A catheter having a shaft having an elongated body, a first end, a second end, an inner diameter, an outer diameter and a first port; a stylet adapted to fit slidably within the inner diameter of the hollow shaft and adapted to be removed from the hollow shaft from the first port; and a second port adapted to receive a needle and in fluid communication with a balloon positioned along the outer diameter of the hollow shaft; wherein the second end is adapted to receive a fluid and the first end is adapted to drain the fluid.

A urinary drainage system can include an air pressure apparatus with a connector having an elongate connector body. The connector includes a lumen having a larger proximal lumen diameter and a smaller distal lumen diameter. The system includes an air intake adapter having an elongate adapter body, including a proximal end having a proximal opening configured to be coupled to the distal end of the connector. The adapter can include an air intake port in fluid communication with the adapter lumen, the adapter lumen having a larger proximal lumen diameter and a smaller distal lumen diameter.

The nebulizer gas scavenging system includes a condenser positioned in the expiratory pathway of the breathing circuit for extracting liquid from expiratory gases and redirecting the extracting liquid to the input of the nebulizer. The system is further configured to detect the actual consumption of inhaled medication by measuring the concentration of medication in the expiratory pathway and comparing it to the initial content of medication in the aerosol of the inspiratory pathway. A more accurate determination of the amount of inhaled medication is advantageous in certain critical situations involving application of medication by inhalation.

A ureteral catheter is provided, including: a drainage lumen including a proximal portion configured to be positioned in at least a portion of a patient's urethra and a distal portion configured to be positioned in a patient's ureter and/or kidney, the distal portion including a coiled retention portion, wherein the retention portion includes at least a first coil having a first diameter and a second coil having a second diameter, the first diameter being less than the second diameter.

A breakaway chest drain connector, which includes a first part having an inlet for connecting to an upstream portion of a chest drain tube, a one-way valve and a first flange surrounding the one-way valve; and a second part having an outlet for connecting to a downstream portion of the chest tube, a second flange and a hollow protrusion, the second flange surrounding the hollow protrusion. The second part is connectable to the first part by securing the first flange to the second flange such that the hollow protrusion passes through the one-way valve to form an uninterrupted fluid flow passage from the inlet through the hollow protrusion and the outlet along a longitudinal axis of the connector. The first and second flanges are separable by applying a longitudinal separation force above a defined threshold separation force.

A urinary drainage system includes an air pressure apparatus. The air pressure apparatus includes a connector and an adapter. The connector includes a reduced diameter portion, a connector lumen extending from an upstream opening to a downstream opening in the reduced diameter portion, and a lateral port configured for drawing a fluid sample from the connector lumen. The adapter is sealing coupled to the connector and includes an adapter lumen receiving the reduced diameter portion, the downstream opening in fluid communication with the adapter lumen. A luminal space is defined in the adapter lumen around the reduced diameter portion of the connector. The adapter further includes an air intake port including a port lumen orthogonal to the adapter lumen, which is configured to provide a positive air flow to the luminal space to draw a fluid through the downstream opening in the reduced diameter portion of the connector.

Systems and methods for nasal irrigation are provided in which a nasal irrigation device includes a source of saline solution, an effluent receptacle, a nasal interface, a vacuum source, a fluid passageway to communicate the source of saline solution with the effluent receptacle through the nasal interface and a nasal cavity of the user, and a switch and valve assembly for selectively controlling the vacuum source and flow of the saline solution through the fluid passageway. The saline solution source bottle is disposed relative to the device to provide gravitational inducement of saline solution to the nasal interface in engagement to the device user's nostrils. A combination of the gravitational inducement and the relative vacuum from an effluent receptacle generates a fluid flow for irrigating, cleansing and massaging the nasal cavity and ostia of a user. The entire device is assembled as a hand-held device for convenient lifting and disposal against the user's nostrils.

A heart support apparatus includes a heart wrap having a shape configured to conform with a heart of a patient. The heart wrap includes four inflatable compartments, each inflatable compartment is configured to cover one of a pair of atriums and a pair of ventricles. The apparatus includes a negative charge pad configured to deliver an electrical stimulus to the heart and a positive charge pad configured to receive the electrical stimulus. The negative and the positive charge pads are connected to a power source through negative and positive lead cables, respectively. An external device with four piston pumps is used to circulate fluids to the inflatable compartments. A first suction tube and a second suction tube remove a first fluid and a second fluid, respectively, from the heart wrap. A controller with program instructions controls the piston pumps.