Inverted diverticulum treatment devices
AssigneeEmpire Technology Development LLC
InventorQuentin Arthur Carl Adam
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Abstract
A device for treating a diverticulum includes a containment device and a bushing. The containment device includes an elongate conduit. The bushing is in the conduit of the containment device. The bushing includes a heat-shrink material. The bushing has a first tubular shape including a first open end and a second open end. At least a portion of the diverticulum in an inverted state is positionable into the first open end. The bushing is configured to transform from the first tubular shape toward a second shape upon heating the heat-shrink material. The second shape includes at least a portion of the bushing radially inward relative to the first tubular shape. The bushing in the second shape is configured to hold the diverticulum in a radially compressed inverted state.
Claims18
A method to treat a diverticulum of a body lumen, the method comprising:
- positioning the diverticulum in an inverted state at least partially into a first open end of a bushing in an elongate conduit of a containment device, wherein the bushing includes a heat-shrink material;
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- transforming the bushing from a first tubular shape toward a second shape, wherein the first tubular shape includes the first open end and a second open end, and the second shape includes at least a portion of the bushing located radially inward relative to the first tubular shape, wherein transforming the bushing includes heating the heat-shrink material, and wherein after transforming the bushing, the bushing in the second shape holds the diverticulum in a radially compressed inverted state.
A device to treat a diverticulum, the device comprising:
- a containment device that includes an elongate conduit, wherein the elongate conduit is a hollow space running inside and along a length of the containment device;
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- a bushing in the elongate conduit of the containment device, wherein the bushing includes a heat-shrink material,
- wherein the bushing has a first tubular shape that includes a first open end and a second open end, at least a portion of the diverticulum in an inverted state positionable into the first open end, the bushing is configured to transform from the first tubular shape toward a second shape upon heating the heat-shrink material, the second shape includes at least a portion of the bushing located radially inward relative to the first tubular shape, and the bushing in the second shape is configured to hold the diverticulum in a radially compressed inverted state.
A bushing to treat a diverticulum, the bushing comprising:
- a first open end;
- a second open end;
- a tubular body between the first open end and the second open end;
- a first electrically conductive track proximate to the first open end;
- a second electrically conductive track proximate to the second open end;
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- an ohmic resistor between the first electrically conductive track and the second electrically conductive track;
- wherein the tubular body includes a heat-shrink material configured to compress radially inwardly upon application of an electric current between the first electrically conductive track and the second electrically conductive track.
A bushing to treat a diverticulum, the bushing comprising:
- a first open end;
- a second open end;
- and
- a tubular body between the first open end and the second open end, wherein the tubular body includes:
- a heat-shrink material;
- and
- a foil layer external to the heat-shrink material, wherein the heat-shrink material is configured to compress radially inwardly upon application of an inductive current to the foil layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.