PRESSURE CONTROL FOR CATHETER DRAIN TUBING

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20100094173A1
SERIAL NO

12450123

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Described is, e.g., an apparatus (100), and associated methods of manufacture and use, for draining a fluid, discharged from a urinary catheter (104) installed in a subject's bladder, into a drain container (138) while avoiding undesired pressure states in such bladder. A drain conduit (102) connected to the catheter has a sufficiently small size as to maintain plug-flow between opposite ends of the drain conduit. The discharge end of the drain conduit is connected to a siphon-break apparatus (106) configured to cause a siphon-break disposed at an elevation (132) in approximate agreement with the subject's bladder. The potential energy from fluid downstream of the siphon-break location is decoupled from fluid in the drain conduit.

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CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC3993 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY SUITE 250 LAS VEGAS NV 89169-6754

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, J Michael Salt Lake City, US 40 2685
Christensen, Mark A Salt Lake City, US 58 2677
Croll, Perry W Salt Lake City, US 23 664
Denton, Marshall T Salt Lake City, US 36 1285
Wolfe, Timothy R Salt Lake City, US 19 773

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