Method and apparatus for placement of a suprapubic catheter
CA 1045493 A · Owner: The Kendall Company · Inventors: Dye, John F.; Binard, William J.
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A suprapubic catheter is inserted into a bladder in a safe efficient and simple manner by first inserting a hollow curved and rigid, tubing member transurethrally into a bladder. The tubing member has a catheter therewithin onto which a cutting point is attached and is con-, structed in such a manner as to permit the cutting point to when pushed, through the distal end thereof pierce the anterior wall of the bladder after it has been externally palpated for placement. The cutting point then, emerging from the bladder, can be grasped externally and the catheter can be pulled through the tubing member and into the bladder to a premarked point thereon and may be separated from the main body of …
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- Granted January 2, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 2, 1996.
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