Repositionable surgical tampon
AssigneeThe Government of The United States, as represented by The Director of the Defense Health Agency
InventorsAndrew Boston, Mostafa Ahmed
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A conformable surgical tampon for disposition into and removal from an anatomical cavity of a mammalian patient by a doctor to absorb and collect bodily fluids. The tampon comprises an absorbent chassis material and a plurality of spaced apart positioning strings attached to the chassis. The spaced apart positioning strings are operative to selectively position the conformable nasopharyngeal tampon within an anatomical cavity of a patient responsive to manipulation of a positioning string by a surgeon. The tampon is particularly suited for nasopharyngeal surgery.
Claims22
A conformable nasopharyngeal tampon for disposition into and removal from an anatomical cavity of a mammalian patient, the tampon comprising:
- an absorbent chassis material having two or more polygonal portions, each polygon portion having defined faces;
- and
- a plurality of spaced apart positioning strings attached to the absorbent chassis material, where each positioning string is attached to a respective polygonal portion of the two or more polygonal portions and the positioning strings are operative to selectively position the tampon within an anatomical cavity of a patient responsive to manipulation of the positioning strings.
A compressible tampon configured for disposal into and removal from an anatomical cavity of a patient, the tampon comprising:
- an absorbent material having a first uncompressed volume and suitable for being compressed to a second volume less than the first volume when disposed in a hollow deployment tube and returning to the first volume upon expulsion from such a deployment tube, the tampon being sized for insertion into the nasopharyngeal region of a human patient and having a plurality of spaced apart positioning strings attached to the tampon, whereby manipulation of one or more strings of said plurality of spaced apart positioning strings positions the tampon while disposed in the anatomical cavity of the patient,
- the absorbent material having two or more polygonal portions, each polygon portion having defined faces, where each positioning string is attached to a respective polygonal portion of the two or more polygonal portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.