Placement tools for body cavity drainage devices and related methods
First Claim
1. A body cavity drainage device placement tool for placing a body cavity drainage tube at least partially within a body cavity of a patient, the body cavity drainage device placement tool comprising:
- a shaft having a substantially circular cross-sectional shape extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the shaft, the shaft comprising;
a straight portion at the proximal end of the shaft; and
a fixed curved portion at the distal end of the shaft, the fixed curved portion having a first diameter proximate to a transition between the straight portion and the fixed curved portion and having a second, smaller diameter at a distal end of the fixed curved portion, the distal end of the fixed curved portion defining the distal end of the shaft, wherein the shaft transitions from the first diameter to the second diameter at a shoulder and the second diameter of the shaft is smaller than an inside diameter of a ferrule coupled to a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube, and a projection of the ferrule extends into a central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube; and
a handle attached to or integral with the proximal end of the shaft,wherein the distal end of the shaft is sized and configured for insertion through one lateral opening of a plurality of lateral openings proximate to a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube and at least partially through the central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube and the second diameter of the shaft is configured to extend through the ferrule of the body cavity drainage tube, andwherein the body cavity drainage device placement tool stiffens the body cavity drainage tube such that the body cavity drainage tube is configured for insertion through an incision in the patient and into a pleural cavity without collapsing.
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Abstract
A body cavity drainage device placement tool for placing a body cavity drainage tube at least partially within a body cavity of a patient. The body cavity drainage device includes a shaft, a handle attached to or integral with a proximal end of the shaft, and a distal end of the shaft sized and configured for insertion through a lateral opening of the body cavity drainage tube and at least partially through a central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube to proximate a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube. Methods relate to using a body cavity drainage device placement tool.
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16 Claims
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1. A body cavity drainage device placement tool for placing a body cavity drainage tube at least partially within a body cavity of a patient, the body cavity drainage device placement tool comprising:
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a shaft having a substantially circular cross-sectional shape extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the shaft, the shaft comprising; a straight portion at the proximal end of the shaft; and a fixed curved portion at the distal end of the shaft, the fixed curved portion having a first diameter proximate to a transition between the straight portion and the fixed curved portion and having a second, smaller diameter at a distal end of the fixed curved portion, the distal end of the fixed curved portion defining the distal end of the shaft, wherein the shaft transitions from the first diameter to the second diameter at a shoulder and the second diameter of the shaft is smaller than an inside diameter of a ferrule coupled to a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube, and a projection of the ferrule extends into a central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube; and a handle attached to or integral with the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the distal end of the shaft is sized and configured for insertion through one lateral opening of a plurality of lateral openings proximate to a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube and at least partially through the central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube and the second diameter of the shaft is configured to extend through the ferrule of the body cavity drainage tube, and wherein the body cavity drainage device placement tool stiffens the body cavity drainage tube such that the body cavity drainage tube is configured for insertion through an incision in the patient and into a pleural cavity without collapsing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of inserting a body cavity drainage device into a body cavity of a patient, comprising:
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inserting a distal end of a shaft of a placement tool through one lateral opening of a plurality of lateral openings in a body cavity drainage tube proximate to a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube and into a central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube, the shaft of the placement tool having a substantially circular cross-sectional shape extending between a proximal end and the distal end of the shaft, the shaft comprising; a straight portion at the proximal end of the shaft; and a fixed curved portion at the distal end of the shaft, the fixed curved portion having a first diameter proximate to a transition between the straight portion and the fixed curved portion and having a second, smaller diameter at a distal end of the fixed curved portion, the distal end of the fixed curved portion defining the distal end of the shaft, wherein the shaft transitions from the first diameter to the second diameter at a shoulder and the second diameter of the shaft is smaller than an inside diameter of a ferrule coupled to a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube, and a projection of the ferrule extends into the central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube; abutting the shoulder of the shaft against one of the body cavity drainage tube and the ferrule coupled to the distal end of the body cavity drainage tube to position the distal end of the shaft of the placement tool and the second diameter of the shaft is configured to extend through the ferrule of the body cavity drainage tube; inserting the body cavity drainage tube and placement tool through an incision in the patient and into the body cavity of the patient wherein inserting the body cavity drainage tube and placement tool through an incision in the patient and into the body cavity of the patient comprises inserting the body cavity drainage tube and placement tool through an incision in the patient and into the pleural cavity of the patient without collapsing; and removing the placement tool from the body cavity drainage tube and body cavity, wherein the body cavity drainage tube remains in the body cavity in its inserted position as the placement tool is removed from the body cavity drainage tube. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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