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OwnerWallace A. Longton, Curtis Miyamoto +1inventors
InventorsWallace A. Longton, Curtis Miyamoto, Daniel B. Rukstalis
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Graduated catheters including, but not limited to, graduated urethral and ureteric catheters are provided, the catheters each comprising a catheter tube, an expandable portion, and at least one indicator. The position of at least one indicator may be determined by an extracorporeal imaging method. A kit comprising a matched pair of graduated catheters is also provided, wherein the position within a bodily lumen of a subject of at least one indicator of a graduated locator catheter of the kit has a known relationship to the position within the bodily lumen of at least one indicator of a graduated delivery catheter of the kit. Brachytherapy methods are also provided, including methods of treating urethral and ureteric strictures, prostate cancer, and benign prostatic hypertrophy.
A matched group of graduated catheters the matched group comprising a first graduated catheter and a second graduated catheter, the first catheter being reproducibly seatable within a bodily lumen of a subject and comprising
The matched group of claim 4, wherein each balloon is on the distal end of the corresponding tubular body.
The matched group of claim 4, wherein each balloon is disposed about the distal portion of the corresponding tubular body.
A urethral catheter kit comprising a graduated locator catheter and a graduated delivery catheter,
A method of providing radiation to a tissue located in close proximity to a bodily lumen of a subject, the method comprising
A method of providing radiation to a tissue located in close proximity to the urethra of a subject, the method comprising
A graduated ureteric catheter for use within a ureter of a subject via a transurethral placement, the catheter comprising
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.