A medical assembly includes a sheath having a channel that extends therethrough; a medical device that extends into the channel of the sheath via a proximal end of the sheath; and a cover at least partially enclosing a space and having a first opening that provides access to the space, wherein the sheath extends through the first opening such that the medical device emerges from the proximal end of the sheath within the space.

A window dressing includes a primary layer having a window for viewing a catheter insertion site. The primary layer includes an adhesive layer on a lower, skin-contacting face of the primary layer. A transparent layer covers the window and adheres to the upper surface of the primary layer. An ultrasonic transmission layer is positioned below the primary layer, where the transmission layer comprises a layer of hydrogel. A support structure has a stiffness that is greater than the primary layer and has an adhesive layer on the lower surface of the support structure. The support structure adhesive layer adheres the support structure to the upper surface of the primary layer.

A tether connector configured to form an electrical connection with a sensor connector through a sterile barrier disposed over the sensor connector. The tether connector can include a housing, an electrical lead extending from the housing, and a first piercing element in the housing orthogonally connected to the electrical lead, the first piercing element configured to pierce the sterile barrier to form the electrical connection with the sensor connector.

A protective barrier for face isolation in orotracheal maneuvers, comprising: an essentially rectangular sheet made of a clear plastic material comprising, on its back side, a plurality of first circumferentially arranged fastening means and second cross-sectionally arranged fastening means substantially dividing the sheet in half thereby defining two sections; and at least four sleeves made of a clear plastic material affixed to the sheet in one of the sections defined by the second cross-sectionally arranged fastening means defining an outwardly open arc, wherein said sleeves comprise third fastening means arranged internally and circumferentially on the distal ends of each of the sleeves.

A catheter containment system configured for securing a proximal portion of a catheter placement system within a sterile field. This relieves the clinician from holding the proximal portion to prevent them for falling outside of the sterile field. Further, the proximal portion can be secured out of the way from the insertion site providing a clear field of view. Embodiments include a body, having a channel configured to releasably engage an extension leg or guidewire, and a securement feature to secure the body to a portion of a drape or similar item of the sterile field. Exemplary securement features can include clips, clasps, pins, magnetic elements, adhesives, twist ties, zip ties, snap fasteners, hook and loop attachments, mechanical grasping devices or adhesive pads. The system can further include anchor tabs that can be adhered to the drape to provide an anchor point.

This patent document discloses accessory devices and associated methods for catheter and guidewire management in a surgical setting. Implementations can include an accessory device having a manually deformable body that includes proximal and distal surfaces. The body may further define at least first and second apertures, each aperture extending through the body. The first aperture can be engageable with a proximal end portion of a first elongate medical device, and the second aperture can be configured to receive a second elongate medical device. The body can be slidable along the proximal end portion of the first elongate medical device and/or the second elongate medical device, and the proximal surface of the body may include a funnel leading into the first aperture, the second aperture, or both. The body may be incorporated into, or attached to, a proximal side of a hemostasis valve utilized for a medical operation.

A window dressing includes a primary layer having a window for viewing a catheter insertion site. The primary layer includes an adhesive layer on a lower, skin-contacting face of the primary layer. A transparent layer covers the window and adheres to the upper surface of the primary layer. An ultrasonic transmission layer is positioned below the primary layer, where the transmission layer comprises a layer of hydrogel. A support structure has a stiffness that is greater than the primary layer and has an adhesive layer on the lower surface of the support structure. The support structure adhesive layer adheres the support structure to the upper surface of the primary layer.

The invention relates to a device for draining urine from the bladder of a patient, consisting of an indwelling part placed in the bladder and in the urethra, and of a retractable insertion aid of tubular or hose-like construction which is placed into the indwelling part and facilitates insertion into or passage through the urethra, and of which the inner lumen affords the possibility of applying a lubricating and lumen-straightening substance into the urethra, wherein a reservoir vessel for holding a preferably gel-like substance can be mounted at the proximal end of the insertion aid, and the substance can be applied through the insertion aid from the opening of the catheter tip into the urethra, without a reverse flow into the proximal gap between insertion aid and catheter; moreover, various embodiments of the device are described, and also a method which permits the procedure of draping and cleaning in preparation for the introduction of a catheter by hand and also allows the catheterization of the bladder to be guided with just one hand by the user.

A telesurgical manipulator comprises a surgical instrument, an instrument holder adapted to releasably mount the surgical instrument, an electrically-isolating and sterile drape, an instrument interface included on the instrument holder, and a communication device disposed on the instrument holder. The instrument interface is operably couplable to the surgical instrument via a sterile adaptor that secures the electrically-isolating and sterile drape to the instrument interface. The electrically-isolating and sterile drape permits communication between the surgical instrument and the instrument holder while maintaining an electrically-isolating and sterile barrier therebetween. The communication device wirelessly communicates with the surgical instrument, with the electrically-isolating and sterile drape disposed therebetween, and wirelessly provides power to the surgical instrument, with the electrically-isolating and sterile drape disposed therebetween.

A surgical drape adapted to overlay a patient including an opaque sheet having superior region extending to a cephalad end with a fenestration configured to surround a surgical region of the patient, and an inferior region extending from the inferior aspect of the fenestration to a caudal end and having a transparent sheet joined to the patient facing side of the opaque sheet proximate the inferior aspect of the fenestration between opposite opaque sheet first and second edges allowing the inferior portion of the opaque sheet drawn away from the transparent sheet to allow a surgeon visual access to the patient through the transparent sheet.