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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11904121 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2021

Negative pressure therapy system

Applicant:

Roivios Limited, Nassau, BS;

Inventors:

John R. Erbey, II, Milton, GA (US);

Jacob L. Upperco, Atlanta, GA (US);

Michael Alan Fisher, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Patrick William Strane, Atlanta, GA (US);

Lance Michael Black, Pearland, TX (US);

Assignee:

Roivios Limited, Nassau, BS;

Attorney:

THE WEBB LAW FIRM

Primary Examiner:

Adam Marcetich

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 39/12 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/008 (2013.01); A61M 1/70 (2021.05); A61M 1/73 (2021.05); A61M 1/743 (2021.05); A61M 1/80 (2021.05); A61M 1/84 (2021.05); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 25/0026 (2013.01); A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/1025 (2013.01); A61M 39/12 (2013.01); A61F 13/2002 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15146 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); A61M 25/0074 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0213 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0496 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0266 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3303 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/75 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1085 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1092 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1096 (2013.01); A61M 2230/20 (2013.01); A61M 2230/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/65 (2013.01);
Abstract

A negative pressure therapy system is provided for inducing negative pressure in a portion of a urinary tract of a patient, the system including: (a) at least one ureteral catheter configured to be positioned within a ureter and/or kidney of a patient; (b) one or more sensor(s) configured to determine information about urine produced within a urinary tract of the patient; and (c) a controller configured to increase urine production of the patient by adjusting one or more operating parameters of a negative pressure source for inducing negative pressure through the at least one ureteral catheter into the urinary tract of the patient, based at least in part upon the information determined by the one or more sensor(s).

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