Catheter, a coupling component for coupling the catheter to tubes, an apparatus including the rectal catheter, and a method of manufacturing the catheter
US11446430B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 15, 2019 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C45/1676
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A catheter for use with an injection apparatus, preferably for rectal irrigation. The catheter has a main body with a funnel-shaped part delimited by an annular funnel wall which tapers into an elongate tubular catheter part delimited by an annular catheter wall. The main body accommodates at least a liquid flow channel and a fluid flow channel and the liquid flow channel is adapted to expel a liquid via at least one injection opening in a free end of the elongate tubular catheter part opposite the funnel-shaped part. An expandable balloon surrounds an elongate fixation section of the elongate tubular catheter part a distance from its free end, and the fluid flow channel is adapted to, via at least one delivery opening provided in the annular catheter wall of the elongate fixation section of the elongate tubular catheter part, deliver a fluid to the expandable balloon.
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