Collapsible urethral catheter
US4861337A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 1988 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/0025
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A collapsible and flexible urethral drainage catheter having a flexible tubular body portion containing a drainage lumen and an inflation lumen and having a distal tip portion with a flexibility different from the body portion with a distal end closed by an elongated cylindrical plug member sealed thereto having a segment of the wall thereof adapted when inserted into the distal end of the body portion to mate in intimate contact with the inner wall of the body portion and extending a sufficient distance into the body portion to stiffen the distal tip portion thereof, said drainage lumen communicating with drain ports in the elongated plug member and the distal tip portion of said body member and said inflation lumen communicating with an inflation cuff surrounding a portion of said distal tip portion of the body member.
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