Endoluminal sealing devices and related methods of use
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsMartyn FOLAN, Matthew MONTAGUE, Michael WALSH, Louis MCNERN, John T. FAVREAU, Shawn RYAN
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Abstract
A medical system includes a porous body positioned at a target site within a subject, a tube including a wall defining a tube lumen, where the tube is connected to the porous body at a first end of the tube, and a sealing device to seal the target site from a body lumen. When the sealing device seals the target site from the body lumen, the tube extends from the target site into the body lumen.
Claims20
A medical system, comprising:
- a porous body configured to be positioned at a target site within a subject;
- a tube including a wall defining a tube lumen, wherein the tube is connected to the porous body at a first end of the tube;
- and
- a sealing device configured to seal the target site from a body lumen,
- wherein, when the sealing device seals the target site from the body lumen, the tube is configured to extend from the target site into the body lumen.
A medical device, comprising:
- a porous body;
- and
- a tube including a tube lumen extending from a first end of the tube to a second end of the tube and connected to the porous body at the first end of the tube, wherein the tube includes at least one one-way valve configured to pass fluid from the first end of the tube to the second end of the tube and inhibit fluid from passing from the second end of the tube to the first end of the tube, and wherein the tube lumen is fluidly connected to the porous body at the first end of the tube.
A method of removing fluid from a target site adjacent a gastrointestinal tract, the method comprising:
- deploying a porous body at the target site, wherein a tube extends from the porous body into the gastrointestinal tract;
- and
- deploying a stent within the gastrointestinal tract to seal the target site from the gastrointestinal tract.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.