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US 2026/0224346 A1Published application
Cholecystitis treatment via gallbladder occlusion or sealing
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsTomofumi Katayama, Takahiro Suzuki
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Abstract
A method comprises obstructing at least a portion of an inside of a gallbladder using a barrier, and suppressing, using the barrier, contacting at least a portion of an interior wall of the gallbladder with a bile from a cystic duct.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- placing a balloon inside of a gallbladder;
- inflating the balloon using a fluid comprising at least one of a liquid or a gas;
- and
- suppressing, using the balloon, contacting at least a portion of an interior wall of the gallbladder with a bile from a cystic duct.
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A method comprising:
- injecting a hardenable barrier into a gallbladder and covering an interior wall of the gallbladder with the hardenable barrier;
- and
- suppressing, using the hardenable barrier, contacting at least a portion of an interior wall of the gallbladder with a bile from a cystic duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.