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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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry N Layton, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Kendall Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128748 ; 128674 ; 1282 / ; 128774 ;
Abstract
A cystometry system to measure the pressure-volume relationship in the bladder of a patient from a source of fluid comprising, a catheter having an elongated shaft defining an infusion lumen communicating with an infusion opening adjacent a distal end of the shaft, and a pressure lumen communicating with a pressure opening adjacent the distal end of the shaft. The system has a device for supplying a selected volume of fluid from the source to the bladder through the infusion lumen of the catheter, and a device for measuring the bladder pressure through the catheter pressure lumen.