Patent ID: 8177809

Claim:
A method of treating an enterocutaneous fistula, comprising: inserting an expandable disc attached to first and second bioresorbable tethers into a enterocutaneous fistula tract, wherein the disc is in a collapsed configuration; positioning the expandable disc distal to a distal tract opening of the enterocutaneous fistula tract; expanding the expandable disc from the collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration; conforming the expandable disc to the distal tract opening by tensioning the first tether attached to the expandable disc; filling the fistula tract a plurality of elongate bioresorbable foam expansion members using the second tether, wherein the plurality of elongate bioresorbable foam expansion members are attached to a coupling member such that the expansion members may be positioned away from the first and second tethers, and wherein the coupling member is configured to movably couple to the second tether; and maintaining the expandable disc against the distal tract opening by restraining the first and second tethers in a tensioned state by fixing a proximal anchor to the tethers across a proximal tract opening of the enterocutaneous fistula tract.