US Patent No: 6,004,290

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

Urethral sizing catheter

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Abstract

An anchoring system for a urethral catheter (14, 36), and a method of its use, involve a resilient anchor-interval portion (40) of a catheter drainage shaft (42, 42'), positioned between a bladder balloon (26) and a urethral anchoring cuff balloon (44). The anchor-interval portion has a sinusoidal configuration lengthwise thereof which provide a proper linear elastic resilience for allowing the bladder balloon and the urethral anchoring cuff balloon to be separated a substantial distance for impinging against what remains of a prostate gland (20, 28, 32).

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
UROCATH CORPORATIONTAMPA, FL18

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Davis, Richard C El Dorado Hills, CA 36 680

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
UROCATH CORPORATION (6)
4,350,161 Indwelling urethral catheter and method 43 1980
4,432,757 Indwelling urethral catheter 59 1982
4,946,449 Indwelling urethral catheter system and method 112 1986
4,932,938 Urethral indwelling catheter with incontinence control 120 1989
5,785,641 Male indwelling urethral catheter sizing system and insertion method 29 1996
5,718,686 Anchoring system and method for indwelling urethral catheter 27 1996
 
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION (3)
4,932,956 Prostate balloon dilator 124 1989
5,112,306 Method and apparatus for valving body fluids 77 1989
5,588,965 Device for slowly dilating the prostatic urethra 42 1995
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. (1)
5,002,558 Adjustable urethral catheter and method for treating obstructive prostatism 76 1989
 
CORTRAK MEDICAL, INC. (1)
5,419,763 Prostatic drug-delivery catheter 52 1994
 
MOLEX INCORPORATED (1)
7,931,491 Flat cable connector 1 2007
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (5)
4,211,233 Urethral catheter 45 1978
4,423,725 Multiple surgical cuff 421 1982
4,676,228 Medical apparatus having inflatable cuffs and a middle expandable section 61 1985
5,242,398 Catheter assembly and related method 59 1992
5,785,694 Internal urinary catheter 20 1995

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ABBEYMOOR MEDICAL, INC. (6)
7,141,038 Endourethral device and method 24 2001
6,719,709 Diagnostic urethral assembly and method 47 2001
7,048,698 Urethral profiling device and methodology 16 2002
6,991,596 Endourethral device and method 17 2002
7,001,327 Urinary flow control device and method 15 2003
7,390,324 Magnetic retrieval device and method of use 4 2003
 
PROSTALUND OPERATIONS AB (2)
7,766,899 Partial-length, indwelling prostatic catheter using coiled inflation tube as an anchor and methods of draining urine and flushing clots 0 2003
7,662,145 Partial-length indwelling urinary catheter and method permitting selective urine discharge 0 2005
 
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC. (1)
6,733,439 Centering mechanism for probe 2 2001
 
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. (1)
7,347,866 Medical stent and related methods 1 2003
 
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (1)
7,766,987 Apparatus and method for collection of particulate matter during percutaneous procedures 0 2007
 
HAMMOND MEDICAL DEVICES, LLC (1)
7,044,980 Facilitating drainage 1 2000
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (1)
6,716,252 Prostatic stent with localized tissue engaging anchoring means and methods for inhibiting obstruction of the prostatic urethra 12 2001
 
OPMI FUNDING, INC. (1)
7,306,586 Continuous drainage adaptor 3 2003
 
PANASONIC CORPORATION (1)
7,502,859 Dynamic resource management for distributed retrieval system for security 1 2003
 
VIDAMED, INC. (1)
6,551,300 Device and method for delivery of topically applied local anesthetic to wall forming a passage in tissue 26 2000