Method and apparatus for pre-treating a catheter
AssigneeNova Plasma Ltd.
InventorsAmnon Lam, Eliezer Fuchs
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Abstract
A method for pre-treating a catheter prior to using the catheter in a medical procedure, and a related apparatus, are provided. The method comprises exposing, in a plasma chamber positioned in a medical care center, and under sterile conditions, intraluminal surfaces and extraluminal surfaces of the catheter to plasma. The plasma is electromagnetically-generated adjacently to the intraluminal surfaces and extraluminal surfaces, thereby rendering, at least temporarily, the intraluminal surfaces and extraluminal surfaces of the catheter hydrophilic.
Claims12
A method for preparing a catheter for an installation procedure in a live subject by increasing a catheter's surface's wettability, the method comprising:
- providing the catheter, wherein the catheter has an extraluminal surface and an intraluminal surface, the intraluminal surface defining an elongated internal lumen of the catheter;
- generating plasma adjacent to at least a portion of the intraluminal and extraluminal surfaces, by providing electromagnetic (EM) power to at least one internal electrode inside the elongated internal lumen of the catheter, wherein the electrode is detachable from the catheter;
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- detaching the at least one internal electrode from the catheter, thereby providing the catheter with hydrophilic intraluminal and extraluminal surfaces along at least a portion thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.