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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:
Feb. 17, 1987
Filed:
May. 15, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
George W Drach, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Kendall Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-8 ; 604281 ;
Abstract
A ureteral stent comprising, a catheter having a hollow elongated generally straight body portion, a retaining portion for retaining the catheter in the kidney of a patient adjacent a distal end of the body portion, and a proximal end portion extending proximally from the body portion, with the end portion being formed in a serpentine configuration which may be cut to length depending upon the length of the patient's ureter.