US 12,109,136 B2
Devices and methods to treat and prevent diverticulitis
Nikhil M. Murdeshwar, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Thomas J. Holman, Princeton, MN (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed by GYRUS ACMI, INC., Southborough, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/185,592.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,681, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,369, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259864 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61K 33/38 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/962 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61K 9/0009 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 9/1676 (2013.01); A61K 33/38 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61M 31/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12018 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00291 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00494 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0007 (2013.01); A61M 2202/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of treating diverticulitis, the method comprising:
placing an endoscopic device within a colonic lumen relative to a diverticulum;
advancing a delivery shaft from the endoscopic device and into the diverticulum; and
releasing a plurality of particles into the diverticulum, wherein the plurality of particles includes a plurality of magnetized particles, a plurality of non-magnetized particles and one or more therapeutic agents to treat the diverticulitis and form a cluster formation to at least partially occlude the diverticulum.