suitable for exploratory or interventional medicine involving catheterization.