Indwelling device
OwnerIshay Ostfeld, Eran Hirszowiczinventors
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Abstract
A medical device for insertion into a body having a surface covered by a detachable cover. The cover may be detached from the surface and removed from the body while the device is inserted in the body. The device maybe, for example, a catheter, cannula, drain, stent, pacemaker, or electrode.
Claims33
A medical device for insertion into a body, the device having at least one surface covered by at least one detachable cover, the cover being detachable from the surface and removed from the body while the device is inserted in the body.
The device according to any one of the previous claims in the cover stores and releases a substance.
The device according to claim 32 wherein the cover releases an anti-microbial or anti-fungal compound.
A system for forming a cylindrical cover on a mandrill, comprising:
- (a) a first reservoir containing a first suspension;
- (b) a wiper for removing a portion of the first suspension when applied onto the mandrill
- (c) a second reservoir containing a second suspension;
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- (d) a nozzle for applying the second suspension to the mandrill.
A system for transferring a cover from a mandrill to a cylindrical shaft of a device, comprising:
- (a) a first chamber configured to receive the mandrill;
- (b) a second chamber surrounding a portion of the first chamber, the first and second chambers having a common wall containing a plurality of pores;
- (c) an outlet for evacuating the first and second chambers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.