Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Material introduced into and removed from body through...
Patent
1993-04-15
1994-05-17
Kruter, Jerome L.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Material introduced into and removed from body through...
604 58, 2395905, A61M 3100
Patent
active
053123310
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for conducting a talc pleurodesis includes a thoracic tube which includes a talc chamber. At one end of said tube is a rubber bulb. In the opposite end of the tube is a tip that includes a constriction or valve. Talc is placed into the talc chamber and the tip is inserted into the chest cavity between the lung and the chest cavity. The bulb is then pressed forcing air through the tube and forcing talc into the chest cavity. The constriction prevents the talc from free flowing through the end of the tube. However, the constriction is such that under pressurized air, the talc can flow from the tip. This permits pleurodesis to be conducted with dry talc very easily and evenly under direct vision with the aid of a thorascope.
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