Universal valve for Foley type urinary catheter
AssigneeWilliam J. Dwyer
InventorsWilliam S. Blake, William J. Dwyer
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Abstract
A universal valve for the Foley type urinary catheter has structure which permits its use as a patient controlled drainage valve, as an interface from which to take sterile samples, and as a connection to a day or night collection bag all without removal of the universal valve from the Foley type urinary catheter. The universal valve may be open or closed by the use of a squeeze mechanism for patient control, or by movement of the threaded connection between the universal valve and a collection bag so that the universal valve is continuously open for drainage into the urine collection bag.
Claims6
A universal valve for a Foley type urinary catheter comprising:
- a body having a central through aperture formed therein, a hollow connector formed at one end of said body for connecting said aperture to a Foley type urinary catheter;
- valve means mounted in said body for opening and closing said central aperture;
- said body having manually squeezable means formed adjacent to said valve means for opening and closing said valve means;
- connection means formed at the other end of said body for connecting said aperture to a collection bag;
- coupling means for coupling said connection means to said valve to maintain said valve means in an open position when said universal valve is connected to a collection bag and closing said valve means when said universal valve is not connected to a collection bag and an opening formed in said body, said opening being covered by mesh material for permitting the passage of a needle there through to obtain a sample of fluid from said central aperture.
A universal valve for a Foley type urinary catheter comprising:
- a body having a central through aperture formed therein, a hollow connector formed at one end of said body for connecting said aperture to a Foley type urinary catheter;
- valve means mounted in said body for opening and closing said central aperture;
- said body having manually squeezable means formed adjacent to said valve means for opening and closing said valve means;
- connection means formed at the other end of said body for connecting said aperture to a collection bag;
- coupling means for coupling said connection means to said valve to maintain said valve means in an open position when said universal valve is connected to a collection bag and closing said valve means when said universal valve is not connected to a collection bag said valve means including a pintle formed on a flexible support, a compression spring surrounding said central aperture, a retainer plug attached to said flexible support;
- said compression spring being held between said retainer plug and a portion of said flexible support, and contacting means for contacting said flexible support for moving said pintle to open and close said central aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.