An enteral feeding catheter that provides access to both the stomach and the jejunum for feeding, aspiration and decompression. The catheter includes a dual lumen "D" tube that joins to an external "Y" connector at the proximal end of the tube. The connector serves both lumens as a source for fluid or aspiration. The gastric lumen and the jejunal lumen of the "D" tube both connect to a transitional connector bolus in the stomach. The gastric lumen of the "D" tube joins with a lumen in the transi...

The catheter of the present invention includes a tube-shaped catheter main body, a shaping member provided at least at the front end portion of the catheter main body such that the shaping member can impart a winding shape to the front end portion of the catheter, and a cavity portion formed at the inner side of the shaping member.

A technique for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia. The ventricles are endocardially mapped by way of an electrophysiological workup. This mapping locates the tachycardial foci and other abnormalities in conduction. A special catheter containing an optical fiber is percutaneously inserted into a blood vessel and advanced into the ventricle. The distal tip of the catheter is positioned adjacent to each of the tachycardia generating sites. A medical laser is used to irradiate each site via t...

A technique for percutaneous treatment of idiopathic hypertropic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). IHSS and HCM are diseases of the heart in which the septum of the left ventricle thickens resulting in reduced ventricular performance. Current treatments involve drug therapy or a medical intervention called an interoperative myotomy/myectomy using the Morrow procedure. The present invention uses laser energy delivered via fiber optics placed percutaneously to irradi...

There is provided a catheter composed of a main body fitted with a shape memory alloy member and having a liquid injection means to supply warming liquid to have said member recover the original shape thereof.

A catheter, for example for bladder drainage, formed of two coaxial tubes and including near the distal end of the outer tube an expandable and contractable retention structure, for example Malecot wings, and at the proximal end of the inner tube a hollow connector for attachement to a fluid supply or drain, comprises actuating means to effect relative sliding movement of the proximal ends of the tubes so as to expand or contract the retention structure, and which means further include a housing...

This application discloses a catheter which comprises a hollow tube having a plurality of extensions at one end which are normally urged, by springs or other force exerting means, outwardly of the tube so that after the catheter has passed through a body passage or canal, with the end carrying the extensions entering first, when the extensions enter a body cavity the extensions will bend outwardly engaging the walls of the cavity adjacent the passage to retain the catheter therein so that fluid ...

Catheters are provided with coating of a hydrophilic acrylate or methacrylate polymer. The coating reduces the irritation and infection normally accompanying the use of catheters. Infection can be reduced still further by absorbing an antibiotic in the coating.

A catheter or fiberscope for the inspection of an intracardiac area or the like is proposed which has a flexible tube and a balloon mounted on its end. The flexible tube is divided into four passageways, i.e. two fluid passageways and an illumination light transmission line and an image transmission line. A flush of a physiological saline solution is spouted from one fluid passageway outside of the balloon to form a visual field without interfering natural movement of the area to be inspected. A...

A catheter for drainage purposes that is to be used predominantly in the area of the skull in the case of operations, having a closed distal end, said end area being perforated by holes and having a connecting part (6) arranged at the rear end of the catheter tube (1) and having a wing cannula (2) with double wings inserted into the catheter tube (1) in the proximity of the rear end of the catheter tube (1), the parts of the cut catheter tube (1) pushed onto the ends of the metal cannula (4) of ...