Endoluminal treatment devices and related methods
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsRahul PRABHU, Jonathan ROOT, Martyn G. FOLAN
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Abstract
Medical devices and related methods useful for EVAC procedures are described. The medical device may include a sponge. The sponge may include a plurality of perforations that form one or more tear surfaces. The one or more tear surfaces may define a predefined location for removing a first portion of the sponge from a second portion of the sponge. The one or more tear surfaces may form a boundary between a radially inner surface of the first portion and a radially outer surface of the second portion. The medical device may further include a tube coupled to a proximal portion of the sponge.
Claims20
A medical device comprising:
- a sponge, wherein the sponge includes a plurality of perforations that form one or more tear surfaces, wherein the one or more tear surfaces define a predefined location for removing a first portion of the sponge from a second portion of the sponge, and wherein the one or more tear surfaces form a boundary between a radially inner surface of the first portion and a radially outer surface of the second portion;
- and
- a tube coupled to a proximal portion of the sponge.
A medical device comprising:
- a sponge including one or more perforated tear surfaces that divide the sponge into a plurality of predefined subunits;
- and
- a tube, wherein a distal end of the tube is coupled to a proximal end of the sponge.
A medical method comprising:
- removing a portion of a sponge along a tear surface of the sponge in order to change the sponge from a first, predefined shape or size to a second, predefined shape or size;
- inserting the sponge into a body lumen of a patient;
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- connecting a tube coupled to the sponge to a source of vacuum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.