Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1990-07-03
1992-04-14
Grieb, William H.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128401, 604114, 604291, A61B 100
Patent
active
051038048
ABSTRACT:
Device and method for treating tissue inside a patient's body, the device including an endoscopically introducible catheter shaft. The endoscope is constructed for insertion into the patient's body, and has a channel passing through it. The channel terminates at an opening in the distal end of the endoscope. The channel enables the catheter shaft to pass through the endoscope and beyond the distal end of the endoscope. A chamber is mounted on the catheter shaft. The chamber is defined by a flexible wall. The chamber is associated with a first lumen defined by the catheter for fluid flow between the chamber and a fluid source outside of the patient's body. The chamber is fillable with fluid after placement in the patient's body. When the chamber is filled with fluid it has a diameter greater than the diameter of the transverse cross-section of the endoscope channel. According to the method, the endoscope is inserted into a patient's body and is used to view the inside of the patient's body, to determine the location of tissue to be treated. The catheter is inserted into the channel that passes through the endoscope. The chamber is filled with fluid and is positioned at the location of tissue to be treated.
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Abele John E.
Lennox Charles E.
Boston Scientific Corporation
Grieb William H.
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