Title:
ARTERIAL TAMPONADE DEVICE AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/115753
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An arterial tamponade device is expandable between a collapsed condition and a fully expanded position and has opposite ends which are spaced farther apart in the expanded position. A foot or pressure pad is associated with at least one end of the device. The device is inserted into a body cavity in its collapsed state and is released at a predetermined location so that opposite ends of the device are biased away from one another and engage and apply pressure to opposite wall areas of the body cavity before the device is fully expanded, with the pressure pad positioned to apply pressure to a predetermined tissue area which includes a blood vessel so as to occlude or partially occlude the vessel and reduce or cut off blood flow to the body cavity.
Inventors:
FITZGERALD PATTRICK J (US)
MCKINNEY R TODD (US)
SIMPSON JOHN A (US)
MCKINNEY R TODD (US)
SIMPSON JOHN A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/026956
Publication Date:
January 12, 2012
Filing Date:
March 03, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SINOCCLUSIVE LLC (US)
FITZGERALD PATTRICK J (US)
MCKINNEY R TODD (US)
SIMPSON JOHN A (US)
FITZGERALD PATTRICK J (US)
MCKINNEY R TODD (US)
SIMPSON JOHN A (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/03; A61B17/12; A61F13/26; A61M25/01; A61M29/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2005025473A1 | 2005-03-24 |
Foreign References:
| US4457756A | 1984-07-03 | |||
| US20090178682A1 | 2009-07-16 | |||
| US20090281622A1 | 2009-11-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PROCTOR, Katherine et al. (525 B StreetSan Diego, California, US)
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