Diagnostic and treatment method for cardiac rupture and apparatus for performing the same
AssigneeRose Health Care Systems
InventorPhilip B. Oliva
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Abstract
A method for diagnosing and treating anticipated cardiac rupture and an apparatus for the same. Anticipated cardiac rupture is diagnosed by examining one or more of several predictive symptoms, including pericarditis, repetitive unprovoked emesis, restlessness and agitation, abnormal ECG ST segments and T waves, and abrupt hypotension and bradycardia. The treatment includes the adhesion of a mesh patch to the myocardium by introducing the patch into the pericardia sac through an endoscope, applying the patch to the myocardium using a pair of graspers, and adhering the patch to the myocardium by applying a cyanoacrylate glue to the patch.
Claims9
A medical treatment method for a myocardium enclosed in a pericardial sac, comprising:
- determining whether a patient who has experienced an acute infarction of the myocardium has at least one of pericarditis, repetitive unprovoked emesis, restlessness or agitation, a ST segment elevation or T wave pattern in an electrocardiogram that is different than normal postinfarction pattern, or abrupt hypotension and bradycardia;
- correlating said determination with the likelihood of a patient developing cardiac rupture;
- and applying and adhering a patch to the myocardium to prevent said cardiac rupture;
- wherein inserting the patch through a first instrument channel in a flexible endoscope from outside the patient to inside the pericardial sac.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.