Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid flowing device and method for tissue diagnosis or therapy
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Application No.: US12182472Application Date: 2008-07-30
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Publication No.: US08380299B2Publication Date: 2013-02-19
- Inventor: Patrick LePivert
- Applicant: Patrick LePivert
- Applicant Address: US VA Fairfax
- Assignee: Nuvue Therapeutics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nuvue Therapeutics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Fairfax
- Agency: McHale & Slavin, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/30
- IPC: A61N1/30 ; A61B18/18

Abstract:
A device and method for safely securing a multilumen device to a tissue, organ or solid tumor within the body of a human during a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure is described. The device is capable of securing the tumor by touching or piercing its surface and providing a coolant to the distal tip. Cooling the tip forms a cryogenically induced region that tightly binds the tip to the tumor, temporarily sealing the entry-track of the instrument. The device further provides at least one injecting/aspirating lumen that can dispense or aspirate a fluid within the tumor. Such construction allows injecting part or whole volume of the tumor while the cryogenically induced bond prevents back-flow of the injected substances through the entry-track.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090036823A1 Fluid flowing device and method for tissue diagnosis or therapy Public/Granted day:2009-02-05
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