Title:
MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ELASTOMERIC BULB
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999066976
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
In a pre-filled Foley catheter for urine drainage, the conventional clip for releasing sterile water from a bulb (21) at the proximal end of the catheter, to fill the anchor bulb (20) at the distal end of the device, is replaced by a plug (25) which has an annular portion connected to a thin stem (27) by a circle of weakness. Snapping the stem (27) from the annulus provides a tactile signal through the opaque latex lumen that the catheter has been actuated. There is no separate clip to be disposed of. The interface between the latex and the plug remains undisturbed. Further improvement in the shelf-life and convenience of use of the catheter is delivered by the use of a sleeve, which can be of shrink-wrap material, around the bulb (21) and optionally also around the drain coupling (15) of the catheter. Apparatus for placing the plug and the sleeve is also described.
Inventors:
MEEK ROGER HOWARD (GB)
EVANS DAVID (GB)
EVANS DAVID (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/EP1999/004421
Publication Date:
March 23, 2000
Filing Date:
June 25, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BARD INC C R (US)
MEEK ROGER HOWARD (GB)
EVANS DAVID (GB)
MEEK ROGER HOWARD (GB)
EVANS DAVID (GB)
International Classes:
A61F2/958; A61M1/00; A61M25/00; B25B27/10; A61M39/22; (IPC1-7): A61M25/10; B25B27/10
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