US 2003/0229263 A1 · Treatment of patients with a compressible attenuation device

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient, comprising providing a compressible attenuation device that is moveable from a first, introduction configuration to a second, implanted configuration. The attenuation device is introduced into a treatment site. In one embodiment, the treatment site is the bladder. In another embodiment, the treatment site is the abdominal cavity. The volume of the attenuation devices changes in response to pressure changes in the treatment site and attenuates pressure changes in the bladder.

Claims41

Dependent claims

A method of treating a patient, comprising the steps of:

providing a compressible attenuation device which is moveable from a first, introduction configuration to a second, implanted configuration;
introducing the attenuation device into the bladder while in the first configuration;
transforming the attenuation device within the bladder to the second configuration;
and
attenuating a pressure change within the bladder by reversibly changing the volume of the attenuation device in response to the pressure change.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/391,447Filed 17 Mar 2003

Priority

14 Apr 2000

Published

11 Dec 2003

Term ends

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Classification18 codes

A61F 2/0027
Placed deep in the body opening: inflatable
A61B 1/307
Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g.…:…
A61B 5/205
Assessing bladder functions, e.g. incontinence assessment: determining bladder or urethral pressure
A61B 5/6852
Mounted on an invasive device: catheters

Family

Application60/197,095Us provisional application · filed 14 Apr 2000

Application09/723,309Continuation · filed 27 Nov 2000

Application10/391,447Continuation · filed 17 Mar 2003

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Treatment of patients with a compressible attenuation device

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Treatment of patients with a compressible attenuation device

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Abstract

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