Patent ID: 7708716

Claim:
A method for controlling post-partum hemorrhage, the method comprising: providing a balloon catheter apparatus comprising: a catheter having at least two lumens that are isolated from each other, one of which being an inflation lumen, and the other of which being a deflation lumen; a first balloon having an inflatable portion and at least one neck portion, wherein said first balloon is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, so that a fluid inflation medium can be introduced into said first balloon through the inflation lumen; and a second balloon encompassing said first balloon, wherein said second balloon has an inflatable portion and at least one neck portion, and wherein said second balloon is in fluid communication with the deflation lumen, so that any fluid inflation medium in said second balloon can be discharged from said second balloon through the deflation lumen; wherein at least one of the first balloon and the second balloon comprises an elastomic or elastoplastic polymeric material; inserting the balloon catheter apparatus into at least one of an internal uterine wall area and a vaginal wall area; and inflating the first balloon with a first fluid inflation medium so as to apply a substantially even pressure over the at least one of an internal uterine wall area and a vaginal wall area for reducing or eliminating bleeding therein.