A cryoablation catheter, comprising a balloon (1) and a delivery catheter (2) passing through the balloon (1). The delivery catheter (2) is provided with a fluid inflow cavity (21) and a fluid outflow cavity (22) therein. The fluid inflow cavity (21) extends into the balloon (1), and a side wall of the fluid inflow cavity (21) is provided with a spray head (211) that injects a liquid into the balloon (1). The spray head (211) has a number of spray holes (2111, 2112) circumferentially arranged on the exterior of the fluid inflow cavity (21). An end of the fluid outflow cavity (22) has a cross section (24) that seals the fluid outflow cavity (22), and a side wall of the fluid outflow cavity (22) is provided with a reflow hole (221) in communication with the balloon (1). A fluid flows from the fluid inflow cavity (21) through the nozzle holes (2111, 2112) into the balloon (1). The nozzle holes (2111, 2112) are evenly distributed outside the fluid inflow cavity (21), so that the interior of the balloon (1) is uniformly filled with the refrigeration fluid, ensuring the uniformity of heat exchange at each part of the balloon (1) in an axial direction. The fluid then flows out from the reflow hole (221). The structural design can effectively improve the heat exchange efficiency of the fluid, and the production and processing processes are relatively simple.

Systems (1100) for treating a blood flow passage are discloses herein. In one example, a treatment device includes an expandable element (1104) configured to be positioned within the passage and a reinforcing element (1102). The expandable element may have an expanded configuration in which the expandable element defines a lumen (1108) therethrough. The reinforcing element may be positioned within the lumen of the expandable element. The reinforcing element may be coupled to the expandable element such that expansion of the expandable element causes the reinforcing element to radially expand, thereby creating a perfusion lumen through the device.

Disclosed herein are inflatable balloon apparatuses for use in stopping massive blood flow from a uterine wall due trauma or disease. Also disclosed is a method for using the apparatuses.

A dilation catheter includes a shaft, a distal tip sized and configured to pass through an isthmus of a Eustachian tube (ET), and an expandable element moveable along an exterior of the shaft between a proximal position and a distal position. The expandable element is operable to transition between an unexpanded state in which the expandable element is configured for insertion into the ET via the isthmus, and an expanded state in which the expandable element is configured to dilate the ET.

A device for perfusing a coronary sinus of a subject's heart which may include: a double-lumen catheter including: a first lumen having: a proximal opening, and a distal opening configured to be positioned in a coronary sinus of a subject's heart; and a second lumen parallel to the first lumen, the second lumen having: a proximal opening, and a distal opening being offset from the distal opening of the first lumen towards the proximal opening of the second lumen in a longitudinal direction, the distal opening of the second lumen being configured to be positioned in a right atrium of the subject's heart; and an oxygenator connected to the proximal openings of the first lumen and the second lumen, the oxygenator is configured to oxygenate deoxygenated blood.

A double-balloon catheter device for gastrointestinal anastomosis. The double-balloon catheter device for gastrointestinal anastomosis includes a liquid injection assembly, a double-balloon assembly, and a supporting device (15) connecting the liquid injection assembly and the double-balloon assembly. The liquid injection assembly includes a first balloon liquid injection connection port (2), a guide wire connection port (3), and a second balloon liquid injection connection port (4). The double-balloon assembly includes a double-balloon catheter device (5), and includes a first balloon (6) and a second balloon (7) that can expand-and that are respectively disposed on the two ends of the double-balloon catheter device (5). The double-balloon catheter device (5) is provided with a first balloon liquid injection channel (51), a guide wire channel (52), and a second balloon liquid injection channel (53).

Various examples of an ablation end effector are shown and described with two balloons independently inflatable so that a distal balloon can be used to ensure stability of the second balloon for electrical ablation in a beating heart. Methods and techniques to operate the ablation end-effectors are also described.

Balloon catheters that includes inner and outer elongate shafts, each of which is secured relative to an end of an inflatable member. The inner and outer elongate shafts are secured relative to one another at one more discrete connection locations. The balloon bonding locations are disposed radially inward relative to an outer dimension of the outer elongate shaft.

A medical catheter includes a multi-lumen tube including a first lumen and a second lumen; an extension tube fixed to an end surface in a longitudinal direction of the multi-lumen tube, extending from the end surface along the longitudinal direction, and including a third lumen communicating with the first lumen; and an outer wall portion extending from the multi-lumen tube along the extension tube and configured to cover a part of an outer surface of the extension tube, the outer wall portion including a pipeline formed to communicate with the second lumen and having a part of the outer surface in an inner surface of the pipeline.

A stool management system having a tubular body including a first end section disposable in a rectum of a patient and a second end section including a first connector which detachably mates with a second connector coupled to a collection container which receives waste matter passed through the tubular body from the bowel of the patient.