Patent ID: 6132365
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A valve adapted to be positionable into an upper part of a urethra, said valve for emptying a patient's urine collected within his bladder, comprising: a tubular valve housing having an upper, lower, and central part and a central channel therein; a valve body formed by a permanent magnet accomodated with the upper portion of the valve; a stop situated at the upper part of the valve housing; a valve seat situated below said valve body, said central part having a plurality of drainage holes extending perpendicularly through said tubular housing, said drainage holes located in the area between the stop and the valve seat, said central channel of the valve housing in communication with said drainage holes, said central channel and said drainage holes emptying urine through the valve while in an inserted position, and sealing the valve with the valve body in its extended position, the valve arrangeable so as to be positionable within the urethra and withdrawable from it with the help of a tool capable of accommodation in the urethra, said valve arranged and constructed to accommodate a manual activator introducible from the outside of the patient's body through the urethra up to the valve; a plurality of holding devices securing the valve in the urethra producing a sealing and retaining effect around a periphery of the valve, said devices formed from a plurality of self-expanding bodies, the valve adjustable from the outside of the patient's body for emptying of the urine bladder, and said valve seat accommodated internally in the valve housing and interactive with the outward-facing end of the valve body in the closed position.