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Bladder control device

US4696672A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 1986
Grant dateSep 29, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F5/4404
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A bladder assist device for maintaining natural drainage by a repetition of expansion and contraction of a bladder even when a urethral catheter is embedded in the bladder which includes a pressure control chamber containing a concentric-type siphon tube connected to a urethral catheter at a particular part, the pressure control chamber having a pressure control hole sealed by an air flow restricting filter.

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