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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Applicant:
Claude Tihon, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventor:
Claude Tihon, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
ConSert, LLC, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/48 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure provides an incontinence prevention device provided with a loop type retention structure. The retention structure is in the form of a closed loop attached to the distal end of a shaft. The shaft is configured to function as an incontinence prevention device. The retention structure projecting laterally from and configured non-concentrically along the longitudinal axis of the shaft retains the incontinence prevention device within the patient. The retention structure may additionally include a protuberance extending therefrom. There is further provided a method for using the urethral catheter.