Multi-chamber container and method
AssigneeThe Kendall Company
InventorBhupendra C. Patel
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Abstract
A multi-chamber container comprising a plurality of liquid drainage tubes, a receptacle having a plurality of separate liquid collection compartments, and means for separately connecting each of the drainage tubes to one of the separate compartments in order that liquid passes from the drainage tubes to the compartments for retention therein.
Claims19
A multi-chamber container for collecting urine from different sources, comprising:
- a plurality of urine drainage tubes communicating with separate urine sources;
- a receptacle having a plurality of separate urine collection compartments;
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- means for separately connecting each of said drainage tubes to one of said separate compartments for simultaneous passage of urine from the drainage tubes to the compartments and retention therein, said connecting means comprising a plurality of drip chambers connecting each of said drainage tubes to a separate compartment to prevent retrograde bacterial movement from said compartments.
A multi-chamber container for collecting urine from different sources, comprising:
- a plurality of urine drainage tubes communicating with separate urine sources:
- a drainage bag having a pair of flexible side walls, means joining said side walls together along lines and defining a plurality of contiguous separate compartments, and a plurality of openings adjacent the upper ends of said compartments extending through a side wall with each of said openings communicating with one of said compartments;
- a plurality of connectors connecting a downstream end of each of said drainage tubes with one of said openings for simultaneous passage of urine from the drainage tubes to separate compartments and retention therein;
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- means for venting each of said compartments to the atmosphere.
A liquid drainage system for drainage of urine from different sources in a patient, comprising:
- a flexible receptacle having first and second separate compartments;
- first and second urine drainage tubes having drainage lumens;
- means for connecting a downstream end of the first and second tubes to the receptacle with the drainage lumens in the drainage tubes separately communicating with the first and second compartments;
- a ureteral catheter having a drainage lumen, a drainage eye communicating with the drainage lumen adjacent an upstream end of the ureteral catheter for placement in the patient's ureter, and a downstream end connected to an upstream end of the first drainage tube with the drainage lumen of the ureteral catheter communicating with the drainage lumen of the first drainage tube;
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- a urinary catheter having a drainage lumen, a drainage eye communicating with the drainage lumen adjacent an upstream end of the urinary catheter for placement in the patient's bladder, a retention member adjacent the upstream end of the urinary catheter, and a downstream end connected to an upstream end of the second drainage tube with the drainage lumen of the urinary catheter in communication with the drainage lumen of the second drainage tube, whereby urine from the patient's ureter and bladder are simultaneously collected in said separate compartments.
A method of catheterizing a patient, comprising the steps of:
- draining urine associated with one kidney through a ureteral catheter from a location remote the bladder to a first compartment of a common drainage receptacle;
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- simultaneously and separately draining urine from the bladder through a urinary catheter to a separate second compartment in said common drainage receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.