Kit and devices for organ perfusion
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- MEDICAL DEVICE WORKS NV
- Publication Date
- 2015-01-15
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to the field of medical treatment systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to system, devices, kits and methods to deliver a therapeutic agent and remove its excess during an interventional procedure.BACKGROUND
[0002] Embolization, chemo-embolization and radio-embolization therapy are often clinically used to treat a range of diseases, such as hypervascular liver tumors, uterine fibroids, secondary cancer metastasis in the liver, pre-operative treatment of hypervascular menangiomas in the brain and bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis. An embolizing agent may be embodied in different forms, such as beads, liquid, foam, or glue placed into an arterial vasculature or any combination thereof. The beads may be uncoated or coated. Where the beads are coated, the coating may be a chemotherapy agent, a radiation agent or other therapeutic agent. When it is desirable to embolize a small blood vessel, ...