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Regional anesthesia catheter with anchor

  • US 10,532,192 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2016
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A catheter for accessing an internal body region, the catheter comprising:

  • a catheter body;

    a medication lumen positioned within the catheter body for delivering a medication to the internal body region;

    an inflation lumen positioned within the catheter body;

    a balloon in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the balloon configured to move between a collapsed position and an expanded position as fluid enters the balloon through the inflation lumen;

    an anchor covering at least a portion of the balloon on an outer surface of the catheter body, the anchor includes a plurality of movable sections configured to move between a first retracted position and a second deployed position, each anchor having a first connection to the catheter body distal to the balloon and a second connection to the catheter body proximal to the balloon; and

    wherein upon inflation of the balloon, the plurality of movable sections move radially outward from the first retracted position to the second deployed position to secure the catheter in the internal body region.

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