A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system includes a catheter assembly having a proximal end, a distal end, and an elongate body extending therebetween. The elongate body defines at least an inner lumen. The catheter pump system further includes a shaft assembly extending at least partially within the inner lumen of the elongate body of the catheter assembly and defining a center lumen. The shaft assembly includes an outer filar layer, an inner filar layer disposed radially within the outer filar layer, and a polymer layer at least partially disposed between the outer filar layer and the inner filar layer and configured to inhibit a flow of fluid therethrough. The catheter pump system further include a motor assembly configured to rotate the shaft assembly.

A prefilled syringe and a method of filling a syringe with a pegfilgrastim solution to provide a target extracted volume of pegfilgrastim solution from the syringe are described. A method includes selecting the target extracted volume of pegfilgrastim solution, determining an estimated drug transfer loss, determining an estimated syringe dead volume, filling the syringe with a volume of pegfilgrastim solution comprising at least the target extracted volume plus the estimated drug transfer loss plus the estimated syringe dead volume.

Disclosed are a medicated thread manufacturing system and medicated thread manufacturing method. The medicated thread manufacturing system includes a first slideway and a second slideway, a thread clamping apparatus and a medicine spraying apparatus that are slidably arranged on the first slideway, and a thread winding apparatus slidably arranged on the second slideway. The thread clamping apparatus is used for clamping two ends of a to-be-processed medicated thread, straightening the to-be-processed medicated thread and twisting the to-be-processed medicated thread in the straightened state into a single-strand rope state. The medicine spraying apparatus is used for spraying a medicine towards a surface layer of the to-be-processed medicated thread in the straightened state. The thread winding apparatus is used for abutting a center position of the to-be-processed medicated thread in the single-strand rope state and pulling the to-be-processed medicated thread towards a direction opposite to the first slideway to fold the to-be-processed medicated thread, and used for rotating the to-be-processed medicated thread, such that the to-be-processed medicated thread winds and extends from middle to two ends to be twisted in a double-strand rope state. The control apparatus controls a matching opportunity of the thread clamping apparatus, the medicine spraying apparatus and the thread winding apparatus. Artificial participation is not needed in the manufacturing process of the medicated thread, such that automation of manufacturing the medicated thread is realized.

An intermittent catheter, preferably a female intermittent catheter, is provided in an assembly. The assembly may include a cap which may be attachable to the base of the assembly in use, and/or a seal which misaligns with sealing surfaces of a chamber wall and a moveable insert in use. It may have a two-step deployment, and/or a sheath that pulls out a storage chamber. Internal and external housing may define the storage chamber. The housing may have a filling aperture and/or the storage chamber may comprise an insert configured to move axially in response to rotation.

A dialyzer housing manufacturing system includes a molding device configured to mold a dialyzer housing, and a tool coupled to a robotic arm and configured to retrieve the dialyzer housing from the molding device after the dialyzer housing is molded. The tool includes a frame, a first suction cup connected to a first portion of the frame, and a second suction cup connected to a second portion of the frame, the second suction cup being oriented about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees relative to the first suction cup.

Methods and apparatus for assembling dispensing devices and/or for dispensing a medicament include a sealing element fixed in a receiving space of the dispensing device with a specific assembly parameter. A plurality of sealing elements is produced in batches, and all sealing elements of a batch are fixed with the same assembly parameter.

An aspiration system includes a pump and a control system in communication with the pump. The control system includes a microcontroller, an antenna configured to receive a signal, and a pump control board in communication with the microcontroller. The antenna is in communication with the microcontroller. Upon receiving the signal, the pump control board operates the pump to create negative pressure according to the signal.

A nebulizer has an aerosol generator, a reservoir, and an aerosol outlet. A piezoelectric vibration generator is on a downstream side of a support washer, and power to the piezo is provided by a spring contact assembly. The assembly has upstanding electrical terminals for contact with electrical supply conductors. There are spring terminals extending around a rim of the spring contact assembly to engage an exposed underside of the washer, and a resilient ridge extending in the upstream direction to engage the underside of the piezo, which itself is on the downstream side of the washer.

The invention relates to a device (IO) for manually inserting a plunger-type stopper into a syringe cylinder, comprising a receptacle (18) designed to hold the syringe cylinder; a tubular barrel (30) designed to accommodate the plunger-type stopper in its interior, a holding device (28) designed to hold the barrel, and a moving device (40, 42, 44, 46, 48) designed to move the plunger-type stopper; the holding device (28) having an actuation portion (34) for moving the barrel (30) relative to the plunger-type stopper. The present invention further relates to a corresponding method.

Drug depot delivery devices and methods for delivering a drug depot to a site beneath the skin of a patient are provided. In various embodiments the device has a housing having a top housing end, and a bottom housing end. The housing defines a housing channel. The device has a drug cartridge defining a depot channel aligned with the housing channel and configured to slidably accept the drug depot. The drug cartridge has at least a first occluding device configured to occlude the depot channel at a first position such that the drug depot cannot pass through the depot channel without force applied to the drug depot sufficient to deflect the first occluding device. The bottom end of the housing has a coupling configuration for engaging a cannula. A plunger has a push rod to expel the drug depot through the occluding device and the cannula.