Method and apparatus for uterus stabilization
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorJon McIntyre
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Abstract
A system and method for surgery on a hollow organ comprises a source of a biocompatible gellable fluid in a flowable state and an insertion device for introducing the gellable fluid into a hollow organ of a patient, the gellable fluid transitioning from the flowable state to a gel-like state to form a gel mass within the hollow organ to support a wall of the hollow organ in combination with a state control apparatus for transitioning the gel mass from the gel-like state to the flowable state and a removal device for removing from the hollow organ the gellable fluid in the flowable state.
Claims26
A surgical system comprising:
- a source of a biocompatible gellable fluid in a flowable state;
- an insertion device for introducing the gellable fluid into a hollow organ of a patient, the gellable fluid transitioning from the flowable state to a gel-like state to form a gel mass within the hollow organ, the gel mass supporting walls of the hollow organ to stabilize the walls;
- a first state control apparatus for transitioning the gel mass from the gel-like state to the flowable state;
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- a removal device for removing from the uterus the gellable fluid in the flowable state.
A method of performing surgery, comprising:
- inserting into a hollow organ a gellable fluid;
- causing a transition of the gellable fluid from substantially flowable state to a substantially gel-like state to form a gel mass supporting a wall of the hollow organ;
- surgically treating the wall of the hollow organ;
- causing a transition of the gellable fluid of the gel mass to the substantially flowable state;
- and
- removing the gellable fluid from the hollow organ.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.