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Tamponade apparatus and method of using same

  • US 20040249243A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2004
  • Published: 12/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of locating a flexible elongated inflatable sheath in position along a body cavity of a patient, wherein the sheath has a closed front end region blocking passage through the sheath in a longitudinal direction thereof and an opposite rear end region, and the method comprises:

  • (a) introducing an instrument into the body cavity for driving the sheath along the body cavity in an extended condition in which the front end region of the sheath is forward of the rear end region;

    (b) feeding the instrument a desired distance into the body cavity whereby the sheath is driven along the body cavity in the extended condition with the rear end region of the sheath drawn along behind the front end region with travel of the instrument along the body cavity; and

    (c) withdrawing the instrument from the body cavity leaving the sheath behind in position in the body cavity.

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