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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Emmy Medical, Llc, Holliston, MA (US);
James Adam Greenberg, Weston, MA (US);
Ronald D. Adams, Holliston, MA (US);
Neeraj Kohli, Natick, MA (US);
David Harari, San Diego, CA (US);
EMMY MEDICAL, LLC, Holliston, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of cannulating a body orifice such as a bladder are disclosed. An indwelling bladder catheter having reduced trauma risk can include a proximal end, a distal end, and a flexible elongate tubular body therebetween, the distal end having at least one distal port in fluid communication with a lumen extending within the tubular body, the distal end further having a distal tip comprising a blunt shape; a first proximal port for at least one of fluid inflow or outflow, the first proximal port in fluid communication with the lumen extending within the tubular body; an inflatable balloon near the distal end of the catheter, the balloon transformable from an unexpanded to an expanded configuration, wherein the balloon in its expanded configuration comprises a low profile oblong shape suitable for anchoring within a human bladder; and a second proximal port balloon inflation, in fluid connection with the balloon.