Urinary catheter-insertion kits disclosed herein can include a working tray, a storage tray, a urinary catheter, and a drainage system including drainage tubing and a drainage receptacle. The working tray can be configured to nest with the storage tray by suspending the working tray from the storage tray. At least the working tray includes a number of preformed sections configured to hold a number of components of the urinary catheter-insertion kit. At least one section of the preformed sections of the working tray includes a catheter section configured to hold the urinary catheter. The storage tray can be configured to hold the drainage system. Also disclosed herein are methods of urinary catheterization with the urinary catheter-insertion kits.

This invention relates to a humidification assembly or kit for use in a respiratory support system for delivering humidified gas to a user or patient. The assembly or kit comprises a fluid reservoir, and a humidification chamber. The fluid reservoir and the humidification chamber are provided in fluid connection with each other, wherein a connection between each of the fluid reservoir and the humidification chamber provides a pre-determined force of retention and/or resistance to disconnection or is a permanent type connection.

In this disclosure, a breathing support system is presented which automates and regulates the use of a bag valve mask (commonly known as an ambu bag). The system can use mechanical actuators, sensors and a smart feedback control mechanism to automate and regulate the operation of the ambu bag to implement core functions of mechanical ventilation for life-saving applications. The system can also be used to provide better breathing support to newborns (e.g. to prevent hypoxia).

A method for managing a guidewire in preparation for a surgical operation, comprising attaching a block of resilient polymer to a coiled tube which contains a guidewire; attaching to the block of resilient polymer a card having printed information concerning the guidewire on a planar surface of the card; removing the guidewire from the coiled tube; removing the block of resilient polymer from the coiled tube while keeping the card having printed information attached to the block of resilient polymer; coiling the guidewire into a flat spiral form; capturing, in a slot formed in the block of resilient polymer, a plurality of portions of the guidewire, which portions are adjacent to and parallel with each other, thereby maintaining the guidewire in the flat spiral form.

A method for managing a guidewire in preparation for a surgical operation, comprising attaching a block of resilient polymer to a coiled tube which contains a guidewire; attaching to the block of resilient polymer a card having printed information concerning the guidewire on a planar surface of the card; removing the guidewire from the coiled tube; removing the block of resilient polymer from the coiled tube while keeping the card having printed information attached to the block of resilient polymer; coiling the guidewire into a flat spiral form; capturing, in a slot formed in the block of resilient polymer, a plurality of portions of the guidewire, which portions are adjacent to and parallel with each other, thereby maintaining the guidewire in the flat spiral form.

An aromatherapy sensory tool is designed for users to help self-regulate the body, emotions, and feelings of stress/anxiety or other emotions. The aromatherapy sensory tool includes an outer gas-permeable enclosure, an inner gas-permeable enclosure, a quantity of absorbent filling, and a quantity of aromatherapy fluid. When in use, the outer gas-permeable enclosure prevents the leak of the quantity of aromatherapy fluid while allowing the smell of the quantity of aromatherapy fluid pass through and reach the user. The inner gas-permeable enclosure is designed to contain the quantity of absorbent filling within the outer gas-permeable enclosure. Similarly, the inner gas-permeable enclosure prevents the leak of the quantity of aromatherapy fluid while allowing the smell of the quantity of aromatherapy fluid to exit out of the outer gas-permeable enclosure. The quantity of absorbent filling retains the quantity of aromatherapy fluid and diffuses the quantity of aromatherapy fluid for aromatherapy purposes.

A rapid chemical delivery system is presented. The system includes a portable handheld chemical storage receiving receptacle, wherein the receptacle is configured to receive and mate with an insertable chemical container and wherein the container houses a chemical. The system also includes a base affixed to the chemical storage receptacle, wherein a side of the base is configured to connect with an object and another opposing side is configured to attach to the chemical storage receptacle. The system further includes a rapid chemical deployment mechanism utilizing the portable handheld chemical storage receptacle and arranged to deploy the chemical from the chemical container when activated.

A respiratory therapy apparatus is operable to deliver multiple types of therapy to a patient. The apparatus includes a main housing and a nebulizer tray that selectively attaches to a bottom of the main housing. The apparatus also includes a filter housing unit having an antenna surrounding a pneumatic passage and a transponder chip coupled to the antenna. The main housing has also has an antenna that surrounds a respective pneumatic passage of a main outlet port of the apparatus. The main housing includes a reader that controls communication between the antennae. The main housing of the apparatus also has a pivotable hose support plate, a firmware upgrade port underneath part of the top wall of the housing, and a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays various user inputs for control of the apparatus and that displays various alert conditions that are detected.

A shielding assembly for an infusion system includes a plurality of compartments and a door for each compartment, and provides a radioactive radiation barrier for the compartments. One of the compartments contains a radioisotope generator of the infusion system and another of the compartments may contain a waste bottle of the infusion system. An opening into each of the generator and waste bottle compartments may be oriented upward, and the opening into the latter may be at a higher elevation than the opening into the former, for example, to facilitate independent removal and replacement of each. A door of at least one of the compartments, other than the generator compartment, when closed, may prevent the door of the generator compartment from being opened. A cabinet structure for the infusion system may enclose the shielding assembly and secure the generator.

Disclosed is a method of controlling a respiratory assistance apparatus delivering a flow of gas, particularly a flow of air, having the steps of measuring at least one parameter indicative of the flow of gas; converting at least one parameter indicative of the flow of gas into at least one signal indicative of the flow of gas; processing at least one signal indicative of the flow of gas in order therefrom to deduce at least one item of information relating to cardiac massage being performed on a patient in cardiac arrest; on the basis of at least one deduced item of information, automatically selecting a given ventilation mode from among a number of stored ventilation modes, and controlling the respiratory assistance apparatus by applying the selected ventilation mode. Respiratory assistance apparatus capable of implementing this control method.