CRANIAL EVACUATION SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a method and device for removing solid matter from a brain and controlling bleeding associated with the removal of the matter. The method involves securing a cranial anchor to a region of the skull in which an opening has been created to ex- pose brain matter and introducing through a passage defined by the anchor a channel member that displaces brain tissue and exposes the solid matter. After removing the solid matter, a flowable hemostat is introduced into the cavity created by removal of the matter. A balloon introduced into the working channel is then inflated to compress the hemostat against the wall of the cavity to control bleeding from blood vessels around the cavity. The device includes a cranial anchor (12), a channel member (14) defining a working channel, an optional remov- able trocar, and a catheter (44) for introducing the hemostat and the inflatable balloon into the cavity.