30 matching records for DISTAL.
A device intended to hold a dental implant (e.g., orthodontic implant screw) at its distal end during the application of the implant to the patient’s oral cavity. It is typically a small metal shaft with an opening at its distal end designed to be mounted o...
A hand-held, manual, stainless steel surgical instrument with a small diameter shaft tapering from the handle typically intended to be used to remobilize the footplate of the stapes to relieve conductive hearing impairment due to otosclerosis or middle ear ...
A device in the form of a cuff with concentric finger-like components intended to fit to a flexible colonoscope distal end to stabilize its tip within the colonic lumen and straighten the colonic folds to facilitate observation and/or surgical instrument us...
A sterile rigid tube designed to provide body tissue access through its lumen for a radio-frequency (RF) probe during RF ablation procedures (typically of peripheral nerves to treat chronic pain) and for the injection/aspiration of fluids (e.g., local anaes...
A rigid tube designed to provide percutaneous (through the skin) tissue access through its lumen for an electrosurgical probe during radio-frequency (RF) ablation procedures (typically of peripheral nerves to treat chronic pain) and for the injection/aspira...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to grip and hold a bone or, being used in pairs one on either side of the fracture, to approximate the proximal and distal segment of a fractured bone during orthopaedic surgery. It is typically made of high-g...
A device intended to hold a dental implant (e.g., orthodontic implant screw) at its distal end during the application of the implant to the patient’s oral cavity. It is typically a small metal shaft designed to be mounted onto the distal end of a manual scr...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to deploy a ligature (e.g., a latex rubber band) to internal haemorrhoids for their removal through blood flow occlusion. It is typically made of high-grade stainless steel, and has a long shaft with a profile...
A hollow cylinder inserted orally into the trachea to maintain airway patency, typically for patients anticipated to require prolonged mechanical ventilation in critical care, that enables removal of pooled secretion above its distal cuff with suction. It c...
A large, scissors-like, hand-held instrument whose blades distal to the pivot point terminate in various jaw configurations, capable of cutting heavy layers of plaster or synthetic material used to form hardened casts, i.e., that which has already been used...
A sterile flexible tube designed with a balloon at or near the distal tip that may be introduced directly (usually under fluoroscopic guidance) or through a bronchoscope so that its distal tip reaches the bronchi, permitting the inflation of the balloon aft...
A sterile, flexible tube designed for use in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) to dilate a stenotic coronary artery by controlled inflation of a distensible balloon. The tube contains holes proximal and distal to the balloon that permit ...
A sterile, flexible, end- and/or side-hole tube with a long snaring device (e.g., a wire loop or noose) inserted through its lumen, designed to be introduced into a blood vessel or similar structure to manually retrieve or manipulate a foreign body. It is t...
A flexible, end- and/or side-hole tube with a long snaring device (e.g., a wire loop or noose) inserted through its lumen, designed to be introduced into a blood vessel or similar structure to manually retrieve or manipulate a foreign body. It is typically ...
A hand-held, surgical instrument used to for the removal of small amounts of endometrial secretions and/or tissue from the uterus for biopsy purposes. It is typically made of high-grade stainless steel and is available in a variety of designs: 1) a long, th...
A slender, rod-like surgical instrument made of metal, typically with groove running along the centre of it distal shaft and/or continuing with an elongated malleable wire loop, that is used to guide other devices or instruments into a selected intracorpore...
A steerable wire with a filter at its distal end intended to be used to facilitate the placement of diagnostic/interventional vascular devices (e.g., angioplasty balloons, intravascular stents) in the lumen of a blood vessel (coronary, carotid, peripheral),...
A short, light-penetrating cap designed to be placed onto the distal end of an endoscope (e.g., colonoscope) to facilitate observation, by retaining a short distance between the endoscope tip and lumen wall or other structure of interest. It typically has a...
A manual instrument designed for introduction into and measurement of the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses during diagnostic and/or surgical procedures. It typically consists of a hand-held, slender, rod-like metallic device with a fine blunt distal end...
A sterile device designed to temporarily channel (shunt) intravascular blood through a vascular anastomosis, primarily to control bleeding and enable distal perfusion during coronary or peripheral vascular bypass grafting and vessel repair surgery. It is ty...
A rigid tube designed to provide percutaneous (through the skin) tissue access through its lumen for an electrosurgical probe during radio-frequency (RF) ablation procedures (typically of peripheral nerves to treat chronic pain) and for the injection/aspira...
A long, hand-held, manual surgical instrument designed to tunnel an artificial passageway along ligament and/or tendon tissue to create a connecting channel. It can have a variety of designs: 1) a long, round, stiff rod that tapers to a rounded point at the...
A hand-operated surgical instrument designed for the automatic extraction of a small tissue sample from an anatomic structure of the body (i.e., a biopsy), while causing minimal surrounding tissue damage, for pathological examination/testing. It has a sprin...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed for cutting an anatomical valve or valves in situ (e.g., to slit a heart valve or to cut the valves within a vein to allow blood flow in the opposite direction). It is typically a flexible, plastic-coated meta...
A heavy, hand-held, manual surgical instrument with a spoon-like, sharp-edged distal end on a long shaft that is used to access and scrape (gouge or scoop out) a particular area of the lining of the uterus for its removal during a gynaecological procedure. ...
A sterile flexible tube with an inflatable balloon at the distal end designed for use in a patient with a cardiovascular defect wherein accurate measurement of the defect is important to select the appropriately sized occlusion device. It is typically desig...
A flexible, non-electrical tube with an inflatable balloon at its distal tip designed to be introduced percutaneously into the venous system via a central vein (e.g., jugular, subclavian), and advanced from the superior vena cava to the pulmonary artery, to...
A two-lumen, semiflexible, single-use tube inserted blindly through the mouth into the oesophagus or trachea to maintain airway patency while obturating the oesophagus, typically during emergencies to facilitate breathing/resuscitation. The oesophageal-obtu...
A flexible tube with specific tip configurations designed to enter the left or right ventricle to perform diagnostic haemodynamic/angiographic procedures with contrast media. The distal tip may have an end hole and/or several side holes. The tube is introdu...
A flexible tube with an inflatable balloon at its distal tip designed to be introduced percutaneously into the venous system via a central vein (e.g., jugular, subclavian) and advanced from the superior vena cava to the pulmonary artery, to measure/monitor ...