公开(公告)号：US20130150789A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-13

申请号：US13764314

申请日：2013-02-11

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Ronald A. Sahatjian ,  Arthur Madenjian ,  Bill Little

IPC: A61B17/221 ,  A61M5/20 ,  A61M5/178 ,  A61M5/32 ,  A61M25/00

CPC classification number: A61B17/221 ,  A61B17/00491 ,  A61B17/22 ,  A61B17/22004 ,  A61B17/22012 ,  A61B17/3478 ,  A61B2017/2253 ,  A61B2090/0815 ,  A61L26/008 ,  A61L27/52 ,  A61L31/145 ,  A61M5/178 ,  A61M5/20 ,  A61M5/32 ,  A61M25/00

Abstract: Stabilizing an object in the body of a patient involves the injection of a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) material or other flowable material into the body of the patient so that the material contacts the object. The LCST material or other flowable material then forms a gel in the body such that the object is contained at least partially within the gel and thereby stabilized by the gel such that the object can then be easily fragmented within the body and/or retrieved from the body.