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US 6,585,706 B2Granted
Apparatus, methods and kits for simultaneous delivery of a substance to multiple breast milk ducts
AssigneeCytyc Health Corporation
InventorsDavid Hung, Xuanmin He
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Abstract
Apparatus, methods and kits for simultaneous delivery of a fluid or other substance to two or more breast milk ducts are provided. The fluid can be delivered for a variety of purposes including lavage of the ducts and administering an agent for therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic purposes.
Claims16
A method for lavaging two or more ductal networks in a breast, said method comprising:
- establishing access to two or more ductal networks in the breast through a ductal orifice of each of said respective ductal networks;
- simultaneously delivering a substance to two or more of the ductal networks;
- and
- collecting a ductal fluid sample from the two or more ductal networks using a plurality of indwelling probes.
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A method for lavaging two or more ductal networks in a breast, said method comprising:
- locating two or more ductal networks in a nipple of the breast;
- inserting an access probe through an orifice of each of the located ductal networks;
- infusing a lavaging fluid through a manifold to each of the probes and the respective accessed networks;
- and
- collecting a ductal fluid sample from within the accessed ductal networks using said access probes.
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A method for lavaging two or more ductal networks in a breast, said method comprising the steps of:
- locating at least two ductal networks in a nipple of the breast;
- providing an apparatus having a plurality of ductal network access probes;
- inserting one of the access probes through an orifice of each of the located ductal networks;
- closing any of the access probes that do not access one of the ductal networks;
- infusing the fluid through a manifold of said apparatus to each of the probes that accesses one of the ductal networks;
- and
- collecting ductal fluid from at least one of the accessed ductal networks using a respective one of said inserted access probes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.