Patent ID: 6325809
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for inserting a tubular medical instrument into a body of a patient, comprising the steps of:releasably frictionally mounting a water soluble plug into an opening formed in the distal end of the tubular medical instrument;inserting the distal end of the tubular medical instrument into the body of the patient;deploying said water soluble plug from the tubular medical instrument within the body of the patient;drawing a ligation band placed circumferentially around the distal end of the tubular medical instrument in a distal direction to remove the ligation band from the distal end of the tubular medical instrument; anddetecting the location of the deployed plug within the body of the patient,wherein said water soluble plug contains a mounting portion adapted to fit within an opening formed in a distal end of the tubular medical device, and a blunted protruding portion extending away from the mounting portion and adapted to project distally from the distal end of the tubular medical device when the insertion plug is mounted in the tubular medical device.