US 11,938,277 B2
Catheterization system and methods for use thereof
Tim Waitkus, Sparta, NJ (US); Chris Fodouop, Atlanta, GA (US); Kelsey Leeke, Atlanta, GA (US); John Gohde, Decatur, GA (US); Logan Madden, Covington, LA (US); and Nichole Abla, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/054,493
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
PCT Filed May 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/033389
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/226697, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/675,103, filed on May 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0187240 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 25/0017 (2013.01) [A61M 25/10 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); A61M 2025/0002 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/33 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter, comprising:
a catheter body, having a proximal end and a distal end;
a balloon disposed adjacent to the distal end;
a drainage lumen extending from the distal end to the proximal end;
an inflation lumen extending from the balloon to the proximal end; and
a sensor disposed adjacent to the distal end and communicatively coupled with an indicator disposed in an external wall of the catheter body adjacent to the proximal end opposite a branching arm of the catheter body through which the inflation lumen passes.