A heating apparatus includes a heating element which converts electrical power to heat energy, a heatable element having a first surface and a second surface, and a dielectric laminate layer between the heating element and the first surface of the heatable element, wherein the dielectric laminate layer is thermally conductive to transfer heat energy from the heating element to the heatable element, and wherein the second surface of the heatable element is configured heat a liquid in a container.

A portable modular assistive device for storing, measuring, drawing and administering liquid injectable medication or other fluids from a vial and syringe, specifically to insulin for consumers and medical professionals in homes, while traveling and in medical facilities, having means to allow users to quickly, securely, easily and accurately measure and draw the desired amount of insulin and then administer the medication. The device is a portable syringe guide and vial holder comprising a horizontal elongated stabilizer made of rigid light-weight material with high tolerance and low friction, a rigid liquid medication vial protector at one end; a rigid movable syringe carriage with an opening on the top side to firmly hold the assembled syringe and needle to perfectly align the needle to the center section of the rubber top of the vial; a flexible expandable color-coded security strap; a flexible expandable color-coded resistance spacer ring, a removeable adjustable magnifier and calibrator bar, a rigid end cap at the other end of the horizontal stabilizer, with said holder having means to allow users to transport said holder in a pocket or pouch without risk of spillage from the vial, dislodging the components or damage to the vial, needle or syringe. Thus, a considerably more versatile, cost-effective, durable and efficient syringe guide and vial holder is provided that can accommodate a plurality of syringe and needle sizes as well as various liquid medications and other fluids in vials in the first embodiment as well as in other embodiments with ease of tracking quantities, contents, sizes and locations of a variety of vials, syringes and needles.

A heating apparatus includes a heating element which converts electrical power to heat energy, a heatable element having a first surface and a second surface, and a dielectric laminate layer between the heating element and the first surface of the heatable element, wherein the dielectric laminate layer is thermally conductive to transfer heat energy from the heating element to the heatable element, and wherein the second surface of the heatable element is configured heat a liquid in a container.

Provided is a syringe gasket including a first member, and a second member connected to the first member and coupled to a plunger rod of a syringe. The first member includes a top face contacting with the liquid, and a first side circumferential face that faces an inner circumferential face of a barrel of the syringe. The first side circumferential face has, at an end portion thereof close to the second member, a ring-like trimmed face. An inert film is laminated on the top face and the portion of the first side circumferential face other than the ring-like trimmed face. The second member includes a second side circumferential face that faces the inner circumferential face of the barrel, and a ring-like protruding portion that projects outward in the radial direction from the second side circumferential face. The ring-like protruding portion at least partially covers the ring-like trimmed face.

A method for manufacturing or selecting a medical device, such as a reservoir-based delivery device, for use in contact with a fluid composition, such as a drug formulation, includes considering one or more of: (i) the differential Hansen Solubility Parameter (HSP) value for and ingredient of the fluid composition and a component of a medical device; (ii) the concentration of the ingredient in the fluid composition relative to the maximum solubility of the ingredient in the fluid composition at the pH of the concentration; (iii) the potential for chemical reaction between the ingredient of the fluid composition and the component of the medical device; and (iv) baseline reactivity of the fluid composition with the component of the medical device.

A coated anesthetic container for an anesthetic dispenser includes an anesthetic tank, which is capable of receiving a liquid anesthetic (Nm), as well as a refill unit for refilling liquid anesthetic (Nm). The anesthetic tank includes a wall and a coating on the inner surface of the wall. A wall of the refill unit is connected in a fluid-tight manner to the wall of the anesthetic tank. A coating is applied at least to the inner surface of the wall of the anesthetic tank. This coating is made of an alloy of nickel and phosphorus. The nickel portion is in a range of 80 wt.% to 97 wt.%, and the phosphorus portion is in a range of 3 wt.% to 15 wt.%. A process is provided for manufacturing such an anesthetic container.

A heating apparatus includes a heating element (48) which converts electrical power to heat energy, a heatable element (44) having a first surface and a second surface, and a dielectric laminate layer (46) between the heating element and the first surface of the heatable element, wherein the dielectric laminate layer (46) is thermally conductive to transfer heat energy from the heating element (48) to the heatable element (44), and wherein the second surface of the heatable element is configured heat a liquid in a container.

A syringe is to be obtained by using PTFE for a gasket main body that makes a direct contact with an injection solution and using a slidable silicone rubber at a portion that does not make contact with the injection solution.

A syringe A includes a syringe barrel 1, a gasket 10 press-fitted within the syringe barrel 1, and a plunger rod 5 mounted in the gasket 10. In the gasket 10, a concaved groove 18 is formed over the whole circumference of a slide-contact surface 11 of a main body portion 26 that is formed of a rigid plastic having a drug solution-resistant property against a drug solution 30 to be loaded in the syringe barrel 1 and that is configured to slidingly contact an inner circumferential surface 2 of the syringe barrel 1. In a slide-contact ring 19 that is to be fitted in the concaved groove 18 and that is configured to slidingly contact the syringe barrel inner circumference surface 2, a silicone oil and a spherical ultrahigh molecular weight fine powder are added to a silicone rubber base material 19c.

A novel nebulizer ruggedized to withstand high pressure and corrosive solutions that cannot be used in commercially available nebulizers. Also, a medication for use in such a nebulizer comprising cannabidiol (CBD) and an essential oil.

A system for supplying power transcutaneously to an implantable device implanted within a subject is provided. The system includes an external connector including one of a microneedle array and a microwire holder. The system further includes a power cable electrically coupled to the external connector and configured to supply power to the one of the microneedle array and the microwire holder, and an internal connector configured to be implanted within the subject and electrically coupled to the implantable device, the internal connector including the other of the microneedle array and the microwire holder. The microneedle array includes a plurality of electrically conductive microneedles, the microwire holder includes a plurality of electrical contacts, and the microwire holder is configured to engage the microneedle array such that the plurality of electrically conductive microneedles extend through the skin of the subject and electrically couple to the plurality of electrical contacts.