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US 12,582,806 B2Granted
Female catheter guide
AssigneeThe University of Toledo
InventorAhmed El-Zawahry
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Abstract
A female urethral catheter guide includes a guide body defining a first body portion having a first end and a second body portion having a second end. The first body portion includes a longitudinally extending catheter support groove formed in a surface thereof, and the second body portion includes a radially outwardly extending tunnel portion having a catheter tunnel formed therein, wherein the catheter tunnel is connected to the catheter support groove and the second end of the second body portion is rounded and defines a vaginal support end.
Claims12
A female urethral catheter guide comprising:
- a guide body defining a first body portion having a first end and a second body portion having a second end;
- wherein the first body portion is generally cylindrical and includes a longitudinally extending catheter support groove formed in a surface thereof;
- and
- wherein the second body portion includes a radially outwardly extending tunnel portion having a catheter tunnel formed therein, the catheter tunnel connected to the catheter support groove;
- wherein the second end of the second body portion is rounded and defines a vaginal support end;
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- wherein the longitudinally extending catheter support groove has a first depth at a proximal end of the guide body and a second depth at a distal end of the first body portion, wherein the first depth is larger than the second depth.
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A female urethral catheter guide comprising:
- a guide body having a first end and a second end;
- and
- a longitudinally extending catheter support groove formed in a surface of the guide body;
- wherein the second end of the guide body is rounded and defines a vaginal support end;
- wherein the guide body further includes a first body portion having a first end and a second body portion having a second end;
- wherein the catheter support groove includes a longitudinally extending first catheter support groove formed in a surface of the first body portion;
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- wherein the first catheter support groove has a first depth at a proximal end of the first body portion and a second depth at a distal end of the first body portion, wherein the first depth is larger than the second depth.
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A female urethral catheter guide comprising:
- a guide body having a flat first surface, a rounded second surface, and rounded side edges between the first surface and the second surface;
- wherein the guide body has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is rounded and defines a vaginal support end;
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- a tunnel portion extending outwardly from the second surface aft of the vaginal support end and having a catheter tunnel formed therein;
- wherein the catheter tunnel is generally cylindrical, and wherein a distal portion thereof extends at an acute angle from a longitudinally extending center line of the guide body;
- wherein a longitudinally extending catheter support groove is formed in the second surface from the proximal end to a proximal end of the catheter tunnel;
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- wherein the longitudinally extending catheter support groove has a first depth at a proximal end of the guide body and a second depth at a distal end thereof, and wherein the first depth is larger than the second depth.
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A female urethral catheter guide comprising:
- a guide body having a flat first surface, a rounded second surface, and rounded side edges between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the guide body has a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein the distal end is rounded and defines a vaginal support end;
- a longitudinally extending first portion of a catheter support groove formed in a surface of the guide body;
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- a catheter portion extending radially outwardly from the distal end the guide body portion and having a second portion of the catheter support groove formed therein;
- wherein the second portion of the catheter support groove has a semi-cylindrical inside surface, and wherein a distal portion thereof extends at an acute angle from a longitudinally extending center line of the guide body;
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- wherein a distal end of the second portion of the catheter support groove is spaced apart from a surface of the vaginal support end by a distance of about 1.0 mm to about 2.0 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.