
US Patent No: 6,004,290
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Urethral sizing catheter
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Dec 21, 1999
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Dec 5, 1997
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08/986,190
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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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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 5,002,558 Adjustable urethral catheter and method for treating obstructive prostatism | 76 | 1989 | |
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| 5,419,763 Prostatic drug-delivery catheter | 52 | 1994 | |
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| 7,931,491 Flat cable connector | 1 | 2007 | |
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| 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 | |