A heart pump including a housing defining a cavity including at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity and at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity. An impeller is provided within the cavity, the impeller including a rotor and vanes mounted on the rotor for urging fluid from the inlet radially outwardly to the outlet. A drive is provided for rotating the impeller in the cavity, the drive including a plurality of circumferentially spaced permanent drive magnets mounted within and proximate a first face of the rotor, adjacent drive magnets having opposing polarities and a plurality of circumferentially spaced drive coils mounted within the housing proximate a first end of the cavity, each coil being wound on a respective drive stator pole of a drive stator and being substantially radially aligned with the drive magnets, the drive coils being configured to generate a drive magnetic field that cooperates with the drive magnets to thereby rotate the impeller. A magnetic bearing is also provided to thereby at least one of control an axial position of the impeller and at least partially restrain radial movement of the impeller.

A conveying device for body fluid includes a catheter tube having a distal end to be inserted into the body and a proximal end. In order to provide a conveying device which can no longer become clogged with coagulating substances, a hollow body which is arranged in a longitudinally moveable and/or rotatable manner in the catheter tube, extends from the distal end at least up to the proximal end, and forms a transport channel over its length extending in the extension direction of the catheter tube.

The present invention provides devices for dispensing topical pharmaceutical compositions. In some embodiments, the dispensing device possesses a reservoir for storing the composition and means for metering the composition. In some embodiments, such reservoirs are: i. made from, or substantially lined with, a material that opaque and/or substantially nondepleting of at least one component of the composition; ii. optionally, volumetrically compressible; and iii. fitted with the means for metering the composition. And the means for metering are adapted to measure a fixed amount of the composition for application to a dermal region of a user of the device. In some embodiments, the compositions has a specific gravity in the range of from about 0.85 to about 1.20 at about room temperature and comprises a medicament; a thickening agent; and a solvent, and optionally a skin penetration enhancer and/or a deodorant.

Provided herein is an endovascular procedure system including a first drive unit comprising a first drive assembly having a first rotational actuator and configured to be mechanically coupled to a first endovascular insertion device advance assembly of a first cassette, a second drive unit having a second drive assembly, the second drive assembly having a second rotational actuator and configured to be mechanically coupled to a second endovascular insertion device advance assembly of a second cassette, a third drive unit comprising a third drive assembly having a third rotational actuator and configured to be mechanically coupled to a third endovascular insertion device advance assembly of a third cassette and a track, to which the first drive unit is fixedly coupled, the second and third drive units are moveably mechanically coupled, and the second drive unit is disposed between the first drive unit and the third drive unit along the track.

A component for use in an aerosol provision system is disclosed. The component includes a region through which, in use, an aerosol from the aerosol provision system passes, the component being configured to enable selective interaction of the aerosol with a substance locatable in the region.

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of nebulizers for aerosol generation and methods of using same for treating diseases and disorders.

The present invention discloses ventilation apparatus, comprising a casing with a first vent and a second vent, a fixed spacer disposed within the casing, and a movable spacer in operative connection with a power mechanism. Also discloses herein are methods for ventilating a subject, by synchronously providing a positive pressure ventilation and a negative pressure ventilation using the ventilation apparatus described herein.

A drainage system that includes a mechanized surgical drain and drive mechanism for draining body matter from a body cavity. The mechanized surgical drain comprises a carrier mechanism within a surgical drain tube. The drive mechanism provides motion capabilities to a carrier mechanism within the lumen of the surgical drain tube. The motion capabilities of the carrier mechanism inhibits occlusion of the surgical drain tube by dislodging body matter and moving the body matter through the surgical drain to a suction port for removal to a collection container.

A pump for administering an agent to a patient includes a housing, a syringe seat, and a bumper. The syringe seat is coupled to the housing. The bumper is coupled to the housing adjacent to the syringe seat.

The invention is about a next-generation blood pump that provides pulsatile blood flow, and has been developed for cardiopulmonary by-pass devices used for maintaining extracorporeal blood circulation during heart surgeries and the supportive devices of circulation system. This device is technically a sort of synchronous power-assisted motor employing direct driver technology. The mentioned blood pump contains a rotor rotating on a magnetic bearing without a shaft and through the helical wings placed into the rotor it provides pulsatile blood supply adequate for the body requirement synchronous with the ECG signals received from the patients. It provides a patient safer and controlled pulsatile blood flow while running at high efficiency.