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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Brent R. Constantz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brent R. Constantz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Corazon Technologies, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M029/00 ; A61B017/22 ; A01N025/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and devices for at least reducing the mass of, if not dissolving, renal calculi in situ are provided. In the subject methods, a renal calculus is contacted, e.g. flushed, with an acidic dissolution solution in situ, where the acidic dissolution solution is a solution of a strong, inorganic acid, e.g. hydrochloric acid. In many embodiments, the renal calculus is first enclosed in an isolated local environment of a device prior contact with the dissolution solution. Also provided are novel devices and kits for practicing the subject invention.