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Treatment method for pleural effusion

  • US 5,484,401 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1994
  • Issued: 01/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Method of producing a sclerosing effect in the pleural of a human to reduce pleural effusion, comprising inserting a catheter through the chest wall of the patient so that an end of the catheter is in the pleural space;

  • repeatedly accessing the pleural space to repeatedly drain pleural effusion from the pleural space by inserting a tube into a valve in the catheter to open the valve and access the catheter, to produce a sclerosing effect in the pleural space to reduce pleural effusion.

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