Coiled Catheter and Methods of Use

Abstract

An apparatus for managing pleural or peritoneal fluid of a patient, the apparatus includes a valve and an elongated tubular portion extending from the valve with a lumen therein extending from a proximal end of the tubular portion to a distal end of the tubular portion. The elongated tubular portion further comprises an internal portion, the internal portion configured to be inserted into the pleural or peritoneal space of the patient for removing fluid from a pleural or peritoneal space. The elongated tubular portion further comprises an external portion that is closer to the proximal end than the internal portion, the external portion configured to remain external to the patient for draining the fluid via the internal portion, wherein the external portion has a shape memory feature with a non-linear natural state.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.