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Bladder catheter

  • US 5,441,485 A
  • Filed: 02/24/1994
  • Issued: 08/15/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A catheter comprising:

  • a relatively stiff tube having an insertion end for insertion into the urethra of a patient and an opposite end;

    an inflatable sheath telescoped over said tube and sealed thereto at both the insertion end and the opposite end of said tube;

    means at the opposite end of said catheter for inflating said sheath after insertion of said catheter into the urethra of a patient; and

    a plurality of circumferentially spaced sections of reduced thickness at the insertion end thereof that are inflatable to define circumferentially spaced retention balloons when said sheath is inflated.

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