Method and apparatus for supplying a medical treatment composition to a patient
First Claim
1. A therapeutic medical method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a pump and a container having an inlet and an outlet;
surgically inserting said container and said pump into a patient'"'"'s abdominal cavity so that said pump is operatively connected to said container so that said pump can move fluid from said container through said outlet, the inserting of said container and said pump into the patient'"'"'s abdominal cavity including the step of disposing said container to rest on a pelvic rim of the patient;
surgically connecting said outlet to a selected organ in the abdominal cavity of the patient so that said container can communicate with the organ via said outlet;
upon completion of said steps of inserting and connecting, operating said pump to move a medical treatment composition from said container to the selected organ in accordance with a first delivery schedule;
monitoring said organ during a period of treatment of said organ at said first delivery schedule; and
in response to information acquired during said step of monitoring regarding an effect on said organ of said first treatment schedule, subsequently operating said pump to move said medical treatment composition from said container to said organ in accordance with a second delivery schedule different from said first delivery schedule.
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Abstract
In a therapeutic medical method, a pump and a container are surgically inserted into a patient'"'"'s abdominal cavity so that the pump is operatively connected to an outlet of the container. The outlet is surgically connected to a selected organ in the abdominal cavity of the patient so that the container can communicate with the organ via the outlet. Subsequently, the pump is operated to move a medical treatment composition from the container to the selected organ in accordance with a first delivery schedule. The progress of the patient is monitored during a period of treatment of the organ at the first delivery schedule, and subsequently, in response to information which is acquired during the step of monitoring and which concerns an effect on the patient of the first treatment schedule, the pump is operated to move the medical treatment composition from the container to the organ in accordance with a second delivery schedule different from the first.
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10 Claims
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1. A therapeutic medical method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a pump and a container having an inlet and an outlet; surgically inserting said container and said pump into a patient'"'"'s abdominal cavity so that said pump is operatively connected to said container so that said pump can move fluid from said container through said outlet, the inserting of said container and said pump into the patient'"'"'s abdominal cavity including the step of disposing said container to rest on a pelvic rim of the patient; surgically connecting said outlet to a selected organ in the abdominal cavity of the patient so that said container can communicate with the organ via said outlet; upon completion of said steps of inserting and connecting, operating said pump to move a medical treatment composition from said container to the selected organ in accordance with a first delivery schedule; monitoring said organ during a period of treatment of said organ at said first delivery schedule; and in response to information acquired during said step of monitoring regarding an effect on said organ of said first treatment schedule, subsequently operating said pump to move said medical treatment composition from said container to said organ in accordance with a second delivery schedule different from said first delivery schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A therapeutic medical method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a pump and a container having an inlet and an outlet; surgically inserting said container and said pump into a patient'"'"'s abdominal cavity so that said pump is operatively connected to said container so that said pump can move fluid from said container through said outlet, the inserting of said container and said pump into the patient'"'"'s abdominal cavity including the step of disposing said container to rest on a pelvic rim of the patient; surgically connecting said outlet to a urinary bladder of the patient so that said container can communicate with the bladder via said outlet; and upon completion of said steps of inserting and connecting, operating said pump to move a medical treatment composition from said container to the urinary bladder. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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