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Method, a device, and a system for organ reconditioning and a device for preserving an internal body organ

  • US 20030109855A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2002
  • Published: 06/12/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A device for reconditioning an internal body organ having or risking a functional failure associated with a fluid collection therein, said device comprising a tube having a proximal end adapted for connection to a vacuum source, and a distal end portion having a plurality of openings, a chamber surrounding the distal end portion of the tube and the openings therein, and a flexible material occupying said chamber and forming fluid connections between a selected part of an external surface of the chamber and the openings of the distal end portion of the tube, said selected part of the external surface of the chamber being adapted for contacting the internal body organ, whereby interstitial fluid of the internal body organ adjoining said selected part of the external surface of the chamber is sucked off from the internal body organ.

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