Devices and methods for stereotactic placement of a catheter are disclosed herein. The device can include a conical component comprising a first opening and a second opening, a cylindrical rod for receiving the catheter, a footplate for securing the device underneath a skin of a subject, and a clip for holding the catheter. The first opening and second opening can form a lumen therethrough. The cylindrical rod can be coupled to the first opening, and the footplate can be coupled to the conical component.

A surgical port assembly for use with surgical instruments includes a body including an exterior surface and an interior space defined by an interior surface of the body. The surgical port assembly includes a control interface including a plurality of drive members coupled to the body and controllable to apply a force to a different portion of a shaft of an surgical instrument, when the shaft is disposed within the interior space, to move a distal portion of the surgical instrument to a desired position within a body cavity.

A device for monitoring a manually operated syringe that according to one embodiment includes a basis which is adapted to be connected to a medication administration point of a patient and comprises a syringe insertion port to receive the syringe dispensing tip, the basis being configured such that when the syringe is inserted in the insertion port the syringe barrel is not in direct contact with the basis, and at least part of the syringe barrel projects from the basis in the direction of the barrel axis, and further comprising an image acquisition system arranged on the basis and adapted to capture an image of at least part of the syringe plunger when the syringe is inserted in the insertion port.

The invention relates to a connecting piece for establishing a fluid connection between fluid-conducting lines for installation in a cut-out in a housing part of a medical device, in particular a dialysis unit. Furthermore, the invention relates to a medical device, in particular a dialysis unit, comprising a housing that comprises a housing part having a cut-out into which a connecting piece of this type is inserted. The connecting piece 13 according to the invention comprises a tubular body 18 that is made of an electrically conductive material and can be inserted into the cut-out 23 in the housing part 1A, the end pieces 19, 20 of which body are designed for the attachment of the fluid-conducting lines. The connecting piece 13 is distinguished by a terminal part 16 for attaching an electrical protective conductor or equipotential bonding system, the terminal part 16 being electrically conductively connectable or connected to the tubular body 18. The terminal part 16 allows an electrical connection cable 17 to be directly attached to a protective conductor 15 (PE conductor).

A heart support system featuring a constraint sized to fit about at least a portion of an adult human heart in a living body, an expandable chamber disposed within the constraint so as to apply pressure against the heart when expanded and a connector system including a pneumatic connection port in hydraulic communication with the expandable chamber. The heart support system can include a supply unit with: a source of pressurized fluid and a pneumatic supply line extending from the pressurized fluid source. The pneumatic supply line is connectable to the pneumatic connection port.

A cover for a percutaneous connector extending through the skin of a patient. The cover includes a structure having an inner side and an outer side. A first separable connector is mounted to the structure and disposed entirely within the structure, the first separable connector being configured to detachably engage and electrically connect with the percutaneous connector. A second separable connector is mounted to the structure and electrically connected to the first separable connector, the second separable connector being exposed at the outer side of the structure and being configured to detachably engage and electrically connect with an external device. The inner side of the structure defines a skin-engaging surface at least partially surrounding the first separable connector and the percutaneous connector, when the first separable connector is engaged with the percutaneous connector.

An obturator assembly includes an obturator at least partially positionable within a lumen of a device. The obturator has a distal end with a tip portion and an opposing proximal end. A sensor assembly is at the tip portion. The sensor assembly is configured to sense one or more environmental characteristics and to generate one or more signals representative of the one or more environmental characteristics. A hub is operatively coupled to the obturator. The hub is also operatively coupled to electronic circuitry that is coupled in signal communication with the sensor assembly. In certain embodiments, the electronic circuitry is configured to receive the one or more signals from the sensor assembly and transmit the one or more signals to remote reception circuitry and/or display a datum representative of the one or more environmental characteristics on a display of the hub.

A percutaneous connection device to be fixed in an osseous structure of a patient to connect an internal entity located inside the body of the patient to an entity external to said body, the device comprising a percutaneous socket having a first end comprising a percutaneous abutment and a second end opposite to the first end, an elongated extension member designed to be inserted within a hole created into the osseous structure, said extension member having a first end to be removably coupled to the second end of the socket and a second end opposite to the first end, an anchoring mechanism for anchoring the device to the osseous structure by osseointegration and a separate connection running through the device from the first end of the percutaneous socket to the second end of the extension member, and comprising at least a first connector arranged within the percutaneous abutment.

A sheath for producing a fully sealed access to the interior of a vessel of an animal or human body comprises a base sheath having a tubular body defining a pass-through channel. The base sheath is adapted to be inserted into the vessel through a vessel aperture. A wall of the tubular body of the base sheath has a through channel. This channel extends in the wall from the distal end towards the proximal end. The channel can be present separately from the pass-through channel of the base sheath or can form a sideways extension of the pass-through channel, at least at the distal end. Such through channel is adapted to conduct blood from the vessel to the proximal end of the sheath when the sheath has been inserted into a vessel.

A catheter system including a vascular catheter having a catheter tube configured for placement within a patient body. A system module incorporated into the catheter tube adjacent the distal tip includes first and second electrodes disposed within the lumen and coupled with the luminal wall adjacent the distal tip. A console coupled with the first and second electrodes includes logic that determines an electrical impedance between the first and second electrodes, where the impedance is related to thrombus formation and/or the bacterial adhesion within the lumen. The system module provides a wireless notification when the impedance exceeds a defined limit. A secondary system includes a light activated surface coating applied to an inside luminal wall surface. Energizing a light source activates the surface coating to release an agent (e.g., an active pharmaceutical ingredient or an anti-coagulant agent) to reduce effects of the thrombus formation and/or the bacterial adhesion.