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US 12,508,171 B2Granted
Delivery systems for control of bleeding in transurethral prostatectomy
AssigneesTricol Biomedical, Inc., Oregon Health & Science University
InventorsSimon J. McCarthy, Mattie R. Jones, Hua Xie
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a gastrointestinal delivery device of a chitosan dressing, where the delivery device is capable of stop bleeding, in particular in connection with TURP procedures. The delivery device may be used in all gastrointestinal bleeding applications and can be used with a biocompatible, foldable, thin profile, chitosan dressing. Various aspects of the device and its uses are provided herein.
Claims4
A method, comprising:
- mounting a dressing onto a balloon of a balloon catheter, the dressing mounted onto the balloon in a compact condition;
- inserting the dressing in the compact condition and the balloon of the balloon catheter through a urethra of a patient into a bladder of the patient;
- inflating the balloon to expand the dressing from the compact condition to an open condition and to press the dressing against internal tissues of the patient;
- deflating the balloon;
- and
- removing the balloon of the balloon catheter from the bladder through the urethra while leaving the dressing in place against the internal tissues, wherein inflating the balloon to press the dressing against internal tissues of the patient includes pressing the dressing against the internal tissues for between 3 and 120 minutes, and wherein inflating the balloon to press the dressing against the internal tissues and leaving the dressing in place against the internal tissues stops bleeding at the internal tissues.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.