Patent ID: 9050174
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of deflating a balloon, comprising: providing a deflation catheter device comprising a catheter tube having a lumen and a stylet within the catheter tube; delivering the deflation catheter to an implanted balloon device with the stylet being retracted relative to the distal end of the catheter tube; positioning the catheter tube against a surface of the implanted balloon device; actuating a handle to advance the stylet relative to the catheter tube and the implanted balloon device, whereby the stylet contacts and punctures a wall of the implanted balloon device; advancing at least a portion of the catheter tube through the wall of the implanted balloon device; and aspirating fluid from within the implanted balloon device through the lumen from a distal end thereof to a suction port at a proximal end of the lumen without removing the stylet from the catheter tube.