...@austin.utexas.edu 30 03 2022 01 09 2022 27 09 2022 convection-enhanced delivery fiber optic microneedle device drug delivery catheter National Cancer Institute 10.13039/100000054 P01 CA207206-01 Patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of malignant...

...Sang Wook Yi Objective : Laparoscopic instruments with suction and irrigation functions often lead to tissue damage during removal of the aspirated tissues, owing to the presence of aspiration into the side holes of their catheters. To address this problem, we designed a novel irrigation...

...% in reoperation in the past 25 years. In addition, due to its invasiveness, it is employed only for severe cases of incontinence and the patient should also have hand dexterity. Catheterization is used as a temporary or permanent treatment of incontinence. Catheters are broadly used in the treatment...

...Thomas L. Merrill; Denise R. Merrill; Jennifer E. Akers Mild hypothermia has been shown to reduce heart tissue damage resulting from acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In previous work we developed a trilumen cooling catheter to deliver cooled blood rapidly to the heart during emergency angioplasty...

... shown that mild hypothermia, reducing tissue temperatures by 2 – 4 ° C , has the potential to save heart tissue that is not adequately perfused with blood. This paper describes the design of a cooling guide catheter that can provide rapid, local cooling to heart tissue during emergency angioplasty...

...Alexander H. Slocum, Jr.; William R. Bosworth; Anirban Mazumdar; Miguel A. Saez; Martin L. Culpepper; Robert A. Levine, MD This paper focuses on the design and implementation of a percutaneous catheter-based device to provide physicians with an externally controlled tool capable of manipulating...

...Thomas C. Bischoff; Marty D. Martens; Matthew H. Adams; William J. Gallagher; Paul A. Iaizzo Anecdotal and documented reports from both patients and doctors have described unanticipated breaks in connections between implanted catheters and drug pumps. In extreme cases, such disconnections...