US 11,839,535 B2
Bladder management systems
Derek Herrera, San Clemente, CA (US); and Alex Shen, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Spinal Singularity, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed by Spinal Singularity, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/896,105.
Application 16/896,105 is a division of application No. 15/877,228, filed on Jan. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,675,134.
Application 15/721,096 is a division of application No. 15/419,948, filed on Jan. 30, 2017, granted, now 9,775,698, issued on Oct. 3, 2017.
Application 15/877,228 is a continuation of application No. 15/721,096, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,743,975.
Application 15/419,948 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2016/014648, filed on Jan. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/107,203, filed on Jan. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0375714 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0027 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0022 (2013.01); A61F 2/48 (2021.08); A61F 2210/009 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0013 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A device for bladder control management, the device comprising:
a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to be implanted within a bladder of a patient, wherein a portion of the catheter comprises a lumen extending towards the proximal end and is configured to allow fluid to flow therethrough, the lumen being in fluid communication with an opening at the proximal end;
a valve member in fluid communication with the lumen and opening;
a retaining member positioned along a portion of the catheter adjacent to the proximal end, the retaining member configured to transition between an expanded configuration to retain the implantable catheter within the bladder and a collapsed configuration to allow the device to be received within and passed through a bladder neck and urethra;
an insertion device configured to be connected to the catheter in order to properly position the catheter in a body and configured to be disconnected from the catheter when the catheter is properly positioned in the body, the insertion device comprising a container, wherein the container is configured to receive fluid from the lumen when the retaining member is in its expanded configuration; and
an extraction device that is separate from the insertion device and that is configured to be connected to the distal end of the catheter when the catheter is in the body in order to pull the catheter out of the body;
wherein the insertion device comprises a second mating structure and the catheter comprises a first mating structure configured to mate with the second mating structure, wherein the second mating structure comprises a first configuration and a second configuration, and wherein the second mating structure expands to the first configuration in order to mate with the first mating structure.