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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1998
Claude Tihon, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
ContiCare Medical, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A urinary drain device comprising an elongated flexible tube member whose distal end portion is preformed so as to assume a coiled configuration when unconstrained. The distal end portion also includes one or more openings through its side wall through which urine may enter and flow. A stiffening member in the form of a semi-rigid tube having an open distal end leading to its lumen is designed to be inserted into the lumen of the tubular drain body member to thereby straighten the coil during insertion and removal. Urine entering the distal end portion of the drain body member may flow through the open end of the tubular stiffener and, thence, through the lumen of the tubular stiffener to provide an indication to a medical attendant that the distal end portion of the drain body member has been advanced to the point that it is resident within the urinary bladder. Removal, now, of the tubular stiffener allows the distal end portion to revert back to a coiled condition for retaining the urinary drain device in place.