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US 2015/0305725 A1Published application
Three lumen balloon catheter apparatus
OwnerPaul Speiserinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a catheter, in particular to a balloon bearing three lumen catheter for dispensing diagnostic fluids into a body cavity and retrieving sample of the diagnostic fluid and a catheter apparatus employing same.
Claims12
A catheter useful for non-surgical entry into subject's uterus to dispense a diagnostic fluid therein and to the fallopian tubes and to retrieve a sample from said dispensed fluid, the catheter comprising:
- an elongated body having a proximal end, a distal end, a first lumen, a second lumen, and a third lumen,
- a balloon disposed marginally adjacent to the distal end of the elongated body for fluid sealing the interior of the subject's uterus;
- wherein the first and second lumens extend from the proximal end up to the distal end of the elongated body, and the third lumen extends from the proximal end to a point before the distal end and has an opening proximal to the distal end to inflate the balloon,
- wherein the first lumen has an opening at a tip at the distal end of the catheter for dispensing a diagnostic fluid into the interior of the subject's uterus, and
- wherein the second lumen has an opening at the tip for retrieving a sample of said dispensed fluid from the interior of the subject's uterus.
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9-11. (canceled)
The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of detecting premalignant changes of a cell from the endometrium, ovaries, or fallopian tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.