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Pleural effusion treatment device, method and material

  • US 7,766,938 B2
  • Filed: 07/08/2005
  • Issued: 08/03/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of treating a patient for pleural effusion, the method comprising:

  • percutaneously delivering an effective amount of an adhesive material to a pleural space of the patient by ejecting the adhesive material from a lumen of a percutaneous delivery device into the pleural space so as to cause a visceral pleura and a parietal pleura of the patient to adhere to one another such that excess fluid flow into the pleural space is inhibited; and

    mixing components of the adhesive material in the delivery device prior to the ejecting step,wherein the adhesive material has an adhesive strength up to 1.5 psi.

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