WO1998024488A3 - Treatment method via the pericardial space - Google Patents

Treatment method via the pericardial space Download PDF

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WO1998024488A3
WO1998024488A3 PCT/US1997/022224 US9722224W WO9824488A3 WO 1998024488 A3 WO1998024488 A3 WO 1998024488A3 US 9722224 W US9722224 W US 9722224W WO 9824488 A3 WO9824488 A3 WO 9824488A3
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pericardial space
pericardial
pericardium
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Cecil C Schmidt
Robert A Kloner
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3478—Endoscopic needles, e.g. for infusion
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/00234—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for minimally invasive surgery
    • A61B2017/00238—Type of minimally invasive operation
    • A61B2017/00243—Type of minimally invasive operation cardiac
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/22—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B2017/22082—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for after introduction of a substance
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/30—Surgical pincettes without pivotal connections
    • A61B2017/306—Surgical pincettes without pivotal connections holding by means of suction

Abstract

A method for treating the heart (26) and associated vessels and tissues by controlling the temperature of the pericardial space (34) and/or introducing therapeutic agents thereto includes providing a fluid, liquid, gas or mixtures thereof with or without therapeutic agents, and heating and/or cooling this fluid (110). At a time proximate to the heating and/or cooling of the fluid, the pericardial space is accessed by pericardial centesis (100), such that the pericardium (24) is punctured, the pericardial space (34) is instrumented at a location, and in particular a location where treatment is desired. The heated and/or cooled fluid is then delivered to the pericardial space (34). At a time after delivery, the fluid is withdrawn from the pericardium (24) through the same instrument (104), or through another instrument a different point along the pericardium (24) that was also instrumented by standard pericardial centesis procedures. This delivery and withdrawal of the fluid (110) may be coordinated so as to form a circuit.
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