Methods related to a bagless catheter
OwnerEdward J. MUELLERinventor
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Abstract
A bagless catheter. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: selectively storing urine in a bladder of a patient by: inserting a first end of a tube through a urethra and into the bladder of the patient, wherein a second end of the tube, opposite the first end, is coupled to a valve; accumulating urine in the bladder during a time period when the valve is in a closed position; discharging urine into a waste receptacle, the urine discharging from the second end of the tube through air and into the waste receptacle, the discharging when the valve is in an open position; and closing the valve.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- selectively storing urine in a bladder of a patient by:
- inserting a first end of a tube through a urethra and into the bladder of the patient, wherein a second end of the tube, opposite the first end, is coupled to a valve;
- accumulating urine in the bladder during a time period when the valve is in a closed position:
- discharging urine into a waste receptacle, the urine discharging from the second end of the tube through air and into the waste receptacle, the discharging when the valve is in an open position;
- and
- closing the valve.
A method comprising:
- selectively storing urine in a bladder of a patient by:
- closing a valve coupled to a first end of a tube, wherein a second end of the tube, opposite the first end, has been inserted into the bladder through the patient's urethra;
- accumulating urine in the bladder during periods of time when the valve is closed;
- draining urine from the bladder by opening the valve;
- and
- directing urine into a waste receptacle, the directing from the second end of the tube through air and into the waste receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.