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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
German Borodulin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander Shkolnik, San Carlos, CA (US);
Ananias Diokno, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A female urethral catheter for self-catheterization with catheter guiding means comprising: a tubular catheter body having a distal end for insertion into the patient's urinary bladder through the urethra, said distal end having a urine inlet opening; an opened proximal end not insertable into the urethra and used for discharging the urine taken from the urinary bladder; a sterile infection protective cap slidingly fit onto said distal end of said catheter, said cap having a slit on its distal end for possibility of pushing said catheter through said sterile tip into the bladder without physical contact of the catheter with the infectious front part of the urethra; and a combined mirror and catheter attachment means on the distal end of said cap to facilitate the patient in finding the position of the urethra meatus and for attachment of the catheter to the patient's after insertion of the cap into the urethra.