Constriction device viewable under X ray fluoroscopy
AssigneeSpiration, Inc.
InventorsClifton A. Alferness, Robert Barry, Clint Finger, Hugo X. Gonzalez
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Abstract
A constriction device that constricts body tissue is viewable under X ray fluoroscopy. The device includes an elongated sleeve. The sleeve includes opposed opened ends and is formed from expandable or elastic material to receive therein, when in an expanded condition, body tissue to be constricted and to constrict the body tissue therein when released from the expanded condition. At least a portion of the sleeve includes X ray opaque material rendering the device visible under X ray fluoroscopy.
Claims20
A method of suppressing leakage from a body tissue, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a sleeve formed from an expandable material and having opposed open ends, the sleeve being dimensioned for constricting the body tissue to suppress flow of at least one of body fluid and air through the body tissue, and including an X ray opaque material visible under X ray fluoroscopy;
- drawing the body tissue into the sleeve;
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- constricting and collapsing the body tissue within the sleeve.
A method of suppressing fluid flow through a portion of a body organ, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a resilient elongate hollow sleeve, the sleeve having at least a portion thereof configured to be viewable through an external imaging technique;
- expanding the sleeve to an expanded configuration;
- drawing a portion of the body organ into the expanded sleeve;
- releasing the sleeve from its expanded configuration such that the sleeve collapses the portion of the body organ disposed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.