Tamponade device
AssigneeGitlin LLC
InventorDavid Gitlin
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Abstract
In embodiments of the invention, an inflatable elastic-balloon-type tamponade device provides improved control of bleeding within a wound or other cavity by virtue of a suction element, disposed on the outside of the device, to which suction is applied after insertion of the tamponade device into the wound or other cavity. Embodiments of the invention may further include cladding elements disposed on the outside surface of the balloon in such a way that when the tamponade device is in its uninflated state, the cladding elements form a kind of housing that facilitates insertion of the tamponade device into the wound or other cavity and that encases the balloon and other elements that may be disposed on or in the balloon so as protect them from damage, during insertion, from sharp foreign objects that may be in the wound or cavity.
Claims11
An elastic-balloon-type tamponade device for controlling bleeding in a cavity, the tamponade device comprising
- an inflatable, at least partially elastic, balloon having a distal end and a proximal end,
- an inflation portal for applying an inflation medium to the interior of the balloon to inflate the balloon,
- a suction element disposed on the outside surface of the balloon, and
- a suction portal connected to the suction element,
- wherein the suction element is configured in such a way that suction applied to the suction element via the suction portal when the tamponade device has been inserted into the cavity is distributed throughout portions of the suction element and thereupon into the cavity, whereby internal walls of the cavity are drawn closer, and/or more tightly, to the surface of the tamponade device than would otherwise be the case,
- and wherein the suction portal comprises a suction conduit extending through the interior of the balloon and through a distal end of the balloon and terminating on or within the suction element, at least a portion of the suction element being disposed on the distal end of the balloon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.