Patent ID: 8728169
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical apparatus comprising: (a) a first external reservoir that is configured to remain external to a urinary tract of a patient; (b) a first catheter having proximal and distal ends that is configured to be inserted into the urinary tract, the catheter having a first catheter lumen that extends from the proximal end to the distal end of the first catheter; (c) a urological medical device having proximal and distal ends that is configured to be implanted in the urinary tract, the urological medical device having a first agent delivery lumen that extends from the proximal end of the urological medical device into the urological medical device; wherein an interior of the first external reservoir is in fluid communication with the proximal end of the first catheter lumen, wherein the distal end of the first catheter lumen is in fluid communication with the proximal end of the first agent delivery lumen, and wherein the medical apparatus is adapted to deliver a first urologically beneficial agent from the interior of the first external reservoir, through the first catheter lumen, and into the first agent delivery lumen, and (d) a pump for delivering the urologically beneficial agent from the interior of the first external reservoir, through the catheter lumen, and into the first agent delivery lumen.