The General Hospital Corporation;Pluromed; Inc.;Pluromed, Inc.
发明人:
W. Scott McDougal,Dianne E. Sacco,Alexander Schwarz,Jean-Marie Vogel
申请号：
US13714933
公开号：
US20130178866A1
申请日:
2012.12.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
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.
