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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Anthony D. Hammack, Bloomington, IN (US);
Tracy Willis, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Anthony D. Hammack, Bloomington, IN (US);
Tracy Willis, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A retention device for use in a human or mammalian body includes superelastic wires that expand when they are released from a confined state. The retention device may have the outer form of a Foley catheter. One or more superelastic wires within the balloon of a Foley catheter help to insure retention within the body, such as within a urinary bladder.