Apparatus and method for the treatment of defects internal of the body
AssigneesCambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
InventorsAndrew Hindmarsh, Thomas Stone, Daniel Marsden, Pierre Lao-Sirieix
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Abstract
A catheter for treatment of a defect internal of a human or animal body. The catheter may comprise a tube adapted for insertion into the body; an applicator disposed within and moveable relative to the tube; and a porous medium attached to the applicator; wherein the porous medium is capable of fitting inside the tube, whereby the applicator can be controlled at a proximal end of the tube to deploy the porous medium from a distal end of the tube so as to treat the defect.
Claims23
A catheter for treatment of a defect internal of a human or animal body, the catheter comprising:
- a tube adapted for insertion into the body;
- an applicator disposed within and moveable relative to the tube;
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- a porous medium attached to the applicator;
- wherein the porous medium is capable of fitting inside the tube,
- whereby the applicator can be controlled at a proximal end of the tube to deploy the porous medium from a distal end of the tube wherein, when fully deployed, the porous medium remains in contact with an inner surface of the tube for the application of negative pressure to the porous medium so that the porous medium can apply the negative pressure to a target tissue comprising the defect so as to treat the defect;
- wherein the tube is arranged to provide a fluid conduit for application of the negative pressure to the deployed porous medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.