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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:
Sep. 09, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Helmut W Rosenberg, McHenry, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Kendall Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 49 ; 604102 ;
Abstract
A method of performing a nephrostomy procedure comprising the steps of inserting a catheter into a patient's body until a distal portion of the catheter is located in the renal calyces, inflating a sleeve of the catheter in the renal calyces, removing a proximal connector and valve of the catheter, and inserting a sheath of a scope over a shaft of the catheter.