METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PERITONEAL CATHETER PLACEMENT

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PERITONEAL CATHETER PLACEMENT

Methods and apparatuses for peritoneal catheter placement are disclosed herein. An example method includes using a puncture device to create an access hole to a patient's peritoneal cavity. The puncture device includes a lumen that enables a guidewire to be inserted into the peritoneal cavity....

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Hauptverfasser: Del Castillo, Jorge Augusto, Garcia, Unberto, Toh, Eajer, Connell, Brian James, White, James Mitchell, Kulkarni, Kedar, Corrales, Carlos Alberto, Nowak, Mary Kate, Williams, Kent Alan, Jain, Shashanka Belur Shanthakumar, Oppegard, Shawn Collin, Yanaga, Joanna Rita, Chen, Nicole Alexandra, Swanson, Leah Ann
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and apparatuses for peritoneal catheter placement are disclosed herein. An example method includes using a puncture device to create an access hole to a patient's peritoneal cavity. The puncture device includes a lumen that enables a guidewire to be inserted into the peritoneal cavity. The puncture device is then replaced with a catheter, which is inserted along the guidewire. A surgical seal is next applied to connect the catheter to adjacent patient muscle tissue. After the guidewire is removed, a tunneling device creates a pathway through fat tissue to anchor the catheter. An end of the tunneling device is aligned with an external piercing device to pierce the patient's skin from the outside, creating a catheter exit hole. An end of the catheter is connected to the tunneling device and pulled through the exit hole, thereby enabling the catheter to be connected to peritoneal dialysis tubing for a treatment.