Patent ID: 6186146
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for in situ treatment of a kidney of a living body having a disease or tumor comprising:a) subjecting a kidney of a living body having a disease or tumor to an effective amount of a therapeutic agent by infusion of said agent via blood entering the kidney;b) creating an isolated section in a major vein spanning the area where the tributory veins connect with the major vein, the major vein and the tributory veins being directly associated with the kidney;c) passing contaminated effluent blood from the tributory veins of the kidney to said isolated section and capturing said effluent blood therein;d) concurrently maintaining a continuous flow of blood through the major vein by directing said blood flow through a shunt in the major vein which shunt by-passes said isolated section; and,e) evacuating said captured blood from said isolated section without exposing said contaminated effluent blood to other organs or tissues of the living body and without interrupting the general blood circulation in the system of the living body.