Endoscopic device for removing an intragastric balloon
AssigneeBioEnterics Corporation
InventorJanel Birk
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Abstract
A device and method for removing a fluid-filled object from a body cavity of a patient is provided. The device includes a tube and a grasper slidably movable with respect to the tube. The device also includes a needle fixed to one end of the tube. In use, the device is inserted into the body cavity, and the object is punctured with the needle. The object is grasped by the grasper, and the object and the device are removed from the body cavity.
Claims18
A device for removing an object from a body cavity of a patient comprising:
- a first tube;
- a grasper slidably movable with respect to said first tube, said grasper having an end having at least one prong, said prong having a sharp tip;
- and
- a needle fixed to an end of said first tube.
A device for removing an object from a body cavity of a patient comprising:
- a first tube;
- a grasper slidably movable with respect to said first tube;
- and
- a needle fixed to an end of said first tube;
- a second tube, said first tube slidably movable in said second tube and said grasper slidably movable in said second tube, said second tube having a first lumen and a second lumen, said grasper slidably movable in said first lumen and said first tube slidably movable in said second lumen.
A method for evacuating and removing a fluid-filled object from a body cavity of a patient comprising the steps of:
- inserting a device into the body cavity, said device having
- a first tube,
- a grasper slidably movable with respect to said first tube, said grasper having an end having at least one prong, said prong having a sharp tip, and
- a needle fixed to a distal end of said tube;
- puncturing the object with said needle;
- grasping the object with said grasper;
- and
- removing the object and said device from the body cavity.
A method for evacuating and removing a fluid-filled object from a body cavity of a patient comprising the steps of:
- inserting a device into the body cavity, said device having a first tube, a grasper slidably movable with respect to said first tube, and a needle fixed to a distal end of said tube;
- said needle is cannulated and fluidly coupled to said distal end of said first tube,
- puncturing the object with said needle;
- grasping the object with said grasper;
- removing the object and said device from the body cavity;
- evacuating at least some fluid from the object through said needle and said first tube;
- and
- applying suction to a proximal end of said first tube so that fluid is evacuated from the object by said suction through said distal end of said first tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.