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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2022
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Seoul National University R&db Foundation, Seoul, KR;
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, Seoul, KR;
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A device can be coupled to a foley catheter inserted into the bladder of a patient, where the foley catheter includes a urine passage through which urine can be drained from the bladder. The device includes a pressure sensor that is connected to a urine outlet of the urine passage and configured to measure a pressure value of the urine being drained through the urine outlet, a processor connected to the pressure sensor and configured to determine whether the foley catheter can be removed by comparing the pressure value and a predetermined threshold value, and a display unit connected to the processor and displaying whether the foley catheter can be removed according to the control of the processor.