Device and method for treatment of tissue adjacent a bodily conduit by thermocompression
CA 2460907 C · Owner: Mon, John · Inventors: Mon, John; Smith, Dennis
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A method and apparatus of treating tissue adjacent to a bodily conduit using thermotherapy, while preventing obstructions of the bodily conduit due to edema employs the circulation of warmed fluid to maintain the temperature of the bodily conduit walls and compresses the tissue to be treated to increase the effectiveness of the irradiated heat. An energy-emitting source containing catheter is inserted in a bodily conduit and is positioned in a region of the tissue to be treated so that the energy-emitting source radiates energy to the tissue to be treated. Fluid warmed to over 30~C is circulated into and through the catheter to warm walls of the bodily conduit adjacent the catheter. …
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- Filed September 13, 2002 and granted November 19, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 13, 2022.
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