Title:
IMMOBILIZING OBJECTS IN THE BODY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002067788
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
Stabilizing an object (106) in the body of a patient involves the injection of a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) material or other flowable material into the body of the patient so that the material contacts the object. The LCST material or other flowable material then forms a gel (112) in the body such that the object is contained at least partially within the gel and thereby stabilized by the gel such that the object can then be easily fragmented within the body and/or retrieved from the body.
Inventors:
SAHATJIAN RONALD
MADENJIAN ARTHUR
LITTLE BILL
MADENJIAN ARTHUR
LITTLE BILL
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/005879
Publication Date:
October 24, 2002
Filing Date:
February 28, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/22; A61L26/00; A61B17/00; A61L27/52; A61L29/00; A61L31/00; A61L31/14; A61B17/34; (IPC1-7): A61B17/12; A61F2/16; A61L15/28
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