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US 11,446,468 B2Granted
Urinary catheter
AssigneeThe Flume Catheter Company Limited
InventorsJohn Havard, Roger Holmes
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Abstract
A catheter comprising: a shaft (1) having a proximal end (2) and a distal end (3), the distal end terminating in a tip (4); a drainage opening (7) located at the distal end of the shaft, the drainage opening communicating with a drainage lumen (8) of the shaft; a balloon located at the distal end of the shaft, the balloon comprising a first region secured to the shaft, a second region secured to the shaft and an elastic-walled conduit extending between the first region and the second region, the elastic conduit extending over the tip.
Claims20
A catheter comprising:
- a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end terminating in a tip;
- a drainage opening located at the distal end of the shaft and on a side of the shaft, the drainage opening communicating with a drainage lumen of the shaft;
- a balloon located at the distal end of the shaft, the balloon comprising a first region secured to the shaft, a second region secured to the shaft and an elastic-walled and/or flexible-walled conduit extending between the first region and the second region, said conduit extending over the tip;
- wherein at least part of the balloon is in the form of an elongate tube, the elongate tube being folded over the tip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.