Systems and Methods for Inducing Negative Pressure in a Portion of a Urinary Tract of a Patient

A method for inducing negative pressure in a portion of a urinary tract of a patient, the method comprising:

• deploying a ureteral catheter into a ureter of a patient to maintain patency of fluid flow between a kidney and a bladder of the patient, the ureteral catheter comprising a distal portion for insertion within the patient's kidney and a proximal portion;
• deploying a bladder catheter into the bladder of the patient, wherein the bladder catheter comprises a distal portion for insertion within the patient's bladder and a proximal portion for application of negative pressure, the proximal portion extending outside of the patient's body;
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• applying negative pressure to the proximal end of the bladder catheter to induce negative pressure in a portion of the urinary tract of the patient to remove fluid from the patient.