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US 2018/0353197 A1Published application
System for treating an epistaxis
AssigneeVygon
InventorPatrick Lestoquoy
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for treating an epistaxis, comprising: a compressible body designed to come into contact with walls of a nasal cavity of a patient, or surrounded by a veil of hemostatic properties; an envelope designed to envelop the compressible body; and a compression device for compressing the compressible body in the envelope, said compression device being designed so as to compress or release the compressible body.
Claims14
A system for treating an epistaxis, comprising:
- a compressible member with shape memory having a compressed configuration, in which the compressible member is compressed and is configured to be introduced into a nasal cavity of a patient, and an expanded configuration, in which the compressible member is deployed and is configured to come into contact with walls of the nasal cavity of the patient,
- an envelope configured to envelop the compressible member said envelope comprising a net or a film, and
- a device for compressing the compressible member in the envelope, said compression device being configured to bring the compressible member into its compressed or deployed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.