Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-lithotripsic kidney-stone therapy
- Patent Title (中): 非碎石肾结石治疗
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Application No.: US14259103Application Date: 2014-04-22
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Publication No.: US09161767B2Publication Date: 2015-10-20
- Inventor: W. Scott McDougal , Dianne E. Sacco , Alexander Schwarz , Jean-Marie Vogel
- Applicant: Genzyme Corporation , The General Hospital Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: GENZYME CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: GENZYME CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Foley Hoag LLP
- Main IPC: A61K31/77
- IPC: A61K31/77 ; A61B17/22 ; A61K9/00 ; A61K47/10 ; A61K47/36 ; A61L24/00 ; A61L24/04 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B17/3205
Abstract:
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of using peristalsis to force a polymer plug through a mammalian lumen, thereby removing any calculi and/or calculi fragments present in the lumen. In one embodiment, the method is used as an alternative to conventional lithotripsy. In another embodiment, the method is used in conjunction with lithotripsy, thereby removing the small calculi fragments that result from such procedures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140288569A1 NON-LITHOTRIPSIC KIDNEY-STONE THERAPY Public/Granted day:2014-09-25
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