Patent ID: 6558350
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A drainage catheter adapted to drain a fluid from a body cavity through a body conduit, comprising:a single elongate tube having a proximal end and a distal end, and being sized and configured for insertion through the body conduit and into the body cavity; an automatically expandable retention member disposed at the distal end of the elongate tube and being adapted for movement between a low-profile state facilitating insertion of the catheter through the body conduit, and an expanded high-profile state facilitating retention of the distal end of the catheter in the body cavity; and a plurality of woven filaments forming at least a portion of at least one of the elongate tube and the retention member, the woven filaments being permeable by the fluid to facilitate drainage of the fluid into the elongate tube of the catheter.