Patent ID: 8343088
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of treating an occluded digestive tract projection, comprising: providing a stent comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a stent lumen extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the stent configured to allow a fluid flow in a first direction through the stent lumen and to inhibit fluid flow in a second direction through the stent lumen; advancing a catheter through at least a portion of a digestive tract to a proximal end of a digestive tract projection; deploying the stent from the catheter to a lumen of the digestive tract projection; and positioning the distal portion of the stent in the lumen of the digestive tract projection and the proximal portion of the stent proximate the proximal end of the digestive tract projection to allow fluid flow in the first direction from the distal portion to the proximal portion out of the digestive track projection, and to inhibit fluid flow in the second direction from the proximal portion to the distal portion into the digestive track projection.