A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. The tensioning device includes a ramp which is rotatable via a motor, a ramp track, and a roller which is in contact with the ramp track and which is mounted rotatably in a driver. The device can further include a front part, which includes the cylinder and the open dispensing end, and a rear part, which includes the tensioning device. The front part and the rear part can be formed from different materials.

A tracheostomy collar is described herein having a number of features providing ease of use in caring for a tracheostomy and securing a tracheostomy tube inserted therein.

Provided is a medical guidewire that ensures adhesion of a coating layer and exhibits excellent smoothness. A medical guidewire including a wire body that is flexible and long, an intermediate layer that has at least one layer and covers a surface of the wire body, and an outermost layer that covers a surface of the intermediate layer, in which the intermediate layer is colored by including a pigment, and a concentration of the pigment is wt % or more and wt % or less with respect to the intermediate layer as a whole.

An infusion device includes a pump configured to deliver a fluid in at least a therapy delivery mode and a stand-by delivery mode. The infusion device includes an audible alarm and at least first, second and third sets of visible indicators. The infusion device includes a pump controller coupled to the pump, the audible alarm, and the visible indicators. The pump controller is configured to operate the pump in the therapy delivery mode or the stand-by delivery mode, and to actuate the first set of visible indicators in the therapy delivery mode and the stand-by delivery mode, to actuate the second set and the audible alarm at an end of the therapy delivery mode and at intervals during the stand-by delivery mode, and to actuate the third set during the stand-by delivery mode when the second set is deactivated.

This invention relates to a catheter cover. Previously, catheter covers that may protect a catheter from water were not efficiently securable to a human user. Embodiments of the present invention use a tab (50) joined to a sleeve on the catheter cover. A first adhesive strip (52) is joined to the tab and the sleeve and is configured to be attached to skin of a human user.

A portable hemodialysis system is provided including a dialyzer, a closed loop blood flow path which transports blood from a patient through the dialyzer and back to the patient, and a closed loop dialysate flow path which transports dialysate through the dialyzer. Preferably, the hemodialysis system comprises a sorbent filter in the dialysate flow path. Furthermore, the hemodialysis system comprises a dialysate quality sensor disposed directly in the dialysate flow path. The dialysate quality sensor is configured to change color based on a pH level, ammonia level, or ammonium level of the dialysate.

Systems, devices, and techniques are described to position a tube in a trachea of a patient as part of an intubation procedure. An intubation system may include a stylet configured to position a tube in the trachea of the patient. The stylet may include an articulating segment and a support segment. The articulating segment may be configured to move between a first position and a second position in response to input received by the support segment. The movement of the articulating segment may be controllable by a caregiver. The intubation system may include a handle configured to receive an input from the caregiver and cause the stylet to move in response to the input.

An intubation apparatus includes an inserting section that has an elongated shape and is to be inserted from a mouth of a subject toward a target site. An intubation tube is formed to extend along a longitudinal direction of the inserting section and is advanceable and retractable with respect to the inserting section. An imaging section is placed at a tip end of the inserting section and takes an in vivo image of the body of the subject. A detecting section detects a target site from the in vivo image based on a feature amount of the target site that is preset. A notifying section is disposed integrally with or separately from the intubation apparatus and notifies an operator who operates the inserting section. A notification controller controls the notifying section to notify of information relating to the target site of the subject based on a result of the detection.

Disclosed are a noise reduction box and a ventilation therapeutic device comprising the same. The noise reduction box comprises a shell (10) and a detection assembly, wherein the inside of the shell (10) defines a cavity; the shell (10) is provided with an air inlet (101) and an air outlet (102) which are in communication with the cavity; and the detection assembly is mounted on the shell (10) to detect the degree to which the inside of the cavity is dirty. The special detection assembly for detecting the degree to which the inside of the noise reduction box is dirty is mounted on the noise reduction box, so that the degree to which the inside of the noise reduction box is dirty can be clearly observed by means of the detection assembly, without it being necessary to disassemble the noise reduction box, and same is simple to operate and convenient for checking.

Methods and devices are provided precision filling of medical syringes. Generally, the methods and devices are designed to determine and measure dosages and fill a syringe with a precise amount from a medication vial and to store or transmit to a medical records storage system data associated with the process. In one embodiment, the fill apparatus weighs, photographs and stores information on a syringe and medicine vial, fills the syringe from the vial and confirms transfer of the medicine to the syringe from the vial.