METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC MANIPULATION OR RETRIEVAL

摘要

Apparatus and methods for minimally invasive stabilization, manipulation and/or removal of body cavities or organs in the body through the skin or natural body orifices. A magnet is delivered into an organ, the position of the organ is stabilized with an opposing magnetic retrieval device positioned outside the organ, and the organ is ligated and removed from the body through the skin or a natural body orifice. This magnetic linkage between an internal body cavity with a retrieval device may be used to hold the position of the body cavity steady during resection and aid in the removal of that structure from the body. The magnet may be a balloon filled with a magnetic gel or fluid.