TAMPONADE DEVICE TO CONTROL POST-PARTUM HEMORHAGE

摘要

A tamponade device for controlling post-partum hemorrhage includes an inner drain tube (10) co-axially encircled by an inflatable balloon (24). The device is inserted into the uterine cavity, and the balloon (24) is distended with a medium supplied with sufficient pressure and volume to apply even pressure along the surface of an interior wall. With the application of such pressure, bleeding is stopped as evidenced by a cessation of blood draining from the inner drain tube (10).