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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicants:
Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
W. Scott McDougal, Boston, MA (US);
Dianne E. Sacco, Boston, MA (US);
Alexander Schwarz, Woburn, MA (US);
Jean-Marie Vogel, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/77 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/10 (2017.01); A61K 47/36 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/04 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/32056 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 47/10 (2013.01); A61K 47/36 (2013.01); A61K 49/0002 (2013.01); A61L 24/001 (2013.01); A61L 24/046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00849 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00853 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22037 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22082 (2013.01); A61B 2018/005 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of using peristalsis to force a polymer plug through a mammalian lumen, thereby removing any calculi and/or calculi fragments present in the lumen. In one embodiment, the method is used as an alternative to conventional lithotripsy. In another embodiment, the method is used in conjunction with lithotripsy, thereby removing the small calculi fragments that result from such procedures.