Apparatus and method for tissue defect repair by deposition

Details Apparatus and method for tissue defect repair by deposition Apparatus and method for tissue defect repair by deposition

1995-10-02

1999-01-19

Coggins, Wynn Wood

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-ray or electrical...

604 20, 606 15, 606 16, A61M 130

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ABSTRACT:
A catheter apparatus and method is provided for repairing tissue defects intraluminally by depositing a polymerizable material at a tissue defect site and polymerizing the material in situ to effect the build-up of a repair material at the site of a defect. This is accomplished in preferred arrangements by providing a catheter having an optical fiber arranged for the transmission and emission of radiation such as UV at the defect site along with the transmission of the polymerizable material. Contact between the radiation and the coincident delivery of polymerizable material at the site effects a build-up of solid repair material at the defect.

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