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US 2004/0073167 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for preventing air embolisms
AssigneeA-Med Systems, Inc.
InventorsWalid N. Aboul-Hosn, William R. Kanz, Jonathan Spangler
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for preventing air embolisms during surgical procedures which involves providing a fluid source in communication with an aperture extending into an anatomical cavity such that fluid may be delivered into the cavity when a condition of negative pressure exists in the cavity, thereby preventing the introduction of air into the cavity.
Claims1
A method of preventing air embolisms, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a fluid source in communication with an aperture extending into an anatomical cavity;
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- (b) delivering fluid from said fluid source into said anatomical cavity when a condition of negative pressure exists in said anatomical cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.