Gallbladder implant and systems and methods for the delivery thereof
AssigneeLithiBlock Ltd.
InventorShmuel Ben Muvhar
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Abstract
A filter device for implantation in a gallbladder, comprising: a filter portion configured to filter gallstones of a certain minimum size to prevent them from exiting the gallbladder through an opening of the gallbladder; a blocking portion configured to push gallstones of a certain minimum size away from an opening of the gallbladder where the blocking portion is located distally from the filter portion with respect to the opening of the gallbladder; and, where the blocking portion and the filter portion do not attach to, or apply expansive radial force on, a wall of the gallbladder.
Claims18
A method for implanting a filter device in a gallbladder, comprising:
- navigating the filter device to the gallbladder for implantation, the filter device including at least a blocking portion;
- entering the gall bladder at a gallbladder opening with the blocking portion;
- manually or automatically expanding the blocking portion in the gallbladder;
- pushing any gallstones in the gallbladder towards a distal end of the gallbladder and away from the gallbladder opening, thereby clearing a space within the gallbladder for proper and/or full expansion of the filter device;
- introducing a filter portion of the filter device to the gallbladder;
- and,
- manually or automatically expanding the filter portion in the gallbladder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.