A deep vein intravenous introducer has a wheel located toward the front end of the device that can be rotated by the index finger of the user. After placement of the needle in the lumen of the vessel, the user rotates the wheel, which advances the wire guide through the center of the needle and into the patient. Once the guide wire is advanced into the vessel lumen the catheter can be advanced over the guide wire with a hub or finger tab on the catheter close to the index finger. The operation can be performed by one hand without moving the hand from its initial position. The user can then simultaneously use the other hand to operate an ultrasound detection device during insertion without the assistance of another person.

A medical device packaging system that includes a medical device packaged within an outer sleeve with an open end and a closure flap for closing an end opposite the open end. The packaging system further includes a seal that couples the closure flap to the outer sleeve to close the end opposite the open end. The seal is frangible along an edge between the closure flap and outer sleeve. The packaging system further includes an inner sleeve with a corresponding shape to the outer sleeve, and the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve are configured to move relative to each other in a longitudinal direction of the sleeves. The packaging system further includes a stiffener with a leading edge disposed within the inner and outer sleeves such that the leading edge of the stiffener is configured to interact with an inner surface of the closure flap.

A package (10, 34) having an opening tab (26, 48) that extends beyond the perimeter of the package.

The present disclosure includes and provides for methods of packaging medical devices that are to be treated with a fluorinated liquid to alter their surface properties, packaging systems for such medical devices, and methods of utilizing the packaging systems to treat the medical devices. The packaging systems permit effective storage and distribution of medical devices that upon contact with mammalian blood have limited thrombogenicity or are non-thrombogenic and/or are resistant to adhesion of blood cells or clots.

An inserter, a medical elongated body set, and a method of using an inserter can effectively remove air remaining inside a distal portion of a medical elongated body by effectively performing priming on the distal portion of the medical elongated body. An inserter assists a medical elongated body to be inserted into a medical device. The inserter includes a tubular portion having a proximal opening portion into which the medical elongated body is inserted and a distal opening portion that guides the medical elongated body to the medical device, and having a main lumen through which the proximal opening portion and the distal opening portion communicate with each other, and a connector that communicates with the main lumen of the tubular portion, and connects a liquid injection tool.

An apparatus for performing a medical procedure is provided. A catheter includes a tubular body having a plurality of markings indicative of a distance to an end portion of the catheter. A movable indicator repositionable on the tubular body to indicate a position of at least one of the plurality of markings. The indicator may also be provided with a magnifier for facilitating reading any indicia on the catheter.

Modular pre-loaded implant subassemblies that can be packaged separately from a handle, which allows using any one of a plurality of separately packaged modular pre-loaded implants with a common handle.

A method of making a ready-to-use catheter assembly is provided, which can be immediately used by a patient. The ready-to-use catheter assembly ensures that the catheter does not suffer from a loss of quality during its shelf life and a wetting medium are provided. The method comprises: placing a catheter with an inactivated hydrophilic outer surface at least along its insertable length and a wetting medium in a catheter package; treating the catheter package with the catheter and the wetting medium with electro-magnetic and/or particle radiation while at least initially the hydrophilic outer surface at least along the insertable length of the catheter remains inactivated; and activating the hydrophilic outer surface at least along the insertable length of the catheter with the wetting medium during and/or after the radiation treatment and wherein the wetting medium decreases in viscosity when submitted to electro-magnetic and/or particle radiation.

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.