公开(公告)号：US08361455B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-29

申请号：US11412407

申请日：2006-04-27

申请人： W. Scott McDougal ,  Dianne E. Sacco ,  Alexander Schwarz ,  Jean-Marie Vogel

发明人： W. Scott McDougal ,  Dianne E. Sacco ,  Alexander Schwarz ,  Jean-Marie Vogel

IPC分类号： A61K31/77

CPC分类号： A61B17/22 ,  A61B17/32056 ,  A61B2017/00818 ,  A61B2017/00849 ,  A61B2017/00853 ,  A61B2017/22037 ,  A61B2017/22082 ,  A61B2018/005 ,  A61B2018/00511 ,  A61K9/0019 ,  A61K47/10 ,  A61K47/36 ,  A61K49/0002 ,  A61L24/001 ,  A61L24/046 ,  A61L2400/06 ,  C08L71/02

摘要： 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.