DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING A MATTER FROM A BODY CAVITY OF A PATIENT
摘要
Disclosed are devices for removing a matter from a body cavity of a patient. One of such devices has an elongated carrier having a distal portion adapted to move through or within the cavity and a proximate portion. A radially expandable polymer is circumferentially attached to the distal portion of the carrier and adapted to enter the matter while in a compressed configuration and capable of transitioning to an expanded configuration while inside the matter to penetrate and engage it from within. Methods of removing a matter from a body cavity and methods of localized delivery of a therapeutic agents also are disclosed.
申请公布号
WO2005096963(A2)
申请公布日期
2005.10.20
申请号
WO2005US09658
申请日期
2005.03.24
申请人
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;TEITELBAUM, GEORGE, P.;LARSEN, DONALD, W.