US 12,226,603 B2
Rectal drain appliance
Christopher Gregory, Bridgewater, NJ (US)
Assigned to CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/105,391.
Application 18/105,391 is a division of application No. 16/565,406, filed on Sep. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,590,276.
Application 16/565,406 is a division of application No. 15/224,278, filed on Jul. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,406,277, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Application 15/224,278 is a continuation of application No. 12/990,229, granted, now 9,943,640, issued on Apr. 17, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2009/042544, filed on May 1, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/049,578, filed on May 1, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181814 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01)
CPC A61M 3/0295 (2013.01) [A61M 1/85 (2021.05); A61M 25/1018 (2013.01); A61M 25/10184 (2013.11); A61M 25/10185 (2013.11); A61M 25/10187 (2013.11); A61M 25/04 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1064 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1067 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rectal drainage appliance, comprising:
a tubular element defining a drain passage for effluent from a rectum;
an inflatable balloon at a distal end of the tubular element for insertion into the rectum;
an inflation lumen in fluid communication with the inflatable balloon for passage of an inflation fluid into the balloon; and
a pressure sense lumen in fluid communication with the inflatable balloon such that an inflation pressure of the balloon is operable to be sensed via the pressure sense lumen.