Catheter with integral anchoring means
First Claim
1. A method of inserting and attaching a urethral catheter for use upon domestic male feline animals comprising the steps of providing a one-piece inseparable catheter tube and anchor member combination unit wherein said catheter tube comprises a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein said catheter tube distal end is elongated and dimensionally variably tapered, and wherein said anchor member is of tubular depression-shaped configuration that provides means for the attachment of sutures and is located adjacent to said proximal end, inserting said catheter tube distal end into said animals'"'"' urethra, and suturing said catheter anchor member to said animals'"'"' prepuce or prepuce base tissue area thereby preventing the removal or displacement of said catheter tube without also removing said anchor member.
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Abstract
The object of this invention is to provide a simple, safe, convenient and economical means of securing catheters to or at the outside of a human or other animal body by suturing, tying or taping to a tubular depression-shaped anchor member that is integrally formed during manufacture with the forming of the catheter resulting in a one-piece multipurpose combination construction unit.
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- 1. A method of inserting and attaching a urethral catheter for use upon domestic male feline animals comprising the steps of providing a one-piece inseparable catheter tube and anchor member combination unit wherein said catheter tube comprises a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein said catheter tube distal end is elongated and dimensionally variably tapered, and wherein said anchor member is of tubular depression-shaped configuration that provides means for the attachment of sutures and is located adjacent to said proximal end, inserting said catheter tube distal end into said animals'"'"' urethra, and suturing said catheter anchor member to said animals'"'"' prepuce or prepuce base tissue area thereby preventing the removal or displacement of said catheter tube without also removing said anchor member.
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