A packaged catheter assembly having a catheter, a fluid reservoir, and an opaque pouch containing the fluid reservoir and catheter, wherein the pouch comprises a transparent or translucent window. The catheter may be a male urinary intermittent catheter. The window may correspond to the position of the fluid reservoir in the pouch. The window may correspond to the position of an indicator region of the pouch. The indicator region may be configured to indicate successful release of fluid from the reservoir. The catheter in the pouch may be hidden, for example by the fluid reservoir and/or a wall of the pouch. The pouch may comprise a retaining seal configured to restrict the movement of the fluid reservoir within the pouch.

A packaged catheter assembly having a pouch and a catheter. The pouch has two walls and a peripheral seal between the two walls and the catheter comprises a proximal end for insertion into the body and a distal end. The catheter is arranged within the pouch in a curved configuration and a join is provided between the two walls, wherein: the join and an internal base of the peripheral seal define a channel to be filled with fluid before withdrawal of the catheter from the pouch; and the pouch and catheter are arranged such that during withdrawal of the catheter from the pouch, the distal end of the catheter is withdrawn from the pouch before the proximal end and the proximal end passes through the channel. The assembly may comprise a fluid reservoir to release fluid into the pouch to form a pool of fluid in the channel.

An anesthetized catheter that includes the ability to administer substances and remove substances via the catheter orifice as well as pericatheter with the option of using wireless technology, while also having an indication system.

Described are means for the direct and continuous connection of a catheter to the lumen of any tubular anatomical structure, or ductus, without medically significant leakage. A port implanted at the body surface with piping to a periductal collar allows drug or radionuclide delivery that bypasses the upstream lumen. The port allows injection, infusion, aspiration, or attachment of an automatic ambulatory pump. A superparamagnetic nanoparticle carrier-bound drug, for example, can be introduced into the lumen to pass downstream until the particles, with or without the drug still bound, are drawn into the lumen wall by a magnetized jacket surrounding the ductus. Such constitutes a method of drug targeting whereby a segment of a vessel or the territory supplied by a branch of that segment can be circumscribed for exposure to the drug. A jacket with side-entry connector positioned in surrounding relation to a lesion requiring treatment can itself be magnetized.

A system comprising a handpiece and drive system configured to removably couple to a proximal end of a housing. A scalpet assembly is configured to removeably couple to the housing, and includes a scalpet array comprising at least one scalpet configured for rotation. The scalpet array is configured to harvest dermal plugs via fractional resection. A collection chamber is configured to collect the dermal plugs, and to house formation of an injectable filler by mincing the dermal plugs, and mixing the dermal plugs with a carrier. The injectable filler is configured for bulk fill. The collection chamber includes a loading port, and a cannular syringe is configured to mate with the loading port to receive the injectable filler, and to deliver the injectable filler for the bulk fill.

A catheter, a guide wire, an opening position identification device, an opening position identification method, an internal object presence determination assistance device, a diagnostic assistance device, and a treatment assistance device that can easily identify the position of an opening of the catheter in a body are provided. A guide wire 20 is inserted into a catheter 30 having openings for introducing a fluid substance into the body, or for sucking the fluid substance in the body. One or more light sources 10 for identifying the positions of openings 32 of the catheter 30 are provided. The catheter 30 may be provided with one or more light sources 10 for identifying the positions of the openings 32 of the catheter 30.

Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.

A balloon catheter having an elongated catheter shaft defining a fluid drainage lumen and a balloon inflation lumen. The balloon catheter includes a fluid drainage port disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the fluid drainage lumen, and a balloon inflation port disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the balloon inflation lumen. A balloon portion is disposed about the distal end of the catheter shaft in fluid communication with the balloon inflation port. A release device is disposed in fluid communication with the balloon portion and the fluid drainage lumen, and includes an activating member. A tether is attached to the activating member of the release device. Tension applied to the tether activates the release device, enabling fluid flow from the balloon portion into the fluid drainage lumen and out of the body.

Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating urinary retention of a patient by assisting the discharging of urine from a natural urinary bladder. The apparatus is provided with an expandable member, adapted to be implanted inside the natural urinary bladder of the patient, for discharging urine from the natural urinary bladder as a result of its expansion in volume and an implantable control device for controlling the volume of the expandable member. Also provided is an interconnecting device configured to connect the expandable member to the implantable control device.