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US 2013/0158465 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for treating occluded infection collections of the digestive tract
OwnerDouglas Bates, Steven F. Biermaninventors
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Abstract
A device and method for treating an occluded infection collection along the digestive tract with a stent delivered to an appendix, diverticulum or other anatomical structure of the digestive tract. A device and method to remove an obstruction from an occluded infection collection along the digestive tract with an obstruction removal device delivered to an appendix, diverticulum or other anatomical structure of the digestive tract.
Claims20
A stent for treating an occluded digestive tract projection, comprising:
- a proximal end portion,
- a distal end portion,
- a lumen extending between the proximal and distal end portions;
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- a side wall extending between the proximal and distal end portions and beign sized and configured for opening a lumen of a digestive tract projection.
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A stent for treating an occluded digestive tract projection, comprising:
- a proximal end portion,
- a distal end portion, and
- a lumen extending between the proximal and distal end portions, the lumen configured to allow a fluid flow in a first direction through the lumen and to inhibit fluid flow in a second direction through the lumen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.