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Catheter with integral anchoring means

  • US 6,743,209 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2002
  • Issued: 06/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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